Marco Royo-Gota
@malurogo.bsky.social
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January 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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My daughter is just approaching the age Shamima left the UK to get married to her groomer. To make this child into a pantomime villain and for Labour to continue with it in power is a massive missed opportunity for everyone to learn from, as well as being pathetic and weak.
January 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM
My daughter is just approaching the age Shamima left the UK to get married to her groomer. To make this child into a pantomime villain and for Labour to continue with it in power is a massive missed opportunity for everyone to learn from, as well as being pathetic and weak.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Las balas selectivas de la UCO y el (casi) olvidado ‘caso Montoro’ www.infolibre.es/129_202d03
Recordatorio más que necesario: imprescindible
Recordatorio más que necesario: imprescindible
Las balas selectivas de la UCO y el (casi) olvidado ‘caso Montoro’
Sabíamos desde el minuto uno de la legislatura que debíamos tener un ojo puesto en el Congreso y en la débil mayoría de gobierno, dependiente (so
www.infolibre.es
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Las balas selectivas de la UCO y el (casi) olvidado ‘caso Montoro’ www.infolibre.es/129_202d03
Recordatorio más que necesario: imprescindible
Recordatorio más que necesario: imprescindible
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If there's any justice in this world, this post will end up as evidence in The Hague.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If there's any justice in this world, this post will end up as evidence in The Hague.
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Me on @bloomberg.com discussing the two child limit
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Me on @bloomberg.com discussing the two child limit
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Mahmood/government should say explain *objective* of increasing time to settlement for 15 years for care workers who arrived 2022-24
Is it
A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.
Is it
A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.
15 years for people in medium skilled jobs and care workers too. I believe this goes down to 10 years if they earn over £50,270. Someone in a high skilled job earning over that qualifies in 5 years.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mahmood/government should say explain *objective* of increasing time to settlement for 15 years for care workers who arrived 2022-24
Is it
A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.
Is it
A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.
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I disagree here. I argued when Johnson was in power that we didn't have to respond to every fire being lit in Number 10, & we don't have to be blown around by every gust today. Indeed, the frenzy of briefing & whatsapp-journalism makes it more urgent to filter out the noise & do analysis more slowly
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I disagree here. I argued when Johnson was in power that we didn't have to respond to every fire being lit in Number 10, & we don't have to be blown around by every gust today. Indeed, the frenzy of briefing & whatsapp-journalism makes it more urgent to filter out the noise & do analysis more slowly
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Ante la opinión pública y el periodismo honrado, el caso del FGE está cerrado. Vamos a ver cómo sale del atolladero la sala, si se tira por el barranco del golpismo, como el instructor y como ha hecho otras veces, o hace lo correcto.
Pero, vaya, el asunto está ya resuelto.
Pero, vaya, el asunto está ya resuelto.
OFICIO DE IMPOSTORES en @infolibre.es:
LA AMENAZA Y LA CONFESIÓN
"La justicia puede emanciparse de lo real, de lo verdadero (...) El periodismo, en cambio, no puede fingir ignorancia, una vez conoce algo cierto no puede desconocerlo. Su deber no es con la forma, sino con la verdad factual".
LA AMENAZA Y LA CONFESIÓN
"La justicia puede emanciparse de lo real, de lo verdadero (...) El periodismo, en cambio, no puede fingir ignorancia, una vez conoce algo cierto no puede desconocerlo. Su deber no es con la forma, sino con la verdad factual".
La amenaza y la confesión
La causa contra el fiscal general del Estado ha alumbrado un momento de epifanía democrática cuando el presidente de la sala segunda del Supremo
www.infolibre.es
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Ante la opinión pública y el periodismo honrado, el caso del FGE está cerrado. Vamos a ver cómo sale del atolladero la sala, si se tira por el barranco del golpismo, como el instructor y como ha hecho otras veces, o hace lo correcto.
Pero, vaya, el asunto está ya resuelto.
Pero, vaya, el asunto está ya resuelto.
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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🔥 Excellent from Lisa Nandy!
"I've seen this before. When I was growing up in Manchester, my dad used to debate with Enoch Powell."
"What you're doing is trying to create fear and distrust and division, because that's the only way that you and your friends can thrive."
"I've seen this before. When I was growing up in Manchester, my dad used to debate with Enoch Powell."
"What you're doing is trying to create fear and distrust and division, because that's the only way that you and your friends can thrive."
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🔥 Excellent from Lisa Nandy!
"I've seen this before. When I was growing up in Manchester, my dad used to debate with Enoch Powell."
"What you're doing is trying to create fear and distrust and division, because that's the only way that you and your friends can thrive."
"I've seen this before. When I was growing up in Manchester, my dad used to debate with Enoch Powell."
"What you're doing is trying to create fear and distrust and division, because that's the only way that you and your friends can thrive."
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Opinion | This is an industry of grievance and division, a machine designed to spread hate, which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists. Don’t let them fool you
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Opinion | This is an industry of grievance and division, a machine designed to spread hate, which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists. Don’t let them fool you
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social
Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk
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Half the major parties in the United Kingdom appear to be in a desperate arms race to see who can be performatively cruel enough to foreigners to earn a "based" quote tweet from Elon Musk.
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Half the major parties in the United Kingdom appear to be in a desperate arms race to see who can be performatively cruel enough to foreigners to earn a "based" quote tweet from Elon Musk.
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The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.
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A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/ee67...
www.ft.com/content/ee67...
No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high
www.ft.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/ee67...
www.ft.com/content/ee67...
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
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Moldova’s vote is a clear yes to a European future.
Despite Russia’s massive efforts to spread disinformation and buy votes, no force can stop a people committed to freedom.
We stand with Moldova on their path to the EU.
Despite Russia’s massive efforts to spread disinformation and buy votes, no force can stop a people committed to freedom.
We stand with Moldova on their path to the EU.
September 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Moldova’s vote is a clear yes to a European future.
Despite Russia’s massive efforts to spread disinformation and buy votes, no force can stop a people committed to freedom.
We stand with Moldova on their path to the EU.
Despite Russia’s massive efforts to spread disinformation and buy votes, no force can stop a people committed to freedom.
We stand with Moldova on their path to the EU.
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⚡️ Vote count completed in Moldova: ruling party wins 50.2%
Vote count completed in Moldova: ruling party wins 50.2%
www.pravda.com.ua
September 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
⚡️ Vote count completed in Moldova: ruling party wins 50.2%
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maybe we can all learn from Moldova...
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
maybe we can all learn from Moldova...
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"My political opponent should be deported" is not a "civil" form of debate. No one should be killed for saying it, and no murder should be celebrated; but equally their death is no justification for falsely praising them, or for whitewashing their racism.
September 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"My political opponent should be deported" is not a "civil" form of debate. No one should be killed for saying it, and no murder should be celebrated; but equally their death is no justification for falsely praising them, or for whitewashing their racism.
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WARNING! A reminder I don't ever do adverts. I don't ever endorse "investment schemes". If you see any adverts or promotions anywhere for "innovative platforms", "get rich quick" "revealed investment secrets" then...
THESE ARE CRIMINAL SCAMS ILLEGALLY USING MY NAME & FACE. YOU'LL LOSE YOUR MONEY!
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September 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WARNING! A reminder I don't ever do adverts. I don't ever endorse "investment schemes". If you see any adverts or promotions anywhere for "innovative platforms", "get rich quick" "revealed investment secrets" then...
THESE ARE CRIMINAL SCAMS ILLEGALLY USING MY NAME & FACE. YOU'LL LOSE YOUR MONEY!
THESE ARE CRIMINAL SCAMS ILLEGALLY USING MY NAME & FACE. YOU'LL LOSE YOUR MONEY!