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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 1d

Monk Debunks: Paracetamol/Tylenol, autism, and the truth about risk @monkemma.bsky.social
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Paracetamol/Tylenol, Autism, and the Truth About Risk

What decades of research (and millions of children in Sweden and Japan) really tell us about acetaminophen and pregnancy.

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Sarah Cowley @profsarahcowley.bsky.social · 1d

@monkemma.bsky.social - another hugely valuable debunk, explained clearly for anyone who is worried by Trump's and JFK's mindless pronouncements!
Paracetamol/Tylenol, Autism, and the Truth About Risk open.substack.com/pub/monkdebu...

Paracetamol/Tylenol, Autism, and the Truth About Risk

What decades of research (and millions of children in Sweden and Japan) really tell us about acetaminophen and pregnancy.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 4d

I call BS!

Do we really believe that as a new MP and a shadow Minister, a man as well versed in using very lawyerly language actually said to a woman in a meeting journalists remember happening:

“Mrs Todd, I think you could be racist”

Come off it! 🙄

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 12d

I hope there will come a day soon where it dawns on someone in Starmer’s team that their strategy of communicating “Nigel Farage is right about everything but please vote for us instead” is fuelling these disastrous figures rather than mitigating them, but today is not that day

Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 12d

Brutal new MRP poll out today showing Reform at 311 and Labour support collapsing.

Worth reading steaming @financialtimes.com column on Starmer by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social

“Starmer can’t afford to wait for reckless Reform to implode”

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Sarah Cowley @bournemouth4eu.bsky.social · 9d

Nothing to do with Reform?
Of course it is. Monk Debunks this claim. @monkemma.bsky.social
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The Nathan Gill Russian bribery case: "Nothing to do with Reform"?

The bribery started the day Nathan Gill quit UKIP and continued under Farage’s leadership. The press have barely said a word… Nathan Gill, once Farage’s ally and Reform UK’s Welsh leader, has admitted...

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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 9d

This thread needs more publicity!

Make it happen guys!

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 9d

It’s on my list of topics to cover! 👍🏼

I’ll let you know when I do!

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 9d

Full article with all links 👇🏼
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“Nothing to Do With Reform?” The Myth of Nathan Gill’s Bribery

The bribery started the day he quit UKIP and continued under Farage’s leadership. The press have barely said a word

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Natalia M @natmarble.bsky.social · 10d

She brought aaaalllll the receipts 👸🏻

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks Aid!

Big fan of yours! 😊

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Pernille Rudlin @pernillerudlin.bsky.social · 10d

Useful timeline of Brexit/Reform/UKIP Farage, Gill interconnections and Russian bribes

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

So to recap:

🟣Farage made Gill Welsh UKIP leader

🟣Gill left UKIP 2 days after Farage and has admitted to his first count of Russian bribery THE SAME DAY

💎Gill joined Brexit party and re-elected to Brexit Party during the bribes period

💎Gill made Welsh Reform UK leader

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 10d

If you’re not already following @monkemma.bsky.social , you ought to be

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 10d

She’s done it again (but the BBC somehow find this impossible).
Nathan Gill; Brexit Party; Reform Party; Nigel Farage; Russian bribes; MSM silence.

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10d

So much for Gill having nothing to do with Farage. The first bribe to which he has admitted was ACTUALLY on the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP...

Great 🧵

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

Then timings get interesting….

Farage quits UKIP 4th Dec 2018

Gill follows him on the 6th Dec

5 other UKIP MEPs follow Farage within days, including Nuttall (former UKIP leader, now deputy chairman of Reform)

All 6 join the Brexit party in Feb with Farage

By April, another 7 have switched

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Wee English Woman @mariemba1.bsky.social · 10d

Spectacular work yet again by @monkemma.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 10d

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

So back to Gill’s Russian bribes

Gill became a UKIP MEP in 2014, alongside Farage

Farage declares Gill would be his UKIP leader in Wales

When Neil Hamilton took over as Welsh leader, Farage called it “an unjust act of deep ingratitude”

Farage really wanted his boy, Gill!

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 11d

Not all men coming here to work illegally as far right racists like Farage pretend …https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrants-die-channel-frank-uk-small-boats-b2834862.html

Two women die while crossing Channel from France to UK

A couple and their child have also reportedly been taken to hospital following a channel crossing attempt

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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 10d

Make sure every Farage fan you know sees this. Just in case his racism and grifting isn't enough, point out which side he is batting for. Putin.

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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maryan506.bsky.social @maryan506.bsky.social · 11d

Q.E.D.

Great thread 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

So to recap:

🟣Farage made Gill Welsh UKIP leader

🟣Gill left UKIP 2 days after Farage and has admitted to his first count of Russian bribery THE SAME DAY

💎Gill joined Brexit party and re-elected to Brexit Party during the bribes period

💎Gill made Welsh Reform UK leader

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 11d

A helpful primer.

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

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a cup of coffee with smoke coming out of it

ALT: a cup of coffee with smoke coming out of it

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

And yet - nothing about this is on the BBC main app.

It’s hidden under Welsh news.

Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.

Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼‍♀️

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

So yes, UKIP/Brexit/Reform are all largely the same party

Brexit/Reform is literally the same party

Yes, Gill was very much Farage’s guy in Wales

The bribes happened during his time as Brexit party MEP with Farage

This is 100% Reform’s man

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

So to recap:

🟣Farage made Gill Welsh UKIP leader

🟣Gill left UKIP 2 days after Farage and has admitted to his first count of Russian bribery THE SAME DAY

💎Gill joined Brexit party and re-elected to Brexit Party during the bribes period

💎Gill made Welsh Reform UK leader

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

And the bribes Gill has admitted to?

6th Dec 2018 to 18th Jul 2019

6th Dec 2018 - the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP

He joined the Brexit Party with Farage in February 2019 and remained a Brexit party MEP until we left the EU.

In March 2021 he became Reform UK’s leader in Wales

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