Lucas S Diamond
@monkeydoctor.bsky.social
Football, UK politics & International news, funny people, and junk food. Music, living, and drinking. Oh, and fish finger sandwiches. All in no particular order
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Update: With the resignation of Cllr Nicola Brown from Reform UK in Doncaster, Reform has now lost 40 of the councillors it had elected seven months ago
Brown has joined Advance UK instead - a party reportedly backed by Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson👇
Brown has joined Advance UK instead - a party reportedly backed by Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson👇
Big news tonight as the Reform leader of Staffordshire County Council is removed from the party after racist post claims as reported by BBC
Reform has suffered significant losses from councils that faced elections in May
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform has suffered significant losses from councils that faced elections in May
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Update: With the resignation of Cllr Nicola Brown from Reform UK in Doncaster, Reform has now lost 40 of the councillors it had elected seven months ago
Brown has joined Advance UK instead - a party reportedly backed by Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson👇
Brown has joined Advance UK instead - a party reportedly backed by Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson👇
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"Do you really think that if you're the leader of a party, it's not fair for people to expect to know the really basic figures..."
Rory reflects on his interview with Zack Polanski.
Rory reflects on his interview with Zack Polanski.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Do you really think that if you're the leader of a party, it's not fair for people to expect to know the really basic figures..."
Rory reflects on his interview with Zack Polanski.
Rory reflects on his interview with Zack Polanski.
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In last night’s debate on digital ID I urged the Government to scrap this ill-judged plan and turn their attention to the reforms that will genuinely improve lives. Mandatory digital ID will not fix our public services, get our economy going again or address the real challenges facing the country.
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In last night’s debate on digital ID I urged the Government to scrap this ill-judged plan and turn their attention to the reforms that will genuinely improve lives. Mandatory digital ID will not fix our public services, get our economy going again or address the real challenges facing the country.
Please remember; everytime you are presented with an obvious AI alternative when interacting with a CUSTOMER SERVICE function - YOU MUST - make it more COMPLEX, more COMPLICATED, more DIFFICULT, than you would speaking to a person. We cannot accept simplification at the expense of human jobs!
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Please remember; everytime you are presented with an obvious AI alternative when interacting with a CUSTOMER SERVICE function - YOU MUST - make it more COMPLEX, more COMPLICATED, more DIFFICULT, than you would speaking to a person. We cannot accept simplification at the expense of human jobs!
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Holocaust survivors urge Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic remarks
www.channel4.com/news/holocau...
www.channel4.com/news/holocau...
Holocaust survivors urge Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic remarks
A group of 11 Holocaust survivors have written to the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage - calling on him to apologise over alleged antisemitic and racist abuse while he was at school.
www.channel4.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Holocaust survivors urge Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic remarks
www.channel4.com/news/holocau...
www.channel4.com/news/holocau...
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FIFA, by the way, have been corrupt and terrible at what they do for as long as I (or most football fans) can remember. It's just been scaled up with this Trump/Infantino axis in line with the fact we live in a dystopian movie now.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
FIFA, by the way, have been corrupt and terrible at what they do for as long as I (or most football fans) can remember. It's just been scaled up with this Trump/Infantino axis in line with the fact we live in a dystopian movie now.
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The penny has dropped FINALLY
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The penny has dropped FINALLY
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
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Tory spox: "Nigel Farage just called a press conference and used it to rant at journalists over historic allegations of racism and antisemitism - allegations he has just admitted are true."
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tory spox: "Nigel Farage just called a press conference and used it to rant at journalists over historic allegations of racism and antisemitism - allegations he has just admitted are true."
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This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
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The only 'peace' which Russia will accept is one which carves up Ukraine's territory, destroys its sovereignty and turns it into vassal state for Putin to plunder.
We Europeans cannot let that happen.
We Europeans cannot let that happen.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The only 'peace' which Russia will accept is one which carves up Ukraine's territory, destroys its sovereignty and turns it into vassal state for Putin to plunder.
We Europeans cannot let that happen.
We Europeans cannot let that happen.
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🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
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#TOGETHER we can reject narratives of division and racism.
#TOGETHER we can build solidarity across communities.
#TOGETHER we can unite against the far right.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
#TOGETHER we can build solidarity across communities.
#TOGETHER we can unite against the far right.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#TOGETHER we can reject narratives of division and racism.
#TOGETHER we can build solidarity across communities.
#TOGETHER we can unite against the far right.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
#TOGETHER we can build solidarity across communities.
#TOGETHER we can unite against the far right.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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My friend Mark is doing something delicious to help raise funds after the recent #SriLankafloods. Details below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mutton-rol...
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My friend Mark is doing something delicious to help raise funds after the recent #SriLankafloods. Details below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mutton-rol...
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We cannot let settler violence in the west bank go unaddressed and unchallenged, I will continue to raise my constituents’ concerns in The House.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We cannot let settler violence in the west bank go unaddressed and unchallenged, I will continue to raise my constituents’ concerns in The House.
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"The level of categorical denial that he has issued tonight after the caveated denial yesterday... has taken it from a 50-year-ago issue to a today issue."
Sam White, former Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer, discusses the racism allegations against Nigel Farage.
#Newsnight
Sam White, former Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer, discusses the racism allegations against Nigel Farage.
#Newsnight
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The level of categorical denial that he has issued tonight after the caveated denial yesterday... has taken it from a 50-year-ago issue to a today issue."
Sam White, former Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer, discusses the racism allegations against Nigel Farage.
#Newsnight
Sam White, former Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer, discusses the racism allegations against Nigel Farage.
#Newsnight
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Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.
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Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X, including some pro and anti-Trump users, have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 The recent revelation that X (formerly Twitter) will now show users’ country of origin isn’t just a minor policy tweak: it should be a wake-up call for anyone serious about defending Western democratic institutions. (1/14)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
MAGA X accounts exposed as being run from far-flung foreign countrie
The rollout has hit the MAGA movement particularly hard, with high-profile accounts which often post about election results and Trump's anti-immigration agenda linked to far-flung foreign nations.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 The recent revelation that X (formerly Twitter) will now show users’ country of origin isn’t just a minor policy tweak: it should be a wake-up call for anyone serious about defending Western democratic institutions. (1/14)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A building on fire in Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon, after an IDF strike today - despite a supposed ceasefire. The IDF says it "carried out a targeted attack on a key terrorist operative of the Hezbollah organization". Location: 33.851987, 35.510025
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A building on fire in Haret Hreik, Beirut, Lebanon, after an IDF strike today - despite a supposed ceasefire. The IDF says it "carried out a targeted attack on a key terrorist operative of the Hezbollah organization". Location: 33.851987, 35.510025
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It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.