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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.

Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.

Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
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Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration

Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 16h

Orban and Farage – Putin's pet toad with his pet frog.

Farage says they are fighting for the nation state. Indeed, they are, they are fighting for Russia.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 17h

Farage has a keen understanding of political publicity. So when he portrayed himself in a classic Mussolini pose and his Brexit Party rally as an echo of Mosley's gathering of 30,000 fascists at Earl's Court in July 1939 he knew exactly what he was doing. He was proclaiming his fascism.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 21h

Richard Tice told The Times in March he had “never met Nathan Gill”
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Mark Beeney🗿 @markbeeney.bsky.social · 8d

Just in case the ex-chairman tries to deny it, here he is in action
Credit to Nick Reeves @nickreeves.bsky.social
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 9d

1/ This speech made by Farage in September 2014, after Russia's first invasion of Ukraine, is a stream of Russian propaganda lies that could have come from Lavrov's mouth.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 8d

It would be terribly unfortunate if this got shared absolutely everywhere.

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 9d

1/ This speech made by Farage in September 2014, after Russia's first invasion of Ukraine, is a stream of Russian propaganda lies that could have come from Lavrov's mouth.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally, convicted fraudster 'posh' George Cottrell. Cottrell is an expert in criminal money-laundering.

Here's Cottrell with Farage and getting a friendly hand on the shoulder from Russian asset Nathan Gill. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is one of the most powerful figures in the Trump regime.

His recent rhetoric demonises the Democrats as anti-democratic supporters of terrorism.

This is the rhetoric of a regime fabricating the pretext for a coup. Trump has no intention of allowing voters to curb his power.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Fascist terrorism near Brighton

Two flee to safety as arson attack damages Peacehaven mosque.

Footage of the arson attack is reported to be circulating on social media – and two people masked in balaclavas are believed to have started the fire
www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/10/05/t...

Two flee to safety as arson attack damages Peacehaven mosque

Arsonists damaged a mosque and destroyed a vehicle parked outside the building in Peacehaven last night (Saturday 4 October). Two

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 2d

Zelenskyy accuses west of ‘zero real reaction’ to Russia’s bombardment
Six people killed and 18 injured in heavy drone and missile attacks across Ukraine early on Sunday
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Zelenskyy accuses west of ‘zero real reaction’ to Russia’s bombardment

Six people killed and 18 injured in heavy drone and missile attacks across Ukraine early on Sunday

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism

So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 3d

Leaving the ECHR would hand Putin a huge victory.

Those who advocate doing so are colluding with an enemy of our country.

They are traitors.

Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 3d

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Pete Lowe 🌹 @petelowe-exx.bsky.social · 5d

An anti-British Russian asset allied with Trump's MAGA fuelling hate across the country.

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 5d

Here's Farage parroting Russian propaganda lies that could have come straight out of Lavrov's mouth.

Are we really to believe that Nathan Gill, who spouted the same lies, is the only Russian asset in Reform UK.

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Cannaman @midem.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago saw what unchecked power looks like: flash-bangs, helicopters, kids hauled into the cold. This isn’t justice, it’s authoritarian theater. #ICEAbuse #AccountabilityNow

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 3d

You're exactly right. It's fascism 101 - whip up fear of a minority who can be demonised as a dangerous and alien other, then pose as the saviours of the nation.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 3d

Leaving the ECHR would hand Putin a huge victory.

Those who advocate doing so are colluding with an enemy of our country.

They are traitors.

Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 3d

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Juditty @juditty.bsky.social · 4d

And notice how Farage repeatedly refers to Ukraine as “The Ukraine”.

Ii is very deliberate and will have pleased boss Putin.

“Ukraine” is an independent country whereas “The Ukraine” shows disregard for Ukrainian sovereignty.

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 6d

1/ Farage and Nathan Gill made their European Parliament speeches parroting almost exactly the same Russian propaganda talking points on the same day, September 16th, 2014.

Here's Farage's speech

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 3d

Byline Times can now reveal that, during the crucial period when Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 3d

"The Ukraine" was commonplace among people who knew very little about Ukraine. Farage didn't have that excuse. It was also used by Russia's supporters to deny Ukraine's nationhood, being a translation of the old Slavic word for borderland.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 6d

Farage and Nathan Gill made speeches parroting the same Russian propaganda points in the same place on the same day. Are we really to believe that only one of them is a Russian asset?

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 6d

1/ Farage and Nathan Gill made their European Parliament speeches parroting almost exactly the same Russian propaganda talking points on the same day, September 16th, 2014.

Here's Farage's speech

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 6d

Reform UK Nathan Gill CONVICTED of taking Russian bribes to spread Putin propaganda in the European Parliament.

A literal traitor.

Nigel Farage repeated that same propaganda, in the same place, on the same day.

In unrelated news, nobody knows who really paid ~£1m, in cash, for Farage's 2nd home

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 6d

1/ Farage and Nathan Gill made their European Parliament speeches parroting almost exactly the same Russian propaganda talking points on the same day, September 16th, 2014.

Here's Farage's speech

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 4d

Badenoch says a Tory government would take the UK out of the ECHR.

It would rob us of our protections.

It would place the UK alongside Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR.

It would hand a huge victory to Putin in his war against human rights and international law.

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