Robscot59
@robscot59.bsky.social
Retired social worker and politics nerd. Proud Scotsman living in Wales.Golfer, footy ⚽️ fan and footy dad to a wonderful daughter. 🏴🏴🇺🇦
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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They'll blame you for them coming and blame you again for them leaving.
Why politicians trying to appease the anti-immigrant press is a complete hiding for nothing
Why politicians trying to appease the anti-immigrant press is a complete hiding for nothing
December 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
They'll blame you for them coming and blame you again for them leaving.
Why politicians trying to appease the anti-immigrant press is a complete hiding for nothing
Why politicians trying to appease the anti-immigrant press is a complete hiding for nothing
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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Editorial lead at the Times between about 2018-21, and I have to say he is not wrong.
December 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Editorial lead at the Times between about 2018-21, and I have to say he is not wrong.
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It's like that Bucks Fizz song at the Mail every single day ...
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It's like that Bucks Fizz song at the Mail every single day ...
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
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You know what - it would be really life affirming if just for once - THIS 👇 was the story
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You know what - it would be really life affirming if just for once - THIS 👇 was the story
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Or Thomas Hamilton, or David Copeland
Goodwin says "it takes more than a piece of paper" or birthplace to make somebody British.
This is not often applied to Fred West/Ian Huntley, Kim Philpy, etc
So how it is applied to British-born people from the majority + minority groups who commit crimes + who don't is rarely/never made clear
This is not often applied to Fred West/Ian Huntley, Kim Philpy, etc
So how it is applied to British-born people from the majority + minority groups who commit crimes + who don't is rarely/never made clear
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Or Thomas Hamilton, or David Copeland
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Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.
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▪️ If it's an immigrant...
"See!"
▪️ If it's not an immigrant, but they're not white (or don't have a white British name)...
"See! Next generation of immigrants!"
▪️ If it's a white guy with a British name...
"See! See what these immigrants made good peaceful people do?!"
"See!"
▪️ If it's not an immigrant, but they're not white (or don't have a white British name)...
"See! Next generation of immigrants!"
▪️ If it's a white guy with a British name...
"See! See what these immigrants made good peaceful people do?!"
November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
▪️ If it's an immigrant...
"See!"
▪️ If it's not an immigrant, but they're not white (or don't have a white British name)...
"See! Next generation of immigrants!"
▪️ If it's a white guy with a British name...
"See! See what these immigrants made good peaceful people do?!"
"See!"
▪️ If it's not an immigrant, but they're not white (or don't have a white British name)...
"See! Next generation of immigrants!"
▪️ If it's a white guy with a British name...
"See! See what these immigrants made good peaceful people do?!"
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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This x100. Business degrees are cheap to run, easy to run badly, and face seemingly inexhaustible demand
Something grimly predictable about the way that the conversation about 'ripoff degrees' in the UK is always about degrees that aren't rip-offs, but are instead fairly obvious 'this student has chosen something unlikely to pay off economically' rather than the short tail of crap business degrees:
Everyone needs educating in the fight over university degrees
Political confusion over the purpose of these institutions means the obvious fixes are being neglected
www.ft.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This x100. Business degrees are cheap to run, easy to run badly, and face seemingly inexhaustible demand
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Bill Jenrick (father) LinkedIn:
"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."
Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"
"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."
Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bill Jenrick (father) LinkedIn:
"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."
Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"
"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."
Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"
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Jenrick says, Handsworth the area I went to school in isn’t integrated as he didn’t see a white face and the closest he has seen to a slum? So is he saying we should pay minorities much more for their low paid jobs and welcome them to The Cotswolds with their mosques and temples???
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Jenrick says, Handsworth the area I went to school in isn’t integrated as he didn’t see a white face and the closest he has seen to a slum? So is he saying we should pay minorities much more for their low paid jobs and welcome them to The Cotswolds with their mosques and temples???
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I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.
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The constructive response to the evil of an antisemitic attack is not to spread more hate and to try to drive communities apart - from whatever angle. The constructive response is to come together, all faiths and none, and call out the wickedness.
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The constructive response to the evil of an antisemitic attack is not to spread more hate and to try to drive communities apart - from whatever angle. The constructive response is to come together, all faiths and none, and call out the wickedness.
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Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
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THIS
THIS
ONE MILLION TIMES THIS
THIS
ONE MILLION TIMES THIS
Very good passage on Farage. "Decline is good for their business... When was the last time you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain's future? He doesn't like Britain... He wants you to doubt it as much as he does."
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
THIS
THIS
ONE MILLION TIMES THIS
THIS
ONE MILLION TIMES THIS
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MAGAs: Free speech!
Also MAGAs: The FCC needs to pull the broadcast license of any network that allows negative speech about Dear Leader!
Also MAGAs: The FCC needs to pull the broadcast license of any network that allows negative speech about Dear Leader!
September 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
MAGAs: Free speech!
Also MAGAs: The FCC needs to pull the broadcast license of any network that allows negative speech about Dear Leader!
Also MAGAs: The FCC needs to pull the broadcast license of any network that allows negative speech about Dear Leader!
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Evangelicals love to cherry-pick the Bible—clinging to verses that justify their politics while ignoring the ones about compassion, humility, and caring for the poor.
September 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Evangelicals love to cherry-pick the Bible—clinging to verses that justify their politics while ignoring the ones about compassion, humility, and caring for the poor.
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He didn't "misspeak". He lied. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton
Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
He didn't "misspeak". He lied. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Last November Farage told Sky News:
“I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough?… *I’ve bought a house in Clacton* What more do you want me to do?”
Oh, I dunno Nigel.
Tell the truth?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough?… *I’ve bought a house in Clacton* What more do you want me to do?”
Oh, I dunno Nigel.
Tell the truth?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton
Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Last November Farage told Sky News:
“I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough?… *I’ve bought a house in Clacton* What more do you want me to do?”
Oh, I dunno Nigel.
Tell the truth?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough?… *I’ve bought a house in Clacton* What more do you want me to do?”
Oh, I dunno Nigel.
Tell the truth?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...