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Roland Hoskins

@rolandhoskins1.bsky.social

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🇪🇺EU-rejoin, Wine drinker, foodie, regular walker. I strive for a blissful life. Not a Tory. #FBPE #FBNHS. DMs are off. Crypto traders - Go to hell.

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · Dec 12

PARTYGATE
@borisjohnson - Watch my lips:
We. Have. Not. Moved. On.

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 15h

Nigel Farage & ties to Putin stooge Nathan Gill.
Who’s surprised?
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 2d

#NigelFarage (surprise!) lied about his ties to paid Putin stooge, #NathanGill.

Kremlin influence operations just keep turning up around Farage. 🤔🧐

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t... #ReformUK

Article by @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

‘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’...

bylinetimes.com

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 17h

Posted by a raving right-winger, followed by 2.4K likes on ‘X’.
Whether real or not, they agree with the sentiment. No mention (by them) of the irony.

Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 20h

This the level of unintelligence we are dealing with 👀

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 2d

A very neat explanation👇

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Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 3d

Badenoch boldly stating the Tories are the only party with the competence to lead the country. Where has she been for the past 14 years?
#bbclaurak

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 9d

Our only pro-EU hope would be @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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jeff hunt#FBPE 🇪🇺 @jeff14.bsky.social · 9d

www.theguardian
A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries said:
“Labour also reneged on Jack Straw’s promise that the Terrorism Act he introduced would never be used against a domestic protest group.”

‘Dozens’ arrested at Palestine Action protest outside Labour party conference

Defend Our Juries says about 100 people had gathered holding signs outside conference venue in Liverpool

www.theguardian.com

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 11d

Isn't it great that people anticipated the women’s success in rugby and hung flags everywhere to celebrate?

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 11d

World’s richest countries.
By GDP per Capita.
1963 vs 2023:

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11d

Why was Galloway in Moscow?

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

George Galloway detained under terror law at Gatwick on way back from Moscow

Galloway and his wife were returning from Moscow, via Abu Dhabi, when counter terror officers swooped and detained them at the airport

www.mirror.co.uk

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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘 @jagsman.bsky.social · 14d

Farage the fascist fraudster!

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 14d

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 16d

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 16d

Money! It all comes down to money.

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 16d

Disney suddenly realise what raving idiots they have been.
Slow or what?
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

Jimmy Kimmel's show to return to air after suspension over Charlie Kirk comments, says Disney

The comedian's late-night talk show will resume on Tuesday

www.bbc.co.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 18d

Russian planes overlying NATO airspace, disruption at European airports. Is Putin making a point?
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heathrow cyber-attack: Delays after airport check-in system hit

Travellers report multi-hour waits for some airlines as disruption also hits Brussels and Berlin.

www.bbc.co.uk

Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 18d

It is. Two of this magnitude within a week!

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 18d

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which"
~ George Orwell - Animal Farm.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 21d

This is excellent work.
#LabourRightWatch

Exposing the Labour Right 🥀✊🇵🇸 @labourrightwatch.bsky.social · 21d

30 of the UK’s most active lobbying houses and their links to the Labour party 👇
Lobbyists: The firms that pressure politicians on behalf of the world’s most unethical organisations
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/l...

Lobbyists: The firms that pressure politicians on behalf of the world’s most unethical organisations

30 of the UK’s most active lobbying houses and their links to the Labour party

labourrightwatch.wordpress.com

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 21d

Can we pre-empt this and collectively stand by @ledbydonkeys.org please?
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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 21d

Start the timer

Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 21d

How long before Led by Donkeys become proscribed?

Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 21d

All the while the world appeases these despots we are stuck with them.
Appeasement and acceptance of Putin has led to the position we have in Ukraine.

Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 21d

Private Eye nails it!

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Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 21d

He’s surrounded by greedy, intelligent and less orange individuals though.

Roland Hoskins @rolandhoskins1.bsky.social · 24d

Why does this sound like Russian interference?
One needs the funds, one is bored with his wealth (where to go?) and Russia wants destabilisation.