Julian Petley

@julian-petley.bsky.social

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Writer, editor, mythfinder general.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12d

A perfect tactic if the plan is for Labour to fall behind the Greens and/or Lib Dems in the polls...

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 12d

I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12d

Net migration to the UK is falling rapidly. But how far will it fall? A new, detailed estimate by @jamesbowes01.bsky.social projects net migration in 2026 will be 70K to 170K.

This will have significant consequences, both economic and political.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 12d

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Julian Petley, Douglas M. Peers , and 2 more Steve Peers, Julian Petley, Douglas M. Peers, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Southern Africa

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12d

If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.

"Britain used to administer an empire from a company building around Downing Street in the 1820s,” the Reform MP for East Wiltshire said during a press conference, arguing that in the past the number of staff needed to run departments was far fewer than today."

Julian Petley @julian-petley.bsky.social · Sep 27

Indeed - but that doesn't stop most of the mainstream media ignoring it.

Reposted by Mel Bartley, Steven French, Julian Petley , and 2 more Mel Bartley, Steven French, Julian Petley, Mary Corcoran, Sue Timmis

weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · Sep 27

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 27

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

Julian Petley @julian-petley.bsky.social · Sep 22

Isn't this partly because the right-wing press, GB News and parts of the Tory party believe that the Labour government is actually illegitmate, and thus must be deposed as soon as possible?

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Sep 22

It just straightforwardly *insane* how much political chatter in the United Kingdom is about the next general election, an event that is a long way in the future, and how basically none of it is about 'uh, this policy agenda doesn't look adequate to the scale of the inherited problem'.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 22

Someone said to me today, "I didn't have a clue who Charlie Kirk was while he was alive, but now I am absolutely sick of him."

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 22

"Keir Starmer’s Government’s refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader’s plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street" @adambienkov.bsky.social writes

Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage's Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?

Keir Starmer's Government's refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader's plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues Adam Bienkov

bylinetimes.com

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Sep 22

🔴Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage’s Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?

Keir Starmer’s refusal to explicitly condemn Farage's plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage's Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?

bylinetimes.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers , and 7 more Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Tim Bale, Julian Petley, Ailsa Henderson, Ben Worthy, Justin Lewis, Christina Pagel, Nicolai von Ondarza

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Sep 22

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 22

Big Issue 2023: “The real worry is that true US-style culture war divisions – where our views on a range of social issues become very tightly tied to our political identity – leave no room for compromise and are incredibly difficult to unpick...”
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning politics, eye-opening study finds

What do pronouns, the Met Police and tofu have in common? All three have been accused of being “woke” by senior Tory MPs.

www.bigissue.com

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · Sep 22

Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness

The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Sep 22

As well as the fantasy £234 bn, journalists should also be clear Farage's claims most new migrants don't work, and those who do are on low wages, are entirely false.

In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed).

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 22

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Sep 22

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 14

Far right organisers in this country consistently side with foreign billionaires over our democratic institutions.
They are not patriots.
They are quislings.

Julian Petley @julian-petley.bsky.social · Sep 14

And one of the bureaucrats is a person of colour.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 14

The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.

iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · Sep 13

Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed

Julian Petley @julian-petley.bsky.social · Sep 9

Please consider signing this petition in light of the BBC's obsessive and uncritical coverage of Farage. www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

Balance the BBC

The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.

www.libdems.org.uk

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage

They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage

They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage

bylinetimes.com

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 9

A new blog on the increasingly urgent distinction between serious historical research on colonialism and right wing historical propaganda:

alanlester.co.uk/blog/accusat...

Accusation in the Mirror? Distinguishing Scholarship From Propaganda

Alan Lester The Truth About Empire, a collection of essays for a public readership by fourteen leading historians of British colonialism that I edited and introduced, was the subject of Alexander M…

alanlester.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 9

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 6

🔴The Fake Patriotism of Nigel Farage

Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-fake-p...

The Fake Patriotism of Nigel Farage

Despite his claims to love this country, few politicians have done more to undermine its interests and assist its enemies than the leader of Reform

www.adambienkov.co.uk

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Julian Petley, Juan Cole , and 3 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Julian Petley, Juan Cole, Sanford F. Schram, Nazita Lajevardi, Bessma Momani

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Sep 5

“We will police the streets and not the tweets and change all that damaging legislation,” says Nigel Farage on stage at Reform – just after welcoming the minister responsible for passing the Online Safety Act onto the stage with him, and into his party.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind in charge of an entire English county, accuses the government of appointing people "with no knowledge" or experience in charge of Government departments

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