Alison Gordon 🇺🇦
@alisonmgordon.bsky.social
Ex-North West England econ devt/regen policy, funding and delivery pro. Keen to learn with interests in politics, rejoinEU, environment and nature, creativity and whippets.
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Elon Musk is talking about Nigel Farage's Reform Party: he says Reform are trying to eradicate white people in Britain.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
February 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Elon Musk is talking about Nigel Farage's Reform Party: he says Reform are trying to eradicate white people in Britain.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
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Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
February 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Q: The president just said on Truth Social it would be a 'big mistake' for UK to hold over control of Diego Garcia, but the State Dept said the US supports that handover
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
LEAVITT: The post should be taken as administration policy. When you see it on TS, you know it's directly from President Trump.
Oh ffs, it must be like trying to work with a power pissed goldfish
Donald Trump launched a fresh attack today on Keir Starmer, lambasting a deal the British prime minster painstakingly struck with Mauritius over the Diego Garcia military base in the Chagos Islands.
Trump blasts Starmer’s Chagos deal — hours after US backed it
The U.S. president says the military base — subject of a controversial new British lease agreement with Mauritius — may need to be used to head off an attack by Iran.
www.politico.eu
February 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Oh ffs, it must be like trying to work with a power pissed goldfish
Maybe Trump could buy it with the change left over from Greenland … 🙄
February 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Maybe Trump could buy it with the change left over from Greenland … 🙄
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Trump now u-turning on his u-turn on his u-turn on the Chagos Islands.
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Trump now u-turning on his u-turn on his u-turn on the Chagos Islands.
This is true
To give him his due, George knows an awful lot about leaving a country (if not himself) weaker and poorer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This is true
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They'd already changed it to pay for their cheaper pints policy. Apparently we can afford that.
Jenrick: "As a signal of intent, today, Reform is changing our policy on the two-child cap for Universal Credit. The policy was well-meaning. We want to help working families have more children. But right now, we just cannot afford to do so with welfare. So it has to go."
February 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM
They'd already changed it to pay for their cheaper pints policy. Apparently we can afford that.
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James Orr is a Christian Nationalist and Social Conservative.
Most British people would use the term "Religious Nutball"
Most British people would use the term "Religious Nutball"
Reform’s new “head of policy” has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “regional Slavic conflict”.
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
February 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
James Orr is a Christian Nationalist and Social Conservative.
Most British people would use the term "Religious Nutball"
Most British people would use the term "Religious Nutball"
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It's a financial prospectus that will sound very familiar to those in his former party.
February 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
It's a financial prospectus that will sound very familiar to those in his former party.
100% this
This is also how every call to "slash red tape" or "deregulate" should be handled.
Regulations can always work better or be streamlined, but 98% of the time their purpose is still valid and the right wing clowns bloviating about it are the last people on earth you'd trust to iterate implementation.
Regulations can always work better or be streamlined, but 98% of the time their purpose is still valid and the right wing clowns bloviating about it are the last people on earth you'd trust to iterate implementation.
"So will it be the same act but with a different label?"
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
February 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
100% this
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AMAZING NEWS LADS! A good couple of thousand raised by this genius move by RSPCA Altrincham.
February 18, 2026 at 8:17 AM
AMAZING NEWS LADS! A good couple of thousand raised by this genius move by RSPCA Altrincham.
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Today I want to tell you about the Brown-Stigler incident. 20th December 1943 these two pilots would be the centre of an episode that would last decades.
January 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today I want to tell you about the Brown-Stigler incident. 20th December 1943 these two pilots would be the centre of an episode that would last decades.
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Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
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Employment rates for non-EU born are now *above* those for the UK born.
Gap used be nearly 10 percentage points.
A tribute to the success of UK immigration/immigrants and labour market integration, especially in recent years.
Something government should celebrate..
Gap used be nearly 10 percentage points.
A tribute to the success of UK immigration/immigrants and labour market integration, especially in recent years.
Something government should celebrate..
February 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Employment rates for non-EU born are now *above* those for the UK born.
Gap used be nearly 10 percentage points.
A tribute to the success of UK immigration/immigrants and labour market integration, especially in recent years.
Something government should celebrate..
Gap used be nearly 10 percentage points.
A tribute to the success of UK immigration/immigrants and labour market integration, especially in recent years.
Something government should celebrate..
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I'm literally a two man band.
My business was incorporated the day before the referendum, my partner and I thinking "nobody is that stupid".
Since then we alone have imported 2 million bottles of wine from Europe.
Every bottle has cost the UK consumer 25% more than it should have. It's that simple.
My business was incorporated the day before the referendum, my partner and I thinking "nobody is that stupid".
Since then we alone have imported 2 million bottles of wine from Europe.
Every bottle has cost the UK consumer 25% more than it should have. It's that simple.
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I'm literally a two man band.
My business was incorporated the day before the referendum, my partner and I thinking "nobody is that stupid".
Since then we alone have imported 2 million bottles of wine from Europe.
Every bottle has cost the UK consumer 25% more than it should have. It's that simple.
My business was incorporated the day before the referendum, my partner and I thinking "nobody is that stupid".
Since then we alone have imported 2 million bottles of wine from Europe.
Every bottle has cost the UK consumer 25% more than it should have. It's that simple.
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The Roman Pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The Roman Pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
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Straight out of the Trump playbook. Sadly, the media doesn't respond in the right way. The next reporter should have asked the identical question. And the next. And call him out for crap or hint of misogyny.
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Straight out of the Trump playbook. Sadly, the media doesn't respond in the right way. The next reporter should have asked the identical question. And the next. And call him out for crap or hint of misogyny.
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People sometimes praise Farage for taking lots of questions from the press.
That seems irrelevant when he regularly responds to reasonable questions in insulting and Trump-like terms, often attacking individual journalists and their outlets. Collectively, the lobby shouldn’t stand for it.
That seems irrelevant when he regularly responds to reasonable questions in insulting and Trump-like terms, often attacking individual journalists and their outlets. Collectively, the lobby shouldn’t stand for it.
Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
People sometimes praise Farage for taking lots of questions from the press.
That seems irrelevant when he regularly responds to reasonable questions in insulting and Trump-like terms, often attacking individual journalists and their outlets. Collectively, the lobby shouldn’t stand for it.
That seems irrelevant when he regularly responds to reasonable questions in insulting and Trump-like terms, often attacking individual journalists and their outlets. Collectively, the lobby shouldn’t stand for it.
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Another leaf from the Trump playbook?
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
UK politics: Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – as it happened
Party leader tells FT journalist she should ‘write some silly story’ after press conference revealing roles for his top team
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Another leaf from the Trump playbook?
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
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It really does seem that tge Trump regime is determined to sell Ukraine out to Russia.
So it's good that officials from Germany, France, Italy and the UK are also in Geneva to show support for Ukraine.
Trump and Putin do not get to decide Europe's future!
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russ...
So it's good that officials from Germany, France, Italy and the UK are also in Geneva to show support for Ukraine.
Trump and Putin do not get to decide Europe's future!
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russ...
Ukraine, Russia start US-mediated Geneva peace talks as Moscow signals harder line
The talks unfold after a week of pointed criticism from Russian officials, who have suggested that only Ukraine's capitulation would satisfy Moscow's objectives.
kyivindependent.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
It really does seem that tge Trump regime is determined to sell Ukraine out to Russia.
So it's good that officials from Germany, France, Italy and the UK are also in Geneva to show support for Ukraine.
Trump and Putin do not get to decide Europe's future!
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russ...
So it's good that officials from Germany, France, Italy and the UK are also in Geneva to show support for Ukraine.
Trump and Putin do not get to decide Europe's future!
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russ...
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Reform UK today says it wants to end the equality act of 2010 which is the primary legal framework protecting disabled people from discrimination in the UK #dontvotebigots
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Reform UK today says it wants to end the equality act of 2010 which is the primary legal framework protecting disabled people from discrimination in the UK #dontvotebigots
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It's becoming clearer. The plan is to create a veritable government of all the talentless.
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It's becoming clearer. The plan is to create a veritable government of all the talentless.
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This is a blunt falsehood from Farage. 3.5m Epstein files were released on 30 Jan and on Jan 31, the FT carried a front-page story on Mandelson (see image).
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is a blunt falsehood from Farage. 3.5m Epstein files were released on 30 Jan and on Jan 31, the FT carried a front-page story on Mandelson (see image).
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
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You've appointed Tories to your top team. Why should people believe your party is any different?
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
February 17, 2026 at 12:02 PM
You've appointed Tories to your top team. Why should people believe your party is any different?
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
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Marco Rubio just flew to Budapest to deliver a speech in which he provided a full endorsement of Viktor Orbán in the upcoming Hungarian elections.
Here is the letter he signed in 2019 warning about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory" under Orbán
h/t Carrick Ryan
Here is the letter he signed in 2019 warning about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory" under Orbán
h/t Carrick Ryan
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Marco Rubio just flew to Budapest to deliver a speech in which he provided a full endorsement of Viktor Orbán in the upcoming Hungarian elections.
Here is the letter he signed in 2019 warning about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory" under Orbán
h/t Carrick Ryan
Here is the letter he signed in 2019 warning about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory" under Orbán
h/t Carrick Ryan