Barefootdenne
@barefootdenne.bsky.social
Curious about everything..
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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See this thread here for a compilation of our reporting & why it matters.
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
See this thread here for a compilation of our reporting & why it matters.
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
We are still seeing the press & politicians minimising the importance of this case even while a police investigation is ongoing & there are so many qs outstanding.
bsky.app/profile/then...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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This week brought sharp drops in Trump’s approval, a clear show of strength for Democrats, a major breakthrough on the Epstein files, and a string of legal setbacks for the Trump administration. Team Big Picture broke it all down.
Our Wins Of The Week
Just ten months into Donald Trump’s second term and more than a year since he was reelected, the American people are sending a clear message in poll after poll that they are just not that into him.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This week brought sharp drops in Trump’s approval, a clear show of strength for Democrats, a major breakthrough on the Epstein files, and a string of legal setbacks for the Trump administration. Team Big Picture broke it all down.
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Who owns the £10 bn Royal Collection of art - 550 Leonardo drawings, Fabergé eggs, Monet paintings - and why is the inventory of it - showing which items are theirs personally and which are ours - kept secret? bit.ly/4prvApl
Who really owns the £10bn treasure in the Royal Collection?
The world’s largest private art collection includes Da Vincis and a £1.5 billion diamond but its full contents and who benefits from them remains a mystery
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Who owns the £10 bn Royal Collection of art - 550 Leonardo drawings, Fabergé eggs, Monet paintings - and why is the inventory of it - showing which items are theirs personally and which are ours - kept secret? bit.ly/4prvApl
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And this is spot on. No other political figure or party gets so little scrutiny. And it’s not like there isn’t a track record…
Corruption, Russia-links, Trump-christofascist-links, Brexit, racism, total incompetence in Reform-run councils…
A dangerous clowncar revving up to drive us into the wall.
Corruption, Russia-links, Trump-christofascist-links, Brexit, racism, total incompetence in Reform-run councils…
A dangerous clowncar revving up to drive us into the wall.
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And this is spot on. No other political figure or party gets so little scrutiny. And it’s not like there isn’t a track record…
Corruption, Russia-links, Trump-christofascist-links, Brexit, racism, total incompetence in Reform-run councils…
A dangerous clowncar revving up to drive us into the wall.
Corruption, Russia-links, Trump-christofascist-links, Brexit, racism, total incompetence in Reform-run councils…
A dangerous clowncar revving up to drive us into the wall.
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Russian negotiation tactics:
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Russian negotiation tactics:
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
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Plenty of evidence. His denial is not credible. He’s a racist and a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Plenty of evidence. His denial is not credible. He’s a racist and a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
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Must read: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press:
The bottom line is Trump doesn’t want a free and open press. He wants a press that is nice to him, that will protect him from negative stories, that will give him fawning coverage.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The bottom line is Trump doesn’t want a free and open press. He wants a press that is nice to him, that will protect him from negative stories, that will give him fawning coverage.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Must read: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press:
The bottom line is Trump doesn’t want a free and open press. He wants a press that is nice to him, that will protect him from negative stories, that will give him fawning coverage.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
The bottom line is Trump doesn’t want a free and open press. He wants a press that is nice to him, that will protect him from negative stories, that will give him fawning coverage.
www.publicnotice.co/p/matt-gertz...
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🤣🤣 THIS DID NOT AGE WELL!!! 🤣🤣
I interviewed Nathan Gill in 2019 while he was being paid by the Russian Kremlin to betray the UK, on behalf of the Reform Party!!!
Now he's been sentenced to prison for 10.5 years!
I interviewed Nathan Gill in 2019 while he was being paid by the Russian Kremlin to betray the UK, on behalf of the Reform Party!!!
Now he's been sentenced to prison for 10.5 years!
Reform UK Leader, Nathan Gill JAILED for Russian treason
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🤣🤣 THIS DID NOT AGE WELL!!! 🤣🤣
I interviewed Nathan Gill in 2019 while he was being paid by the Russian Kremlin to betray the UK, on behalf of the Reform Party!!!
Now he's been sentenced to prison for 10.5 years!
I interviewed Nathan Gill in 2019 while he was being paid by the Russian Kremlin to betray the UK, on behalf of the Reform Party!!!
Now he's been sentenced to prison for 10.5 years!
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The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
@hignfy.bsky.social a bit slimly tonight🫤
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@hignfy.bsky.social a bit slimly tonight🫤
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Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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“Were the seeds of racism or anti-Semitism sown at Dulwich College?”
@maitlis.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com and Michael Crick
- who challenged Farage back in 2013 over claims about his school days - discuss whether his past is relevant to the politician he is today.
@maitlis.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com and Michael Crick
- who challenged Farage back in 2013 over claims about his school days - discuss whether his past is relevant to the politician he is today.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“Were the seeds of racism or anti-Semitism sown at Dulwich College?”
@maitlis.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com and Michael Crick
- who challenged Farage back in 2013 over claims about his school days - discuss whether his past is relevant to the politician he is today.
@maitlis.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com and Michael Crick
- who challenged Farage back in 2013 over claims about his school days - discuss whether his past is relevant to the politician he is today.
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The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The country couldn't have put two worse people in charge of the government response to Covid.
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The country couldn't have put two worse people in charge of the government response to Covid.
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
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Keir Starmer’s justifiably unpopular at the moment but the degree of it is down to a concerted social media/print/GB news pile on thats distorting the numbers. #bbcpm
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Keir Starmer’s justifiably unpopular at the moment but the degree of it is down to a concerted social media/print/GB news pile on thats distorting the numbers. #bbcpm
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Here we have it. Tories failed during COVID as they did “too little, too late” leading to thousands more deaths.
23,000 lives could of been saved during the first wave & trips taken by Tory MP’s such as Dominic Cummings to Barnard Castle increased risk of people deciding not to follow the rules.
23,000 lives could of been saved during the first wave & trips taken by Tory MP’s such as Dominic Cummings to Barnard Castle increased risk of people deciding not to follow the rules.
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Here we have it. Tories failed during COVID as they did “too little, too late” leading to thousands more deaths.
23,000 lives could of been saved during the first wave & trips taken by Tory MP’s such as Dominic Cummings to Barnard Castle increased risk of people deciding not to follow the rules.
23,000 lives could of been saved during the first wave & trips taken by Tory MP’s such as Dominic Cummings to Barnard Castle increased risk of people deciding not to follow the rules.
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
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Ukrainian media report that a World Food Programme (UN) warehouse in Dnipro burned down after a Russian drone attack.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM