JohnG
@butleighjohn.bsky.social
Retired Journo, dog slave, more centrist dad than fire-breathing leftist. Grammar nazi. Guitars, guitars, gimme more.
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This could be boiled down to "Guys, you're embarrassing me". That explains why it's in Jewish News and not the Guardian, but it also explains why Freedland is prepared to admit for once that the "official community's" attitude has always been political.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This could be boiled down to "Guys, you're embarrassing me". That explains why it's in Jewish News and not the Guardian, but it also explains why Freedland is prepared to admit for once that the "official community's" attitude has always been political.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
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How many years does liking this gets you banned from King Tango's 'free speech' America?
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
How many years does liking this gets you banned from King Tango's 'free speech' America?
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Brilliant Farage history from Byline Times.
🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Nigel Farage's Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Brilliant Farage history from Byline Times.
You know what? I don’t have to go to the US and neither do loads of soccer fans. So trump and his clown crew of demented halfwits can sod right off.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You know what? I don’t have to go to the US and neither do loads of soccer fans. So trump and his clown crew of demented halfwits can sod right off.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Varoufakis has been an obvious MAGA far right nutter for basically ever. His only goal in government was to steal everything not bolted down and sell his book
What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Varoufakis has been an obvious MAGA far right nutter for basically ever. His only goal in government was to steal everything not bolted down and sell his book
I’m amazed that the Beeb dared to carry this story, given aunty’s habitual and unjustified deference to St Nige of Clacton. I also have a horrid feeling that the cops will find “nothing to see here, move along” and the defanged electoral commission will do nothing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police assess claims Reform overspent on Farage election campaign
The party denies breaking electoral law, saying the "inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor".
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I’m amazed that the Beeb dared to carry this story, given aunty’s habitual and unjustified deference to St Nige of Clacton. I also have a horrid feeling that the cops will find “nothing to see here, move along” and the defanged electoral commission will do nothing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Of course they have. It's Nige's latest grift so why should he hold back?
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK are running a 'cash for access scheme in all but name', a senior SNP MP has alleged after they launched a £10,000-per-year membership
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Of course they have. It's Nige's latest grift so why should he hold back?
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Europe can no longer rely on the US as an ally. This response from Moscow says it all: “Russia has welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments were “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision”. www.arabnews.com/node/2625342...
Changes to US security strategy ‘largely consistent’ with Russia’s vision: Kremlin
MOSCOW: Russia has welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington’s previous policy were “largely consistent” with Moscow...
www.arabnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Europe can no longer rely on the US as an ally. This response from Moscow says it all: “Russia has welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments were “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision”. www.arabnews.com/node/2625342...
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As a first step, the EU needs to convince Belgium to hand over the frozen Russian assets. For Europe to fail to do so at the next European Council meeting Dec 18-19 would be disastrous. Belgium’s concerns need to be assuaged, but they can’t be allowed to stand in the way of European security.
Von der Leyen, Merz: Talks with Belgium over Russian assets were ‘constructive’
Yet the Belgian leader gave no indication he will relent on his opposition to use the frozen funds.
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
As a first step, the EU needs to convince Belgium to hand over the frozen Russian assets. For Europe to fail to do so at the next European Council meeting Dec 18-19 would be disastrous. Belgium’s concerns need to be assuaged, but they can’t be allowed to stand in the way of European security.
Where are the Taurus missiles? Give Ukraine Taurus. And sequester the Russian loot in Brussels. If the Belgians want indemnities, indemnify them. But do it. The Trumpian US is a hostile power and won't help. Europe, Grow. A. Backbone!
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
Weekend Update #162: The Best Week Since November 5, 2024
The Tomahawk Con: A Case Study: Pokrovsk And The Ranged War
phillipspobrien.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Where are the Taurus missiles? Give Ukraine Taurus. And sequester the Russian loot in Brussels. If the Belgians want indemnities, indemnify them. But do it. The Trumpian US is a hostile power and won't help. Europe, Grow. A. Backbone!
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
You know what? Elon can eff right off and do one in the back seat of a Tesla. Then eff off some more. Etc
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You know what? Elon can eff right off and do one in the back seat of a Tesla. Then eff off some more. Etc
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It's time to start taking the Trump Administration at its word.
The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It's time to start taking the Trump Administration at its word.
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www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
This Harborne bloke is a menace. This sort of donation needs to be stopped or will turn into the poundshop USA, enslaved by the crypto industry.
"This record-breaking donation shows how dependent our political parties have become on a super-rich few," says Transparency International
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This Harborne bloke is a menace. This sort of donation needs to be stopped or will turn into the poundshop USA, enslaved by the crypto industry.
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days.
Trumpworld thinks Europe has betrayed the West
economist.com/internationa... Hopefully our leaders will now realise that trump’s US is no friend to the West.
Trumpworld thinks Europe has betrayed the West
economist.com/internationa... Hopefully our leaders will now realise that trump’s US is no friend to the West.
Trumpworld thinks Europe has betrayed the West
Centrist governments across the continent rightly sense a trap
economist.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days.
Trumpworld thinks Europe has betrayed the West
economist.com/internationa... Hopefully our leaders will now realise that trump’s US is no friend to the West.
Trumpworld thinks Europe has betrayed the West
economist.com/internationa... Hopefully our leaders will now realise that trump’s US is no friend to the West.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy hahaha 😂
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy hahaha 😂
The ironyometer just exploded.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The ironyometer just exploded.
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Neat
Year 1:
Asylum seekers 5
Immigrants 100
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 10% of net immigration
Year 2:
Asylum seekers 3
Immigrants 53
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 100% of net immigration
Year 1:
Asylum seekers 5
Immigrants 100
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 10% of net immigration
Year 2:
Asylum seekers 3
Immigrants 53
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 100% of net immigration
Asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration to the UK and the number housed in hotels has increased despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to end their use ⬇️
Asylum seekers account for almost half of net migration
New statistics showed a fall in net migration as British citizens and non-EU migrants left the UK, but the number of asylum seekers in hotels has grown
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Neat
Year 1:
Asylum seekers 5
Immigrants 100
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 10% of net immigration
Year 2:
Asylum seekers 3
Immigrants 53
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 100% of net immigration
Year 1:
Asylum seekers 5
Immigrants 100
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 10% of net immigration
Year 2:
Asylum seekers 3
Immigrants 53
Emigrants 50
Asylum seekers 100% of net immigration
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This woman sits in a prison because she was convicted by a jury on state charges of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with Colorado's Secretary of State.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This woman sits in a prison because she was convicted by a jury on state charges of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with Colorado's Secretary of State.
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People in the intelligence community call Witkoff Dim Philby - both for his level of intelligence and because he’s working for the Russians.
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
People in the intelligence community call Witkoff Dim Philby - both for his level of intelligence and because he’s working for the Russians.
Why is it that tech companies insist on making their software worse? The Clock app on my new iPhone is less useful than it was on my old iPhone phone. They moved the alarm function, assuming it was only for sleep. It’s not. The Reminders app continues to suck so, well done Apple.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Why is it that tech companies insist on making their software worse? The Clock app on my new iPhone is less useful than it was on my old iPhone phone. They moved the alarm function, assuming it was only for sleep. It’s not. The Reminders app continues to suck so, well done Apple.