Gavin Draper
@buzzardinnit.bsky.social
@buzzardinnit on the other place. Dad, lover of boxer dogs 🐕🦺 (or should that be 🦘?), half Irish, half UK, centrist. Lived in 🇺🇸 🇭🇰now back in Blighty (for now) #FBPE #NAFO #FBPA
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The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
I might be wrong, but this stinks of Pharage involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
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Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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No boat crossings at all in the last 7 days.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
No boat crossings at all in the last 7 days.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
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🇬🇧Where do Brexit Believers compare to Britain’s myth believers?
1. Ghosts (38% could exist)
2. UFOs (35% seen/know)
3. 🇺🇸Bigfoot (17% believe)
4. Loch Ness (17% probably real)
5. Fairies (14% sightings)
6. Brexit success (11%)
#Brexit #Rejoin #Halloween2025
1. Ghosts (38% could exist)
2. UFOs (35% seen/know)
3. 🇺🇸Bigfoot (17% believe)
4. Loch Ness (17% probably real)
5. Fairies (14% sightings)
6. Brexit success (11%)
#Brexit #Rejoin #Halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🇬🇧Where do Brexit Believers compare to Britain’s myth believers?
1. Ghosts (38% could exist)
2. UFOs (35% seen/know)
3. 🇺🇸Bigfoot (17% believe)
4. Loch Ness (17% probably real)
5. Fairies (14% sightings)
6. Brexit success (11%)
#Brexit #Rejoin #Halloween2025
1. Ghosts (38% could exist)
2. UFOs (35% seen/know)
3. 🇺🇸Bigfoot (17% believe)
4. Loch Ness (17% probably real)
5. Fairies (14% sightings)
6. Brexit success (11%)
#Brexit #Rejoin #Halloween2025
While undoubtedly serious, am I alone in wondering why the BBC is so very keen to talk about the China risk as headline news but talks about an ‘admitted’ Russia collusion by a Farage associate as an “in other news” story?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MI5 chief 'frustrated' over collapse of China spy case
Sir Ken McCallum says MI5 has acted against Chinese activity in the last week as parliamentary inquiry launched into spy case.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
While undoubtedly serious, am I alone in wondering why the BBC is so very keen to talk about the China risk as headline news but talks about an ‘admitted’ Russia collusion by a Farage associate as an “in other news” story?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Facts…
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Facts…
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.
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You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
October 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
Which UK national news broadcaster is going to have the guts to ask Trump at the press conference how decisions like these fit into his administrations professed championing of free speech? Trick question of course. None of them will.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments
The late-night host said on Monday that Trump's allies were "doing everything they can to score political points from" Kirk's death.
www.bbc.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Which UK national news broadcaster is going to have the guts to ask Trump at the press conference how decisions like these fit into his administrations professed championing of free speech? Trick question of course. None of them will.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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One of the key figures behind breaking the UK economy with a drop of 4-6% of GDP amounting to hundreds of billions of ££ in lost output, lower trade, reduced investment, rising xenophobia, hate crime, & discrimination, increased social division, & the erosion of trust & cohesion, says what now?
a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest
ALT: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest
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September 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One of the key figures behind breaking the UK economy with a drop of 4-6% of GDP amounting to hundreds of billions of ££ in lost output, lower trade, reduced investment, rising xenophobia, hate crime, & discrimination, increased social division, & the erosion of trust & cohesion, says what now?
Brexit made all the issues these so-called patriots are “protesting” about worse while the Brexit protagonists are feted as the solution. Starmer’s appeasement policy of “making Brexit work” is responsible for this by ignoring the root cause of it all. A spirited political lens on Brexit liars req’d
Police hurt during Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London
Some 25 arrests are made after
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September 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Brexit made all the issues these so-called patriots are “protesting” about worse while the Brexit protagonists are feted as the solution. Starmer’s appeasement policy of “making Brexit work” is responsible for this by ignoring the root cause of it all. A spirited political lens on Brexit liars req’d
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Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
September 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.
So glad I’m not on that rancid cesspit X any more.
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So glad I’m not on that rancid cesspit X any more.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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In the style of an economist ad, only this writes itself…
August 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In the style of an economist ad, only this writes itself…
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I bet he'd hate if this side-by-side went viral.
August 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I bet he'd hate if this side-by-side went viral.
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Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.
August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.
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Brexit has unleashed a tidal wave of immigration while robbing us of Freedom of Movement.
Brexit is a catastrophic failure that must be ended ASAP.
Brexit is a catastrophic failure that must be ended ASAP.
August 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Brexit has unleashed a tidal wave of immigration while robbing us of Freedom of Movement.
Brexit is a catastrophic failure that must be ended ASAP.
Brexit is a catastrophic failure that must be ended ASAP.
When you realise crypto is just an index of the amount people are willing to pay in hard currency for the nefarious business they don’t want to be traced doing, and you see the change in the world now geopolitically, it is easier to see how they are linked and why it is happening in plain sight.
August 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When you realise crypto is just an index of the amount people are willing to pay in hard currency for the nefarious business they don’t want to be traced doing, and you see the change in the world now geopolitically, it is easier to see how they are linked and why it is happening in plain sight.
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To say this is somewhat at odds with the news and social media narrative would be the understatement of the year.
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
August 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
To say this is somewhat at odds with the news and social media narrative would be the understatement of the year.
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
August 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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It turns out Reform's newest MP Sarah Pochin is full of shit.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It turns out Reform's newest MP Sarah Pochin is full of shit.