CAFCA
@caxskye.bsky.social
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Anti-Tory/not pro-Labour/pro🇪🇺EU. 55 years: Chartered Accountant
Hybrid Celt: in East Sussex from 1986.
Live 1 mile from the English Channel.
Welcomes informed debate.
No profile/no posts/no follow!
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Anti-Tory/not pro-Labour/pro🇪🇺EU. 55 years: Chartered Accountant
Hybrid Celt: in East Sussex from 1986.
Live 1 mile from the English Channel.
Welcomes informed debate.
Pinned
There aren’t any 🤡 Trumps either.
The people running the most powerful country in the world don't even know there are no penguins in the arctic.
January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
There aren’t any 🤡 Trumps either.
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How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
Morgan McSweeney’s 0% Strategy
The plot to block Andy Burnham's return to Westminster tells you everything you need to know about how Keir Starmer's Government got itself into this mess
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
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The initial letter of support from the US on the founding of the WHO pointed out that infectious diseases know no borders. I wonder what has changed.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 AM
The initial letter of support from the US on the founding of the WHO pointed out that infectious diseases know no borders. I wonder what has changed.
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British MPs from across political divide line up to condemn Trump remarks
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 AM
British MPs from across political divide line up to condemn Trump remarks
Excellent - Leadbeater’s scramble for Assisted Suicide is dangerous & without adequate controls.
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords
Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Excellent - Leadbeater’s scramble for Assisted Suicide is dangerous & without adequate controls.
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Someone sent this to me earlier.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
January 22, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Someone sent this to me earlier.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
It's a genuine Farage quote from 2015 and boy does that not say it all about the defender of British culture.
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Absolutely spot on.
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Absolutely spot on.
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🚨 Now trending 🚨
A video from 6 years ago is resurfacing where Nigel Farage was accused, during his time as an MEP, of failing to declare over £500k in financial support.
x.com/i/status/201...
A video from 6 years ago is resurfacing where Nigel Farage was accused, during his time as an MEP, of failing to declare over £500k in financial support.
x.com/i/status/201...
x.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
🚨 Now trending 🚨
A video from 6 years ago is resurfacing where Nigel Farage was accused, during his time as an MEP, of failing to declare over £500k in financial support.
x.com/i/status/201...
A video from 6 years ago is resurfacing where Nigel Farage was accused, during his time as an MEP, of failing to declare over £500k in financial support.
x.com/i/status/201...
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Great point from @markfollman.bsky.social: It's precisely because ICE's killing of Renee Good is so clear cut that Trump and Miller are trying to mire us in debates over supposed video ambiguities. But the evidence is definitive.
On the pod Mark is good on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
On the pod Mark is good on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
Trump’s Rage at Protesters Boils Over as ICE Scandal Takes Worse Turn
As Trump’s threats escalate toward anti-ICE protestors, the author of a piece on his response to crises explains how he exploits moments of national trauma toward broader, more nefarious ends.
newrepublic.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Great point from @markfollman.bsky.social: It's precisely because ICE's killing of Renee Good is so clear cut that Trump and Miller are trying to mire us in debates over supposed video ambiguities. But the evidence is definitive.
On the pod Mark is good on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
On the pod Mark is good on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2054...
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These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
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Just a reminder, in the face of this clarity and sanity, for those in the U.K., that the main driver behind the ban on under-16s from social media in Australia was the Murdoch press.
It wasn’t ’grassroots’. It was Murdoch.
It wasn’t ’grassroots’. It was Murdoch.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Just a reminder, in the face of this clarity and sanity, for those in the U.K., that the main driver behind the ban on under-16s from social media in Australia was the Murdoch press.
It wasn’t ’grassroots’. It was Murdoch.
It wasn’t ’grassroots’. It was Murdoch.
Ramblings muted - I really couldn’t be bothered with this tripe!
Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders.
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it.
He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead.
The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me.
A pattern emerging...
January 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Ramblings muted - I really couldn’t be bothered with this tripe!
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Donald Trump threatens 10% tariffs on UK and Nigel Farage who has positioned himself as the president's best mate in Britain drops out of a much promoted interview on the BBC.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
January 18, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Donald Trump threatens 10% tariffs on UK and Nigel Farage who has positioned himself as the president's best mate in Britain drops out of a much promoted interview on the BBC.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Guess @wesstreeting.bsky.social medication has stopped being effective. 🤷♂️
New - Streeting goes full throttle on the idea that politicians can't make the state work and that "nothing happens" when levers are pulled.
"Where there aren’t levers, we build them. Where there are barriers, we bulldoze them. Where there is poor performance, we challenge it."
"Where there aren’t levers, we build them. Where there are barriers, we bulldoze them. Where there is poor performance, we challenge it."
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Guess @wesstreeting.bsky.social medication has stopped being effective. 🤷♂️
What a surprise!
Over the past 16 years but especially since 2024 any pledge is bound to fail or never to be honoured.
Over the past 16 years but especially since 2024 any pledge is bound to fail or never to be honoured.
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Wildlife targets will be missed in England and Northern Ireland, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
What a surprise!
Over the past 16 years but especially since 2024 any pledge is bound to fail or never to be honoured.
Over the past 16 years but especially since 2024 any pledge is bound to fail or never to be honoured.
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Kemi Badenoch describes Greenland as a “second-order issue” in BBC interview.
The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.
The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Kemi Badenoch describes Greenland as a “second-order issue” in BBC interview.
The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.
The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.
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Apparently the US government can kill people on the high seas, in other lands and on its own streets—and nothing will be done to stop it. The US is now a gangster state at home and a rogue state abroad, writes dag
Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Apparently the US government can kill people on the high seas, in other lands and on its own streets—and nothing will be done to stop it. The US is now a gangster state at home and a rogue state abroad, writes dag
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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“As a low-wage worker, I wholeheartedly reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions… Unaccountable masked agents have no place in our communities!”
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“As a low-wage worker, I wholeheartedly reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions… Unaccountable masked agents have no place in our communities!”
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@bbc5live.bsky.social please don't present Katherine Leavitt's propaganda as anything like the truth. The ICE agent committed what can only be described as murder.
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
@bbc5live.bsky.social please don't present Katherine Leavitt's propaganda as anything like the truth. The ICE agent committed what can only be described as murder.
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We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
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“In 2022, drivers aged between 17-24 were involved in 25,698 road accidents, despite representing a far smaller group of licence holders. By contrast, those over 85 years - frequently cited as the highest risk group - were involved in just 979 accidents”
I'm not 70, but the new licence rulings seem unfair on post-70's in the light of the statistics. Why doesn't it apply to everyone if younger drivers are highest-risk group?
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
“In 2022, drivers aged between 17-24 were involved in 25,698 road accidents, despite representing a far smaller group of licence holders. By contrast, those over 85 years - frequently cited as the highest risk group - were involved in just 979 accidents”
Quite.
As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Quite.
As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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As with virtually everything else Starmer’s stance mirrors ‘rabbit caught in headlights’!
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Completely and absolutely agree, the message Trump’s actions in Venezuela sends to Russia and China is that anything goes, international law be damned. Russia and China will act aggressively no matter what, but this adds cover to their agendas on Ukraine and Taiwan.
Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice"
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Completely and absolutely agree, the message Trump’s actions in Venezuela sends to Russia and China is that anything goes, international law be damned. Russia and China will act aggressively no matter what, but this adds cover to their agendas on Ukraine and Taiwan.