Connectorman
@connectorman.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Grandfather and Fulham FC supporter.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
The @telegraphnews.bsky.social acting like @thesun.co.uk
What happens when a political agenda takes over any semblance of journalistic standards
Telegraph admits its story about private school family not being able to go on five holidays was complete nonsense and not remotely fact-checked
Beyond embarrassing
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/the-t...
Telegraph admits its story about private school family not being able to go on five holidays was complete nonsense and not remotely fact-checked
Beyond embarrassing
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/the-t...
An apology
On May 25 we published an online article “We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays” which included stock photographs and not, as the art...
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The @telegraphnews.bsky.social acting like @thesun.co.uk
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There were 3 council by-elections yesterday Reform UK won 0.
They keep losing by-elections.
That’s 227 council by-elections since the General Election, still just 12 seats won for Reform UK.
Only 5 out of 58 council by-elections in 2025.
They keep losing by-elections.
That’s 227 council by-elections since the General Election, still just 12 seats won for Reform UK.
Only 5 out of 58 council by-elections in 2025.
March 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
There were 3 council by-elections yesterday Reform UK won 0.
They keep losing by-elections.
That’s 227 council by-elections since the General Election, still just 12 seats won for Reform UK.
Only 5 out of 58 council by-elections in 2025.
They keep losing by-elections.
That’s 227 council by-elections since the General Election, still just 12 seats won for Reform UK.
Only 5 out of 58 council by-elections in 2025.
Interesting...... www.msn.com/en-gb/health...
MSN
www.msn.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Interesting...... www.msn.com/en-gb/health...
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Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...
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Latest @yougov.co.uk Westminster voting intention (26-27 Jan)
Lab: 27% (+1 from 20-21 Jan)
Ref: 23% (-1)
Con: 22% (=)
Lib Dem: 14% (=)
Green: 9% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Lab: 27% (+1 from 20-21 Jan)
Ref: 23% (-1)
Con: 22% (=)
Lib Dem: 14% (=)
Green: 9% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
January 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Latest @yougov.co.uk Westminster voting intention (26-27 Jan)
Lab: 27% (+1 from 20-21 Jan)
Ref: 23% (-1)
Con: 22% (=)
Lib Dem: 14% (=)
Green: 9% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
Lab: 27% (+1 from 20-21 Jan)
Ref: 23% (-1)
Con: 22% (=)
Lib Dem: 14% (=)
Green: 9% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)
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Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
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Dear world,
Elon Musk doesn’t appear to throw fascist salutes while perpetually acting like a Bond villain because he has ASD
He does it because he’s an extremely entitled billionaire narcissist with increasingly radical views and sees politics as a game
Signed,
A person who actually has ASD
Elon Musk doesn’t appear to throw fascist salutes while perpetually acting like a Bond villain because he has ASD
He does it because he’s an extremely entitled billionaire narcissist with increasingly radical views and sees politics as a game
Signed,
A person who actually has ASD
January 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Dear world,
Elon Musk doesn’t appear to throw fascist salutes while perpetually acting like a Bond villain because he has ASD
He does it because he’s an extremely entitled billionaire narcissist with increasingly radical views and sees politics as a game
Signed,
A person who actually has ASD
Elon Musk doesn’t appear to throw fascist salutes while perpetually acting like a Bond villain because he has ASD
He does it because he’s an extremely entitled billionaire narcissist with increasingly radical views and sees politics as a game
Signed,
A person who actually has ASD
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Any of them Reform MPs yet?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Thirteen men in court charged with over 50 child grooming sex offences
They are accused of numerous offences against multiple girls, aged between 14 and 17, over a two-year period between 2016 and 2018 - mainly in the Blackrod and Adlington areas of Bolton.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Any of them Reform MPs yet?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Ignore Musk, ignore the critics – you’ll feel the benefit of Labour’s policies in your pocket before long | Polly Toynbee
Ignore Musk, ignore the critics – you’ll feel the benefit of Labour’s policies in your pocket before long | Polly Toynbee
Despite the doom-mongers, the outlook for the economy, the NHS and vital services is good. Coming months should bear that out
Look up, despite the bleak midwinter, the flu crisis and this dismal mood of political cynicism. Despite, too, the daily doom…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ignore Musk, ignore the critics – you’ll feel the benefit of Labour’s policies in your pocket before long | Polly Toynbee
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The polling supports Phillipson on this (backed by 60%) and Labour is wise to embrace the argument rather than shrinking from it.
December 29, 2024 at 9:42 AM
The polling supports Phillipson on this (backed by 60%) and Labour is wise to embrace the argument rather than shrinking from it.
To all my fellow dog lovers.
December 24, 2024 at 9:49 AM
To all my fellow dog lovers.
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Democrats can complain all they want, but President Musk was given a clear mandate by the American voters in November
December 19, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Democrats can complain all they want, but President Musk was given a clear mandate by the American voters in November
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Tory govt & esp Suella Braverman spent considerable effort undermining the threat of far right extremism & hyping up fear of peaceful protests for a ceasefire in Palestine & against climate destruction instead.
There is two-tier policing, they’re right about that. #r4today
There is two-tier policing, they’re right about that. #r4today
December 18, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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Police watchdog finds:
Forces were underprepared for summer riots.
Underestimated the seriousness of far right organising outside asylum accommodation centres & failed to recognise the level of threat from nationalist extremists.
Blow me down. How surprising. Shocked. #r4today
Forces were underprepared for summer riots.
Underestimated the seriousness of far right organising outside asylum accommodation centres & failed to recognise the level of threat from nationalist extremists.
Blow me down. How surprising. Shocked. #r4today
December 18, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Police watchdog finds:
Forces were underprepared for summer riots.
Underestimated the seriousness of far right organising outside asylum accommodation centres & failed to recognise the level of threat from nationalist extremists.
Blow me down. How surprising. Shocked. #r4today
Forces were underprepared for summer riots.
Underestimated the seriousness of far right organising outside asylum accommodation centres & failed to recognise the level of threat from nationalist extremists.
Blow me down. How surprising. Shocked. #r4today
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Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
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This is the second article I’ve seen this week from the BBC blaming the “government “, rather than the “recently evicted Tory government”
It’s deceitful and politically motivated
It’s deceitful and politically motivated
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 AM
This is the second article I’ve seen this week from the BBC blaming the “government “, rather than the “recently evicted Tory government”
It’s deceitful and politically motivated
It’s deceitful and politically motivated
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Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 16, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
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"Was this man simply a desperate chancer who sought opportunities to meet famous people in order to cultivate an image of success that would help him to fund a luxury lifestyle, or a genuine threat to British interests? And when we’d finished talking about Prince Andrew, we began discussing Yang."
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
There’s a mole, right at the top of the Palace. He’s been there for years. In Westminster MPs were in a tizzy at the news that Chinese intelligence had infiltrated the inner circle of Prince Andrew…
thecritic.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 10:22 PM
"Was this man simply a desperate chancer who sought opportunities to meet famous people in order to cultivate an image of success that would help him to fund a luxury lifestyle, or a genuine threat to British interests? And when we’d finished talking about Prince Andrew, we began discussing Yang."
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I know people don't like to believe that. I know that millions truly think that this self-serving institution somehow benefits this country, but that's because hardly anyone ever dares to question it.
December 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
I know people don't like to believe that. I know that millions truly think that this self-serving institution somehow benefits this country, but that's because hardly anyone ever dares to question it.
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"Prince" Andrew was a trade envoy for ten years. All sorts of complaints about his behaviour and arrogance and everyone just shrugged and went along with it - why? Because his mum loved him and royalty is a cult.
news.sky.com/story/prince...
news.sky.com/story/prince...
Prince Andrew: Paperwork relating to Duke of York's past business dealings 'has vanished', author claims
Interest in Prince Andrew's finances has increased in recent months after it was revealed that the King was no longer paying him an allowance, raising questions about how he is able to pay for his Roy...
news.sky.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:26 PM
"Prince" Andrew was a trade envoy for ten years. All sorts of complaints about his behaviour and arrogance and everyone just shrugged and went along with it - why? Because his mum loved him and royalty is a cult.
news.sky.com/story/prince...
news.sky.com/story/prince...