Dave Wilson
@davew1956.bsky.social
Pro UK in EU. Climate concerned. Enjoys cycling and travels. Retired.
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Dave Wilson
@davew1956.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I have moved from X (Duke Dave of the Shire) and have tried to follow many I followed on X. Give me a nudge if I have missed following you, and please follow back. Intending to shut down my X account by the end of this week.
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The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
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One sure way of making the millionaires
who fund Reform Ltd even richer
is to make the workers they exploit even poorer
"Reform UK will end your rights at work.
No spin. No culture war fluff. Just fewer protections and more power for employers."
meme via Truth Against Hate
who fund Reform Ltd even richer
is to make the workers they exploit even poorer
"Reform UK will end your rights at work.
No spin. No culture war fluff. Just fewer protections and more power for employers."
meme via Truth Against Hate
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM
One sure way of making the millionaires
who fund Reform Ltd even richer
is to make the workers they exploit even poorer
"Reform UK will end your rights at work.
No spin. No culture war fluff. Just fewer protections and more power for employers."
meme via Truth Against Hate
who fund Reform Ltd even richer
is to make the workers they exploit even poorer
"Reform UK will end your rights at work.
No spin. No culture war fluff. Just fewer protections and more power for employers."
meme via Truth Against Hate
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The best strategy to deal with Farage & Reform is to cause divisions between them. There will be tensions between Jenrick & Tice for sure now. And all of them want to be PM. They've all slagged each other off in the past - keep reminding them. It will crumble like everything else he does.
February 18, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The best strategy to deal with Farage & Reform is to cause divisions between them. There will be tensions between Jenrick & Tice for sure now. And all of them want to be PM. They've all slagged each other off in the past - keep reminding them. It will crumble like everything else he does.
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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If you’re preparing to interview a known liar, the very least you could do is swot up on the very stuff he is most likely to tell lies about.
Nigel Farage claims "Look at net migration numbers. Oh, it isn't good that net migration is coming down".
"Do you know why? Its because there is an exodus: those of a situation + a financial position to be fortunate to have a choice"
A v misleading exaggeration/narrative of falling net migration
"Do you know why? Its because there is an exodus: those of a situation + a financial position to be fortunate to have a choice"
A v misleading exaggeration/narrative of falling net migration
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you’re preparing to interview a known liar, the very least you could do is swot up on the very stuff he is most likely to tell lies about.
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Deregulation will hit your exports as well.
The US already has problems trying to sell food to Europe. You could argue that we are over regulated, but the consumers like the quality assurances of high standards.
As the UK found with Brexit, deregulate all you want.
You can't sell it.
The US already has problems trying to sell food to Europe. You could argue that we are over regulated, but the consumers like the quality assurances of high standards.
As the UK found with Brexit, deregulate all you want.
You can't sell it.
February 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Deregulation will hit your exports as well.
The US already has problems trying to sell food to Europe. You could argue that we are over regulated, but the consumers like the quality assurances of high standards.
As the UK found with Brexit, deregulate all you want.
You can't sell it.
The US already has problems trying to sell food to Europe. You could argue that we are over regulated, but the consumers like the quality assurances of high standards.
As the UK found with Brexit, deregulate all you want.
You can't sell it.
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Tesco makes nearly £4bn profit.
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Tesco makes nearly £4bn profit.
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
Immigrants arriving in Monaco in their not so small boats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Immigrants arriving in Monaco in their not so small boats.
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And btw, immigrants as a whole make a net contribution to our economy, they are not the problem, rich tax exiles are. The super yachts not the small boats. Rich, selfish and ignorant (of the facts).
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
And btw, immigrants as a whole make a net contribution to our economy, they are not the problem, rich tax exiles are. The super yachts not the small boats. Rich, selfish and ignorant (of the facts).
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Weakening our trade links with the world’s largest free market, especially one made up of our nearest neighbours, has proven to be a terrible decision. We must make rejoining the single market and customs union a priority.
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Weakening our trade links with the world’s largest free market, especially one made up of our nearest neighbours, has proven to be a terrible decision. We must make rejoining the single market and customs union a priority.
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The damage from Brexit continues to be reported from all sectors of industry, commerce and society. We need a government that will ACT and not just talk.
internetretailing.net/uk-retailers...
internetretailing.net/uk-retailers...
UK retailers hit by double whammy of Brexit frictions and US tariffs - InternetRetailing
New ONS data shows UK retailers are still being hit by rising Brexit‑related costs, as well as impacted by US trade tariffs.
internetretailing.net
February 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM
The damage from Brexit continues to be reported from all sectors of industry, commerce and society. We need a government that will ACT and not just talk.
internetretailing.net/uk-retailers...
internetretailing.net/uk-retailers...
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Farmers face the harsh realities of post-Brexit life - realities Remainers warned about long before the vote. Rising costs, labour shortages and red tape now squeeze rural livelihoods, raising fresh questions about why they are again falling for Farage’s nonsense. Are they stupid or something?
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Farmers face the harsh realities of post-Brexit life - realities Remainers warned about long before the vote. Rising costs, labour shortages and red tape now squeeze rural livelihoods, raising fresh questions about why they are again falling for Farage’s nonsense. Are they stupid or something?
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A lot of people don’t understand what the Single Market brings to the EU (and what we lost in the UK). It allows businesses to design their products for 450m people, amortising the development costs widely.
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
A lot of people don’t understand what the Single Market brings to the EU (and what we lost in the UK). It allows businesses to design their products for 450m people, amortising the development costs widely.
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Those well known patriots Johnson, Farage and Mogg.
Can we still put people on trial for treason?
Can we still put people on trial for treason?
Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
bylinetimes.com/2023/04/24/b...
Bannon, Brexit, Johnson and Cambridge Analytica: the Daughter of Time
Peter Jukes reports on more revelations about the transatlantic right-wing network, and why the Government is withholding key information on the former Prime Minister’s role
bylinetimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Those well known patriots Johnson, Farage and Mogg.
Can we still put people on trial for treason?
Can we still put people on trial for treason?
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Just turned off @itvnews.bsky.social as Suzanna (Vote Refom) Reid and Ed (what the actual fuck) Balls are positively moist as they beg the Tories to call a vote of no confidence in Labour.
Neither of the thick fuckers can count apparently
Neither of the thick fuckers can count apparently
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Just turned off @itvnews.bsky.social as Suzanna (Vote Refom) Reid and Ed (what the actual fuck) Balls are positively moist as they beg the Tories to call a vote of no confidence in Labour.
Neither of the thick fuckers can count apparently
Neither of the thick fuckers can count apparently
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Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.
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The idea that now king Charles
didn't know all about Andrew & #EpsteinFiles
throughout decades of regular MI5 & 6 briefings
is utterly ridiculous
"Charles Windsor heckled over Andrew as police launch investigation into former prince"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/char...
didn't know all about Andrew & #EpsteinFiles
throughout decades of regular MI5 & 6 briefings
is utterly ridiculous
"Charles Windsor heckled over Andrew as police launch investigation into former prince"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/char...
Charles Windsor heckled over Andrew as police launch investigation into former prince
KING CHARLES was heckled today and asked how long he had known about his brother Andrew’s Epstein links during a visit to an auction mart in Lancashire,As the monarch greeted crowds outside Clitheroe ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The idea that now king Charles
didn't know all about Andrew & #EpsteinFiles
throughout decades of regular MI5 & 6 briefings
is utterly ridiculous
"Charles Windsor heckled over Andrew as police launch investigation into former prince"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/char...
didn't know all about Andrew & #EpsteinFiles
throughout decades of regular MI5 & 6 briefings
is utterly ridiculous
"Charles Windsor heckled over Andrew as police launch investigation into former prince"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/char...
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Take your pick....
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Take your pick....
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So if you’re a graduate trying desperately to get a foot on the housing ladder, crippled with stupid marginal tax rates to pay back your escalating loan and you can’t afford the ridiculous childcare costs so you put off having children till you’ve had a promotion….you’ll be hit by even more tax!?!
Reform by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have kids should pay more tax
Exclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader has warned
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 AM
So if you’re a graduate trying desperately to get a foot on the housing ladder, crippled with stupid marginal tax rates to pay back your escalating loan and you can’t afford the ridiculous childcare costs so you put off having children till you’ve had a promotion….you’ll be hit by even more tax!?!
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"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."
– George Monbiot
– George Monbiot
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."
– George Monbiot
– George Monbiot
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If Starmer goes the last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term was David Cameron in 2015. So much for those who say proportional representation leads to instability.
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
If Starmer goes the last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term was David Cameron in 2015. So much for those who say proportional representation leads to instability.
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Trump is seeking to undermine British and European democracy and anyone who takes the money and does his bidding should be called out fir what they are
Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Trump is seeking to undermine British and European democracy and anyone who takes the money and does his bidding should be called out fir what they are