Greg Thornton
@gregthornton.bsky.social
Late adopter of neologisms and americanismphobic. Grumpy old man in training. 🏳️🌈
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
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NEWS! 'My vision for Twitter was always an army of foreign nationals monetising propaganda to influence US voters', insists Elon Musk newsthump.com/2025/11/25/m...
‘My vision for Twitter was always an army of foreign nationals monetising propaganda to influence US voters’, insists Elon Musk
After Twitter added a new feature that showed the locations of many high-profile, well-followed MAGA accounts to be outside the United States, Elon Musk has insisted this was his plan all along.
newsthump.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
NEWS! 'My vision for Twitter was always an army of foreign nationals monetising propaganda to influence US voters', insists Elon Musk newsthump.com/2025/11/25/m...
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“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
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Both openly supported Russia.
Gill did it for cash, Farage did it for ......love of his hero Putin?
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Gill did it for cash, Farage did it for ......love of his hero Putin?
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November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Both openly supported Russia.
Gill did it for cash, Farage did it for ......love of his hero Putin?
<img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h6mlwpw4iedy63qxzk6ux2oh/bafkreigasgxhlkqrbs7g7dn6s3kcpqfqqwzdsmdltcf4nucyxae2a7avd4@jpeg"/>
Gill did it for cash, Farage did it for ......love of his hero Putin?
<img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h6mlwpw4iedy63qxzk6ux2oh/bafkreigasgxhlkqrbs7g7dn6s3kcpqfqqwzdsmdltcf4nucyxae2a7avd4@jpeg"/>
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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In 2014, 87% of asylum claims were processed within 6 months.
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 2014, 87% of asylum claims were processed within 6 months.
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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First Farage said we needed to leave the EU, now he is coming for the ECHR. Brexit hurt us all - this would too.
https://www.politico.eu/article/haunted-by-brexit-a-fresh-remain-campaign-is-firing-up-uk-echr/
https://www.politico.eu/article/haunted-by-brexit-a-fresh-remain-campaign-is-firing-up-uk-echr/
Farage is gunning for Brexit 2.0. Can he be stopped?
U.K. officials vow to “get on the front foot” as populist Brexiteer Nigel Farage picks his next target: the European Convention on Human Rights.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
First Farage said we needed to leave the EU, now he is coming for the ECHR. Brexit hurt us all - this would too.
https://www.politico.eu/article/haunted-by-brexit-a-fresh-remain-campaign-is-firing-up-uk-echr/
https://www.politico.eu/article/haunted-by-brexit-a-fresh-remain-campaign-is-firing-up-uk-echr/
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Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m
The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending
leicestermercury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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On the same day that two senior execs resigned from the BBC for a misleading edit to a Trump speech, Trump himself shared as true a fake story (from a satire site) about Obama getting royalties from Obamacare.
I wonder who'll be forced to resign for spreading such obvious fake news?
Anyone?
I wonder who'll be forced to resign for spreading such obvious fake news?
Anyone?
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On the same day that two senior execs resigned from the BBC for a misleading edit to a Trump speech, Trump himself shared as true a fake story (from a satire site) about Obama getting royalties from Obamacare.
I wonder who'll be forced to resign for spreading such obvious fake news?
Anyone?
I wonder who'll be forced to resign for spreading such obvious fake news?
Anyone?
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For so many years the rightwing UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has gaslit us that the BBC is leftwing.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
For so many years the rightwing UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has gaslit us that the BBC is leftwing.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
They think we are idiots and we haven’t noticed stuff like the relentless platforming of Farage.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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The Archbishop of York was forced to cut short a visit to a family in the south Hebron hills on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the Church of England delegation to leave the area. #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #ArchbishopofYork
Israeli police order C of E delegation to leave West Bank village after stand-off with armed settlers
Archbishop of York’s pastoral visit to the south Hebron hills was cut short
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Archbishop of York was forced to cut short a visit to a family in the south Hebron hills on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the Church of England delegation to leave the area. #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #ArchbishopofYork
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“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP
Equality commission’s guidance after sex ruling is fundamentally unworkable | Letter
Letters: The EHRC has ignored warnings about the contradiction between possibly being sued for challenging someone’s gender versus being sued for failing to, says Rachel Taylor MP
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP
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Michael Mullaney, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, said:
"£1.4m is a lot of money to spend on consultants to cut costs. The reality is the council has been cutting its spending for years and if there were more savings to be found, they would have been identified."
"£1.4m is a lot of money to spend on consultants to cut costs. The reality is the council has been cutting its spending for years and if there were more savings to be found, they would have been identified."
Reform in Leicestershire to hand consultants £1.3m of pubic money to tell it what to do
Leicestershire County Council is run by a minority Reform UK administration. And like Reform up and down the country, it took power with no ...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Michael Mullaney, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the council, said:
"£1.4m is a lot of money to spend on consultants to cut costs. The reality is the council has been cutting its spending for years and if there were more savings to be found, they would have been identified."
"£1.4m is a lot of money to spend on consultants to cut costs. The reality is the council has been cutting its spending for years and if there were more savings to be found, they would have been identified."
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Tonight!
Join me on BBC Radio Three at 9:45pm this Tuesday, as I take you on a journey to the cave of St Robert of Knaresborough, to explore if a place of faith such as this can ever, truly, be abandoned.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Tonight!
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The Chancellor is calling out the damage Brexit has done to our economy. Our polling shows the British public agrees - 62% say that Brexit has been a failure.
We’ve asked voters in Reform UK constituencies if they benefited from Brexit.
The answer? A resounding No.
We’ve asked voters in Reform UK constituencies if they benefited from Brexit.
The answer? A resounding No.
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Chancellor is calling out the damage Brexit has done to our economy. Our polling shows the British public agrees - 62% say that Brexit has been a failure.
We’ve asked voters in Reform UK constituencies if they benefited from Brexit.
The answer? A resounding No.
We’ve asked voters in Reform UK constituencies if they benefited from Brexit.
The answer? A resounding No.
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Thank you Labour. At last car headlights are being looked that.
The Tories could not be bothered with this, not a surprise really but car headlights are blinding & you can’t see the road, it’s so dangerous.
#Labour
The Tories could not be bothered with this, not a surprise really but car headlights are blinding & you can’t see the road, it’s so dangerous.
#Labour
UK steps up review of headlight glare as drivers complain of being dazzled
Considerations include changes to headlight standards and clampdown on illegal sale of overly powerful bulbs
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you Labour. At last car headlights are being looked that.
The Tories could not be bothered with this, not a surprise really but car headlights are blinding & you can’t see the road, it’s so dangerous.
#Labour
The Tories could not be bothered with this, not a surprise really but car headlights are blinding & you can’t see the road, it’s so dangerous.
#Labour
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EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s treasurer Nick Candy secretly invested in a Silicon Valley venture fund tied to Elon Musk and Trump’s billionaire donor network - while driving the party’s anti-net-zero agenda in Britain. By me for
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/r...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/r...
Reform UK Treasurer Profited From Financial Ties to Elon Musk and Trump's Silicon Valley Billionaires
Reform's biggest donor and Treasurer Nick Candy held investments in a US venture fund tied to Trump-supporting tech billionaires, including Elon Musk
bylinetimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s treasurer Nick Candy secretly invested in a Silicon Valley venture fund tied to Elon Musk and Trump’s billionaire donor network - while driving the party’s anti-net-zero agenda in Britain. By me for
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/r...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/r...
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Liberal England: Leicestershire Reform UK cabinet exudes confusion over its budget
The minority Reform UK cabinet at Leicestershire County Council continues to play musical chairs. Its member for finance and resources, Helen Butler, has stood down. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/10/leic...
The minority Reform UK cabinet at Leicestershire County Council continues to play musical chairs. Its member for finance and resources, Helen Butler, has stood down. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/10/leic...
This image shows children playing musical chairs in a classroom,...
This image shows children playing musical chairs in a classroom, emphasizing the values of fun, teamwork, and happiness among young students.
www.gettyimages.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Liberal England: Leicestershire Reform UK cabinet exudes confusion over its budget
The minority Reform UK cabinet at Leicestershire County Council continues to play musical chairs. Its member for finance and resources, Helen Butler, has stood down. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/10/leic...
The minority Reform UK cabinet at Leicestershire County Council continues to play musical chairs. Its member for finance and resources, Helen Butler, has stood down. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/10/leic...
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Oh dear, Farage promising to ReFuk the economy with austerity.
£90,000,000,000 tax cuts [for the super rich] scrapped from their manifesto.
substack.com/@bearlypolit...
£90,000,000,000 tax cuts [for the super rich] scrapped from their manifesto.
substack.com/@bearlypolit...
The Bear (@bearlypolitics)
BREAKING NEWS
In a move that has shocked absolutely no one with basic arithmetic skills, populist right wing party trying to win votes with fantasy economics traipses around in fetching hair shirt a...
substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Oh dear, Farage promising to ReFuk the economy with austerity.
£90,000,000,000 tax cuts [for the super rich] scrapped from their manifesto.
substack.com/@bearlypolit...
£90,000,000,000 tax cuts [for the super rich] scrapped from their manifesto.
substack.com/@bearlypolit...
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S