Ioan Humphreys
@ioanhumphreys.bsky.social
Senior Research Officer in Swansea University. Writer and corresponding editor for Joyzine. Writer for Louder than War, GIITTV, Vive Le Rock mag and Hiapop. Frustrated artist. MD ANT https://ioanhumphreys.wordpress.com/
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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A heads up! Stuart Maconie interviews Stewart Lee and @stephenhanley6.bsky.social about the forthcoming audiobook the BIG MIDWEEK on tonight’s #Freakzone on @BBC6Music between 7.30 & 8 tonight! Sunday! Here’s Stew interviewing Steve too! 💥 thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall's Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook | The Quietus
First published in 2015, Steve Hanley’s memoir The Big Midweek (co-written with Olivia Piekarski) details his 19 years as the ‘backbone’ of The Fall. Perhaps second only to Mark E. Smith himself when ...
thequietus.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A heads up! Stuart Maconie interviews Stewart Lee and @stephenhanley6.bsky.social about the forthcoming audiobook the BIG MIDWEEK on tonight’s #Freakzone on @BBC6Music between 7.30 & 8 tonight! Sunday! Here’s Stew interviewing Steve too! 💥 thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
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The Russian leader is said to have been impressed with the disgraced ex-Reform politician who was asked to persuade politicians to appear on a pro-Kremlin TV channel
Putin ‘praised Nathan Gill’s recruitment of MEPs for interviews’
The Russian leader is said to have been impressed with the disgraced ex-Reform politician who was asked to persuade politicians to appear on a pro-Kremlin TV channel
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Russian leader is said to have been impressed with the disgraced ex-Reform politician who was asked to persuade politicians to appear on a pro-Kremlin TV channel
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Also hilarious, for want of a better word, that British ‘patriots’ are amplifying & funding foreign actors who live in unsafe countries & have never been near Britain slagging off Britain. Good old Elon.
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Also hilarious, for want of a better word, that British ‘patriots’ are amplifying & funding foreign actors who live in unsafe countries & have never been near Britain slagging off Britain. Good old Elon.
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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"eats, shits and leaves."
Reform UK councillor ousted from Leicestershire County Council cabinet position
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
Reform UK councillor ousted from Leicestershire County Council cabinet position
Three cabinet members have left their posts since May's local elections
www.leicester.news
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"eats, shits and leaves."
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Covid truths: tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily due to Johnson's incompetence, indecisiveness and sheer laziness. This includes assembling the worst cabinet in British political history to aid and abet him.
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Covid truths: tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily due to Johnson's incompetence, indecisiveness and sheer laziness. This includes assembling the worst cabinet in British political history to aid and abet him.
Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Not only is Nathan Gill a Mormon... he's a former Mormon Bishop.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not only is Nathan Gill a Mormon... he's a former Mormon Bishop.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
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ALEX MACKAY
THE UNIT AMA
RHODRI DAVIES
AJA IRELAND
Just a standard Friday night in Sunderland.
The mighty Boundaries Fest begins tonight. Highlight of the North East's musical calendar.
All hail the mercurial Grassiman!
@grassi.bsky.social
THE UNIT AMA
RHODRI DAVIES
AJA IRELAND
Just a standard Friday night in Sunderland.
The mighty Boundaries Fest begins tonight. Highlight of the North East's musical calendar.
All hail the mercurial Grassiman!
@grassi.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
ALEX MACKAY
THE UNIT AMA
RHODRI DAVIES
AJA IRELAND
Just a standard Friday night in Sunderland.
The mighty Boundaries Fest begins tonight. Highlight of the North East's musical calendar.
All hail the mercurial Grassiman!
@grassi.bsky.social
THE UNIT AMA
RHODRI DAVIES
AJA IRELAND
Just a standard Friday night in Sunderland.
The mighty Boundaries Fest begins tonight. Highlight of the North East's musical calendar.
All hail the mercurial Grassiman!
@grassi.bsky.social
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That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Anyway today feels like a very good moment to remind you that I wrote a book about traitors who got away with it and people who were called traitors ... when they were not.
Links in bio. Might send one to Gill.
Links in bio. Might send one to Gill.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Anyway today feels like a very good moment to remind you that I wrote a book about traitors who got away with it and people who were called traitors ... when they were not.
Links in bio. Might send one to Gill.
Links in bio. Might send one to Gill.
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Edinburgh tonight at Sneaky Pete’s.
745pm THE DSM IV / 830pm BENEFITS
Edinburgh tonight at Sneaky Pete’s.
745pm THE DSM IV / 830pm BENEFITS
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Edinburgh tonight at Sneaky Pete’s.
745pm THE DSM IV / 830pm BENEFITS
Edinburgh tonight at Sneaky Pete’s.
745pm THE DSM IV / 830pm BENEFITS
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NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
This is our new album (me and the amazing Paul Wormhole) I provide the poems, he does all the rest of the cool stuff. We're really proud of this one. CD only £3.50 and on sale for a limited time. 🙏
Just announced a new collaborative album with @ioanhumphreys.bsky.social
CD only £3.50
paulwormhole.bandcamp.com/album/ten-po...
CD only £3.50
paulwormhole.bandcamp.com/album/ten-po...
Ten Poems, by Paul Wormhole and Ioan Humphreys
9 track album
paulwormhole.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is our new album (me and the amazing Paul Wormhole) I provide the poems, he does all the rest of the cool stuff. We're really proud of this one. CD only £3.50 and on sale for a limited time. 🙏
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In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
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It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years.
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years.
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.
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Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.