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Jon McDevitt
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· Jun 22
Project 2025 Is Coming to the UK With Farage
YouTube video by A Different Bias
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Im not sure how one tackles this. Twiddling our fingers on Bluesky certainly isn't it.
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Excellent analysis in this article. Read this if you read nothing else today.
🔴How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-nigel-...
How Nigel Farage Played the British Media
Politics as spectacle and outrage as a business model, James Bloodworth looks at how the Reform UK leader has been given a free pass by Britain's news organisations
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Excellent analysis in this article. Read this if you read nothing else today.
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Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
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Without the ability to tour, bands would never get the chance to play, succeed and make us all memories that last a lifetime. That’s why @labour4europe.bsky.social campaigning to fix the problems Brexit has created - warning contains singing and dancing in the streets again …
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Without the ability to tour, bands would never get the chance to play, succeed and make us all memories that last a lifetime. That’s why @labour4europe.bsky.social campaigning to fix the problems Brexit has created - warning contains singing and dancing in the streets again …
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This has been public knowledge for donkeys years. Anyone who has read his biography, like me, knows this.
Why is it only being circulated now?
Why is it only being circulated now?
![Andy Field, 61, an NHS doctor who said he
knew Farage well because they took the
same train to school, has similarly clear
memories.
"When I became a prefect, he [Farage] said,
Tll show you how to do it,' claimed Field,.
"He took me for a walk up to the lower
school playground, where all the children
from about nine years old to 12 would be.
And he singled out, completely at random, a
kid of Asian extraction, and just put him in
detention for no reason whatsoever. I was
flabbergasted, absolutely stunned. I was just
disgusted, really. No rhyme or reason, just
purely based on the colour of his skin.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5mqpgxjffcckasqv7h6g7itu/bafkreifwa2hlzevsllsekm44ne6yprkgrfhwryxxclupy3cz2qqj42sxma@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This has been public knowledge for donkeys years. Anyone who has read his biography, like me, knows this.
Why is it only being circulated now?
Why is it only being circulated now?
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Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
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Receipts from 8 years ago - and yes Andy Wigmore did refer this to Farage’s lawyers
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Receipts from 8 years ago - and yes Andy Wigmore did refer this to Farage’s lawyers
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Tom Brufatto: “Farage’s plans are designed to jeopardise the progress being made on the UK’s relationship with the EU, the result of which would further impede businesses trading with Europe, and push up prices for voters already struggling.”
www.bestforbritain.org/farage_s_pla...
www.bestforbritain.org/farage_s_pla...
Farage’s plans designed to jeopardise UK-EU relationship
Nigel Farage's plans to block EU nationals from receiving Universal Credit and almost tripling the NHS surcharge paid by non-UK residents would "do even more damage", campaigners have warned.
www.bestforbritain.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tom Brufatto: “Farage’s plans are designed to jeopardise the progress being made on the UK’s relationship with the EU, the result of which would further impede businesses trading with Europe, and push up prices for voters already struggling.”
www.bestforbritain.org/farage_s_pla...
www.bestforbritain.org/farage_s_pla...
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All going well.
One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
"Half of all Russian clothes and shoe shops have shut down", says Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
All going well.
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There is far too much of this, and not just in schools. I wear headphones in an office, because they help me focus. If I could have worn them at school they would have helped immeasurably. They are an essential accommodation for many. 1/
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’
Tice was outlining Reform’s Doge (Department of government efficiency) unit’s progress
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There is far too much of this, and not just in schools. I wear headphones in an office, because they help me focus. If I could have worn them at school they would have helped immeasurably. They are an essential accommodation for many. 1/
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Nigel Farage slammed over plot to turn millions into 'second class citizens'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has come under fire after pledging to ban EU citizens from claiming benefits - a move TUC boss Paul Nowak has branded 'plain wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has come under fire after pledging to ban EU citizens from claiming benefits - a move TUC boss Paul Nowak has branded 'plain wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage slammed over plot to turn millions into 'second class citizens'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has come under fire after pledging to ban EU citizens from claiming benefits - a move TUC boss Paul Nowak has branded 'plain wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Nigel Farage slammed over plot to turn millions into 'second class citizens'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has come under fire after pledging to ban EU citizens from claiming benefits - a move TUC boss Paul Nowak has branded 'plain wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has come under fire after pledging to ban EU citizens from claiming benefits - a move TUC boss Paul Nowak has branded 'plain wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Great to have a Home Secretary lying to the public, isn't it? Another example of Labour using Reform's tactics?
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Great to have a Home Secretary lying to the public, isn't it? Another example of Labour using Reform's tactics?
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PAY ATTENTION: In this video I expose the next phase of Trump and the Republicans' voter suppression playbook — and what we must do now to defend democracy and feee and fair elections in 2026. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
PAY ATTENTION: In this video I expose the next phase of Trump and the Republicans' voter suppression playbook — and what we must do now to defend democracy and feee and fair elections in 2026. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
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(🚨) MAJOR NEWS: Trump Agrees to Release of the Epstein Files
Let me just be the one millionth person to observe that this quite possibly means that he and his lawyers have already destroyed the portions of the Files they didn't want us to see. Hopefully they left accidental traces of this.
Let me just be the one millionth person to observe that this quite possibly means that he and his lawyers have already destroyed the portions of the Files they didn't want us to see. Hopefully they left accidental traces of this.
Trump urges Republicans to vote to release Epstein files, marking stark reversal | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Sunday night encouraged House Republicans to vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files and move on from what he calls a “Democrat Hoax,” marking a stark reversal from his eff...
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
(🚨) MAJOR NEWS: Trump Agrees to Release of the Epstein Files
Let me just be the one millionth person to observe that this quite possibly means that he and his lawyers have already destroyed the portions of the Files they didn't want us to see. Hopefully they left accidental traces of this.
Let me just be the one millionth person to observe that this quite possibly means that he and his lawyers have already destroyed the portions of the Files they didn't want us to see. Hopefully they left accidental traces of this.
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Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Perhaps this is accurate, and maybe even as accurate for many of us on here as it is for other platforms, although I think the right tends to question itself less. Perhaps because lacks the interrogation skills.
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Perhaps this is accurate, and maybe even as accurate for many of us on here as it is for other platforms, although I think the right tends to question itself less. Perhaps because lacks the interrogation skills.
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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Actually, Mark Lobel, I think your guest was absolutely right. It was your reporting that got a bit overexcited on the basis of ten minutes. Market reaction has evened out.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Actually, Mark Lobel, I think your guest was absolutely right. It was your reporting that got a bit overexcited on the basis of ten minutes. Market reaction has evened out.