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Watch this. Keep going until 2013.
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Watch this. Keep going until 2013.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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This is a very interesting insight into the BBC.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a very interesting insight into the BBC.
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only fo...
skywriter.blue
September 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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4. Failing to clear out the Tories’ highly political appointments to the BBC. They should be replaced immediately with independent people. Until that happens, it will remain a public relations outfit for the hard right and far right.
September 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
4. Failing to clear out the Tories’ highly political appointments to the BBC. They should be replaced immediately with independent people. Until that happens, it will remain a public relations outfit for the hard right and far right.
Angela Rayner’s exit proves it. Unless Starmer is able to meet this moment, Reform is on the path to power | John Harris
September 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Angela Rayner’s exit proves it. Unless Starmer is able to meet this moment, Reform is on the path to power | John Harris
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Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
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More of this please.
So many of us are descended, or have friends or family descended, from the previous immigration waves (myself included). This is a unifying message; and the minority against welcoming new groups are saying the same as was said about ours.
So many of us are descended, or have friends or family descended, from the previous immigration waves (myself included). This is a unifying message; and the minority against welcoming new groups are saying the same as was said about ours.
Another approach for Labour than full-bore retreat to 'yes, immigration is a problem, yes it is a squalid experiment, we hate business and commerce' is available and has worked in the past. www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
August 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
More of this please.
So many of us are descended, or have friends or family descended, from the previous immigration waves (myself included). This is a unifying message; and the minority against welcoming new groups are saying the same as was said about ours.
So many of us are descended, or have friends or family descended, from the previous immigration waves (myself included). This is a unifying message; and the minority against welcoming new groups are saying the same as was said about ours.
July 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
Inside the plight of Blackburn Rovers: this is a call for football to do better | Rachel Dugdale
June 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Inside the plight of Blackburn Rovers: this is a call for football to do better | Rachel Dugdale
Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making | Rafael Behr
May 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making | Rafael Behr
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I need you lads to understand that Europe has an average birth rate of about 1.4
No charismatic politician bothered to tell you how fucked that makes us.
But as we get older, we need more care, more GP appointments…
Without immigration we will have no pensions very quick.
No charismatic politician bothered to tell you how fucked that makes us.
But as we get older, we need more care, more GP appointments…
Without immigration we will have no pensions very quick.
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I need you lads to understand that Europe has an average birth rate of about 1.4
No charismatic politician bothered to tell you how fucked that makes us.
But as we get older, we need more care, more GP appointments…
Without immigration we will have no pensions very quick.
No charismatic politician bothered to tell you how fucked that makes us.
But as we get older, we need more care, more GP appointments…
Without immigration we will have no pensions very quick.
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
April 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
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The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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March 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
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I don't think people here have forgotten the murder of Andrei Litvinenko nor the chemical weapons attack in Salisbury that killed one British citizen, left others gravely ill & recklessly risked the lives & health of hundreds.
Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters:
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%
🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%
🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.
February 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I don't think people here have forgotten the murder of Andrei Litvinenko nor the chemical weapons attack in Salisbury that killed one British citizen, left others gravely ill & recklessly risked the lives & health of hundreds.