Wycombian
@noahbeery.bsky.social
Public servant for 45 years, now retired. Born 🏴 half 🏴 & absolutely pro 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇦
We must leave a positive legacy for our children & grandchildren. #FBPE #RejoinEU #ProportionalRepresentation
No DMs please.
We must leave a positive legacy for our children & grandchildren. #FBPE #RejoinEU #ProportionalRepresentation
No DMs please.
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The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively for Ukraine a surrender ultimatum
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Trump peace plan: We could all pay if Europe doesn't step up and guarantee Ukraine's security
World leaders praising Trump for his Gaza ceasefire plan only encouraged him to believe he can solve the world's most complex conflicts with minimal effort.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively for Ukraine a surrender ultimatum
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social emergency episode on Covid inquiry yesterday here it is. @rory-stewart.bsky.social called it right at the time and Johnson,
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
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471. Rory Stewart: Why the Government Tried to Silence Me on Lockdowns - Alastair Campbell
Why did Boris Johnson and the British government not only fail to listen, but actively try to suppress early warnings about the pandemic? How did groupthink and optimism bias cripple the UK’s response...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social emergency episode on Covid inquiry yesterday here it is. @rory-stewart.bsky.social called it right at the time and Johnson,
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Trump is Putin’s puppet; the Russian authoried deal exposed: 😡
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November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Trump is Putin’s puppet; the Russian authoried deal exposed: 😡
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
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Trouble at the BBC. Hopefully all this will lead to the end of political appointees.
BBC board member resigns and criticises 'governance issues' at top of corporation
Shumeet Banerji leaves his position on the BBC board.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trouble at the BBC. Hopefully all this will lead to the end of political appointees.
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Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
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Transparency International on Nathan Gill's bribery sentencing:
It raises a "broader concern about the currently legal practice of politicians accepting outside funding...and the inherent conflict this creates between their duty to serve the public, and the private interests of their funders." 💯
It raises a "broader concern about the currently legal practice of politicians accepting outside funding...and the inherent conflict this creates between their duty to serve the public, and the private interests of their funders." 💯
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Transparency International on Nathan Gill's bribery sentencing:
It raises a "broader concern about the currently legal practice of politicians accepting outside funding...and the inherent conflict this creates between their duty to serve the public, and the private interests of their funders." 💯
It raises a "broader concern about the currently legal practice of politicians accepting outside funding...and the inherent conflict this creates between their duty to serve the public, and the private interests of their funders." 💯
100% Ed 👏🏻
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
100% Ed 👏🏻
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UK PM Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into Reform’s Russia links after the party's ex-Wales leader was jailed, Sky News reports.
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
UK PM Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into Reform’s Russia links after the party's ex-Wales leader was jailed, Sky News reports.
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Trump can stick his mate Putin’s deal up his arse!
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump can stick his mate Putin’s deal up his arse!
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Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
As Peter has always pointed out - follow the money 👏🏻
The #NathanGill bribery case is one of the clearest documented instances where money, messaging and political access intersect in a way that can be traced from a European politician back to figures in Medvedchuk’s and Medvedev’s circles - and thus to Putin
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Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that has infiltrated European politi...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As Peter has always pointed out - follow the money 👏🏻
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It's always the ones you most suspect.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's always the ones you most suspect.
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Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
About time 😡
🔴Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK’s former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison opens the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network infiltrating European politics, reports Peter Jukes
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
The sentencing of Reform UK’s former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison opens the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network infiltrating European politics, reports Peter Jukes
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that infiltrated European politics, ...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
About time 😡
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To be fair to Nigel Farage, Reform UK has always insisted that the European parliament is corrupt. And now the party has finally provided indisputable proof.
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
To be fair to Nigel Farage, Reform UK has always insisted that the European parliament is corrupt. And now the party has finally provided indisputable proof.
Trump’s lame (orange) duck show… 👇🏻https://open.substack.com/pub/chadbourn/p/comedy-of-terrors?r=2713at&utm_medium=ios
Comedy Of Terrors
America’s most inept administration will destroy itself
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trump’s lame (orange) duck show… 👇🏻https://open.substack.com/pub/chadbourn/p/comedy-of-terrors?r=2713at&utm_medium=ios
The distinction between legal & illegal orders (Trump & Leavitt aside) and the fight for truth in the US
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November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The distinction between legal & illegal orders (Trump & Leavitt aside) and the fight for truth in the US
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With over 20 million article reads under our belt, we’re very serious about building a grassroots citizen journalism alternative to the billionaire-owned mainstream media.
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
With over 20 million article reads under our belt, we’re very serious about building a grassroots citizen journalism alternative to the billionaire-owned mainstream media.
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
And we can do it on an absolute shoestring too. That’s the revolutionary beauty of it.
See 👉 chuffed.org/project/byli...
I hear Gove is a clever man, that he was a ‘competent’ minister (in a sea of incompetence) but I share Sarah’s view - he is dishonest 😡
I mean why TF is Gove a Lord now? He spent Covid plotting with Cummings and grifting his sorry arse off, having already lied himself inside out over Brexit - another reason our country is in such a mess.
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Michael Gove lobbied by Covid VIP lane’s biggest winner of PPE contracts
Exclusive: then Cabinet Office minister had phone call with Unispace, which weeks later got the first of £680m worth of deals
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I hear Gove is a clever man, that he was a ‘competent’ minister (in a sea of incompetence) but I share Sarah’s view - he is dishonest 😡
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.