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X Marks the Grave of Democracy
How Conspiracy Culture, National Conservatism, and Musk’s Digital Megaphone Handed Trump the 2024 Election
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk
The 2024 election victory wasn’t just won by #Trump; it was crafted by #Musk, other billionaires & conspiracy culture.
Below I examine how democracy was undone by cold calculation and the players who orchestrated the improbable to make it inevitable.
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk/p/x-marks-th...
Below I examine how democracy was undone by cold calculation and the players who orchestrated the improbable to make it inevitable.
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk/p/x-marks-th...
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"Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage" - This is how this story should be framed by any neutral outlet.
Father Ted co-creator and anti-trans campaigner Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage after clash outside a conference last year
Anti-trans writer Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage but cleared of harassment
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan guilty of criminal damage" - This is how this story should be framed by any neutral outlet.
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There's a very very very simple reason why nothing Labour do ever moves the needle on the parlous state of the UK economy.
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There's a very very very simple reason why nothing Labour do ever moves the needle on the parlous state of the UK economy.
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
“Can’t” often means the child is facing real barriers: anxiety, bullying, sensory overload, or work they feel they cannot do.
“Won’t” usually means the same thing seen from the outside. What looks like refusal is often escape from situations that feel unsafe or hopeless.
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“Won’t” usually means the same thing seen from the outside. What looks like refusal is often escape from situations that feel unsafe or hopeless.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
When a young person stops attending school, adults often situate the problem in the child. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Truancy is almost never about stubbornness. It is nearly always a sign that something in the environment is overwhelming, inaccessible, or punishing for the child.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
Truancy is almost never about stubbornness. It is nearly always a sign that something in the environment is overwhelming, inaccessible, or punishing for the child.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When a young person stops attending school, adults often situate the problem in the child. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Truancy is almost never about stubbornness. It is nearly always a sign that something in the environment is overwhelming, inaccessible, or punishing for the child.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
Truancy is almost never about stubbornness. It is nearly always a sign that something in the environment is overwhelming, inaccessible, or punishing for the child.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
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The Union Flag was never neutral @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Union Flag was never neutral @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Union Flag was never neutral @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Union Flag was never neutral @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It includes St Patrick’s saltire, added in 1801 to represent all of Ireland. It stayed even after Irish independence.
It reflects an old colonial mentality.
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
Surely the owners of expensive homes can afford the mansion tax by:
1. Buying less avocados
2. Cancelling Netflix
3. Getting a better job
4. Adopting a stiff upper-lip
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
1. Buying less avocados
2. Cancelling Netflix
3. Getting a better job
4. Adopting a stiff upper-lip
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Surely the owners of expensive homes can afford the mansion tax by:
1. Buying less avocados
2. Cancelling Netflix
3. Getting a better job
4. Adopting a stiff upper-lip
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
1. Buying less avocados
2. Cancelling Netflix
3. Getting a better job
4. Adopting a stiff upper-lip
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Woah.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Woah.
On average, a house that was worth 2 million in 2015, will be worth almost 3 million in 2025.
The mansion tax won't make people less wealthy over any decade-long cycle.
They'll still be getting richer.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
The mansion tax won't make people less wealthy over any decade-long cycle.
They'll still be getting richer.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
A £2 million house in Surrey exists because other parts of the UK were told to wait their turn for prosperity.
If they're only complaining NOW about regional inequality, it's a bit rich to expect sympathy.
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If they're only complaining NOW about regional inequality, it's a bit rich to expect sympathy.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
On average, a house that was worth 2 million in 2015, will be worth almost 3 million in 2025.
The mansion tax won't make people less wealthy over any decade-long cycle.
They'll still be getting richer.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
The mansion tax won't make people less wealthy over any decade-long cycle.
They'll still be getting richer.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
Using that approach, low income sits near £20k, high income near £55k.
Median individual wealth is about £100k, so low wealth is effectively zero and high wealth roughly £220k.
This is not a moral judgement. Just a grounded way to talk about who is actually "well off" in the UK.
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Median individual wealth is about £100k, so low wealth is effectively zero and high wealth roughly £220k.
This is not a moral judgement. Just a grounded way to talk about who is actually "well off" in the UK.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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The South East didn’t get rich by accident @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The South East didn’t get rich by accident @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
The South East didn’t get rich by accident @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The South East didn’t get rich by accident @mrjamesob.bsky.social
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
It was shaped by decades of deliberate choices: deregulated finance, underinvestment in the regions & a transport system that pulls everything toward London.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
If you're afraid of people leaving, introduce an Exit Tax.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
UK should have an "exit tax" like Australia and Canada
The UK is an international outlier in not charging Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on people who leave the country, argues a new report.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If you're afraid of people leaving, introduce an Exit Tax.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
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Gibb said he never interfered editorially in the Jewish Chronicle
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Gibb said he never interfered editorially in the Jewish Chronicle
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
Hmm - seems like accuracy is not one of his strong points
And isn’t there some kind of sanction for misleading parliament?
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A high school kid and US citizen was driving his dad's car at lunch. ICE smashed the car window, dragged him out, and then said they didn't care that he was a citizen and arrested him anyway.
Now he faces charges of “interference or obstruction of investigation.”
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
Now he faces charges of “interference or obstruction of investigation.”
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
ICE Detains High School Citizen by Smashing Into His Car During Lunch
ICE agents violently arrested a high school student on his lunch break—after he told them he’s American.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A high school kid and US citizen was driving his dad's car at lunch. ICE smashed the car window, dragged him out, and then said they didn't care that he was a citizen and arrested him anyway.
Now he faces charges of “interference or obstruction of investigation.”
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
Now he faces charges of “interference or obstruction of investigation.”
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
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I don’t know why everyone is talking about Star Wars today but let’s just rewatch this. “It’s here and it’s not visiting anymore.”
Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I don’t know why everyone is talking about Star Wars today but let’s just rewatch this. “It’s here and it’s not visiting anymore.”
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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62% of Jewish Israelis say a militant should be killed even if they pose no threat. 55% support heavy fire on Palestinian population centers after rocket attacks. Those findings come from a new Israel Democracy Institute poll of 600 Jewish Israelis. Here’s what else it found:
▪️ Belief in IDF...
▪️ Belief in IDF...
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
62% of Jewish Israelis say a militant should be killed even if they pose no threat. 55% support heavy fire on Palestinian population centers after rocket attacks. Those findings come from a new Israel Democracy Institute poll of 600 Jewish Israelis. Here’s what else it found:
▪️ Belief in IDF...
▪️ Belief in IDF...
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April 2016: UKIP leader Nigel Farage has backed the party's "terrific" Welsh leader Nathan Gill on a campaign visit to Powys.
Farage in 2025, after Nathan Gill pleads guilty to accepting cash from Russia: never heard of him, don't know who he is,nothing to do with me.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...
Farage in 2025, after Nathan Gill pleads guilty to accepting cash from Russia: never heard of him, don't know who he is,nothing to do with me.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...
Welsh election: UKIP's Farage backs 'terrific' Gill
UKIP leader Nigel Farage backs the party's Welsh leader Nathan Gill as
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
April 2016: UKIP leader Nigel Farage has backed the party's "terrific" Welsh leader Nathan Gill on a campaign visit to Powys.
Farage in 2025, after Nathan Gill pleads guilty to accepting cash from Russia: never heard of him, don't know who he is,nothing to do with me.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...
Farage in 2025, after Nathan Gill pleads guilty to accepting cash from Russia: never heard of him, don't know who he is,nothing to do with me.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...
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This poor bastard is so desperate to be funny, to be liked…
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This poor bastard is so desperate to be funny, to be liked…
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
The man literally has it in his gift for us to fall in love with him
To help humanity and solve global problems in way that no one else can
…and instead he’s pissing about with this?
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The Mash report on BBC Bias
Part 1 - @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & Andrew Neil
@rachelparris.bsky.social
Part 1 - @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & Andrew Neil
@rachelparris.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Mash report on BBC Bias
Part 1 - @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & Andrew Neil
@rachelparris.bsky.social
Part 1 - @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & Andrew Neil
@rachelparris.bsky.social
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Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
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Here’s a link to lee Harpin’s blog in which he describes Robbie Gibb’s alleged editorial role at the Jewish Chronicle leeharpin.substack.com/p/leaving-th...
Leaving the Jewish Chronicle
Since the change in ownership, the paper has read more like a propaganda sheet for Benjamin Netanyahu
leeharpin.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here’s a link to lee Harpin’s blog in which he describes Robbie Gibb’s alleged editorial role at the Jewish Chronicle leeharpin.substack.com/p/leaving-th...