Rob Hewes
@u2itfc.bsky.social
50 years an Ipswich Town fan, Freeman of Colchester, liberal rationalist, genealogist ITFC
Authoritarian echoes: how America is mirroring Egypt and Russia
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Authoritarian echoes: how America is mirroring Egypt and Russia
**Guest post**: A US veteran’s perspective on the erosion of US democracy and the urgency of the 2026 midterms
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November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Authoritarian echoes: how America is mirroring Egypt and Russia
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Can the public really tell this? Or are they simply force-fed it 24 hours a day?
Asked how happy Keir Starmer is that Tommy Robinson is now backing his asylum plans, his spokesman replies that "the public can tell that the pace and scale of illegal immigration is out of control..."
"We must restore order... or we will lose public consent for giving refuge at all".
"We must restore order... or we will lose public consent for giving refuge at all".
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Can the public really tell this? Or are they simply force-fed it 24 hours a day?
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
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November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
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Fantastic evening here in Colchester with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social She really is such a talented story-teller, keeping a packed audience totally captivated for over two hours. If you have a chance to see her on this tour don’t let it pass you by
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Fantastic evening here in Colchester with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social She really is such a talented story-teller, keeping a packed audience totally captivated for over two hours. If you have a chance to see her on this tour don’t let it pass you by
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil.”
From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
October 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil.”
From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
From July 17th: m.facebook.com/share/p/16yL...
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3D depiction of rainfall distribution across Great Britain.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
September 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
3D depiction of rainfall distribution across Great Britain.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.
With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.
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Ballad of Wallis Island best film I’ve seen for about ten years.
August 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ballad of Wallis Island best film I’ve seen for about ten years.
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🚨 BREAKING UPDATE 🚨
⏫ SIXTEEN THOUSAND (!!!) LETTERS SENT ⏫
📈16,000 letters have now been sent to Ofgem in less than a week - will you join us and help stop Musk?
✍️It only takes two minutes to send Ofgem our letter...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab
⏫ SIXTEEN THOUSAND (!!!) LETTERS SENT ⏫
📈16,000 letters have now been sent to Ofgem in less than a week - will you join us and help stop Musk?
✍️It only takes two minutes to send Ofgem our letter...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab
Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab
Change Minds → Change Politics
www.bestforbritain.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE 🚨
⏫ SIXTEEN THOUSAND (!!!) LETTERS SENT ⏫
📈16,000 letters have now been sent to Ofgem in less than a week - will you join us and help stop Musk?
✍️It only takes two minutes to send Ofgem our letter...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab
⏫ SIXTEEN THOUSAND (!!!) LETTERS SENT ⏫
📈16,000 letters have now been sent to Ofgem in less than a week - will you join us and help stop Musk?
✍️It only takes two minutes to send Ofgem our letter...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elon-musk-uk-energy-power-grab
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My novel Baby's Breath is available to pre-order now.
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£2.57 pre-order price on Kindle.
Published 1 Sept on Kindle, paperback and hardback.
Here's what advance readers thought of it.
Read the first chapter
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#BabysBreath
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£2.57 pre-order price on Kindle.
Published 1 Sept on Kindle, paperback and hardback.
Here's what advance readers thought of it.
Read the first chapter
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#BabysBreath
August 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My novel Baby's Breath is available to pre-order now.
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
£2.57 pre-order price on Kindle.
Published 1 Sept on Kindle, paperback and hardback.
Here's what advance readers thought of it.
Read the first chapter
babysbreath.co.uk/chapterone.h...
#BabysBreath
www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...
£2.57 pre-order price on Kindle.
Published 1 Sept on Kindle, paperback and hardback.
Here's what advance readers thought of it.
Read the first chapter
babysbreath.co.uk/chapterone.h...
#BabysBreath
Just finished my advance copy of #BabysBreath by @russincheshire.bsky.social. I've certainly raced through this one - which is always a good sign. A fast-paced psychological thriller, set in a very topical landscape - Russ creates a vivid backdrop with complex characters and plot-twists aplenty.
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just finished my advance copy of #BabysBreath by @russincheshire.bsky.social. I've certainly raced through this one - which is always a good sign. A fast-paced psychological thriller, set in a very topical landscape - Russ creates a vivid backdrop with complex characters and plot-twists aplenty.
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Come on @ipswichtown.bsky.social please start posting updates on Blue Sky - it’s a much friendlier place than that other cesspit !! 💙 #itfc #coyb
August 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Come on @ipswichtown.bsky.social please start posting updates on Blue Sky - it’s a much friendlier place than that other cesspit !! 💙 #itfc #coyb
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Someone is disputing their paid membership of my newsletter with their bank because the product was "defective, damaged or not as described". This is how the product is described iandunt.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
July 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Someone is disputing their paid membership of my newsletter with their bank because the product was "defective, damaged or not as described". This is how the product is described iandunt.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
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As always, a thoughtful and interesting post from @rolandmcs.bsky.social, but I'm sure he'd accept there is more to say. It wasn't just that Vote Leave included different views, or that it radicalised during the referendum campaign and afterwards. 🧵 1/8
June 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As always, a thoughtful and interesting post from @rolandmcs.bsky.social, but I'm sure he'd accept there is more to say. It wasn't just that Vote Leave included different views, or that it radicalised during the referendum campaign and afterwards. 🧵 1/8
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TWTD Questionnaire 2024/25 #itfc #premierleague
TWTD Questionnaire 2024/25 - Ipswich Town News
Welcome to the annual TWTD Questionnaire, your chance to look back in judgement on Town's 2024/25 season
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June 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
TWTD Questionnaire 2024/25 #itfc #premierleague
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Having abortion in the criminal code means vulnerable women are treated as criminals when they ought to be treated with compassion. Help protect abortion rights in the UK. Sign our petition for decriminalisation. humanists.uk/action/prote...
Sign our petition: Take abortion out of the British criminal code
We are calling on the Government to protect legal abortions in the UK for all time by taking abortion out of the Criminal Code
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June 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Having abortion in the criminal code means vulnerable women are treated as criminals when they ought to be treated with compassion. Help protect abortion rights in the UK. Sign our petition for decriminalisation. humanists.uk/action/prote...
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No, they are not "exceptionally high call volumes" if you already have a prerecorded message to say that. Thank you.
June 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
No, they are not "exceptionally high call volumes" if you already have a prerecorded message to say that. Thank you.
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“Hard Brexit was xenophobic, economically illiterate and narrow-minded.
An apology from the Brexit lobby is too much to hope for. Silence might be a relief.
An appalling mistake was made. It awaits correction.”
Yes. Such damage and waste. For nothing.
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An apology from the Brexit lobby is too much to hope for. Silence might be a relief.
An appalling mistake was made. It awaits correction.”
Yes. Such damage and waste. For nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort | Simon Jenkins
Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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May 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“Hard Brexit was xenophobic, economically illiterate and narrow-minded.
An apology from the Brexit lobby is too much to hope for. Silence might be a relief.
An appalling mistake was made. It awaits correction.”
Yes. Such damage and waste. For nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An apology from the Brexit lobby is too much to hope for. Silence might be a relief.
An appalling mistake was made. It awaits correction.”
Yes. Such damage and waste. For nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.