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On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
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“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
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nano banana prompt: “Create a super annoying linkedin profile”
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
nano banana prompt: “Create a super annoying linkedin profile”
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11/ Gill was close to Nigel Farage, a trusted colleague and a senior figure both in Ukip/Brexit party and Reform. The Met police says Farage was not interviewed and there's no suggestion he took bribes / is linked to Gill's case. They say investigations into other unspecified politicians are ongoing
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
11/ Gill was close to Nigel Farage, a trusted colleague and a senior figure both in Ukip/Brexit party and Reform. The Met police says Farage was not interviewed and there's no suggestion he took bribes / is linked to Gill's case. They say investigations into other unspecified politicians are ongoing
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![11 Dec 2018 At the same session, Coburn and Arnott give similar speeches. Coburn says: “... No government can stand by and do nothing while its journalists are being attacked and murdered. This is thoroughly unacceptable …. The president of the Ukraine and the Rada parliament are, uh, plotting to close TV channels 112 and Channel One [sic]. Can this chamber truthfully say that Ukraine, which behaves this way, is ready for EU entry?”
Arnott says: “Against the backdrop of violence against journalists, the proposed closure of TV channels, I say this to the president and government of Ukraine. Please defend freedom… please ensure freedom of the press.” Speaking to the Guardian this month, Arnott rejected any suggestion that he had links to Russia or was acting in its interests and pointed to another part of his speech in which he said “the best response to a loss of freedom is increased freedom”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkvrabjcnztzl3nsbzj53tal/bafkreihpwlob2q7hn6xcenanigpbu2fd4yprtthsvds4v5oyxgbwpqtgkq@jpeg)
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8/ In these messages Voloshyn asks Gill to arrange for three MEPs to make "comments on camera". He mentions ex-Ukip/Brexit party MEPs Jonathan Arnott and David Coburn. There's no suggestion Arnott & Coburn took bribes, knew about Voloshyn, or agreed to this particular proposal
![Voloshyn: "I've aksed V [Medvedchuk] Get xxx please and Coburn as well. I will get 5 for you if you get these three comments on camera". "Or Arnott". "We need three" Gill: "OK" "What time and where" V: "They are to come to EP in roughly an hour" Gill: "OK" "All three here"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkvrabjcnztzl3nsbzj53tal/bafkreibn6emgy23ccdnomrkp6mztork3os3binghwpb3qpgkotphpcf3yq@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
8/ In these messages Voloshyn asks Gill to arrange for three MEPs to make "comments on camera". He mentions ex-Ukip/Brexit party MEPs Jonathan Arnott and David Coburn. There's no suggestion Arnott & Coburn took bribes, knew about Voloshyn, or agreed to this particular proposal
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7/ And the related video from the police evidence file, the Channel 112 interview in which Gill speaks in defence of Medvedchuk
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
7/ And the related video from the police evidence file, the Channel 112 interview in which Gill speaks in defence of Medvedchuk
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6/ Also included is this bribery count...
![Bribery count 3 5 Feb 2019
“This charge relates to Mr Gill’s appearance on the television channel 112 Ukraine where he is critical of the Ukrainian decision to open criminal proceedings against Viktor Medvedchuk for high treason … Mr Voloshyn asks Mr Gill to make a ‘short pointed comment … expressing that it was ‘unacceptable to persecute [a] person for political convictions let alone for offering new ways to bring peace to war in Donbass’.”
5 Feb 2019: Gill speaks to Channel 112 Ukraine. He gives an opinion piece to camera in defence of Victor Medvedchuk which “closely followed the line given to him by Mr Voloshyn”. Gill is paid “‘5k” for doing so.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkvrabjcnztzl3nsbzj53tal/bafkreib5glw5ngr4ldjqsxdeocvktuoav67ofze2uptmibyqrjc372nmfa@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
6/ Also included is this bribery count...
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5/ We're also publishing a large portion of the evidence file, which includes WhatsApp messages with his handler/bribe funnel Oleh Voloshyn, clips from Gill's pro-Russian media statetments and from his police interviews. Here's one WhatsApp message- 'gifts' is a reference to cash
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
5/ We're also publishing a large portion of the evidence file, which includes WhatsApp messages with his handler/bribe funnel Oleh Voloshyn, clips from Gill's pro-Russian media statetments and from his police interviews. Here's one WhatsApp message- 'gifts' is a reference to cash
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4/ As a fiercely independent news platform, we believe it's important that the public can access the detail of the case. And now we are publishing our timeline online. It details all of Gill's charges and related activity, including this one:
![Bribery count 2 6-12 Dec 2018
(All quotations relating to bribes are from the CPS court case summary. Count 1 – a summary – is not included here)
“This charge relates to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement Debate … Messages from Mr Gill’s mobile device evidence an agreement made via WhatsApp for Mr Gill to receive a scripted contribution to the debate from Mr Voloshyn after which he would receive ‘xmas gifts’ and ‘post cards’, which are alleged to be coded references to money.”
11 Dec 2018: Following a vote in October by the Ukrainian parliament to close Channel 112 and NewsOne as “aggressive influence[s] of destructive propaganda”, Gill gives a speech in the European parliament: “We've seen activists and journalists alike being violently attacked by radicals … How can this be, that the president of Ukraine can potentially close down independent media just before an election?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkvrabjcnztzl3nsbzj53tal/bafkreidokff6o5xdsvzavyrs6jwnrp6rzh6xf5lm72ammbxbysftijfut4@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
4/ As a fiercely independent news platform, we believe it's important that the public can access the detail of the case. And now we are publishing our timeline online. It details all of Gill's charges and related activity, including this one:
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3/ We gave this timeline of evidence, the charges and context out outside court. No one had heard of Gill. Of course, it's hard for stories to cut through. But it's made harder when only 2 papers - Guardian & Mirror - mention the conviction/story on their front page & only one prints Gill's picture🙄
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
3/ We gave this timeline of evidence, the charges and context out outside court. No one had heard of Gill. Of course, it's hard for stories to cut through. But it's made harder when only 2 papers - Guardian & Mirror - mention the conviction/story on their front page & only one prints Gill's picture🙄
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WhatsApps reveal Gill sought to recruit other Brexit/Reform MEPs to make pro-Kremlin statements and that Gill’s handler took orders from Viktor Medvedchuk, a close Putin ally. It's a complex, detail-heavy story. So we went back to journalism's roots and made a pamphlet to hand out at the Old Bailey.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
WhatsApps reveal Gill sought to recruit other Brexit/Reform MEPs to make pro-Kremlin statements and that Gill’s handler took orders from Viktor Medvedchuk, a close Putin ally. It's a complex, detail-heavy story. So we went back to journalism's roots and made a pamphlet to hand out at the Old Bailey.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Clear legal evidence Putin's Russia was bribing some UKIP/Reform leaders during the lead up to the Brexit deal. So there is a clear need for an independent investigation into where UKIP got all the money that it used to promote its well funded leave campaign.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Clear legal evidence Putin's Russia was bribing some UKIP/Reform leaders during the lead up to the Brexit deal. So there is a clear need for an independent investigation into where UKIP got all the money that it used to promote its well funded leave campaign.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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This is outrageous from Keir Starmer.
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is outrageous from Keir Starmer.
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
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Six prisoners for Palestine are nearing their *fourth week* on hunger strike.
They are facing two years on remand without trial. They demand bail, a fair trial, an end to counter-terror powers used on protesters and the deproscription of Palestine Action
They are facing two years on remand without trial. They demand bail, a fair trial, an end to counter-terror powers used on protesters and the deproscription of Palestine Action
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Six prisoners for Palestine are nearing their *fourth week* on hunger strike.
They are facing two years on remand without trial. They demand bail, a fair trial, an end to counter-terror powers used on protesters and the deproscription of Palestine Action
They are facing two years on remand without trial. They demand bail, a fair trial, an end to counter-terror powers used on protesters and the deproscription of Palestine Action
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NEW: Important thread from @thenerve.news.
See key WhatsApp evidence & videos from Nathan Gill hearing now sentenced to 10 & half years in prison
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See key WhatsApp evidence & videos from Nathan Gill hearing now sentenced to 10 & half years in prison
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November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: Important thread from @thenerve.news.
See key WhatsApp evidence & videos from Nathan Gill hearing now sentenced to 10 & half years in prison
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See key WhatsApp evidence & videos from Nathan Gill hearing now sentenced to 10 & half years in prison
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.