Anthony Robinson
@anthonybylines.bsky.social
Occasional writer for Yorkshire Bylines, refugee from X
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The PM says we can “get closer” to Europe without actually doing so. * Voters quietly desert two main parties * Rupert Lowe launches Great Yarmouth First from… the Cotswolds.
This and more from the latest Pecksniff's Diary ⤵️
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This and more from the latest Pecksniff's Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Pecksniff : ‘Why is this bastard lying to me?’ The question on everybody’s lips this week
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The PM says we can “get closer” to Europe without actually doing so. * Voters quietly desert two main parties * Rupert Lowe launches Great Yarmouth First from… the Cotswolds.
This and more from the latest Pecksniff's Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
This and more from the latest Pecksniff's Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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“Je Suis Bernard Manning” is neither the defence nor the justification that Farage thinks it is.
From at editorial at the time : “Jokes about beating up “n**gers” and “c**ns” were followed by references to the Asian population of Bradford…”
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From at editorial at the time : “Jokes about beating up “n**gers” and “c**ns” were followed by references to the Asian population of Bradford…”
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Farage’s attack on Emma Barnett tells a worrying story about who he really is — The Independent
The ‘Today’ presenter questioned deputy Reform leader Richard Tice about the allegations of Nigel Farage’s racist behaviour as a schoolboy. Farage’s response reveals more about the man than we could e...
apple.news
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“Je Suis Bernard Manning” is neither the defence nor the justification that Farage thinks it is.
From at editorial at the time : “Jokes about beating up “n**gers” and “c**ns” were followed by references to the Asian population of Bradford…”
apple.news/ADKqtT_2AR0y...
From at editorial at the time : “Jokes about beating up “n**gers” and “c**ns” were followed by references to the Asian population of Bradford…”
apple.news/ADKqtT_2AR0y...
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: in 2008, after Russia attacked Georgia, Viktor Orbán spoke about the need for a clear moral stance and condemned Russian aggression.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: in 2008, after Russia attacked Georgia, Viktor Orbán spoke about the need for a clear moral stance and condemned Russian aggression.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
A year later he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one — and everything changed.
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European reaction to the new American national strategy document
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
European reaction to the new American national strategy document
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
Surely just an amazing coincidence? His MEP colleagues may be bribable but Honest Nigel is above that sort of thing, isn’t he?
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Surely just an amazing coincidence? His MEP colleagues may be bribable but Honest Nigel is above that sort of thing, isn’t he?
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BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders.
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📚 🦸🏻♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.”
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
📚 🦸🏻♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.”
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
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Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne on.ft.com/4rCFCWE
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Money gives Nigel Farage’s party a big financial boost as it tries to capitalise on its lead in opinion polls
on.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne on.ft.com/4rCFCWE
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Ha ha ha ha ha. Get in. Rachel Reeves should demand every witch hunting journalist provide her with an apology, issued on BBC, Channel 4, and ITV News every hour for the next three days. Only fair.
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha. Get in. Rachel Reeves should demand every witch hunting journalist provide her with an apology, issued on BBC, Channel 4, and ITV News every hour for the next three days. Only fair.
Mason’s law: Labour chancellors mislead. Tory chancellors tease and wrongfoot opponents. Prizes for spotting the difference.
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mason’s law: Labour chancellors mislead. Tory chancellors tease and wrongfoot opponents. Prizes for spotting the difference.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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This is an image that speaks volumes about what is really going on between Moscow and Washington: these Trumpist hucksters are trying to get Ukraine to surrender so they can go into business with Putin and the gang of thieves and killers that surround him.
They are the worst of the worst.
They are the worst of the worst.
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is an image that speaks volumes about what is really going on between Moscow and Washington: these Trumpist hucksters are trying to get Ukraine to surrender so they can go into business with Putin and the gang of thieves and killers that surround him.
They are the worst of the worst.
They are the worst of the worst.
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
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Mason declares that in his judgement we have been misled by Rachel Reeves.
It feels unprecedented that the BBC has made a "call" on a story, and is something that was absent throughout the terms of notorious liars such as Johnson.
There were certainly no "calls" about Brexit lies.
#r4today
It feels unprecedented that the BBC has made a "call" on a story, and is something that was absent throughout the terms of notorious liars such as Johnson.
There were certainly no "calls" about Brexit lies.
#r4today
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Mason declares that in his judgement we have been misled by Rachel Reeves.
It feels unprecedented that the BBC has made a "call" on a story, and is something that was absent throughout the terms of notorious liars such as Johnson.
There were certainly no "calls" about Brexit lies.
#r4today
It feels unprecedented that the BBC has made a "call" on a story, and is something that was absent throughout the terms of notorious liars such as Johnson.
There were certainly no "calls" about Brexit lies.
#r4today
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"Does Johnson regret not locking down sooner? No, I don't think he does..."
#Covid19Inquiry
#BorisJohnson
#NHS
#Scotland🏴
#Covid19Inquiry
#BorisJohnson
#NHS
#Scotland🏴
The Covid-19 inquiry – a response
Dr Dan Goyal, an NHS consultant, gives his response to the recently published Covid-19 Inquiry
bylines.scot
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Does Johnson regret not locking down sooner? No, I don't think he does..."
#Covid19Inquiry
#BorisJohnson
#NHS
#Scotland🏴
#Covid19Inquiry
#BorisJohnson
#NHS
#Scotland🏴
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Marco Rubio knew the truth 9 years ago, but he sold his soul for power. Yet he was correct: He will one day have to explain his support for Trump, and this is not going to end well.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Marco Rubio knew the truth 9 years ago, but he sold his soul for power. Yet he was correct: He will one day have to explain his support for Trump, and this is not going to end well.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov