Carolyn Brown
@cbrown75.bsky.social
I’m from the UK and took an interest in politics after the 2016 referendum. Brexit has not worked and now there is Trump again. I’m a 75 year old Granny who likes gardening and history especially the Tudors. I’m enjoying Blue Sky.
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Labour voters want Starmer to ditch Brexit red lines and rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes
Exclusive: Some 67% of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Exclusive: Some 67% of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour voters want Starmer to rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes
Exclusive: Some 67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Labour voters want Starmer to ditch Brexit red lines and rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes
Exclusive: Some 67% of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Exclusive: Some 67% of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Euractiv: X blocks EU Commission’s advertising account after €120 million fine
www.euractiv.com/news/x-block...
www.euractiv.com/news/x-block...
X blocks EU Commission’s advertising account after €120 million fine | Euractiv
The move came after a weekend of online attacks on the EU by the social platform’s owner, Elon Musk
www.euractiv.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Euractiv: X blocks EU Commission’s advertising account after €120 million fine
www.euractiv.com/news/x-block...
www.euractiv.com/news/x-block...
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From 16 May 2019:
Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
www.channel4.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
From 16 May 2019:
Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed
Channel 4 News investigation reveals how millionaire Arron Banks spent approximately £450,000 on Nigel Farage to fund lavish lifestyle the year following the EU referendum in summer 2016.
www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
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Kremlin Rats: Three more of Farage’s MEPs are alleged to have followed Putin's script. CPS has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019.
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Kremlin Rats: Three more of Farage’s MEPs are alleged to have followed Putin's script. CPS has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019.
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New analysis shows:
That there are now more people alive in the UK that voted Remain in 2016 than those who voted Leave in 2016.
The "will of the people" expressed by direct vote in 2016... has changed.
That there are now more people alive in the UK that voted Remain in 2016 than those who voted Leave in 2016.
The "will of the people" expressed by direct vote in 2016... has changed.
The majority opposed to Brexit has reached eight million
Ministers need courage to keep it that way
kellnerp.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New analysis shows:
That there are now more people alive in the UK that voted Remain in 2016 than those who voted Leave in 2016.
The "will of the people" expressed by direct vote in 2016... has changed.
That there are now more people alive in the UK that voted Remain in 2016 than those who voted Leave in 2016.
The "will of the people" expressed by direct vote in 2016... has changed.
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The Electoral Commission has been asked to investigate cryptocurrency donations to Reform UK amid claims Nigel Farage may have “abused his public position as an MP”.
uk.news.yahoo.com/questions-ov...
uk.news.yahoo.com/questions-ov...
Questions over Reform’s donations as electoral watchdog urged to investigate crypto links
Exclusive: The Lib Dems have called for a probe after claims Mr Farage may have ‘abused his position as an MP’ - as Labour says there are ‘serious questions to answer’
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Electoral Commission has been asked to investigate cryptocurrency donations to Reform UK amid claims Nigel Farage may have “abused his public position as an MP”.
uk.news.yahoo.com/questions-ov...
uk.news.yahoo.com/questions-ov...
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Quite sweet really that so many in the US still believe they have a supreme court rather than a third legislative chamber of 9 members appointed for life with power to change the law unilaterally for whatever reason they fancy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Quite sweet really that so many in the US still believe they have a supreme court rather than a third legislative chamber of 9 members appointed for life with power to change the law unilaterally for whatever reason they fancy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
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Reform UK just received a record £9m donation.
Meanwhile, many of the communities they target feel forgotten.
Support our Christmas Appeal to help us reach more towns in 2026.
👉 secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/182892/...
Meanwhile, many of the communities they target feel forgotten.
Support our Christmas Appeal to help us reach more towns in 2026.
👉 secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/182892/...
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reform UK just received a record £9m donation.
Meanwhile, many of the communities they target feel forgotten.
Support our Christmas Appeal to help us reach more towns in 2026.
👉 secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/182892/...
Meanwhile, many of the communities they target feel forgotten.
Support our Christmas Appeal to help us reach more towns in 2026.
👉 secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/182892/...
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In these battles with the judiciary, Trump has postured as the defender of urban order against the liberal elite and its supposed indifference to imported savagery
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
The year of American carnage
Martial law is on the way in the US - because violence and civil strife, real or imagined, are the dark core of Donald Trump’s aggressively authoritarian governing ethos
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In these battles with the judiciary, Trump has postured as the defender of urban order against the liberal elite and its supposed indifference to imported savagery
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been reported to police by a former member of his campaign team over claims of falsified election expenses. Given the serious nature of the allegations the Met’s specialist crime group will assess the documents that have been submitted.
December 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been reported to police by a former member of his campaign team over claims of falsified election expenses. Given the serious nature of the allegations the Met’s specialist crime group will assess the documents that have been submitted.
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Farage stood in front of a billboard during the Brexit referendum campaign, showing a crowd of black and brown faces apparently “invading” Britain
✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social
✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social
Nigel Farage has a race problem
The school stories, the admiration for Enoch Powell and comments about the “US Jewish lobby” all hang over Farage - and make him unelectable
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Farage stood in front of a billboard during the Brexit referendum campaign, showing a crowd of black and brown faces apparently “invading” Britain
✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social
✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social
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Hungary's Orban woos voters with cash incentives and smears
Hungary's Orban woos voters with cash incentives and smears – DW – 12/07/2025
Hungarians are tired of Viktor Orban’s autocratic rule. To lure voters away from his popular young challenger, the prime minister is offering costly incentives while financially squeezing opposition strongholds.
www.dw.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hungary's Orban woos voters with cash incentives and smears
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Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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TheNational.scot: 'Cash for access' row as Reform UK open 'exclusive' £10k membership club
The £10,000-per-year membership is the most expensive the party offers, though a £1000-per-year “patrons’ club” has also been created.
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
The £10,000-per-year membership is the most expensive the party offers, though a £1000-per-year “patrons’ club” has also been created.
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
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TheNational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
TheNational.scot: 'Cash for access' row as Reform UK open 'exclusive' £10k membership club
The £10,000-per-year membership is the most expensive the party offers, though a £1000-per-year “patrons’ club” has also been created.
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
The £10,000-per-year membership is the most expensive the party offers, though a £1000-per-year “patrons’ club” has also been created.
www.thenational.scot/news/2567713...
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FOX FACT-CHECK
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You know it’s bad when even Fox News is fact-checking Trump on high prices….
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
FOX FACT-CHECK
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'Banter doesn't exist if you're not friends with that person'
Very, very insightful.
bsky.app/profile/lbc....
Very, very insightful.
bsky.app/profile/lbc....
'Him and his minions would be hanging outside Jewish prayers.'
'Banter doesn't exist if you're not friends with that person.'
Stefan Benarroch explains his interactions with Nigel Farage at school, and what he has made of the Reform leader’s response to the allegations.
@natashadevon.bsky.social
'Banter doesn't exist if you're not friends with that person.'
Stefan Benarroch explains his interactions with Nigel Farage at school, and what he has made of the Reform leader’s response to the allegations.
@natashadevon.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
'Banter doesn't exist if you're not friends with that person'
Very, very insightful.
bsky.app/profile/lbc....
Very, very insightful.
bsky.app/profile/lbc....
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Liars lie!
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban warned that if his party loses the 2026 election, Hungary could be dragged into war with Russia. Speaking in Kecskemet, Orban claimed, without evidence, that Brussels-backed parties would push Hungary into conflict, while only a “national government” could prevent it.
December 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Liars lie!
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Immigrants from 19 countries barred from citizenship ceremonies
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Immigrants from 19 countries barred from citizenship ceremonies
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❌ Illegal
❌ Against X’s own terms of service
❌ Allowed to proliferate on the platform
We shouldn’t have to do their own job for them – but X are sitting back and letting illegal content stay on their platform. We’re challenging that:
https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
❌ Against X’s own terms of service
❌ Allowed to proliferate on the platform
We shouldn’t have to do their own job for them – but X are sitting back and letting illegal content stay on their platform. We’re challenging that:
https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
X is not above the law
goodlaw.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
❌ Illegal
❌ Against X’s own terms of service
❌ Allowed to proliferate on the platform
We shouldn’t have to do their own job for them – but X are sitting back and letting illegal content stay on their platform. We’re challenging that:
https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
❌ Against X’s own terms of service
❌ Allowed to proliferate on the platform
We shouldn’t have to do their own job for them – but X are sitting back and letting illegal content stay on their platform. We’re challenging that:
https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
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“In a country where destruction is still ongoing, rewilding has become a rare story of renewal: a reminder that even in times of conflict, life finds a way to begin again.” In Ukraine wetland restoration is engaging frontline soldiers and their families in ecological healing.
tinyurl.com/2a33ug32
tinyurl.com/2a33ug32
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“In a country where destruction is still ongoing, rewilding has become a rare story of renewal: a reminder that even in times of conflict, life finds a way to begin again.” In Ukraine wetland restoration is engaging frontline soldiers and their families in ecological healing.
tinyurl.com/2a33ug32
tinyurl.com/2a33ug32
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Labour are committed to getting some money back. But I want to see measures put in place to stop corruption in our future Governments. Tax Payers should be protected from incompetence and wilful theft from people in power.
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Labour are committed to getting some money back. But I want to see measures put in place to stop corruption in our future Governments. Tax Payers should be protected from incompetence and wilful theft from people in power.
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'Impermissibly punitive': Judge rubbishes Trump admin for 'pretextual' detention of 'low-level' immigrants in Guantanamo Bay at cost of $100K per day
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Judge slams Trump admin for 'pretextual' detention of 'low-level' immigrants in Guantanamo Bay
"Defendants held approximately 500 immigrants at Guantanamo between February and June 2025 at a reported cost of about $100,000 per day per detainee—over 600 times the average cost of detention."
lawandcrime.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
'Impermissibly punitive': Judge rubbishes Trump admin for 'pretextual' detention of 'low-level' immigrants in Guantanamo Bay at cost of $100K per day
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...