Dave
@durham-dave.bsky.social
Ex teacher and ex military and now ex twitter! Residing in the becalmed wilderness of Teesdale and watching the world implode.
My god, how appalling is Badenoch! She's delivering a response worthy of a 9 year old, rude, undignified and mostly incoherent.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My god, how appalling is Badenoch! She's delivering a response worthy of a 9 year old, rude, undignified and mostly incoherent.
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Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?
We have the receipts, Nigel...
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...
Woman whose party couldn’t spell ‘Britain’ decides English degrees are a ‘rip-off’
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has today announced plans to reduce student numbers taking worthless degrees ‘like English’, just 24 hours after her party spectacularly failed to spel…
newsthump.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...
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It's vital people learn the truth about Reform and Farage's ties to the Putin regime. As polls stand we may be just a few years away from a Kremlin stooge in Number 10. Sounds like hyperbole, isn't.
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's vital people learn the truth about Reform and Farage's ties to the Putin regime. As polls stand we may be just a few years away from a Kremlin stooge in Number 10. Sounds like hyperbole, isn't.
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2025: Kemi Badenoch criticising Labour for possible tax rises
2024: Paul Johnson pointing out that the previous Conservative government was "the biggest tax increasing parliament in peacetime history"
2024: Paul Johnson pointing out that the previous Conservative government was "the biggest tax increasing parliament in peacetime history"
September 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
2025: Kemi Badenoch criticising Labour for possible tax rises
2024: Paul Johnson pointing out that the previous Conservative government was "the biggest tax increasing parliament in peacetime history"
2024: Paul Johnson pointing out that the previous Conservative government was "the biggest tax increasing parliament in peacetime history"
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Former Reform UK politician pleads guilty to pro-Russia bribery charges reut.rs/488cwr7
Former Reform UK politician pleads guilty to pro-Russia bribery charges
A British former member of the European parliament and ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales pleaded guilty on Friday to bribery charges relating to pro-Russian statements he had made.
reut.rs
September 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Former Reform UK politician pleads guilty to pro-Russia bribery charges reut.rs/488cwr7
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Given that the economy is not shrinking by a trillion every year, I think it's reasonable to assume Nigel Farage is talking out of his arse.
Let's see if professional journalism can make note of this little glitch in his maths.
Let's see if professional journalism can make note of this little glitch in his maths.
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Given that the economy is not shrinking by a trillion every year, I think it's reasonable to assume Nigel Farage is talking out of his arse.
Let's see if professional journalism can make note of this little glitch in his maths.
Let's see if professional journalism can make note of this little glitch in his maths.
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Despite nobody yet knowing the killer’s identity, let alone their motive, Boris Johnson has decided Kirk was killed for having “views that were once considered common sense”. Here are some of his views.
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Despite nobody yet knowing the killer’s identity, let alone their motive, Boris Johnson has decided Kirk was killed for having “views that were once considered common sense”. Here are some of his views.
bsky.app/profile/sean...
bsky.app/profile/sean...
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Spectacular article, all the major insights captured, but an early one here into how sincerely these men care about protecting our women and girls.
![The group spent about two hours in the city centre, during which time complaints were made to the police. The Manchester Evening News spoke to a woman who said one of the men shouted “Oh my god, look at them tits” at her as he hoisted the flags. The woman said she reported the incident because “it felt like [the men] were trying to start something and get my attention.” She also alleged the men had verbally harassed an Asian family with young children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mpngfs6ffibk7udfzb5jhvrq/bafkreiahvv6mcoadgtiry2v66453cz7khbcotglqeiuy65auywqjqmvvsm@jpeg)
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Spectacular article, all the major insights captured, but an early one here into how sincerely these men care about protecting our women and girls.
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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Farage: "There is only one way to stop people coming into Britain and that is to detain them and deport them."
Which is weird, because last year he said it was "impossible to do, literally impossible to do".
Story 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
Which is weird, because last year he said it was "impossible to do, literally impossible to do".
Story 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
Nigel Farage Says Reform Will Deport All Illegal Immigrants. But Last Year He Said It Was 'Impossible'
The Reform UK leader has certainly changed his tune.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Farage: "There is only one way to stop people coming into Britain and that is to detain them and deport them."
Which is weird, because last year he said it was "impossible to do, literally impossible to do".
Story 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
Which is weird, because last year he said it was "impossible to do, literally impossible to do".
Story 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
August 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
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In a separate story
And In the meanwhile, Uruguay is already at 75% renewable of all energy use.
Uruguay was nearly bankrupted by fossil fuels use
They are now near independent
And economy is back under control!!
Why isn’t this in the news???
And In the meanwhile, Uruguay is already at 75% renewable of all energy use.
Uruguay was nearly bankrupted by fossil fuels use
They are now near independent
And economy is back under control!!
Why isn’t this in the news???
August 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Yours truly calling out a Reform Council’s decision to cancel a climate change emergency for what it is
'Performative populist politics'
@liamthorp.bsky.social on the decision by the ruling Reform UK group on Durham County Council to revoke the climate emergency declared by the same council in 2019.
Hear our full chat on the Northern Agenda podcast:
podfollow.com/the-northern...
@liamthorp.bsky.social on the decision by the ruling Reform UK group on Durham County Council to revoke the climate emergency declared by the same council in 2019.
Hear our full chat on the Northern Agenda podcast:
podfollow.com/the-northern...
July 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Yours truly calling out a Reform Council’s decision to cancel a climate change emergency for what it is
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🔴Reform-Led Kent Council Cancels Swathes of Meetings Amid Claims They ‘Don’t Know What They’re Doing’
Nigel Farage’s party accused of running a “decision-free” administration, after being forced to scrap a third of its upcoming scheduled meetings
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/02/r...
Nigel Farage’s party accused of running a “decision-free” administration, after being forced to scrap a third of its upcoming scheduled meetings
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/02/r...
Reform-Led Kent Council Cancels Swathes of Meetings Amid Claims They 'Don't Know What They're Doing'
Nigel Farage's party accused of running a "decision-free" administration, after being forced to scrap a third of its upcoming scheduled meetings
bylinetimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🔴Reform-Led Kent Council Cancels Swathes of Meetings Amid Claims They ‘Don’t Know What They’re Doing’
Nigel Farage’s party accused of running a “decision-free” administration, after being forced to scrap a third of its upcoming scheduled meetings
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/02/r...
Nigel Farage’s party accused of running a “decision-free” administration, after being forced to scrap a third of its upcoming scheduled meetings
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/02/r...
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘£7 Billion DEI Savings’ Don’t Actually Exist
The media is widely reporting Reform UK’s claims they could save billions by cutting equality schemes. The real figure appears to be around 250 times smaller, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
The media is widely reporting Reform UK’s claims they could save billions by cutting equality schemes. The real figure appears to be around 250 times smaller, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
Nigel Farage's '£7 Billion DEI Savings' Don't Actually Exist
The media is widely reporting Reform UK's claims they could save billions by cutting equality schemes. The real figure appears to be around 250 times smaller, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘£7 Billion DEI Savings’ Don’t Actually Exist
The media is widely reporting Reform UK’s claims they could save billions by cutting equality schemes. The real figure appears to be around 250 times smaller, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
The media is widely reporting Reform UK’s claims they could save billions by cutting equality schemes. The real figure appears to be around 250 times smaller, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Apparently GOP see no shame in quoting literal Nazis now.
When you go so Far Libertarian you loop the Political Compass and arrive at Red Fascist Stalin before he switched sides, Chairman Mao, and the literal Nazis as the GOP quote Tyrants in the LaND oF ThE FrEe.
I can only laugh at the absurdity.🖕🏻
When you go so Far Libertarian you loop the Political Compass and arrive at Red Fascist Stalin before he switched sides, Chairman Mao, and the literal Nazis as the GOP quote Tyrants in the LaND oF ThE FrEe.
I can only laugh at the absurdity.🖕🏻
April 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Apparently GOP see no shame in quoting literal Nazis now.
When you go so Far Libertarian you loop the Political Compass and arrive at Red Fascist Stalin before he switched sides, Chairman Mao, and the literal Nazis as the GOP quote Tyrants in the LaND oF ThE FrEe.
I can only laugh at the absurdity.🖕🏻
When you go so Far Libertarian you loop the Political Compass and arrive at Red Fascist Stalin before he switched sides, Chairman Mao, and the literal Nazis as the GOP quote Tyrants in the LaND oF ThE FrEe.
I can only laugh at the absurdity.🖕🏻
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April 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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European alternatives to Google (that won't sell your data)
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April 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
European alternatives to Google (that won't sell your data)
🔵 Qwant 🇫🇷 .com
🔵 Ecosia 🇩🇪 .org
🔵 Swisscows 🇨🇭 .com
🔵 Mojeek 🇬🇧 .com
🔵 Qwant 🇫🇷 .com
🔵 Ecosia 🇩🇪 .org
🔵 Swisscows 🇨🇭 .com
🔵 Mojeek 🇬🇧 .com
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whoever is doing this poster campaign in London well bloody done 🙌
March 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
whoever is doing this poster campaign in London well bloody done 🙌
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(Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT)
BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW.
If you can, give blood. ❤️
www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
(Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT)
BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW.
If you can, give blood. ❤️
www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
Blood donor appeal
There are spaces to donate blood at some of our city centre venues.
www.blood.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🚨🚨🚨
(Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT)
BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW.
If you can, give blood. ❤️
www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
(Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT)
BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW.
If you can, give blood. ❤️
www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
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Kemi Badenoch this week atracked the PM for the 2019 Labour manifesto, which stated the Prevent Programme risked alienating communities.
But in 2015, Kemi Badenoch co-wrote, and signed off in full on, a London Assembly report which stated the Prevent Programme risked alienating communities.
But in 2015, Kemi Badenoch co-wrote, and signed off in full on, a London Assembly report which stated the Prevent Programme risked alienating communities.
Kemi Badenoch co-wrote report saying Prevent scheme could ‘alienate communities’
Tory leader backed 2015 inquiry but has now criticised Labour for having same concerns about counter-terror strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Kemi Badenoch this week atracked the PM for the 2019 Labour manifesto, which stated the Prevent Programme risked alienating communities.
But in 2015, Kemi Badenoch co-wrote, and signed off in full on, a London Assembly report which stated the Prevent Programme risked alienating communities.
But in 2015, Kemi Badenoch co-wrote, and signed off in full on, a London Assembly report which stated the Prevent Programme risked alienating communities.