Robin Stafford
@frenshamrobin.bsky.social
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I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists
So proud of a very longstanding and close friend for going public with this - it takes real courage
@peterjukes.bsky.social Peter E is a real mensch!
@peterjukes.bsky.social Peter E is a real mensch!
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
– FDR
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"
– JFK
“When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.”
– Barack Obama
"Quiet, piggy!"
– Trump
– FDR
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"
– JFK
“When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.”
– Barack Obama
"Quiet, piggy!"
– Trump
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
– FDR
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"
– JFK
“When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.”
– Barack Obama
"Quiet, piggy!"
– Trump
– FDR
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"
– JFK
“When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.”
– Barack Obama
"Quiet, piggy!"
– Trump
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Imagine what our NHS could have done with the money wasted on PFI — the hospitals, staff, care.
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Imagine what our NHS could have done with the money wasted on PFI — the hospitals, staff, care.
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
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For the first time in 30 years, the UN conference on climate change is taking place without top U.S. government representation. China has emerged as the top dog at the summit and is poised to become the world’s supplier of green energy technology.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S.
While China is selling clean energy to the world, America is pushing oil and gas.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For the first time in 30 years, the UN conference on climate change is taking place without top U.S. government representation. China has emerged as the top dog at the summit and is poised to become the world’s supplier of green energy technology.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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“If you want to know what a bubble looks like, it’s this”
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“If you want to know what a bubble looks like, it’s this”
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
When Mahmoud and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social claim that migrants are a drain on the economy they could not be more wrong.
Are they wilfully ignorant? Or just lying to attract Reform voters?
Are they wilfully ignorant? Or just lying to attract Reform voters?
And this from @lgilbert.co explains why these reductions will damage the public finances (3/3)
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
When Mahmoud and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social claim that migrants are a drain on the economy they could not be more wrong.
Are they wilfully ignorant? Or just lying to attract Reform voters?
Are they wilfully ignorant? Or just lying to attract Reform voters?
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Net migration to the UK has fallen fast - down by more than 60% from the peak -and is set to fall further.
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration dropped more than first reported, ONS says
Net migration to the UK last year was 20% lower than previously thought.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Net migration to the UK has fallen fast - down by more than 60% from the peak -and is set to fall further.
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
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Shabana Mahmood tells MPs that "it is not the policy of this government to confiscate jewelry from those who are... accessing asylum accommodation."
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Shabana Mahmood tells MPs that "it is not the policy of this government to confiscate jewelry from those who are... accessing asylum accommodation."
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
Why are @teamlabouruk.bsky.social telling such out and out lies?
"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Why are @teamlabouruk.bsky.social telling such out and out lies?
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
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They think we’re all so stupid
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
They think we’re all so stupid
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Russia refuses to make peace,&it's pursuing the goal of taking control of Ukrainian territory,Macron said
"Russia alone today chooses to continue this war &even to intensify it.Since last March,Ukraine have clearly reiterated your willingness to pursue peace.Russia alone refuses to do so"he said
"Russia alone today chooses to continue this war &even to intensify it.Since last March,Ukraine have clearly reiterated your willingness to pursue peace.Russia alone refuses to do so"he said
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Russia refuses to make peace,&it's pursuing the goal of taking control of Ukrainian territory,Macron said
"Russia alone today chooses to continue this war &even to intensify it.Since last March,Ukraine have clearly reiterated your willingness to pursue peace.Russia alone refuses to do so"he said
"Russia alone today chooses to continue this war &even to intensify it.Since last March,Ukraine have clearly reiterated your willingness to pursue peace.Russia alone refuses to do so"he said
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Macron: "If Ukraine is not strong, Russia will violate its own commitments. This is why we are doing what we do."
Finally someone in the west gets this very simple concept 🙂
Finally someone in the west gets this very simple concept 🙂
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Macron: "If Ukraine is not strong, Russia will violate its own commitments. This is why we are doing what we do."
Finally someone in the west gets this very simple concept 🙂
Finally someone in the west gets this very simple concept 🙂
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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Streets in the Ukrainian city of Kherson covered with nets to protect against Russian drones.
If Russia is not stopped, this could become a reality for many cities - and not only in Ukraine.
📹: dianabutsko9 / Instagram
If Russia is not stopped, this could become a reality for many cities - and not only in Ukraine.
📹: dianabutsko9 / Instagram
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Streets in the Ukrainian city of Kherson covered with nets to protect against Russian drones.
If Russia is not stopped, this could become a reality for many cities - and not only in Ukraine.
📹: dianabutsko9 / Instagram
If Russia is not stopped, this could become a reality for many cities - and not only in Ukraine.
📹: dianabutsko9 / Instagram
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NOT DISCUSSED NEARLY ENOUGH THIS WEEK:
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NOT DISCUSSED NEARLY ENOUGH THIS WEEK:
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.