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Martin Gilmore
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Just trying to understand…..
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charlesfourier.bsky.social
What has the ECHR ever done for us?
August 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Boris Johnson and Brexit are the only reason these small boats exist.

Before 2018 there were ZERO.
July 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
President Macron, "There are 300,00 French people living in the UK and 150,000 British people living in France"

"Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of citizens, researchers, intellectuals, artists"

"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities we had"
July 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'
On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter.
www.mirror.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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parodypm.bsky.social
Darren Grimes caught lying after the police deny saying he couldn’t hold surgeries for ‘security reasons’. Turns out he was simply following the example of Nigel Farage and telling lies to get out of doing any work.
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...
Reform's Darren Grimes Accused of Lying After Police Deny Telling Him Not to Hold Council Surgeries for 'Security' Reasons
EXCLUSIVE: Local police have rejected the Reform UK deputy council leader's claim that they advised him not to meet his constituents
bylinetimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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fbpech.bsky.social
This is excellent. It’s worth sharing everywhere.
June 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Since it's #DanHannanDay let's run through the "brain of Brexit's" 5 greatest moments since 2016.

First up The One Where Dan Predicted Independence Day in 2025
It's 24 June, 2025, and Britain is marking its annual Independence Day celebration. As the fireworks stream through the summer sky, still not quite dark, we wonder why it took us so long to leave. The years that followed the 2016 referendum didn't just reinvigorate our economy. our democracy and our liberty. They improved relations with our neighbours. The United Kingdom is now the region's foremost knowledge-based economy. We lead the world in biotech, law, education, the audio- visual sector, financial services and software. New industries, from 3D printing to driverless cars, have sprung up around the country. Older industries, too, have revived as energy prices have fallen back to global levels: steel, cement, pape Perhaps the greatest benefit, though, is not easy to quantify. Britain has recovered its self-belief. As we left the EU, we straightened our backs, looked about us, and realised that we were still a nation to be reckoned with: the world's fifth economy and fourth military power, one of five members on the UN Security Council and a leading member of the G7 and the Commonwealth. We recalled, too, that we were the world's leading exporter of soft power; that our language was the most widely studied on Earth; that we were linked by kinship and migration to every
June 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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newsagents.bsky.social
“If they’d explained everything about Brexit, I’d probably have voted Remain!”

@lewisgoodall.com visits The Talbot in Blackpool, the UK’s first Reform pub, where the owner regrets Brexit - but stops short of blaming one of the key figures who sold it to him: Nigel Farage.
June 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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parodypm.bsky.social
Andrew Tate has been charged with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm.
Nigel Farage described him as "an important voice for young men". That tells you all you need to know about Farage's moral compass.
Nigel farage with andrew tate
May 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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jobmaynooth.bsky.social
A reminder: Farage couldn’t even be bothered to turn up for work this week.

Instead he went on holiday. But, sure. He’s the guy with credibility according to the amoral loons who run this rag.
May 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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stevepeers.bsky.social
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
May 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Sky News release audio of Conservative Chris Philp admitting that Brexit makes it harder to return asylum seekers to countries in Europe

That's right, inside the EU, with freedom of movement, the UK had the ability to return asylum seekers to Europe

Brexit created the rise in small boat crossings
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Sounds like a plan
May 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Nigel Farage has told ITV News the first thing he would do as prime minister if he won a general election would be to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights

That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.

THIS IS WHY
youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
Nigel Farage says first thing he would do as PM if he won a GE would be to remove UK from the ECHR
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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April 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Trump is now officially worse than COVID.
Graph showing spikes of economic uncertainty with Trump now exceeding the pandemic
April 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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bestforbritain.org
. @lewisgoodall.com expertly sums up why Trump's 10% tariff on UK imports (compared to the 20% tariff he put on EU imports) isn't really the 'Brexit win' people are claiming...

Read his full blog 👉 buff.ly/KBu48tl
I can understand this impulse to clutch at straws, but I am afraid it is largely just that. Let us consider the logic of that statement. It is posited that it is a vindication of Brexit that we have avoided an additional 10%. That is true, if we were still in the EU we’d be looking at 20% with no obvious means of securing a deal to ensure its reduction, which we now enjoy. But so what? For the reasons I’ve outlined above, 10% is bad enough. But looking at this moment as a Brexit benefit ignores the endless economic disbenefit that we’ve endured since 2016 and ignores the far bigger picture. Our currency remains devalued. UK goods exports to the EU have declined, with some studies showing a 27% drop in exports and a 32% drop in imports between 2021 and 2023 compared to a scenario without Brexit. Services have been less affected, showing more resilience to deal with the exigencies of the TCA but every study would suggest they are lower than they would have been without the years of uncertainty Brexit caused. Overall, the OBR has said that the UK economy will be 4% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, our trade intensity with the EU will be 15% down on where it would have been in the medium term and the overall economic damage will be comparable to the damage created by Covid. Compared to all of that, the 10% Trump tariff differential is a rounding error. It is like giving £100 to Peter, receiving £20 from Paul and congratulating oneself on a job well done.
April 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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alexhh.bsky.social
I no longer rule out civil strife. I no longer rule out full-on autocracy. I no longer rule out a third world war. In just ten weeks, Trump has stirred up domestic hatred, ruined alliances, launched a trade war and awoken giants. I can’t believe it’s 2025, and I can’t believe I’m writing this. 3/3.
April 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The rule of law is democracy's last shield, that's why would-be strongmen or women - from Trump to Le Pen, Orban and Erdogan to Netanyahu, work so hard to undermine it

www.ft.com/content/85c8...
April 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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benansell.bsky.social
I think the Atlantic piece is probably the scoopiest scoop of the last few decades. And it has clarified one thing - other than the total idiocy of sending opsec over group chats - Hegseth and Vance have a genuine animosity towards Europe. Something for us all to ponder.
March 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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sunderlandlolly.bsky.social
TREASURE THE NHS 🙏
A family member just had minor-ish NHS treatment which would cost £12k+ in USA. They don't have to go into debt to pay for it. Reform UK & multi-millionaire Nigel Farage want to ABOLISH the NHS. They can afford £500k for health costs. Can you?
February 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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This👇🏼is like opening the door to the Chicken coop, and leaving it, ignoring the hungry fox that’s sitting outside in plain siight🤦🏼‍♂️

The Russians must think Christmas came early with Trump and his cronies in power 🤷🏼‍♂️
March 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM