mike
@graftinggasman.bsky.social
socialist, pro EU, anti Brexit, pro rejoin, pro PR
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“People Know they were Hoodwinked, they were deceived.” Do you agree with Michael Heseltine? 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM
“People Know they were Hoodwinked, they were deceived.” Do you agree with Michael Heseltine? 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺
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I hope BBC lawyers have read the deposition of prosecutor Jack Smith released recently: after years of investigation, he holds Trump responsible for the Jan 6 insurrection
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I hope BBC lawyers have read the deposition of prosecutor Jack Smith released recently: after years of investigation, he holds Trump responsible for the Jan 6 insurrection
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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DOJ use of force policy.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
DOJ use of force policy.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
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🇬🇧 Prime Minister admits Brexit was built on “falsehoods.”
From red tape myths to immigration claims to the £350m NHS lie.
We said it then.
The country knows it now.
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 Time to get our star back. 🌟
From red tape myths to immigration claims to the £350m NHS lie.
We said it then.
The country knows it now.
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 Time to get our star back. 🌟
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
🇬🇧 Prime Minister admits Brexit was built on “falsehoods.”
From red tape myths to immigration claims to the £350m NHS lie.
We said it then.
The country knows it now.
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 Time to get our star back. 🌟
From red tape myths to immigration claims to the £350m NHS lie.
We said it then.
The country knows it now.
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 Time to get our star back. 🌟
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BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised”
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised”
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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🟥 THIS IS BREXIT SOVEREIGNTY.
Power respects power.
Isolation invites pressure.
Power respects power.
Isolation invites pressure.
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🟥 THIS IS BREXIT SOVEREIGNTY.
Power respects power.
Isolation invites pressure.
Power respects power.
Isolation invites pressure.
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Do you Agree with Lord Sugar?
#ExitBrexit
#ExitBrexit
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Do you Agree with Lord Sugar?
#ExitBrexit
#ExitBrexit
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
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December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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“As well as being the figureheads of their respective Brexit campaigns, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson share another thing in common: as Russia launched its first phase of war against Ukraine in 2014, they both blamed the EU for the conflict”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
bylinetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“As well as being the figureheads of their respective Brexit campaigns, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson share another thing in common: as Russia launched its first phase of war against Ukraine in 2014, they both blamed the EU for the conflict”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Reform tried to dismiss questions on Farage’s racism, saying they should be asked about the ‘substance’ of their policies instead.
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reform tried to dismiss questions on Farage’s racism, saying they should be asked about the ‘substance’ of their policies instead.
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
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'How on earth could the winner of the Fifa peace prize not be in the business of promoting peace?!’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'How on earth could the winner of the Fifa peace prize not be in the business of promoting peace?!’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Thanks to everyone (especially @adambarnett.bsky.social) for the suggestions. There were so many pro-Putin statements by Farage, we turned them into a Griftmas Advent Calendar bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thanks to everyone (especially @adambarnett.bsky.social) for the suggestions. There were so many pro-Putin statements by Farage, we turned them into a Griftmas Advent Calendar bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
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All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...