Ibby
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Yorkshireman in Staffordshire, left of centre, Rugby Union Leic 🐯, bad golfer🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦 No DMs sorry.
Every cloud..
Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Every cloud..
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Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.
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Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
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Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
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A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
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Tim Davie and Deborah Turness leaving the BBC.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness leaving the BBC.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Regrets being found out...
'I regret my choice of words' - Staffordshire Reform councillor apologises for ‘disgusting’ tweets about black women and police
'I regret my choice of words' - Staffordshire Reform councillor apologises for ‘disgusting’ tweets about black women and police
A Reform UK councillor has apologised for his ‘choice of words’ in tweets about black women and the police.
www.expressandstar.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Regrets being found out...
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The brass neck is pretty incredible.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The brass neck is pretty incredible.
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Very amusing to watch Reform complain about all the things wrong with the UK - every one caused by Brexit - without actually mentioning Brexit, as if they happened by magic.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Very amusing to watch Reform complain about all the things wrong with the UK - every one caused by Brexit - without actually mentioning Brexit, as if they happened by magic.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group.
Farage is surrounded by the stench of financial malpractice. One of his closest advisors is 'posh' George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster and expert in criminal money-laundering.
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Farage is surrounded by the stench of financial malpractice. One of his closest advisors is 'posh' George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster and expert in criminal money-laundering.
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group.
Farage is surrounded by the stench of financial malpractice. One of his closest advisors is 'posh' George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster and expert in criminal money-laundering.
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Farage is surrounded by the stench of financial malpractice. One of his closest advisors is 'posh' George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster and expert in criminal money-laundering.
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
With all the talk of potential tax rises in the UK, it is interesting that some of the countries ranked 'happiest' also have the highest income tax rates..
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
With all the talk of potential tax rises in the UK, it is interesting that some of the countries ranked 'happiest' also have the highest income tax rates..
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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🇬🇧 Look around Reform voters — this is Britain:
12.9 million pensioners
1.9 million on minimum wage
8 million on Universal Credit
2.2 million too sick to work
4.2 million on health-related benefits
Reform aren’t fighting for “the people” — they’re coming for you.
12.9 million pensioners
1.9 million on minimum wage
8 million on Universal Credit
2.2 million too sick to work
4.2 million on health-related benefits
Reform aren’t fighting for “the people” — they’re coming for you.
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🇬🇧 Look around Reform voters — this is Britain:
12.9 million pensioners
1.9 million on minimum wage
8 million on Universal Credit
2.2 million too sick to work
4.2 million on health-related benefits
Reform aren’t fighting for “the people” — they’re coming for you.
12.9 million pensioners
1.9 million on minimum wage
8 million on Universal Credit
2.2 million too sick to work
4.2 million on health-related benefits
Reform aren’t fighting for “the people” — they’re coming for you.