@janewelsh.bsky.social
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found...
The men who raised the flags:
special report from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
The men who raised the flags:
special report from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found...
The men who raised the flags:
special report from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
The men who raised the flags:
special report from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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So it’s just The Mirror feeling that the imprisonment of an MP for taking bribes from an enemy state is front page news?
Now we see your priorities UK media.
Now we see your priorities UK media.
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
So it’s just The Mirror feeling that the imprisonment of an MP for taking bribes from an enemy state is front page news?
Now we see your priorities UK media.
Now we see your priorities UK media.
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“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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A gay man, who died by suicide as a result of his sexuality, made one of the single biggest contributions to espionage and ending WW2 years earlier than would have otherwise been the case. Alan Turing is only one of hundreds of examples as to why the intelligence services should support Pride.
June 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A gay man, who died by suicide as a result of his sexuality, made one of the single biggest contributions to espionage and ending WW2 years earlier than would have otherwise been the case. Alan Turing is only one of hundreds of examples as to why the intelligence services should support Pride.
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Fair play to Private Eye and Channel 4, they've been investigating him for years - he's been ripping people off in Bristol for decades - but not many people round here want to hear about that, they think he'll 'stick it to the man' and represent the working class 🤣
www.channel4.com/news/long-re...
www.channel4.com/news/long-re...
Long Read: The Arron Banks allegations
The full Channel 4 News investigation into the man who bankrolled Brexit - and his African diamond mine empire.
www.channel4.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fair play to Private Eye and Channel 4, they've been investigating him for years - he's been ripping people off in Bristol for decades - but not many people round here want to hear about that, they think he'll 'stick it to the man' and represent the working class 🤣
www.channel4.com/news/long-re...
www.channel4.com/news/long-re...
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Tomorrow marks the 3rd anniversary of Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
His forces bombed cities like Mariupol into rubble.
Raped, tortured & murdered civilians.
Targeted maternity & children's hospitals.
I took this photo of one the mass graves - it contained 445 bodies in Izium (1/2)
His forces bombed cities like Mariupol into rubble.
Raped, tortured & murdered civilians.
Targeted maternity & children's hospitals.
I took this photo of one the mass graves - it contained 445 bodies in Izium (1/2)
February 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tomorrow marks the 3rd anniversary of Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
His forces bombed cities like Mariupol into rubble.
Raped, tortured & murdered civilians.
Targeted maternity & children's hospitals.
I took this photo of one the mass graves - it contained 445 bodies in Izium (1/2)
His forces bombed cities like Mariupol into rubble.
Raped, tortured & murdered civilians.
Targeted maternity & children's hospitals.
I took this photo of one the mass graves - it contained 445 bodies in Izium (1/2)
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They Were Willing to Do Unpleasant Things to Unpleasant People
The 43 Group was a British anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after the 2nd World War.
Theyvbroke up far-right meetings, infiltrated fascist groups & attacked the fascists in street fighting
jacobin.com/2020/06/43-g...
The 43 Group was a British anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after the 2nd World War.
Theyvbroke up far-right meetings, infiltrated fascist groups & attacked the fascists in street fighting
jacobin.com/2020/06/43-g...
January 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
They Were Willing to Do Unpleasant Things to Unpleasant People
The 43 Group was a British anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after the 2nd World War.
Theyvbroke up far-right meetings, infiltrated fascist groups & attacked the fascists in street fighting
jacobin.com/2020/06/43-g...
The 43 Group was a British anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after the 2nd World War.
Theyvbroke up far-right meetings, infiltrated fascist groups & attacked the fascists in street fighting
jacobin.com/2020/06/43-g...
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A Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned by President Trump and released from prison last week is being sought on preexisting charges in Texas of soliciting a minor online.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Is Sought for Charges of Soliciting Minor
Andrew Taake, who pleaded guilty to attacking the police outside the Capitol, was just released from prison. He is being sought for charges in 2016 of soliciting a 17-year-old online for sex.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned by President Trump and released from prison last week is being sought on preexisting charges in Texas of soliciting a minor online.
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Mel Stride says "the Chancellor should be at her station" during some market fluctuation.
Zero pushback from LauraK.
And yet Kwarteng was in the US during an ACTUAL disorderly bond crisis. FAMOUSLY sacked while flying back.
How can the BBC's top interviewer fail to make such easy connections?
Zero pushback from LauraK.
And yet Kwarteng was in the US during an ACTUAL disorderly bond crisis. FAMOUSLY sacked while flying back.
How can the BBC's top interviewer fail to make such easy connections?
January 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Mel Stride says "the Chancellor should be at her station" during some market fluctuation.
Zero pushback from LauraK.
And yet Kwarteng was in the US during an ACTUAL disorderly bond crisis. FAMOUSLY sacked while flying back.
How can the BBC's top interviewer fail to make such easy connections?
Zero pushback from LauraK.
And yet Kwarteng was in the US during an ACTUAL disorderly bond crisis. FAMOUSLY sacked while flying back.
How can the BBC's top interviewer fail to make such easy connections?
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Gig workers forced to pay fee to receive wages.
YoungOnes charges gig workers 4.8% of wages to be paid in one minute, 2.9% to be paid in 3 days, or wait 30 days.
At Emma Sleep workers await November/December wages.
Execs don't have to wait.
Govt must prosecute
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
YoungOnes charges gig workers 4.8% of wages to be paid in one minute, 2.9% to be paid in 3 days, or wait 30 days.
At Emma Sleep workers await November/December wages.
Execs don't have to wait.
Govt must prosecute
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Gig workers forced to pay fee to receive wages.
YoungOnes charges gig workers 4.8% of wages to be paid in one minute, 2.9% to be paid in 3 days, or wait 30 days.
At Emma Sleep workers await November/December wages.
Execs don't have to wait.
Govt must prosecute
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
YoungOnes charges gig workers 4.8% of wages to be paid in one minute, 2.9% to be paid in 3 days, or wait 30 days.
At Emma Sleep workers await November/December wages.
Execs don't have to wait.
Govt must prosecute
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
January 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Badenoch has proved much more pathetic than I had originally anticipated and I thought she would be an unmitigated disaster. Not one solitary fibre of moral substance to her.
January 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Badenoch has proved much more pathetic than I had originally anticipated and I thought she would be an unmitigated disaster. Not one solitary fibre of moral substance to her.
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I've been critical of Starmer, but he's been excellent today. I hope he maintains his newly-discovered backbone, and realises he's the FUCKING PRIME MINISTER, and can afford to take on the right wing media. In fact, he can't afford not to.
January 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I've been critical of Starmer, but he's been excellent today. I hope he maintains his newly-discovered backbone, and realises he's the FUCKING PRIME MINISTER, and can afford to take on the right wing media. In fact, he can't afford not to.
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Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Chris Philp.
All members of Parliament. Voted by the British people to represent their interests in Parliament in Britain.
All siding with a foreign plutocrat against their fellow parliamentarians?
Traitors.
All members of Parliament. Voted by the British people to represent their interests in Parliament in Britain.
All siding with a foreign plutocrat against their fellow parliamentarians?
Traitors.
January 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Chris Philp.
All members of Parliament. Voted by the British people to represent their interests in Parliament in Britain.
All siding with a foreign plutocrat against their fellow parliamentarians?
Traitors.
All members of Parliament. Voted by the British people to represent their interests in Parliament in Britain.
All siding with a foreign plutocrat against their fellow parliamentarians?
Traitors.
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This is worth another watch
January 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is worth another watch
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So, there is no cover up
There’s already been a £200m Govt inquiry
It wasn’t 250,000 girls, it was between 1k and 2k
“Tommeh” isnt in jail for speaking the truth. He’s actually in jail for perverting course of justice, accused of fraud & defamation. So quite the opposite.
Have I got that right?
There’s already been a £200m Govt inquiry
It wasn’t 250,000 girls, it was between 1k and 2k
“Tommeh” isnt in jail for speaking the truth. He’s actually in jail for perverting course of justice, accused of fraud & defamation. So quite the opposite.
Have I got that right?
January 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So, there is no cover up
There’s already been a £200m Govt inquiry
It wasn’t 250,000 girls, it was between 1k and 2k
“Tommeh” isnt in jail for speaking the truth. He’s actually in jail for perverting course of justice, accused of fraud & defamation. So quite the opposite.
Have I got that right?
There’s already been a £200m Govt inquiry
It wasn’t 250,000 girls, it was between 1k and 2k
“Tommeh” isnt in jail for speaking the truth. He’s actually in jail for perverting course of justice, accused of fraud & defamation. So quite the opposite.
Have I got that right?
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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Like/RP if you are happy this dangerous criminal 'Tommy Robinson' is safely in jail.
January 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Like/RP if you are happy this dangerous criminal 'Tommy Robinson' is safely in jail.
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Tories Embarrassed After Attempt To Criticise Labour Over Child Protection Backfires
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories...
Tories Embarrassed After Attempt To Criticise Labour Over Child Protection Backfires
It turns out the Conservatives did exactly the same thing they're now attacking the government for.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Tories Embarrassed After Attempt To Criticise Labour Over Child Protection Backfires
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories...