Jdoconn
@jdoconn.bsky.social
Interests are mainly politics and sport. Golf, horse racing, rugby and MU.
Not a fan of Trump, Musk and Farage
Not a fan of Trump, Musk and Farage
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Waiting for the axe to drop on Gill insulates the government from any Faragist crap about being unfairly targeted. Although he’ll probably try it anyway. I don’t think this story is over.
Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the jailing of the party's former Wales leader for accepting pro-Russian bribes
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Waiting for the axe to drop on Gill insulates the government from any Faragist crap about being unfairly targeted. Although he’ll probably try it anyway. I don’t think this story is over.
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I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!
October 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!
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Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
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He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
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Starmer slams Farage:
"The honourable member for Clacton isn’t here… he’s in America badmouthing Britain, lobbying for sanctions on his own country. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. A disgrace."
Farage is colluding with foreign politicians, spreading disinfo, and chasing personal gain.
"The honourable member for Clacton isn’t here… he’s in America badmouthing Britain, lobbying for sanctions on his own country. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. A disgrace."
Farage is colluding with foreign politicians, spreading disinfo, and chasing personal gain.
September 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Starmer slams Farage:
"The honourable member for Clacton isn’t here… he’s in America badmouthing Britain, lobbying for sanctions on his own country. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. A disgrace."
Farage is colluding with foreign politicians, spreading disinfo, and chasing personal gain.
"The honourable member for Clacton isn’t here… he’s in America badmouthing Britain, lobbying for sanctions on his own country. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. A disgrace."
Farage is colluding with foreign politicians, spreading disinfo, and chasing personal gain.
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Brexit was an attempted counter-revolution against many of the changes this country has gone through since 1945. It has turned out to be a failure with elements of farce. This has driven many people on the Right completely mad.
August 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Brexit was an attempted counter-revolution against many of the changes this country has gone through since 1945. It has turned out to be a failure with elements of farce. This has driven many people on the Right completely mad.
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Brexiters used to say that once we had left the EU, UK politicians could no longer use the EU as a scapegoat for our failings.
The same Brexiters have since chosen asylum seekers as an alternative scapegoat. And they haven't totally given up on the EU either.
The same Brexiters have since chosen asylum seekers as an alternative scapegoat. And they haven't totally given up on the EU either.
August 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Brexiters used to say that once we had left the EU, UK politicians could no longer use the EU as a scapegoat for our failings.
The same Brexiters have since chosen asylum seekers as an alternative scapegoat. And they haven't totally given up on the EU either.
The same Brexiters have since chosen asylum seekers as an alternative scapegoat. And they haven't totally given up on the EU either.
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I appreciate logic isn't their strong suit but how will the Faragists who lie about the UK being much more dangerous than US cities square their lies with Donald Trump's lies about US cities being really, really dangerous?
August 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I appreciate logic isn't their strong suit but how will the Faragists who lie about the UK being much more dangerous than US cities square their lies with Donald Trump's lies about US cities being really, really dangerous?
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"Disastrously wrenching our country out of the European Union was a cranky obsession of relatively few plastic patriots who hoodwinked a minor majority subsequently regretting the giant con."
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...
www.mirror.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Disastrously wrenching our country out of the European Union was a cranky obsession of relatively few plastic patriots who hoodwinked a minor majority subsequently regretting the giant con."
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Another very good example of the Times spreading fact free propaganda.
It has been bad for a long time but feels like it’s getting worse over the last months.
It has been bad for a long time but feels like it’s getting worse over the last months.
The headline here should say:
"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".
(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)
www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...
"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".
(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)
www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...
More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees
Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map
www.thetimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Another very good example of the Times spreading fact free propaganda.
It has been bad for a long time but feels like it’s getting worse over the last months.
It has been bad for a long time but feels like it’s getting worse over the last months.
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Our media is increasingly mad, menacing and far right. Labour appears to fear it, rather than having the courage to expose it. And it’s there to be exposed in all its bitter, inadequate, prejudiced uselessness. There is a far better story to tell. Like you, so many of us long for someone to tell it.
July 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our media is increasingly mad, menacing and far right. Labour appears to fear it, rather than having the courage to expose it. And it’s there to be exposed in all its bitter, inadequate, prejudiced uselessness. There is a far better story to tell. Like you, so many of us long for someone to tell it.
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💥Farage ‘Jason I’m sorry mate - this is all great fun - but I’ve never, ever been to the Russian Embassy.’
Jason “no leadership of UKIP, ever?…”
Farage ‘Well I was the leader of it Jason, for most of that time, and the answer is a big no, and I’m going to have to move on!”💥
Jason “no leadership of UKIP, ever?…”
Farage ‘Well I was the leader of it Jason, for most of that time, and the answer is a big no, and I’m going to have to move on!”💥
June 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💥Farage ‘Jason I’m sorry mate - this is all great fun - but I’ve never, ever been to the Russian Embassy.’
Jason “no leadership of UKIP, ever?…”
Farage ‘Well I was the leader of it Jason, for most of that time, and the answer is a big no, and I’m going to have to move on!”💥
Jason “no leadership of UKIP, ever?…”
Farage ‘Well I was the leader of it Jason, for most of that time, and the answer is a big no, and I’m going to have to move on!”💥
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Obviously, everyone will focus on Trump’s F-bomb. But the agressive “do you understand that?” spat towards the female reporter reveals more about this piece of shit than anything.
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Obviously, everyone will focus on Trump’s F-bomb. But the agressive “do you understand that?” spat towards the female reporter reveals more about this piece of shit than anything.
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How to survive this US? The deliberate destruction of science, academia, health, safety, all progress. The racism. The disregard for democracy and law. The trashing of allies/affinity for dictators. The wrecking of global economy. The planet. Starvation of kids. Persecution of migrants. Etc…How?
May 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How to survive this US? The deliberate destruction of science, academia, health, safety, all progress. The racism. The disregard for democracy and law. The trashing of allies/affinity for dictators. The wrecking of global economy. The planet. Starvation of kids. Persecution of migrants. Etc…How?
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Charity Commission finally opens investigation into the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the opaquely-funded, Tufton Street-based, right-wing lobbying outfit that masquerades as a “think tank”.
Charity Commission opens investigation into IEA | Good Law Project
Are the Tufton Street crew responsible for Truss’s disastrous micro-budget acting for the public benefit? We think not.
goodlawproject.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Charity Commission finally opens investigation into the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the opaquely-funded, Tufton Street-based, right-wing lobbying outfit that masquerades as a “think tank”.
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The Brexiters are the past now. They must be left there, for the good of the country inews.co.uk/opinion/cant...
You can't argue with Brexiters – they have completely lost the capacity for reason
The Brexiters are the past now so they must be left there, for the good of the country
inews.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Brexiters are the past now. They must be left there, for the good of the country inews.co.uk/opinion/cant...
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Turns out Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing after all.
May 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Turns out Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing after all.
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In response to some recent idiocy:
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
A quick one today, addressing a misnomer which began life as a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and this week found itself put forward as a news item by Kevin O’Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott on “TalkT…
thesecretbarrister.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In response to some recent idiocy:
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
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Interesting first-hand insight from an apostate into the internal culture of the newly professionalised Reform UK (Source: conservativehome.com/2025/05/08/m...)
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Interesting first-hand insight from an apostate into the internal culture of the newly professionalised Reform UK (Source: conservativehome.com/2025/05/08/m...)
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And so the enhanced scrutiny begins: "Reform now has four years to choose between a serious rethink or the risk of a fiscal calamity if it wins", says @economist.com Will be interesting to see when and if it spreads out beyond them to the broadcasters. Just a straw in the wind atm, I'd say.
May 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
And so the enhanced scrutiny begins: "Reform now has four years to choose between a serious rethink or the risk of a fiscal calamity if it wins", says @economist.com Will be interesting to see when and if it spreads out beyond them to the broadcasters. Just a straw in the wind atm, I'd say.
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Reform UK rails against working from home… but is hiring people to work from home
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/refo...
Reform UK rails against working from home… but is hiring people to work from home
One rule for them...
leftfootforward.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reform UK rails against working from home… but is hiring people to work from home
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/refo...