Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧
@joeyfurtado.bsky.social
Keen follower of global politics. Loves travel, science & nature. Humanist & atheist but borrows from other philosophies to remain sane. Lifts weights & practices aikijujitsu. We're all on some kind of spectrum, a middle way is often a good path.
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🔥🔥 In case you missed it… Munya nailed it on Newsnight. 🔥🔥
The root of Britain's problems is inequality, not immigration. And the only minority responsible are the greedy, selfish super-rich.
The root of Britain's problems is inequality, not immigration. And the only minority responsible are the greedy, selfish super-rich.
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🔥🔥 In case you missed it… Munya nailed it on Newsnight. 🔥🔥
The root of Britain's problems is inequality, not immigration. And the only minority responsible are the greedy, selfish super-rich.
The root of Britain's problems is inequality, not immigration. And the only minority responsible are the greedy, selfish super-rich.
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Autonomy Institute: "A new report calls for a ban on political donors being considered for public contracts after finding 373 companies made a total of over £60 billion following their donations."
29 firms donated £11m+ to the Tories & were then awarded contracts worth £2.3 billion from 2015-2024
29 firms donated £11m+ to the Tories & were then awarded contracts worth £2.3 billion from 2015-2024
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Autonomy Institute: "A new report calls for a ban on political donors being considered for public contracts after finding 373 companies made a total of over £60 billion following their donations."
29 firms donated £11m+ to the Tories & were then awarded contracts worth £2.3 billion from 2015-2024
29 firms donated £11m+ to the Tories & were then awarded contracts worth £2.3 billion from 2015-2024
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
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Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration
Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift
www.thetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.
Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
Traitors, all four of them, in my humble opinion
Traitors, all four of them, in my humble opinion
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
Traitors, all four of them, in my humble opinion
Traitors, all four of them, in my humble opinion
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So that 3 fingered salute appears to be a fascist thing linked to Serbian neo-nazis.
Clearly they think it's a brilliant subtle gesture which nobody is going to bother fact checking
Clearly they think it's a brilliant subtle gesture which nobody is going to bother fact checking
Just a group of Reform councillors posing for photos with a man draped in a flag bearing a neo-
Nazi symbol
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
Nazi symbol
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
August 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So that 3 fingered salute appears to be a fascist thing linked to Serbian neo-nazis.
Clearly they think it's a brilliant subtle gesture which nobody is going to bother fact checking
Clearly they think it's a brilliant subtle gesture which nobody is going to bother fact checking
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Farage called misogynist influencer Andrew Tate an "important voice for men" and wants to scrap the online safety law that protects children from extreme pornography and women from revenge porn. Reform have no plan to keep people safe online.
August 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Farage called misogynist influencer Andrew Tate an "important voice for men" and wants to scrap the online safety law that protects children from extreme pornography and women from revenge porn. Reform have no plan to keep people safe online.
I've reposted my response to a post discussing where things started to go wrong. They emphasize Brexit and Blair. I think it started way before those. My response was in 6 parts...
1) I am massively proEU but the spark that lit the match that has led to where we are today was a poorly implemented Maastricht Treaty. Quite rightly we brought many additional Countries into the EU to prevent them turning towards Russia but the freedom of movement was immediate and universal...
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I've reposted my response to a post discussing where things started to go wrong. They emphasize Brexit and Blair. I think it started way before those. My response was in 6 parts...
Replace the word, "American" with any nationality of the world. ...
The United States summed up in two headlines.
July 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Replace the word, "American" with any nationality of the world. ...
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This photograph shows us the other side of the Moon, which we usually do not see. It was captured by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft.
June 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This photograph shows us the other side of the Moon, which we usually do not see. It was captured by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft.
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Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring
Tuesday 29th April, 6pm BST / 1pm EST
Join online carolecadwalla.bsky.social, peterjukes.bsky.social and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about our chart-topping spy thriller
citizensreunited.substack.com/p/substack-l...
Tuesday 29th April, 6pm BST / 1pm EST
Join online carolecadwalla.bsky.social, peterjukes.bsky.social and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about our chart-topping spy thriller
citizensreunited.substack.com/p/substack-l...
Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring - April 29th
Join Carole Cadwalladr, Peter Jukes and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about the making of this 10-part spy thriller that went to No. 1 in the Apple charts
citizensreunited.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring
Tuesday 29th April, 6pm BST / 1pm EST
Join online carolecadwalla.bsky.social, peterjukes.bsky.social and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about our chart-topping spy thriller
citizensreunited.substack.com/p/substack-l...
Tuesday 29th April, 6pm BST / 1pm EST
Join online carolecadwalla.bsky.social, peterjukes.bsky.social and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about our chart-topping spy thriller
citizensreunited.substack.com/p/substack-l...
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The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
April 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
I've put in a complaint. So can you.
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Beneath all the tariff craziness, seven truths about trade: on.ft.com/42MtRkK
Seven truths about trade
[FREE TO READ] Answering the questions Trump’s Tariff Men haven’t asked
on.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Beneath all the tariff craziness, seven truths about trade: on.ft.com/42MtRkK
You would have to be insane to put concerns about immigration above everything else they want.
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal.
Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts.
Who in their right mind wants this.
Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts.
Who in their right mind wants this.
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general election
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
You would have to be insane to put concerns about immigration above everything else they want.
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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?...
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
youtu.be
April 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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?...
That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.
THIS IS WHY
youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
The World seems to be heading in this direction. Unfortunately there are a lot of bullies to choose from...
Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The World seems to be heading in this direction. Unfortunately there are a lot of bullies to choose from...
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
Carole Cadwalladr is an incredibly brave journalist for speaking out. You can read her Wikipedia page for more about her or do a search including the terms Aaron Banks & Russia. This isn't high on the news agenda but crucially important.
Carole Cadwalladr is an incredibly brave journalist for speaking out. You can read her Wikipedia page for more about her or do a search including the terms Aaron Banks & Russia. This isn't high on the news agenda but crucially important.
This is what a digital coup looks like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “bro...
www.ted.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
Carole Cadwalladr is an incredibly brave journalist for speaking out. You can read her Wikipedia page for more about her or do a search including the terms Aaron Banks & Russia. This isn't high on the news agenda but crucially important.
Carole Cadwalladr is an incredibly brave journalist for speaking out. You can read her Wikipedia page for more about her or do a search including the terms Aaron Banks & Russia. This isn't high on the news agenda but crucially important.
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40% of the world's dirty money is laundered through the UK and its crown dependencies and overseas territories.
Laws passed to create impression but not enforced.
49,521 UK registered companies have not provided details of persons of significant control.
Companies not struck off.
Laws passed to create impression but not enforced.
49,521 UK registered companies have not provided details of persons of significant control.
Companies not struck off.
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
April 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
40% of the world's dirty money is laundered through the UK and its crown dependencies and overseas territories.
Laws passed to create impression but not enforced.
49,521 UK registered companies have not provided details of persons of significant control.
Companies not struck off.
Laws passed to create impression but not enforced.
49,521 UK registered companies have not provided details of persons of significant control.
Companies not struck off.
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🇫🇷 President Macron: “Russia alone started this war. And Russia alone chooses to continue it — with blatant disregard for human lives, international law, and diplomatic efforts.”
Following the deadly missile strike on Sumy, Macron calls for strong measures to impose a ceasefire.
Following the deadly missile strike on Sumy, Macron calls for strong measures to impose a ceasefire.
April 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🇫🇷 President Macron: “Russia alone started this war. And Russia alone chooses to continue it — with blatant disregard for human lives, international law, and diplomatic efforts.”
Following the deadly missile strike on Sumy, Macron calls for strong measures to impose a ceasefire.
Following the deadly missile strike on Sumy, Macron calls for strong measures to impose a ceasefire.
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This is good.
April 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is good.
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Humanists are non-religious people who shape their own lives in the here and now because we believe it's the only life we have. A lot of people share humanist values without even knowing the term. Maybe you're a humanist! Find out by taking our quiz! humanists.uk/humanism/how...
How humanist are you?
Take our quiz and find out. Many people are humanists without even knowing it. If you are non-religious and look to science, reason, empathy, and compassion in order to live an ethical and meaningful ...
humanists.uk
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Humanists are non-religious people who shape their own lives in the here and now because we believe it's the only life we have. A lot of people share humanist values without even knowing the term. Maybe you're a humanist! Find out by taking our quiz! humanists.uk/humanism/how...
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Trump’s Tariffs impact on the UK.
£30bn short term
£74bn long term
Our self-inflicted Brexit?
£100bn just in lost trade every damn year.
Trump’s tariffs still aren’t as costly to the UK as the barriers we put up ourselves with Brexit.
If only there was something we could do? 🤔
#RejoinEU
£30bn short term
£74bn long term
Our self-inflicted Brexit?
£100bn just in lost trade every damn year.
Trump’s tariffs still aren’t as costly to the UK as the barriers we put up ourselves with Brexit.
If only there was something we could do? 🤔
#RejoinEU
April 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trump’s Tariffs impact on the UK.
£30bn short term
£74bn long term
Our self-inflicted Brexit?
£100bn just in lost trade every damn year.
Trump’s tariffs still aren’t as costly to the UK as the barriers we put up ourselves with Brexit.
If only there was something we could do? 🤔
#RejoinEU
£30bn short term
£74bn long term
Our self-inflicted Brexit?
£100bn just in lost trade every damn year.
Trump’s tariffs still aren’t as costly to the UK as the barriers we put up ourselves with Brexit.
If only there was something we could do? 🤔
#RejoinEU
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Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians.
March 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians.
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Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.