John Branigan
@johnbranigan.bsky.social
Father, Football fan (Bracknell Town and Arsenal Men/Women), Sceptic, Astronomy, Schnauzer dad, Greenie.
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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Saturday: 22 November 2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social and online.
Legend trip through the Haunted Landscape at the London Fortean Society’s Day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore.
Speakers and timings follow 1/10
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Legend trip through the Haunted Landscape at the London Fortean Society’s Day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore.
Speakers and timings follow 1/10
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Obscene. How can one man have souch wealth? Societies and civilisations cannot be working for one man have unlimited money while 100s of millions of folk do not. Disgusting human being.
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Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Obscene. How can one man have souch wealth? Societies and civilisations cannot be working for one man have unlimited money while 100s of millions of folk do not. Disgusting human being.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sorrywhatpardon?
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sorrywhatpardon?
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💔🕯️World, please watch and hear us. This is 7-year-old Makar Dorosh, ki//ed today in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a russian attack.
His father, who had endured three years in Russian captivity, is now fighting for his life in the hospital after the strike.
His father, who had endured three years in Russian captivity, is now fighting for his life in the hospital after the strike.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
💔🕯️World, please watch and hear us. This is 7-year-old Makar Dorosh, ki//ed today in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a russian attack.
His father, who had endured three years in Russian captivity, is now fighting for his life in the hospital after the strike.
His father, who had endured three years in Russian captivity, is now fighting for his life in the hospital after the strike.
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Hard to read these stories as they come in live. How are Israel getting away with this? #gaza
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Palestinians flee Gaza City as Israel launches major ground offensive - follow latest
Gaza residents tell the BBC of a night of
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hard to read these stories as they come in live. How are Israel getting away with this? #gaza
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Hey world, listen!
Russia murdered a 2-month-old baby today — and his mother.
Russia is a terrorist state!
Russia murdered a 2-month-old baby today — and his mother.
Russia is a terrorist state!
September 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hey world, listen!
Russia murdered a 2-month-old baby today — and his mother.
Russia is a terrorist state!
Russia murdered a 2-month-old baby today — and his mother.
Russia is a terrorist state!
Don't forget them. More women and children killed in #gaza today.
#genocide
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#genocide
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Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks as UN warns over displacement
Strikes reportedly kill 31 people in the city, home to a million people and where a famine was declared last month.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Don't forget them. More women and children killed in #gaza today.
#genocide
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#genocide
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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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Today in Washington, Nigel Farage denied ever banning critical journalists from Reform conferences.
Also today, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party banned The New World from their conference for criticising him.
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Also today, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party banned The New World from their conference for criticising him.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
September 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today in Washington, Nigel Farage denied ever banning critical journalists from Reform conferences.
Also today, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party banned The New World from their conference for criticising him.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
Also today, Nigel Farage’s Reform Party banned The New World from their conference for criticising him.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
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Current state of UK political discourse.
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current state of UK political discourse.
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☕️If you’d like to support me, I’d be truly grateful. Every coffee you buy helps us keep going.
You can contribute any amount here: buymeacoffee.com/24HoursUkraine
Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
You can contribute any amount here: buymeacoffee.com/24HoursUkraine
Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
☕️If you’d like to support me, I’d be truly grateful. Every coffee you buy helps us keep going.
You can contribute any amount here: buymeacoffee.com/24HoursUkraine
Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
You can contribute any amount here: buymeacoffee.com/24HoursUkraine
Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
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If want to complain to #BBC News about excessive coverage of #Reform and #Farage here’s the link to complaints: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
#brexit
#brexit
Complaints | Contact the BBC
These pages have information about how to complain to the BBC, with links to the BBC’s Complaints Framework, the BBC’s regulator Ofcom and regular reports about complaints. If you would like to unders...
www.bbc.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If want to complain to #BBC News about excessive coverage of #Reform and #Farage here’s the link to complaints: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
#brexit
#brexit
Five Journalists Among Those Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🕯️Yesterday in Kharkiv, an entire family was murdered by Russians: a grandmother, both parents, a 15-year-old boy, and a 1.5-year-old baby girl.
Russia is a terrorist state!
Russia is a terrorist state!
August 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🕯️Yesterday in Kharkiv, an entire family was murdered by Russians: a grandmother, both parents, a 15-year-old boy, and a 1.5-year-old baby girl.
Russia is a terrorist state!
Russia is a terrorist state!
How can you shake hands and rollout a red carpet and trust anyone who does this? Trying to destroy the next generation of Ukrainians.
#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
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#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
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‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine
The Guardian has visited three frontline hospitals to hear from women who say they have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since Russia’s full-scale invasion
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How can you shake hands and rollout a red carpet and trust anyone who does this? Trying to destroy the next generation of Ukrainians.
#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
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