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Julian B 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)
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#UserCentred #ServiceDesign #Digital #SystemsThinking #Humanism #SocialPurpose #SDGs #Neurodivergent ❤️ GIG/NHS. Any views expressed are my own.

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Thank you, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for pressing the government on today's appalling leaked EHRC proposals. It is both sickening and predictable that they should leak on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Thank you for committing the @libdems.org.uk to standing up for our rights.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.

We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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This Government has chosen to reject the single biggest thing it could do to turbocharge economic growth and repair the £90 billion Brexit black hole.

For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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According to Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's former leader in Wales being convicted of taking money to undermine British national interest in favour of Russia is "ancient history". 😂🤣😂

He was sent down for ten years three days ago. Three. Days. Ago. ~AA

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”

Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school

@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This petition for a public inquiry into Russian interference is now at 25.1k and growing fast. We have to break through the establishment's wall of silence about Russian interference in British politics. Please share the petition as widely as possible.
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 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement

www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.

Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Why doesn’t Starmer just start the ball rolling by starting an inquiry into Russia interference in all politics.
“Reform's l’ship should have the courage to launch an investigation. How on earth did that happen? What other links are there?

“Today will reinforce, once again, that Reform with their pro-Putin approach would have absolutely no role in bringing allies together on important issues across the board”
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Brexit and support for Farage's narrative have destroyed the Tory Party, reducing it to just 14 seats at the next election! The same will happen to Labour if they continue doing the same.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The BBC is far from perfect and needs some help after certain wings having been captured by some well placed bath faith actors. Be under no illusion, all these attack pieces are magically aligned with the nefarious string pullers of Tufton Street and the press media baron class
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy

Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans

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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A lot of the people lamenting Marjorie Taylor Greene’s departure from Congress—and celebrating her as some kind of principled maverick—are going to end up eating their words when she reemerges in 2028 to help lead a pro-groper, pro-Fuentes “America First” faction of the GOP.
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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1/ GB News presenter Bev Turner acts as a Putin tool parroting Russian propaganda. Sometimes it looks like GB News is a straight replacement for RT. We all know about Farage, but there's also Martin Daubney...
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Nigel Farage and an ‘Extraordinary Lack of Curiosity’ from UK Government and Intelligence Services Over Possible Russian Interference in Brexit

bylinetimes.com/2024/06/11/n...
Nigel Farage and an 'Extraordinary Lack of Curiosity' from UK Government and Intelligence Services Over Possible Russian Interference in Brexit
"It did strike me as ridiculous that, given the overt nationalism of the Leave.EU campaign, it was involved in discussions with representatives of the Russian Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"For a peace that reflects its interests, protects Ukraine and strengthens European security, the EU must stop narrating events and start driving them.."

www.epc.eu/publication/...
Europe didn't plan, so others did | Trump's Russia–Ukraine peace plan
Trump’s Russia–Ukraine ‘peace plan’ is not a negotiation – it’s a geopolitical verdict. It shows that Europe is drifting onto the wrong side of history – the side where others make the decisions and Europe foots the bill.
www.epc.eu
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.

Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"

Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social

The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes.

Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our politics.
Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes.

Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Russia has embraced a novel technique: Sabotage-as-a-Service.💣

It’s outsourcing disruption like gig work. Immigrants and petty criminals are recruited via Telegram with offers of quick jobs: hang a poster, set fire to a telecom box, cut a cable, snap a photo. Cheap. Simple. Anonymous.
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The Prime Minister talks the talk on supporting an independent BBC, but he refuses to walk the walk.

Robbie Gibbs must go.
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM