Karen Topley
@kastop.bsky.social
Welsh and working towards Welsh independence.🏴🏴🏴. Loves travelling. Rejoin 🇪🇺.
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David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
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Brand new episode hosted by Richard Ayoade, with Richard Osman and Bella Hill, tonight at 9pm on BBC One & iPlayer
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Brand new episode hosted by Richard Ayoade, with Richard Osman and Bella Hill, tonight at 9pm on BBC One & iPlayer
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Your Party is a non-party. Vote Green and save yourself being caught up in factionalism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles
Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Your Party is a non-party. Vote Green and save yourself being caught up in factionalism.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Daily #Wales with a random post at the start of a busy weekend (yes, I know it’s Friday, but that counts this weekend)
Lights outside Dylan’s restaurant in Cricieth, looking across the bay towards Harlech…
Lights outside Dylan’s restaurant in Cricieth, looking across the bay towards Harlech…
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Daily #Wales with a random post at the start of a busy weekend (yes, I know it’s Friday, but that counts this weekend)
Lights outside Dylan’s restaurant in Cricieth, looking across the bay towards Harlech…
Lights outside Dylan’s restaurant in Cricieth, looking across the bay towards Harlech…
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This👇.
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This👇.
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100s of thousands fewer people paying to come to Britain to study bringing in much needed foreign currency. Every student who arrives is worth more than selling a luxury car abroad. Their loss is a disaster for the economy caused by obsessive fear of immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
100s of thousands fewer people paying to come to Britain to study bringing in much needed foreign currency. Every student who arrives is worth more than selling a luxury car abroad. Their loss is a disaster for the economy caused by obsessive fear of immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
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Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
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Reform party leader Gill in Wales jailed for 10 1/2 years for taking Russian bribes
The reform /ukip Party leader in Scotland Mr Coburn is found in the same WhatsApp messages from Russians…
Time investigative Coburn
Time to investigate Farage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The reform /ukip Party leader in Scotland Mr Coburn is found in the same WhatsApp messages from Russians…
Time investigative Coburn
Time to investigate Farage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Reform party leader Gill in Wales jailed for 10 1/2 years for taking Russian bribes
The reform /ukip Party leader in Scotland Mr Coburn is found in the same WhatsApp messages from Russians…
Time investigative Coburn
Time to investigate Farage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The reform /ukip Party leader in Scotland Mr Coburn is found in the same WhatsApp messages from Russians…
Time investigative Coburn
Time to investigate Farage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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The fact anyone thought this was a good idea...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Pulled From Market After It Offered Graphic Sexual Advice
www.comicsands.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The fact anyone thought this was a good idea...
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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Three new polls, all outside the margin of error, send a clear message: voters are tired of GOP chaos and want stability back in Washington. Sentiment is shifting fast, and Democrats are gaining ground. If this trend holds, taking back the House in 2026 isn’t just possible ,it’s within reach. Vote!🇺🇸
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Three new polls, all outside the margin of error, send a clear message: voters are tired of GOP chaos and want stability back in Washington. Sentiment is shifting fast, and Democrats are gaining ground. If this trend holds, taking back the House in 2026 isn’t just possible ,it’s within reach. Vote!🇺🇸
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Not of course the main issue, but quite amusing to see the horror across the EU of the US trying to force enlargement via Ukrainian accession, a decision which Brussels is very firmly trying to avoid for as long as possible. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US and Ukraine promise ‘updated’ peace framework after criticism of pro-Russian points in original plan
US-Ukraine statement comes hours after European countries propose their own alternative peace
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Not of course the main issue, but quite amusing to see the horror across the EU of the US trying to force enlargement via Ukrainian accession, a decision which Brussels is very firmly trying to avoid for as long as possible. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN
The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
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Proper journalism.
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Proper journalism.
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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ICYMI - POPE LEO: “When people are living good lives for 10, 20 years… (Trump) is treating them in a way that’s extremely disrespectful, violent — We have to look for ways to treat people humanely and with dignity.” (H/T @CBSNews)
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ICYMI - POPE LEO: “When people are living good lives for 10, 20 years… (Trump) is treating them in a way that’s extremely disrespectful, violent — We have to look for ways to treat people humanely and with dignity.” (H/T @CBSNews)