@kathrynsherlock.bsky.social
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Reform tried to dismiss questions on Farage’s racism, saying they should be asked about the ‘substance’ of their policies instead.
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reform tried to dismiss questions on Farage’s racism, saying they should be asked about the ‘substance’ of their policies instead.
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Unsurprisingly, their policies are shit too.
“The trouble with power is that it’s exposing, both politically and personally”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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This makes a lot of sense.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This makes a lot of sense.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
Foreign interventions being used to trigger domestic legal powers.
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🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
European Council, 18 December 2025, Ukraine
The European Council discussed the latest developments as regards Ukraine.
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
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As ever with Reform there's no attempt to take responsibility for Farage’s appalling behaviour as a schoolboy.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
December 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As ever with Reform there's no attempt to take responsibility for Farage’s appalling behaviour as a schoolboy.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
It's everyone else's fault that he said "Hitler was right" and bullied a 9 year old black kid when he was 17...
Poor Nigel is the real victim in all of this.
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Scientists have expressed their shock and sadness following the death of plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, a researcher at MIT, who was shot at his home on Monday
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
MIT fusion-lab head shot dead: a horror 'impossible to believe'
Plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was helping to develop clean-energy fusion devices.
go.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Scientists have expressed their shock and sadness following the death of plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, a researcher at MIT, who was shot at his home on Monday
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
go.nature.com/3MI0sUD
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NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
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So: Trump has finally filed a law suit against the BBC.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
December 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
So: Trump has finally filed a law suit against the BBC.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
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I have put this to the BBC. A confusion between English as a first language & speaking English is something Nigel Farage may have hoped to exploit. But the BBC team should have been clear about what the claim was & seek to communicate that, not to themselves have misunderstood it, to them confuse
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I have put this to the BBC. A confusion between English as a first language & speaking English is something Nigel Farage may have hoped to exploit. But the BBC team should have been clear about what the claim was & seek to communicate that, not to themselves have misunderstood it, to them confuse
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Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
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"Hands up if you're an unelected entitled gobshite who likes to stir up hatred and division"
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Hands up if you're an unelected entitled gobshite who likes to stir up hatred and division"
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Home Office estimate £1.2bn hit mainly to Universities as we decide that exports in this area should be restricted. Even in the month leading up to Christmas, the turkeys are still voting for it.
"If growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this."
(Me, stating the obvious)
www.ft.com/content/2b60...
(Me, stating the obvious)
www.ft.com/content/2b60...
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn
Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Home Office estimate £1.2bn hit mainly to Universities as we decide that exports in this area should be restricted. Even in the month leading up to Christmas, the turkeys are still voting for it.
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I went to a school in New Cross where the most popular football team was Millwall. There was no fucking Hitler in the playground.
As someone just months younger than Nigel Farage, I can say that not only is it untrue that ‘all’ schoolboys were obsessed with Hitler, but *none* of my cohort were. None. Nada. Zilch.
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I went to a school in New Cross where the most popular football team was Millwall. There was no fucking Hitler in the playground.
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In a UK intellectual environment that struggles to engage with forms of elite radicalisation it is worth noting how far Right wing think tanks like Policy Exchange are now operating in the same ideological space as increasingly groyperised MAGA Republicans
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
In a UK intellectual environment that struggles to engage with forms of elite radicalisation it is worth noting how far Right wing think tanks like Policy Exchange are now operating in the same ideological space as increasingly groyperised MAGA Republicans
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A racist, an antisemite, a Russian stooge, an election fraudster and a tax dodger walk into a bar. The barman says "Good evening Mr Farage".
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A racist, an antisemite, a Russian stooge, an election fraudster and a tax dodger walk into a bar. The barman says "Good evening Mr Farage".
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🔴If Nigel Farage’s Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues @labourlewis.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues @labourlewis.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
'If Nigel Farage's Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse'
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues Clive Lewis MP
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🔴If Nigel Farage’s Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues @labourlewis.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues @labourlewis.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Brilliant piece by @labourlewis.bsky.social on why the Nigel Farage racism allegations matter.
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
'If Nigel Farage's Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse'
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues Clive Lewis MP
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Brilliant piece by @labourlewis.bsky.social on why the Nigel Farage racism allegations matter.
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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“The UK will not diverge much from the European model. That means Brexit really is the worst of all possible worlds, like a divorce where you neither move out nor download a dating app, but instead remain confined to one room in the marital home.”
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
December 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“The UK will not diverge much from the European model. That means Brexit really is the worst of all possible worlds, like a divorce where you neither move out nor download a dating app, but instead remain confined to one room in the marital home.”
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
@stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/007f...
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The great Covid frauds lost £11bn partly because of government errors and Ministers overruling official advice bit.ly/48Kl06q most of the money is lost to the thieves forever.
Fraud and errors in Covid schemes cost taxpayers £11bn
Huge losses stemmed from poorly overseen programmes – more than 140 were launched — and most of the sums handed out are beyond recovery, report finds
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The great Covid frauds lost £11bn partly because of government errors and Ministers overruling official advice bit.ly/48Kl06q most of the money is lost to the thieves forever.
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David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.
Corruption on display.
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The DOJ has confirmed that President Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured January 6 police officers.
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The DOJ has confirmed that President Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured January 6 police officers.
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF
With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF
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Strange, hates EU but decided against building his factory in Britain because they left the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Elon Musk says Brexit made him decide against Tesla electric car Gigafactory in UK
‘Brexit made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK’
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Strange, hates EU but decided against building his factory in Britain because they left the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...