Kiran Thomasson
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!
October 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!
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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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Should have been in quotes then. And described as inaccurate, or a pile of stinking bullshit ‘in newspaper parlance’.
Got a weaselly reply back from reader's editor Ashlee Gagui about this lie on the Daily Mail front page explaining why "We are therefore entirely satisfied that there is no possible inaccuracy contained within the page" that broadcast a total lie - apparently it's ok because it was Nigel Farage's
![Thank you for your letter. We are always grateful to receive feedback from readers, be it positive or negative, and appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns regarding the front page of Monday’s newspaper.
The headline which you believe contains an inaccuracy was precisely constructed to be read in conjunction with the preamble text – the ‘kicker’, in newspaper parlance – and the following body text. The kicker makes it clear that the headline is a direct reference to Mr Farage countering the attack on his party’s policy proposal as immoral – the last three words, followed by an ellipsis, illustrate that the headline is his view:
[kicker] After PM attacks Reform’s ‘immoral’ policy on scrapping leave to remain, Farage blasts back...
[headline] Worried about immigration? Starmer says you’re racist
[copy] KEIR Starmer was last night accused of insulting millions of voters worried about Britain’s borders... Mr Farage said the claim was an ‘insult’ to millions who want the Government to finally get a grip on immigration, telling the Daily Mail: ‘The Prime Minister has insulted those who believe mass migration should come to an end. Starmer thinks anybody here on a time-limited visa is entitled to stay in Britain for ever. Labour do not believe in border controls – and think anyone who does is racist.’
The body copy then goes on to confirm that the headline is an accusation made against Sir Keir by Mr Farage, whom it goes on to quote](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreia7qrv4k6k2ro4ncrv47m53zzqsdkl376pba2b2mevamzk5o3um2m@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Should have been in quotes then. And described as inaccurate, or a pile of stinking bullshit ‘in newspaper parlance’.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train”
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train”
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.
April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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It's extraordinary how many wise people still don't realise that much of the right-wing media and political establishment can *never* turn on Trump simply, and only, because he has made base bigotry mainstream & 'acceptable' again. 'Anti-woke' was always about being pro-racism, lies & misogyny.
April 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It's extraordinary how many wise people still don't realise that much of the right-wing media and political establishment can *never* turn on Trump simply, and only, because he has made base bigotry mainstream & 'acceptable' again. 'Anti-woke' was always about being pro-racism, lies & misogyny.
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JD Vance is currently claiming that his obnoxious comments about France & the UK planning to put 20,000 peacekeeping troops on the ground in Ukraine had, wait for it, nothing to do with France & the UK. Doublespeak, dipshit or both?
March 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
JD Vance is currently claiming that his obnoxious comments about France & the UK planning to put 20,000 peacekeeping troops on the ground in Ukraine had, wait for it, nothing to do with France & the UK. Doublespeak, dipshit or both?
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I hear Nigel Farage is declining interview requests. First time for everything, I suppose. I suspect he’ll eventually speak to whoever is least likely to challenge him properly.
February 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I hear Nigel Farage is declining interview requests. First time for everything, I suppose. I suspect he’ll eventually speak to whoever is least likely to challenge him properly.
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*week three
Nazi salutes in week one.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing in week four.
But all the scumbag apologists who dared to talk about ‘over-reaction’ are still too bent and/or invested to row back.
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
*week three
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A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers.
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers
The new levies on America’s top trade partners could drive prices higher for cars, electronics, lumber and more, threatening to crimp an economy that the president has vowed to improve.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
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Broadcasters who repeated this obvious bollocks are not required to make any correction or apologise to their listeners/viewers. And I saw at least two columnists making hay with it. They too will retract nothing.
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
February 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Broadcasters who repeated this obvious bollocks are not required to make any correction or apologise to their listeners/viewers. And I saw at least two columnists making hay with it. They too will retract nothing.
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ah yes, the party of personal responsibility, proudly ensures we all know the buck stops anywhere but here.
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ah yes, the party of personal responsibility, proudly ensures we all know the buck stops anywhere but here.
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Really struck today by how many of the people most responsible for the Brexit shitshow were actively rewarded for their stupidity/dishonesty. Knighthoods, Damehoods, peerages, newspaper columns, seats in the House of Commons… It’s a mark of how deep the rot has gone into the fabric of our society.
January 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Really struck today by how many of the people most responsible for the Brexit shitshow were actively rewarded for their stupidity/dishonesty. Knighthoods, Damehoods, peerages, newspaper columns, seats in the House of Commons… It’s a mark of how deep the rot has gone into the fabric of our society.
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Keir Starmer appealing to people's rationality & respect for the rule of law the morning after Donald Trump appealed to the polar opposites. Feels like a moment.
January 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Keir Starmer appealing to people's rationality & respect for the rule of law the morning after Donald Trump appealed to the polar opposites. Feels like a moment.
The lunatics have taken over the asylum. (Again.)
January 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The lunatics have taken over the asylum. (Again.)
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We got to the Nazi salutes already.
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We got to the Nazi salutes already.
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An early contender for headline of the year…
January 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
An early contender for headline of the year…
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The dinner was hosted just days after Liz Truss and Boris Johnson laid wreaths at the cenotaph during remembrance commemorations and Nigel Farage had kicked off about not being invited.
They were all in attendance here 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
They were all in attendance here 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
Inside Carlton Club bash where guests laugh at Hitler jokes and sing 'we're all racist now'
The dinner was attended by Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick and Lee Anderson among other high-profile political figures.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The dinner was hosted just days after Liz Truss and Boris Johnson laid wreaths at the cenotaph during remembrance commemorations and Nigel Farage had kicked off about not being invited.
They were all in attendance here 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...
They were all in attendance here 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...