Karen Kniveton
@kniveton.bsky.social
Lovin’ my life. Happily retired from the world of work. Love family, friends, travel, art - wonderfully woke. Andalucía and West Yorkshire are home.
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If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
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Of course they do. All truth must be manipulated.
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Of course they do. All truth must be manipulated.
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My heart bleeds.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My heart bleeds.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
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Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Amazing bit of 2019 footage this.
Frei doing a great job of trying to hold Farage to account as he and Nathan Gill go walkabout.
And I suspect Farage will come to regret his quip at the end about Russians if it does the rounds again.
Frei doing a great job of trying to hold Farage to account as he and Nathan Gill go walkabout.
And I suspect Farage will come to regret his quip at the end about Russians if it does the rounds again.
Nathan’s mate Nigel sure did seem to want to brush it all away when questioned by Matt Frei back in 2019.
September 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Amazing bit of 2019 footage this.
Frei doing a great job of trying to hold Farage to account as he and Nathan Gill go walkabout.
And I suspect Farage will come to regret his quip at the end about Russians if it does the rounds again.
Frei doing a great job of trying to hold Farage to account as he and Nathan Gill go walkabout.
And I suspect Farage will come to regret his quip at the end about Russians if it does the rounds again.
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Before you consider supporting the UK leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (EHCR), it might be you that hears the dawn knock
| Martin Roche
| Martin Roche
Why Nigel Farage should support the European Court of Human Rights
Before you consider supporting the UK leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (EHCR), it might be you that hears the dawn knock
bylines.scot
September 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Before you consider supporting the UK leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (EHCR), it might be you that hears the dawn knock
| Martin Roche
| Martin Roche
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Reform is trolling democracy—and it’s dangerous youtu.be/afhsFOwHyP0?... Appointing a teenager to run a county council with £2 billion at stake isn’t just poor judgement—it’s a deliberate mockery of democratic government.
Reform is trolling democracy—and it’s dangerous
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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July 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reform is trolling democracy—and it’s dangerous youtu.be/afhsFOwHyP0?... Appointing a teenager to run a county council with £2 billion at stake isn’t just poor judgement—it’s a deliberate mockery of democratic government.
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There’s a myth doing the rounds about the founding of the NHS - and it’s doing so for a reason.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
From Myth to Market: How the Right Is Prepping You to Sell Off the NHS
First they rewrite the past. Then they sell off the future. The NHS is next.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There’s a myth doing the rounds about the founding of the NHS - and it’s doing so for a reason.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
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The £2.5k figure only applies in extreme cases:
- People with severe disability
- Full housing support,
- Zero capacity for work.
But sure, slap it on the front page in 200-point font like it’s some national epidemic. Why bother with nuance when there are vulnerable people to demonise?
- People with severe disability
- Full housing support,
- Zero capacity for work.
But sure, slap it on the front page in 200-point font like it’s some national epidemic. Why bother with nuance when there are vulnerable people to demonise?
July 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The £2.5k figure only applies in extreme cases:
- People with severe disability
- Full housing support,
- Zero capacity for work.
But sure, slap it on the front page in 200-point font like it’s some national epidemic. Why bother with nuance when there are vulnerable people to demonise?
- People with severe disability
- Full housing support,
- Zero capacity for work.
But sure, slap it on the front page in 200-point font like it’s some national epidemic. Why bother with nuance when there are vulnerable people to demonise?
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This piece is everything that is wrong about the BBC's political coverage:
Zero commentary on policy or substance, maximum gossipy coverage of fluff.
Not at all surprising that it was penned by Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Zero commentary on policy or substance, maximum gossipy coverage of fluff.
Not at all surprising that it was penned by Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's momentum is making the political weather
Nigel Farage's party has seen four recent defections from the Tories, with Labour reshaping its approach in response
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This piece is everything that is wrong about the BBC's political coverage:
Zero commentary on policy or substance, maximum gossipy coverage of fluff.
Not at all surprising that it was penned by Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Zero commentary on policy or substance, maximum gossipy coverage of fluff.
Not at all surprising that it was penned by Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tragic that the housing crisis is constantly framed as a "migration issue" rather than a "predatory landlord class" issue.
There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Tragic that the housing crisis is constantly framed as a "migration issue" rather than a "predatory landlord class" issue.
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A Glastonbury chant caused a national meltdown, but the Bear’s incisive analysis reveals the real story.
Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A Glastonbury chant caused a national meltdown, but the Bear’s incisive analysis reveals the real story.
Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
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“If you want to cut waste, show your working.”
Reform UK thrives on manufactured outrage, but real efficiency takes spreadsheets, not slogans.
The Bear forensically unpacks their fake accountability.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Reform UK thrives on manufactured outrage, but real efficiency takes spreadsheets, not slogans.
The Bear forensically unpacks their fake accountability.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Show your working: a challenge to Reform UK
Reform UK blames inefficiency for public failures, but real scrutiny starts with data, not Twitter outrage. Here's why...
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“If you want to cut waste, show your working.”
Reform UK thrives on manufactured outrage, but real efficiency takes spreadsheets, not slogans.
The Bear forensically unpacks their fake accountability.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Reform UK thrives on manufactured outrage, but real efficiency takes spreadsheets, not slogans.
The Bear forensically unpacks their fake accountability.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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More urgent today than when published:
Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas, — by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
#WorldOceansDay
Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas, — by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
#WorldOceansDay
June 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
More urgent today than when published:
Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas, — by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
#WorldOceansDay
Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas, — by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
#WorldOceansDay
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The Liverpool attack wasn’t terrorism. But the far-right didn’t wait for facts – they had a script ready.
This piece by The Bear cuts through the noise to show how outrage is manufactured.
Read how this works ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
This piece by The Bear cuts through the noise to show how outrage is manufactured.
Read how this works ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
What the Liverpool incident tells us about the new culture war
Forty-seven people were injured. The facts were clear. But the far-right had already written the script
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Liverpool attack wasn’t terrorism. But the far-right didn’t wait for facts – they had a script ready.
This piece by The Bear cuts through the noise to show how outrage is manufactured.
Read how this works ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
This piece by The Bear cuts through the noise to show how outrage is manufactured.
Read how this works ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
May 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
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Well done Angela, putting some valuable content in your response to the same old tired Westminster bubble question
“I do not want to run for leader of the Labour Party”
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner powerful, passionate and authentic as she lays out her Labour values
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner powerful, passionate and authentic as she lays out her Labour values
May 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Well done Angela, putting some valuable content in your response to the same old tired Westminster bubble question
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Keir Starmer plans to extend the winter fuel allowance to more pensioners, but a new means-test would be a logistical nightmare, and take time.
There’s a simpler fix that's progressive, fair and doable.
Read how it could work ⤵️
There’s a simpler fix that's progressive, fair and doable.
Read how it could work ⤵️
Here’s how to give more pensioners the Winter Fuel Payment
The announcement that more pensioners are to get the winter fuel allowance is welcome. But there are practical problems. Here is a solution.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Keir Starmer plans to extend the winter fuel allowance to more pensioners, but a new means-test would be a logistical nightmare, and take time.
There’s a simpler fix that's progressive, fair and doable.
Read how it could work ⤵️
There’s a simpler fix that's progressive, fair and doable.
Read how it could work ⤵️
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If you want to know what the reset deal *does* include check out this great explainer from @lisaocarroll.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
From fishing to Erasmus: what the UK’s deal with the EU will mean
Keir Starmer has billed the agreement as a hat-trick after his India and US deals – here’s how things are likely to pan out
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If you want to know what the reset deal *does* include check out this great explainer from @lisaocarroll.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
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One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.