Madame Defarge
@labma02.bsky.social
Dipper of toe in the Bluesky water. Scunnered with the state of the world right now.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Can we coin a new term - ‘Kemisplaining’?
It’s like mansplaining but with even more condescension and smugness
#bbclaurak
It’s like mansplaining but with even more condescension and smugness
#bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Can we coin a new term - ‘Kemisplaining’?
It’s like mansplaining but with even more condescension and smugness
#bbclaurak
It’s like mansplaining but with even more condescension and smugness
#bbclaurak
Like Piers Morgan is ever going to admit that he might be wrong about anything?
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Like Piers Morgan is ever going to admit that he might be wrong about anything?
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
Laura Trott didn’t seem to think it’s fair to expect her to contribute to the upkeep of roads 🙄 #politicslivr
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Laura Trott didn’t seem to think it’s fair to expect her to contribute to the upkeep of roads 🙄 #politicslivr
Easy ride there for Mel Stride on #BBCLauraK
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Easy ride there for Mel Stride on #BBCLauraK
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Good.
Meanwhile here's Nigel Farage with some of his regular appearances on Russia Today and with the Russian ambassador and the wife of the guy bribing Gill
Meanwhile here's Nigel Farage with some of his regular appearances on Russia Today and with the Russian ambassador and the wife of the guy bribing Gill
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good.
Meanwhile here's Nigel Farage with some of his regular appearances on Russia Today and with the Russian ambassador and the wife of the guy bribing Gill
Meanwhile here's Nigel Farage with some of his regular appearances on Russia Today and with the Russian ambassador and the wife of the guy bribing Gill
I see Nathan Gill’s barrister has already pulled the “Will no-one think of the children?” defence 🙄
Tough. Gill and his mates have no sympathy for anyone else’s kids so why should we treat his as something special?
Tough. Gill and his mates have no sympathy for anyone else’s kids so why should we treat his as something special?
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I see Nathan Gill’s barrister has already pulled the “Will no-one think of the children?” defence 🙄
Tough. Gill and his mates have no sympathy for anyone else’s kids so why should we treat his as something special?
Tough. Gill and his mates have no sympathy for anyone else’s kids so why should we treat his as something special?
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Time to investigate Farage, banks, wigmore, Tice and all of reform for the same crimes!!
Time to investigate Farage, banks, wigmore, Tice and all of reform for the same crimes!!
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes as MEP for pro-Russia statements
Police say Nathan Gill received about £40,000 from Oleg Voloshyn, alleged Russian asset also under investigation
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Time to investigate Farage, banks, wigmore, Tice and all of reform for the same crimes!!
Time to investigate Farage, banks, wigmore, Tice and all of reform for the same crimes!!
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
So Trump wants 1 billion dollars from the BBC? He can take a very long walk off a very short pier.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So Trump wants 1 billion dollars from the BBC? He can take a very long walk off a very short pier.
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Why is the BBC News going live to Nigel Farage's comments on the BBC resignations when they have broadcast nothing from the LibDems, who have more than 14 times as many MPs or the SNP who have almost double? If the BBC wants to stop accusations of bias they should stop actively promoting Reform.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Why is the BBC News going live to Nigel Farage's comments on the BBC resignations when they have broadcast nothing from the LibDems, who have more than 14 times as many MPs or the SNP who have almost double? If the BBC wants to stop accusations of bias they should stop actively promoting Reform.
‘Micro-retirement’? Is that not what’s always been known as a ‘sabbatical’?
#BBCBreakfast
#BBCBreakfast
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
‘Micro-retirement’? Is that not what’s always been known as a ‘sabbatical’?
#BBCBreakfast
#BBCBreakfast
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To think of this man
In his hospital bed,
Watching the hate-filled racism oozing across the media,
Talk of 'Britishness', and panning 'immigrants', demanding the race of the attacker be revealed,
Never once demanding the ethnicity of the brave man who saved dozens of lives
#SamirZitouni
In his hospital bed,
Watching the hate-filled racism oozing across the media,
Talk of 'Britishness', and panning 'immigrants', demanding the race of the attacker be revealed,
Never once demanding the ethnicity of the brave man who saved dozens of lives
#SamirZitouni
Samir Zitouni: a British hero
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
To think of this man
In his hospital bed,
Watching the hate-filled racism oozing across the media,
Talk of 'Britishness', and panning 'immigrants', demanding the race of the attacker be revealed,
Never once demanding the ethnicity of the brave man who saved dozens of lives
#SamirZitouni
In his hospital bed,
Watching the hate-filled racism oozing across the media,
Talk of 'Britishness', and panning 'immigrants', demanding the race of the attacker be revealed,
Never once demanding the ethnicity of the brave man who saved dozens of lives
#SamirZitouni
Danny Kruger, having been born into a life of privilege, sits on #politicslive and claims that the answer to all our economic problems is to slash welfare. He then trots out the tired old trope about people lounging around on benefits for life 🙄 Kevin Hollinrake then joins in with the pile-on 🤬
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Danny Kruger, having been born into a life of privilege, sits on #politicslive and claims that the answer to all our economic problems is to slash welfare. He then trots out the tired old trope about people lounging around on benefits for life 🙄 Kevin Hollinrake then joins in with the pile-on 🤬
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Congratulations to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social taking apart the Reform Party charlatan Zia Yusuf. Excellent interview. It would be good if the rest of the BBC were equally robust with the Farage cult.
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Congratulations to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social taking apart the Reform Party charlatan Zia Yusuf. Excellent interview. It would be good if the rest of the BBC were equally robust with the Farage cult.
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Farage is talking bullshit again. He's respinning his old gripes and pretending it's something new. At no point in his political career has he ever delivered a solution to anything and has always made everything worse.
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Farage is talking bullshit again. He's respinning his old gripes and pretending it's something new. At no point in his political career has he ever delivered a solution to anything and has always made everything worse.
So much for the policy “contract” Reform announced a while back, with much fanfare and criticism of other parties who roll back on their manifestos. The media should be crucifying them for that.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
So much for the policy “contract” Reform announced a while back, with much fanfare and criticism of other parties who roll back on their manifestos. The media should be crucifying them for that.
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Those individuals who so bravely confronted the perpetrator on Saturday evening on the train outside London - that is what the UK is about
Most in this country are kind, caring people
We do not need the division here that some like Farage or Lam or Robinson are so desperately looking to create
Most in this country are kind, caring people
We do not need the division here that some like Farage or Lam or Robinson are so desperately looking to create
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Those individuals who so bravely confronted the perpetrator on Saturday evening on the train outside London - that is what the UK is about
Most in this country are kind, caring people
We do not need the division here that some like Farage or Lam or Robinson are so desperately looking to create
Most in this country are kind, caring people
We do not need the division here that some like Farage or Lam or Robinson are so desperately looking to create
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Farage is winning because politics has been reduced to clickbait.
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
The political entertainment industry
📝 A guest essay...
writesbright.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Farage is winning because politics has been reduced to clickbait.
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
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Farage has no clue the wanker. The Reform limited company is full of rejects
"The party campaigning to protect women and children from violent foreign people."
via Stephen Davis
'Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend, court records show'
news.sky.com/story/reform...
via Stephen Davis
'Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend, court records show'
news.sky.com/story/reform...
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend, court records show
Reform UK previously said the MP rejected allegations he either "kicked, stamped or punched the victim" but accepted he "pushed" her and that she "fell and was injured".
news.sky.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Farage has no clue the wanker. The Reform limited company is full of rejects
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Nigel Farage has gone "on strike" from PMQs, saying he won't return until he next gets a question
There's just one problem: Reform UK knows the rota for qus for the rest of the year.
His next question is on Nov 12
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
There's just one problem: Reform UK knows the rota for qus for the rest of the year.
His next question is on Nov 12
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Nigel Farage stages ‘strike’ despite date for next PMQs q...
Reform party leader has moved to the public gallery after claiming he is excluded from process in the chamber
observer.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nigel Farage has gone "on strike" from PMQs, saying he won't return until he next gets a question
There's just one problem: Reform UK knows the rota for qus for the rest of the year.
His next question is on Nov 12
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
There's just one problem: Reform UK knows the rota for qus for the rest of the year.
His next question is on Nov 12
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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If Nigel Farage needs a lesson in parliamentary procedure and how PMQs work, I’d be more than happy to oblige.
Sitting in the public gallery isn’t a protest, it’s pure showmanship.
He should spend less time chasing headlines, and more time representing the people who actually elected him.
Sitting in the public gallery isn’t a protest, it’s pure showmanship.
He should spend less time chasing headlines, and more time representing the people who actually elected him.
Farage appears in Commons gallery as ‘mere spectator’ at PMQs
The Reform UK leader complained he had ‘no right of reply’ at Prime Minister’s Questions.
www.independent.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If Nigel Farage needs a lesson in parliamentary procedure and how PMQs work, I’d be more than happy to oblige.
Sitting in the public gallery isn’t a protest, it’s pure showmanship.
He should spend less time chasing headlines, and more time representing the people who actually elected him.
Sitting in the public gallery isn’t a protest, it’s pure showmanship.
He should spend less time chasing headlines, and more time representing the people who actually elected him.
#BBCBreakfast putting us through the emotional wringer this morning, what with the story about the veterans and now the restorative justice piece.
October 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#BBCBreakfast putting us through the emotional wringer this morning, what with the story about the veterans and now the restorative justice piece.