Diane Raynor
@ladylordy.bsky.social
Interested in lots of things but here for the politics.
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Friday’s @theguardian.com front page: Farage hits out as fresh claims of ‘vindictive’ teenage racism emerge
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Friday’s @theguardian.com front page: Farage hits out as fresh claims of ‘vindictive’ teenage racism emerge
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Well done ireland
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast on RTÉ, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Well done ireland
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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Wow. From sceptic to member!
The Guardian spent an evening with me at Kings College and interviewed the people who came to the Q&A.
Here's what they found 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
The Guardian spent an evening with me at Kings College and interviewed the people who came to the Q&A.
Here's what they found 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Zack Polanski on the Green party boom – podcast
Three months into his leadership the Green party membership is surging. Randeep Ramesh explains why
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Wow. From sceptic to member!
The Guardian spent an evening with me at Kings College and interviewed the people who came to the Q&A.
Here's what they found 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
The Guardian spent an evening with me at Kings College and interviewed the people who came to the Q&A.
Here's what they found 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
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US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce, FT says reut.rs/48vOwwu
US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce, FT says
The United States has halted plans to impose sanctions on China's ministry of state security over a massive cyber spying campaign to avoid derailing a trade truce struck by both countries this year, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce, FT says reut.rs/48vOwwu
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🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting today
Eurovision debate on Israel's participation to begin
Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting today.
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting today
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Former Tory MP Ben Howlett "bought a 50% stake in the influential PoliticsUK Twitter/X account for just £100, from a young Tory parliamentary staffer. As part of our investigation, we paid for two pro-China posts on PoliticsUK" They were published and only deleted after Howlett was told of the sting
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Former Tory MP Ben Howlett "bought a 50% stake in the influential PoliticsUK Twitter/X account for just £100, from a young Tory parliamentary staffer. As part of our investigation, we paid for two pro-China posts on PoliticsUK" They were published and only deleted after Howlett was told of the sting
The whole world is laughing at Amerikkka
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The whole world is laughing at Amerikkka
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I’m so happy to see this. The lack of journalistic solidarity & collective action over the killing of journalists in Gaza has been distressing.
Will @nujofficial.bsky.social step up & follow this lead?
Will @nujofficial.bsky.social step up & follow this lead?
French journalist unions file legal case against Israel over lack of access to Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/french-journalists-unions-file-legal-case-against-israel-over-lack
French journalist unions file legal case against Israel over lack of access to Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Two French journalist unions filed a legal case against Israel for obstructing the work of their journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, AFP reported on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the French Journalists' Union filed the complaint with the Paris anti-terror prosecutor's office last week, accusing Israel of "obstructing the freedom to inform".</p>
<p>The complaint mentioned a journalist being pursued by around 50 Israelis armed with "guns, cans of petrol and sticks" while reporting in the West Bank, all in the presence of the Israeli army.</p>
<p>Israel has not allowed international journalists into the Gaza Strip since the start of the war in October 2023, except when embedded with Israeli forces.</p>
<p>IFJ general secretary Anthony Bellanger said, "For more than two years, the IFJ has been calling for the borders to be opened to the foreign press so that they can relieve our colleagues who are exhausted by two years of war."</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’m so happy to see this. The lack of journalistic solidarity & collective action over the killing of journalists in Gaza has been distressing.
Will @nujofficial.bsky.social step up & follow this lead?
Will @nujofficial.bsky.social step up & follow this lead?
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Watching trump on bbc news now. "They took a little bit of drugs and they died, they were very shocked"
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Watching trump on bbc news now. "They took a little bit of drugs and they died, they were very shocked"
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🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle…
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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I know how #R4Today team love to bash along with the same story day after day after dull day … long after the country seems ready to move on
So here it is …
So here it is …
Attorney general urges Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged racism and antisemitism
Exclusive: Richard Hermer, a senior Jewish minister, says Reform leader ‘clearly deeply hurt’ many people with his alleged behaviour
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I know how #R4Today team love to bash along with the same story day after day after dull day … long after the country seems ready to move on
So here it is …
So here it is …
Adam Richardson of reform using Trump like scare tactics to prevent news organisations publishing the truth about Reform people. Imagine what they'd do if they got into power
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Adam Richardson of reform using Trump like scare tactics to prevent news organisations publishing the truth about Reform people. Imagine what they'd do if they got into power
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
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Just reposting this as my teenage son does his last preparation this weekend for his big Movember run for mens mental health charities. Even the tiniest support means so much to him (and me). My love to anyone going through it. X
Hello friends. Dropping this here to support my son, who has been through some stuff I wouldn't wish on anyone and is channelling his experience into a near marathon in laps around the Emirates for mens mental health charities. Any pennies, or goodwill messages, appreciated! ❤️
gofund.me/e46ca6106
gofund.me/e46ca6106
Donate to Sponsored run for Movember, organized by Luca Lawrence Brady
Hi my name is Luca and I am raising money for mens mental health. I will be attempting … Luca Lawrence Brady needs your support for Sponsored run for Movember
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November 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Just reposting this as my teenage son does his last preparation this weekend for his big Movember run for mens mental health charities. Even the tiniest support means so much to him (and me). My love to anyone going through it. X
Bbc sky sun itv gb news all ask the same Westminster bubble question. The Guardian & the mirror focus on the real things we the people want to know.
LIVE: UK's Starmer delivers speech in London youtube.com/live/5UsBxfj...
LIVE: UK's Starmer delivers speech in London
YouTube video by Reuters
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December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Bbc sky sun itv gb news all ask the same Westminster bubble question. The Guardian & the mirror focus on the real things we the people want to know.
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LIVE: UK's Starmer delivers speech in London youtube.com/live/5UsBxfj...
LIVE: UK's Starmer delivers speech in London
YouTube video by Reuters
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December 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
LIVE: UK's Starmer delivers speech in London youtube.com/live/5UsBxfj...
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A Mirror probe shows that Nigel Farage has made £140,000 from the Cameo messaging platform - but spoken in Parliament just 22 times and mentioning his Clacton constituents on just three occasions.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A Mirror probe shows that Nigel Farage has made £140,000 from the Cameo messaging platform - but spoken in Parliament just 22 times and mentioning his Clacton constituents on just three occasions.
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Farage rarely turned up to vote when he was an MEP.
But, he did turn up to vote against the EU’s anti-Russia interference motion.
He said it was a “hoax”.
He voted against strengthening Europe’s defences against foreign interference.
Why?
But, he did turn up to vote against the EU’s anti-Russia interference motion.
He said it was a “hoax”.
He voted against strengthening Europe’s defences against foreign interference.
Why?
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Farage rarely turned up to vote when he was an MEP.
But, he did turn up to vote against the EU’s anti-Russia interference motion.
He said it was a “hoax”.
He voted against strengthening Europe’s defences against foreign interference.
Why?
But, he did turn up to vote against the EU’s anti-Russia interference motion.
He said it was a “hoax”.
He voted against strengthening Europe’s defences against foreign interference.
Why?
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Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
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Swiss billionaire calls for higher tax on rich reut.rs/4iufnOb
Swiss billionaire calls for higher tax on rich
A prominent Swiss billionaire has called for higher taxation of the rich as his country overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce a 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) and above.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Swiss billionaire calls for higher tax on rich reut.rs/4iufnOb
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I'm at a Kemi Badenoch event where *yet again* the Guardian has not got a question. Aside from broadcasters it was Mail, Sun and FT (the latter presumably only because we're at an accountancy body in the City). I've probably been to seven or eight such events with no question.
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at a Kemi Badenoch event where *yet again* the Guardian has not got a question. Aside from broadcasters it was Mail, Sun and FT (the latter presumably only because we're at an accountancy body in the City). I've probably been to seven or eight such events with no question.
![Join me in Russia with anti-woke visa, urges former Tory candidate
British businessman Philip Hutchinson has appeared in Russian state media championing attempt by Moscow to exploit divisions in the West
Philip Hutchinson and Matt Hancock appearing on Channel One Russia (1TV).
Russian TV claimed to show Philip Hutchinson with Matt Hancock, the former MP, left
Tom Ball
A British businessman and one-time Tory election candidate is working with the Kremlin to try to bring “anti-woke” westerners to live in Russia.
Philip Hutchinson moved to Moscow this year on a “shared values” visa introduced by Russia to “provide humanitarian support to people who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values”.
The visa scheme, which offers a three-year temporary residence, is open to citizens of 47 countries that Russia considers unfriendly, including Britain, the US and most of the EU.
Hutchinson, who previously ran a property company and stood as a Conservative in last year’s council elections in Winchester, is working to help disaffected westerners apply for the visa.
His company, Moscow Connect, is an official partner of Welcome To Russia, the public face of the visa scheme, which is run by Maria Butina, a Russian MP who in 2018 was convicted of spying in America.
Hutchinson said that the company, which he co-founded with Guy Eames, a fellow Briton, is also partnered with the Russian ministry of foreign affairs.
Asked whether or not his business was being funded by the Russian government, Hutchinson declined to answer, saying: “I don’t want MI6 [on] my back wondering what I’m doing. And I don’t want to openly break UK sanctions against Russia as a British citizen.”Hutchinson, 35, who is originally from Brentwood in Essex, has appeared on state media favourably comparing Russia to the UK on issues of crime, immigration and gender policy
“In England if you go out in the night you’ll either get robbed or worse so I feel much safer here"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bzyy74op5viqd6njczsf6phm/bafkreiafkyxx6sjscjn4vne6apjpamun47zlkghrbxtfvfy2rgoj64zr54@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM