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According to a new study from a respected US think tank, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Britain’s decision to leave the EU has meant that its GDP is between 6 per cent and 8 per cent smaller than it would have been.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
According to a new study from a respected US think tank, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Britain’s decision to leave the EU has meant that its GDP is between 6 per cent and 8 per cent smaller than it would have been.
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See also this from @thenerve.news: www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil... 2/2
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
See also this from @thenerve.news: www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil... 2/2
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Here’s The S*n’s pathetic, microscopic apology for one of the biggest lies in modern British politics - the “benefits tourism” fairy tale that conned millions and helped drag us into Brexit. They poison democracy with front-page lies, then whisper “sorry” in tiny print.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here’s The S*n’s pathetic, microscopic apology for one of the biggest lies in modern British politics - the “benefits tourism” fairy tale that conned millions and helped drag us into Brexit. They poison democracy with front-page lies, then whisper “sorry” in tiny print.
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The Mirror here Putin the boot in.. on Reformski
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Mirror here Putin the boot in.. on Reformski
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As much as we might hold Ken Clark up as an example of a decent Tory here is a timely reminder for us that he is still a Tory.
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
As much as we might hold Ken Clark up as an example of a decent Tory here is a timely reminder for us that he is still a Tory.
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
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As much as we might hold Ken Clark up as an example of a decent Tory here is a timely reminder for us that he is still a Tory.
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
“The honest truth is, I don't think Rachel Reeves is up to the job of Chancellor," says Ken Clarke.
"She made the wrong choice of taxation in the last budget, and made no attempt to cut public spending"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/ken-...
"She made the wrong choice of taxation in the last budget, and made no attempt to cut public spending"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/ken-...
Ken Clarke: ‘Rachel Reeves not up to the job as Chancellor - she’s deceiving herself’ | The News Agents
Lord Ken Clarke, former Conservative chancellor, tells The News Agents why he believes Rachel Reeves is “not up to the job” ahead of her second budget.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
As much as we might hold Ken Clark up as an example of a decent Tory here is a timely reminder for us that he is still a Tory.
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
Cutting spending & lower taxes is what he wants. He criticises the Chancellor for not implementing these policies.
That suggests the Chancellor is doing the right thing!
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It’s not a make or break Budget.
It’s a Budget.
Same as we have every year.
Sometimes they’re good. Sometimes they’re not.
What’s different: our despicable media
It’s a Budget.
Same as we have every year.
Sometimes they’re good. Sometimes they’re not.
What’s different: our despicable media
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It’s not a make or break Budget.
It’s a Budget.
Same as we have every year.
Sometimes they’re good. Sometimes they’re not.
What’s different: our despicable media
It’s a Budget.
Same as we have every year.
Sometimes they’re good. Sometimes they’re not.
What’s different: our despicable media
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Morning all.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Morning all.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
Opened my phone this morning to find a Sky News offering of 'Will this be a pasty budget'. What does that even mean?
No, just no.
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Budget day is coming.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Budget day is coming.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
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It will be interesting but predictable to see how Farage and the right wing press go about suppressing the fact that Nathan Gill is now in jail after working for the Russians. And all those useful idiots putting up flags because they think Reform stands for patriotism. Will they never learn!
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It will be interesting but predictable to see how Farage and the right wing press go about suppressing the fact that Nathan Gill is now in jail after working for the Russians. And all those useful idiots putting up flags because they think Reform stands for patriotism. Will they never learn!
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“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
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Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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The depressing truth about revelations of Farage's schoolboy racism is that it won't hurt him at all. Because a huge proportion of the #Reform voting demographic will remember their own 'banter' [sic] from when they were that age. It will simply reinforce their sense that he is 'one of us'.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The depressing truth about revelations of Farage's schoolboy racism is that it won't hurt him at all. Because a huge proportion of the #Reform voting demographic will remember their own 'banter' [sic] from when they were that age. It will simply reinforce their sense that he is 'one of us'.
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Believe Nigel Farage about anything and you need to give your head a wobble ….
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People should not be billionaires...
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
People should not be billionaires...
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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Piece from me arguing against Steven Pinker’s overly rational analysis of cancel culture. We need instead to look to the irrational power of malice, mob hatred and the desire of witch hunters to be seen as saints rather than victimisers
The sadistic rewards of cancel culture
We’re all going on a witch hunt
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Piece from me arguing against Steven Pinker’s overly rational analysis of cancel culture. We need instead to look to the irrational power of malice, mob hatred and the desire of witch hunters to be seen as saints rather than victimisers
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"Just google your favourite British or American right-wing commentator and see if they’ve made their pilgrimage to Budapest. And ask yourself who paid for it."
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Just google your favourite British or American right-wing commentator and see if they’ve made their pilgrimage to Budapest. And ask yourself who paid for it."
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This is how the JD Vance (seemigly Kremlin-drafted) Ukraine "Peace Plan" went down with *Republican* lawmakers. No wonder Trump is distancing himself from it, at a rate of knots.
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is how the JD Vance (seemigly Kremlin-drafted) Ukraine "Peace Plan" went down with *Republican* lawmakers. No wonder Trump is distancing himself from it, at a rate of knots.
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
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Busines and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle: "When you win an election... you start off where the other lot left off, and the extent of challenges that Brexit left us, that some of the other periods of intense instability left us... you can't fix that in one month, in one budget, or in one year." ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Busines and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle: "When you win an election... you start off where the other lot left off, and the extent of challenges that Brexit left us, that some of the other periods of intense instability left us... you can't fix that in one month, in one budget, or in one year." ~AA
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Zack Polanski leader of the Green Party says that we can borrow as much as we want in a different way... how does that sound to you?
Andy Haldane(formally BoE): "lt's la-la land economics... this is not the time for funny money solutions... "
Liz Truss economics from the Greens
Andy Haldane(formally BoE): "lt's la-la land economics... this is not the time for funny money solutions... "
Liz Truss economics from the Greens
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Zack Polanski leader of the Green Party says that we can borrow as much as we want in a different way... how does that sound to you?
Andy Haldane(formally BoE): "lt's la-la land economics... this is not the time for funny money solutions... "
Liz Truss economics from the Greens
Andy Haldane(formally BoE): "lt's la-la land economics... this is not the time for funny money solutions... "
Liz Truss economics from the Greens
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Putin's Poodle
Still not explained why he gave the same themed pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament as Nathan Gill.
#ReformRussianBribes
Still not explained why he gave the same themed pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament as Nathan Gill.
#ReformRussianBribes
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Putin's Poodle
Still not explained why he gave the same themed pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament as Nathan Gill.
#ReformRussianBribes
Still not explained why he gave the same themed pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament as Nathan Gill.
#ReformRussianBribes