@lizbcm.bsky.social
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They are about to understand the Streisand Effect: the more you try to hide something from the public, the bigger the story gets.
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They are about to understand the Streisand Effect: the more you try to hide something from the public, the bigger the story gets.
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This is excellent! (IMO)
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is excellent! (IMO)
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My former hardcore Brexit friend tonight:
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My former hardcore Brexit friend tonight:
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
The Ukrainian president ruled out territorial concessions amid talks with European leaders in London.
dlvr.it
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
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I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
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Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Sunday that a two-state resolution is the ‘only solution’ for Israel-Palestine, reiterating the Vatican’s position.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Sunday that a two-state resolution is the ‘only solution’ for Israel-Palestine, reiterating the Vatican’s position.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
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This sounds great. But, unfortunately, it’s nonsense. We borrow from the bond markets. There is no alternative. I wish it were otherwise, but it’s not. The real world cannot be wished away.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This sounds great. But, unfortunately, it’s nonsense. We borrow from the bond markets. There is no alternative. I wish it were otherwise, but it’s not. The real world cannot be wished away.
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“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
Russia used a network of 150,000 Twitter accounts to meddle in Brexit
Russian-based Twitter accounts focused their attention on the Brexit referendum in the days leading up to the vote, data scientists have concluded.
www.businessinsider.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
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Russia’s Central Bank found a 10 trillion ruble black hole in unpaid loans. That’s 24% of the entire Russian budget gone. Another reason why the #Kremlin is desperately pushing for a “peace” deal to save itself. We didn’t surrender in 2022, we won’t in 2025 — Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Russia’s Central Bank found a 10 trillion ruble black hole in unpaid loans. That’s 24% of the entire Russian budget gone. Another reason why the #Kremlin is desperately pushing for a “peace” deal to save itself. We didn’t surrender in 2022, we won’t in 2025 — Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
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The callous disregard of a disabled youth/minor being held for 50 days in ICE detention facility is unacceptable, inexcusable, morally reprehensible and repugnant.
📌 Should he have been detained? Absolutely NOT; however, the govt’s gross miscarriage of justice will not diminish my joy of watching this reunion. 🥹 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The callous disregard of a disabled youth/minor being held for 50 days in ICE detention facility is unacceptable, inexcusable, morally reprehensible and repugnant.
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5-7 million killed by deliberate starvation and Ukrainians were particularly targeted by Stalin.
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
One of the worst atrocities and one of the least discussed.
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
5-7 million killed by deliberate starvation and Ukrainians were particularly targeted by Stalin.
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
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Some of the Senate GOP’s top Russia hawks are up in arms over a peace plan Trump hopes will end Putin’s war in Ukraine.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate GOP’s Russia hawks push back on Trump’s Ukraine ultimatum
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are urging patience.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Some of the Senate GOP’s top Russia hawks are up in arms over a peace plan Trump hopes will end Putin’s war in Ukraine.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Can you imagine Keir Starmer taking 10 days off to ride a motor bike & walk a dog at the beginning of a Pandemic doing no work. Because I bloody can’t. Not for one second.
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Can you imagine Keir Starmer taking 10 days off to ride a motor bike & walk a dog at the beginning of a Pandemic doing no work. Because I bloody can’t. Not for one second.
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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I'm not sharing it because I'm too disgusted to do even that.
The systematic murder of millions of people by a fascist regime is not up for debate. It happened. And if we allow the world's biggest social media company to deny it we are all utterly fucked.
The systematic murder of millions of people by a fascist regime is not up for debate. It happened. And if we allow the world's biggest social media company to deny it we are all utterly fucked.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I'm not sharing it because I'm too disgusted to do even that.
The systematic murder of millions of people by a fascist regime is not up for debate. It happened. And if we allow the world's biggest social media company to deny it we are all utterly fucked.
The systematic murder of millions of people by a fascist regime is not up for debate. It happened. And if we allow the world's biggest social media company to deny it we are all utterly fucked.
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Jeremy Clarkson has suddenly discovered the inherent issues in capitalism...
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Jeremy Clarkson has suddenly discovered the inherent issues in capitalism...
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