Loftus Arch
@loftusarch.bsky.social
Former Head of MFL Faculty. Balham born and bred. Like French New Wave cinema, sports, music, comedy, theatre, retro items, vintage lighting, mid-century, architecture, fine arts, cooking, travel and a bit of politics. Francophone and Europhile.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Quelle surprise! Gullis and Nici join Reform according to Yahoo News.
Quelle surprise! Gullis and Nici join Reform according to Yahoo News.
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Quelle surprise! Gullis and Nici join Reform according to Yahoo News.
Quelle surprise! Gullis and Nici join Reform according to Yahoo News.
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Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
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Of course that convicted criminal was also involved with Epstein.
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Of course that convicted criminal was also involved with Epstein.
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One of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps is coming to Boston.
A 35MW system will use energy from the Charles River and deliver steam to heat more than 70 million square feet of buildings across Boston and Cambridge — hospitals, schools, homes, and businesses alike.
A 35MW system will use energy from the Charles River and deliver steam to heat more than 70 million square feet of buildings across Boston and Cambridge — hospitals, schools, homes, and businesses alike.
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps is coming to Boston.
A 35MW system will use energy from the Charles River and deliver steam to heat more than 70 million square feet of buildings across Boston and Cambridge — hospitals, schools, homes, and businesses alike.
A 35MW system will use energy from the Charles River and deliver steam to heat more than 70 million square feet of buildings across Boston and Cambridge — hospitals, schools, homes, and businesses alike.
BBC News impartiality regarding JSO and Stonehenge?
“Mr Watson had bought the equipment used in the attack and had borrowed his grandmother's petrol car to drive the co-accused to Stonehenge that morning”. They wrote the petrol car words in bold print.
“Mr Watson had bought the equipment used in the attack and had borrowed his grandmother's petrol car to drive the co-accused to Stonehenge that morning”. They wrote the petrol car words in bold print.
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
BBC News impartiality regarding JSO and Stonehenge?
“Mr Watson had bought the equipment used in the attack and had borrowed his grandmother's petrol car to drive the co-accused to Stonehenge that morning”. They wrote the petrol car words in bold print.
“Mr Watson had bought the equipment used in the attack and had borrowed his grandmother's petrol car to drive the co-accused to Stonehenge that morning”. They wrote the petrol car words in bold print.
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I guess someone heard from Tylenol’s lawyers.
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I guess someone heard from Tylenol’s lawyers.
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Who'd believe that the best friend of a paedophile, who grabbed women by the pussy and burst into girls' dressing rooms, could possibly have behaved badly?
I expect the Epstein files will simply record what an absolute gentleman Trump was, at least after his minions get their hands on them.
I expect the Epstein files will simply record what an absolute gentleman Trump was, at least after his minions get their hands on them.
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Who'd believe that the best friend of a paedophile, who grabbed women by the pussy and burst into girls' dressing rooms, could possibly have behaved badly?
I expect the Epstein files will simply record what an absolute gentleman Trump was, at least after his minions get their hands on them.
I expect the Epstein files will simply record what an absolute gentleman Trump was, at least after his minions get their hands on them.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Is the missing word, brain, James?
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Is the missing word, brain, James?
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Fewer than 2% of UK TV adverts feature only Black or only Asian people in the cast; the overwhelming majority of ads with ethnic minority presence have mixed or cross ethnicity groups.
Sources:
1. C4 Survey www.isba.org.uk/system/files...
2. Diamond creativediversitynetwork.com/wp-content/u...
Sources:
1. C4 Survey www.isba.org.uk/system/files...
2. Diamond creativediversitynetwork.com/wp-content/u...
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fewer than 2% of UK TV adverts feature only Black or only Asian people in the cast; the overwhelming majority of ads with ethnic minority presence have mixed or cross ethnicity groups.
Sources:
1. C4 Survey www.isba.org.uk/system/files...
2. Diamond creativediversitynetwork.com/wp-content/u...
Sources:
1. C4 Survey www.isba.org.uk/system/files...
2. Diamond creativediversitynetwork.com/wp-content/u...
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You could say "Trumped up charges" against Letitia James.
You could say "Trumped up charges" against Letitia James.
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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You could say "Trumped up charges" against Letitia James.
You could say "Trumped up charges" against Letitia James.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It follows a report in The Guardian yesterday that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was considering raising income tax in the budget to help close a multibillion-pound deficit.
Thomas-Symonds said: "We stand by our manifesto pledges on VAT, on national insurance and on income tax.
It follows a report in The Guardian yesterday that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was considering raising income tax in the budget to help close a multibillion-pound deficit.
Thomas-Symonds said: "We stand by our manifesto pledges on VAT, on national insurance and on income tax.
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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It follows a report in The Guardian yesterday that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was considering raising income tax in the budget to help close a multibillion-pound deficit.
Thomas-Symonds said: "We stand by our manifesto pledges on VAT, on national insurance and on income tax.
It follows a report in The Guardian yesterday that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was considering raising income tax in the budget to help close a multibillion-pound deficit.
Thomas-Symonds said: "We stand by our manifesto pledges on VAT, on national insurance and on income tax.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
NEW: Labour remains committed to its pre-election tax pledges, including on income tax, minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News this morning.
NEW: Labour remains committed to its pre-election tax pledges, including on income tax, minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News this morning.
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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NEW: Labour remains committed to its pre-election tax pledges, including on income tax, minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News this morning.
NEW: Labour remains committed to its pre-election tax pledges, including on income tax, minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told Sky News this morning.
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Yet JOB still gets the most listeners! I reckon he’s livid that they advertised Ferrari’s breakfast programme and Morgan’s book during his show.
Yet JOB still gets the most listeners! I reckon he’s livid that they advertised Ferrari’s breakfast programme and Morgan’s book during his show.
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Yet JOB still gets the most listeners! I reckon he’s livid that they advertised Ferrari’s breakfast programme and Morgan’s book during his show.
Yet JOB still gets the most listeners! I reckon he’s livid that they advertised Ferrari’s breakfast programme and Morgan’s book during his show.
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📍 Today in Caerphilly: Nathan Gill’s former aide is standing for
@ReformParty_UK
.
He’s refused to comment on Gill’s bribery case.
A live election, linked to a Kremlin propaganda network, and still, no accountability.
That’s why this case matters.
#CaerphillyByElection
@ReformParty_UK
.
He’s refused to comment on Gill’s bribery case.
A live election, linked to a Kremlin propaganda network, and still, no accountability.
That’s why this case matters.
#CaerphillyByElection
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
📍 Today in Caerphilly: Nathan Gill’s former aide is standing for
@ReformParty_UK
.
He’s refused to comment on Gill’s bribery case.
A live election, linked to a Kremlin propaganda network, and still, no accountability.
That’s why this case matters.
#CaerphillyByElection
@ReformParty_UK
.
He’s refused to comment on Gill’s bribery case.
A live election, linked to a Kremlin propaganda network, and still, no accountability.
That’s why this case matters.
#CaerphillyByElection
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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Alec Shelbrooke had a guest either side of him on today's Politics Live programme yet still manages to mispronounce one of them-Shabna Begum.
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Alec Shelbrooke had a guest either side of him on today's Politics Live programme yet still manages to mispronounce one of them-Shabna Begum.
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🔴 NEW - At the same time that Nathan Gill was taking Russian bribes, the British far-right was travelling regularly to Moscow.
Paul Golding even met “Vladimir Putin”…
Paul Golding even met “Vladimir Putin”…
The time when Britain First met Vladimir Putin*
The far-right has long flirted with Russia
writesbright.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🔴 NEW - At the same time that Nathan Gill was taking Russian bribes, the British far-right was travelling regularly to Moscow.
Paul Golding even met “Vladimir Putin”…
Paul Golding even met “Vladimir Putin”…
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“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).
Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.
Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).
Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.
Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.
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For the kids at the back of the class:
The DOJ is supposed to independently investigate crimes and hold the perpetrators responsible
It is NOT supposed to respond to unhinged accidental tweets from a demented felon by taking people from his "enemies" list and trying pin crimes on them
The DOJ is supposed to independently investigate crimes and hold the perpetrators responsible
It is NOT supposed to respond to unhinged accidental tweets from a demented felon by taking people from his "enemies" list and trying pin crimes on them
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
For the kids at the back of the class:
The DOJ is supposed to independently investigate crimes and hold the perpetrators responsible
It is NOT supposed to respond to unhinged accidental tweets from a demented felon by taking people from his "enemies" list and trying pin crimes on them
The DOJ is supposed to independently investigate crimes and hold the perpetrators responsible
It is NOT supposed to respond to unhinged accidental tweets from a demented felon by taking people from his "enemies" list and trying pin crimes on them