@oldspotty.bsky.social
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Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
July 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
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Brilliant piece by Jonathan Freedland - European leaders have to call out Trump, not continue dancing around him, hoping for scraps. Mark Carney showed how to do it yesterday.
The US is no longer a friend or ally.
Tell people the truth.
And act accordingly. 👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US is no longer a friend or ally.
Tell people the truth.
And act accordingly. 👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is upending everything. The world’s leaders must tell the truth about what that means | Jonathan Freedland
Britain’s PM has not been open with his citizens for fear of backlash from Washington, but this crisis demands honesty, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Brilliant piece by Jonathan Freedland - European leaders have to call out Trump, not continue dancing around him, hoping for scraps. Mark Carney showed how to do it yesterday.
The US is no longer a friend or ally.
Tell people the truth.
And act accordingly. 👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US is no longer a friend or ally.
Tell people the truth.
And act accordingly. 👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I #standwithUkraine! I stand with Zelensky and the brave Ukrainian people. DJT and JD Vance aren’t fit to lick their boots. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I #standwithUkraine! I stand with Zelensky and the brave Ukrainian people. DJT and JD Vance aren’t fit to lick their boots. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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A reminder that it's not a "shouting match" when only one side is doing any shouting.
February 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A reminder that it's not a "shouting match" when only one side is doing any shouting.
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Dear Prime Minister: in light of Trump’s disgraceful bullying of Zelensky today, can you please, please, please cancel the State Visit? A boor like Trump does NOT deserve to be honored by the British state.
Dear Prime Minister, during your visit to the US today, please, please, please, please do NOT invite DJT for yet another State Visit to the UK, or try to woo him with honorary Knighthood.
February 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dear Prime Minister: in light of Trump’s disgraceful bullying of Zelensky today, can you please, please, please cancel the State Visit? A boor like Trump does NOT deserve to be honored by the British state.
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I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
February 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
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MAGA is really a collection of cowards and incels isn’t it? They bully migrants and trans people, but whenever a vicious tyrant like Putin comes along, they get down on their knees and fawn.
February 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
MAGA is really a collection of cowards and incels isn’t it? They bully migrants and trans people, but whenever a vicious tyrant like Putin comes along, they get down on their knees and fawn.
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When people ask what Putin has over Trump, remember the Spycraft acronym MICE which describe the four key weaknesses which allow someone open to be being recruited
M - Money
I - Ideology
C - compromising material (Kompromat)
E - Ego
All four are probably factors in Trump’s subservience to Putin
M - Money
I - Ideology
C - compromising material (Kompromat)
E - Ego
All four are probably factors in Trump’s subservience to Putin
February 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When people ask what Putin has over Trump, remember the Spycraft acronym MICE which describe the four key weaknesses which allow someone open to be being recruited
M - Money
I - Ideology
C - compromising material (Kompromat)
E - Ego
All four are probably factors in Trump’s subservience to Putin
M - Money
I - Ideology
C - compromising material (Kompromat)
E - Ego
All four are probably factors in Trump’s subservience to Putin
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Just finalising the front page for our next print edition, which goes to the printers on Thursday
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February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just finalising the front page for our next print edition, which goes to the printers on Thursday
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I’m conflicted on this. Id usually be first to say “Fuck Farmers, they voted Brexit” also “Fuck Farmers, pay tax like rest of us have too” and to some extent both are valid opinions. But all of this can be mostly solved by TAXING THE FUCKING RICH and also TAXING EXCESS PROFITS OF BIG CORPS. So..
February 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’m conflicted on this. Id usually be first to say “Fuck Farmers, they voted Brexit” also “Fuck Farmers, pay tax like rest of us have too” and to some extent both are valid opinions. But all of this can be mostly solved by TAXING THE FUCKING RICH and also TAXING EXCESS PROFITS OF BIG CORPS. So..
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What absolute nonsense. The entitlement and exceptionalism from the farmers really is something to behold.
February 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What absolute nonsense. The entitlement and exceptionalism from the farmers really is something to behold.
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July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road
February 2025:
February 2025:
February 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road
February 2025:
February 2025:
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Elon Musk says USAid “needs to die.”
But slashing US foreign aid isn’t just cruel— it’s more than that: It's a health security disaster. And the void left by USAid's departure is a gift for China in the battle for soft power.
By Prof Natasha Lindstaedt
But slashing US foreign aid isn’t just cruel— it’s more than that: It's a health security disaster. And the void left by USAid's departure is a gift for China in the battle for soft power.
By Prof Natasha Lindstaedt
USAid shutdown isn’t just a humanitarian issue – it’s a threat to American interests
Donald Trump’s administration started work to shrink USAid’s workforce and align its spending with the government’s priorities
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Elon Musk says USAid “needs to die.”
But slashing US foreign aid isn’t just cruel— it’s more than that: It's a health security disaster. And the void left by USAid's departure is a gift for China in the battle for soft power.
By Prof Natasha Lindstaedt
But slashing US foreign aid isn’t just cruel— it’s more than that: It's a health security disaster. And the void left by USAid's departure is a gift for China in the battle for soft power.
By Prof Natasha Lindstaedt
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GB News, "Surely Brexit is a good thing?"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
January 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
GB News, "Surely Brexit is a good thing?"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
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This is the fuller story. It’s madness. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is the fuller story. It’s madness. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with
January 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with
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💥 It passes!! 💥
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
January 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
💥 It passes!! 💥
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
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Matt Frei, "YouGov poll says Labour on 26%, Reform on 25%"
Jonathan Ashworth "Nigel Farage over Christmas said he wanted to introduce charging for the NHS, I don't believe your viewers want to be charged to go to their local hospital"
Jonathan Ashworth "Nigel Farage over Christmas said he wanted to introduce charging for the NHS, I don't believe your viewers want to be charged to go to their local hospital"
January 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Matt Frei, "YouGov poll says Labour on 26%, Reform on 25%"
Jonathan Ashworth "Nigel Farage over Christmas said he wanted to introduce charging for the NHS, I don't believe your viewers want to be charged to go to their local hospital"
Jonathan Ashworth "Nigel Farage over Christmas said he wanted to introduce charging for the NHS, I don't believe your viewers want to be charged to go to their local hospital"
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Left: Conservative MP Sarah Bool, "Does the Secretary of State believe it is fair that undocumented illegal migrants get priority access to the NHS over British taxpayers?"
Right: Labour's Angela Eagle, "They don't"
Right: Labour's Angela Eagle, "They don't"
January 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Left: Conservative MP Sarah Bool, "Does the Secretary of State believe it is fair that undocumented illegal migrants get priority access to the NHS over British taxpayers?"
Right: Labour's Angela Eagle, "They don't"
Right: Labour's Angela Eagle, "They don't"
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Never has the fake 'patriotism' of the British right-wing tabloid press been more powerfully displayed than this week
January 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Never has the fake 'patriotism' of the British right-wing tabloid press been more powerfully displayed than this week