Pascale B
@pascalevb.bsky.social
Moved here to calm down a bit.
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Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
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Lord Lebedev maintains his father doesn’t support Putin and has no links to his regime, but this photo (taken around the time Johnson was partying with the Lebedevs) suggests differently, as do Lebedev emails to Surkov about hosting conferences in Crimea
www.occrp.org/en/news/chan...
www.occrp.org/en/news/chan...
Channel 4: Ex-PM Overruled Security Concerns Over Nominee To House Of Lords
U.K. government officials asked Queen Elizabeth II to block the appointment of Russian-born British businessman Evgeny Lebedev to parliament’s upper chamber over concerns his father’s ties to the Krem...
www.occrp.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Lord Lebedev maintains his father doesn’t support Putin and has no links to his regime, but this photo (taken around the time Johnson was partying with the Lebedevs) suggests differently, as do Lebedev emails to Surkov about hosting conferences in Crimea
www.occrp.org/en/news/chan...
www.occrp.org/en/news/chan...
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Thanks to Paul Caruana Galizia we now know that Boris Johnson rushed to this party in Umbria after the Skripal attack and the NATO meeting without his security detail to talk to former KGB agent Lebedev Snr was offering him a backchannel to Putin’s foreign minister Lavrov youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
Boris Johnson's KGB Links EXPOSED - John Sweeney FULL Documentary
YouTube video by Byline TV
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Thanks to Paul Caruana Galizia we now know that Boris Johnson rushed to this party in Umbria after the Skripal attack and the NATO meeting without his security detail to talk to former KGB agent Lebedev Snr was offering him a backchannel to Putin’s foreign minister Lavrov youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
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So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
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Since we released this @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social documentary two years ago, more information has come to light that Boris Johnson went to this meeting to discuss a 'backchannel' to Putin with Alexander Lebedev, who was working for the Kremlin in Crimea at the time
youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
Boris Johnson's KGB Links EXPOSED - John Sweeney FULL Documentary
YouTube video by Byline TV
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Since we released this @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social documentary two years ago, more information has come to light that Boris Johnson went to this meeting to discuss a 'backchannel' to Putin with Alexander Lebedev, who was working for the Kremlin in Crimea at the time
youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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Can we please not have Farage wriggle out of this one. His denial is not where this should end. He’s up to his grubby neck in dodgy shite. Beyond time our media stopped handing him free passes and started to properly scrutinise him.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Can we please not have Farage wriggle out of this one. His denial is not where this should end. He’s up to his grubby neck in dodgy shite. Beyond time our media stopped handing him free passes and started to properly scrutinise him.
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Thorough piece on Farage’s close colleague and friend Nathan Gill and the Kremlin cash he took
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thorough piece on Farage’s close colleague and friend Nathan Gill and the Kremlin cash he took
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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This builds on earlier @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social stories
Whilst Manuel “I know nothing” Farage would have us believe he was stunned to hear of Gill’s Russian asset work it really is not remotely believable.
See my 🧵 below outlining for how long Farage’s been a 🇷🇺 helper rôle
Whilst Manuel “I know nothing” Farage would have us believe he was stunned to hear of Gill’s Russian asset work it really is not remotely believable.
See my 🧵 below outlining for how long Farage’s been a 🇷🇺 helper rôle
Thorough piece on Farage’s close colleague and friend Nathan Gill and the Kremlin cash he took
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This builds on earlier @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social stories
Whilst Manuel “I know nothing” Farage would have us believe he was stunned to hear of Gill’s Russian asset work it really is not remotely believable.
See my 🧵 below outlining for how long Farage’s been a 🇷🇺 helper rôle
Whilst Manuel “I know nothing” Farage would have us believe he was stunned to hear of Gill’s Russian asset work it really is not remotely believable.
See my 🧵 below outlining for how long Farage’s been a 🇷🇺 helper rôle
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The Epstein scandal is not a mere everyday sex scandal. It's not a tale of a couple of depraved perverts. It's not even "just" about the victims and their search for justice. It is the thread that unravels how the rich and powerful work - their networks of impunity, their amorality, their cruelty.
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Epstein scandal is not a mere everyday sex scandal. It's not a tale of a couple of depraved perverts. It's not even "just" about the victims and their search for justice. It is the thread that unravels how the rich and powerful work - their networks of impunity, their amorality, their cruelty.
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No one is screaming. Pochin is racist. Farage is racist. Reform’s policies are racist. Indulging the “legitimate concerns” excuse is just emboldening them towards ever more vicious extremism. That tide only turns when people call them out and shame them. In conversations. Online. On air. Every time.
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
No one is screaming. Pochin is racist. Farage is racist. Reform’s policies are racist. Indulging the “legitimate concerns” excuse is just emboldening them towards ever more vicious extremism. That tide only turns when people call them out and shame them. In conversations. Online. On air. Every time.
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Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
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I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
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as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
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"no more superficial individual expression"
September 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"no more superficial individual expression"
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Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social with Gerald Knaus on why we should be really worried re rise of far right in Germany and how MAGA are fuelling it, which should make us more worried still
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...
453. Trump’s Far Right Allies in Germany: Is History Repeating Itself? - Alastair Campbell
Just how close is the far right to taking power in Europe and the UK? Why is Germany the perfect starting point for far-right agitators? Is Europe’s lacklustre response to an unfolding genocide in Gaz...
alastaircampbell.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social with Gerald Knaus on why we should be really worried re rise of far right in Germany and how MAGA are fuelling it, which should make us more worried still
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/453-...
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An example of my findings - the Guardian ran an article of a company that had donated £100k to Reform (more than its book value). I suspected money laundering, as I did with the Frinton house purchase. I discovered a director of the company was also director of a company than managed 46a Bishops
September 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
An example of my findings - the Guardian ran an article of a company that had donated £100k to Reform (more than its book value). I suspected money laundering, as I did with the Frinton house purchase. I discovered a director of the company was also director of a company than managed 46a Bishops
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On most issues, most of us disagree with Farage:
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
On most issues, most of us disagree with Farage:
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit, leaving ECHR, paying Taliban for refugees, Trussonomics, tax breaks for the wealthy, huge welfare cuts, binning NetZero, scrapping workers’ rights, arselicking Trump…
Our politics should reflect us, not him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sure, Conservatives are right to ask why Starmer tolerated a paedophile’s friend as US ambassador but why are they not concerned about the PM hosting another pal of Epstein, one who has repeatedly lied about their relationship? And why are BBC interviewers not asking them about this?
September 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Sure, Conservatives are right to ask why Starmer tolerated a paedophile’s friend as US ambassador but why are they not concerned about the PM hosting another pal of Epstein, one who has repeatedly lied about their relationship? And why are BBC interviewers not asking them about this?
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Say what you like about [the house fire we’re trapped in] but our energy bills could soon be a thing of the past.
Argh.
These aren’t new and exciting things, they are old and blood-soaked things which our grandparents learned to reject the hard way.
Argh.
These aren’t new and exciting things, they are old and blood-soaked things which our grandparents learned to reject the hard way.
September 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Say what you like about [the house fire we’re trapped in] but our energy bills could soon be a thing of the past.
Argh.
These aren’t new and exciting things, they are old and blood-soaked things which our grandparents learned to reject the hard way.
Argh.
These aren’t new and exciting things, they are old and blood-soaked things which our grandparents learned to reject the hard way.
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The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it.
Contemptible & pathetic.
Contemptible & pathetic.
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it.
Contemptible & pathetic.
Contemptible & pathetic.