Paul N
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· Apr 14
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Russian negotiation tactics:
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Russian negotiation tactics:
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
Some amazing bass playing by Stu Fletcher, who in a past life played with The Sea Horses and the Happy Mondays.
Please, some huge band somewhere, you need this guy!
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Please, some huge band somewhere, you need this guy!
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November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Some amazing bass playing by Stu Fletcher, who in a past life played with The Sea Horses and the Happy Mondays.
Please, some huge band somewhere, you need this guy!
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Please, some huge band somewhere, you need this guy!
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The amazing @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social
At the Old Bailey this morning covering the trial of Reform traitor Nathan Gill, and this evening, back in Ukraine to cover the reaction to Trump and Putin's "peace" plan.
At the Old Bailey this morning covering the trial of Reform traitor Nathan Gill, and this evening, back in Ukraine to cover the reaction to Trump and Putin's "peace" plan.
War Diary Nov 21st, 2025
At lunchtime in Old Bailey I saw Nathan Gill, ex Reform UK’s get ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy.
Now I’m in Ukraine to get reaction to @realDonaldTrump’s shameful peace trap written by another Russian spy.
Interesting day/night…
VPDFO!
At lunchtime in Old Bailey I saw Nathan Gill, ex Reform UK’s get ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy.
Now I’m in Ukraine to get reaction to @realDonaldTrump’s shameful peace trap written by another Russian spy.
Interesting day/night…
VPDFO!
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The amazing @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social
At the Old Bailey this morning covering the trial of Reform traitor Nathan Gill, and this evening, back in Ukraine to cover the reaction to Trump and Putin's "peace" plan.
At the Old Bailey this morning covering the trial of Reform traitor Nathan Gill, and this evening, back in Ukraine to cover the reaction to Trump and Putin's "peace" plan.
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War Diary Nov 21st, 2025
At lunchtime in Old Bailey I saw Nathan Gill, ex Reform UK’s get ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy.
Now I’m in Ukraine to get reaction to @realDonaldTrump’s shameful peace trap written by another Russian spy.
Interesting day/night…
VPDFO!
At lunchtime in Old Bailey I saw Nathan Gill, ex Reform UK’s get ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy.
Now I’m in Ukraine to get reaction to @realDonaldTrump’s shameful peace trap written by another Russian spy.
Interesting day/night…
VPDFO!
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
War Diary Nov 21st, 2025
At lunchtime in Old Bailey I saw Nathan Gill, ex Reform UK’s get ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy.
Now I’m in Ukraine to get reaction to @realDonaldTrump’s shameful peace trap written by another Russian spy.
Interesting day/night…
VPDFO!
At lunchtime in Old Bailey I saw Nathan Gill, ex Reform UK’s get ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy.
Now I’m in Ukraine to get reaction to @realDonaldTrump’s shameful peace trap written by another Russian spy.
Interesting day/night…
VPDFO!
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@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social at the Old Bailey, waiting to hear ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill’s sentence, armed with a detailed timeline of his relationship with pro-Russian figures and the bribery involved. Follow along here, full breakdown soon.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social at the Old Bailey, waiting to hear ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill’s sentence, armed with a detailed timeline of his relationship with pro-Russian figures and the bribery involved. Follow along here, full breakdown soon.
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UPDATE: from Court 2 at the Old Bailey.
Many new details revealed by the Crown in sentencing hearing of Nathan Gill including his "close relationship" with his handler Oleh Voloshyn who took instructions directly from Putin's closest ally in Ukraine.
Many new details revealed by the Crown in sentencing hearing of Nathan Gill including his "close relationship" with his handler Oleh Voloshyn who took instructions directly from Putin's closest ally in Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
UPDATE: from Court 2 at the Old Bailey.
Many new details revealed by the Crown in sentencing hearing of Nathan Gill including his "close relationship" with his handler Oleh Voloshyn who took instructions directly from Putin's closest ally in Ukraine.
Many new details revealed by the Crown in sentencing hearing of Nathan Gill including his "close relationship" with his handler Oleh Voloshyn who took instructions directly from Putin's closest ally in Ukraine.
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🔊 Sound on!
Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
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Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
1/
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🔊 Sound on!
Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
1/
Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.
With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...
"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
1/
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Recorded only a couple of weeks ago, this is a great chat with Mani.
I feel so sorry for his 12 year old twins, who he was very proud of, as he explains in the podcast.
Recorded only a couple of weeks ago, this is a great chat with Mani.
I feel so sorry for his 12 year old twins, who he was very proud of, as he explains in the podcast.
S10E7: Mani from The Stone Roses joins the Rockonteurs | Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt
Join Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) and Guy Pratt (bass player for Pink Floyd, Madonna, Michael Jackson) for the UK's NO.1 music podcast. They chat to some of the biggest names in music. It’s a podcast ab...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Recorded only a couple of weeks ago, this is a great chat with Mani.
I feel so sorry for his 12 year old twins, who he was very proud of, as he explains in the podcast.
Recorded only a couple of weeks ago, this is a great chat with Mani.
I feel so sorry for his 12 year old twins, who he was very proud of, as he explains in the podcast.
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We have VAT on energy bills and people this winter are choosing between heating and eating because it's such a difficult thing to afford, and a necessity. But if you fly on holiday, there's no VAT. So that's an example of how our tax system is regressive, those with the least contribute the most.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We have VAT on energy bills and people this winter are choosing between heating and eating because it's such a difficult thing to afford, and a necessity. But if you fly on holiday, there's no VAT. So that's an example of how our tax system is regressive, those with the least contribute the most.
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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I was so grateful at the time that we had @independentsage.bsky.social to keep us informed and to give us some guidance and advice. You all did important work and I thank you all.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I was so grateful at the time that we had @independentsage.bsky.social to keep us informed and to give us some guidance and advice. You all did important work and I thank you all.
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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Hello from the 25th annual Science and the Parliament event in Edinburgh! 🪐🔭👋
Our Deputy Executive Director @robertmassey.bsky.social has been joined by Professor Andy Lawrence, from the University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sophie Butcher, of the British Geological Survey.
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Our Deputy Executive Director @robertmassey.bsky.social has been joined by Professor Andy Lawrence, from the University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sophie Butcher, of the British Geological Survey.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hello from the 25th annual Science and the Parliament event in Edinburgh! 🪐🔭👋
Our Deputy Executive Director @robertmassey.bsky.social has been joined by Professor Andy Lawrence, from the University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sophie Butcher, of the British Geological Survey.
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Our Deputy Executive Director @robertmassey.bsky.social has been joined by Professor Andy Lawrence, from the University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sophie Butcher, of the British Geological Survey.
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If you're here at the Dynamic Earth science centre and planetarium come and say "Hi"! We're here until 7.30pm.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you're here at the Dynamic Earth science centre and planetarium come and say "Hi"! We're here until 7.30pm.
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This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
Blyth Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000
Property companies owned or run by Barry Elliott owe tens of thousands of pounds to customers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.
He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.
His own council is suing him.
The Long View is a great series, well worth a listen.
A bit late in posting the latest Long View. Prisoners on the loose now - and in the 1860s. Featuring Prof Helen Johnston and @johnpodmore.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Long View - Criminals on the Loose - BBC Sounds
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of presidential candidates who have stood trial.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Long View is a great series, well worth a listen.
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Who’s coming to see me at the Adelphi tonight?!
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Who’s coming to see me at the Adelphi tonight?!
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Non-religious refugees already struggle to have their persecution recognised. Under temporary status, they could be told it’s ‘safe’ to return even when social hostility, blasphemy laws, or extremist groups still make return life-threatening. The policy is blind to lived reality.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Non-religious refugees already struggle to have their persecution recognised. Under temporary status, they could be told it’s ‘safe’ to return even when social hostility, blasphemy laws, or extremist groups still make return life-threatening. The policy is blind to lived reality.
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What does ‘safe’ mean for people persecuted for their identites like the non-religious & LGBTQ+? Their risk doesn’t disappear because a country looks stable on paper.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
Refugee status set to become temporary in radical asylum reforms
Refugee status set to become temporary in radical asylum reforms
People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in sweeping reforms to be announced on Monday.
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What does ‘safe’ mean for people persecuted for their identites like the non-religious & LGBTQ+? Their risk doesn’t disappear because a country looks stable on paper.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
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What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
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The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
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One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
"Half of all Russian clothes and shoe shops have shut down", says Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
Hi, I'm growing an awful moustache to raise money to fight prostate cancer.
If you could spare the price of a pint or cup of coffee and donate, that would be brilliant. I'm trying to raise £500.
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If you could spare the price of a pint or cup of coffee and donate, that would be brilliant. I'm trying to raise £500.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hi, I'm growing an awful moustache to raise money to fight prostate cancer.
If you could spare the price of a pint or cup of coffee and donate, that would be brilliant. I'm trying to raise £500.
Support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/paulscater...
If you could spare the price of a pint or cup of coffee and donate, that would be brilliant. I'm trying to raise £500.
Support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/paulscater...