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Alison Webster
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Interested in what makes the world go round and playing in a brass band. Be kind if you can. Following Pompey since 1967, a rollercoaster ride! Proud alumna of the University of Portsmouth.
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition calling for a UK boycott now: 38d.gs/aba_
Sign the petition: tell the BBC to boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bos...
38d.gs
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The man is an utter disgrace to journalism.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Nigel’s Salad Days
Portrait of the (Con) Artist as a Young Nazi
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Dunce Hat Dickie might want to tread carefully…

An E in Maths, an E in Politics at A-Level, then a 2.2 in his Quantity Surveying Degree.

4 years later, aged 27, Tice was appointed CEO of the Sunley Group*.

*his family's company.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.

You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#BBC take note
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.

Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph

Because this does NOT add up!

No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…

🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France…”
I kid you not.
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 4:11 PM
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!

LET’S KEEP GOING!

If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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“Dear Diary,
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wonder if the BBC editors who censored the sentence about Trump's corruption in the latest Reith Lecture have read this?
This whole thing is so sad. @lawrenceodonnelljr.bsky.social covered it with compassion. Why doesn’t Trump’s family intervene?
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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John Major, "Populism is no longer a fringe problem of a few outlandish politicians. It is now mainstream and professional"

"We should recognise the threat it poses to democracy"

"Democracy has a lot to lose"

"Established political parties need to defeat populism, not copy it"
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Have I ever racially abused anyone?
"Never in a hurtful or insulting way"
"Not with intent"
In other words, "yes".
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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"I said that Nigel Farage never abused anyone in a hurtful or insulting way. What did I say Roy?"

"You said he's a racist twat"
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The former leader of Reform in Wales pled GUILTY to accepting bribes from Russia.

As hard as Farage may try, he cannot duck the scrutiny...

We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our politics - the people of Wales deserve full transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Stannary Brass Band - our schedule for December, come and watch us play!
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.

Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Remember how we kept getting told that a European Army was a REALLY BAD idea?
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.

Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM