Paul McFarlane
@pmcfar10.bsky.social
Minority Lawyer of the Year 2019| Partner | Board Director| Former Chair of ELA | I also run. Posts and RePosts doesn’t express my personal views.
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Did Farage get his trip to Mar A Lago paid by Cottrell to negotiate his aide and donor's fraud pardon?
Nigel Farage took a Mar-a-Lago trip, paid for by ex-convict BFF George Cottrell months ago. See it in his expenses here.
Nigel Farage took a Mar-a-Lago trip, paid for by ex-convict BFF George Cottrell months ago. See it in his expenses here.
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Did Farage get his trip to Mar A Lago paid by Cottrell to negotiate his aide and donor's fraud pardon?
Nigel Farage took a Mar-a-Lago trip, paid for by ex-convict BFF George Cottrell months ago. See it in his expenses here.
Nigel Farage took a Mar-a-Lago trip, paid for by ex-convict BFF George Cottrell months ago. See it in his expenses here.
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Trump promised to lower prices — it hasn’t worked out that way
A review of nearly 170 items tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows where inflation has hit hardest in 2025.
A review of nearly 170 items tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows where inflation has hit hardest in 2025.
Opinion | Trump promised to lower prices — it hasn’t worked out that way
Philip Bump: A review of nearly 170 items tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows where inflation has hit hardest in 2025.
www.ms.now
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump promised to lower prices — it hasn’t worked out that way
A review of nearly 170 items tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows where inflation has hit hardest in 2025.
A review of nearly 170 items tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows where inflation has hit hardest in 2025.
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"The King's message tops Christmas Day TV ratings," the BBC's news headline read breathlessly today. But behind the glossy figures, there's a story the corporation is unwilling to tell ✍️ www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The King's message tops Christmas Day TV ratings," the BBC's news headline read breathlessly today. But behind the glossy figures, there's a story the corporation is unwilling to tell ✍️ www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Starmer’s foreign aid cuts are undermining UK security abroad while empowering Putin and harming the world’s most vulnerable | Peter Sagar
Starmer’s Foreign Aid cuts are weakening Britain – and handing Putin an opening in the Balkans
Starmer’s foreign aid cuts are undermining UK security abroad while empowering Putin and harming the world’s most vulnerable
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Starmer’s foreign aid cuts are undermining UK security abroad while empowering Putin and harming the world’s most vulnerable | Peter Sagar
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President Donald Trump previously described the donor as a "friend of mine" and a "patriot."
Trump 'Friend' Who Gave $130 Million For Military Pay Is Billionaire Timothy Mellon: Report
President Donald Trump previously described the donor as a "friend of mine" and a "patriot."
www.huffpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
President Donald Trump previously described the donor as a "friend of mine" and a "patriot."
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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The Duchess of York, the former wife of Prince Andrew, allegedly called the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein a 'supreme friend' in a leaked email
Duchess of York called Jeffrey Epstein 'supreme friend' in leaked email
www.thenational.scot
September 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The Duchess of York, the former wife of Prince Andrew, allegedly called the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein a 'supreme friend' in a leaked email
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THIS is why I get annoyed. We are three people, working out of a basement, while holding down full time jobs.
It took us UNDER TWO MINUTES to sum up the framework within which the Jimmy Kimmel suspension sits, and begin the conversation *with what he actually said*.
How can it be beyond BBC News?
It took us UNDER TWO MINUTES to sum up the framework within which the Jimmy Kimmel suspension sits, and begin the conversation *with what he actually said*.
How can it be beyond BBC News?
September 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
THIS is why I get annoyed. We are three people, working out of a basement, while holding down full time jobs.
It took us UNDER TWO MINUTES to sum up the framework within which the Jimmy Kimmel suspension sits, and begin the conversation *with what he actually said*.
How can it be beyond BBC News?
It took us UNDER TWO MINUTES to sum up the framework within which the Jimmy Kimmel suspension sits, and begin the conversation *with what he actually said*.
How can it be beyond BBC News?
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Interesting to read there are rumours of getting rid of the 5% Vat on domestic energy bills. This would of course cut people's costs. Yet it would in cash terms benefit higher users more, they are often (though not always) higher earners. CONT
September 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Interesting to read there are rumours of getting rid of the 5% Vat on domestic energy bills. This would of course cut people's costs. Yet it would in cash terms benefit higher users more, they are often (though not always) higher earners. CONT
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Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away
September 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away
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Nigel Farage failed to register US trip for Trump fundraiser
The Reform leader could face a standards investigation after an appearance at a Republican dinner in Florida where hospitality packages cost up to $25,000
www.thetimes.com/article/aad7...
The Reform leader could face a standards investigation after an appearance at a Republican dinner in Florida where hospitality packages cost up to $25,000
www.thetimes.com/article/aad7...
Nigel Farage failed to register US trip for Trump fundraiser
The Reform leader could face a standards investigation after an appearance at a Republican dinner in Florida where hospitality packages cost up to $25,000
www.thetimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Nigel Farage failed to register US trip for Trump fundraiser
The Reform leader could face a standards investigation after an appearance at a Republican dinner in Florida where hospitality packages cost up to $25,000
www.thetimes.com/article/aad7...
The Reform leader could face a standards investigation after an appearance at a Republican dinner in Florida where hospitality packages cost up to $25,000
www.thetimes.com/article/aad7...
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This is an excellent piece by @berryadrianc.bsky.social. cosmopolismigration.com/2025/09/11/t...
The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations
The suggestion that the United Kingdom might withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights for immigration purposes is misconceived. To contend that ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without …
cosmopolismigration.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is an excellent piece by @berryadrianc.bsky.social. cosmopolismigration.com/2025/09/11/t...
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A gasoline shortage is headline news in today's Russian papers, which report: “Russia on the verge of a full-scale fuel crisis” and “In Primorye [Russian Far East] & Khabarovsk region drivers report kilometre-long queues at gas stations.” #ReadingRussia
"Russia on the verge of full-scale fuel crisis" reports Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A gasoline shortage is headline news in today's Russian papers, which report: “Russia on the verge of a full-scale fuel crisis” and “In Primorye [Russian Far East] & Khabarovsk region drivers report kilometre-long queues at gas stations.” #ReadingRussia
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“Dropping this right after American eagle mess is diabolical genius,” one TikTok user commented.
Gap’s Collab With Diverse Pop Group Goes Viral After Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Controversy
“Dropping this right after American eagle mess is diabolical genius,” one TikTok user commented.
www.huffpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Dropping this right after American eagle mess is diabolical genius,” one TikTok user commented.
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Will selling off community centres, sports clubs & nurseries fix the local authority funding crisis? No.
Will giving more councils the power to borrow in the short-term to fund everyday services fix the local government funding crisis? Also no.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Will giving more councils the power to borrow in the short-term to fund everyday services fix the local government funding crisis? Also no.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council debt 2025: Scale of local authority deficits revealed
Hundreds of council-owned buildings being sold as local authorities seek to reduce debts of £122bn.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Will selling off community centres, sports clubs & nurseries fix the local authority funding crisis? No.
Will giving more councils the power to borrow in the short-term to fund everyday services fix the local government funding crisis? Also no.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Will giving more councils the power to borrow in the short-term to fund everyday services fix the local government funding crisis? Also no.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Robert Bloom, North Northamptonshire Reform UK councillor resigns over serious racism allegations.
This is shocking.
Reform UK has a racism problem.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
This is shocking.
Reform UK has a racism problem.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Corby Reform councillor resigns over serious racism allegations
Reform councillor Robert Bloom, who has been in his North Northamptonshire Council post for just 117 days, has resigned after a neighbour alleged he used appalling racial slurs toward her family.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Robert Bloom, North Northamptonshire Reform UK councillor resigns over serious racism allegations.
This is shocking.
Reform UK has a racism problem.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
This is shocking.
Reform UK has a racism problem.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
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Reform UK’s Joseph Boam has been sacked as Deputy Leader of Leicestershire County Council by Dan Harrison.
Apparently Reform UK are putting out a statement that he didn’t have time to properly commit to the role, funny being it’s his only job.
Apparently Reform UK are putting out a statement that he didn’t have time to properly commit to the role, funny being it’s his only job.
August 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Reform UK’s Joseph Boam has been sacked as Deputy Leader of Leicestershire County Council by Dan Harrison.
Apparently Reform UK are putting out a statement that he didn’t have time to properly commit to the role, funny being it’s his only job.
Apparently Reform UK are putting out a statement that he didn’t have time to properly commit to the role, funny being it’s his only job.
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
August 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.
July 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.
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Did you know Black soldiers were overrepresented in combat deaths and frontline roles during the Vietnam War? In 1965, Black Americans made up just 11% of the U.S. population 👇🏾
July 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Did you know Black soldiers were overrepresented in combat deaths and frontline roles during the Vietnam War? In 1965, Black Americans made up just 11% of the U.S. population 👇🏾
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Ed Davey making the same point right here.
July 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ed Davey making the same point right here.
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You couldn’t make it up. Farage wants to boost inward migration—but only for the ultra-rich. He calls it Reform, writes Prof Richard Murphy. We call it a con trick dressed up as compassion.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
Farage’s dodgy new plan to boost migration into the UK
Reform’s migration plans may be a big surprise to their supporters. Take from the poor and give to the rich
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You couldn’t make it up. Farage wants to boost inward migration—but only for the ultra-rich. He calls it Reform, writes Prof Richard Murphy. We call it a con trick dressed up as compassion.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks