Robert Brake
@roberto2000.bsky.social
Easy going, enjoy travel, hoping for closer ties to EU, pragmatic. Defected from “the other place”.
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An unusually sheepish Farage finally surfaced to say just a few words on getting thrashed by Plaid Cymru in the Caerphilly by-election..
Plse don’t share this as it’ll cause famously snowflake Reform supporters to get hurty feelings🙏🏼
Plse don’t share this as it’ll cause famously snowflake Reform supporters to get hurty feelings🙏🏼
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An unusually sheepish Farage finally surfaced to say just a few words on getting thrashed by Plaid Cymru in the Caerphilly by-election..
Plse don’t share this as it’ll cause famously snowflake Reform supporters to get hurty feelings🙏🏼
Plse don’t share this as it’ll cause famously snowflake Reform supporters to get hurty feelings🙏🏼
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is amazing!!
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Brexit was sold as a way to get rid of immigrants. It was as a lie
Now we are being asked the same again, to give up our rights to control immigration
It was a con then, and it is a con now
Now we are being asked the same again, to give up our rights to control immigration
It was a con then, and it is a con now
Today Nick Ferrari asked if treaties like the ECHR & the Refugee Convention that were drawn up in the wake of WWII are still relevant to modern Britain.
I said the context of racial hatred towards Muslim immigrants now echoes the hatred of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century. We need these laws.
I said the context of racial hatred towards Muslim immigrants now echoes the hatred of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century. We need these laws.
September 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Brexit was sold as a way to get rid of immigrants. It was as a lie
Now we are being asked the same again, to give up our rights to control immigration
It was a con then, and it is a con now
Now we are being asked the same again, to give up our rights to control immigration
It was a con then, and it is a con now
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Reform: the party that literally couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery. It's too easy a joke, but irresistible.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK summer party planned for Lancaster Brewery is cancelled by venue
A summer party for Reform UK politicians booked for Lancaster Brewery has been cancelled by the venue.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reform: the party that literally couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery. It's too easy a joke, but irresistible.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage still insisting that he has "never ever, ever suggested anything other than the NHS should be free".
Here's what he's said in the past behind closed doors
Here's what he's said in the past behind closed doors
May 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Nigel Farage still insisting that he has "never ever, ever suggested anything other than the NHS should be free".
Here's what he's said in the past behind closed doors
Here's what he's said in the past behind closed doors
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BREAKING: Moody’s has DOWNGRADED the United States’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 — the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agency’s history.
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
May 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: Moody’s has DOWNGRADED the United States’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 — the first-ever U.S. credit downgrade in the agency’s history.
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
“We do not believe that material multi-year reductions in mandatory spending and deficits will result from current fiscal proposals under consideration.”
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As we said #Clacton, he’s just not that in to you…
Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator
In addition to role as MP, Reform UK leader has gigs including Telegraph column and advertising gold bullion
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As we said #Clacton, he’s just not that in to you…
Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well, that so called “Brexit benefit” for U.K. goods being hit with a 10% tariff aged well.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU pauses counter-tariffs against US to 'give negotiations a chance'
The counter-tariffs agreed by EU countries were set to target almost €21 billion in American products, such as soybeans, copper and motorbikes. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Well, that so called “Brexit benefit” for U.K. goods being hit with a 10% tariff aged well.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop employers covering up abuse
Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table
Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
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Come CLEAN Rupert Lowe.
Reform UK MP caught lying?
He posted about litter left “for a cleaner by one of the young foreign males...” in a hotel.
He’s been called out by M&S “Must have been a fairly long time since the room was cleaned - that smoothie was changed at least 5yrs ago.”
Total fraud?
Reform UK MP caught lying?
He posted about litter left “for a cleaner by one of the young foreign males...” in a hotel.
He’s been called out by M&S “Must have been a fairly long time since the room was cleaned - that smoothie was changed at least 5yrs ago.”
Total fraud?
February 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Come CLEAN Rupert Lowe.
Reform UK MP caught lying?
He posted about litter left “for a cleaner by one of the young foreign males...” in a hotel.
He’s been called out by M&S “Must have been a fairly long time since the room was cleaned - that smoothie was changed at least 5yrs ago.”
Total fraud?
Reform UK MP caught lying?
He posted about litter left “for a cleaner by one of the young foreign males...” in a hotel.
He’s been called out by M&S “Must have been a fairly long time since the room was cleaned - that smoothie was changed at least 5yrs ago.”
Total fraud?
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Labour is going to have to have to pull off a blinder over the next few years if we're to avoid the country falling for a very slick, Musk funded campaign from Farage and Co. They achieved it with Brexit, and its not unrealistic to assume people will buy into his ye old England fantasy bollox again.
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Labour is going to have to have to pull off a blinder over the next few years if we're to avoid the country falling for a very slick, Musk funded campaign from Farage and Co. They achieved it with Brexit, and its not unrealistic to assume people will buy into his ye old England fantasy bollox again.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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I wouldn’t mind seeing #RejoinEU trend on here.
a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle waving in the wind
ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle waving in the wind
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I wouldn’t mind seeing #RejoinEU trend on here.
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Absolute gold 🤣💜❄️
January 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Absolute gold 🤣💜❄️
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LIGHTS OUT META.
Meta-wide strike Jan 19-26.
Even if you’re not ready to go cold turkey, you can take a week off. Remind Zuckerberg who butters his bread.
Share this. Tell your friends and family.
Meta-wide strike Jan 19-26.
Even if you’re not ready to go cold turkey, you can take a week off. Remind Zuckerberg who butters his bread.
Share this. Tell your friends and family.
January 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
LIGHTS OUT META.
Meta-wide strike Jan 19-26.
Even if you’re not ready to go cold turkey, you can take a week off. Remind Zuckerberg who butters his bread.
Share this. Tell your friends and family.
Meta-wide strike Jan 19-26.
Even if you’re not ready to go cold turkey, you can take a week off. Remind Zuckerberg who butters his bread.
Share this. Tell your friends and family.
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UK retailers warn of 4.2% food price rise later this year.
Any chance of cutting profit margins, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks, thought not.
Visit any food bank and you will find supermarket workers queuing. Despite huge profits work doesn't pay enough.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Any chance of cutting profit margins, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks, thought not.
Visit any food bank and you will find supermarket workers queuing. Despite huge profits work doesn't pay enough.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Retailers warn of higher prices in 2025 and urge ministers to ease tax burden
Companies grappling with higher employment costs say price of food may rise by 4.2% in latter half of year
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
UK retailers warn of 4.2% food price rise later this year.
Any chance of cutting profit margins, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks, thought not.
Visit any food bank and you will find supermarket workers queuing. Despite huge profits work doesn't pay enough.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Any chance of cutting profit margins, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks, thought not.
Visit any food bank and you will find supermarket workers queuing. Despite huge profits work doesn't pay enough.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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For all my artist mates
January 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For all my artist mates
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When you think they can’t get any worse
Tory attempt to fundraise through grooming scandal petition exposed - 'breathtaking'
Tory attempt to fundraise through grooming scandal petition exposed - 'breathtaking'
Tory attempt to fundraise using grooming gangs petition exposed - 'breathtaking'
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of stooping to a 'new low' by trying to get donations for her party by 'playing politics with the safety of vulnerable children'
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
When you think they can’t get any worse
Tory attempt to fundraise through grooming scandal petition exposed - 'breathtaking'
Tory attempt to fundraise through grooming scandal petition exposed - 'breathtaking'
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These people are mentally disturbed.
January 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
These people are mentally disturbed.
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Finally, a headline that sums up (some, not all) of the costs of Brexit 5 in just 5 years
#Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Finally, a headline that sums up (some, not all) of the costs of Brexit 5 in just 5 years
#Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Ooohhhh, climate change is real when a golf course is involved but not when 8 billion lives are.
Got it.
Got it.
January 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Ooohhhh, climate change is real when a golf course is involved but not when 8 billion lives are.
Got it.
Got it.
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You know the drill
December 24, 2024 at 3:27 PM
You know the drill