SeagullSmith.bsky.social
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A lifetime in Education and supporting Brighton and Hove Albion.
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'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner
Last year Nigel Farage announced he had bought a house in Clacton, Essex, but in fact it was his partner Laure Ferrari, 46, who shelled out almost £900,000 for the property
www.mirror.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Putin is weak and useless. That’s why he causes chaos all over the world. His way of not looking like such a failure as a leader is to make other countries look worse, so Russia doesn’t look as shit in comparison.
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Putin is weak and useless. That’s why he causes chaos all over the world. His way of not looking like such a failure as a leader is to make other countries look worse, so Russia doesn’t look as shit in comparison.
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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The man who has put up the most England flags in Manchester was caught in 2016 trying to smuggle 4 Vietnamese people into the UK.
Now he is out of prison hanging up flags.
Any old grift.
Now he is out of prison hanging up flags.
Any old grift.
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The man who has put up the most England flags in Manchester was caught in 2016 trying to smuggle 4 Vietnamese people into the UK.
Now he is out of prison hanging up flags.
Any old grift.
Now he is out of prison hanging up flags.
Any old grift.
Her sentence followed guidelines. Personally, particularly with prisons so crowded, I’d have liked to see doing several hundred hours of Community Payback, anonymously painting community centres or litter picking rather than becoming the Rights new ‘political’ martyr.
It’s a bit of a double edged question though.
She is a wrong ‘un. No doubt.
The sentence was too harsh, but she was, rightly, sentenced in line with the sentencing guidelines. It’s the guidelines that are wrong. The level of sentencing inflation in this country over the last 20 years is wild.
She is a wrong ‘un. No doubt.
The sentence was too harsh, but she was, rightly, sentenced in line with the sentencing guidelines. It’s the guidelines that are wrong. The level of sentencing inflation in this country over the last 20 years is wild.
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Her sentence followed guidelines. Personally, particularly with prisons so crowded, I’d have liked to see doing several hundred hours of Community Payback, anonymously painting community centres or litter picking rather than becoming the Rights new ‘political’ martyr.
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Polling on Lucy Connolly tweet following her release finds that 35% think her sentence too harsh, but the majority of Brits: 52% say it was about right or too lenient. Most 2024 Reform voters say too harsh, Tory voters split harsh or lenient/about right. Most Labour/LD/Green the latter
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Polling on Lucy Connolly tweet following her release finds that 35% think her sentence too harsh, but the majority of Brits: 52% say it was about right or too lenient. Most 2024 Reform voters say too harsh, Tory voters split harsh or lenient/about right. Most Labour/LD/Green the latter
Unless they already have a lifetime ban!
Heart of England, seven and a half thousand at a third tier football game, no sign of any protests, a few flags en route.
Notably, none of those calling for riots under thin cover of concern for the country are football fans.
Notably, none of those calling for riots under thin cover of concern for the country are football fans.
August 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unless they already have a lifetime ban!
Seems slogans like that can get you elected 🤷♂️
Far too many bought “Take back control” and “Get Brexit done”.
August 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Seems slogans like that can get you elected 🤷♂️
Seems that’s true of enough of the public to give him a massive majority under our current electoral system.
The British public don’t do critical thinking and Farage knows it.
August 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Seems that’s true of enough of the public to give him a massive majority under our current electoral system.
And how many UK voters buy into his simplistic ‘common sense’ solution to a complex international challenge.
He may well with our fawning national press and broadcaster’s level of scrutiny
August 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And how many UK voters buy into his simplistic ‘common sense’ solution to a complex international challenge.
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Right. I'm going through Reform UK's accounts for 2024.
Huge jump in income from donations: "The accounts included show the Party received donations from both individuals and corporates, amounting to a total of £10,206,321 (2023; £1,345,614)"
Huge jump in income from donations: "The accounts included show the Party received donations from both individuals and corporates, amounting to a total of £10,206,321 (2023; £1,345,614)"
August 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Right. I'm going through Reform UK's accounts for 2024.
Huge jump in income from donations: "The accounts included show the Party received donations from both individuals and corporates, amounting to a total of £10,206,321 (2023; £1,345,614)"
Huge jump in income from donations: "The accounts included show the Party received donations from both individuals and corporates, amounting to a total of £10,206,321 (2023; £1,345,614)"
British press barons for British people. 😉🇬🇧
The UK press needs to be brought back under full UK resident owners. They are completely out of control !
...if Labour don't do something about it, they won't survive the next election.
...if Labour don't do something about it, they won't survive the next election.
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
British press barons for British people. 😉🇬🇧
“While we understand the clear potential for offence, our assessment found that the brief use of this language was, in our view, employed to provoke debate, and was likely to be in line with audience expectations for this channel and show.” 🤷♂️
“While we understand the clear potential for offence... this language was in line with audience expectations for this channel.”
So, make your channel a sewer and you're free to pump out shite?
Ludicrous by @ofcom.bsky.social. The clue is in the word "STANDARDS".
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
So, make your channel a sewer and you're free to pump out shite?
Ludicrous by @ofcom.bsky.social. The clue is in the word "STANDARDS".
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Call to Shoot Disabled Benefit Claimants
The watchdog also refused to investigate a complaint about a presenter's use of an anti-trans slur, saying the comments were "in line with audience expectations for this channel"
bylinetimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“While we understand the clear potential for offence, our assessment found that the brief use of this language was, in our view, employed to provoke debate, and was likely to be in line with audience expectations for this channel and show.” 🤷♂️
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This is probably the episode that I would Clockwork-Orange-force every Labour politician to listen to.
The amount of work that went into this 75 minutes almost killed me. I hope you get a lot of joy and insight from it. x
The amount of work that went into this 75 minutes almost killed me. I hope you get a lot of joy and insight from it. x
New: 🐸 AESOP III - How to Lose a Donkey in 10 Ways
🐇 What is the moral of "The Tortoise & The Hare"?🐺 What is the warning in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"?🦊 What does "sour grapes" mean?
You're probably wrong about all three.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5hxS...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
🐇 What is the moral of "The Tortoise & The Hare"?🐺 What is the warning in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"?🦊 What does "sour grapes" mean?
You're probably wrong about all three.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5hxS...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
AESOP III - How to Lose a Donkey in 10 Ways
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 12/08/2025 · 1h 22m
podcasts.apple.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is probably the episode that I would Clockwork-Orange-force every Labour politician to listen to.
The amount of work that went into this 75 minutes almost killed me. I hope you get a lot of joy and insight from it. x
The amount of work that went into this 75 minutes almost killed me. I hope you get a lot of joy and insight from it. x
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Far from solving problems, Reform UK invent them...
The stoking of divisions and spread of misinformation is dangerous for our democracy and our communities.
The stoking of divisions and spread of misinformation is dangerous for our democracy and our communities.
July 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Far from solving problems, Reform UK invent them...
The stoking of divisions and spread of misinformation is dangerous for our democracy and our communities.
The stoking of divisions and spread of misinformation is dangerous for our democracy and our communities.
Quiet Riot also have interesting discussions and guests
I’d add Byline Times to the UK list.
February 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Quiet Riot also have interesting discussions and guests
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Trump is making announcements that will hit his core supporters hard. It's as if he's indifferent to the future prospects of Republicans in elections. But he is, of course. He's not running a government; he's running a coup, and elections are not on his agenda. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
Trump’s assumptions don’t stack – unless democracy is taken out of the equation
The FT has a headline this morning that says:
In principle, I have no problem with the US cutting its defence spending: the military-industrial complex has been a curse of modern times, as the late...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Trump is making announcements that will hit his core supporters hard. It's as if he's indifferent to the future prospects of Republicans in elections. But he is, of course. He's not running a government; he's running a coup, and elections are not on his agenda. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
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Excellent local news here.
As of 1 April 2025 2nd home properties will pay double council tax unless have an exception from North Norfolk District Council, The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk or Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
The money will fund will fund affordable housing & homelessness services.
Details 👇
The money will fund will fund affordable housing & homelessness services.
Details 👇
Housing, homelessness and local services to benefit from 100% council tax premium on second homes
www.north-norfolk.gov.uk
February 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excellent local news here.
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Shocked by Trailfinders - surely GBNews is against everything they stand for? Won't be using them again!
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Shocked by Trailfinders - surely GBNews is against everything they stand for? Won't be using them again!
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NEW — DOGE is preparing to purge an unknown number of USAID accounts. Source in the dept. said Musk youth employee Gavin Kliger has been made administrator of all systems, bypassing usual clearance process. If an account is shut down, employee loses access to email, shared files, internal systems.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW — DOGE is preparing to purge an unknown number of USAID accounts. Source in the dept. said Musk youth employee Gavin Kliger has been made administrator of all systems, bypassing usual clearance process. If an account is shut down, employee loses access to email, shared files, internal systems.
Byline tv on YouTube plus their regular podcasts too.
I’d add Byline Times to the UK list.
February 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Byline tv on YouTube plus their regular podcasts too.
That’s a good idea. 👍
February 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That’s a good idea. 👍
I’d add Byline Times to the UK list.
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’d add Byline Times to the UK list.
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CON/REF 46%
LAB/LD/GRN 47%
But tell us again MSM how there’s a right wing surge.
The real story is that even with all the artificial hype for Reform from the shill press, the country is still voting centre left.
LAB/LD/GRN 47%
But tell us again MSM how there’s a right wing surge.
The real story is that even with all the artificial hype for Reform from the shill press, the country is still voting centre left.
February 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
CON/REF 46%
LAB/LD/GRN 47%
But tell us again MSM how there’s a right wing surge.
The real story is that even with all the artificial hype for Reform from the shill press, the country is still voting centre left.
LAB/LD/GRN 47%
But tell us again MSM how there’s a right wing surge.
The real story is that even with all the artificial hype for Reform from the shill press, the country is still voting centre left.