@shelagh9.bsky.social
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the US is what rampant militarised populist nationalism looks like. Don't stop paying attention.
Below are just some of the actions that I added to the TrumpActionTracker this morning
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Below are just some of the actions that I added to the TrumpActionTracker this morning
www.trumpactiontracker.info
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
the US is what rampant militarised populist nationalism looks like. Don't stop paying attention.
Below are just some of the actions that I added to the TrumpActionTracker this morning
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Below are just some of the actions that I added to the TrumpActionTracker this morning
www.trumpactiontracker.info
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As former UKIP MEP denies accepting Russian bribes, a reminder that #NigelFarage was "thick as thieves" with another Brexiter who was convicted of that crime.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
@goldbergradio.bsky.social with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Farage
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 06/10/2025 · 17m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As former UKIP MEP denies accepting Russian bribes, a reminder that #NigelFarage was "thick as thieves" with another Brexiter who was convicted of that crime.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
@goldbergradio.bsky.social with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
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Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring exposed how a Kremlin-linked influence network operated in plain sight - and how the government chose not to look.
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring exposed how a Kremlin-linked influence network operated in plain sight - and how the government chose not to look.
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Raise £100,000 to turn our incredible momentum into election wins. Will you help us beat reform in May?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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This is London’s year as the undisputed capital of women’s sport and we're proud to see the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035™ Bid submitted today.
The capital stands ready to help stage an amazing festival of football that will grow the women’s game and leave a lasting legacy ⚽
The capital stands ready to help stage an amazing festival of football that will grow the women’s game and leave a lasting legacy ⚽
All Together - UK FIFA Women's World Cup 2035 bid
The UK's four Home Nations - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales - deliver bid to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2035
www.thefa.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is London’s year as the undisputed capital of women’s sport and we're proud to see the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2035™ Bid submitted today.
The capital stands ready to help stage an amazing festival of football that will grow the women’s game and leave a lasting legacy ⚽
The capital stands ready to help stage an amazing festival of football that will grow the women’s game and leave a lasting legacy ⚽
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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I'm a member of the Green Party, and I've just donated.
If you can afford to and you want to see decent, humane local and national government policies that support the poor, migrants and the environment, please donate as well.
Either way, please repost.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
If you can afford to and you want to see decent, humane local and national government policies that support the poor, migrants and the environment, please donate as well.
Either way, please repost.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm a member of the Green Party, and I've just donated.
If you can afford to and you want to see decent, humane local and national government policies that support the poor, migrants and the environment, please donate as well.
Either way, please repost.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
If you can afford to and you want to see decent, humane local and national government policies that support the poor, migrants and the environment, please donate as well.
Either way, please repost.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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🔴Delighted to say I'll be doing more reporting for @bylinetimes.bsky.social over the coming months.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🔴Delighted to say I'll be doing more reporting for @bylinetimes.bsky.social over the coming months.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
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"That Boris Johnson had worryingly poor personal character credentials for high office indeed might not surprise many... but why was he elected to such an office which demands robust responsibility, and why is the man not been held for accountable for gross misconduct when in office?"
#Covid19
#Covid19
Not being surprised – inaction is our enemies’ lifeline
A sense of outrage, déjà vu and exasperation at the state of the present – the comment “I’m not surprised” is not relevant, the question should be, what to do?
bylines.scot
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"That Boris Johnson had worryingly poor personal character credentials for high office indeed might not surprise many... but why was he elected to such an office which demands robust responsibility, and why is the man not been held for accountable for gross misconduct when in office?"
#Covid19
#Covid19
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Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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I'm constantly shocked (but not surprised) by how little we discuss the additional financial burden placed on young people by the Clegg-Cameron student loan regime.
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
www.newstatesman.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm constantly shocked (but not surprised) by how little we discuss the additional financial burden placed on young people by the Clegg-Cameron student loan regime.
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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'You've answered the question clearly.'
This comes across more than once in this interview by @zackpolanski.bsky.social
We should all be cutting through the noise & clickbait headlines, and actually listen to someone who isn't fudging or avoiding answers.
This comes across more than once in this interview by @zackpolanski.bsky.social
We should all be cutting through the noise & clickbait headlines, and actually listen to someone who isn't fudging or avoiding answers.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM
🧵 PART 2/4
🧵 PART 2/4
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
'You've answered the question clearly.'
This comes across more than once in this interview by @zackpolanski.bsky.social
We should all be cutting through the noise & clickbait headlines, and actually listen to someone who isn't fudging or avoiding answers.
This comes across more than once in this interview by @zackpolanski.bsky.social
We should all be cutting through the noise & clickbait headlines, and actually listen to someone who isn't fudging or avoiding answers.
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Ah. It’s five years since I wrote this elegy about leaving the EU - and nearly 50 years since the adventure happened (not). But the dream lives on!
The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage
bylinetimes.com/2020/12/30/t...
The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage
bylinetimes.com/2020/12/30/t...
The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage
Hi-jacked while hitchhiking, knife fights with Germans, camping on French rubbish tips... now Britain’s divorce from the EU is finalised, Peter Jukes reflects on his teenage dreams of an ever-deeper u...
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ah. It’s five years since I wrote this elegy about leaving the EU - and nearly 50 years since the adventure happened (not). But the dream lives on!
The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage
bylinetimes.com/2020/12/30/t...
The Idea of Europe: Peter and Markie’s Loon-Clad 70s Euro-Rampage
bylinetimes.com/2020/12/30/t...
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It's Thanksgiving in the US today.
The world feels so bleak right now. Like we lifted up old lino to reveal a swarm of giant woodlice. Giant fascist woodlice. And you think: "Jeez, have we been living here, day after day, completely unaware of all these giant bugs right under our feet?" 1/4
The world feels so bleak right now. Like we lifted up old lino to reveal a swarm of giant woodlice. Giant fascist woodlice. And you think: "Jeez, have we been living here, day after day, completely unaware of all these giant bugs right under our feet?" 1/4
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's Thanksgiving in the US today.
The world feels so bleak right now. Like we lifted up old lino to reveal a swarm of giant woodlice. Giant fascist woodlice. And you think: "Jeez, have we been living here, day after day, completely unaware of all these giant bugs right under our feet?" 1/4
The world feels so bleak right now. Like we lifted up old lino to reveal a swarm of giant woodlice. Giant fascist woodlice. And you think: "Jeez, have we been living here, day after day, completely unaware of all these giant bugs right under our feet?" 1/4
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Thought this was a great interview. Zack, in a move almost unheard of amongst British politicians, managed to sound like a sensible, normal, intelligent person! And amazing for the Greens to get that "big political interview" slot on the PM show the day after the budget!
Radio 4 PM: “Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives us his view on the budget - and his plans for the future.”
⏩ jump to 32m40s:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
⏩ jump to 32m40s:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
PM - Net migration falls dramatically - BBC Sounds
UK net migration sees a significant drop in arrivals for work and study.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thought this was a great interview. Zack, in a move almost unheard of amongst British politicians, managed to sound like a sensible, normal, intelligent person! And amazing for the Greens to get that "big political interview" slot on the PM show the day after the budget!
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Why this matters:
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why this matters:
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
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Nigel Farage to address far-right rally in Germany www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Nigel Farage to address far-right rally in Germany
Former Ukip leader accepts invitation by the granddaughter of Hitler's finance minister, Beatrix von Storch, to speak at Spandau Citadel in Berlin
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nigel Farage to address far-right rally in Germany www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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Now over 61,000 🚀
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Now over 61,000 🚀
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🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello