StIves4EU
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Left the toxicity of Twitter/X Muskworld for a better place. Twitter handle was EUBest4Us. Do not reply to DMs. Location: Cambridgeshire.
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Be absolutely under no illusion about this.
We had far more shit in the rivers in the 70s than we do now.
We had far more shit in the rivers in the 70s than we do now.
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Be absolutely under no illusion about this.
We had far more shit in the rivers in the 70s than we do now.
We had far more shit in the rivers in the 70s than we do now.
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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‘King is anti-British,’ claimed Farage’s choice to lead Reform youth wing
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
‘King is anti-British,’ claimed Farage’s choice to lead Reform youth wing
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A damning indictment of Labour’s decisions.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A damning indictment of Labour’s decisions.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
From the jobs tax to business rates bills, the economy is barely spluttering along.
The Government must take up our plans to save our high streets, put money back in the pockets of families, and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
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How did those presenters keep a straight face
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How did those presenters keep a straight face
In the words of Mrs T., it looks like he's frit - but the Panorama story has given him an excuse. Doubt whether he will ask the BBC to use another interviewer and programme maker.
I think the BBC should broadcast it anyway, just replacing Farage with a tub of lard.
I think the BBC should broadcast it anyway, just replacing Farage with a tub of lard.
Don't tell me - the BBC has proved itself to be hostile to right whingers?
(I don't like the BBC news reporting, but I dislike Farage much more, plus, hes a coward)
(I don't like the BBC news reporting, but I dislike Farage much more, plus, hes a coward)
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In the words of Mrs T., it looks like he's frit - but the Panorama story has given him an excuse. Doubt whether he will ask the BBC to use another interviewer and programme maker.
I think the BBC should broadcast it anyway, just replacing Farage with a tub of lard.
I think the BBC should broadcast it anyway, just replacing Farage with a tub of lard.
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Daisy Cooper, "If we're going to have an honest conversation about tax, let's also have an honest conversation about growth"
"Brexit has been a disaster for this country"
"Brexit has wrapped up small businesses in red tape"
"For growth.. A UK-EU Customs Union"
"Brexit has been a disaster for this country"
"Brexit has wrapped up small businesses in red tape"
"For growth.. A UK-EU Customs Union"
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Daisy Cooper, "If we're going to have an honest conversation about tax, let's also have an honest conversation about growth"
"Brexit has been a disaster for this country"
"Brexit has wrapped up small businesses in red tape"
"For growth.. A UK-EU Customs Union"
"Brexit has been a disaster for this country"
"Brexit has wrapped up small businesses in red tape"
"For growth.. A UK-EU Customs Union"
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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The BBC should just say sorry again, and promise to play his Jan 6th speech in full. It feels like some are trying to argue that the BBC have somehow distorted the speech. Then play it in full. It’s all there in its full inciteful glory.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The BBC should just say sorry again, and promise to play his Jan 6th speech in full. It feels like some are trying to argue that the BBC have somehow distorted the speech. Then play it in full. It’s all there in its full inciteful glory.
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Trump was found as a matter of fact to be an insurrectionist by a US court
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Trump was found as a matter of fact to be an insurrectionist by a US court
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Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
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We have to stand up for our British institutions like the BBC.
There is a reason people like President Trump and Nigel Farage want to bring the BBC down.
That would make it easier for them to spread their misinformation unchallenged.
There is a reason people like President Trump and Nigel Farage want to bring the BBC down.
That would make it easier for them to spread their misinformation unchallenged.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We have to stand up for our British institutions like the BBC.
There is a reason people like President Trump and Nigel Farage want to bring the BBC down.
That would make it easier for them to spread their misinformation unchallenged.
There is a reason people like President Trump and Nigel Farage want to bring the BBC down.
That would make it easier for them to spread their misinformation unchallenged.
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
act.38degrees.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
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Mick Waddington is Reform UK's candidate in the Barnoldswick, Pendle by-election.
He's "campaiging to protect Pendle's care homes".
No one seems to have told him that Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close their care homes and day centres:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's "campaiging to protect Pendle's care homes".
No one seems to have told him that Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close their care homes and day centres:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Mick Waddington is Reform UK's candidate in the Barnoldswick, Pendle by-election.
He's "campaiging to protect Pendle's care homes".
No one seems to have told him that Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close their care homes and day centres:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's "campaiging to protect Pendle's care homes".
No one seems to have told him that Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close their care homes and day centres:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Is there nothing Farage won't do, nowhere he won't go to get the best for his constituents in Clacton?
One of the guests partying at Mar-a-Lago was Nigel Farage, by the way. For my British followers.
Guests eating fancy dinners in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ballroom as American families stand in line at food banks
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Is there nothing Farage won't do, nowhere he won't go to get the best for his constituents in Clacton?
It would be interesting to know what the figures are when adjusted for those Councillors who have changed their allegiance since May.
38 Reform Councillors have resigned from the party or have been expelled since May. Doubtful whether many have joined them in that time.
38 Reform Councillors have resigned from the party or have been expelled since May. Doubtful whether many have joined them in that time.
🔶It’s the #LibDems that continue to be the buffer to Reform U.K.💪
Whilst the other main parties lose seats or stay static the LIB DEMS are GAINING SEATS 💪
Aggregate Results of the 158 Council By-Elections since LE2025:
➡️ RFM: 54 (+46)
🔶 LDM: 47 (+19)
🟦 CON: 16 (-19)
🛑 LAB: 13 (-38)
💚 GRN: 11 (+1)
Whilst the other main parties lose seats or stay static the LIB DEMS are GAINING SEATS 💪
Aggregate Results of the 158 Council By-Elections since LE2025:
➡️ RFM: 54 (+46)
🔶 LDM: 47 (+19)
🟦 CON: 16 (-19)
🛑 LAB: 13 (-38)
💚 GRN: 11 (+1)
Aggregate Result of the 155 Council By-Elections (for 158 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 54 (+46)
LDM: 47 (+19)
CON: 16 (-19)
LAB: 13 (-38)
GRN: 11 (+1)
Ind: 9 (-3)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 54 (+46)
LDM: 47 (+19)
CON: 16 (-19)
LAB: 13 (-38)
GRN: 11 (+1)
Ind: 9 (-3)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It would be interesting to know what the figures are when adjusted for those Councillors who have changed their allegiance since May.
38 Reform Councillors have resigned from the party or have been expelled since May. Doubtful whether many have joined them in that time.
38 Reform Councillors have resigned from the party or have been expelled since May. Doubtful whether many have joined them in that time.
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Pattern continues: local by-elections are dominated by gains for Reform and Liberal Democrats.
Labour and Tories both in serious decline.
Labour and Tories both in serious decline.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Pattern continues: local by-elections are dominated by gains for Reform and Liberal Democrats.
Labour and Tories both in serious decline.
Labour and Tories both in serious decline.
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Now Labour have abandoned the principle of invest to save.
Ridiculous and shortsighted.
Ridiculous and shortsighted.
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Now Labour have abandoned the principle of invest to save.
Ridiculous and shortsighted.
Ridiculous and shortsighted.