StopLying.UK
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Seeking truth in british politics. Fighting the far right. Rejoin the EU. Anti Trump/Musk lies. Normal.
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Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’
Covid-bereaved families have called for Boris Johnson to lose access to public funds and said they will pursue all legal options for personal accountability after a damning report into his handling of the pandemic.
The families said they want all privileges Johnson receives as a former prime minister, including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council and access to the public duty costs allowance, to be withdrawn. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
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It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Extraordinary, when you think about it, that anyone could look at former *head of communications for Theresa May* Robbie Gibb & think ‘now that’s exactly the skillset we need a slice of’.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member quits after being ‘cut out’ of talks over liberal bias claims
Shumeet Banerji was away during crucial discussions that led to resignation of director general and BBC News chief
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Extraordinary, when you think about it, that anyone could look at former *head of communications for Theresa May* Robbie Gibb & think ‘now that’s exactly the skillset we need a slice of’.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
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There was a bloke called Nathan Gill
Who's turned out to be a Russian shill
There is no disputin'
He's an asset to putin
Now time for the one on Capitol Hill
Who's turned out to be a Russian shill
There is no disputin'
He's an asset to putin
Now time for the one on Capitol Hill
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There was a bloke called Nathan Gill
Who's turned out to be a Russian shill
There is no disputin'
He's an asset to putin
Now time for the one on Capitol Hill
Who's turned out to be a Russian shill
There is no disputin'
He's an asset to putin
Now time for the one on Capitol Hill
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But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
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Johnson and his lot should all be in prison for manslaughter
"Chaos in No 10"
"Decision-making too slow"
"Vulnerable people weren’t protected"
"Messages were confusing"
"Politicians didn’t understand the science"
"No support for experts"
#CovidInquiry
"Chaos in No 10"
"Decision-making too slow"
"Vulnerable people weren’t protected"
"Messages were confusing"
"Politicians didn’t understand the science"
"No support for experts"
#CovidInquiry
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Johnson and his lot should all be in prison for manslaughter
"Chaos in No 10"
"Decision-making too slow"
"Vulnerable people weren’t protected"
"Messages were confusing"
"Politicians didn’t understand the science"
"No support for experts"
#CovidInquiry
"Chaos in No 10"
"Decision-making too slow"
"Vulnerable people weren’t protected"
"Messages were confusing"
"Politicians didn’t understand the science"
"No support for experts"
#CovidInquiry
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"Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country
It’s time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our country"
It’s time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our country"
Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure
The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics – but he’s been leaning further into the international far right
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country
It’s time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our country"
It’s time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our country"
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This is a wonderfully detailed bit of reporting. On the other hand, Kemi Badenoch is adamant that Kemi Badenoch never commits gaffes…
Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer
Stanford University ex-staff and experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16, saying it is an impossible scenario
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Stanford University ex-staff and experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16, saying it is an impossible scenario
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer
Stanford University staff and academic experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is a wonderfully detailed bit of reporting. On the other hand, Kemi Badenoch is adamant that Kemi Badenoch never commits gaffes…
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
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The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it.
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
How should Labour and the Tories respond to the populist right? Lessons from Europe
The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it.
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
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Just heard a General talking about this Norway deal. We beat a lot of other bidding countries. Our team did the best job. It means the North Atlantic is safer and will be the best served with state of the art sub detecting capability. Well done Labour
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just heard a General talking about this Norway deal. We beat a lot of other bidding countries. Our team did the best job. It means the North Atlantic is safer and will be the best served with state of the art sub detecting capability. Well done Labour
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Labour’s planned changes
zero-hours workers will get the right to a guaranteed-hours contract reflecting their hours over a 12-week reference period.
This comes alongside other measures including day-one protections against unfair dismissal and rolling back trade union restrictions.
Labour 👍
zero-hours workers will get the right to a guaranteed-hours contract reflecting their hours over a 12-week reference period.
This comes alongside other measures including day-one protections against unfair dismissal and rolling back trade union restrictions.
Labour 👍
August 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Labour’s planned changes
zero-hours workers will get the right to a guaranteed-hours contract reflecting their hours over a 12-week reference period.
This comes alongside other measures including day-one protections against unfair dismissal and rolling back trade union restrictions.
Labour 👍
zero-hours workers will get the right to a guaranteed-hours contract reflecting their hours over a 12-week reference period.
This comes alongside other measures including day-one protections against unfair dismissal and rolling back trade union restrictions.
Labour 👍
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Imagine being so ‘patriotic’ you spend your Saturday vandalising roundabouts like Temu Banksy.
NHS underfunded, schools crumbling, but don’t worry — we’ve got freshly glossed patriotism between Tesco and the A46.
NHS underfunded, schools crumbling, but don’t worry — we’ve got freshly glossed patriotism between Tesco and the A46.
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Imagine being so ‘patriotic’ you spend your Saturday vandalising roundabouts like Temu Banksy.
NHS underfunded, schools crumbling, but don’t worry — we’ve got freshly glossed patriotism between Tesco and the A46.
NHS underfunded, schools crumbling, but don’t worry — we’ve got freshly glossed patriotism between Tesco and the A46.
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I see that the folk who stretched interpretations of law / politics to absurdity around Brexit are now doing the same about leaving the ECHR. Is there an Article 24 we can invoke?
Read this instead... davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
Read this instead... davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement
1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media sup…
davidallengreen.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I see that the folk who stretched interpretations of law / politics to absurdity around Brexit are now doing the same about leaving the ECHR. Is there an Article 24 we can invoke?
Read this instead... davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
Read this instead... davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
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I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
September 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
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Utter hypocrisy and bandwagon jumping from the party that set up every asylum hotel and made them necessary by slowing down the processing of applications. The Tories are a joke.
August 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Utter hypocrisy and bandwagon jumping from the party that set up every asylum hotel and made them necessary by slowing down the processing of applications. The Tories are a joke.
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Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain’s streets is a disgrace
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain’s streets is a disgrace
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain’s streets is a disgrace
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain’s streets is a disgrace
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
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My issue with the performative smothering of union flags and st george's crosses everywhere isn't about the flags. It's that it's not very British. We've never been ones to carpet the place with our flag. We're not Americans. It's this lack of respect for our country's traditions that annoys me.
August 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My issue with the performative smothering of union flags and st george's crosses everywhere isn't about the flags. It's that it's not very British. We've never been ones to carpet the place with our flag. We're not Americans. It's this lack of respect for our country's traditions that annoys me.
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Once more for the dimwits at the back:
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
August 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Once more for the dimwits at the back:
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
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Reform UK’s Data Harvesting Websites
Reform UK have a habit of creating ‘do nothing’ campaigns to harvest user data for wider Reform UK marketing. Most of these do not allow you to sign the petition or register support without signing up to Reform UK marketing.
Reform UK have a habit of creating ‘do nothing’ campaigns to harvest user data for wider Reform UK marketing. Most of these do not allow you to sign the petition or register support without signing up to Reform UK marketing.
August 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Reform UK’s Data Harvesting Websites
Reform UK have a habit of creating ‘do nothing’ campaigns to harvest user data for wider Reform UK marketing. Most of these do not allow you to sign the petition or register support without signing up to Reform UK marketing.
Reform UK have a habit of creating ‘do nothing’ campaigns to harvest user data for wider Reform UK marketing. Most of these do not allow you to sign the petition or register support without signing up to Reform UK marketing.
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There's no credible evidence asylum seekers commit more crime, or are guilty of more sexual assaults. I am so sick of being force-fed lies by these mendacious thugs in their expensive suits.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There's no credible evidence asylum seekers commit more crime, or are guilty of more sexual assaults. I am so sick of being force-fed lies by these mendacious thugs in their expensive suits.
share.google/WCAREyAQN5TG...
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Yet no pushback from the government who should be calling these liars out on a daily basis rather than letting them lead the agenda.
Where are they?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Where are they?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yet no pushback from the government who should be calling these liars out on a daily basis rather than letting them lead the agenda.
Where are they?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Where are they?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...