The Bagus
@thebagus.bsky.social
Retired, gardener, walker, loves nature, environmentalist. Left leaning/green politics, feminist
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Local council chaos and scandal threaten Reform’s national ambitions
Local council chaos and scandal threaten Reform's national ambitions | Searchlight
Nigel Farage - chaos and scandal threaten his party's national ambitions (Photo: Owain Davies) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stormed into local government i ...
searchlightmagazine.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Local council chaos and scandal threaten Reform’s national ambitions
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Another defection from the Tories to Reform U.K. Ltd
We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform.
Reform really is becoming just the Turquoise Tories.
#TurquoiseTories
Booted out by voters in GE 2024, they think they can slide back in under Reform U.K. 🤷♂️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform.
Reform really is becoming just the Turquoise Tories.
#TurquoiseTories
Booted out by voters in GE 2024, they think they can slide back in under Reform U.K. 🤷♂️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Former Tory MP quits party for new Reform UK role
Nigel Farage recently batted off suggestions he was welcoming in too many ex-Tories
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Another defection from the Tories to Reform U.K. Ltd
We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform.
Reform really is becoming just the Turquoise Tories.
#TurquoiseTories
Booted out by voters in GE 2024, they think they can slide back in under Reform U.K. 🤷♂️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform.
Reform really is becoming just the Turquoise Tories.
#TurquoiseTories
Booted out by voters in GE 2024, they think they can slide back in under Reform U.K. 🤷♂️
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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A minimum tax on the EU's richest individuals will not discourage innovators and start-up founders from investing in the bloc, prominent economist Gabriel Zucman argued at our #POLITICO28 Gala.
Billionaire tax won’t stop innovation in EU, insists economist Zucman
Critics of his controversial tax proposal warn about the risk of scaring off investors.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A minimum tax on the EU's richest individuals will not discourage innovators and start-up founders from investing in the bloc, prominent economist Gabriel Zucman argued at our #POLITICO28 Gala.
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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Daisy Cooper is correct that Brexit is the cause of the rise in small boat crossings. Many experts and reports link Brexit to the rise in small boat crossings, primarily because leaving the EU ended the UK's participation in the Dublin Regulation.
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Daisy Cooper is correct that Brexit is the cause of the rise in small boat crossings. Many experts and reports link Brexit to the rise in small boat crossings, primarily because leaving the EU ended the UK's participation in the Dublin Regulation.
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This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Farage was wrong again!
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December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Farage was wrong again!
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Anthony Pierce admitted assault before he was Bishop, report claims
Anthony Pierce admitted assault before he was Bishop, report claims
Convicted sex offender and former bishop Anthony Pierce is accused of sexually abusing another boy.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Anthony Pierce admitted assault before he was Bishop, report claims
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A win! A federal appeals court ruled that Alina Habba had been serving unlawfully as the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey.
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules
President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Alina Habba has been disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A win! A federal appeals court ruled that Alina Habba had been serving unlawfully as the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey.
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Q1: Why did Farage falsely claim in 2018 that he had “never met the Russian ambassador” when the Russian embassy itself had published a photo of him with Alexander Yakovenko in 2013 – just as Moscow pivoted to disrupting the EU? 3/10
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Q1: Why did Farage falsely claim in 2018 that he had “never met the Russian ambassador” when the Russian embassy itself had published a photo of him with Alexander Yakovenko in 2013 – just as Moscow pivoted to disrupting the EU? 3/10
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Q4 & Q5: Farage’s ally Steve Bannon used Cambridge Analytica’s data machine alongside Russian troll farms to weaponise Brexit and Trump, while journalist Isabel Oakeshott privately warned editors that Banks appeared to be an “agent of influence” for Russia. 9/10 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 shows how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Q4 & Q5: Farage’s ally Steve Bannon used Cambridge Analytica’s data machine alongside Russian troll farms to weaponise Brexit and Trump, while journalist Isabel Oakeshott privately warned editors that Banks appeared to be an “agent of influence” for Russia. 9/10 pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
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And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that high school students would "likely" be banned from using cell phones in school starting next year.
Macron backs push to ban cell phones in French high schools
France’s Education Minister is looking at outlawing phones in all schools starting with the 2026-2027 school year.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that high school students would "likely" be banned from using cell phones in school starting next year.
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Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
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Been playing with QGIS. Loving these colours and how they show intricate geology, like the long band of magnesian limestone running from the midlands to the north. #Archaeology #Geology #Data
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Been playing with QGIS. Loving these colours and how they show intricate geology, like the long band of magnesian limestone running from the midlands to the north. #Archaeology #Geology #Data
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European governments struck a deal today that clears the way for new rules protecting kids from child sexual abuse online.
EU races to pass new law to combat online child abuse
Talks unblocked after countries agree Signal, WhatsApp won’t be forced to scan messages through ‘Chat Control.’
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
European governments struck a deal today that clears the way for new rules protecting kids from child sexual abuse online.
If this man (Peter Thiel) wasnt so dangerous, this would be funny
Heads up @quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social (congratulations!) and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social...
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If this man (Peter Thiel) wasnt so dangerous, this would be funny
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CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape cases
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will train its staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women, after new data found that domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, and in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking and image-based abuse.
Launching its five-year Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, the body said its main aims were to increase casework quality and increase trust in the CPS. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
Ffs
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ffs
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain