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@thepurplemuscat.bsky.social
Allotment enthusiast in Manchester. Never assume anything.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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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
"Unelected membership of the Lords, the report highlights, has expanded from 676 to 803 in the past 20 years-the same period that political donations above £250,00 have jumped from £7.6m to more than £47m"
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media concentration affects political decision
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Unelected membership of the Lords, the report highlights, has expanded from 676 to 803 in the past 20 years-the same period that political donations above £250,00 have jumped from £7.6m to more than £47m"
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Companies House identify verification for company directors & persons with significant control are coming into force today.
Over 1.2m people already verified ahead of time.
Any new people will need to verify from today & remaining existing people will have 12 months or face consequences.
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Over 1.2m people already verified ahead of time.
Any new people will need to verify from today & remaining existing people will have 12 months or face consequences.
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Notice served on bogus directors as Companies House changes come into force
Identity verification for directors and PSCs brings a fairer and safer business environment closer.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Companies House identify verification for company directors & persons with significant control are coming into force today.
Over 1.2m people already verified ahead of time.
Any new people will need to verify from today & remaining existing people will have 12 months or face consequences.
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Over 1.2m people already verified ahead of time.
Any new people will need to verify from today & remaining existing people will have 12 months or face consequences.
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🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey MP believes the government isn't taking Elon Musk's role in fuelling division in Britain seriously enough. "He's interfering in the free speech of our country & that's why I think we should get a lot more serious and try to push back very hard," he told Sky News.
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey MP believes the government isn't taking Elon Musk's role in fuelling division in Britain seriously enough. "He's interfering in the free speech of our country & that's why I think we should get a lot more serious and try to push back very hard," he told Sky News.
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This is the Royal equivalent of the amputation of a gangrenous limb to stop the rest of The Firm getting infected.
An act of self-preservation.
If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago.
They didn't.
www.ft.com/content/a7d6...
An act of self-preservation.
If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago.
They didn't.
www.ft.com/content/a7d6...
King Charles strips Andrew of prince title and ejects him from mansion
Royal subject to ‘censures deemed necessary’ in sharp change of tone by Buckingham Palace
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is the Royal equivalent of the amputation of a gangrenous limb to stop the rest of The Firm getting infected.
An act of self-preservation.
If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago.
They didn't.
www.ft.com/content/a7d6...
An act of self-preservation.
If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago.
They didn't.
www.ft.com/content/a7d6...
I highly recommend following Dan Neidle
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I highly recommend following Dan Neidle
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A peerage can only be removed by an act of parliament. The last time that happened was in 1917.
Our House of Lords is completely unfit for purpose, and the likes of "Lady Mone" can keep her position for life without consequences.
Our House of Lords is completely unfit for purpose, and the likes of "Lady Mone" can keep her position for life without consequences.
Covid-19 Bereaved Families on today’s ruling ordering PPE Medpro to repay £122m to Govt
“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A peerage can only be removed by an act of parliament. The last time that happened was in 1917.
Our House of Lords is completely unfit for purpose, and the likes of "Lady Mone" can keep her position for life without consequences.
Our House of Lords is completely unfit for purpose, and the likes of "Lady Mone" can keep her position for life without consequences.
This makes me happy. I hope charges follow.
UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE
Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This makes me happy. I hope charges follow.
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We’ve trashed the place over immigration. Brexit turned it into an ugly obsession that made us mad. Scrapping freedom of movement didn’t work. Losing our own rights just trapped us and our politicians and media won’t admit it.
So, on we go, playing the same hateful record… and failing.
So, on we go, playing the same hateful record… and failing.
September 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We’ve trashed the place over immigration. Brexit turned it into an ugly obsession that made us mad. Scrapping freedom of movement didn’t work. Losing our own rights just trapped us and our politicians and media won’t admit it.
So, on we go, playing the same hateful record… and failing.
So, on we go, playing the same hateful record… and failing.
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3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
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"Byline Times stress-tested Reform UK’s numbers against the OBR’s modelling...
"We found that over five years, the economy would be about £49bn smaller, while the Home Office would face £7bn in direct costs for detention, flights and enforcement, according to analysis of OBR projections."
"We found that over five years, the economy would be about £49bn smaller, while the Home Office would face £7bn in direct costs for detention, flights and enforcement, according to analysis of OBR projections."
Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan
Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...
bylinetimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Byline Times stress-tested Reform UK’s numbers against the OBR’s modelling...
"We found that over five years, the economy would be about £49bn smaller, while the Home Office would face £7bn in direct costs for detention, flights and enforcement, according to analysis of OBR projections."
"We found that over five years, the economy would be about £49bn smaller, while the Home Office would face £7bn in direct costs for detention, flights and enforcement, according to analysis of OBR projections."
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.
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Since Brexit became a reality & the transition started (which still hasn’t finished) every stage has been a shit show. Government has been under prepared at each change & more barriers to trade imposed on imports and exports. The right wing press doesn’t write about it because it doesn’t suit them.
May 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Since Brexit became a reality & the transition started (which still hasn’t finished) every stage has been a shit show. Government has been under prepared at each change & more barriers to trade imposed on imports and exports. The right wing press doesn’t write about it because it doesn’t suit them.
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Nigel Farage just repeatedly denied – under oath! – to @raskin.house.gov
ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions.
This happened to me *literally today*.
ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions.
This happened to me *literally today*.
Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK.
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
Chicken Farage bans The New World
It claims to be the party of free speech, but this last-minute decision to stop me attending tells a very different story
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nigel Farage just repeatedly denied – under oath! – to @raskin.house.gov
ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions.
This happened to me *literally today*.
ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions.
This happened to me *literally today*.
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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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I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
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No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.
August 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.
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250 consecutive days of daily mass protests in Georgia against the fascist Russian takeover of their government.
The people declare no surrender until victory.
(📹@LemonjavaGiga) #3E #GeorgiaProtests
The people declare no surrender until victory.
(📹@LemonjavaGiga) #3E #GeorgiaProtests
August 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
250 consecutive days of daily mass protests in Georgia against the fascist Russian takeover of their government.
The people declare no surrender until victory.
(📹@LemonjavaGiga) #3E #GeorgiaProtests
The people declare no surrender until victory.
(📹@LemonjavaGiga) #3E #GeorgiaProtests
Congratulations Lionesses 🥳l
Brilliant final 👏
Brilliant final 👏
July 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Congratulations Lionesses 🥳l
Brilliant final 👏
Brilliant final 👏