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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the UK's Astronomer Royal – the first woman to hold the position in its 350-year history! 🔭✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the UK's Astronomer Royal – the first woman to hold the position in its 350-year history! 🔭✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
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Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’
Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’
Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban
The terror arrest of a man for holding up a Private Eye cartoon during a protest at the weekend was “mind-boggling”, the magazine’s editor, Ian Hislop, has said, as the retired teacher called for an apology from police.
Jon Farley was picked up by police at a silent demonstration in Leeds on Saturday, which he described as a “pretty terrifying and upsetting experience”, for holding a sign that made a joke about the government’s proscription of the group Palestine Action from the last issue of the fortnightly satirical magazine. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’
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This should be at least as big a deal as the cover-up of the Epstein files
July 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This should be at least as big a deal as the cover-up of the Epstein files
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Utterly shameless from Reform, portraying Labour restoring mayoral elections to a more representative voting system as some sort of anti-Reform stitch up, while failing to mention that their own manifesto campaigned for the nationwide introduction of PR
July 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Utterly shameless from Reform, portraying Labour restoring mayoral elections to a more representative voting system as some sort of anti-Reform stitch up, while failing to mention that their own manifesto campaigned for the nationwide introduction of PR
Learned today, thanks to the Tour de France, that one of the French descriptions of heavy rain translates into English as 'raining ropes' - brilliant!
July 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Learned today, thanks to the Tour de France, that one of the French descriptions of heavy rain translates into English as 'raining ropes' - brilliant!
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Starmer doesn't need any smart new ideas. He doesn't need to chase Farage or offer a running commentary on the Glastonbury line-up. He simply needs to return to the promise of his first weeks in power: competence, determination and public service.
July 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Starmer doesn't need any smart new ideas. He doesn't need to chase Farage or offer a running commentary on the Glastonbury line-up. He simply needs to return to the promise of his first weeks in power: competence, determination and public service.
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BBC, you should be thoroughly ashamed, both of the headline and the article.
Again, you’re making a total bollocks of *due* impartiality.
Again, you’re making a total bollocks of *due* impartiality.
July 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
BBC, you should be thoroughly ashamed, both of the headline and the article.
Again, you’re making a total bollocks of *due* impartiality.
Again, you’re making a total bollocks of *due* impartiality.