V Yates
@vyates.bsky.social
Former secondary school teacher of 22 years. Head of Department R.S., Ethics and Philosophy. Have ME/CFS but working on my recovery. Want a decent future for my children and others - equality, social justice, aspiration, great healthcare and education.
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This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
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Here are the campaign pledges we will fulfil next year if we hit 1,000.
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here are the campaign pledges we will fulfil next year if we hit 1,000.
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⌛Only four days left now in our 1000 member push! With a late push we'll make it to the finish line and commit to six amazing pledges to Manchester
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
⌛Only four days left now in our 1000 member push! With a late push we'll make it to the finish line and commit to six amazing pledges to Manchester
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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New report: The far Right in Britain has become an industry, with its influencers increasingly earning big money.
"A cottage industry of digital vigilantes and migrant hunters
now acts as viral content creators" and supposed "citizen journalists"
irr.org.uk/wp-content/u...
"A cottage industry of digital vigilantes and migrant hunters
now acts as viral content creators" and supposed "citizen journalists"
irr.org.uk/wp-content/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New report: The far Right in Britain has become an industry, with its influencers increasingly earning big money.
"A cottage industry of digital vigilantes and migrant hunters
now acts as viral content creators" and supposed "citizen journalists"
irr.org.uk/wp-content/u...
"A cottage industry of digital vigilantes and migrant hunters
now acts as viral content creators" and supposed "citizen journalists"
irr.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years."
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years."
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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Reform lost by 11% in Caerphilly - because of a surge in turnout, because Reform looked set to win the seat.
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reform lost by 11% in Caerphilly - because of a surge in turnout, because Reform looked set to win the seat.
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
This illustrates Reform's vulnerability *because* they are leading the polls (in a 6 party system) while being an *unpopular* party. A much bigger problem under FPTP 2029 than PR 2026
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
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The first thing she can do is not take office immediately after someone who cut 20bn off national insurance.
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The first thing she can do is not take office immediately after someone who cut 20bn off national insurance.
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Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
October 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Adil Ray, "Prince Andrew has given £12 million of his mum's money to someone he has never met before"
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
"Has renounced all his titles for something he didn't do"
"With the same person he's never met before"
"At the house of someone he was only friends with"
"To be polite"
#HIGNFY
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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human rights courts for me, not for thee
A Reform UK candidate is considering challenging a “fraudulent” election result at the European Court of Human Rights👇
🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbcnews.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours
🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbcnews.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours
Legal challenge over Worcestershire election dead heat thrown out
Reform council candidate Elizabeth Williams faces a "ruinous" £19,000 legal bill after she lost her case at the High Court.
www.bbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
human rights courts for me, not for thee
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NDA reform: Victims and witnesses will no longer be ‘gagged' to stop them speaking out
news.sky.com/story/nda-re...
news.sky.com/story/nda-re...
NDA reform: Victims and witnesses will no longer be 'gagged' to stop them speaking out
Non-Disclosure Agreements, such as those signed by accusers of Harvey Weinstein, have previously been wrongly used to silence victims of harassment and discrimination.
news.sky.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
NDA reform: Victims and witnesses will no longer be ‘gagged' to stop them speaking out
news.sky.com/story/nda-re...
news.sky.com/story/nda-re...
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Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
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The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
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British & American attitudes to abortion are strikingly different. It is a settled issue in Britain across most political groups & age demographics. There is a pro-choice majority in America but it polarised by party
The BSA tracked the issue until 2017. Stopped doing so because social consensus
The BSA tracked the issue until 2017. Stopped doing so because social consensus
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
British & American attitudes to abortion are strikingly different. It is a settled issue in Britain across most political groups & age demographics. There is a pro-choice majority in America but it polarised by party
The BSA tracked the issue until 2017. Stopped doing so because social consensus
The BSA tracked the issue until 2017. Stopped doing so because social consensus
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That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
October 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
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Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins
Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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New hole getting that classic old hole smell.
October 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New hole getting that classic old hole smell.
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Seems like quite a moment. This morning, the UK was powered entirely by low-carbon energy, it seems.
Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.
Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.
We could have declared "100% zerocarbon" this morning when renewables+nuclear were generating 100% of UK consumption.
As usual this drove our price down, so exports up, and we had to run gas just to power the exports.
NESO set hard target that ZCO has to include exports as well as UK demand.
As usual this drove our price down, so exports up, and we had to run gas just to power the exports.
NESO set hard target that ZCO has to include exports as well as UK demand.
September 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Seems like quite a moment. This morning, the UK was powered entirely by low-carbon energy, it seems.
Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.
Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.