Wes Lockhart
wegal.bsky.social
Wes Lockhart
@wegal.bsky.social
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So while Trump banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office, a reporter from Russia's state-owned news agency TASS was allowed in to cover his attack on Zelensky
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Photo taken during the miners strike, Fitzwilliam, Yorkshire, June 1984.
Darren Grimes was born in 1993
February 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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In 2019 Nigel Farage's Brexit Party voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda, calling claims of Russian interference "scare stories"

One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
February 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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→ How an Advisory Referendum Became a Binding Mandate

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧

The moment #Brexit Secretary, David Davis, transformed the 2016 advisory referendum into a binding, irreversible decision. Video and report today across my social media. #EU

youtu.be/zlYgZYeDIQI
SHIFTING BREXIT GOALPOSTS
YouTube video by Jon Danzig
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Excellent thread on one of those "poor farmers" affected by the inheritance tax thing....

.... who also used to moonlight as the head of the stock exchange
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
November 26, 2024 at 7:10 AM