Number of times Nigel Farage lost Westminster elections before becoming an MP: 7 Number of times the BBC called for him to quit: zero.
Andrew Ladbrook
@andrewladbrook.bsky.social
A heady cocktail of renewables, politics and memes that make me laugh. Very occasionally I’ll post something myself
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7mo agoPope Leo this week called universal health coverage a "moral imperative." He also said: “Health cannot be a luxury for the few,” it is “an essential condition for social peace.”
Lest we forget... Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage both supported Donald Trump's war of choice against Iran. A war that is not only illegal but which has resulted in needless suffering and instability, as well as undermining the UK's economic recovery. #bbclaurak www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Suella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire,' Zelensky says 'news for me'
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire,' Zelensky says 'news for me'
Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on each other's energy infrastructure. Russia did not comment.
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Non-zero chance Trump has begun to truly unravel as the reality of his impending ass whooping sinks in.
Ukraine's new campaign of destroying Russia's data centers will prove devastating for Putin's economy and war machine if the White House is unable to prevent it. The chaos we're already seeing across Russia is only four days into the campaign and 3 facilities targeted.
Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · yesterdayUkrainian drones struck three Yandex data centres in Russia, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport and cloud infrastructure, following Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.
🚨President Z is taking out “data centers” that run Putin’s bot farms just three weeks before the U.S. midterms. After the third strike on Yandex's data center, Russian bot activity dropped to zero. This is why Trump and Musk are calling for President Z’s removal. It has nothing to do with diesel.
Another meme ready for your anti-racist Poppy Day to use against Reform UKers who in 1939-45 would have been jailed for as traitors for peddling pro Nazis propaganda... meme via Mike against hate & racism
Nicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for “Spider-Noir”: ‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'
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“.. Since the final F-150 Lightning rolled off the assembly line in December, it has become one of the most coveted cars in America ..” @bloomberg.com $F www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
there is minimal evidence that inheritors in their 50s and 60s are desperate to move into their parents' former home. My @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on why Kemi Badenoch's policies are for the world of Downton Abbey - not the one we live in now www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/kemi...
Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax proposals are myth-based policy making at its worst | Institute for Government
The leader of the opposition’s conference announcement was not well thought through.
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This is v good on IMO strategically v important topic. NB: “[Putin] insisted… that RU is not ‘threatening anyone’ and does ‘not intend to attack anyone in 2029, in 2030, in 2050.’ The risk of a nuclear war would come if EURs attacked RU territory. Here he singled out the enclave of Kaliningrad.”
Lawrence Freedman@ldfreedman.bsky.social · yesterdayMy latest post looks at how the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, stuck between Poland and Lithuania, has become a flashpoint in relations between Russian and Europe, a reminder of Russia’s vulnerabilities at a time when it seeks to project strength. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/watch-the-...?
Note: Vance’s remarks, mentioned here, did *not* go over well w/Kansas Methodists. At the time, Hamilton’s own bishop issued a statement defending the pastor and condemning the VP’s comments. Then 120 UMC pastors in Kansas did the same in a letter. Read more here: religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...
How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas
LEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayKARL: JD Vance called your views 'left wing radicalism dressed in the skin suit of our religion' and said they 'aren't Christianity.' ADAM HAMILTON: I thought it was a sad statement that the VP would come here and attack the faith of the pastor of the largest church in the state of Kansas
Russia has been at war with Britain for years and the EU referendum was an open goal which they exploited. That doesn't mean that "Putin made Brexit happen" but his troll farms and media operations certainly played a part Brexiters may hate to hear it but to deny it is to deny a dangerous reality.
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · yesterdayAndy Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zelenskyy knows how to troll. He amplified Loomer, one of Trump’s most loyal propagandists, who has broken with MAGA’s anti-Ukraine faction. Loomer represents the fiercely pro-Israel wing of MAGA, already divided over the Iran war. Another fracture in Trump’s base just weeks before the midterms.
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · yesterdayInfamous Trump propagandist and alleged mistress, Laura Loomer, breaks away from Trump for the first time to back Ukraine. Predictably MAGA goes into full meltdown mode with "how could you betray POTUS - wah wah wah"
This is outrageous. Donald Trump just announced a deal with Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel, and Treasury immediately lifted sanctions on Russian diesel exports through April. Those sanctions exist for one reason. They limit the money Putin can use to wage his brutal war on Ukraine.
Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit.
I’m not being hyperbolic when I say I’d genuinely rather be dead than raise a child with someone like this.
This... the attacks on research funding and foreign students in US universities... all opportunities for us, not being taken.
Colin Elves@colinelves.bsky.social · 4d agoThe UK could really take advantage of this if, you know, we weren’t governed by idiots.
There's something really odd and worrying going on in the green quarters of the labour market. There's growing demand and good wages for key technical roles, yet numbers are static or even falling as people retire and are not being replaced. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
Under water: Will a shortage of plumbers derail the clean energy transition?
New JTL analysis warns the number of plumbers in England’s workforce could fall by 30 per cent by 2039, despite growing demand for skilled workers to deliver the net zero transition
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Why would anyone fly from London to Manchester!?!?
Even if Britain cannot be forced to adopt the euro, the currency question is sure to loom large over any bid to return to the EU. The first in a two part series on the third rail of British politics… My latest
Would Britain Have to Join the Euro?
Even if the UK cannot be forced in, the currency question is sure to loom large over any bid to return to the EU. Part one of two on the third rail of British politics
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