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Ben Tracey

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Max Colbert@mc00.bsky.social · 3w ago

🔴NEW: Farage and Reform often like to pit themselves as "them vs the establishment", so I've taken a look at some of the Mayfair club owners, aristocrats, and landed gentry comprising the party donor base, for @desmog.com Meet the Aristocrats Helping to Fund Reform: www.desmog.com/2026/07/28/m...

Meet the Aristocrats Helping to Fund Reform

On 7 June, Nigel Farage announced that he was resigning as the MP for Clacton amid the political furore caused by his £5 million undeclared gift from crypto billionaire and major Reform UK donor Chris...

desmog.com

Pete Marshall@paint-pot-pete.bsky.social · last mo.

In the grim darkness of the far future... no-one can hear you scream 😬 Combining two similar flavours of nightmare fuel into this nonsense 🤣 Bloody fantastic colours and I'm loving this "alien planet" grass I found at a local model store 😁 #nerdlings

A Tyranid Termagant painted to look similar to a xenomorph from the Alien franchise. A Ripper Swarm painted to look like a chest burster from the Alien franchise.A Tyranid Termagant painted to look similar to a xenomorph from the Alien franchise. A Ripper Swarm painted to look like a chest burster from the Alien franchise.A Tyranid Termagant painted to look similar to a xenomorph from the Alien franchise. A Ripper Swarm painted to look like a chest burster from the Alien franchise.A Tyranid Termagant painted to look similar to a xenomorph from the Alien franchise. A Ripper Swarm painted to look like a chest burster from the Alien franchise.
Max Colbert@mc00.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔴NEW: I spoke with DeSmog's Geoff Dembicki, attending Jordan Peterson's ARC conference, as climate groups protest the oily event. As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for ‘Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers’ bylinetimes.com/2026/06/23/a...

As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a 'Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers'

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert

bylinetimes.com

Pete Marshall@paint-pot-pete.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RE: the coverage of the racist pogrom in Belfast. Do we think that English TV reporters are= a) unaware of the role that unionist paramilitary groups had in the incitement of that violence b) aware but (as happened during The Troubles) are unwilling to report on it?

Max Colbert@mc00.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔴NEW: Reform UK Candidate Shared Antisemitic and Anti-Muslim Posts And Campaigned for Far-Right Restore Britain Farage’s party says the candidate has now been expelled following inquiries made in a joint @bylinetimes.bsky.social and @hopenothate.org.uk investigation: bylinetimes.com/2026/05/06/r...

Reform UK Candidate Shared Antisemitic and Anti-Muslim Posts And Campaigned for Far-Right Restore Britain

Caspar Thomas, who Nigel Farage's party says has now been expelled following inquiries by Byline Times and HOPE not hate, shared posts including grossly offensive racist slurs

bylinetimes.com

Max Colbert@mc00.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🔴 NEW: Coventry City Council has renewed its contract with Palantir for another year, at an inflated cost, despite it previously being under review following staff backlash. This comes as a new local campaign is launched to remove them. Me, for @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/coventry-c...

‘Safeguarding via algorithm’: Coventry doubles down on Palantir ties with new £750,000 contract

The council’s initial children’s services contract with Peter Thiel’s AI firm caused an outcry. Now the deal has been renewed – with a 50% price rise and a new campaign to stop it, reports Max Colbert

thenerve.news

Ben Tracey@btracey.bsky.social · 4mo ago

These sorts of dirty tricks have been in the media arsenal for decades, but seldom so brazen and unaccountable. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/g... Thankfully good journalists are still shining a light on the practice. @ofcom.bsky.social get your act together, or what are you for?

GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters

The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals

bylinetimes.com

Scott Gray@scott1gray.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sometimes a creator gets a message out of the blue that really lifts their spirits. Why not reach out to somebody today whose work has meant something to you? It costs you nothing but it can be priceless.

Hi Scott, I'm re-reading a lot of the eighth Doctor graphic novels at the moment that you wrote and I think they are brilliant. I remember when I was 11 and 12 that I would look forward to reading them in Doctor Who magazine each month. Doctor Who was never on Tv when I was growing up but my TARDIS team were Izzy and the Eighth Doctor. I work as a teaching assistant in a primary school now and we recently had world book day, I've taken in some of my graphic novels for the children in year 5, they love reading them, Oblivion and Ground Zero are passed around daily! For many of them they've been introduced to Doctor Who through the DWM comic strip. One boy asked me if there were any tv episodes with Izzy in the other day. I'm convinced now that it was the Doctor Who comic strip that made reading enjoyable when I was young, especially the stories you were responsible for. So I just thought I'd say thank you, those stories and characters have meant a lot to me.
Pete Marshall@paint-pot-pete.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Karnus the Seeker ready for war! 🥳 He was only a tenner and Stormcasts are always fun and quick projects for an afternoon so I decided to treat myself 😁 Also had a play around creating some lightning for him with some 15 amp fuse wire - really happy with the finished product 😊 #nerdlings

Karnus the Seeker painted in golds, blues, silvers and black. I've also added lightning effects to his weapons. Front view.Karnus the Seeker painted in golds, blues, silvers and black. I've also added lightning effects to his weapons. Back view.Karnus the Seeker painted in golds, blues, silvers and black. I've also added lightning effects to his weapons. Left side view.Karnus the Seeker painted in golds, blues, silvers and black. I've also added lightning effects to his weapons. Right side view.
Max Colbert@mc00.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔴 NEW report from AOAV Arming exodus? How the UK’s military-industrial complex intersects with small-boat migration to Britain: aoav.org.uk/2026/arming-...

Arming exodus? How the UK's military-industrial complex intersects with small-boat migration to Britain - AOAV

Drawing on first-hand testimony from asylum seekers fleeing Ethiopia, Sudan and Afghanistan, this report examines how armed violence and international arms transfers, including UK exports, intersect w...

aoav.org.uk

Pete Marshall@paint-pot-pete.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Finally picked up another one of the thirteen primes; Solus Prime. With her ginormous hammer of justice 😁 Really fun figure with a gorgeously silly Wacky Races looking alt mode 🤣 and the purple is lush. Some minor quibbles (as there always are) but overall a very welcome addition to my shelves.

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