Ed Covo

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Nigel Farage claims he "cannot be bought". In other news, he has been privately lobbying the Bank of England to drop plans for a state-backed cryptocurrency which would massively hit the profits of his billionaire crypto donors, saying he would be "prepared to go to prison" to stop them

Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor

Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrency

theguardian.com

Sorry to hear about Jeff Bezos's rocket exploding prematurely. A good technique to prevent that from happening is to try thinking about something you find totally unarousing or even repulsive, like giving workers a living wage or paying a fair share of taxes.

The supermarket that I shop at employs mentally challenged. They are greeters, baggers, and perform other functions. They are normally pleasant and happy to have a purpose. I like shopping there, it's a reminder that there's room in this world for all of us.

Zia Yusuf: "The British people are being defrauded on an industrial scale, not just hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants showing up in this country but an industrial complex of lawyers and advisors". I'm so disappointed to hear this unchallenged nonsense being repeated from #r4 on #6music

Dan Koh: In the last year, this leader tried to take sovereign land unilaterally, use the justice system to jail enemies, & actively shut down independent media voices That was Vladimir Putin—the fact that so many ppl thought I was describing Trump right now shows how much our democracy is at risk