Ian Pethick
@ianpethick.bsky.social
Cornish boy, now barricaded into my bunker within Khan's urban hellscape. Parkrunner, non league football lover, spender of too much money in record shops, espresso sipping, wine slurping, real ale drinking ,cat daddy who will never vote Tory.
As with the Clacton house purchase and the dodgy £5m donation, the story keeps shifting. #BBCLauraK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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"Why Farage getting caught bang to rights taking illegal donations from non British citizens means Andy Burnham's honeymoon period as PM is over, but is yet more good news for a Reform party that is surging in the polls"
Police called to reports that four men on a boat were "acting suspiciously" in the water at Marazion. Two of them "looked a bit Asian". They were all locals who had hired a boat. Incidentally, the nearest foreign shore is about 120 miles away.. www.cornwalllive.com/news/local-n...
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Heard a correspondent on #R4Today talk about how paying for the Sussexes security would not sit well with the public, especially in an ongoing cost of living crisis. Wait until she finds out how much the rest of the Royal Family costs us.
Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after finding out that council meetings are held in the evening.
Reform UK councillor resigns from Leicestershire County Council
Helen Butler, who represented Shepshed, says she wants to spend more time with her family.
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This is a very dangerous lunatic. RFK Jr: “The polio vaccine "killed many, many more people" than polio ever did.”
What is it that the Telegraph dislikes about black historian, David Olusoga? www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/08/1...
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Now that Farage has been re elected, what performative stunt will we see next? Read that some think he will refuse to take his seat in the Commons (as per Sinn Fein), citing his belief that there's no point attending as it's dominated by the "political establishment." #R4Today
Muhammad Ziadin Yusuf is now going to war with the Vodafone CEO.
Have The Spectator got Rod Liddle in the middle of their offices lying in state?
Time to add crimes against fashion to the list of charges.
This is where the language used by Lowe, Farage, Jenrick and the rest ends up. Caravan park in Cornwall being forced to issue a statement after wild misinformation circulates on local social media site about "illegals" being housed on their site. Turns out it was a family from London on holiday.
1000's of excess deaths, sick days due to the heat,rail network that can't cope with the heat meaning severe delays and cancellations every day. Climate change, and lack of resilience planning, is the real drag on economic activity and productivity. Not NI increases and employee "red tape." #R4Today
Farage "There is no public interest in my daughter whatsoever. She is not involved in current affairs, doesn’t seek to be involved in current affairs, and has never been used by me once at any point in my political career." #R4Today
Nigel Farage to Sky News, "If you harass my family any more, there'll be serious consequences" Sky News, "Sky News has not contacted my Farage's family over the story"
Private Eye ran the story about the links between Farage and convicted fraudster George Cottrell in July 2025. What has caused the rest of our media to finally wake up to this? #R4Today.
Can any rugby union types explain to me why Wales are playing Fiji, in Cardiff on the first Saturday of July and what the purpose is
Farage in the USA for the 4th July/America 250 celebrations. Found time though to post a photo of himself watching Mexico v England in the early hours of Monday morning.
Did Tim "Monty" Montgomerie really just criticise Andy Burnham for not taking questions? His leader been ducking questions about the Clacton house and the 5 million quid for weeks.
"Mr President, are the communists in the room with us right now?"
