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Husband, teacher, linguist & historian. Please do not shout. I will not reply to anyone that does.
🚨 BREAKING: Former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine has resigned as a Tory council candidate "Kemi has instead offered that I become an adviser to the Conservative Party’s Culture and Integration Commission, specifically focusing on how young men become radicalised"
Unbelievable hypocrisy from Badenoch - she attacked Starmer for putting Louise Haigh in cabinet (conditional discharge and £100 fine) but defends Bonehill-Paine (five year prison sentence). Obviously the reliably hopeless Justin Webb failed to make this point to her on the Today programme…
I'm glad it's been declined. It's a sadly familiar routine perpetrators trying to use victims to launder their reputation. If someone genuinely wants to make amends they do so quietly and on the victim's terms. They don't trumpet their plans to meet in the media. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm delighted to hear that BP doubled their profits, making £4.2bn in just 3 months. Not that I have any vested interest in it, other than the £50,000 given to us by the wife of former senior BP executive James Hay.
"Hands up if you're a prancing prick who's been spouting complete bollocks about using the Royal Navy to send migrants back to France in a desperate bid to distract attention from the sleaze your party is mired in"
We have released an updated and more accurate version of Operation Fortress.
"Dear Diary The launch of our scheme to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats has gone exactly to plan. It is so patently absurd that it is all anyone can talk about, providing the perfect distraction from all our dodgy financial dealings"
Oops. I just confirmed that I discussed returning to politics before I received the £5m from my crypto chum, putting a hole in my argument that I didn't need to declare it because I had no involvement in politics at that time.
Man who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
Here are those special rules on Ceuta and Melilla as regards Schengen - dating back to Spain acceding to the Schengen Convention eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Nissim@nissimss.bsky.social · 5d agoCeuta isn’t in mainland Spain. Is on Morocco’s coast. Under Spanish control since 1500 Is one of 2 Spanish cities that form the European Union’s only land borders with Africa, While Ceuta is part of the EU, it operates under special rules that restrict people from entering Spain and the rest of EU.
The funniest - and least discussed - aspect of this is that Farage, having reportedly told RefUK he'd only lead them if compensated for the £1m a year income he had outside politics, pocketed their five million, then kept earning from outside interests at the same rate anyway. He scammed even them.
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d agoImportant, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Important, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐
European Heart@bexbitchley.bsky.social · 4d ago@mrjamesob.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-reform-leader-deal-george-cottrell-5gfrcrmb0
"Hands up if you threw your mayoral candidate under a bus by making all their canvassers go to Clacton to help you fight a bin"
Reform's vote share in Greater Manchester went from 31% in the local elections in May to 21% in the Mayoral election. I can only think of five million reasons for this.
I'm absolutely furious that facts and information like this are allowed on social media while every Reform MP is working so hard to spread misinformation and lies and stir up our gullible supporters who will believe any old bollocks.
Once again, I think we can all agree that the real story here is Kemi Badenoch’s miraculous resurrecting of Tory fortunes.
It's always good to see Tiny Tommy Ten Names Robinson handed his arse on a plate, especially by a woman who is also a Muslim... zurl.co/fCjL2
Tommy Robinson defeated in Oxford Union debate on Islam
A Palestinian student from Gaza defeated far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, in a fiery Oxford Union debate on Isl...
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I've been seeing a lot of people responding to this with "there ought to be a law," but importantly, we haven't needed a law for this sort of thing because no prior president wanted to be known as a leader who would literally kill people in their hour of need for not voting for him
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 7d agoThis is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Looks like I'm becoming the least popular populist in history.
The Trump admin is urging the Supreme Court to allow it to make sweeping changes to vote-by-mail ahead of this year's midterm elections. Trump is trying to disenfranchise millions of voters. We can’t let him.
I don’t want to jinx anything - and I presume the ‘party’ constitution makes it very difficult - but it surely can’t be long before Farage faces some sort of leadership challenge…
They’re not messing about. If only US media had managed to be similarly united & determined in the face of Trump’s assaults on them…
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d agoThe full statement from UEFA is remarkable. Members vow not to participate in FIFA competitions unless the entire proposal is scrapped and assurances are made it is gone for good.
💥A new More in Common poll puts Farage's approval rating at -32. That's down 10 points in just 2 weeks. (Andy Burnham's on +19.) It's all going wrong for Nigel.
👀 Trump's approval rating hasn't been so low since the Jan 6 insurrection
Looks like Nigel Farage is using an Essex County Council vehicle as a prop in the middle of a by-election pre-election period. Doesn’t it Electoral Commission?
