Nigel Farage (2016), "It's legitimate to say.. If people feel that voting doesn't change anything" "Then violence is the next step"
Michael Brandon
@michaeljbrandon.bsky.social
Writer. Inventor of the Tyne Bridge fancy hat.
They were evacuated as children from Poland in 1941 and ended up in the UK after their fathers's served under British command. They built their whole lives in the country. They even have a building named after them in Manchester. Then Brexit happens. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years
Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived as children of displaced Polish veterans, told they have no post-Brexit rights to return home to Bury
theguardian.com
Good morning. Be more Simon. Don't be like OMG. Be kind to your fellow workers. 'Brilliantly special.' @thetimes.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @toppingsbath.bsky.social
Thank you @ronanhession.bsky.social 'It has been quite a while since I've read a book in a day but this was a special one. Funny, definitely sad in that way I like, vulnerable, clever, touching. A book with a lot of life behind it. One of my favourite books this year so far. A gem.'
We have lots of opportunities for writers now including:- Sean O’Faolain Short Story Competition Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Southword Editors Poetry Award Zsuzsi Gartner mentorships For all the information and details go to– www.munsterlit.ie Good luck! #writing #poetry #shortstories
"OK, thanks everyone for coming to our Reform Pokicy meeting. So what Id like you to do is think of the most terrible, ruddy-faced bigots you know, and imagine what would appeal to them"
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3w ago🔴 Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage’s party propose amendment to the Government’s elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison
Thing is, in Clacton, they don't need posters or flyers to show support for @CountBinface; all they need to do is put a different coloured bin on the pavement on different days...genius.
Trash Can Singing
ALT: Trash Can Singing
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Held without charge: Fears grow for Gaza doctor's life news.sky.com/video/share-...
Concern mounts for detained Gaza hospital director held without charge
Physicians for Human Rights Israel says Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya remains held in Israeli detention without charge, arguing Israeli authorities are unwilling to release a witness who could describe what h...
news.sky.com
BREAKING 84 year old Reverend Sue Parfitt arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for giving speech outside New Scotland Yard on the anniversary of the proscription of Palestine Action. Stood on a soap box, Sue explained her motivation. Join the Escalation: wedonotcomply.org
An MA in Creative Writing is beyond many these days for many reasons but how to find out what to study to become a better writer? Join @andrewwille.bsky.social and me on 7th September and we will give you all the ingredients of a DIY MA. Link here. Please share.
Build Your Own Creative Writing MA - Andrew Wille Writing Studio - creative writing & book development
A practical guide to training yourself as a writerZoom seminar with Kit de Waal and Andrew WilleTuesday 8 September 2026, 7-8.15pm London, £25 Book The MA and the MFA are long-established pathways …
wille.org
Last week the BBC mentioned in local news that Ryan Bridge and Ben Cullen of Raise the Colours had been banned from putting up flags in Oxfordshire after a sustained documented campaign of intimidation This week Ben Cullen is on trial for making over 70 indecent images of children BBC: *crickets*
Activists agree to stop hanging flags from Oxfordshire lampposts
It comes after Oxfordshire County Council lodged a High Court case to prevent the flag hanging.
bbc.co.uk
Robert Jenrick wants to deport my partner... 🤬🤬🤬
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · last mo.Last week I asked Robert Jenrick about what people with EU settled status should do and he replied: “If you are in this country and you are not a British citizen, and you are somebody who will not be able to stay in the UK under a Reform government, then you should think of leaving the country.”
The weather isn't the only thing making Farage sweat today 🥵
At HOPE not hate, it's our mission to expose and oppose the politics of hatred, and our exposé of the Reform UK candidate’s vile sexist views and 13,000 letters to voters from Carol Vorderman made the vital difference on the streets in the Makerfield by-election.
By 2018, analysts found hundreds of Kremlin-tied accounts tweeting "prolifically in Robinson's defence." He's appeared on RT again and again. Russia's Foreign Ministry put out a statement defending him and the state video agency Ruptly hosts 78 videos of him.
It’s a revelatory report which nails how Russia’s hybrid warfare programme actually works & how Russia is explicitly & directly inciting racialised violence in UK - & has worked with Tommy Robinson to do so who even yesterday was shilling same Kremlin lines!
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
Brilliant dismantling of Badenoch’s nonsense. I could listen to the QR team all day. A bit like the flight crew of political podcasts: calm, reassuring, serving tasty nuts. And when they sit down, you know there really is turbulence.
Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: It's A Badenoch Life, For Us. Join Kenny, Naomi and Alex as they discuss" 🔥- Violence on the streets of Belfast 🔷- Badenoch's missives about Equality 🌈- Who the Aurora's annoyed now 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3o79...
The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming
Left: Nigel Farage, "A false accusation of racism counted higher at that moment than someone who was dying... Police say they are told to police differently according to ethnicity" Right: Henry Nowak's father, "We do not want his death used to create further division hated or tension"