Michelle Olley
@michelleolley.bsky.social
Writer/theatre-maker. London-based Northerner of 30+ years innit. She/her. Protect the Dolls. Free Palestine. No Vatniks. Slava Ukraini. DMs not working and that's quite good actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Olley
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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As someone else has pointed out, Professor James Orr spent 4 years at Oxford's McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics & Public Life as a postdoc fellow. Of the Ten Commandments, I think the 8th - "thou shalt not bear false witness" - is broken here, but also 1, 7, 9 and 10 are in play
Join @bylinetimes.bsky.social at The Cockpit 07/09 for an open, reflective & possibly difficult live conversation about what happened to Professor Jason Arday with guests: @nafeez.bsky.social & @standuptoracism.bsky.social. Hosts: @peterjukes.bsky.social & @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social bit.ly/4cqzwTs
@newjournal.bsky.social can u repost on the flood pls? I cant open X (I don’t use the Nazi bin fire app - thank you!!! 🩷🩷
Come see the People's Emergency Briefing film with us next Monday at The Cockpit in Marylebone, plus a talk from the London School of Solar Punk. More details here: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/journey...
Russia has built ten new bases for advanced long-range drones capable of reaching Poland close to its borders with Belarus and Ukraine, The Telegraph reports.
So the allegation of plagiarism in his PhD was investigated and dismissed. It turns out he did run all those marathons. So tell me, precisely, all you online sleuths — what exactly did Jason Arday do wrong? (Apart from being the wrong class and colour of course)
The wealthiest man in human history—who clearly performed several Nazi salutes on Inauguration Day 2025—is directly responsible for the deaths of up to 14 million people, including 4.5 million children, by 2030. He's not "quirky" or "weird" or "awkward". He's a fucking monster.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 3w agoNot to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
Monday August 24th. Join us for a screening of the People's Emergency Briefing, a panel discussing the film, plus a talk from Jami of the London School of Solar Punk. More details/tickets here: www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/journey...
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu One side wants fascism. The other side wants healthcare as a human right. To even attempt to conflate the two is absurd.
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
Just so you know how key Cottrell was to the formation of Reform UK
Peter Jukes@peterjukes.bsky.social · last mo.I think a lot of people have missed this. Until the police investigation in February last year, Reform UK’s financial structures were all tied up with Cottrell and his Montenegro base bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social had Katriona O'Sullivan on a few years back. I bought her memoir on the back of it. Me and my mum agree it's worth everybody's time. Perfect eye-opener for Daily Mail-reading mums btw... x www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’d never cried during a live broadcast – then three poignant words had me sobbing | Adrian Chiles
I couldn’t help choking up when the writer Katriona O’Sullivan told me her life story. Now I’m on a mission to get everyone to read her memoir, writes Adrian Chiles
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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
I do like the Clacton-given nickname: The man they never see, Nigel Mirage
Just heard Farage called Nigel Fauxrage and I will be using this from now on.
Mitch McConnell has consistently demonstrated questionable integrity. He is often referred to as "Moscow Mitch."
