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Noel Darlow

@noeldarlow.bsky.social

Follow the track till the track runs out. Then make your own way. Scottish & European. Not British.

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Alan Rusbridger@arusbridger.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...

Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed

GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing

app.prospectmagazine.co.uk

Noel Darlow@noeldarlow.bsky.social · last wk.

An estate near me shoots foxes at night. First they'll catch the fox in a bright searchlight beam then, as it stands there motionless staring at the light, BAM! For some reason I keep thinking of this when I think of Reform's inflammatory immigration strategy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’

Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says

theguardian.com

Noel Darlow@noeldarlow.bsky.social · last wk.

So what really happened in Piddington? Like all the immigrant-hating right, they're not voting to leave the UK: they're voting to leave the human race. That doesn't end well for anyone.

Noel Darlow@noeldarlow.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is one simple principle to follow with political donations: if we cannot all take part equally in a democracy it is not a democracy. Thus a donations limit must be something which majority of people could reasonably be expected to afford. What Reform is doing is a direct attack on democracy.

Noel Darlow@noeldarlow.bsky.social · 2w ago

There are so many legitimate concerns these days. Mine is that the Public Order Act 1936 hasn't been dusted down. The blackshirts are back. And getting organised - see "Patriot" Platform.

Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2w ago

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w ago

One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

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Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w ago

New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is very much my magnum opus, represents days and days of traumatic work, includes clips which, I promise, you're not aware of, and one astounding moment of actual far right fake news being created - live! So, what I'm saying is, you better listen, share, and shower me with furs and jewellery.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 3w ago

🔥 Sunday School: DAS SCHADENFREUDEFEST 🔥 We dissect a horrible few days for Farage, every aspect of his latest scandal, and every moment of his car crash conference. And laugh about it quite a lot. As is right and proper. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bMP...

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3w ago

NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...

Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say

A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

cbsnews.com

Dmitry Grozoubinski@explaintrade.com · 3w ago

So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 3w ago

I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

In Nepal, it will most likely take months for scientists to understand exactly what led to deadly flash floods that killed over 1,000 people and left thousands missing. Early theories posit glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to bedrock collapse.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4w ago

"The US conflict with Iran looks ike a Nolan film, in which the timeline has been scrambled: the US goes to military action first, then informs allies, then backwards to economic sanctions, then a warning, then diplomacy - all to get a deal that it already had with Iran, before any of this started."

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 4w ago

🆕 How to Lose a War in 10 Ways🗽 As if Trump wasn't humiliated enough in Iran, now Canada calls his tariff bluff. With the midterms swinging away from him, how will this play out? PLUS your nominated local annoyances! 🐦 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/69Ad...

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 4w ago

"As super El Niño strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos" by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com [Important data & study; But like UNC's John Bruno, I disagree w/ the authors' interpretation of the data]: www.independent.co.uk/news/el-nino... 🧵

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos

A new study suggests El Nino events have intensified over the past 40 years due to human-caused climate change

independent.co.uk

Noel Darlow@noeldarlow.bsky.social · 4w ago

BREAKING: due to a clerical error Trump renames Lake Ontario "Lake Epstein". Canada declares a crisis as citizens gripped by uncontrollable laughter and unable to function normally.

Canadians ROFL in the streets.
Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 4w ago

Update: this horrific and devastating event was not caused by a GLOF but something else, similarly worsened by climate change - a huge chunk of ice that fell off a glacier and plunged into a river 😱

Photos: A Deadly Flood Tears Through Nepal and Tibet (Gift Article)

An ice avalanche that started high in the Himalayas tumbled thousands of feet, releasing vast amounts of energy that pulverized the ice into a significant volume of flood water.

nytimes.com

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 4w ago

Glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly retreating under climate change, leading to widespread formation and expansion of glacial lakes and increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. To date, more than 388 GLOF events have been documented in the region 😰 Source ⬇️

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 4w ago

Glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly retreating under climate change, leading to widespread formation and expansion of glacial lakes and increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. To date, more than 388 GLOF events have been documented in the region 😰 Source ⬇️

Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward - npj Natural Hazards

npj Natural Hazards - Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward

nature.com

Michael LaFrance@mlafrance.bsky.social · 4w ago

A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and ‌China's Tibet. Initial report say it may have been caused by a glacial lake rupture.

Andy Wightman@andywightman.scot · last mo.

BLOG - Vital Highland community broadband winds up after 12 years due to inability to secure a revised lease with new landowner on whose land sits vital infrastructure that accounts for more then half of the organisation's internet traffic. andywightman.scot/2026/08/vita...

Vital Highland Broadband Service Closes - Land Matters

There are many examples across Scotland where landowners large and small are continuing to frustrate the ambitions of individuals, businesses and social enterprises through the exercise of the fundame...

andywightman.scot