Redcol

@redcol.bsky.social

legacy fan, music,beer,football and Architecture - the very stuff of life itself - profoundly anti-fascist

I'm generally in favour of giving interviewees space to develop their answers without constant interruption, but that still leaves space for challenge. And Justin Webb should be careful of his tendency to say "right" & "sure" after answers. Plus: a question on Reform's finances wouldn't go amiss.

So Farage (that bastion of honesty 😂) calls the PM a liar. I think Burnham should now call out this charlatan and sue him for libel Farage gets away with too much and it’s time he was called out on his distracting misinformation campaigns.

Two stories on my phone this morning probably sum up the UK’s financial problems in a nutshell. Just get people (everyone!!!) to pay their fair share FFS, it’s not rocket science.

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The conversation is pretty goofy. X is a GOP Super PAC run by the largest donor to the GOP ever, who not only is trying to dupe you but is probably using your data to help him dupe others so he never has to pay taxes and can fry Memphis with his dirty data.

🗽LOLGOP🗽@lolgop.bsky.social · 7h ago

While people are talking X, let me talk about X OFF. Two big ideas: 1. Get everyone possible off of X, especially for the news (at least) until every vote is counted 2. Tell your elected reps and candidates to stop sending people there and go X last (at least)

In the absence of The Russia Report, Burnham is the first head of state to confirm what we all knew. Theresa May accused Russia of meddling in Brexit during her 2017 Lord Mayor's Banquet speech ("We know what you are doing"), but her government chose not to investigate.

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Hey British gov sites. Glad you came to terms with the Russian influence in the Brexit vote. Now get the hell off X, which is equally designed to destabilize & groom viewers to act against their own interests. 🇬🇧 Gov sites (that includes the BBC,) should NOT BE ON X. @ukparliament.parliament.uk

🗽LOLGOP🗽@lolgop.bsky.social · 7h ago

While people are talking X, let me talk about X OFF. Two big ideas: 1. Get everyone possible off of X, especially for the news (at least) until every vote is counted 2. Tell your elected reps and candidates to stop sending people there and go X last (at least)

Latest in a three-year-long seam of reporting by the Guardian, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the BBC and international media partners. The project, known as Cyprus Confidential, was co-led by the ICIJ and Paper-Trail Media, based on documents first shared by Distributed Denial of Secrets.

Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest

Accountancy firm Deloitte Cyprus among those that appear to have backdated records outlining the Russian billionaire’s assets

theguardian.com

1) They’ve trivialised the league to such an extent that there’s no point in playing it since the top four and relegation issues contain points they won’t earn or have. It’ll end in a court case rather than on pitches. 2) That post Sky show and fixation on Haaland’s grinning gob was despicable.

We’ll tell you what’s boring, Farage and the BBC… honking out Reform’s latest anti-asylum seeker bollox, as if it’s workable or wanted, and without any meaningful scrutiny. Yusuf on #r4today like a firehose of fascist idiocy, when this is the ugly truth behind their desperate outburst…

Mirror headline: 

Nigel Farage's latest announcement comes as Reform UK continue to struggle with falling poll ratings (O Gary Oakley/PA Wire)
Nigel Farage hits panic button and vows to ban all asylum seekers for five years after Reform poll plunge

“Reform, the Russian spy & rolls of Kremlin cash..Farage has been trying to distance himself from Gill…however…Gill was described variously as Farage’s “enforcer” & “right-hand man”…He was the right-hand version of Farage. His office was right beside Farage’s.”” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

theguardian.com

History doesn’t remember how hard Ben Johnson worked out, or his technique off the blocks History doesn’t remember Lance Armstrong’s great climbs to take control of tours. History won’t remember City’s football. All that history will remember is that they’re all cheats. #lfc #mancity #guilty

Deloitte in Cyprus helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, Leaked documents show transactions backdated and tailored. Assets spirited away to BVI. Big four accounting firms advise UK govts, get public contracts, routinely implicated in scandals.

Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth

Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.

bbc.co.uk