Tristram Hicks
@warondirtymoney.bsky.social
Author: The War on Dirty Money, The EU Financial investigation Handbook. Ex senior cop, crime scientist. https://open.substack.com/pub/tristramhicks/p/1-a-short-uk-history-of-confiscating?r=ed1ld&utm_medium=
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu... The gap between high polling and real voting is now so large that we should seriously question the validity of polling in the UK.
It's the end of Reform as we know it
A bad few months for Nigel Farage's insurgent party has shown their true colours
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#USA #Democrats Here is a blueprint for what to do once you have the chance. How Péter Magyar dismantled Viktor Orbán's regime www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
How Péter Magyar dismantled Viktor Orbán's built-to-last regime
Since Péter Magyar's Tisza Party won a landslide in April, Hungary's president, top prosecutor and state media chiefs have all been removed, as the new government moves swiftly to unwind 16 years of V...
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news.sky.com/story/comfor... This incredibly detailed analysis did eventually reach the key fact of 25% turnout. A percentage which really negates any analytical conclusions. What a waste of my time and yours and theirs.
Comfortable victory, but uncomfortable numbers for Labour in Greater Manchester
Bev Craig's triumph was great news for Labour - but zoom out and the figures show that Labour's first preference share was down 16 points on Andy Burnham's 2024 win.
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@lucympowell.bsky.social congratulated the new Labour Mayor via identical posts on X and @bsky.app The BBC news provided the link to X and did not mention Blue Sky.: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour's Bev Craig elected new mayor of Greater Manchester
Labour's Bev Craig secures nearly double the number of votes won by Reform UK's Sian Astley.
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Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
What about the pledge to get water bosses to go for a swim in the rivers their companies pollute?
Another misleading Euronews headline. The community and law enforcement both criticised the court for letting the terrorist out on bail to commit the Berlin attack. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Berliners criticise state response as they mourn deadly Pride attack
German law enforcement authorities faced criticism for failing to prevent a deadly vehicle and machete attack near Berlin's Pride parade on Saturday. #EuropeNews
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Count Binface and the humiliation of Nigel Farage Count Binface has managed to reduce Farage's protest to farce, and he and his trash-can helmet are now at the centre of media attention northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Count Binface and the humiliation of Nigel Farage
Count Binface has managed to reduce Farage's protest to farce, and he and his trash-can helmet are now at the centre of media attention
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The whole Podyssey back catalogue is superb by the way. Recommended listening for the classically curious.
Who knew a museum could be so relevant to current affairs? Fascinating article describes the background.
Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social · 2w ago
East Anglia Bylines launched five years ago to report what others didn't. Last year's million website hits suggest we're getting something right | East Anglia Bylines
Five years of fighting the bad guys: join us for year six
East Anglia Bylines launched five years ago to report what others didn't. Last year's million website hits suggest we're getting something right
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open.substack.com/pub/denismac... New #UK Prime Minister Burnham has sound European credentials. Croisez les doigts!
Who is Andy Burnham?
Writers who cover politics in Britain are producing profiles of the new Prime Minister.. None of them in my view have understood the importance of Europe in Burnham's political make-up
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... Sadique Khan, Labour grandee discusses his rise to three-times mayor of the great city. He observes that abusive terms N-word and P-word are making a comeback in Britain 🤬
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I was asked yesterday what neoliberalism is. This is the answer:
www.euronews.com/video/2026/0... When has the UK ever convicted those responsible for a British disaster? Grenfell, Covid PPE, tainted blood, Post Office Horizon? The British need justice.
Video. Ex-CEO among 32 convicted over deadly Genoa bridge collapse
Video. Dozens of family members of the victims packed the courtroom as Chief Judge Paolo Lepri read the verdicts against 57 defendants. Many relatives broke down in tears as the sentences were read.
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#Covid Enquiry Report. If you thought it was damning, you ain't read nothing yet: open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The missing finding of the Covid Inquiry PPE report
🔓 Free to read...
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Ending ‘Rip-off Britain’ will resonate across the country. Green Party policy on #crime and #justice needs to make it so.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3w agoWe don't know what the cabinet will be yet, but the mood music is becoming really ominous. A Labour Party subservient to the City of London and harking back to the Blair years would be catastrophic for this country. People simply won't stand for Rip Off Britain any more.
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The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .
#Farage versus the bin. This fine article sets out serious politics unfolding in Clacton. open.substack.com/pub/briankla...
The Garden of Forking Paths | Brian Klaas | Substack
Wandering around an infinitely complex, ever-changing world. Click to read The Garden of Forking Paths, by Brian Klaas, a Substack publication.
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With Count Binface becoming Nigel Farage's main challenger, social media has responded with some gloriously inventive political satire | East Anglia Bylines
The 20 best Count Binface memes from the Clacton by-election
With Count Binface becoming Nigel Farage's main challenger, social media has responded with some gloriously inventive political satire
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We should recognise that the war on drugs has been lost. Our next steps should be careful. An intelligent discussion of how the UK needs to catch up with the rest of the world. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Why The War On Drugs Is A Huge Failure | Kojo Koram
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 30 June · 45min
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No law enforcement function should be driven by profit. End all outsourcing of local government enforcement.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4w ago‘In the midst of a funding crisis, shocking amounts of public money are being taken out of our communities in the form of private profit,’ he told the conference delegates www.localgov.co.uk/Polanski-cal...
This a long post from an MP packed with points about #Farage and his money.
Phil Brickell MP@philbrickellmp.bsky.social · last mo.🧵I’d rather spend my weekends doing something else than post about Nigel Farage’s murky finances, but his behaviour poses such a threat to our democratic norms that I wanted to flag a number of points in the public interest.
39% of Brits think that the #USA is a positive influence on the world. Scots' culture reaches Boston and other such fun. Enjoy... Ice, Ice Baby: America's national decline open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Ice, Ice Baby: America's national decline
The 250th anniversary is corrupt, embarrassing and an utter failure. It's the perfect encapsulation of Trump's US.
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