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Alasdair Fraser @alasdairfraser8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

the media need to take a long hard look at themselves after Arday’s passing. Blowing up a story like that while there were obvious dog whistles ongoing and printing literally everything about it, for the high crime of… plagiarism? smfh

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bin Day cometh.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 03/08/2026

Weirdly, despite repeated requests, I haven't had any invitations to Reform press events since I asked a month ago whether Farage was scared of questions about his finances.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

According to Luke Tryl on Radio 4 disillusioned Reform voters think Farage is “just the same as the rest” on the corruption front. But he isn’t is he? He’s exponentially worse. And his grifter tendency has been obvious for a very long time.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

But without AI slop what's left of LinkedIn?

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Before I was a MP, I spent more than 10 years as an anti-corruption specialist @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is spot on in writing to the Electoral Commission about Reform UK and George Cottrell👇🏻

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I've written a few books and checked all the quotes (deleting some bangers because I doubted their authenticity) and if you're letting fabricated ones slip through then you're cutting corners in an egregious way. It is not the copy-editor's job to check every source, it's yours. Do the damn work

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Fake passports. A money laundering conviction. A mystery casino fortune in Montenegro... There's yet more revelations about who Farage chooses to surround himself with. Let’s start with George Cottrell. A man Farage describes as "like a son," and his former chief of staff 👇

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Great work as per by @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...

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Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources

Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The personal finance case study is one of journalism’s weirdest genres. Things like “I can’t make ends meet so I’m moving to Dubai” or “I’m a millionaire but I’m poor somehow” or “Why won’t the government save me from my catastrophic decisions?”

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fascinating thread on professional irate pensioner Elaine Yates and her remarkable media career. Not British journalism's finest hour

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If feels a bit like a referee giving an early yellow for a soft foul to show they're in charge.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I really think some of my colleagues in the Parliamentary lobby need a bit of a break. The reporting at the moment is so frantic and a bit hysterical. Today Burnham is being accused of a major U-turn because he said he would look at something and then said he won't move ahead with it currently.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sacked ministers often say damn fool things, because they are feeling sad about being sacked and they’ve also lost their “don’t send that tweet boss” system too:

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Cameron Clark @cameronclark.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So you’re: A) criticising the government less than 24 hours after departing your role B) admitting you didn’t fund a major policy proposal And you think this makes you look… good?

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/07/2026

I want to go out dancing sooooo bad but there is also absolutely no way in hell I'm going to a club night that starts at 10pm and only really gets going after 11pm ever again

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 21/07/2026

🚨 NEW: Labour has recorded its highest voting intention since March 2025 LAB: 28% (+8) RFM: 28% (=) CON: 18% (+1) LDM: 10% (-2) GRN: 10% (-3) Via Deltapoll UK 17-20 Jul Changes w/ 12-15 Jun

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We’re sourcing our reshuffle news from an alternate timeline of the 1980s…

To summarise yesterday evening, Mr Benn is out of the Cabinet, Mr Healey has returned to the Cabinet and Mr Kinnock has joined the Cabinet for the first time.

Quoted as an image because it’s a friend’s joke from Facebook and I can’t take credit for it.

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Seen a few people saying rough sleeping policy isn’t aimed at median public concern. Quite apart from any policy/moral imperative it really is - rough sleeping comes up time again in focus groups as one of the most visible signs of Broken Britain and community decline!

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Alasdair Fraser @alasdairfraser8.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I feel vindicated / not stupid as this was also my reaction.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ngl I'm quite pleased that the minister who'll be responsible for strengthening and reorganising No 10 said this about my book...

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Alasdair Fraser @alasdairfraser8.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I don’t mean to be rude but literally “who”? was my main reaction. Haven’t we done this thing of making a career politician Justice Sec before? Anyone with more Westminster fluff able to explain this or is it a faction placating thing?

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UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Angela Rayner has been appointed as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue

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Alasdair Fraser @alasdairfraser8.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hope, ready, a plan, get vested interest out, service, a new style, and anti-neoliberal. Yup, this is the party I joined. It is refreshing to have a leader of Labour who isn’t afraid of saying left wing things. Sounds mad that that is a high bar to clear but alas.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's clear to anyone who cares about real world performance that she has been a disaster at the Home Office: putting forward extreme proposals with counter-productive outcomes accompanied by misleading departmental literature.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There's a lot of this about. It's the way people think when they assess politicians by their capacity for triangulation, rather than their performance in a department.

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Alasdair Fraser @alasdairfraser8.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I really, really hope this is not true and that it is just a handful of people musing / talking out of their arses. That or I hope the response prior to announcement is enough to dissuade him. Of course, most of us on here aren’t party to PLP inner dynamics but this smells politically illiterate.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026

[boldly] I just don't think the British government needs to have Shabana Mahmood in it, I think we managed fine without her and we can just keep going without her, it's fine, Andy Burnham doesn't need to find a space for her in cabinet, there are other MPs

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Calum Weir @cwp-weir.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Yesterday, as a personal project, I put out a UK poll tracker: pollingpolis.co.uk It has UK Voting Intention, Best PM, Net Approval and Vote by 2024 Vote, Region and Age. A quick tour of how it works 🧵

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Nigel Farage will soon be the least popular political party leader in the UK by some margin. The confidence trick isn't working any more www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-nigel-...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I always had this rule when hiring. However smart or impressive someone seems, if they seem like a bit of a dick it's not worth hiring them. I had deliberate tests, like how they treated admin staff.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Britain has no cap on political donations. None. @stellacreasy.bsky.social has proposed capping them at £100,000. MPs - and everyone else - should back it when the Elections Bill returns to Parliament next week. New by me on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...

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How to stop Reform’s dark money

Plus: watch video with Franz Wild on how super rich are using London's libel courts to silence critics

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ann Widdecombe’s murder is awful, and I’m not sure now is the right time for the slew of pieces about Farage/safety of MPs Maybe, you know, wait until we know what’s happened?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Amendment watch... Lib Dem MP Lisa Smart has an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill which would ban politicians from taking payments from foreign state broadcasters. Richard Burgon's would exclude oil and gas companies from the list of permissible donors.

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Nigel Farage has sent an email to Reform UK supporters tonight saying “we don’t know whether there were any political motives” behind Ann Widdecombe’s murder. But police have already ruled that out, saying there was “no information” to suggest the murder was “politically motivated”.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I've never found Count Binface funny. But the right having a humourless strop about Count Binface is the most joyous political phenomenon in recent memory.

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Joel @storywonker.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Screaming "WHO FUNDS YOU" at a man with a bin on his head, in a cool, non-rattled manner

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This is absolutely shameful - from both Tice and the Telegraph

Tice, via lawyers, threatened to injunct the Guardian to stop it publishing these details.

Without responding to any of the questions put to him, Tice then appears to have shared the allegations contained in the Guardian’s requests for comment with the Telegraph, which wrote them up without credit or contact ahead of publication.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Game on, Nige.

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