Reposted by AlisonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the new Private Eye 542701974
Reposted by AlisonBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There's more whitewash in this report than at your local B&Q. Nothing in it exonerates Reform UK or Nigel Farage. They're not above the rules. The sleaze, scandal & police investigations aren’t going away. It’s time to stop the cover ups and come clean to the public. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations stingOfficials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party. 1323356
Reposted by AlisonAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026An evening in Sochi, Russia, with a burning tanker in the background. Celebrating Putin’s birthday? 1332067
Reposted by AlisonMargo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Two more bodies were found under the rubble of sewing shop in Kharkiv after Russia bombed it with glide bombs today . Death toll rose to 5 people , 53 wounded , including 3 kids . 45123
Reposted by AlisonMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 05/10/2026For many West Londoners, the quickest route between two places often isn't the most direct. The West London Orbital would change that with a new Overground line between Hounslow and Hendon. 417027
Reposted by AlisonYaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Something unusual is happening in Kyiv. Calm. Since last night. It’s 4 pm. This calm feels like a spider’s web. Delicate. Fragile. May the spider keep doing its job. 3254687
Reposted by AlisonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (they were horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible 42588205
Reposted by AlisonRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year. 16594783231
Reposted by AlisonNick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Cable Street battle, Jewish London East End #OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936 with their banner explicitly adapting the antifascist slogan of the defence of Madrid "NO PASARÁN." They shall not pass. Many that day who fought against police who allowed the fascist march then came to Spain 18736
Reposted by Alisonmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Even though it’s the Tories who let our prisons rot, built no prisons and only made 500 prison more places in 14 years? The media blamed Keir Starmer for having to let prisoners out early because prisons are full and of course now it’s all Andy Burnham’s fault. 59127
Reposted by AlisonMS NOW @ms.now · 30/09/2026Bruce is headlining the “Power To The People” concert THIS SATURDAY! SET YOUR REMINDER AND WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnT... 492765888
Reposted by AlisonAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle 17553621060
Reposted by AlisonHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 30/09/2026Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws. 745494
Reposted by AlisonThe Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026IT Guy Had Affinity For Cords At Young Age theonion.com/it-guy-had-affinity-fo… 19104286
Reposted by AlisonMargo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Popping in to give you these 2 numbers today : 744 and 2363. First is how many children in Ukraine Russia killed by now almost 5 years of daily bombings . Second is how many kids are missing . 28842
Reposted by AlisonThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026“First of all, he’s got my face as his profile picture, so that right there gave me a high degree of confidence, because I know what I look like.” — Kash Patel theonion.comKash Patel Phished By Scammer Posing As Kash PatelWASHINGTON—Despite carefully checking and double-checking the credentials of the man who reached out to him via email, FBI director Kash Patel was reportedly phished Friday by a scammer posing as FBI ... 261631180
Reposted by AlisonChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026The free press is under assault because of one man’s ego. Trump’s poll numbers are in the toilet, and members of his own party are running from him. There’s not much good news to report, so he’s punishing the press for reporting reality. 68780272
Reposted by AlisonByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Revealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire Donor Ben Delo financed a failed legal case in defense of two writers who privately exchanged pro-Hitler messages and talked about studying Mein Kampf...bylinetimes.comRevealed: The Pro-Hitler Messages Behind the ‘Neo-Nazi’ Libel Case Funded by Reform’s Crypto Billionaire DonorBen Delo financed a failed legal case in defense of two writers who privately exchanged pro-Hitler messages and talked about studying Mein Kampf 520397
Reposted by AlisonRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Notice how it’s never a polio survivor and always someone vaccinated for polio. They may be stupid but not stupid enough to risk of practicing their own beliefs themselves. 1016131
Reposted by AlisonU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/09/2026Happy Baby Safety Month. 853614920
Reposted by AlisonParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dan Thomas? Didn't know him, never even met him. 801276330
Reposted by AlisonPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14/09/2026A record proportion of British voters now have an unfavorable view of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage, according to polling firm YouGov.politico.euRecord number of Brits have unfavorable view of Nigel FarageYouGov’s tracker finds 69% of Brits have an unfavorable view of the Reform UK leader — the highest it’s ever recorded. 35816
Reposted by AlisonEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2026My heart goes out to the Prime Minister on the loss of his dad. From our conversations he sounded like a wonderful man. My prayers are with his whole family as they mourn together. 12116793
Reposted by AlisonRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Astonishing. And yet a door opening for the UK.... if we weren't still facing in the other direction, examining our navel, and hanging on the every utterance of a mustard-trousered bullshitter? 20516100
Reposted by AlisonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is encouraging. As I wrote here, whether people notice immigration is falling is one of the key Qs in British politics at the moment. samf.substack.com/p/race-to-th...samf.substack.comRace to the bottomFalling immigration is pushing the right to further extremes - will it work? 617145
Reposted by AlisonThomas/Thom @thomasfein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026September 12, Dublin. Thousands of “vicious Irish bastards” show up to unwelcome America’s warmongering-genocidal-rapist- paedophile President in Dublin. 10453511394
Reposted by AlisonBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Farage can't buy his way out of the scandals he and Reform UK are drowning in, or the multiple police investigations that are ongoing into Reform’s dodgy finances. No amount of money will get rid of the stench of sleaze coming from Reform – the public can smell it. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukReform handed second £36m donation but Farage warned questions 'not going away'Thai-based businessman Christopher Harborne, the party’s biggest donor, said on Saturday he was matching the £36million donation by fellow billionaire Ben Delo. 155621
Reposted by AlisonUkrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 12/09/2026Zelenskyy reports strikes on Russian chemical plants and destruction of Su-33 and 2 Mi-8 helicopterspravda.com.uaZelenskyy reports strikes on Russian chemical plants and destruction of Su-33 and 2 Mi-8 helicopters – videoZelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck chemical plants in Perm and Samara, military targets in Taganrog and destroyed a Su-33 and two Mi-8 helicopters. 011824
Reposted by AlisonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Farage's defence of his £5m gift from Harborne is it was a personal gift: nothing to do with politics. Strong circumstantial evidence links it: he was asking for £5 million to return as leader, fearing lost earnings, before given £5m Not sure £36m to the party from the donor helps his story! 09923
Reposted by AlisonPatrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry open.substack.com/pub/adambien...open.substack.comReform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto IndustryAs criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders 0114
Reposted by AlisonTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Actual headline: “Farage sold himself to one foreign based crypto millionaire & has now sold his party to yet another one”. What a surprise that a party with little concrete policy has very specific policies on… crypto tax cuts 2017954
Reposted by AlisonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Telegraph's scrutiny of overt racism in Restore for the last month is welcome. But its odd for Mr Shipley to call it a "hostile takeover" when overt racists joined *by invitation* on day one + their membership was defended by key party staff + officials, against challenge from within + without 825283
Reposted by Alisonpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026£100K annual cap on political donations from British citizens living overseas? Yes, please. 'Reform has been given a record £36m donation by British cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo, convicted in the US for failing to implement anti-money laundering controls.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump 4396
Reposted by AlisonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite. 52886173067
Reposted by AlisonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Reform has now taken tens of millions of pounds from crypto billionaires at exactly the same time as promising to legislate to slash taxes on crypto sales in half, potentially saving them hundreds of millions 11427134
Reposted by AlisonMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Canadians look out for one another. It’s who we are. The women and men I met this week at the Thunder Bay Fire Management Centre have been working relentlessly to keep people safe through one of Ontario’s worst wildfire seasons on record. Service. Courage. Canada at its best. 34710148
Reposted by AlisonCNN @cnn.com · 05/09/2026President Donald Trump labeled the Iran war “small potatoes,” the latest attempt to minimize a six-month conflict that caused a spike in gas prices and led to the deaths of 18 American service-members.cnn.comTrump says Iran conflict, which has killed 18 US service members and injured hundreds more, is ‘small potatoes’ | CNN Politics 318724
Reposted by AlisonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/09/2026there are now no fewer than five separate financial scandals engulfing Reform UK www.ft.com/content/0426...ft.comThe five financing scandals facing ReformNigel Farage and his party are facing growing scrutiny over transparency and the source of donations 741016403
Reposted by AlisonKuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Farage complaining about Britain being a complainant society is objectively hilarious 2964297
Reposted by AlisonHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough: “The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.” 6231588548
Reposted by AlisonThe Onion @theonion.com · 01/09/2026Your World. Your Merch. Our Money. store.theonion.com/products/nations… 131124
Reposted by AlisonCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The international commentary reaction got me 😂 12751146
Reposted by AlisonCNN @cnn.com · 01/09/2026Asked by CNN's Manu Raju about the prolonged warfare in Iran, Speaker Mike Johnson said he has "nothing to do with the prosecution of the war across the globe." 226825
Reposted by AlisonJoey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New from me: LAPD released video from an in-custody death that occurred in July. Jose Carlos Hoyos-Munoz appeared to be in crisis as 6 to 9 officers beat him three separate times. One officer is seen putting his knee into the back and neck of Munoz. He died 20 min later. lataco.com/lapd-beat-ha...lataco.comPolice Video Shows LAPD Beat Handcuffed Man in Van Nuys Jail Before His Death ~ L.A. TACOLAPD officers forcefully restrained a man, kneed him, and struck him with their elbows. He was later found dead in his cell. 45136882236
Reposted by AlisonLindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are never moving on from the Epstein files 5936611
Reposted by AlisonRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴 752695759
Reposted by AlisonBlue Tsunami #NoKings @bluefuture.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Too many people don't realize this. 516654
Reposted by AlisonAlison @alison263.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/n...nytimes.com‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’ (Gift Article)President Trump on Thursday signed an order rechristening Lake Ontario as Lake America, but businesses around Niagara Falls say they won’t be changing their tune. 001