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John Heather

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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The EU remains by a wide margin the UK's most important export market" says EMIS Communications Lead Martin Roche in the Herald. Europe takes 41% of UK exports valued at £385 billion pounds. #theherald #europe #singlemarket #UK
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Warless Goddess @warlessgoddess.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T PROPOSED A SINGLE PLAN TO MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS. NOT ONE. Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president's emergency powers. #Blues
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Trump’s opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president’s emergency powers. Lawyers are strategizing about how to insulate the Justice Department from presidential influence. A House measure...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

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Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Every RNLI volunteer takes unpaid and unacknowkedged risks in support of their fellow man that these cowards would never dream of taking.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On June 12, @thenerve.news published our investigation which assessed a whole range of facts, evidence & witnesses to establish whether the 2019 general election *was* in some way "rigged" between Harborne, Johnson and Farage. You can read it here. www.thenerve.news/p/christophe... 5/
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Crypto, peerages, or political self-sacrifice – why did Farage gift Boris the 2019 election?
Part two of the Harborne Receipts, the Nerve’s investigation into the billionaire's influence on UK politics brings us to the 2019 election – which took the UK out of Europe while dumping 300 Brexit p...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Our Nige...
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nlwa.bsky.social @nlwa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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nlwa.bsky.social @nlwa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
…..their readership waiting with bated breath!
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John.... BLOCKED IF YOU DM,NO POSTS, SOLICITATIONS, PORN @benbrookjohn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social you can lie all you want. Voters know the TRUTH and will vote accordingly.😎
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
1/2 The BBC dedicated nearly an hour to broadcasting an empty podium for a Reform UK presser while uncritically relaying unverified welfare policy claims. When a public broadcaster acts as a platform for minor parties, impartiality is dead. Is BBC news impartiality broken?
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BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again
Overly eager to air Reform's latest press conference, the BBC displayed an empty podium for the better part of an hour. What the hell?
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ramrca.bsky.social @ramrca.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
No Brainer
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Balding? Not anymore. Try TREMENDOUS HAIR™ today!
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Snowhare @fluffy.pink · 31/07/2026
So Trump's loudly proclaimed Gaza deal in which Hamas has agreed to give up its weapons depends on *Israel* withdrawing from Gaza. Yeah. That is SO not happening. Netanyahu desperately NEEDS his wars to keep the Israeli far right happy to stay in power and not go to prison.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
Column by Allister Heath

Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life

We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Chances
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 18/07/2026
And they are happy to be part of foreign interference in U.K. politics? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
No. No. No. No. No. This is not fine. Tell me, Brexiters, what version of ‘sovereignty’ is this? Trump buying up our democracy because he thinks he can own bloody everything. And these hideous ‘take back control’ tossers letting him.
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Andrew S. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @parallax2112.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It's interesting that all the speculation about Widdecombe has distracted the media from reporting about Farage's dodgy finances, isn't it? And the BBC are playing along. 🙄
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
There's a good reason that I lied about being refused any state security when in fact I'd been offered a bodyguard, a car & a trained driver, on a par with a high profile cabinet member. It's because I didn't want anyone seeing what i get up to and how little work I do.
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ZÖMBY WOOF @steveshark.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So, £10 billion wasted during the mishandling of the supply of PPE during the Covid epidemic. Can nobody be held responsible? Can they be allowed to get away with what will amount to just getting a slap on the wrist? Gove, for one, needs investigating.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just think of that. £10 billion that could have been spent productively on so many other purposeful things in the NHS.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Exclusive: Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including a bodyguard, car and trained driver last year, The i Paper has learned.  The Reform UK leader was offered the protection following police advice on the threats he faced.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Much more likely that he would not want police officers/ state security knowing what he was up to and who he was seeing.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Reform's Zia Yusuf had claimed the state was "providing no protection whatsoever" to the party's MPs. In fact, Nigel Farage had been offered a package that would have given him the same level of protection as Kemi Badenoch - but he turned it down.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Farage rejected offer of tax-payer security because he “wanted security at the same level as the Home Secretary who has the highest level of protection among govt ministers” Yet, on and on he whines. Demanding the highest public office with none of the scrutiny. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/464...
Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded security
The Reform leader's spokesman told The i Paper it was a downgrade on the state-funded security he had previously received
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Nigel Farage, who is routinely accompanied by bodyguards, has claimed to be "the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times"The i Paper has learned he was offered a taxpayer-funded bodyguard, car and trained driver supplied by private contractors.
The offer followed a July 2025 review by Parliament's former security director Alison Giles, and specified that it could be upgraded for more high risk events.
The royal and VIP executive committee (Ravec), responsible for the security of the royals, the prime minister and the home secretary, was brought in to help assess the threat faced by MPs in February 2024.
One parliamentary source claimed Farage was unhappy with the offer as he wanted security at the same level as the Home Secretary, who has one of the highest levels of protection among government ministers. This was denied as "false" by a Reform spokesman who said the leader did not make specific requests.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Seeing Screaming Lord Hannan rail against Count Binface on policy… elevates British political farce to the next level. “Capping the price of a kebab is not a brave take on a glaring policy failure. It is what every half-wit who refuses to understand economics would do”
Photograph of the article
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@Comradess Nan @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reform UK ~ funded by Russia Restore - bought and paid for by an American trillionaire GB News - owned by a hedge fund in Dubai The Daily Mail - registered in Bermuda. Is that Patriotism? #NotOnOurSide ⤵️ #ReformUKLtd 🇷🇺 #RupertLowe 🇺🇸 #GBNews 🔥🇬🇧 #DailyMail 🔥🇬🇧 www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1z...
NOT ON OUR SIDE
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David__Osland @David_Osland:
So Reform UK is funded by Russia, Restore bought and paid for by an American trillionaire, GB News owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is so true.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hahaha! “Drop everything in a genuine, competitive and important mayoral election in Manchester and come and help me argue with a bin in Clacton!” screams Farage as he once again prioritises his own monstrous ego over being a serious party that can cope under pressure. Nasty clowncar falls apart.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Reform UK wants MORE privatisation of the Britain's NHS, social care and public services ... meme via Michael Taylor
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So after spending years posing as a political martyr for being "debanked", we now find out Nigel Farage was also reported by bankers to the National Crime Agency over money laundering concerns, after secretly taking millions of pounds from a crypto billionaire
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
From a politico friend: "I cannot believe how earnestly I mean this: but I really hope the Monster Raving Loony Party stand down in favour of Count Binface" in Clacton The intergalactic wasteman is surely the only sensible candidate with a shot...
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 08/07/2026
A manifesto we can all get behind 😉 #CountBinfaceForClacton
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
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"The noble Lord had stated, that it was unusual to refuse the Chiltern Hundreds, except on account of mental incapacity, or where proceedings were pending for the expulsion of the applicants from their seats. In this case, however, the House had decided that compromises had been entered into, which had the effect of obstructing the investigation of bribery; "
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 08/07/2026
Farage’s meltdown was the worst speech in modern British political history Reform’s leader triggered a by-election at the end of a rant that veered wildly between incoherent defences and bizarre anecdotes #TheNewWorld www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-reade-f...
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Farage’s meltdown was the worst speech in modern British political history
Reform’s leader triggered a by-election at the end of a rant that veered wildly between incoherent defences and bizarre anecdotes
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jimmy Carter had to gave up his peanut farm to avoid any conflicts of interest while president. The Obamas were forbidden to refinance their home while he was in office. Donald Trump has made over 21,000 stock trades while in office, often using his office to manipulate markets.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🔴 ‘There’s No Money In Politics If You’re Straight’: How Farage’s Words Are Coming Back To Haunt Him The Reform UK leader once claimed that only the corrupt could make money in politics. Now questions about his own multi-million pound fortune threaten to bring him down
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‘There’s No Money In Politics If You’re Straight’: How Farage’s Words Are Coming Back To Haunt Him
The Reform UK leader once claimed that only the corrupt could make money in politics. Now questions about his own multi-million pound fortune threaten to bring him down
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In one chapter of his book entitled 'The Art of the Bribe', Nigel Farage donor and convicted fraudster George Cottrell describes how politicians can be bought www.ft.com/content/7a0f...
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He’s following the Cottrell book playbook.👇 The idea the journalists are breaching Levenson here is utterly risible. Farage is rattled alright. bsky.app/profile/fasc...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Vox pops on #r4today from Reform voters in Runcorn is not news. It’s fire-hosing the audience with the abject ignorance and cultish stupidity of a small minority, spouting their bullshit notions of why it’s ok for Farage to corrupt his arse off and lie to them. “We need Reform”. Do we hell.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Remember how Trump and his team campaigned on the promise of "free speech", and claimed - generally without a shred of evidence - that progressives were shutting it down? Well, here's the reality. Speak out against these paramilitary murderers, and you could find yourself in very big trouble.
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 06/07/2026
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage threatens a Sky News journalist who asks about his undeclared gifts from convicted criminal George Cottrell "You harass my family anymore, there will be serious consequences"
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Your regular reminder that cryptocurrency does in fact have a use case and that use case is crime
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Has Nigel Farage broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare benefits provided by an ally who’s a convicted criminal? He says he hasn’t. The Sunday Times reports George Cottrell supplied security & social media staff who worked on Mr Farage's online content in the year before he was elected
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
But the Sunday Times story identifies expensive U.K. Mayfair accommodation and 🇬🇧 staff . It used to be Arron Banks that lent Farage posh Chelsea accommodation. Poor old 5-homes Farage. All that loot and he can’t house himself.
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