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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is why we say abolish ice. Theirs no reforming these mfers. Abolish it. Any candidate not saying abolish ice is not a serious person.

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David Symons @avoiddeadends.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial

Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...

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M⃨E⃨rlin @merlinmm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When Jurgen puts you in his Starter Packs, it is a great honor and it implies a Humble TRUST that you will embrace these friends and do no harm. Thank You for including me in yours! 🦋💙💯🔮 Thank You! @dailykotzn.bsky.social You are a true 🦋 friend, and resist leader! go.bsky.app/9hu228a

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Historically, the GOP, now known as the Magat Party has never been fiscally responsible when it's in power.

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My god. They killed a baby. Over diapers.

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Donald Trump thinks protesting his birthday party extravaganza means we hate America… No, we just hate you. So, suck it up you big SNOWFLAKE! 😎✨

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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A box of fucking diapers. Over diapers. Have mercy.

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea" is my new piece in @thenation.com's big America 250 double issue. Please check it out. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Separation of Church and State: America’s Best Idea

Christian nationalists keep forgetting what the country’s founders kept writing down.

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Two men found guilty over Starmer-linked arson attacks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Honest to god this country is a fucking basket case. The hatred toward Starmer is just absolutely absurd, abhorrent.

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Two men found guilty over Starmer-linked arson attacks

Property and a car linked to the prime minister were targeted in arson attacks last year.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

In a detailed story, we look back at a period in which the country's Brexit fate was decided and allegations of a pact between Boris Johnson's Tories and Nigel Farage were rife 2/

Part two of the Nerve’s investigation into Christopher Harborne’s influence on UK politics brings us to the 2019 election – which took the UK out of Europe, but dumped 300 Brexit Party candidates, leaving a wound on the far-right still raw today

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

At a press conference in November 2019, Nigel Farage shocked the country - including his own Brexit Party colleagues - by announcing that he would stand down 317 candidates in Tory-held seats in the upcoming General Election. This after always denying there would be any deal 3/

He’d faced a “very difficult” decision, he said. It was so difficult that he’d only finally made up his mind the night before. He’d chosen to do the “selfless” thing. There was an existential risk, he said, of a Remain coalition and the ultimate “nightmare”: a “people’s vote”, a second referendum on a final Brexit deal. So Farage declared, just a month before the election, that he would be standing down all 317 Brexit party candidates running in Conservative-held seats.

For those candidates, it was a jaw-dropping moment. They’d poured their hearts – and in some cases their finances – into the campaign. “I found out from the TV news,” one told the Nerve. Without any sort of warning, Farage had thrown them overboard. What’s more, it would later become apparent that he’d signed his own party’s death warrant.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

Christopher Harborne - the cryptobillionaire who has gifted over £30m to the Tories, Brexit Party, Reform UK, Farage and Boris Johnson - was then an unknown figure. He had been donating huge sums to the Brexit Party unnoticed as the vast majority weren't public. 4/

Even now, very few photographs of Harborne exist. But back in November 2019, he and the millions he’d already donated to the Brexit party had flown completely under the radar.
It wasn’t just down to his slightly mysterious CV – Harborne’s a Thai dual national who also goes by the name of Chakrit Sakunkrit and who made his money in defence tech and cryptocurrency. In November 2019, his new role as the main bankroller of the Brexit party had not yet been made public.
Even journalists covering campaign financing closely had never heard of Harborne, even though he had already given £6.2m to the Brexit party. Due to the nature of the Electoral Commission’s quarterly reporting, only the first two donations – totalling £220,000 – had been published.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

But it has been reported that Harborne had a desk at Brexit Party HQ in 2019. And the Nerve has established that Harborne was with Farage on the day he made the announcement in Hartlepool that gifted the election to Boris Johnson. 5/

"A Getty Images photo, taken by news photographer Ian Forsyth, in Hartlepool on the day of Farage’s announcement, was published in the Guardian and by the BBC, but the figure in the background drew no attention. " Picture of Farage with people in the background including a man in pink trousers looking at an electronic device. Caption: Brexit party leader Nigel Farage on the campaign trail in Hartlepool on 11 November 2019. Later that day, he announced he was standing down 317 Brexit candidates in Tory-held seats. Two independent experts have confirmed that the man in the background in pink trousers is billionaire political donor Christopher Harborne. (Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty)

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

According to two independent experts, the man wearing pink trousers was Christopher Harborne 6/

Picture repeated of man in pink trousers who two experts have identified as Christopher Harborne

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

During the research of this investigation, the UK far right has been morphing and further turning on itself. Our story of events behind the scenes of the 2019 election contains accusations of £1m personal payments, a defamation filing, an alleged "secret meeting" & more... 7/

At the centre of a bitter dispute between the two parties is a series of allegations about Farage, made in the context of last month’s revelations that he received a previously undisclosed £5m gift from the cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne. Those allegations centre around an alleged “deal” that Ben Habib, Reform’s former deputy leader, claims Farage and Johnson made ahead of the 2019 election – a deal that saw Farage lay down his arms and, on that day in Hartlepool, stand down 317 candidates in key Conservative seats.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

Harborne's lawyers repeatedly declined to answer our questions. Harborne, Farage & Johnson did not respond to requests for comment. Harborne has in the past stated all his donations were made in full compliance with electoral laws. Reform has also said it complies with the law 8/

But those relationships with Farage and Johnson are now a matter of both intense public interest and legal jeopardy. Mr Harborne’s lawyers, Schillings, repeatedly declined to answer any of our questions or requests for comment.

We are publishing these new revelations two weeks after Harborne filed a defamation claim in the High Court against a former leading member of Reform, Ben Habib.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/06/2026

We spoke to both Rupert Lowe MP and Ben Habib. Lowe is now leader of Restore Britain, the harder-right rival to Farage's Reform. Last week Ben Habib de-registered his Advance UK party and joined Restore. The two parties are at loggerheads in the coming Makerfield byelection 9/

Nevertheless, Lowe’s recollection of the day and details about the meeting are precise. He has recounted the details of the journey, the location of the meeting and the individuals present. The Nerve has also seen printouts of what appear to be messages, produced by Lowe, that support his claim that he was “dragged” back to London “in a final attempt to convince the Tories to give us some concessions.”

The Conservatives’ terms were that the Brexit party stand down their candidates in the 317 seats. But the Tories refused to withdraw their own candidates in Labour seats in return, a dealbreaker for Lowe and others.

Lowe says they returned to Brexit party HQ, where Farage was brought up to speed. There would be no deal, he said. Lowe claims Harborne was also present at this meeting. The Nerve has been unable to independently verify this claim, and Harborne, through his lawyers, has refused to comment. Lowe describes Harborne as bullish at the time and says he even offered to fund even more Brexit party candidates to stand. According to both Lowe and Habib (who was not at the meeting), it was agreed: there would be no deal. “That was how we left it,” claims Lowe.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

'Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready.' New nuclear (inc. SMRs still in development) is already too late for the AMOC climate crises. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready

The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued

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David Symons @avoiddeadends.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Football fans, log any issues, misdemeanours and hate here Please share #football #worldcup #stopTrump tracker.footballagainstfascism.org

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Trump World Cup Chaos Tracker

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Trump’s reported $1.8B “insurrectionist fund” tells you everything. No money for healthcare. No money for struggling families. No money for affordable housing. But somehow there’s ALWAYS money for loyalty, revenge, pardons, propaganda, and protecting Trump’s mythology. America deserves better.

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THE PRESIDENT WHO TURNED AMERICA INTO HIS PERSONAL BRAND

🙏 JUST FOR MY PAID SUBSCRIBERS: Trump’s reported $1.8 billion “insurrectionist fund” isn’t just another scandal.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Abir Al-Sahlani is a Member of the European Parliament. Lawmakers are pushing to redefine rape over one core principle: consent. “Only yes means yes, everything else is rape.” #Pinks

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

“The irony is that the government thinks it’s been quite busy but looks to the public like it’s inert and rudderless,” observes @robertsaunders.bsky.social, pointing to a communications strategy that's been "pulling in an opposite direction" to the government's legislative agenda.

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What has Labour actually achieved?

Keir Starmer has translated his majority into some significant laws but it’s no accident that the public has barely noticed

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Vice Chair @jazz072.bsky.social tells a critic of “for Europe” groups in @hulldailymail.co.uk: Britain needs a more business-friendly, forward-looking European future — not more #Brexit nostalgia. Former @financialtimes.com editor: #Brexit “a massive distraction”; 10 lost years. So let’s #RejoinEU

Letter headed "We're looking forward in post-Brexit future", which appeared in the Hull Daily Mail on 25 April 2026. Jas Olak, Vice Chair of Leeds for Europe, says rejoining the European Union would be the kind of "business-friendly" move that the former editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber, says Britain needs.

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 25/04/2026

Author is John Daniels! Great article John

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

He can pretend all he likes, but Nigel Farage has spent his career cheerleading Donald Trump.

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📎 Scott Miller #FBPE @3chordrock.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Trump loses his war on woke.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Everybody knows the water companies are a bunch of charlatans and thieves. Watch my interview on why privatisation is — and always has been — a total disaster. youtu.be/1J2D0PgbAbQ?...

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"We can't go on like this" | Jeremy Corbyn on privatisation

YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My response to the Southport inquiry: the one lesson we definitely did learn is that some idiot spreading misinformation online can lead to widespread riots among knuckle-dragging racist fuckwits.

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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Bondi was fired two weeks before her sworn Epstein deposition. The DOJ now says the subpoena was issued to "the Attorney General" not Pam Bondi personally. Nancy Mace says it was issued to Pam Bondi by name.Todd Blanche who gave Maxwell immunity is now the acting AG. The survivors are still waiting

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Mo O’Donnell @modonnell5.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I think accountability is the key to collapsing the systems that got us to where we are today. Violence, the Epstein class, corporate financial abuse, racial injustice … none of this would be maintained if those committing these crimes were held accountable. The era of accountability is here.

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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Although Iran is charging vessels millions for safe passage through the Strait, “We are sending the Epstein files through free of charge,” the statement indicated.

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Iran Allows Ship Loaded With Epstein Files Through Strait of Hormuz

Although Iran is charging vessels millions for safe passage through the Strait, “We are sending the Epstein files through free of charge,” they said.

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∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

'Morning ☕ Do you realize Netanyahu needs Israel in a constant state of war to avoid prison for corruption? Trump faces the same issue over the Epstein files. These wars exist so two nearly 80‑year‑olds don’t spend the rest of their lives in prison. What are we waiting?

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Hi every single #Labour MP and minister

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The US bombed a primary school in Iran, killing 168 girls. Why is nobody talking about this anymore? These abominable war crimes should not be forgotten — and nor should the lives, hopes and dreams of human beings who were slaughtered with impunity.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/03/2026

🚨Ed Davey accuses Donald Trump of corruption: "This looks like Donald Trump giving his mates insider information so they can make themselves richer, while his illegal war in Iran makes everyone else poorer."

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Nick @nicklaus2016.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

#Project2025 Full text here: archive.org/stream/Proje...

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