Sign in

beechap.bsky.social

@beechap.bsky.social
90 followers 116 following 35 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just because I strongly oppose any measure to tackle Russian misinformation, doesn’t mean I’m on Russia's side. In unrelated news, one of the few times I bothered turning up for work as an MEP was to vote AGAINST measures to tackle the spread of Russian misinformation...
281104337
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 03/08/2026
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
13118731009
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
inews.co.uk
How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
1001572865
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
30 nationally significant clean energy projects have been approved by the government since July 2024 – enough clean energy to power the equivalent of more than 19 million homes. There are 28 million homes in the UK. This is something the Govt should be very proud of.  www.gov.uk/government/n....
gov.uk
Government approves UK’s second largest solar farm
Families and businesses will benefit from more solar power as the government has approved a major new solar power project.
16110
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Left: Nigel Farage, "To you the voters of Clacton, if I win, you win" Right: Clacton voter in a Green party video today, "Since he's been here, he hasn't done anything in Clacton, nothing at all"
41810280
beechap.bsky.social @beechap.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Can anyone ask Farage for his insight and opinion on the influence Trump had on the USA red card?
000
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In his book 'How to Launder Money', Posh George, the Farage aide at the heart of Reform's latest controversy, has a chapter on 'The Art of the Bribe' He and his co-author recommend small gifts (explainable as “a mistake of overexuberance in friendship”) and "Paying some of the target’s expenses”
13320126
beechap.bsky.social @beechap.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Surprised to see the hostilities with Iran have finished again on a Monday. Does the US military only work when the stock market is closed? I can’t imagine why
000
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
drnedflanders.bsky.social @drnedflanders.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
At the time Farage decided to stand to be an MP in June 2024 he started to push for UK cryptocurrency. I wonder why that was? www.fnlondon.com/articles/nig...
fnlondon.com
Nigel Farage calls for UK crypto push as Reform campaign kicks off
Nigel Farage calls for UK crypto push as Reform campaign kicks off
021
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Stop Funding Heat @stopfundingheat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We all deserve better than this from Ofcom. Take action: stopfundinghate.info/get-involved...
16228
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Lest we forget... Claire Fox defended the IRA murdering two young boys in Warrington ("The right of the Irish people to take whatever measures necessary in their struggle for freedom") and has never apologised. #politicslive
Screencap of 2019 pre-general election tweetsl by Colin Parry: 

"Brexit party candidate for NW England in the EU elections, Claire Fox defended the IRA bombing of Warrington in 1993 because the IRA was 'defending itself'! Voters should reflect on her suitability to represent them when they cast their vote."
2022372
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The UK should be tremendously proud of this. Instead, our oligarchic media and opposition parties use it as a stick with which to bash the government.
15315
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 15/06/2026
NIGEL FARAGE - AN APOLOGY. thecritic.co.uk/once...
NIGEL FARAGE — AN APOLOGY. Last week, I noted that since The Guardian revealed that he’d accepted a £5 million “gift” from a crypto-billionaire, the leader of Reform has carefully avoided places where people might ask him questions. In response, I find I’m now being shunned by Reform: when shame-vacuum finance spokesman Jenrick spoke on Monday morning, I was the only sketchwriter not invited. 

To some journalists, the discovery that they were no longer going to have to attend events with Richard Tice would be a source of profound relief. Such hacks might take it as a compliment to have so riled the not-at-all fragile people who run Reform that they enacted petty revenge. But I am not that kind of writer. Goodness no. 

So I would like to take this opportunity to say that I apologise for ever implying that Farage might be scared of questions. Quite the opposite: the leader of Reform is a giant among pygmies, a vigorously healthy man of tremendous moral and physical courage who has only
23682205
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Zac @oshimia.com · 15/06/2026
An excellent monologue from @mrjamesob.bsky.social on the social media ban. I think a lot of people who viscerally object to the social media ban do so in part because they just don't understand the scale of that problem. Of how insidious and pervasive it is. It is everywhere, and it is horrific.
youtube.com
'Absolutely wonderful': James O'Brien reacts to social media ban
YouTube video by LBC
1315236
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
thepokeuk.bsky.social @thepokeuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Someone questioned a survey that found most Brits dislike Elon Musk, and the Brits shared their NSFW reviews of the soon-to-be trillionaire – 19 scathing favourites www.thepoke.com/2026/06/12/s...
1101
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
GB News lost £113m, why are billionaires still funding it? Sam Bright investigates who the ‘people’s channel’ really serves.
56648
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please sign & share.
23619280
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
Musk's father is fully a Kremlin asset. Now he's meeting with Tommy Robinson in a luxury hotel bar in Moscow while Robinson incites pogroms from his X account.
501923677
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
proelectrica.substack.com
Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
241130974160
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
British Beekeepers Association @bbka.org.uk · 26/05/2026
The BBKA recently released its revised short information video about yellow-legged Asian hornets. Please share this as widely as possible to help control this non-native invasive species which threatens UK pollinators.
033
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au is reducing its posting on X and directing followers to BlueSky. I wish the BBC would do this.
news.abc.net.au
ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.
954233940
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Sharpie @sharpinsky.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A reminder that the real patriots aren’t the ones tying flags to lampposts or standing around outside 3-star hotels. They’re the ones who get stuck in within their local communities, the volunteer, the football coach, the litter picker and myriad others.
23758145
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/05/2026
Farage accused of ‘conflict of interest’ over £5mn gift from crypto investor ft.trib.al/btfUJW3
ft.trib.al
Farage accused of ‘conflict of interest’ over £5mn gift from crypto investor
Rival parties highlight how Reform UK has proposed cutting tax and regulation on the digital assets industry
96234
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 02/05/2026
My favourite correction:
Correction
THERE was an error printed in a story titled
Pigs float down the Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.
The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said
"more than 30,000 pigs were floating down the Dawson River".
What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Eve-ringham actually said was "30 sows and pigs", not "30,000 pigs"
The Morning Bulletin would like to apologise for this error, which was also reprinted in today's Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was known.
13445129
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Happy 13th anniversary to that terrible misunderstanding at a WI meeting.
PARKHAM WI: The speaker at the April meeting was Captain Colin Darch, who talked about piracy embarrassingly the WI all dressed as pirates for the evening not real-ising that Captain Darch was going to be talking about his experience of being held hostage by Somall pirates rather than piracy in general.Captain Darcy with a group of WI ladies who are dressed as pirates. He’s quite chipper despite everything.
281476432
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
British Beekeepers Association @bbka.org.uk · 02/05/2026
Yellow-legged Asian hornet starting an embryo nest in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Please remain vigilant Report sightings with a photo using the Asian Hornet Watch app Photo copyright: K. Ruane
043
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
263218534651
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Cllr Malcolm Peplow @malcolm-peplow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Ever since the step-ladder brigade from 'Operation Raise the Colours' attached England's national flag with cable ties to the same lamp-posts that our dogs pee up across our country, St George's Day is at risk of passing by unnoticed which is a shame. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy St George's Day everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
011
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Cllr Malcolm Peplow @malcolm-peplow.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Trump's Powerpoint Presentation: Introduction - he tells you which lies he is going to tell you. Body - he tells you different lies. Summary - he lies about the lies he's told you. Literally death by Powerpoint.
011
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
THe pUnK Allotmenteer @punk-allotmenteer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Weekend off so tidy up tomorrow. Sunday hopefully on the plot. Monday GP, grandpa duties and ear waxing. Not sure what else will happen as yet. Came across on old photo, so relevant today.... Have a good weekend.
041
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Bad losers at Reform just cost the taxpayer ££££ on an investigation carried out on the basis of hearsay and promoted by right wing news channels. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Everything we know as police probe into by-election 'family voting' claims ends
GMP has released a statement
41664216
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Ian Banks @handle.invalid · 27/03/2026
GM Police say no evidence of undue influence on voters in Gorton & Denton as per Ballot Secrecy Act 2023, yet Democracy Volunteers disagree. Family voting often symptom of patriarchal family structures & arguably too culturally sensitive to call out - but anything that hacks off Farage is good by me
bbc.co.uk
No evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-election
An investigation into alleged
121
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The Reform UK “has been converting crypto donations into cash before they reach the party’s coffers, obscuring the original sources of the funding”. So, if the Russians or the US techno-oligarchy decide to boost Nigel Farage’s electoral campaigning, we may not even know. observer.co.uk/news/national
50551324
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Carter 🏳️‍🌈 @riayn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Tories only got 8 votes in a by-election??? 😂
814724
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived.
But, rather than receiving a formal
invite to meet Trump, Farage was in
fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a
member of the club, according to
multiple people briefed on the matter


They said Farage had hoped he would
be able to catch Trump for a
conversation as the US president was
scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that
evening. However, Trump had a
change in his itinerary and decided to
stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s
drive away


The Reform leader's failure to secure
an audience with the US president
underscores a weakening of ties
between the two populist leaders who
famously formed a close friendship in
the vears before and after the 2016
1681671547
beechap.bsky.social @beechap.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I am Honey sommelier training in Bologna this week. It’s a little intense. The traffic free heart of the city is a wonderful place to be
010
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
One of the greatest bollard walks in history. #WorldBollardAssociation
7767341459
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Mike Harding @churchcat.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We have a long record of ignoring human rights abuses and sharing sporting events with rogue states. ENOUGH
25319
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
30565982119370
beechap.bsky.social @beechap.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Excited about the tour d France combing through Clitheroe in 2027!
010
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Sam 🥪🦜 @northernrobot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Once again Zack's the only political leader in Britain with an ounce of integrity. Starmer refusing to denounce Trump even now is nothing short of shameful.
325842
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. Let that sink in. File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"... www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
831699833
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 19/12/2025
Not receiving mail on time in the North West of England (or other parts)? @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social started a petition to tell Royal Mail they need to do better. actionnetwork.org/forms/proble...
actionnetwork.org
Problems with your post? Sign my petition
Post arriving late? Lots of people have written to me about this problem in our area. Please sign this petition.
162
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
LBC @lbc.co.uk · 12/12/2025
'I'll play you Donald Trump lying, and the Met Commissioner doing what every patriotic Brit should be doing...' @mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
32541182
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Dan Simpson @iamthedans.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Want a break from the budget? Good news! Across Europe, there are zebra crossings at side roads. They make it clear that people walking and wheeling have priority, rather than stopping every few metres. In the UK, governments haven't officially allowed them - until today 🧵
People walking and wheeling across a zebra crossing which is right at the junction of a side street
1127
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Reform UK's Lancashire leader takes trip paid for by Israeli government The first cabinet meeting cancelled at County Hall in quite some time raises eyebrows in opposition ranks He and many others missed Remembrance Day because of the trip lancashire.thelead.uk/p/reform-uks...
lancashire.thelead.uk
Reform UK's Lancashire leader takes trip paid for by Israeli government
The first cabinet meeting cancelled at County Hall in quite some time raises eyebrows in opposition ranks
1212187
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
911346342
Reposted by @beechap.bsky.social
KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The Left Bible Zack Polanski nails the reality: the gap between a millionaire and a billionaire isn’t “a bit more money” - it’s a completely different universe. This is why taxing extreme wealth matters. 👏
11317124