Reposted by Gavin DraperWaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 7hCloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP? 611614582
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The famous “10 foot” graffiti artist has a local rival now in east London called “9 inch” who leaves their tag everywhere 10-foot has left theirs. I’m looking forward to seeing how this develops. 😂 (unless it is the same person developing their trade of course)! 000
Reposted by Gavin DraperCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...youtube.comTHE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment 10397221
Reposted by Gavin DraperRoel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026De video waarvan Meta niet wil dat je ‘m ziet 371055442
Reposted by Gavin DraperAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You have to get a very long way through this BBC report before you learn which party runs the council which took the decision to close all these nurseries www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSouth Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027. 78902329
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@bearlypolitics.co.uk Congratulations on your promotion to a NY Times puzzle! 000
Reposted by Gavin DraperTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 1031371463
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is outrageous, but can only make it to - get this - page 41 of today’s Times! (Archived story without paywall here archive.ph/Kn8sR)thetimes.comHero’s murder inquiry paused as Metropolitan Police cuts costsNo suspects have been identified for the murder of Abraham Badru, who was given a bravery award after helping convict a gang of rapists 000
Reposted by Gavin DraperJason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Last chance to sign our petition against the nondom billionaire media: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... 1146
Reposted by Gavin DraperHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059822392
Reposted by Gavin DraperDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy. 792176499
Reposted by Gavin DraperLuke Turner @luketurner.com · 31/03/2026I can now reveal that crypto billionaire Ben Delo—pardoned by Trump after a conviction for anti-money-laundering violations—privately funded the failed libel action brought against me by neo-Nazi conspiracy theorists Nina Power and Daniel Miller to the tune of at least £300,000. 7646271
Reposted by Gavin DraperLuke Turner @luketurner.com · 12/09/2026As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke... 12620396
Reposted by Gavin DraperThe Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026Everything Finally Clicks For Man After Getting Diagnosed As Stupidtheonion.comEverything Finally Clicks For Man After Getting Diagnosed As StupidCARY, NC—Describing the experience as “a revelation,” 38-year-old Derrick Henard told reporters Wednesday that everything had finally clicked for him after he was given a diagnosis of stupid. “I remem... 191386171
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Quite apart from the questions about how he might fund it, or whether he would even follow through and do it, why aren’t journalists asking if this promise is BREAKING THE LAW? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midtermsSpeaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from. 000
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think my iPhone autocorrect is set to English (Northern). It always autocorrects “Don’t” to “Do t”! 001
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am sick and tired of Reform spokespeople showing up on media channels or far right protest hot spots complaining about small boats without so much as a single journalist linking their protest target to the Brexit that caused the boats and these spokespeople’s support for it! Pin this on them ffs! 001
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It is the resigned, passive tolerance of Brexit initiated generic foreigner hatred that is so depressing about this Labour administration to date. They do nothing about the online hate and now it is in the steets they just hope it fades away. Their inaction on all fronts only encourages more of it. 000
Reposted by Gavin DraperWomble1958 @wimblewomble1958.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And here he is… Make him “famous” please…. 😒🤮 25829
Reposted by Gavin DraperRoland Siemons @rolandsiemons.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026Another third story perhaps: Polls as a marketing instrument. Detailed reading here: www.verbatiminvestigations.com/full-investi...verbatiminvestigations.comDirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UKA yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics 011
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There are in fact two big stories in this story. One: the alleged intentional swerve of electoral law for newsworthy favourable polling, and Two: Farage was filmed on Clacton soil! (but only when surrounded by champagne and wealth) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFarage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations lawA film broadcast by Channel 4 shows senior Reform UK figures discussing donations with an undercover reporter. 410125
Reposted by Gavin DraperStefano Bornia @stefanobornia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Quando una #politica aggressiva contro l’inquinamento funziona davvero. #london #uk #pollution 27716
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Pretty sure my Alexa is having a strop. Asked it if the Jubilee line was running today and at the speed of light it replied “Sorry, I couldn’t find anything”. It obviously didn’t even look! I’ll ask it for the weather tomorrow and I’m half expecting to be told to look out the window! 000
Reposted by Gavin DraperDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 992005769
Reposted by Gavin DraperLaurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026And then I thought to myself, why the fuck should I try any longer? The undeniable truth is that thick people gave us Brexit, Trump, Johnson, Truss, Trump again and climate change. And they're now trying to give us Farage. I know they can't help being born dumb fuckers, but enough is enough! 4123
Reposted by Gavin DraperEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20/08/2026The Conservatives and Nigel Farage helped create the small boats crisis with their botched Brexit deal. Now they want you to blame everyone else. Only Lib Dems have a real plan: work with our European neighbours to tackle it. 515742
Reposted by Gavin DraperFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ed Davey, "The small boats crisis has been caused by Reform UK and the Conservatives, and their Brexit support" "Before we left the EU we could return people and now we can't" "But if we join the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact, we could return every single person who came over on a small boat" 1329584
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026What are the odds now that Farage will not take the MP swearing-in oath, Sinn Fein style, so as to swerve the resumption of the standards commission investigation, and thus another by-election that he’ll now likely lose. 020
Reposted by Gavin DraperAllanZ @allanzee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026www.sciencealert.com/scientists-w...sciencealert.comChemo-Free Technique Destroys 99% of Cancer Cells in The LabScientists may have found a way to destroy cancer cells without initially relying on chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation. 073
Reposted by Gavin DraperCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I believe Clacton deserves an MP who will spend their time shining a light on everything the area has to offer. And why wait till I'm elected? I've been to visit one of the constituency's most stunning landmarks. 21080431868
Reposted by Gavin DraperBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 09/08/2026Just had to share this. Thx #Reformemes 17945
Reposted by Gavin DraperAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil" 17358651867
Reposted by Gavin DraperSouth-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026There is always a Tweet! #FarageBoats 25726
Reposted by Gavin DraperCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29369612159
Reposted by Gavin DraperBenedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026🤣🤣🤣 0128
Reposted by Gavin DraperMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This dog must have an amazing sense of humor. Original post 1365154762
Reposted by Gavin DraperAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Reform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’. Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami. A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigationbylinetimes.com‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial StructuresWhy did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi... 751227615
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The story here is “Starmer’s loyalists axed”. I think the news will be that, in the spirit of “revenge is a dish best served cold”, they largely declined to serve. I think Starmer may have stitched Burnham up leaving him bereft of senior cabinet experience to achieve his bold claims.news.sky.comBurnham's cabinet clear-out begins - with Starmer loyalists axedAndy Burnham has become the UK's seventh prime minister in just over a decade after meeting the King. He outlined his priorities in Downing Street and we'll learn his first cabinet this afternoon. Wat... 020
Reposted by Gavin DraperFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Piers Morgan, "Front page of the Mirror today: Farage aide faces 20 years for blackmail drug plot. This guy worked pretty closely with you" "George Cottrell, 22, arrested when you were in America" Nigel Farage, "Listen, I can't be responsible for what everyone around me does" 35271110
Reposted by Gavin DraperGerri McGerriface @messmonstergigi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026OMG This is hilarious! God I hope he wins. 😂😂 youtube.com/watch?v=MMYn...youtube.comCount Binface live on LBC! (versus Matthew Wright)YouTube video by Count Binface 12710
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026It has occurred to me that if Farage claims he is the anti establishment candidate while being as much “establishment” as anyone has ever been, then @countbinface.bsky.social is the antidisestablishmentarianismist candidate and he should ask the media to credit him as being so. #makeyourvotecount. 020
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026For those complaining that the main parties aren’t standing against Reform in Clacton, let’s remind you of Farage’s pact with the “establishment” in 2019 standing Brexit party candidates down.metro.co.ukBoris Johnson and Nigel Farage spotted in swanky restaurant togetherThe photo of the two men, who were both key in the leave campaign, will no doubt fuel speculation about the politician's relationship. 010
Reposted by Gavin DraperRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026So, 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 371525758
Reposted by Gavin Draperneicha74.bsky.social @neicha74.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Exactly what I just said when I heard this news. When it's time to take out the trash, Binface is the man you need. 31189
Reposted by Gavin DraperJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026EXC - The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comRevealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concernsExclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection 421259592
Reposted by Gavin DraperJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/07/2026"Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in his seat of Clacton-on-Sea." 311765
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Clacton, you know what to do. Five Garage Farage (MP) has not been fixing your potholes, or listening to a word you have to say hence the local nickname Nigel Mirage. The boats - or "Nigel's Arrivals" - are his fault. Do the country a favour. If not the dolphin it has to be @countbinface.bsky.social 131
Gavin Draper @buzzardinnit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026@cnbc.com’s morning anchor Jim Kernen was wondering why - mid tournament of a genuinely “world” reaching mass participation sport that happens every 4 years - changing the rules for a knockout game to benefit team USA to generate US audience interest was such a big deal to the rest of the world 🤦🏼♂️ 110