Reposted by NicolaGylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 11hThis is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow. 17564227
Nicola @craftybookworm.bsky.social · 16hWhat a daft character she is, no doubt she’s loving this confected culture war. 010
Reposted by NicolaSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Unlike Russian political refugees, who are vetted to an incredibly high standard by EU Member States, the standard of vetting for a tourist visa is (understandably) variable and far lower, and, I’d imagine, fairly easy to nobble for a very serious intelligence service (Russia has one of those). 2162
Reposted by NicolaPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026God. Since @carolecadwalla.bsky.social left it, even the @theguardian.com gets it wrong. There weren’t just four meetings between Banks/Leave EU and Kremlin officials during Brexit: the judge in the libel case concluded at least a dozen 3368146
Reposted by NicolaPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026My take with @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social on Andy Burnham and why it took so long for the British Government to come clean about Putin’s role in Brexit youtu.be/M8hVq-skssIyoutu.beRussia's Brexit Meddling ProvenYouTube video by Byline Times TV 815176
Reposted by NicolaPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Was that the same security services you dumped to visit ‘ex’ KGB colonel Alexander Lebedev and party in Umbria just after the Novichok Salisbury attack? Or the same security services whose advice you defied to put his son Evgeny in the House of Lords? Those security services? 931210461
Nicola @craftybookworm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’ve done it with baby plum tomatoes, but if you come across one variety you like you can propagate the seeds really easily 000
Nicola @craftybookworm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It’s amazing given that Gove’s ex wife wrote in detail about how Lord Lebedev was there when Gove and Johnson made The Decision. I’d love to hear Dominic Grieve’s opinion of it all too, but he’s too honourable to spill the beans 0362
Reposted by NicolaArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026British Conservatives: "Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections." Also British Conservatives: "What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory." 91215352
Reposted by NicolaEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12/10/2026For too long, successive governments have turned a blind eye to the huge damage caused by the Johnson-Farage Brexit deal. I really hope this marks a real turning point. x.com/BBCPolitics/...x.comhttps://x.com/BBCPolitics/status/2109547329535565903 1118943
Reposted by Nicolabree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 11/10/2026ok i’m kind of miffed that the russian bot farm problem was this easy to mitigate against and i really wish ukraine had done it years ago now 483066418
Nicola @craftybookworm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Especially how the likes of Boris Nemtsov had a huge following from both Russians and people in the West 021
Reposted by NicolaCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It comes after years of cover-ups & denials not least from Boris Johnson who was in charge of MI6 as foreign minister at the time & whose first act as PM was to ennoble the Baron of Siberia. But it also went beyond Johnson & Starmer continued it too. We now finally need some sunlight. 2/ 391674432
Reposted by NicolaCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/ 20658932409
Reposted by Nicola👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 10/10/2026Once again having to explain my teenage self that inexplicably, we are fighting side by side with the Catholic Church 1167785
Reposted by NicolaMaggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. 237541338
Reposted by NicolaJake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Illustration by Badiucao 17864332207
Nicola @craftybookworm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I broke Eddie - I was playing him a video of him as a kitten last year when he was squeezing under a bedside table and he became super interested and was all ‘Hang on, the kitten has disappeared. BRING BACK THE KITTEN YOU MONSTER’ despite him being visible and him actually being there at the time. 050
Reposted by Nicolamaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 169188754737
Reposted by NicolaTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump's losing it. Look at his eyes, the anger, the fear that his messy deal has been rumbled? His words slaughtering Zelenskyy will only unite Ukraine's public like never before. By "make a deal" he means surrender so he can line his family's pockets yet further. 1416341
Reposted by NicolaMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . . 410133063463
Reposted by NicolaLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026When Zelenskyy calls Trump weak it isn’t just rhetoric. Trump showed the world how weak he was when he bribed with cash to vote GOP. Putin saw that vulnerability and offered him a crappy deal on diesel as a lifeline. Trump is weak and the West’s biggest enemies can see it. 39332
Reposted by NicolaThomas Grieves @tgrieves.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Here's a brilliant idea! Sanction the US, we've sanctioned Russia for far less (before the Ukraine war). Blacklist Nvidia, Palantir, OpenAI and tell US troops to go home. Starmer, for once, be an example of decency and grow a backbone! (We're a European country, not a US vassal state).express.co.ukPetrol and diesel limits for drivers in fuel rationing plan for UKThe National Emergency Plan for Fuel says that a 'Maximum Purchase Scheme' could be introduced to limit the amount of petrol or diesel drivers can buy. 031
Reposted by NicolaSmack54 -stop calling it SI- @smack54.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Worse, the amount Trump is so proud of (that Russia doesn't have) is what the US uses in 2 whole days. Sanction relief for 48hrs worth diesel. It's a fucking scam, because of course it is. 0142
Reposted by NicolaLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We've seen Trump do some shitty things to Ukraine since taking office (Oval Office incident; Alaska summit; Patriot U-turn) but today he's chosen to do a diesel deal with Putin that plays to Russia's economic/warchest advantage and restricts Ukraine's ability to defend itself. 30473167
Nicola @craftybookworm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026youtu.be/K2r0ezF4dT0?... Slept so long by Jonathan Davis from Queen of the Damnedyoutu.beJonathan Davis - Slept So LongYouTube video by Kenneth Clemmensen 010
Reposted by NicolaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine. 1101124674518
Reposted by NicolaNicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In the 1985 Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos, an authoritarian regime run by a weak man keeps the downtrodden population in line by broadcasting public executions to distract from the fact that it has tanked the economy through a combination of incompetence, arrogance and institutional cruelty. 6564214
Reposted by Nicola🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃 @viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026this is so fucking sad 885118591442
Reposted by NicolaLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4083523010605
Reposted by Nicola👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 09/10/2026Yeah, you know what, that’s actually a fair usage of the phrase ‘medieval’. It is medieval and it should have been left in the medieval era. 322217
Reposted by NicolaDave Turner @mrdaveturner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Brian Blessed’s birthday is an excuse to share one of the greatest paragraphs in any memoir ever. 10442128
Reposted by Nicolacallook67 @callook67.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Not only that, BMW is still owned by the Quandt family who trace their lineage by blood to a Nazi-supporting wealthy industrialist *and* by marriage to Joseph Goebbels and they are still pointedly less Nazi than Tesla. 417352
Reposted by NicolaAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Imagine deciding to go out and pitch that the Pope is the Woke Antichrist because he has concerns about AI, when you look like the lovechild of Satan and the guy whose face melts in Robocop. If a homeless guy gave this 'lecture' in Hyde Park, he would be sectioned. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comPeter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lecturesThe tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO. 55604143
Reposted by NicolaRDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Nice little nugget of horror buried in there 45707277
Reposted by NicolaPatrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Teddy the Porcupine talks through his snack youtube.com/watch?v=UGz8...youtube.com"Teddy Bear," the porcupine, doesn't like to share...YouTube video by Zooniversity1 022
Reposted by NicolaDr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Strategic knowledge of how Germany could have won WWII is literally just "don't invade the USSR" and any self-respecting woman knows that already 4829
Reposted by NicolaStephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Let's have look at who the British right idolizes. Tommy Robinson: 2 active charges. Russell Brand: 7 active charges Danny Tommo: 8 active charges Andrew Tate: 42 active charges Tristan Tate: 17 active charges Note that all 5 have publicly embraced performative christianity in recent years. 19386217