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David Powell

@davidpowell1.bsky.social
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Believer in real, constitutional, democracy and unfashionable truth telling in politics.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politics for Sale Reform UK received a second £36m donation in as many days, as Thailand-based crypto billionaire matches £36m from another billionaire. Billionaires with criminal record or living abroad buying influence. Normal people people can't compete. Get ready for Farage propaganda blitz.
bbc.co.uk
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coverage of the letter I wrote to the Electoral Commission about hospitality Nigel Farage received in Dubai which hasn’t been declared. The Commission is now investigating.
mirror.co.uk
Farage accused of failing to declare donors from events in the Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Not so sure Ireland is the biggest fan of Donald Trump (REUTERS/Natalia Campos)
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote about Ben Delo back in July... was obvious something like this was about to happen. Also, further evidence that Starmer was completely asleep. Donations reform should have been a priority as soon as Labour got in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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John Spicer @johnspicer3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Delighted to see the forest of #EU flags at #lastnightoftheproms on #BBC now Another gentle reminder of the stupidity of #brexit
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hillary Is Spot On.......
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
☘️ Great to see our Celtic cousins giving the Mango Mussolini pelters 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
yes! 👏 👏 👏
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/06/2026
Brexit - a lost decade of broken promises has left businesses and communities paying the price. It's time for a roadmap back to prosperity.
A Green Party quote graphic featuring a small headshot and a statement condemning Brexit’s economic damage and calling for a government roadmap to rejoin the EU and provide businesses with certainty.

Quote from Ellie Chowns MP for North Herefordshire reads: “Over the last decade, the British public and UK businesses have witnessed a litany of broken promises, economic turbulence, decimated trade, and regulatory nightmares – with small businesses particularly impacted. Brexit has cost the UK billions of pounds of economic damage.

“As the consensus on rejoining the EU builds across Parliament and the wider British public, the Green Party is calling on the government to set out a clear roadmap to end this lost decade and give businesses the certainty they need to plan for a thriving future.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Literally everything Brexiters said about Brexit was unadulterated bollox. It’s immensely tedious and foolish to keep pretending it wasn’t.
EUROPE
UK firms could lose out as
EU gets better tariff rates

By Holly Williams
Donald Trump's latest tariffs have raised fears that British exporters could lose out after the EU secured more favourable terms, although the President launched a scathing attack on the bloc.
The UK is facing a 10 per cent tariff that replaces an equivalent levy that expired yesterday, having been declared illegal by the US Supreme Court in February. The EU rate was reduced from 15 to 10 per cent.
William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said that, while it would be
"business as usual" for most British firms exporting to the US, the UK must continue negotiating with the
US over tariffs.
"There will be concerns about the loss of the UK's competitive advantage over the EU and other countries which have secured a more favour-able deal in other sectors," he added.
A government spokesperson said:
"The preferential access secured under our agreement with the United States remains in place."
Trump later accused the EU of viewing America as a "piggybank," and called for an investigation into practices such as fining US tech firms that he claimed were "robbing
American companies"
"The EU will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct," he said.

Jacob Rees-Mogg
President Trump will be our greatest ally after
Brexit
Freed from ties to the EU, Britain can build a truly special relationship with this US
president
Tuesday May 1 2018, 12:01am BST, The Times
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The questions around Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s finances are growing, not shrinking. A major new investigation raises fresh questions about convicted fraudster George Cottrell, Reform’s former treasurer, the party’s corporate restructuring and the handling of political donations. #ReformSleaze
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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Tom @opinionstm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A sneak peek into the future of our country if the clown goes unchecked. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
sfchronicle.com
Fired ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Cecilia Vega says she was told to report events ‘that never happened’
The former Chronicle and ABC7 News correspondent who grew up in the East Bay opened up about her final few months at the newsmagazine.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/07/2026
🚨The most powerful nation on Earth is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
theguardian.com
Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield
The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war cr
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Kids playing road hockey on the brand-new Gordie Howe International Bridge 🏒🇨🇦 Canada celebrated the opening the only way we know how with hockey on the deck of the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America. Built by Canadians, paid for by Canadians.🤝🇨🇦 🎥 Gray_Mackenzie on 𝕏 🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026
Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The powerful always get what they want, right? Not if our governments finally start protecting people, instead of corporate bullies. A law to shield the people speaking up against injustices is ready. With your help, it can become reality - add your name: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-04...
action.wemove.eu
Protect people, not corporate bullies
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Protect people, not corporate bullies
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Whoopi: He looks like somebody inserted his picture… Ana Navarro: He inserted himself. I don’t know how this guy thinks that he’s not going to get booed…
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You could call it #agroecology: these were not _simple_ hunter-gatherers who just stumbled across food in their landscape. (And we don't really know how "early" this was - similar practices may date back far further) www.newscientist.com/article/2580...
newscientist.com
Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago | New Scientist
Many centuries before the advent of agriculture in Norway, ancient people transported fish into mountain lakes to create a source of food, then built wooden traps to catch them
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In SpaceX's official business plan filed with the SEC, they state what they believe their total addressable market is. Guess what that figure is? $28.5 trillion. That is a quarter of the global economy. Watch the conversation between Mehdi Hasan and Naomi Klein 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcPO...
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How the World’s Worst Person Became the First Trillionaire
YouTube video by Zeteo
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Burnham leaving Blue Labour's Mahmood in place as Home Secretary is probably the worst decision he could have made. Completely incomprehensible – and a kick in the teeth for every progressive who's been fighting the "hostile environment". #MahmoodOut
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Andy Burnham opts to keep Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary. A big mistake
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I mean, Mahmood is literally the last person I'd have kept in their role
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ten years of solitude: why it’s time to take our seat at the European table again northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...
northeastbylines.co.uk
Ten years of solitude: why it’s time to take our seat at the European table again
Going it alone hasn't made us stronger; it has simply made us smaller
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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National Rejoin March @marchforrejoin.co.uk · 14/04/2026
NRM REJOIN RAMBLE Swindon - 19th April Dufton - 26th April Burton - 2nd May Cornwall - 9th/10th May London to Brussels - 23rd May to 5th June NRM REJOIN MARCH London, Temple - Parliament Square Sat 20th June 2026 12noon - 4:30pm Support us to #RejoinEU
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/01/2026
Emily Thornberry MP: "How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it" "And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."
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Forward Democracy @fwddem.com · 10/09/2025
🚨 Read about how we're fighting Reform every single week, and how you can help. themovementforward.com/updates/figh...
themovementforward.com
Fighting Reform in by-elections every week
Our latest update on fighting Reform UK in every single council by-election
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Why is there no British senior politician capable of speaking with the honesty, clarity, insight authority of Mark Carney? Analysis, idealism and a vision, a solution .. And unlike or petty sloganeers, you know he's done the maths .
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Why is there no British senior politician capable of speaking with the honesty, clarity, insight authority of Mark Carney? Analysis, idealism and a vision, a solution .. And unlike or petty sloganeers, you know he's done the maths .
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Why is there no British senior politician capable of speaking with the honesty, clarity, insight authority of Mark Carney? Analysis, idealism and a vision, a solution .. And unlike or petty sloganeers, you know he's done the maths ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqHDhO4h10
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqH...
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Mark Carney's full speech at the World Economic Forum
YouTube video by National Post
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ln...
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Greenland Defense Front - Not For Sale (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDI...
youtube.com
"Piece of Denmark" - Marsh Family parody of "Piece of My Heart" by Erma Franklin on Greenland/Trump
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Farage has the unbelievable nerve to talk at Davos about Britain’s “moral decline”. This repulsive piece of shit IS Britain’s moral decline. He’s betrayed our country for self-interest, prejudice and greed. Shame on everyone who’s allowed that. #NeverPM www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
World would be a ‘better place’ if US took over Greenland, says Nigel Farage
Reform leader says he agrees ‘strategically’ with Trump but adds that views of Greenlanders must be respected
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David Powell @davidpowell1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The Threat from America open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com
The Threat from America
America is not our enemy, but it's a danger to itself and the world
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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Stop Trump Coalition condemns the bombing of Venezuela and calls for the British government to finally condemn the US for its warmongering. stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-crimi...
stoptrump.org.uk
Trump’s criminal attack on Venezuela
Stop Trump Coalition
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/01/2026
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“Far from acknowledging the dangers of a Trump presidency…., the likes of Farage and Johnson have actively sought to assist him, while personally profiting by association.” Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned? www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
adambienkov.co.uk
Trump's Illegal Assault on Venezuela Opens the Door to Even Darker Foreign Adventures
It's time for the President's apologists to admit that those of us warning about the grave global threat he poses were right
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse” Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them. It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all. (Sunday Times)
Headline: 

Left-leaning mothers of Mumsnet are deserting Labour for Reform

Extract: 

Reform has become the top political party for traditionally left-leaning
mothers. a survey of
Mumsnet users found, in what has been taken as a wake-up call for Labour.
The parenting forum has become a barometer for mothers voting intentions.
Analysis of Murnsnet conversations correctly
predicted the country would choose to leave the EU in the
2016 referendum.
Now research shows 20 per cent of users intend to vote Reform UK in the next election, placing the party ahead of Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats. It is the first time since the Mumsnet political poll began in 2009 that Labour has been usurped by any party.
Justine Roberts, the co-founder of Mumsnet, said she was surprised by the results from the poll of more than 1,000 adults, but understood
"why many mums have hecome disillusioned" with
the government.
Analysis or conversduons on Mumsnet found there was anger about rising taxes, failed welfare reforms, NHS pressures and the perceived effect ofimmigration on public services.
a general disillusionment with Labour having not achieved what people hoped they would have achieved.
There is also increasing worry about two issues, the cost of living and immigration.


In November, Shabana Mahmoud, the home secretary, announced changes to make it less attractive to claim asylum in the UK and easier to remove failed asylum seekers.
Roberts said: "Shabana
Mahmood's latest sally on immigration, I think, may land with our users, because what they want is effective government. They want people to effectively deal with these issues. But, if they don't, and they carry on bundling along as they are - that goes for Labour and the Tories - people will vote for Reform, even if it feels like a protest vote.”
Many of those intending to vote for Reform suggested it was a protest against Labour and the Conservatives.
One user said: "I will vote
Reform. I am educated and never thought I would say this but the establishment needs a kick in the arse. Of course Reform won't last but it will kick existing parties into shape. Sorry but nothing can stop them now."
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Much more honesty about what just happened from inside the U.S. than from outside. The world is full of dishonesty and cowardice.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/01/2026
It's the only game that matters. My SKETCH of British politicians playing the Trump Game.
The first rule of the Trump Game, played by politicians around the world, is you do not talk about the rules of the Trump Game. The object of the game is to pretend that the President of the United States is a normal, rational statesman, perhaps an eccentric one, but fundamentally someone who is acting according to some strategy that the rest of us might one day hope to fathom. On no account are you ever to admit that he’s nasty, vain, venal, capricious and obviously unaware that his own doctors are testing him for signs of dementia.

The 2026 round of the game got off with a literal series of bangs, as the US military attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its president. On Sunday morning we were greeted by the sight of Nicolás Maduro being led down a hall at the Drug Enforcement Administration in New York. The floor had been painted with the slogan “Rule of Law”, to allow Americans to walk all over it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/01/2026
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
In a telephone interview this morning with The Atlantic, President Donald J. Trump issued a threat against Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez, saying that, “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” adding that he would not stand for Rodríguez’s “defiant rejection” of military intervention by the United States. 

Additionally, during the interview, President Trump reaffirmed that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention, or even that it would remain isolated to Latin America, clearly stating, “We do need Greenland, absolutely,” while describing the island which is a part of Denmark, a close-ally and member of NATO, as “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships.”
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