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Gary Rae

@garyrae.bsky.social
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Yorkshireman. UK based. Classic cars, culture, politics and Bowie get me giddy. Lover of scotch eggs, strong tea, scotch, but not strong eggs. Former Consigliere, among many other things.

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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Love how Nigella shovels the cake into her gob. #BakeOff
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For the next three months at this time I shall be engrossed in #Strictly. I’m taking no questions. 🪩
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remain a fan of @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social #Newsnight , but in an already truncated programme of 28 mins, spending the last 5 minutes promoting itself, ahead of the Friday edition being shifted to its new 7pm time slot (a mistake, IMHO) has really irritated me. Sorry everyone working on the show.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A still of one of the ghastly people who were involved in alleged assaults against protesters at #Reform’s party conference. This coward has been captured on video (allegedly) attacking two women.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: Major @channel4news.bsky.social investigation into Reform funding. Dodgy is the polite word. Potentially criminal is another.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Anyone else immediately regret giving #books away?
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We can ill- afford to lose someone who did so much good for others. Then there’s her music. Rest in Country, #Dolly. 💔
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oh dear, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social #Newsnight. Your entire programme devoted to an ex member of the royals and his wife and kids coming back to the UK.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Heavy is the head that wears the bin. Congratulations, #CountBinface @countbinface.bsky.social on humiliating the grifter.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Were further evidence needed that reducing #Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social by 15 minutes was a mistake, the programme tonight had to end, just as they were announcing the results of the Greater Manchester Mayorality by election.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You didn’t lift the trophy, #England, but you lifted our hopes. Thank you.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I love Graham Norton, but I found that interview with #Madonna, a bit painful. Publicly, at least, she seems hard work. (Accepting her brilliance as a songwriter and performer).
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#Badenoch is graceless and clueless, in equal measure.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Ten Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EU” On the 10th anniversary of the referendum, I make the case for Britain rejoining the EU, and look back on a decade of lies and political and economic chaos. Me, for Zeteo UK:
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Ten Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EU
On the 10th anniversary of the EU referendum, Zeteo UK’s editor-in-chief makes the case for rejoining and offers a scathing assessment of the last decade of Brexit lies and chaos.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#Obama is such a gifted orator, and @barackobama.bsky.social isn’t bad. @obamafoundation.bsky.social
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
From your cousins across the pond, it’s good to see style substance and hope are back. @obamafoundation.bsky.social
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
One detail in this fascinating BBC investigation into the Russia-instigated attack on Keir Starmer's home is the way it shows, in passing but very clearly, that Tommy Robinson is to all intents and purposes a Russian asset. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy 100th birthday to #Trump the Felon.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIP to my fellow Bradfordian, #DavidHockney
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
#Springwatch is the #BBC at its very best.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
For the record, #BBC, @vicderbyshire.bsky.social is one of the finest journalists of her generation, or any generation.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/06/2026
Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Joseph Fiennes is superb as Gareth Southgate in #DearEngland.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Just in case you’re feeling even vaguely optimistic about anything right now, please note that two UK political parties populated & led by profoundly racist people are currently being described as merely ‘right-wing’ in pretty much every corner of the UK media. This is how the worst stuff happens…
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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When Mike Payne was suspended by the Conservative Party for his post on twitter referring to “Muslim Parasites” I thought we in Calderdale had seen the last of him. Calderdale Reform have just made him a cabinet member. Calderdale is better than this www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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Calderdale councillor suspended over 'Muslim parasite' posts
Mike Payne shared an article which accused Muslims in France of
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 14/05/2026
We’ve achieved so much together, but the mission continues: Hope over fear. Unity over division.
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'Hope Over Fear’: Sadiq Khan Reveals His Vision For London After 10 Years As Mayor
After ten years in the job, London Mayor Sadiq Khan talks to Olive Pometsey about making the capital safer for women and how now is the time to stay true to your values
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is an interesting intervention by Caroline. I’m not sure if the current Green leadership will take her advice. Certainly at a local level, they knew they’d split the vote when I was running for Labour - and guess what? They split the vote and Reform took a seat.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, your Reform councillors.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In his report for #BBCNews you’d be forgiven for thinking that Nick Eardly was talking about a general election, not local elections in England (and national elections for Scotland and Wales). Zero mention of local issues.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
🔴 NEW 🔴 Farage has accepted £675,000 – a third of his income – from foreign sources since becoming an MP. 📝 @desmog.com
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Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Elections looming? What else could unite populist leaders #Polanski, #Farage and now, #Davey? Ridiculous calls for the PM to resign. Grow up.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
As an ex #BBC employee, I am concerned about the timing of their investigation into alleged abuse of the asylum system. This comes days ahead of the local elections in England and national elections for Scotland and Wales.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I don’t always agree with Fraser Nelson, but this was spot on from him: “Reform is the political wing of the crypto industry.” Speaking on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social about Farage buying £200k worth of crypto from failed ex chancellor, Kwasi Kwetang.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Before posting, don't forget to let Reform Ltd & Nigel Farage know your heart-felt feelings about them all over the leaflet ... meme via Paul Hodgson
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
WAKE UP, AMERICA.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An Easter message from the president which should really force the VP and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Chaos and cuts. That’s all you get from Farage’s Reform. Oh. And hate.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thank you to the brave survivors of Epstein’s crimes for speaking with @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and to the programme for keeping this issue in the public eye.
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Reform Watch @reformwatch.org · 17/03/2026
A recent investigation shows Nigel Farage recorded a paid endorsement for a neo-Nazi group shortly after his election. This underscores a disturbing trend of exploiting extremist rhetoric.
A recent investigation shows Nigel Farage recorded a paid endorsement for a neo-Nazi group shortly a
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Anyone else more relieved the usual at the return of #GardenersWorld?
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In the intentional chaos of war, let’s not forget the #EpsteinFiles.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Is #TonyBlair still a member of the Labour Party?
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#Trump: we know already he’s no Biden or Obama. Nor is he a Bush Jr, Clinton, Bush Sr, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, FD Roosevelt or Hoover. Nor is he the 30 other previous presidents. He is a convicted felon, narcissist and an alleged rapist and pedophile.
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Gary Rae @garyrae.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I have huge respect for Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social, but I am disappointed that he is endorsing America’s illegal and dangerous war on #Iran.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
CNN reporting that the strikes on Iran tonight are joint US and Israeli strikes. Which means Donald Trump should be impeached for a third time. What he has done tonight is illegal under the US constitution and the UN charter.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
when broadcasters repeat Mandelson claim he was “not motivated by financial gain” please also report the $75,000 of financial gain Mandelson received from Epstein in 2004 and 2004 and the £10s of thousands Mandelson’s husband received from Epstein in 2009/10 plus free flights & mansion stays
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