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HerbalKOxon

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Occasional thoughts on politics, science, food. Things are complicated, which ultimately means I can be quite tedious.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nigel Farage is clear on a triple lock on pensions.
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026
A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...
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I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor
Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.
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Dean Craddock @dean5150.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All that has happened, is that the rich and the violent tell those elected, what is going to happen.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 05/09/2026
You don't really get the full picture of the walking stick incident until you watch both angles at the same time... (Left via @climate_resist , right via Franceinfo on TikTok) First full speed, then slo-mo and annotated.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump is going to bomb the bond markets, or at least the high interest parts, maybe in two years time, once the weapons stockpile he used up bombing the Iranian leadership, which is still in place.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"appallingly racist" and "indefensible". See also the doctoring photos to create racist and sexualised images.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
John Cleese has spent 2 days ridiculing Khadija Patel for the crime of wearing traditional Islamic dress. Patel won a genuine award for her youth club work, encouraging participation in sports. His racism and Islamophobia blind him to her achievements. [H/T @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social]
A Bolton woman has been honoured by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for helping more girls get into sport.

Khadija Patel, founder of KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club, is one of 53 women from across England and Wales to be recognised with a purple seat at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

The initiative celebrated women helping to shape the future of cricket at every level.

Khadija Patel

Khadija grew up as one of six sisters in Bolton.

Her love of cricket began through informal family games organised by her father in the open space of his cash and carry.

She went on to found KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club for women and girls from underrepresented communities to take part in sport.

KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club is a community-led organisation based here in Bolton.

The club delivers a wide range of activities designed to promote social inclusion, physical health, emotional wellbeing, and personal development.

While the majority of sessions are girls-only, the club also provides opportunities for boys and children with additional needs to participate.

ECB Level 2 Core Coach

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I now have to declare that I have some “legitimate concerns”. Specifically, the right-wing media uses wife-beater rioters to bolster their anti-woke obsessions and this now appears to be more than a bit evil. The rioters’ tendencies are of course not new. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
cumulative line chart showing that UK newspapers have published 251 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since the start of 2024
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
People want a tax cut. Andy Burnham wants to deliver a tax cut. Increasing the personal allowance is the wrong tax cut. I've got a better one. Thread:
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
By your friends will you know them www.desmog.com/2026/03/24/k...
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Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch enjoyed a £7,500 getaway in February at the home of an influential anti-climate donor, DeSmog can reveal. New records show that Badenoch and four members of her famil...
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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Old saying: you can judge a man by the company he keeps.
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Scott @scottydo16.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Those who question the presence of Palantir in public services have been accused of risking lives and overloading of the NHS. Well, all of that is based on sketchy, unverified data. Whereas, their power over the system is very real. A scandal is gathering here. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Pro-Palantir data has litany of errors, English hospitals admit
Four trusts confirm there were errors in underlying hospital data on discharge delays after FT probe
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Bankers reported the £5 million gift to Farage from Harborne over concerns it was a form of money laundering. The Guardian gave Farage until 1pm to respond, he called the by-election at 2pm www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 26/06/2026
All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Brilliant, as usual!
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
So that Brexit referendum... I don't want to labour this because it stirs very mixed emotions but here are some thoughts on that campaign and vote. I pitch them as statements but they are opinions. /1
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Russia is at war with the UK and Europe. They literally tried to burn down the PM’s house. Farage, Reform, Yaxley-Lennon and Trump are Russian allies. To any British person supporting these people or this activity: -this is a betrayal of your country -wrap yourself in a Russian flag not 🇬🇧
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Adria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Are there riots in Liverpool yet? “This is Callum Peacock. He battered his girlfriend with a golf club, threw bleach and paint at her, and burned a memorial shirt of her deceased grandmother but has avoided an immediate prison sentence.”
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He burned photo of girlfriend's nan and said she'd 'rot in hell'
Callum Peacock also threw bleach and paint at his partner, leaving her curled up in a ball on the bathroom floor
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Warning - this is very upsetting. Please watch it anyway and remember it every time you hear any defence whatsoever of fox hunting.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"30 women have been murdered in Northern Ireland in the last six years - not one road was closed, not one protest. What was the connection? They were murdered by white locals."
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Oh this is priceless - what an ignorant bullshitting windbag. Fake-angry outrage about stuff he’s got totally wrong.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Every day, a migrant saves someone's life in an operation, teaches a child, cleans a building, is a good neighbour or parent. That never leads the news. No gangs rush down streets thanking people who *might* be migrants. But as soon as an atrocity happens, all "migrants" are held responsible. 1/3
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Since this doesn't seem to have been noted as much as it should... A founder of Raise the Colours, the flag-obsessed ‘patriot’ group, currently faces a murder charge. RTC members were present at last night's Southampton protest, where the far right crassly sought to recruit over Nowak's murder.
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Raise the Colours founder charged with murder
Member of flag-raising group faces trial after beloved pub boss killed by 'being punched'
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is much better from Starmer bsky.app/profile/impl...
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Is it possible on Bluesky, which has many good uses but is now being overrun, to mute everything from the US? The Trump shit of course, but also just the whole US, its culture, the vacuous celebs, the existential flailing about, the media, complicit because of its disappointing shellshock?
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I can excuse @iaindale.bsky.social's ignorance here. Just because anyone with a very basic economics education should recognise the lump of labour fallacy doesn't mean he should. But the arrogance combined with the absolutely deliberate refusal to think is quite remarkable.
 Iain Dale responds to a bog-standard textbook (6th form level) explanation of the "lump of labour fallacy" by describing it as "utter gibberish".
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row
Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 13/04/2026
So then let’s get this thread started! Matthew Goodwin is speaking in Budapest at 17:00 CEST this evening, at this event hosted by MCC: mcc.hu/en/event/202... And I’m signed up to go. Updates in this thread The tag is: #BadLossBudapest
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Reminder.
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It is a sign of how completely out of control these people are that courts should even have to make such an order.
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
There’s no negotiation to be had here. The US can do as it wants but the IEA cannot slip into some kind of fake reality.
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is actually very funny. How deranged do you have to be to think that a serial liar and conman like Farage has ever been a target? He’s had, and broadly continues to get, the easiest ride from the media in British politics.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism. Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Just like the Tories, Labour's centrist hacks think themselves omniscient and infallible - they cannot fail, they can only be failed. So when they do fail, they blame everyone else. We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
Times comment article byline: Paul Ovenden

Headline: Alaa Abd el-Fattah has shown the supremacy of the Stakeholder State

Strapline: My time working in No 10 showed me how much time and energy is sapped by people obsessed with fringe issues. It doesn't have to be this way
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote: 'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.' By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
Welcome to the UK. Where you
go to prison for 18 months for
anti-immigration tweets.


This is insane
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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
What does a malignant sociopath reaching the highest office in the land, leading to the greatest policy error in British history, then allowing his fecklessness to cause tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths during a pandemic tell us about the elite private education system’s place in England?
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising” Daisy Cooper
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