Reposted by DarrenIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22hExtraordinary undercover reporting in Reform by ITV, uncovering what many of its councillors and activists are really like, when they think the cameras are off. A racist party which attracts racist people. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...itv.com 711175346
Reposted by DarrenAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21hIf Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine. 11064052375
Reposted by DarrenJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It seems very likely that the US has decided to facilitate Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians to try to force Ukraine to surrender. Betrayal. And if they can do that to Ukraine, they can do it to any ally. We should take note. 924586
Reposted by DarrenAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is taking on MAGA anti-Ukraine propagandists. 635185
Reposted by DarrenAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP. 16458622510
Reposted by DarrenPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Eco chamber: Visions of the future From the latest Private Eye, out now. 532583
Reposted by DarrenSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026New post: "Drowning in slop" Large parts of the state are being increasingly overwhelmed with complaints, appeals, objections.... written by AI. It's gumming up every process. Britain is particularly vulnerable. How bad has it got and what can we do about it? samf.substack.com/p/drowning-i...samf.substack.comDrowning in slopCan the state survive the rise of AI? 47427147
Reposted by DarrenPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine. 641553690
Reposted by DarrenJohn O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Another successful week ID'ng anonymous accounts on social media who post threats of violence, rape or death. A couple of police enquiries launched, a few suspensions from work and a few very public family fall-outs on Facebook :-) ... 42910
Reposted by DarrenPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Private equity puts PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu up for sale. All devoured and declining brands, asset-stripped. PE has no long-term commitment to any product, people or place. Chances are another PE group will see opportunity for scavenging. archive.ph/DFYPqft.comPrivate equity puts string of UK high street names up for saleOwners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector 64697328
Reposted by DarrenArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Every time a Brexist denies Russian interference, ask them "do you believe that Russia intervenes in European politics?" If the answer is yes, then the follow-up is "and why do you conclude that they choose not to interfere in British politics?" 115648
Reposted by Darrenpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Brexit effect • Reduction of UK economy by 6%-8% in real GDP terms • Total cost of £180bn to £240bn as of late 2025/2026 • A £3,700 average decrease in GDP per person • £90bn lost in potential tax revenues per year • £29bn drop in business investment #politicslive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBrexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggestsAnalysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU. 30398168
Reposted by DarrenAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from." 332554818
Reposted by DarrenOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Times from ten years ago this week. They were wrong. In fact Brexit is costing the UK economy roughly £100 billion a year. #ProjectFear 401225438
Reposted by DarrenRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It's not great that 'only' 35% of Americans still approve of Trump - it is f***ing disgrace that that many Americans still support him. 2132832
Reposted by Darren(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Poland‘s Prime Minister Tusk had a phone call with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy. He made the following statement afterwards: 311987430
Reposted by DarrenCarole 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/ 20759392423
Reposted by DarrenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Republican Party is on the side of Russia against Ukraine. It’s not me saying that, it’s their cult leader. bsky.app/profile/atru... 19433311043
Reposted by DarrenRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And others... bsky.app/profile/rola... 34211
Reposted by DarrenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic. 53798243696
Reposted by DarrenPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵) 16549340
Reposted by DarrenDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Today, selling a £1m house and moving to a £400,000 flat won’t change your children’s IHT. The estate is the same size. Under the Tory proposal, the £1m house was exempt from IHT, but the £600,000 you released is fully subject to IHT. Your house move caused £240,000 IHT. 414842
Reposted by DarrenAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Q on Politics Live: Why is inheritance tax so unpopular, despite so few paying it? Answers offered: Double taxation; against aspiration; something something British psyche. Answer not offered: Media owners, pundits, politicians (i.e. everyone in that studio), and pollsters would be caught by it. 2422553
Reposted by DarrenAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own 451382567
Reposted by DarrenJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins. 502627644
Reposted by DarrenOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As Nick later says he "WAS" the Tory Mayoral candidate and indeed it was as a result of running for the gig that he was ultimately brought to justice. This wasn't "a thing that happened" 38596146
Reposted by DarrenPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged. 951355450
Reposted by DarrenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Trump talking gibberish at the White House: “Canada charged us a lot of tariffs that nobody knew about, except me.” 62622145
Reposted by DarrenBryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What Trump and Hegseth are saying is that one of the most powerful squadrons in the US Air Force, the most power air force in human history, has been scared off by 5 half wits in a transit van. Trump is turning you into a laughing stock, lads. 1715849
Reposted by DarrenAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Nigel Farage wants us to believe that ex-Tories responsible for 000s of austerity deaths who defected to Reform UK are going to fix all the problems they created "This poster was used in the 2024 election campaign 85% of the Tories featured defected to Reform after the election" via Barry James 1514081
Reposted by DarrenParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are." 472357697
Reposted by DarrenTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026All your Triple Lock questions answered: - what is the new policy - why it’s a ‘triple lock’ - why pensioner poverty is expected to fall in the 2030s torstenbell.substack.com/p/the-future...torstenbell.substack.comThe Future of the Triple LockThe questions I’ve been asked most after Andy Burnham’s speech - and what the answers are. 1614260
Reposted by DarrenRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541904772
Reposted by DarrenDale Vince @dalevince.com · 01/10/2026Was just explaining this to someone at Labour’s conference - Crown Estate owns the coast and seabed and charges for the use of it for green energy projects - pushing up energy bills. 710448
Reposted by DarrenPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez 421384341
Reposted by DarrenSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a... 24731278
Reposted by DarrenAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 661092548
Reposted by DarrenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Scientists think Alzheimer’s might be reversible.reuters.comNEWSLETTER: Genetic discovery yields clues toward reversal of Alzheimer's brain damageToday we highlight a discovery with potentially important implications for future Alzheimer's research and treatments. We also report on an experimental Gilead therapy showing great promise against a... 33568215
Reposted by DarrenJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002216785
Reposted by DarrenAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nothing to do with your orange American chum, then Dickie? How the fvck did this idiot become a multi-millionaire? 4728170
Reposted by DarrenArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The big problem is the war my friend Putin started and which he needs my help to win, not the one I started and lost." 1543
Reposted by DarrenRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron. 103564200
Reposted by DarrenPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026First thing I saw outside Labour conference today, mobile sign calling on Burnham to ditch Palantir… 434565
Reposted by DarrenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵 31914398
Reposted by DarrenSunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC 27836381967
