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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That is a politician, a Prime Minister supremely confident in what he believes in. Authentic through and through. #Burnhamspeech

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if hundreds of uniformed and balaclava wearing non-white extremists gathered outside a police station because their leader had been arrested, it would be the lead national story

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The level of shade London should respond to the EU with if they offer Canada a deal that *doesn't* include freedom of movement of people having told the UK the Single Market and the four freedom was indivisable. Genuinely, 1000 years of being proven right. We should've just listened to Palmerston.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh no what a shame.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So it looks like Reform policy chief James Orr has straight up broken the law here. It's also exactly the same crime Farage has been accused of re: George Cottrell donating via his mother and which Parliament is currently investigating.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not only are Reform in absolute meltdown this morning, but James Johnson and JL Partners, the polling company they worked with to commission those polls - founded by a former Tory Brexiteer - are absolutely screwed. Who is going to work with them?

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And again on the subject of why the UK government is absolutely right to refuse home-fees for EU students as part of a Youth Mobility Scheme, the UK University Russel Group are clear: it will cost £500m and will result in cuts to places for British students. www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Ireland's European Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne showing the EU remains tone-deaf when dealing with the UK. Idea EU students should pay home fees as part of a Youth Mobility Scheme i.e. £bns of UK taxpayer subsidies because "That's the way it was when you were part of the EU" is laughable sorry.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

You mean Andy Pandy wants to escape scrutiny and hide in the North because its comfortable and he doesn't like London. Great start Labour ...

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Sigh. Just occurred to me that Labour redlines on Europe will be gone. With Streeting at No.11, we'll see Labour capitulate on youth mobility and home fees. In exchange for nothing. And Brussels will be emboldened on Free Movement. Rome cannot bear imperfect communion with Canterbury ...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

When you're the least popular person at a party . . .

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A statement from the family of the victim of the knife attack in Belfast calling for the attack not to he used for division, and stating that many immigrants make a valuable contribution to the UK. A statement that will likely just be ignored by those wishing to exploit the attack.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

June 6 is D-day, probably ANTIFA's most heroic moment.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Comical. The UK will do a deal on youth mobility, much as I resent it, and it will end up paying cohesion funds because the market benefits to the economy are understood. But the UK will never go to Brussels and say the EU is brilliant. For a reason visible from space.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Easy win for stay out if the Euro, Free Movement and no rebate, plus schengen are the deal.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Interesting @ipsosgroup.bsky.social presentation at the UK-EU Forum on attitudes in UK, DE and FR on the UK-EU relationship. To me, the complete lack of interest in the UK - compared to DE and FR - on easier mobility (we mean goods when we say trade) shows once again red lines must stay.

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

UK economy on ‘stronger footing’ than expected before energy shock after February growth surge. Starmer and Reeves, cannot catch a break. If Trump hadn’t won that election, we would be well on the path to recovery. Damn him.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

UK economy massively beat expectations in February. Growth of 0.5% was well above estimates. Be happy your third largest export market is doing well. Its in your interest.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Its for those who want to join the EU - not Starmer who does not - to explain why the UK should afford rights to a Slovakian it doesn't to an Australian. And to be clear; Remain failed and Rejoin has continued to fail on this since 2016. But fine. Make the argument. Stop hiding from it.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Agreed. And its important to ensure EU nationals with no right to be in the UK are deported. As the HO has started.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The polling on the UK is clear. Barely 15% of Brits describe themselves as European. In Germany its 78%. There is no European identity in the UK. And that number has been consistent for decades. And its why Brexit happened. Its just not a sentiment that exists.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Matt Goodwin’s sitting on his own in a Scruton cafe crying like a little girl and you’re laughing?

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Good that Orban is gone. He was Putin's man in Brussels and with him out of the way the aid to Ukraine should be unblocked, plus the EU can go further on sanctions. Additionally, its another loss for Trump and the MAGA crowd; Hungary was their vision of a restored Europe. Now that's crumbled.

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Worth having no right to prevent millions of economic migrants moving to the UK en masse? No. Of course it isn't. Yes, Brexit has consequences. Some negative, some positive. Thats what separation means. But on the whole, its working well and Starmer is taking the correct approach.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

So they want to impose a hard border between Scotland and England. Because there is no chance - zero - of England allowing an open border to an EU state. This is not Ireland.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Iran's 10 point plan seems to put them in a better position than they were in before the war www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/04/2026

Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Everyone understands this ceasefire was just so Trump didn’t look weak for not obliterating all of Iran’s critical infrastructure, right? Iran is already claiming the US gave them the OK to enrich uranium, so these talks almost certainly aren’t going to go anywhere.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It would get curb stomped and Labour would crash in the polls. Nobody cares about joining the EU. The conversation I overheard at Malaga in the queue for the gate said it all. Quote: "The deal we'd be offered would be so bad for the UK, to punish and humiliate us, we'd be better off out"

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So, the last 24-30 hours (open source): F-15E lost, 1 pilot rescued 2x HH-60W damaged A-10 damaged by Iran, crashes, pilot reported ok F-16 Squawk 7700, Iraq. Landed safely. MQ-9 shot down, Shiraz. +1 possible shot down MQ-9. 2x KC-135 Squawk 7700, Israel. Will come back to this if/when more info.

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 31/03/2026

“Bucha survived 33 days of russian occupation, terror, torture — 33 days of total evil. 600 murdered Ukrainian men and women. Russia called it staged. Russia always does this. Actually, all evil acts this way.” President Zelenskyy addressed the European leaders at the Bucha Summit.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The President of the United States is threatening to commit a war crime. Attacks on civilian infrastructure and deliberate targeting of clean water are war crimes. They are illegal. Which means either the US military is about to disgrace itself or he is lying because he is clearly desperate.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

If you read this thread, you'll see one of the biggest issues. Europeans ... don't think they should count as foreign in "their Europe". Except the UK is not their Europe. 45K visas is generous. Take it or leave it. There will be a cap, it will not lead to free movement, and the EU should accept it.

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

May. So, we are looking at months of disruption

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

why aren't other countries helping us with the strait of hormuz after we started an unjust war, cut off trade, and insulted them for a year?

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AnneMc #FBPE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🩵 @boof64.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Farage: "We want to massively restrict postal voting so it's only for people who really need it." Journalist: "Didn't you vote by post at the last election?" Farage: "Yes." Hypocrisy is lost on these 🤡🤡🤡🤡

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

What did I say? Trump now threatening NATO to get other countries to send ships to clear the straight.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Richard Tice: - engaged in highly aggressive tax avoidance to avoid nearly £600,000 of tax - did so at a time when the taxpayer was already paying his salary as an MEP Nothing patriotic about this party of grifters www.thetimes.com/article/6f55...

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Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax

The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

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James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Absolutely not. EU citizens are foreign nationals. We have left the EU, we are absolutely not having UK taxpayers subsidise them at UK universities. And this demand has been there since 2025. Its not new.

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