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John Petrie

@johnpetrie.bsky.social
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Pro Europe, hoping for a better world. #FBPE Same name and image on Twitter

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1 Crown Office Row @1crownofficerow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Martin Forde KC acts for Professor Jason Arday’s family in the inquest into his death. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2026/...
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1 Crown Office Row @1crownofficerow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The UK Human Rights Blog is moving to Substack. From 19 October, all new articles will be published exclusively on our Substack, and no new content will appear on our current website. To stay up to date with our latest articles, please subscribe here: substack.com/@ukhumanrigh... #UKHumanRightsBlog
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Well it made me smile
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
There are times when a photo captures the moment and tells a much larger story. Rosa Parks on a bus, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor in the back if a car, a girl in Vietnam running from a Napalm attack etc. This photo is one of those moments.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Billy no mates at the G7. Consequences of treating friends as pariahs and enemies as friends. Europe has moved on and whilst Trump will be temporary, the damage to the US will be longer lasting.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nobody should.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The criminal President is sending the DOJ after a woman he raped….
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
US military veterans have just launched a major lawsuit against Trump to stop the construction of his giant arch, which would obstruct the view of Arlington National Cemetery. “It's disrespectful to those that I served with who didn't come back,” one veteran said. people.com/vietnam-vete...
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In 2011 Keir Starmer approved the robust investigation into Murdoch and phone hacking, and into newspapers beyond the Murdoch stable. In 2024 they started to take their revenge and will continue. A challenge to the heart of democracy. www.theguardian.com/media/2011/j...
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Phone-hacking scandal: DPP orders 'robust approach'
CPS to examine recent allegations as David Cameron faces renewed pressure over close links to Murdoch
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There is a major campaign against @kajakallas.bsky.social underway. It is being spearheaded by Russian intelligence, but, interestingly, MAGA and pro-Israel slop accounts have joined in. The objective is to remove her from her position in the EU; she poses a threat to their operations.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Private Eye gets this spot on - sad to lose Kuenssberg and Mason 😂 (It's a parody for those that don't know Private Eye)
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I have cast my vote in the local elections. A few in the queue but turnout will be traditionally low and given the amount of money spent by Reform, they will probably do well. That will not happen on the same scale at a General Election, but how gullible are Reform voters.
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🚨NOT RIGGED, JUST ‘REMARKABLE’ — PRIZE WINNERS TRACE BACK TO FARAGE’S BREXIT PARTY CIRCLE”! Ray and June, who won the Reform UK energy bills prize, go back all the way to the Brexit Party with Farage. Source: Don McGowan/X #UKNews
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deepvalleys.bsky.social @deepvalleys.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thailand-based crypto businessman, Christopher Harborne, donated £12 million to Reform. Hong Kong-based British crypto investor Ben Delo has donated £4 million earlier this year. The government placed a £100,000 cap on donations by Brits living abroad last month. Cap all donations! #RejoinEU
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
If I were Starmer trying to find a way of announcing a rejoin of the EU, I‘d prepare UK: - showing it’s possible as well as desirable - helping voters see it’s OK for a country to change direction - showing them Brexit has caused damage and he is acting in time to avoid more damage And…
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Well this aged well. Just like most of Farage's beliefs.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Remember that Nigel Farage is Donald Trump's biggest supporter. Remember that Nigel campaigned for Trump and even wants to mimic all his policies. This is the sort of insanity Reform want to bring to the United Kingdom.
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a group of cartoon characters are standing next to each other and one of them is saying go forth and spread the word
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are standing next to each other and one of them is saying go forth and spread the word
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. This is completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.
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Lewi Whalberg @anno1540.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
1/3 He said he cut ties in 2005. The files say otherwise. Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had contact with Jeffrey Epstein after the 2008 conviction. DOJ documents contradict the public story.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
If this does not have people close to the President brushing off the rules to invoke Article 25, then nothing will. It is actually a real post.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is essential reading. It makes clear that the Conservative government had left the NHS in a precarious position by starving it of funding and that its inept handling of the pandemic almost saw it collapse completely
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Kev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I'm not saying you should, but you could actually do this with all your unwanted junk mail and flyers
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Trump just said this to the Japanese Prime Minister: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habor?” A more worthless human being does not exist.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nick Timothy is an uncannily perfect encapsulation of the crapification of public life in the UK: a bigoted failure blithely oozing from one disaster to the next while being rewarded at every turn by the far right media/political ecosystem. A golf club boor with the intellect of a burst balloon.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Within seconds of her autocue freezing, the Reform MP started making jokes about Islam
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Reform's Sarah Pochin says she 'wanted to wear tartan burqa' to Scottish election launch
Reform's Sarah Pochin has come under fire after saying she wanted to "wear a tartan burqa" to the party's Scottish election campaign launch.
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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
BBC News - Dumfries and Galloway councillor suspended over 'aggressive' behaviour - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dumfries and Galloway councillor suspended over 'aggressive' behaviour
John Denerley left former council leader Gail Macgregor
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A war that is apparently having unforeseen consequences, embroiling the wider Middle East, economic damage for millions around the globe. Except - it was not unforeseeable. The Gulf States are rightly furious with the US, and all because of an incompetent narcissist who thinks he is all knowing.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is next level insanity. I never imagined I would see the day when a President of the US would speak like this.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Just a reminder of what this is really about
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Following Trump's statement that Starmer is not Churchill, we now have a response to Trump from Churchill.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Starmer along with Mark Carney and their allies are planning life without the US. You keep the insults coming, you thick orange piece of shit.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It is worth remembering that this is a US/Israeli operation It is not a Nato operation It is not a coalition operation There was no joint planning with other countries before the attack started I suspect most of the people in the UK support Starmer's position
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
AI can be very good sometimes x.com/i/status/202...
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The 53 missing pages in the Epstein files have the same smell as the 18 minutes missing in the Watergate tapes. Tick tock www.mediaite.com/opinion/epst...
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Epstein Files: NPR Finds 53 Missing ‘Trump’ Pages — the DOJ Has No Explanation
NPR finds 53 Epstein file pages missing from the DOJ release, deepening questions about transparency in Trump’s own Justice Department.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
If only the CIA has been as diligently tracking Trump's emails, there may be enough to arrest him by now. Or maybe they were?
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Not something you will see on the UK media but this resonates with what business leaders are saying. No wonder they want Starmer out.
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Mandelson’s always been shifty, though we didnt know the full extent. Farage is fully shifty out in the open! Racist, lazy, selects traitors, sexist & racist candidates, umpteen lucrative 2nd jobs, dodges interviews but does cameo videos. Just grotesque, yet there isn’t 1% the furore Starmer faces!
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
All that stuff in the headlines about Starmer’s days being numbered is just these two far-left leeches from Socialist Group Campaign trying to wreck the party from the inside. Act accordingly. #UKPolitics
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Real Blue Patriot @realbluepatriot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is not a joke. The sitting president audibly defecated... the room reacted... he rushed everyone out of the conference. Imagine what MAGA would say if any other president did this. 😅
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Great analogy but who could they be talking about?
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It is normal to redact details of victims to protect their identity. It is not normal to redact detail of perpetrators. Whoever this is should be prosecuted. Why is he being protected?
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Howard Lutnik is the US Secretary for Commerce. This email to Epstein...just weird. Why would you include children's ages unless.....
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Nothing says "guilty" more than Epstein files being downloaded then the Department of Justice blocking access to specific ones. Lucky someone got to them first
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Millions of new pages from the Epstein files dropped. Blanche says "there is a hunger and thirst for information about Trump that he does not think will be satisfied with these documents" Of course it won't - they are sitting on them
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Well Melania's going down a storm in the UK
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Following the defections to Reform of Braverman and Jenrick, it is worth remembering what Reform said about them only a few months ago.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
More filling of the Reform sewer with Suerella Braverman defecting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
The MP was unveiled as the party's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally.
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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The only thing to say is who is surprised.
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