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John Pockett

@johnpockett.bsky.social
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Cymro brwd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mor hapus mod i wedi ymddeol. Deliriously happy to have retired. A thoroughly unhappy Anglican, former Church in Wales member. Keen on real ale & good food, old buildings, good company.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So those £36million 'donations' to Reform UK were actually speculative investments ... "Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100million a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party" trib.al/P2B8D6C
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 17/09/2026
'Mae'n ddiwrnod hanesyddol.' Ymateb y cyflwynydd a'r ymgyrchydd Mari Grug wrth groesawu'r newyddion y bydd cyffur Enhertu ar gael i ragor o gleifion canser yn Lloegr. Mae disgwyl cyhoeddiad tebyg yng Nghymru yn fuan.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform UK councils sliding in to No Overall Control. ⬆️ NEW at No.2 Andrew Husband & Darren Grimes Durham Council.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wow. That C4 Dispatches on SYL/Robinson was DARK. I mean, the grift was always obvious, but the amounts are staggering and the treatment of that poor grooming gang victim is utterly heartbreaking. Really worth watching. www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
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Tommy Robinson: Where's the Money Gone?
For Dispatches, Matt Shea examines the complex finances of Tommy Robinson
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nigel Farage's Reform in crisis as Met Police launch criminal probe into donations www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage's Reform in crisis as Met Police launch criminal probe into donations
A police investigation has been launched into allegations that Reform UK breached foreign donation rules
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Meet the Reform Gen Zers who fear their party is becoming a joke inews.co.uk/opinion/refo...
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Meet the Reform Gen Zers who fear their party is becoming a joke
Vicky Spratt: Reform’s younger members are serious about politics, and they want to be taken seriously
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here’s Lincolnshire CC Reform UK Leader Sean Matthews’ Office, sign says: “We are working from home” Nigel Farage called for a blanket end to working from home, stating remote work and work-life balance was "load of nonsense" that hurts national productivity.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
News: Widdecombe is dead Farage: Tragedy! 😢 News: Murdered Farage: Distraction! 🥳 News: Arrest! Farage: Immigrant! News: Nope Farage: Terrorist? News: Nope Farage: I'll say terrorist anyway Police: Don't Farage: Woke!! Police: Maybe terrorist Farage: Yay! Police: But white British Farage: DAMMIT!!
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sylviseb 💙🌈☮️🌊💙💛Maga➡️blocked💛💙🌎🌻✌️🦋 @sylviseb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Reading about the Obama Center opening, seeing photos, videos, hearing speeches, reading commentaries confirmed a STARK contrast between two presidents. DJT's is consumed with hate, anger, delusions of grandeur and getting retribution. He is evil. He's NOT presidential. He needs to be removed.
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
St Davids Cathedral could be insolvent within two years, visitation concludes www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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St Davids Cathedral could be insolvent within two years, visitation concludes
Financial and spiritual problems identified in visitation report
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
What a disgrace. Says it all, really. 😕🇺🇸
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage
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Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage
Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/04/2026
The message left by Pope Leo XIV in the guestbook of the Great Mosque of Algiers: “May the mercy of the Most High keep the noble Algerian people and the entire human family in peace and freedom.”
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I needed a good news story today and thought you might like it, too.
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Jones @theearlofpowys.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you return unwanted Reform local election leaflets to their party headquarters using their free post address, then it will cost the party £2.50 per envelope. Please don’t share this information; it could cost Nigel Farage a fortune.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
So much for DOGE, Reform UK Durham… The highest pay packet was the £258,964 awarded to Durham Council chief executive John Hewitt
chroniclelive.co.uk
North East councils' top earners named in latest Town Hall Rich List
Durham County Council's chief executive was the top local authority earner in the North East in 2024/25, while Northumberland had the highest number of staff on more than £100,000
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Remember Johnson telling people Brexit wouldn’t affect their holiday? The referendum was inherently fraudulent, based on lies. Time to ask the people if they want to reconsider?
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Wishful thinking...
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Well said. Dyson, Jim Ratcliffe, Rothermere (Daily Mail) and many more, are all greedy, hypocritical, utterly selfish narcissists.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
So Nigel Farage rightly sacks Dudley for Grenfell comments. Yet Reform UKA Cllr Ron Firman stayed after "pretend relatives" & "burning crosses" posts - Mark Arnull is "happy" & says “didn’t cross the line” 🤷‍♂️ It seems one rule for London, another for West Northamptonshire?! 🤔
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Adam J. Blust @adamjblust.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Lawrence O’Donnell made a great point. Nixon won his 1972 re-election in a landslide, winning 49 states. In 1974 he resigned. By 1976, you couldn’t find anyone who would admit to supporting him. Looking forward to history repeating itself.
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Nigel Farage has gone from man of the people to persona non gratis in just a few months Couldn’t happen to a better person. Let’s clean up our country and its Politics. Keep the momentum.
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Spartacuss - 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇨🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @elbowsuk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
If that cunt Nigel Farage wasn't in parliament for the energy debate why the fuck did #BBCnews seek him out in another part of the country for his flacid opinion????? If he can't be arsed to attend parliament his opinion should not be courted. WANKERS!
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Question for Iain McIntosh, the Reform UK candidate for the #Senedd in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe. Does he still "Want Farage put back in his box?"
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hi Reform UK and Andrea Jenkyns, how many Reform UK MPs were in the defence debate yesterday? By our count it was 0.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Reform UK have announced their Welsh list for Senedd Cymru elections. Let's start with Mark Reckless. Who's this good chum of yours? You go way back... don't you? Oh yes, that would be Nathan Gill, the former Reform UK Welsh Leader that was convicted of Russian Bribes. #ReformRussianBribes
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Usual splendid analysis and commentary from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Diolch yn fawr.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nigel Farage has called Welsh people “Foreign speakers” in a Cameo video. I hate to break it to you Mr Farage, but if you read a history book you would realise English is more foreign in the UK than Welsh. Big credit to the Guardian for breaking this story: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Reform politician the ONLY person to vote against a new law stopping politicians from lying. Reform’s Laura Anne Jones was the only one who voted against the bill, with 50 MSs backing it. We can find no record of Ms Jones speaking during the debate, even though she was present.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Have you received unsolicited mail from Reform UK? Send it back to: Freepost Plus RUHS-YGAJ-TKBL Reform UK Millbank Tower 21- 24 Millbank LONDON SW1P 4QP
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The difference is stunning!!! Couldn’t be more obvious the PEDOstein does NOT care about our troops!
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
‘Hate is not Welcome Here’ and ‘Farage is Trump’s Puppet’ greets Farage on Isle of Wight
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'Hate is not welcome here' and 'Farage is Trump's Puppet', say anti-Reform protesters
Reform UK was called “dangerous, divisive and racist” at the demonstration, organised by the Island branch of national campaign group Stand up…
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Weak financial controls and ‘disempowered’ trustees were background to Bangor débâcle, review says
During the five-year period studied, several serious-incident reports were sent to the Charity Commission relating to Bangor Cathedral
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
churchtimes.co.uk
Weak financial controls and ‘disempowered’ trustees were background to Bangor débâcle, review says
During the five-year period studied, several serious-incident reports were sent to the Charity Commission relating to Bangor Cathedral
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on Plaid Cymru’s rise: Welsh politics is on the brink of a revolution | Editorial
Editorial: After a century of Labour dominance, disillusionment with both Westminster and Cardiff has given progressive nationalists a historic opportunity
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
One of the best parts of the SOTU. Classic.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: US national security officials are reportedly raising the alarm that European prosecutors are already collecting confessions from rich pedophiles that implicate Donald Trump, and now a dozen new countries beyond Israel and Russia have major blackmail on him...
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Reform UK have blamed the printers saying there was a “trimming error”. These clearly show an A4 letter with no trimming. And who trims an A4 letter? Calling bullshit on them.
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Pob lwc : Good luck
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated Kathy Gibbon defects to the Conservatives ➡️ Kicked Out Brian Black Oliver Bradshaw Paul Thomas Bob Ford Bill Barratt Ed Hill James Regan Mark Broadhurst Paul Bean Adam Smith Daniel Taylor John Allen Nicole Brooke Patrick Lambert Maxine Fothergill Tom Pickup
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Chelle 🔵 @chelle78.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
They will do anything to not be caught up in the Epstein files. No matter what lives are lost or who we have to bomb in the process. It’s simple if we find out the truth on the Epstein files the GOP and all of them are going down including the supreme court. DO NOT BE QUIET NOW
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Nigel Farage will hold surgeries for businesses (once a year) but not for constituents. Shows where his priorities lay… Clacton business owners put questions to MP Nigel Farage
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Clacton business owners put questions to MP Nigel Farage at Gazette event
On Friday night, the Gazette staged the annual business event at the Columbine Centre in Walton.
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 08/01/2026
'Rydym yn ddiolchgar iawn am y caredigrwydd a’r haelioni' Fe wnaeth Yr Urdd dderbyn ystâd gwerth £3.2 miliwn fel rhodd mewn ewyllys unigolyn y llynedd. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/32286
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Yr Urdd yn derbyn £3.2 miliwn mewn ewyllys
Mae cyfrifon diweddaraf Yr Urdd yn dangos bod y mudiad wedi derbyn ystâd gwerth £3
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Apologies, typing error - Gwyl yr Ystwyll.
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John Pockett @johnpockett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A fair assessment of the personalities of them all.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Reform UK's director for Wales has been removed from Cwmbran Community Council for failing to attend meetings. David Thomas is also goes by the names "DJ Dowster" and "Dr Squeegees" (I am not joking). Find out more about Dr Squeegees here: willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
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Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
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