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John Rodway

@johnrodway.bsky.social
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Retired Executive after career in IT, now a carer for my disabled wife. Proud Welshman. Cyclist and lover of all sports. Reading FC season ticket holder. Voted Remain.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suspect this one will age like Surströmming, wrapped in a loaded nappy in a compost portaloo on the third day at a festival. In a gastroenteritis outbreak. In a heatwave.
How is it that Danny Tommo sits in a cell
while five suspected terrorists are out on
bail?


Is this two-tier Britain, or am I missing
something?
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump is once again blaming Ukraine for the global fuel shortage he caused with his war against Iran. And, as Putin targets fruit markets and pharmaceutical companies in Kyiv, he described the war as "Ukraine and Russia going at it", as if it was some schoolyard fight.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
via Christopher Warner
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Danny Who art in prison Racist be thy name Thy balaclava come Thy will be done In ports as it is on dinghies Give us this day Our daily funding & forgive us our racism as we intimidate those who speak against us & lead us all into aggravation But deliver us from being civil. 🙏
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The people who brought us Brexit, now bringing fascism with the effects of it." via The British Pro-European Political Blog ·
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I doubt whether Nigel Farage's older supporters will be happy when they learn that Reform UK plan to abolish the state pension and our NHS ... meme via Drew Flanagan
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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"So Reidy's out wide on the right, he cuts in and delivers this great low cross and - BANG - Andy Gray is there with the best diving header you could ever hope to see. Sunderland at home, 1985."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now, imagine the response to a column asking why a Premier League team has a Jewish supporters group.
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Why do Man Utd have a Muslim supporters’ group?
Sir Jim Ratcliffe must go, declares an organisation for the team’s Islamic fans. There’s just one thing puzzling
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"This is all about the substance, to build an alliance of the future. The world has changed. America has changed. So we need to change."
bbc.co.uk
UK should 'team up' with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister says
It comes after European Commission President proposed "opening the door" for Canada to become an associate member of the EU.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HE'S CENSORING THE MEDIA. THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A good first step should be a visit of the King to show support. Then the PM, then every member of the Portsmouth squad.
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John Rodway @johnrodway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Heartbreaking phone in on @mrjamesob.bsky.social Next time you see Nick Ferrari perhaps you can enlighten him too. youtu.be/mJOX9uUmUXs?...
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Nick Ferrari Educated by RNLI Over “Taxi Service” Claim!
YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nigel Farage has made our seas less safe, he doesn't care if people die ... "Words have consequences. 👀 Tell people the RNLI are facilitating the invasion of our country and this is the result… 😳 Nice one, Nigel, Tommy and Zia. What patriots you all are" via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rupert Lowe-Life is spitting teeth.. ohh he’s mad.. incandescent with rage about the state marking “its own homework” on Covid.. Fun fact — During Covid Lowe’s company took £100,000 in taxpayer funded furlough despite making a massive £7.9 million profit. He wasn’t so angry about that eh❗️
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyone remember that time when two fighting aged men living at those barracks ran amok and assaulted a member of the public.... why didn't Piddington declare independence then I wonder? www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2324828...
oxfordmail.co.uk
Soldiers banned from every pub in Bicester after 'dreadful' attack on civilian
Bradley Barr and Owen Thomas, both 20, were given community orders
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just a wild guess, but we just might hear from Trump today that Iran is begging for a peace deal. And also that Canada is begging for a trade deal. Then we might learn that big strong men came up to Trump with tears in their eyes thanking him for being the best president ever.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform. A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's a small world after all!!
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So the ‘negotiation’ involves blowing smoke up Putin’s arse, asking him what he wants then attacking Ukraine for refusing to concede it. Never forget the huge swathe of UK media & political figures who celebrated Trump’s ascent while claiming to care about Ukraine. Absolute heels, the lot of them.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"If you would just give the burglars half your stuff they promise not to come back and steal the rest."
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John Rodway @johnrodway.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#jenrick on #bbclaurak “I want to see regulation in the crypto industry,it’s a bit of the Wild West out there” In the interim , here’s £72m from that industry 🤦‍♂️
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Trump is a bully and a braggart, a self-confessed sexual predator and a purveyor of racial slurs... Most people would not welcome such a man into their home, and the majority of Irish people will not welcome this visit.” Irish Times editorial on Trump in Ireland.
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The Irish Times view on Trump’s visit: a less than welcome guest
Most people would not welcome such a man into their home but political leaders must make a different calculation
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
as is always the case when he's sitting and not talking, Trump had a hard time staying awake during the 9/11 ceremony (Finn Gomez/Getty)
pic of Trump sitting, slightly hunched over, with his eyes closed
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
Donald Trump and Joe Biden at 9/11 ceremonies today. Trump in DC. Biden in NYC. (REUTERS)
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is big: Yemen’s Houthis today captured the Red Sea port of Mocha after government forces pulled out. Their control of the coast gives them power to threaten Bab el-Mandeb and access to the Red Sea.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Guess where Nigel is One clue not in parliament He’s in the USA again, this is a joke On a platform on reform tv I.e GBnews USA How can this man ever be PM Here’s a man involved constantly in financial scandals has a party of less than 10 MPs but sees himself as some political guru" via Stop Reform
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A man who's not even an MP declares himself Shadow Home Sec, another resigns from a Great Office of State he's never held, two men with zero standing to represent UK and France sign a treaty and instead of exposing this bizarre festival of delusion media is praising their reenactment costumes. WTAF
Dear Nigel,
5 September 2026
MY COMMITMENT
At Reform UK's conference today, I have publicly committed to increasing the tax-free Personal Allowance to £15,000, in my first Budget called within the first 100 days of a Reform government.
This change would cut taxes for 40 million British taxpayers.
It would take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether. It would ensure that the State Pension was not taxed.
It would be worth almost £1000 to an average working couple.
It would form the centerpiece of a new bargain with British workers; a new bargain that puts them first, and ahead of welfare cheats, foreign nations, and the bloated civil service.
MY OFFER OF RESIGNATION
This isn't an aspiration, nor is it an aim. It is a promise. It is a promise I made to thousands of party members in Birmingham and millions of voters across the country live and on camera. And it is a promise I plan to keер.
If I do not deliver it, I should not remain Chancellor. Please consider this my letter of resignation.
failing to The British people are sick and tired of Chancellors and Governments deliver on their promises. In business, those who fail to deliver are sacked, not given honours. Reform, as a party of successful businesspeople, will bring that culture to Westminster. The British people deserve accountability and, with you as Prime Minister, they will get it.
Britain is broken. Britain needs Reform. And we must deliver.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Jennick.
Robert Jenrick MP
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🤔 Protester Terrorist
Hundreds of protesters, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, blocked roads in the Port of Dover and chanted "stop the boats" on 6 September 2026. There were no arrests.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjo?app-referrer=deep-linkPicture from sit-in protest in Parliament Square over the banned group Palestine Action in August 2025 showing middle-aged lady being carried away by police. 522 demonstrators were arrested on suspicion of breaking terrorism laws - more than double the total such arrests in 2024.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wn5gdv0wgo
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Top negotiators my arse!🤬 #Trump's golfing buddy and son-in-law. Tell it like it is, BBC... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia-Ukraine war: US envoys set for Ukraine talks after Putin meeting
It will be the first trip by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's top negotiators, to Kyiv.
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Here’s Verbatim’s answer to Fartage’s claim that he wasn’t listening I’ve had to chop it at 3 minutes, the rest is in the following post
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hi again @westmidlandspolice.bsky.social Is this the same man hitting another woman with his walking stick yesterday at the Birmingham NEC where Reform are having their conference?
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Stop calling far-right thugs 'protesters' ffs.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The best thing about this is how incredulous the delegate looks as the rules are being explained to him. "Me, a free-born Englishman and you're telling me I can't bring my sword in here...?"
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The image versus The reality.
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Matt @mattukernow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Working one day would be a start, Nige.
Torygraph headline: "Farage: I'll force MPs to work seven-day week to fix Britain"
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“In a meeting over oysters and wine in his Clacton constituency, Mr Farage… said the polling was “amazing” and provided “bang for buck” adding “It worked. Boom.” Corrupt polling. Corrupt funding. Nigel Farage - prison James Orr - prison Dan Jukes - prison channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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John Rodway @johnrodway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thoughts and prayers with BBC Chris Mason and #bbclaurak at this difficult time.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 03/09/2026
Farage has always behaved as though the rules apply to everyone but him. These allegations against Reform look like the latest example. Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson @lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Amongst other things this reveals the dishonesty of the pretence that hostility to immigrants is based on a concern about 'integration'.
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