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Jon Kingsbury

@jonathankingsbury.bsky.social
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Anglo-Saxon, raised in a Brythonic land - Cymru am Byth. Married to a Breton. #Enlightenment Have a Batcave which gets a council tax rebate. Turning into that bloke from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
🚨 Naomi Smith: The people of Scotland, like the rest of Great Britain, are of one mind when it comes to the UK and the EU: they know it’s been a disaster and they simply want to be back in.
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Poll: Scottish Labour would hold onto most of its MPs if PM promises to rejoin EU
Scottish Labour would hold onto most of the 37 Westminster seats it won in the 2024 if the Prime Minister pledges to
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11/08/2026
Why British landlords are running their buy-to-let empires from Dubai
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Why British landlords are running their buy-to-let empires from Dubai
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In case you missed it ... Here's the truth about EU membership and the Euro that those supporting Brexit don'tvwant you to know. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
📌 ICYMI — Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Ceuta ‘Migrant Invasion’? — Simon Nixon Trump-aligned think tanks have previously advocated using Ceuta to exert pressure on Madrid, reports Simon Nixon
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Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Ceuta ‘Migrant Invasion’?
Trump-aligned think tanks have previously advocated using Ceuta to exert pressure on Madrid, reports Simon Nixon
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Misha Goss @spoketension.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tragic that the world is falling apart right after we finally got everyone on board with the USB-C standard. We coulda had it all.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Being a woman in your 40s in summer 2026 is constantly asking yourself ‘am I perimenopausal or is it just really hot and everything is really f*cking enraging at the moment?’
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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I spend far too much of my time listening to podcasts but do recommend Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social as an antidote to Rory and Alistair. I would argue this is a better podcast. @therestpolitics.bsky.social
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Burnham: Social Care is a huge challenge that demands a proper longterm solution. It can be done if parties work together. Most parties: PM is right and we'll work with him for a solution. Tories: PM is right and we'll work with him for a solution. BUT ONLY IF HE CAN DO IT FOR FREE. Grow TF up.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I hope we're going to see many charges for incitement to racial hatred, incitement to violence and incitement to riot, all of which have been happening blatantly and prolifically on social media. Or will two-tier policing in the UK, favouring the right and the far right, prevail yet again?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026
It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
MEGA (Make England Great Again) is rising and it should frighten us all. From Farage Camps to Local Election results everything is going Reform's angry way and Britain's decent majority need to step up now. Inaction is no longer an option. Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/farage-camps...
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Farage Camps, Reform Gains and Snake Oil - why Britain's decent majority need to wake up to MEGA
News direct from reporters you trust.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Really incisive analysis here. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
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Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
Any attempt by the United States to claim the island would quickly spiral out of control.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
One of my abiding impressions of Brexit is the way it slammed doors of opportunity in the faces of young people several rungs below Boris Johnson’s countless children on the ladders of privilege & advantage.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Oh fuck off.
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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Oh, @mrjamesob.bsky.social "These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." The Economic Impact of Brexit www.nber.org/papers/w34459
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The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I really can't recommend 'Who Goes Nazi?' by Dorothy Thompson highly enough. Published in 1941 & as relevant now as it was then.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975 “It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“Weaponising Migration”: How Russia’s War in Syria Fed the Brexit Propaganda Loop Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant'. Leave EU campaign went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed and defend Russia open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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“Weaponising Migration”: How Russia’s War in Syria Fed the Brexit Propaganda Loop
Farage said Putin's handling of Syria was 'brilliant' - and his Leave EU campaing went on to weaponise the refugee wave that followed the indiscriminate barrel bombing of civilians and defend Russia
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Nick Stone @europeannick.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Human trafficking. Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP. There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC. It didn't matter. Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/11/2025
Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life
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Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life
WASHINGTON—Claiming that the sacred ash tree had outlived its usefulness and needed to be updated, President Donald Trump made remarks Monday defending his demolition of Yggdrasil, the ancient tree of...
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Heartbreaking take on rural/energy poverty from the Telegraph 🫣 www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/...
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I can’t afford to turn on my Aga this winter
Our writer’s once cosy Norfolk home is feeling the chill as energy bills rise – how will she and her family cope?
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story. Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done. You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story! 🧵 1/9
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Pass it on.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Food is too expensive, controlled by billionaires. Energy is too expensive, controlled by billionaires. Housing is too expensive, controlled by billionaires. Wages are too low, controlled by billionaires. I'm going to blame... immigrants.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Far right suffer losses in Dutch election, with country set for its youngest ever PM news.sky.com/story/nether...
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Netherlands election: Geert Wilders' far-right party suffers blow as centrists lead in exit poll
Far right parties have been on the march in countries including France and Germany, but long-serving Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has been dealt a blow in his country's latest general election.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
“In its first formal review of UK trade policy since Brexit, the WTO found that UK trade performance had weakened since the 2008 financial crisis, with Brexit named among the chief causes of a marked slump in goods trade since 2018” God, failure is tedious… www.ft.com/content/8f4d...
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Trade’s contribution to UK GDP ‘stagnated’ since Brexit, warns WTO
Export of goods are languishing at 17% below pre-Covid levels
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The bottom line is that the GOP absolutely cannot be trusted to deal with any societal problem. They lead with cruelty and focus exclusively on how to package private greed as public service.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
In the all-conquering media/politics ecosystem that brought you Brexit, Boris Johnson, austerity, Liz Truss & the recent revival of weapons grade racism, she really is the Newcomer of the Year. Hands down. And the Spectator is now owned by a man who basked in the ugliest depths of far right Twitter.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Lam took a bunch of X posts from far-right racists and so-called "thinktanks" and turned them into a policy that collapsed as soon as anyone actually read it/understood it. Would have been an absolute travesty if she hadn't won!
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Oh look. Grooming gang victim who resigned from inquiry is doing a joint press conference with Farage.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Keir Starmer, "Shocking racism (from Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin) and it's the sort of thing that will tear our country apart" "And it tells you everything about Reform UK"
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Everything about his body language whenever a question is asked about the Russian bribes speaks of panic. Farage is vulnerable on this.
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