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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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How Nick Hancock ordered PPE manufacturers not to send supplies to Scottish care homes for the elderly in 2020 – The pandemic exposed the Union for what it is
Yesterday, BBC Health had: The lives of NHS staff and patients were put at risk in the pandemic because of a lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), with almost £10bn of taxpayers&#82…
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 25/06/2026
Patriotic Millionaires urge wealthy Britons to pay more tax Patriotic Millionaires UK are targeting affluent London homes with postcards urging the wealthy to back higher taxes @centralbylines.co.uk
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Patriotic Millionaires urge wealthy Britons to pay more tax
Patriotic Millionaires UK are targeting affluent London homes with postcards urging the wealthy to back higher taxes
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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hugh Grant will join Tulisa an campaigners in London - 24th June to Demand a Better Media. "For years, politicians have failed to deliver on their promises to raise standards in the media and protect the victims of press abuse. Next week, we need to send a message they cannot ignore." tr.ee/7VDSGm
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Why should any political donations other than a standard annual party membership fee (say £25) be permitted? All other options allow wealthy people disproportionate political influence.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The national debt is not what you think youtube.com/shorts/TGQg9...
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The national debt is not what you think
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Bloody hell. From secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as ‘think tanks’ (who continue to dominate our discourse despite Liz Truss demonstrating the dangers) to a secretly-funded political party. Should have seen that coming.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The jail poor people for defrauding £100 of benefits. Johnson presided over by £10,900,000,000 of fraud. WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL?
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Euronews.com: A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth www.euronews.com/business/202...
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Latest breaking news available as free video on demand | Euronews
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Anyone who doesn't think Farage is a racist and a Hitler-fanboy only has to look at this disgusting poster he authorised, which was directly inspired by a racist Nazi propaganda film. #FarageOut
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK Nothing to see here... www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
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Daily Mail owner's wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
The wife of the owner of the Daily Mail made a £50,000 donation to Reform UK earlier this year.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We estimate that by the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit, based on macro data, and 6% smaller using firm-level micro data” www.euronews.com/business/202...
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A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth
Economic analysis shows UK GDP per capita grew up to 10% less than similar nations as firms froze spending and productivity slipped.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🟥 If Scotland were an independent country, we would have our own Treasury. We could make our own decisions, instead of waiting for an afterthought from a neighbouring country. 🟪 Here are 3 ways the UK budget is just another FAIL for Scottish business: www.businessforscotland.com/the_uk_budge...
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/11/2025
Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
Two red buses, one marked 'The lie' which displays the Vote Leave claim that the EU cost £350M a week that would instead be used on the NHS. 

Another marked 'The truth' which shows that Brexit has cost the UK £1.7bn per week in 2025.
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Why are the ultra-rich buying up so much of the media? Vanity may play a part, but there’s a more pragmatic — some might say sinister — reason open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 25/11/2025
🚨 PFI was scrapped for a reason. Yet tomorrow's budget may confirm the revival of private partnerships in the NHS. The evidence is damning: 💷 Cost taxpayers billions 🏥Hospitals too small with dangerous flaws ⚠️Public left with risk Here's more on why PFI failed👇 bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.” The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 22/11/2025
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
A couple more from me/most of us: Do you deny, Farage, that Putin has been delighted with the Brexit result and ongoing damage to British and European interests? What are your thoughts on these comments from Russia’s ambassador to the UK? bsky.app/profile/13sa...
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Laurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I should like to see several former Tory government ministers in prison. Not for incompetence, because that isn't a crime, but for misconduct in public office associated with turning the pandemic into an enrichment opportunity and for gross negligence manslaughter.
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Michael Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture
The ex-senior minister apologises for mistakes in the pandemic, but defends some of the previous government's actions.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers. Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties. Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor. A healthcare crisis in the making.
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
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R A Turner (he/him) @raturner.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Thatcher hated "workers" and thus manufacturing. Large factories with large worker populations had unions to defend the working class, which she despised, from business owners. Tories still worship her. That tells you all you need to know about them. Tories = the love of money.
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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said
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Anas Sarwar 'must come clean on rising energy bills' as Labour price vow in tatters
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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
What is the value of “US support” under a Trump Presidency? With full hearted US and European support Ukraine could win. Trump is simply doing Putin’s bidding.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’. But Govts listen to the City type. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
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Why a group of wealthy Brits have urged Reeves to introduce a wealth tax
This appeal comes ahead of Reeves’s upcoming Budget announcement in Westminster later this month
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
UK economy grew by just 0.1% in 3rd quarter in 2025. People lack spending power - low wages, pensions and benefits; high energy, water, Internet, rents, grocery and other costs; regressive taxes. Need equitable distribution of income and wealth.
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Economy grew by 0.1% in third quarter, official figures show
The chancellor responds to the data by saying there is more to do in her coming budget to "build an economy that works for working people".
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
👉Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism. Read both parts: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... • bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12
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'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
But the US private insurance health model makes untold billions for the profiteering companies. Which is what private medicine is all about - profit before patients.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 09/11/2025
Cutting taxes doesn't grow the economy. Richard explains this myth, that right wing parties including Labour continue to perpetuate.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Have to say.. very tired of this now. We all know Brexit is a shitshow. Nothing is better. No one is happier. No one who really cared about our country or understood how anything actually worked would do this and then stand around scratching their heads at the mess.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position." Analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Scots families drowning in £400m energy debt crisis 'vicious cycle' *vicious cycle a.k.a the United Kingdom. Scotland is an energy rich country, yet here we are in £400m of energy debt. There is an answer = #ScottishIndependence www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550698...
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Revealed: Scotland’s 'frightening' energy debt mountain hits £400m as arrears spiral
A 'frightening' energy debt mountain is gripping the nation, with the total owed nearly tripling in just four years and the most vulnerable Scots…
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Thousands of Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported by Russia. Behind every story is a family torn apart. This cannot be tolerated. Today, the EU joined the International Coalition for the Return of Abducted Children. We will not rest until these children are back home.
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It's worse than just the cost. There's: 🚅Not all of us would even get insurance because of pre-existing condiitions 🚅Like "excesses" on your car insurance there is similar on US health insurance 🚅 There is also a limit on how much care your insurance provides. Destroying the NHS is my red line
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Beyond batshit. A speech fuelled by grotesque vanity, resentment and prejudice. A foul mess of ignorance and self interest. A menace to the world But this is Farage’s role model. His ‘inspiration’. (Times and BBC)
Lecture careened from climate 'hoax' to sharia in London

George Grylls Washington

Extract:

From Venezuelan drug cartels to the lack of air conditioning in Europe, President Trumps first speech to the UN in six years covered a wide array of topics.
The US president repeatedly talked about immigration and climate change
- and appeared unbothered about offending his audience to make his point.
"I'm really good at this stuff," he said at one stage.
-Your countries are going to
hell." Here are some of the key moments from his address to the UN.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Trump claimed he had resolved seven
"unendable" wars as he stepped up his campaign for the Nobel peace prize.
He listed the conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Thailand and Cambodia, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia
It's sad I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them," he said, asking rhetorically:
"What is the purpose of the United Nations?" He added that all the UN does is write "strongly worded letters" and speak in "empty words".
He continued: "Now after ending all of these wars and also earlier negotiating the Abraham Accords
very big thing for which our country received no credit
everyone says
should get the Nobel peace prize for each one of these achievements.

SHARIA IN LONDON
Having told Sir Keir Starmer that migration was destroying Britain during his state visit last week. Trump returned to familiar territory when he accused Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor London, of attempting to impose sha-ria, Islamic law, in the capital.

UN HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION
Trump appeared needled by the UN's decision in the early 2000s not to award him the contract to refurbish its New York headquarters.
"They decided to go in another direction . which actually produced a far inferior product," he said.
Farage hails Trump
'inspiration' at Reform
UK rally

Photo of Farage celebrating
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant". Let's share this video so much that our wretched news media and hapless politicians are forced to tell the truth about Farage.
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duncan2024.bsky.social @duncan2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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Britain is basically a landed gentry with smartphones given how much land the 1% own
New report finds just 1% of the population own half the land in England and Scotland - it's giving landed gentry with smart phones
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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
With only 8% of the UK’s population, Scotland holds 96.5% of the crude oil, 90% of the fresh water, 92% of the hydro power, and 100% of the Scotch whisky industry. So tell me—who really depends on whom? Shouldn’t independence mean economic fairness at last? 🤔 #Scotland
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Candy Gregory @candyrn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
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UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Funny… I remember when they promised Brexit would do that.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 08/09/2025
The biggest cause of bankruptcy in the USA is medical debt. Keep our SNHS away from profiteers.
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chris m @busteramurdoch.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
If you spend just 5 mins researching Nigel Farage's partner Laure Ferrari you will suddenly see clearly how much the media chooses to ignore the big stories for political gain. For a start no one seems to be asking where an unemployed former waitress found £900k to buy a house outright in Clacton
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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
”A judge in a wig and gown beats an unarmed protester with a gavel in a new work by Banksy at the Royal Courts of Justice, which has already been covered up.”
mylondon.news
New Banksy artwork in Central London already covered up
The artwork is being guarded by security officials outside the building and sits under a CCTV camera
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The SNP @snp.org · 08/09/2025
"The SNP Government is doing everything we can to make people’s lives better – but every step of the way we find ourselves being held back by a Westminster system that just is not working for Scotland." - John Swinney MSP www.snp.org/you-have-the...
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You have the right to decide Scotland’s future. — Scottish National Party
When I look at what is going on in the UK, I would not be doing my job if I did not offer people a different choice.
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
‘He broke Britain then went to the US to talk about how broken we are. Well thanks a lot’. Emily Maitlis on Nigel Farage.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings. Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses. Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven. Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 05/09/2025
ReformUK begin their conference... So Nigel Farage returns from USA after his encounter with Congressman Jamie Raskin 👇
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