Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Left: Former Conservative Home Secretary now Reform UK supporter Suella Braverman says we need to leave the ECHR because the ECHR stopped the Rwanda plan Right: BBC News, "The Conservative's Rwanda plan announced 18 months ago has been ruled unlawful by 5 Justices here at the UK's Supreme Court" 2323494
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Ash Sarkar, "Jim Ratcliffe is a stinking hypocrite" "He became a tax resident of Monaco to save £4 billion that could have gone towards British schools, the British NHS, towards British defence, instead he decided he wanted that money for his own pocket" 30875278
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026"Sexual predators with wealth or status rarely act entirely alone. They benefit from a network, sometimes intentional, sometimes passive, that shields their behaviour. These layers of protection may include: 1. Recruiters and enablers..."bylines.cymruPowerful, privileged, predator: how wealth and influence protect sexual abusersSexual abuse is often imagined as hidden and marginal, yet wealth and power quietly enables harm to continue, unseen and unchallenged 10240108
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026European Movement UK now has over 27,300 members. 🚀 It was 26,000 last month. We need to build fast, because this will become the national campaign to rejoin the EU. Join us! 👉👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-ab 620981
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Best way for us all to combat Trump? 1) Boycott all US goods 2) The UK rejoining the EU - which is increasingly likely, so join the national campaign 👇👇europeanmovement.co.ukEuropean MovementJoin the movement for a European future 25512156
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025Farage: epic grifter 25386734718
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Local government in the East is changing – with elected mayors next year & new unitary councils by 2028. Nine different proposals are now on the table. What happens next?eastangliabylines.co.ukTransforming local government: what next in the East?Local government reorganisation in the East took a step forward in September, with nine proposals submitted to government. So what happens now? Local government reorganisation in the East took a step ... 64710
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Susanna Reid, "Name one success of the Labour government" Andrew Pierce, "The trade deal with the US is a success and it's down to Brexit" 0.6% - what the UK-US deal adds to GDP 4.0% - the GDP cost of Brexit 1814035
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Nathan Gill who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Russia to promote a pro Russia anti EU position Started in UKIP, joined the Brexit Party, then Reform UK Russian asset celebrating Brexit - tells you everything you need to know about Brexit 27673300
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Zia Yusuf knows less about his own party than I do. Gill is not some rando who once met Nigel. Gill was Reform Leader in Wales and a close ally of Nigel Farage for over a decade before that across two other political parties. This is not something that can just be brushed away. 47753305
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialHourly R.E.M. Lyrics @remlyricshourly.bsky.social · 28/09/2025If you're needing inspiration Philomath is where I go Lawyer Jeff he knows the low-down He's mighty bad to visit home Song: Can't Get There From Here Album: Fables Of The Reconstruction youtube.comCan't Get There From Here at YoutubeCan't Get There From Here at Youtube 021
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialHourly R.E.M. Lyrics @remlyricshourly.bsky.social · 27/09/2025I know, I know, I know that this is changing We walk the streets to feel the ground I'm chasing: ÜBerlin Song: Überlin Album: Collapse into Now youtube.comÜberlin at YoutubeÜberlin at Youtube 031
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia briberyNathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament. 18435271994
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Quite amusing to see the continuity Brexiters losing their shit because George Brexit Galloway has just inadvertently demonstrated that we still have control over our borders. 2039586
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles. Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period. 391249684
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2025I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable. 29036541139
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialMichael 🌱 Ⓥ @changedgear.bsky.social · 16/09/2025In 2018 Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats in a single transaction, paying around £3.57 million for the lot. Buying 7 in one go avoided about £300,000 in stamp duty. If your kids can't find homes to buy near you, blame people like Hunt, not desperate people running for their lives. 521461
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2025UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of privatised water, rail, bus, energy and mail services, mostly foreign owned. Investment neglected. Regulators useless. Often little/no competition, captive customers fleeced,, more pushed into poverty. Privatisation is one of the biggest scams.theguardian.comUK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisationAnalysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010 8315172
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialBrendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Brexit Britain in one image. 49472159
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.social卯月隷奈🔞女装 @reinauzuki.bsky.social · 14/09/2025フレッド・スミス、パティの旦那さんだったね youtu.be/Bl93aKyDGZo?...youtu.beDream of LifeYouTube video by Patti Smith - Topic 0355
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2025His plan for Brexit was "blue passports and fish." You'd have to be thicker than a whale sandwich rammed in a submarine door to vote for this absurd human being. Tragically, such people exist. 1381071219
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialStuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · 26/08/2025A response from Labour MP Ellie Reeves… 66118
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Reform Zia's Yusuf says a Farage Government would rip up protections against human rights abuses, torture and trafficking, in order to deport more migrants. Remember that these protections apply to everyone living in the UK. Once they're gone, they're gone for all of us 44862319
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Nigel Farage and Reform have consistently voted against the Employment Rights Bill which introduces key worker protections like statutory sick pay from day one and a ban on zero-hours contracts - is that a party you would want to trust with your human rights? 60857360
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/08/20252025: BBC News report that Nigel Farage wants Reform nominees in the House of Lords 2018: Nigel Farage, "The House of Lords is a complete and utter disgrace, the sooner we close it down, and replace it with an elected senate, the better" 36304117
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Vladimir Putin. Wanted for war crimes and human rights abuses in 124 countries, arrives in the United States of America as a guest of President Trump tomorrow 38526152
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The NYTimes gaslighting its readers in 1922. Chillingly familiar. "But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers..." 519065
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2025"When experts talk about competitive authoritarianism, they are usually referring to countries like Hungary and Turkey. A leader is elected in a more or less democratic system — and then starts to work to break the democracy that put them in power."publicnotice.co"Competitive authoritarianism" and America's slide toward itYou can still vote. It just might not mean much. 491006376
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water. 90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities. Tax on dividends dodged. Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing. Public ownership is the only way forward.theguardian.comChinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water, reports sayHong Kong’s CKI among those lining up to acquire struggling company if it collapses 21380196
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Once the language of hate is normalised this sort of incident becomes inevitable 65979367
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Great long piece on BBC news about the massive increase in the cost of cod and the impact on fish and chip shops. No mention at all of Brexit which has significantly affected £££ For the millionth time: We import ten times as much cod as this country catches. What did they think would happen?media.tenor.coma plate of fish and chips with coleslaw and a lemon slice on topALT: a plate of fish and chips with coleslaw and a lemon slice on top 1111522506
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream. Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers. Customer bills up 47% this year. End fleecing. Nationalise water.theguardian.comSouthern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk streamEnvironment secretary urged to stop drought order that could damage the ecology of River Test in Hampshire 19693348
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Her name was Diana. She was 23 years old and 7 months pregnant. Russia murdered her today in an attack on the maternity hospital in Kamyanske. 792156305087
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Then Andrea Jenkyns is plain stupid and people should have the courage to tell her that to her face. 94567125
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialSpenwood Books @spenwoodbooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Last chance to order the new @billybragg.bsky.social book & be named in the book as a sponsor burningshed.com/billy-bragg_... 0349
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 04/07/2025In one year, Nigel Farage received the most amount of ‘gifts’ of any MP in Westminster, just short of £100,000. Where’s the outrage from our media? 36430170
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialD.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 28/06/2025 “Give Farage a chance” says Rod (net worth £300 million) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukRevealed: How Farage’s £80bn tax cuts would benefit the richest mostExclusive: Calculations for The Independent reveal the richest tenth of the population would gain almost four times as much as the poorest 10 per cent from Reform’s tax plans 0175
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 20/06/2025😱😱😱 Helen is one of those authors whose books I read agog at their craft. This absurdly kind review has made my year. Also: ideas please for a joint launch party with an anonymous author. Fancy dress? Video link? Stride around in plain sight with a tray of canapés? 161118
neil-hutch.bsky.social @neil-hutch.bsky.social · 20/06/2025@mikebennett.bsky.social Hi Mike, I’ve got a bit out of sync with all things U&F, mainly due to commuting changes. Are you able to point me to a definitive order that I should be using to pick up where I left off a few years ago? 100
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Systematic Fraud. "Connivance and collusion" between ticketing companies & touts, who buy up tickets for live events in bulk, sell them at inflated prices. Ticket touts had inside help from ticketing platforms. What kind of society have we created where fraud and rip-off practices are normalized.bbc.co.ukThese touts made millions - and claimed staff at big ticketing firms helpedThe touts alleged staff at resale sites Ticketmaster once owned helped them trade in bulk, the BBC reveals. 1420584
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialGreed Apocalypse @juanmunoz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Tesla's Collapse Continues flip.it/NnyIuCflip.itTesla's Collapse Continues - JalopnikIn this morning's edition, Tesla's decline continues, and China's tight control of magnet exports is changing how automakers think about assembly. 742154295
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/06/2025This seems to have now disappeared from the Express website but can still be read in the archive. archive.ph/mQIec 29837388
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Failed pandemic-era PPE contracts cost the British taxpayer £1.4billion. The Covid counter-fraud commissioner uncovered the figure in the first phase of his probe into wasteful Tory spending during the pandemic www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukFull cost of failed pandemic- PPE finally revealed after major fraud probeThe Covid counter-fraud commissioner uncovered the £1.4billion figure in the first phase of his investigation into wasteful Tory spending during the Covid-19 pandemic 921070559
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension. 1322171981
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialI Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025At My Local Grocery Store Pic Taken May, 2025 Looks like they are selling Candy instead of Death!! ☠️ In Canada, Britian & Australia they have to be out of sight. Shame on USA for not doing this... 3818250
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/06/2025At least a quarter of children are in poverty in two-thirds of areas across the UK. Yet govts still obsessed with austerity, real wage cuts, benefit cuts Will children recover from physical, mental harms inflicted by political choices? End poverty. Redistribute. Save the future.mirror.co.ukAt least one in four children in poverty in two-thirds of UK areas - see listOverall, 42% of constituencies in the UK have a child poverty rate higher than the national average of 31%, according to new analysis by Loughborough University 914560
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialFair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social · 30/05/2025We need to get this petition to at least 10k sigs to get the issue talked about properly. We all know it greatly worries people. Please spread & get as many to sign as you can. Meantime we’ll be lobbying broadcasters, OFCOM + DCMS. May be write to your MP too. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all timesWe want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover... 46446
Reposted by @neil-hutch.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/05/2025Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for watermotherjones.comToxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for waterGlyphosate, an herbicide linked to cancer, is also abundant in the United States. 34138571969