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Nico Thæccan

@nicothaecan.bsky.social
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Grandfather, husband, despiser of SUV's and (almost all) Tories. Ik ❤️ Zitterd en Echte Bakkers Speculaas.

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 11h
Read the report here: www.taxwatchuk.org/how-many-tim...
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How many times can you move to Monaco?
Dozens of news reports are claiming that property billionaire David Reuben, number two on the UK’s Rich List, moved from London to Monaco “this summer”, pushed out by the government’s tax changes and ...
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember when there was just one gas board and electricity board, and every few months a man in a hat would come round and take a meter reading? Happy days.
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember when you could just get on a bus, sit down and the bus conductor would issue your ticket, rather than standing in a queue in the pouring rain waiting for the driver to sell you one?
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ultra-processed food, lack of exercise, pollution, forever chemicals. Who knew? www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Panorama - Cancer Before 50: Why Is It Rising?
Rates of bowel, breast and other cancers are rising among younger generations according to NHS data. Why are more younger people getting cancer?
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oooooh...Ooooooh..do you think it will keep all those nasty green house gases out? Maybe get Mitie or Capita to bid for it. Somebody give Lady Mone a call.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 05/10/2026
ICE has been dumping photos and licence plate numbers of protesters into a Palantir database. Reminder: this is the company running our NHS health records 👀 www.wired.com/story/ice-has-been-du…
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 05/10/2026
A video compilation shared on social media with claims it shows US strikes on 140 targets in Iran earlier this year includes miscaptioned clips which are actually from Gaza and Lebanon as well as multiple fake scenes.
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Compilation video shared of ‘US strikes on Iran’ includes fake and old footage from across the Middle East – Full Fact
The video features clips from Lebanon and Gaza as well as fake content.
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"We really don't care about you people, couldn't give a toss about the country or the environment. We'll do anything, JUST PUT US BACK IN POWER YOU STUPID BASTARDS!"
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Then the police let all of The Fairford 5 out on bail anyway ...... Which, given that they will incarcerate octogenarian environmental/anti-genocide activists for merely planning a protest or knitting on a pavement, suggests that they really had nothing to go on". www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Five Go Mad in Fairford is the worst Enid Blyton yet
The men arrived on small boats. No they didn’t. They’re Middle Eastern. Oh, they’re British. They’re dangerous. No, they’ve been bailed! What 10-year-old would take this seriously?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/10/2026
End the genocide. Drop the charges. De-proscribe Palestine Action.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/10/2026
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-firs…
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cable Street 1936: The Day the East End Roared nicklowles.substack.com/p/cable-stre...
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Cable Street 1936: The Day the East End Roared
Ninety years on from the infamous battle of Cable Street, its time for us all to muster the same courage to fight today’s threat
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 02/10/2026
In the aftermath of the Israel-bound flight where a pilot was stabbed, a video claims to show “terrifying footage” from the incident. But both the audio and visuals are from other flights. Read more in our fact check 👇
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Video of Flydubai plane isn’t from Israel flight attack incident – Full Fact
A video claiming to show footage from the Flydubai flight where a pilot was reportedly stabbed combines visuals of a different flight flying over Dubai with audio from a 2022 turbulence video.
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just finished #SilentBones by @valmcdermid.bsky.social. We need a sequel, please.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/09/2026
"Privatised water has failed and must be taken into public ownership now."
PRIVATISED WATER HAS FAILED. WE NEED PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW.

ADRIAN RAMSAY
MP FOR WAVENEY VALLEY

"The Prime Minister is right that water must be run for public good and not profit and that the public is very clear that water should be taken back into public control and end the scandal of sewage in our rivers and seas. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister’s words in his speech today gave no commitment to this, just that at some point in the future there will be more regulation. This isn’t good enough. 

Privatised water has failed and must be taken into public ownership now so we can start to fix the crumbling infrastructure."

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 30/09/2026
Why is the Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover such a big deal? Because this is just one more merger that will continue to concentrate media power and wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer billionaires. @abigaildisney.bsky.social
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Stop Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover
Last Monday, a group of 12 state attorneys general led by California AG Rob Bonta, dealt independent media and journalistic integrity a potentially fatal blow by agreeing to a settlement — reached beh...
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/09/2026
“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
‘We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir. (l-r): Clive Lewis, Tom Watson and the Palantir logo, against a pink background
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Millionaires and billionaires aren't paying their fair share. I'm one of them and I'm calling it out. A nurse doesn't get to decide if she pays her taxes, why do millionaires and billionaires get to decide what tax rate they're gonna pay?" PMUK's Kristina has a message for the PM #TaxTheSuperRich
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/09/2026
A video falsely claiming to show a long queue of Muslim women waiting to sign up for free childcare has been liked thousands of times on social media. But the clip actually shows the women waiting in line for a modest clothing sale in Amsterdam.
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Video shows Muslim women queuing for a clothing sale, not free childcare – Full Fact
The video has been widely shared on social media alongside the false claim that it shows women in headscarves lining up to enroll their children into free public daycare.
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our response to Andy Burnham's Labour Party Conference speech 💬 #TaxTheSuperRich
We welcome the Prime Minister's vision to bring hope back to our country and communities.
And we repeat our longstanding message: we're ready to play our part by paying our fair share, so Britain gets the investment it needs to make that vision a reality. 
This country helped to build our success. So millionaires like us must be taxed more. It's our turn to step up first and help build a better future for everyone.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/09/2026
‘What underlies the sense of affront is the assumption that the “people of England” are, as it were, a settled question, that the days of large-scale movements belong to the past, or ought to.’ Ferdinand Mount on immigration and emigration in the English imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI agent breached Australian government site, took months to report it. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026...
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OpenAI agent breached Australian government site, took months to report it
The agent was looking for public Medicare spending data. It found a way into non-public files instead. What do we need to change to stop this from happening?
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/09/2026
Viral posts claim Japan has passed ‘anti-Islam laws’ banning halal food, mosques, burqas and prayer calls. This is false. Japan's constitution guarantees religious freedom. Here's what we found 👇
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No, Japan has not introduced 'anti-Islam' laws – Full Fact
Viral posts claim Japan has banned halal food, mosques, burqas and the call to prayer. This is false. No such laws exist, and Japan's constitution guarantees religious freedom.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No climate emergency in North Northants, says council. www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/no-climate...
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No climate emergency in North Northants, says council
The Reform UK administration votes to rescind the climate emergency declaration made by North Northamptonshire Council five years ago
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I can still remember the elation I felt a decade ago when Jeremy Corbyn and Tom Watson were leading Labour. Here at last was a party going back to its roots, a true party for and of the people. Ten years later and Tom Watson goes to work for Palantir. I give up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Well, that didn’t take long. Minutes after our investigation into “Big Time Charlie” went live, the account disappeared from X.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 22/09/2026
NEW: For months, an account called "Big Time Charlie" has been building a database of charity/aid workers and others it brands "traitors". Our investigation shows he is an activist and has donated thousands to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/22/m...
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Meet Big Time Charlie: The Restore Britain activist harassing the progressive sector – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate exposes “Big Time Charlie”, the man behind a recent campaign of online harassment against progressive charities, campaigners and others he considers “traitors”....
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 14/09/2026
Over the weekend, Nigel Farage bagged donations from the crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne totalling £72m. That’s more than three times the total they raised in the whole of last year.
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 14/09/2026
Tax the rich. Not a radical concept. Just a popular one.
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Peers are set to pick up the baton on the long-running campaign to cap political donations. Julia made the case for action on Big Money in politics: a cap has to apply to all individuals, so our politics can serve the British people, not individual mega donors.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“We’re not the size of Yellowstone but we’re in England’s largest wild landscape by a long factor,” said Macdonald. You're right Miles, but please let us bruised and battered nature lovers have a moment of optimism.
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One billionaire allegedly packs his bags and suddenly it's "tax exodus" panic. Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social went on Times Radio to set the record straight.
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"I was there for the Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict. It was like hearing a court rule the Earth is flat". www.thenerve.news/p/daphne-car...
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I was there for the Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict. It was like hearing a court rule the Earth is flat
Stephen Grey, who spent years investigating the tycoon accused of masterminding the journalist’s murder, says his outrageous acquittal has left a grieving family without justice – and yet still not wi...
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The RNLI volunteer has told us that donations usually run at £20,000 per day. Currently running at £100,000 per day! Bloody brilliant!
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits www.carbonbrief.org/uk-aviation-...
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UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits - Carbon Brief
The Labour government has signalled its support for a contentious third runway at Heathrow airport, with a final planning decision expected by 2029.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 11/09/2026
Do you work in the NHS? Have you got a tip-off about Palantir? Tell us - more info below ⬇️💥 palantirwhistleblowing.goodlawproje…
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Blow the whistle on Palantir in the NHS - Blow the whistle on Palantir in the NHS
Any information you share with us through this website will be handled sensitively, in the public interest, and with the maximum care for your security.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
That's because us woke lefties are, for the most part, non-violent. No problem taking on an 80 year old grannie. Masked right-wing thugs looking for trouble, and who are likely to smack you round the head with a baseball bat are a different proposition. I know which one I'd rather take on.
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026
Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022
No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
published at 13:34 5 September
13:34 5 September
Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it addsThe Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BREAKING 84yo Reverend Sue Parfitt’s home was raided by police today. She had taken part in a peaceful protest on Wednesday with @just-stopoil.bsky.social outside Westminster, calling on Andy Burnham to refuse to reopen new oil & gas licenses in the North Sea. (Footage from a 2025 arrest)
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Net migration is at its lowest level, outside of the pandemic, for fourteen years, small boat numbers are collapsing and yet you still can't move for 'migrant crisis' stories in the British media
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Nico Thæccan @nicothaecan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Charisma, cruelty, greed: John Sweeney on the ‘dark genius’ of Nigel Farage". www.thenerve.news/p/john-sween...
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Charisma, cruelty, greed: John Sweeney on the ‘dark genius’ of Nigel Farage
In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Nerve’s Reform correspondent explores the career of ‘a leader who never seems to suffer the consequences of his actions’ – and asks if he should ever be allowed near power
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 01/09/2026
“Dry day spills will almost always be deliberate and illegal, otherwise there would be non-stop raw sewage spilling from pipes. This level of criminality shows that water companies do not believe they, or the government, will ever do anything meaningful to stop them.” bit.ly/4xBSQ8M
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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