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Nikki Robson

@nikkirobbo.bsky.social
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Optimist, pro-European. Ex-civil servant.

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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
As Keir said in his speech, he would have preferred to release everything sooner, BUT advice regarding national security cannot and should not be ignored. So. Proper process. I guess we’re not used to it after so many years of Tory mismanagement
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2025
🔴 BREAKING: Chancellor believes allowing young people to live and work across Britain and the EU would boost the economy and reduce the need for tax rises in the budget. www.bestforbritain.org/uk_outlines_…
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 23/09/2025
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Until tomorrow…
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Ehijacked 📎 @ehijacked.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
People just can’t be bothered to check. This can be traced straight back to the Tory Brexit nutters.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 11/04/2025
NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
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Megan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.
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Megan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
New now: The White House says Canada/Mexico tariffs will remain UNCHANGED -- still 25% over fentanyl concerns, with exemptions for USMCA-compliant goods. Note this is contrary to what the Treasury sec said initially, and what a WH official told me earlier. Details getting hammered out in real time.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
PATHETIC @bankofengland.bsky.social Pathetic.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Ew.
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
So embarrassing
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Events, dear boy, events
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
NEW: This is a powerhouse summit gathered in London. Starmer has confirmed UK & France are now leading the peace process, with Ukraine. Trump has disqualified himself & the US. UK has also agreed to use profits from seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine 👏 Leaders attending: 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴🇹🇷🇪🇺
A picture of the world leaders at the summit in Lancaster House in London. The from row has Starmer in the middle flanked by Rutte from NATO, Macron, Zelenskyy and Scholz
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
On what planet does LK reside? Asking Zelenskyy repeatedly if he’s going to apologise! I wanted to scream.
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Don't remember much about Hillbilly Elegy (J.D. Vance's 2016 book) but I knew there was a parable about the importance of standing up to bullies in there. I'm sure he meant it at the time.
Extract from 'Hillbilly Elegy' by J.D Vance in which the narrator talks about standing up to bullies.
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I think operating at pace, with a clear remit and with the support of 80% (or so) of the electorate is a different beast to the more debatable domestic agenda where there are often myriad ways forward. Just my thoughts
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
For once, could we not unreservedly congratulate our leader on a very difficult job executed so very well
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. Our system of monitoring election fraud is rather weak (to say the least!) and action on any illegal activity doesn’t rest with GCHQ.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 18/02/2025
‘No kings on Presidents Day’: Protesters rage across nation against Trump and Musk
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‘No kings on Presidents Day’: Protesters rage across nation against Trump and Musk
Demonstrators hit the streets to tear into dismantling of federal government
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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Union Square rally.
People rallying in Union Square NYCUnion Square rally.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
So my son, British born to two British citizens, will never be truly British because his mother is Australian? Of course these people never mean people who look like me. I am SO TIRED of the racism of the right.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Starmer confirming the UK is willing to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. An immense moment. Hard to overstate how important this is or how impressive it is that he's done it.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did J6
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Amyn Merchant @amynmerchant.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This, from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social, is perhaps the clearest, and therefore the most chilling, summary I’ve read of what is happening today in America - namely, regime change. @iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We were robbed. It still breaks my heart.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/02/2025
Here’s the thing. Every one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before Nov. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it, thinking he’d only hurt the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty—It spreads. You don’t get to control it. Sooner or later, it comes for you too.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
When people see the maple leaf, they see possibility. They see freedom. They see a helping hand. They see Canada, and the best of our values. Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
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Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Keep talking’ Donald. Canadians have got this. And Europeans are with you 🫶🏽 youtube.com/watch?v=JH1A...
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Monday thought:
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state."
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dems are fighting back in the courts! House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that there are currently more than 20 lawsuits challenging 11 of Donald Trump’s executive orders. More of this!
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Trump is again doing that weird thing where he signs executive orders that need to be explained to him just before he signs them
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
NEWS Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
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Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Block Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Like other economists I'm being asked to comment on Trump tariffs. We should do so - it's our job. But first we should make the point stated eloquently here by @alanbeattie.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c26b...
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Goodwin spreading misinformation over on the other place again. Same old debunked rubbish. Foreign born & British nationals are presented here as two different groups. Obviously they are not. I am a foreign born British national. So is Boris Johnson. But it makes a nice dog whistle.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Tommy Robinson, Farage et al will be all over this - NOT. “3 children were introduced to a world of Class A drugs & alcohol where they were regularly exposed to sexual abuse & violence. A jury heard how there had been "rape nights" at the hands of the heroin addicts” apple.news/A99sIvoIdTdW...
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Paedophile gang that ran 'monstrous' child sex abuse ring jailed — Sky News
During a two-month trial, defence lawyers had argued the children may not have been telling the truth, but prosecutors said it would be
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Why is our taxpayer's money going to the Royals in so many ways? Empty Dartmoor prison pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year & has another 24 years left on its lease Charities which the Royals are patrons of also pay millions to them in rent Make it make sense www.thetimes.com/article/ddf3...
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Dartmoor jail that pays Duchy £1.5m a year may never reopen
Riddled with rats, HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease
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