Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026As 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 070
Reposted by Nikki RobsonAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The 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. 139100131759
Reposted by Nikki RobsonBest 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_… 3229892
Reposted by Nikki RobsonHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 23/09/2025What 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...bbc.co.ukHow the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling pointHow did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'? 26335071186
Reposted by Nikki RobsonEhijacked 📎 @ehijacked.bsky.social · 22/08/2025People just can’t be bothered to check. This can be traced straight back to the Tory Brexit nutters. 3298
Reposted by Nikki RobsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025Abrego 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." 10545416213092
Reposted by Nikki RobsonJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 11/04/2025NEW 🧵 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... 23853942085
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMegan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025TL;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. 18161721647
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMegan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025New 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. 42489143
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did. 13669992348
Reposted by Nikki RobsonFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 12/03/2025PATHETIC @bankofengland.bsky.social Pathetic. 1724083
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Events, dear boy, events 2559594
Reposted by Nikki RobsonNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 02/03/2025NEW: 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: 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴🇹🇷🇪🇺 1384020968
Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025On what planet does LK reside? Asking Zelenskyy repeatedly if he’s going to apologise! I wanted to scream. 100
Reposted by Nikki RobsonRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Don'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. 1027280
Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I 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 110
Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025For once, could we not unreservedly congratulate our leader on a very difficult job executed so very well 1130
Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Unfortunately, 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. 100
Reposted by Nikki RobsonThe Independent @the-independent.com · 18/02/2025‘No kings on Presidents Day’: Protesters rage across nation against Trump and Muskindependent.co.uk‘No kings on Presidents Day’: Protesters rage across nation against Trump and MuskDemonstrators hit the streets to tear into dismantling of federal government 311428
Reposted by Nikki RobsonPaula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Union Square rally. 466248015279
Reposted by Nikki RobsonProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 17/02/2025So 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. 2720746
Reposted by Nikki RobsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Starmer 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. 961715402
Reposted by Nikki RobsonBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/20251/29: 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” 21415962423282
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did J6 11460962074
Reposted by Nikki RobsonAmyn Merchant @amynmerchant.bsky.social · 15/02/2025This, 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...theatlantic.comThere’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are DoingHow regime change happens in America 13016
Reposted by Nikki RobsonRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/02/2025We were robbed. It still breaks my heart. 732192511980
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did. 14569132344
Reposted by Nikki RobsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I 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 121896511664
Reposted by Nikki RobsonChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/02/2025Here’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. 165183502611
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 15/02/2025When 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. 🇨🇦 1050365484537
Nikki Robson @nikkirobbo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Keep talking’ Donald. Canadians have got this. And Europeans are with you 🫶🏽 youtube.com/watch?v=JH1A...youtube.com 000
Reposted by Nikki RobsonPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Monday thought: 601442808024
Reposted by Nikki RobsonPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender. 365811623121067
Reposted by Nikki RobsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to. www.bbc.com/news/article... 422157624150
Reposted by Nikki RobsonMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can. 33649290710521
Reposted by Nikki RobsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state." 17432370686
Reposted by Nikki RobsonArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Dems 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! 19741541108
Reposted by Nikki RobsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025Raskin: "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'" 20574815213847
Reposted by Nikki RobsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025Trump is again doing that weird thing where he signs executive orders that need to be explained to him just before he signs them 3112171422
Reposted by Nikki RobsonYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/02/2025NEWS 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.bit.lyExclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Block Trump Nominees Until USAID Is BackThe move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process. 1085137382413
Reposted by Nikki RobsonJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Like 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... 171145426
Reposted by Nikki RobsonZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Goodwin 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. 631153298
Reposted by Nikki RobsonFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Tommy 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...apple.newsPaedophile gang that ran 'monstrous' child sex abuse ring jailed — Sky NewsDuring a two-month trial, defence lawyers had argued the children may not have been telling the truth, but prosecutors said it would be 2025589
Reposted by Nikki RobsonCarol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Why 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...thetimes.comDartmoor jail that pays Duchy £1.5m a year may never reopenRiddled with rats, HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease 18931351005