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Nicolas

@ragnarleviking.bsky.social
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Retired lefty lawyer living in Normandy. French citizen and British subject. Northerner. Europhile. Aspiring bodhrán player. Slava Ukraini

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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shows where his loyalties lie. Some patriot.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Burnham on booze at football « I don’t see how it can be fair that some supporters of one sport can be treated differently. » That’s cos at rugby matches the thugs are on the pitch not the crowds as in soccer.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If Harbourne and Delo wanted to change society for the better, then their combined £72 million could have been given to cancer research, to buy hospital equipment, fund libraries, indeed, anything philanthropic but they chose to fund a dangerous ,vulgar and racist political company. F*ckers.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
All the money in the world won’t make Reform’s moronic policies workable. It won’t make their people less racist or idiotic. It won’t sort out their ridiculous egos or end the investigations. It won’t make the majority of us loathe them any less. In fact, the money may well bury them. Let’s hope so.
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Le fond de l'air effraie @natchouettev.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
Arte vient de mettre en ligne sur Youtube le formidable documentaire sur notre dépendance globale à Rosatom, le bras armé nucléaire de la Russie. Diffusé sur la chaîne il y a 2 ans mais indisponible depuis. À voir absolument. youtu.be/PG7xBVnKEk0?...
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Nucléaire : le piège de Poutine | Documentaire | ARTE
YouTube video by ARTE
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What does he expect to gain from this ? Burnham ought to have taken action weeks ago. This is Americanising UK politics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Having first tried being a ‘one nation’ Cameron-Tory, then a remainer, then a rabid brexiter, Jenrick has now decided that his route to power lies in being a nasty little far-right shit. A total loser scrabbling around for ‘likes’ in the cesspit of Reform. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
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Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
He previously said the heckler should “get a life”.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Well who’d have thunk ?? Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding | The Guardian
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Im sorry but how is killing these fish a conservation success ??? First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation | Fish | The Guardian
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is not normal …
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Piss up and brewery come to mind
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Quelle surprise ! Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn | Farming | The Guardian
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Why are they so surprised ? We’ve been warning them for years.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I don’t know a great deal about football but the last 20 minutes of play revealed an Argentinian team in total control, running rings around England who seemed to have little idea what to do when they ( rarely) had possession of the ball.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Bonjour tout le monde
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
6,000 year old carvings at Givrinis, Morbihan, Brittany.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Too late, we’re all already depressed and will remain so until the orange loon shuffles of his mortal coil.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 06/06/2026
En écrivant à Vladimir Poutine, Volodymyr Zelensky s’adresse aux élites russes, lassées de la guerre en Ukraine
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En écrivant à Vladimir Poutine, Volodymyr Zelensky s’adresse aux élites russes, lassées de la guerre en Ukraine
Derrière la proposition d’une main tendue, la lettre du président ukrainien au chef du Kremlin cherche à exploiter les failles de Moscou et la lassitude des Russes après quatre années de guerre de haute intensité. Son initiative intervient alors que ses partenaires européens tentent de reprendre la main sur les pourparlers de paix, délaissés par l’administration Trump.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Not just Thames Water www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Thames Water should be nationalised, says Andy Burnham
Exclusive: Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate advocates public ownership of water companies as he prepares for potential leadership bid
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Southport murders. Farage ignores victims' parents. Riles up his base. Riots. Henry Nowak murder. Farage ignores victim's parents. Riles up his base. Riots. Murders by white people. Silence. If that's not a pattern of racially motivated incitement to riot, I don't know what is.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is precisely what Farage wanted to happen
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Racist politicians whip up racist outrage. Widespread disorder ensues. The courts treat widespread disorder with the severity that they have always treated widespread disorder. Racist politicians cry “two-tier justice”, whipping up racist outrage. Rinse. Repeat. It’s so fucking tedious.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
35c en Normandie C’est pas normale
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 19/05/2026
“I’ve appointed my personal lawyer as Acting Attorney General and he has agreed that the IRS can’t touch me” is pretty flagrant stuff.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Absolutely repugnant Yeah let’s put someone’s Ryanair flight and stag weekend to Amsterdam over innocent Ukrainian lives www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
UK waters down new Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise
The change reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
There’s something deeply wrong with society ‘It was like a mosh pit’: Swatch closes stores as watch launch causes crowding and scuffles | Retail industry | The Guardian
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If this is correct it is sheer madness. Streeting is no leader. Wes Streeting plans to resign and mount leadership challenge, allies say | Wes Streeting | The Guardian
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A view from France
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This is sad and worrying.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Irony ? Hypocrisy? Stupidity?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Timeline cleanse Bees on my Mirabelle plum blossom
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
25th Amendment anyone ?
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The advantage of having working toilets on board British aircraft carriers seems to have been lost on Trump
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Has there been any response from the EU ?
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Lesson from the tRump playbook
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Faridge playing his Trump card “ it was a stolen election”
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Starmer needs to grow a backbone now.Public ownership of water is essential. The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid the UK sewage crisis | Water industry | The Guardian
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hmmm ..
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Just hoping … Queen Elizabeth died two days after Truss met her …..
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Nicolas @ragnarleviking.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Am I missing something here. Surely there should be total sanctions against Russia already ? What is there left to sanction and why ? UK considers new Russia sanctions after Navalny frog toxin finding | Foreign policy | The Guardian
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