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Carlos

@redcarlo.bsky.social
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I'm just here for the shits and giggles. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 Smoker of cigars and drinker of whisky. Family man,Liverpool fan, small business owner. No DM's, please.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Susan SB Count Binface Appreciation Society My Dad: my hero!! He's 94 and partially deaf but he ran rings around this Reform Councillor today who was canvassing fof Nigel Farage Also my Dad never ever swore in front of us growing up when he said that's absolute b*ll*cks it made my day! #BinfortheWin
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Carlos @redcarlo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This can't be allowed to go on any longer. #lfc
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
At what point do we stop pretending our newspapers are ‘news’ and start calling them what they are… Promotional pamphlets for the billionaires who own them and the agendas they’re selling.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Anyone voting Reform is knowingly voting for corrupt racists who’ll make all of us poorer and less protected, remove our rights, privatise our NHS, increase fossil fuel dependency, shove children into poverty and threaten our communities… Don’t expect to be forgiven. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Higher bills, NHS changes and rights lost: What Reform will really mean for you
As voters head to polling stations in the crunch May elections, experts raised concerns over the impact Nigel Farage's party could have on hard-working families
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Crazy isn't it Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party had an 'antisemitism crisis' and now Zack Polanski's Green Party does. While Nigel Farage's Reform party, with Nigel Farage and loads of Nazi lovers, doesn't. It's like it's some kind of scam used against Left Wing parties.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If the mainstream press refuses to investigate Reform’s candidates and their scandalous backgrounds and attitudes, I guess @bylinetimes.bsky.social will have to do it. These are just some of our exclusives from the last couple of days Www.bylinetimes.com
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
On a day when mega-rich, privileged and safe, Zia Yusuf, pledges to shove asylum seekers in detention centres (in Green constituencies), before forcibly deporting them, this is a v important read. These grim people are frauds. Exploiting ignorance and racism for votes. But only to enrich themselves.
My View
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Farage and the fraud of populism
It always pays to follow the money in politics

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Farage… works hard to burnish a facade as standard-bearer for ordinary folks fighting a complacent establishment, polishing his everyman image with fags, flat cap and pints. Brexit, he declared, was a victory for "real people". Shrugging off this act of national self-harm, he returned to the political fray two years ago at the helm of Reform UK supposedly to speak up "for the ordinary, decent, hard-working people of this country".
Given this stance, it was curious to learn that this silver-tongued politician quietly pocketed 55m from a crypto billionaire called Christopher Harborne shortly before his surprise return. Farage had, after all, said he did not plan to stand as an MP; now polls suggest he stands on the threshold of Downing Street.
He claimed the sum was a gift to pay for his security after being rumbled by a Guardian journalist.
Yet it always pays to follow money in politics. And this cash highlights how the anti-elitist populism sold to voters is a fraud, a rebranding of hard-right, anti-state conservatism by the super rich and their fellow travellers.
Farage has long focused on leveraging his fame into a fortune while enjoying the largesse of ultra-wealthy people, despite claiming
"there's no money in politics".
His grifting has caused political hiccups, whether it was taking cash for appearances on the Kremlin's propaganda machinery Russia Today or side hustles such as recording customised messages for Cameo punters.
Now an unsavoury stench wafts from this "gift", which is being probed for possible investigation by the Electoral Commission after the Tories claimed it was an undeclared donation - Farage denies this. Harborne insists he wants nothing in return. Yet it is hard not to wonder why a tycoon based in Thailand - where he goes under the name Chakrit Sakunkrit
- has handed an astonishing £17M to Reform UK and its leader…  I met many American voters during his campaigns seduced by the idea that this self serving hustler was driven by desire to serve his nation and drain the Washington swamp. They have been rewarded with chaos, alleged corruption and a cost of living crisis fuelled by a foolish war. Aides claim his team - with the richest cabinet in United States history and a dozen billionaires - are "patriotic outsiders" even as the system gets tilted even more in favour of this elite and its interests.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Their buyer’s remorse is pathetic & meaningless. The continuing promotion & prominence of inexplicably self-confident idiots, aka ‘Brexiters’, will undermine our national interest for generations.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist? Like if he is. RT if he is a traitor.
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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I’m searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but I’ve been unable to track it down. Any leads? I’m really hoping to use it in a book. (And would much appreciate a RT please)
Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
“A proper Brexit” What does that even mean? The Express certainly can’t explain it. They haven’t got the first fucking clue. And the Brexiters who could explain it, won’t. Because people don’t want the ruinous, insecure, unsafe race to the bottom that it entails. It’s a shitshow. Time to admit it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Left: Konstantin Kisin denies calling Rishi Sunak a 'brown Hindu' on #BBCQT Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
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Carlos @redcarlo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I have been invited for a 1-1 drink this afternoon with one of my daughters boyfriends. I think this is day he asks for my daughters hand in marriage, and I'm crapping myself.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A Reform staffer grabbed ITV News journalist Peter Smith when he asked questions its new Scottish leader didn’t appreciate. You can watch the footage here: www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The number of murders in the capital in the first nine months (1st January to 30th September) of 2025 is the lowest since monthly records began and represents a fall of almost 60 per cent compared to 2003. www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
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London records fewest homicides this year since monthly records began
The number of homicides in London in the first nine months of 2025 was lower than any year since monthly homicide records began in 2003, according to new analysis from the Mayor’s Office for Policing ...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Byline Times is digging where the monopoly press fears to tread. Farage’s Kremlin links. Trump’s pull on Blue Labour. Thiel & Palantir’s reach into government. Our new investigations team is just getting started. Help us go even further: 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/nostoneuntur...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news. We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support. And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this. 8/ 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers. Why did he/Tories Tories sign them? Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.
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Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Rachel Reeves set to blame Nigel Farage for tax rises in the Budget, saying he delivered Brexit with “easy sloganeering” and then walked away It’s about time www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises
With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal. He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing. No one believes you, Nigel. Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
One-third of UK children grow up in poverty, higher risk of dying young. In some areas 62% of children live in poverty. Children’s education, health, future employment prospects destroyed. Caused by govts - austerity, low wages, spending cuts, fiscal rules. Poverty is a political choice.
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One-third of UK children grow up in poverty with higher risk of dying young
Children in the most deprived areas of the UK face higher death rates as childhood poverty continues to rise, according to research.
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 04/10/2025
This. Is. Brilliant.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Peaceful protestors declared terrorists within 24 hours, Kneecap dragged into court in 3 weeks for waving a flag. It's amazing how fast the establishment can act when it wants to. The Water Companies mass sewage dumping, Grenfell, the Post Office scandal. Nothing happens, ever
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This story is now big news all over the world... except in the UK.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🚨EXCLUSIVE ‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides – and that he worked on the Kremlin’s strategic ...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🔴NEW🔴 Thread 🧵 @bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"Nigel meets tens of thousands of people on an annual basis." Just amazing then how many of them are called Nathan Gill.
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Stirling4Europe #FBPE @stirling4europe.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
You have to envy them, really.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Dr David Bull, Paul Nuttall, still haven’t said a word about their MEP colleague from UKIP to Reform UK, the Reform UK Leader in Wales Nathan Gill. 8 charges of Russian bribery, all admitted. Reform UK are on the hook for this.
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Carlos @redcarlo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Another awful performance. This team just isn't gelling. #LFC.
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Oor Steve @oorsteve.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
No we don't need to leave the whole nation bereft of rights with a right wing government selling them to the highest bidder.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This isn’t immigration control - it’s INFRASTRUCTURE for a surveillance state. When the same company tracking CIA targets builds your “ID card” system, you’re not getting documentation - you’re getting MONITORED. Please repost TO SOUND THE ALARM
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
If you don't love Nigel Farage give this a Like. If you hate him, give it a RT.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Did you know? Black holes are the simplest objects in science - they’re built from nothing more than space & time. I’m giving away 5 signed copies of my paperback A CRACK IN EVERYTHING to a UK person chosen randomly from those retweeting this blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... @headofzeus.bsky.social
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 06/08/2025
I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 27/06/2025
The Met Office are letting us submit our own storm name suggestions: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o... There's space for five names in the submission boxes. Let's go with: Exxon Mobil BP Shell Equinor Chevron At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve. Pls retweet!
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Name our Storms
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 29/06/2025
The frustrations of UK politics: from red Tories to Brexit defiance and a broken political system; practical and ethical solutions are needed northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...
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From red Tories to Brexit defiance
The frustrations of UK politics: from red Tories to Brexit defiance and a broken political system; practical and ethical solutions are needed
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 29/06/2025
Preston is to enter into a friendship agreement with the Palestinian city of Hebron | LDRS Press release northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/pre...
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Preston and Hebron: a friendship agreement
Preston is to enter into a friendship agreement with the Palestinian city of Hebron
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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Anyone think #BREXIT has been an unmitigated disaster as well? Vote in the poll here. Repost when you’re done. xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
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Mirror Poll
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Carlos @redcarlo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
In the south of France. Things are so much cheaper here than back home.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I'll be on @BBCNewsnight debating Trump's first 100 days with a former Trump administration official. Live on BBC2 at 10.30pm UK time (5.30pm ET).
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