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Rick Lewis

@richmutantes.bsky.social
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Work in politics for a Labour MP. If I went on Mastermind I'd answer questions about Paul McCartney

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Spotlight on Corruption @spotlightcorruption.org · 02/09/2026
2. 🤐 MPs told powerful stories about the impact of legal bullying on silencing whistleblowers, journalists & ordinary constituents. But @philbrickellmp.bsky.social noted, despite “positive noises” from the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, “the regulatory framework as it stands is not up to the job”.
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Spotlight on Corruption @spotlightcorruption.org · 02/09/2026
💥 Powerful and timely intervention from @philbrickellmp.bsky.social on why economic crime enforcement agencies must be given a sustainable, multi-year funding settlement to effectively tackle the UK’s ongoing dirty money problem and generate significant returns on investment.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fake passports. A money laundering conviction. A mystery casino fortune in Montenegro... There's yet more revelations about who Farage chooses to surround himself with. Let’s start with George Cottrell. A man Farage describes as "like a son," and his former chief of staff 👇
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Huge story this. Alleged corruption story involving millions of pounds, heated dog kennels, Bentleys and vanity projects.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 10/07/2026
If you've got money, getting politicians to listen is often far easier than if you've just got a vote. That has to change. An independent review has backed reforms to drag lobbying out of the shadows. No more hidden meetings. No more special treatment. No more backroom deals.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🧵1/ I've spent more than a decade working on anti-bribery and corruption. I know a red flag when I see one. That's why I’ve reported Nigel Farage to Parliament’s Standards Commissioner. (H/T @rowenamason.bsky.social and @tomburgis.bsky.social).
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Nigel Farage reported to standards watchdog over ‘crypto lobbying’
Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The drinks breaks are a joke. Just changing the rules of the game for adverts. No need for one most of the time.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Watched a good film called Parasite. Really enjoyed it. Recommend it.
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Scott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Arteta right now
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 01/05/2026
Hooray, our World Cup 2026 Wall Chart is FINISHED 🥳 It's our biggest wall chart ever, an A1-sized shambles sullied by SIXTY wonky doodles. Dunno if competitions fly on Bluesky, but if you share this we'll send a couple of freebies out to some (un)lucky RTers x 🛒 noscoredraws.com/products/wor...
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World Cup 2026 Wall Chart - No Score Draws A1 WC2026 Poster Print - Ex
Our biggest ever wonky World Cup Wall Chart for the biggest ever World Cup! Yes it's the 2026 World Cup, so to keep track of all the ins and outs, the kick-of times, scores and tables, here's a HUGE A...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Two local election candidates, for the Green Party in Lambeth, have been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred. The legal threshold for that is quite high: the Guardian reports some of the content which may cross it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The Met said in a statement: “Police have arrested two women, aged 57 and 54, on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred online, an offence under section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986. They remain in police custody.

“The arrests follow an investigation launched after concerns were reported to police on Tuesday 21 April about antisemitic material that had been posted online.”

Ali’s Instagram account is set to private but screenshots indicated she had posted an image of an armed man wearing a headband of the banned Islamist group Hamas along with the slogan: “Resistance is freedom”.

Another screenshot indicated that Mairey had shared a post which included the text: “Ramming a synagogue isn’t antisemitism. It’s revenge.”
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
There’s a global shortage. Prices are a response to that global shortage. The Greens want to subsidise us relatively rich people globally so we can carry on with our same rate of consumption buying up the scarce fuel ahead of the already struggling developing world
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a white cat is sitting on a box with the words `` make it make sense '' written above it .
ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words `` make it make sense '' written above it .
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Underrated, slept on, whatever you want to call it. This is all those things
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Bolton’s Banksy at it again
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Going back watching Paul McCartney’s thinly veiled hatred of Michael Jackson in interviews. McCartney had the measure of him.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I see America have responded to violence and aggression with deadly weapons with more violence, aggression and deadly weapons
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Rawsthorne Street, All Soul's Church, Bolton, by Brian Barlow (b.1934).
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Too much money involved and he has a literal cult following. Also his music legacy is 1 great pop album, 1 good and admittedly iconic album, and then a load of absolute dross.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Been listening to a bit of Bowie and yeah he’s great but a lot of the stuff before the Berlin trilogy is not that great. Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs are average albums with a few massive tunes.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
And now we know Reform UK’s Deputy Leader, Richard Tice, failed to pay £91k in taxes from his property business before routing his profits offshore. This comes off the back of previous reporting on how he paid almost no corporation tax between 2018-21 despite his company making millions of pounds.
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Richard Tice’s firm broke law by failing to pay £91,000 taxes
The deputy leader of Reform UK owns a property investment company that did not pay tax on dividends before sending profits to a trust registered in Jersey
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
If you are in any way interested in Reform and their dodgy funders, read this thread by an MP who knows what he's talking about 👇
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🧵Let me get this straight A Chinese national, with a St Kitts and St Nevis passport, who is also a Cambodian citizen, wanted by the Chinese authorities, used 12 UK companies of which he is the sole shareholder and beneficiary to buy 85 luxury flats in London worth £81m and no red flags were raised.
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The fugitive who bought seven London flats in one day for £11.5m
Despite being a wanted man, Su Jiangbo, a Chinese citizen accused of running illegal casinos, has been able to spend at least £81 million on property in the capital
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In Westhoughton this morning with Cllr John McHugh & election candidate Christina Saunders discussing local priorities. Really good chats about a health hub for the town, an infrastructure first approach to development & increasing the national minimum wage.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Good. This isn’t about one party or one individual. It’s about safeguarding our democracy from those who would wish to harm it. There’s a lot more to do though, including around spending limits, company donations, risk assessment requirements, donation caps - the list goes on.
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Keir Starmer set to ban crypto donations in blow to Nigel Farage
Independent review to set out steps to protect British democracy from foreign interference after Reform UK became the first party to accept bitcoin donations
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Take it from me as a former financial crime compliance officer, you don’t act in this way unless you’ve got something to hide. We urgently need to improve the safeguards in our politics from foreign interference and manipulation 👇🏻
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The dangers to our democracy are clear for all to see
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The coming of crypto: how Nigel Farage plans to reshape politics
Trump once called cryptocurrency a scam but in office has embraced it. Now Reform wants to bring a similar revolution to Britain — even if it resembles a racket
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Gripped by the Curling but it's a sport crying out for maverick. A Shane Warne, a Dennis Rodman, a Adel Taarabt
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Green supporters pretending not to understand why I am annoyed about their misuse of my words and image on their leaflets will now be blocked without warning. I’ve explained it several times at length. Life is too short for this nonsense.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Tax systems are used broadly for two reasons, raise revenue and change behaviour. Surely people thinking it is acceptable to make quick and easy money off generating hate is where we need a radical behaviour change.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This song and the whole album has wormed its way back into my brain this week.. open.spotify.com/track/4ToYly...
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Ocean Breathes Salty
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If only someone warned about Peter Mandelson before all this, could have saved a whole host of trouble.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Finally making my permanent home here. Extracted myself from X.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Why are the names of those who sent these emails to Epstein redacted?
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
British people trying to get Americans to hold anyone, absolutely anyone, accountable for being in the Epstein files.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
UPDATE - I have now received a reply from the Greens apologising for the oversight in using my image and quote without consulting me and giving assurance it won't happen again. That's good enough for me, so I won't be taking any further action beyond writing it all up for my Substack
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Bolton. Crime Down. Arrests Up.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Look who's not turned up to PMQs today, opting for a media appearance instead. Someone should tell Mr Farage he isn't a media personality, he's elected to represent the people of Clacton IN the House of Commons. If his previous register of interests are anything to go by it won't be unpaid.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Trump’s acolytes on Air Force One might laugh and smile, but this isn’t a joke. Greenland does not belong to the USA. Only Greenlanders can decide their future - nobody else.
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US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
In a statement, the White House told the BBC that Trump had made clear that acquiring Greenland was a
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🔴 Good to see a Democracy for Sale story raised in Parliament today @philbrickellmp.bsky.social asked FO minister Stephen Doughty about our reporting that two ex UK ambassadors are paid lobbyists for pro-Russian, genocide-denying Republika Srpska Clip here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Pleased to see @lizforleicester.bsky.social calling out Twitter for its Grok tool which is out of control.
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Government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI
Grok is being used to digitally remove women's clothing - something victims describe as
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Wolfson’s got to go. Not only is this an insurmountable conflict of interest, it also shows contempt for UK efforts to repurpose Abramovich’s assets which were frozen after Putin’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Former MPs who then go on to work for lobbying firms should be banned from holding a parliamentary pass. I don't care whether they want a haircut or a "cuppa with old colleagues." It's not as if I have a pass from any of my old workplaces still. @spotlightcorruption.org right to call this out.
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Ex-MPs working for lobbyists use privileged access to parliament
A number of former politicians who are now paid to help influence policymakers have visited the parliamentary estate, but deny doing so for lobbying
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Latest episode of The Chair Company and it keeps getting better. Hilarious but also deeply unsettling TV.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The Chair Company leaning into the unsettling Twin Peaks feel while still being hysterically funny. If you haven't watched it yet. Best thing on TV for a while.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Steve Reed certainly should be looking at asylum accommodation contracts break clauses. Private firms awarded Home Office contracts to house asylum seekers & making significant profits in the process are unaccountable, opaque and unwilling to meet elected members. This urgently needs to change.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Chair Company episode 2 - again pure genius. Best way to describe it is like a slapstick Twin Peaks. Tim Robinson is one on his own.
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Rick Lewis @richmutantes.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Just discovered the Blackpool Bitcoin millionaire story. Absolutely wild.
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