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Bob White

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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 22h
Can’t say I’m surprised. Palantir seem to be buying their way into British public life. Eg, Matthew Swindells, Chairman of Chelsea & Westminster Hosp, was not only promoting the benefits of Palantir as Chair of a flagship trust but also a paid Palantir adviser www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM
Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I read about his speech earlier my heart sunk. I’ve had just about enough of Farage and his desire to destroy Britain.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
These depraved individuals could do so much good but they don’t…
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is so true, it was Thatcher’s legacy that resulted in privatised and extortionate utilities, privatised and failing children’s homes where the wealthy extract in excess of £250k per child (3.8 x more than Eton PA), our oil wealth spent on inducements for target Tory voters, etc, etc.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Clearly touched a nerve. An anti-TBI agenda has less to do with clickbait and more to do with business practices I think.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is Palantir, a company providing its software to Israel for ‘war-related missions’ , the sort of company we want involved in our NHS?
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seeing a far right wing idiot make such a fool of himself is priceless.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This says so much more about Trump and Xi than it says about Biden.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Will he be like Jim Ratcliffe and continue to claim 100’s millions £’s for his companies whilst paying no tax?
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’re living through the age of the idiot. The Fabian Society is hardly Opus Dei - but then they’d probably approve of Opus Dei.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I couldn’t agree with this more. Of course, Andy Burnham is going to do some things that I don’t like or don’t suit me personally but it’s about more than just me or my family. He is obviously thinking country first which I think is important. This is clearly alien to Kuenssberg.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've just signed "IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... @StopFundingHate
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great, it might be a bit late when these agents start a nuclear war without being explicitly asked.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The photo’s awful enough without that weirdo in the background clutching her chest. I really don’t understand this modern trend of chest clutching during national anthems but maybe it’s because I’m British and our anthem is so bad and uninspiring.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Those violent and monstrous OAPs at the Reform conference who set upon the peaceful protesters are going to be a little bit disappointed. Does that mean they won’t be able to afford to attend if Reform gets in? Consequently, have they been arrested yet? Just asking for a friend.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A close female relative of mine developed Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in the late 80’s. She was branded hysterical and told she had ME and was all in the mind. She wasn’t diagnosed with AF until about 2015 by which time it had turned into heart failure making it impossible to treat. She’s not alone.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The story of Britain in microcosm: “…We take pride in our rural heritage, in the natural beauty of our countryside, but the illusion that it is an unspoilt, unchanging idyll is becoming ever harder to maintain. River pollution has become a national scandal…” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Stewart Jackson embodies the argument for Lords reform. He sits on the sofa, manspreading and looking disinterested. He then reels off current Tory talking points without understanding them. He wouldn’t be that BBC sofa if he wasn’t in the Lords. We need expertise in our Upper House.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NHS Hospitals are also purging their lists and I know because it’s happened to me army local hosp - twice. On 2 occasions when the specialist has said they want to see me in X months, I’ve called to enquire and discovered I’ve been dropped. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Ghost patient’ policy wrongly removing at-risk people from GP lists, doctors say
NHS England initiative to reduce cut-off period to three months ‘disproportionately affecting’ most deprived areas
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s no good the BBC complaining that there’s been a huge drop in the number of people buying a TV licence when they tailor their reports to suit the right/far right. If nothing changes, and the licence is decriminalised, I won’t bother either. They’re the architects of their own demise.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Exactly this and it shouldn’t need saying. Daniel Thomas should have been arrested weeks ago and at the very least be under strict bail conditions. I can’t think that the proscribed anti-genocide, direct action protestors would have been allowed to continue unchecked by the state.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Very powerful speech. When right wing thugs, attack, kill and force civilians from their homes, and the army either watches or joins in, it’s no longer a few a bad apples. It’s state sanctioned.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is incredible. Firstly, the 2nd year of far right thugs outside asylum hotels was allowed in spite of there being footage of them harassing, not only migrants, but the local community. Now Daniel Thomas seems to be able to lead his far right army and do what he wants no matter how illegal.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yet the BBC continue to screen Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“…Weatherby’s submission says that a Royal Air Force surveillance plane spent about five hours above Gaza on the day of the attack, seemingly returning to base minutes before the airstrikes were launched…” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Inquest into British aid workers killed in Gaza may call on Israeli and UK military chiefs
Lawyer tells review hearing that families wish to know whether weaponry involved in the deaths was made in UK
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is yet another terrible indictment on British politics. The current govt is accelerating private involvement meaning global wealth will benefit whilst patients lie on trolleys in corridors and are put in nappies to avoid having to provide toilet facilities and staff to get them there.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Buying influence? I used to work in a client facing position and, yes, we would invite decision makers out to lunch once or maybe twice a year or invite a client to the box at Twickenham. This looks like they’re trying to influence. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-700-fr...
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The 700 freebies: how lobbyists and businesses courted Labour's special advisers
A Democracy for Sale investigation reveals the scale of hospitality accepted by ‘spads’ – and how little the public is allowed to know about it
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Gàidheal Gèidh @grumps2772.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🧵 Laura Kuenssberg’s hand-wringing over billionaire Jim Ratcliffe leaving the UK missed the real story. Ratcliffe heavily championed Brexit, promising Britain would thrive. But the moment it actually happened in 2020, he fled to Monaco—saving himself an estimated £4bn in tax. 📉
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is interesting, assuming it’s true, all roads lead back to Epstein and Netanyahu, who both Wasserman and Kraft claim to be close to.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Maybe Kent and Hampshire constabulary want to give their European counterparts a ring or an IM and ask them how it’s done? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Dutch riot police break up far-right protest in The Hague after violence erupts
Authorities ban anti-immigration march after fireworks and other projectiles thrown at officers in city centre park
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Says the son of wealthy South African migrant parents. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Small boat arrivals are ‘wealthy men’ who do not deserve help, says Reform’s Danny Kruger
The fact that some migrants pay people smugglers thousands of pounds makes them well off, MP claims
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank god we’ve got 2 broken down aircraft carriers with American planes that the MoD has wasted billions on due to incompetence and outsourcing. We’ll be quite safe.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Easier to blame a nurse than a politician or govt to take responsibility. Collateral damage. Not just this but the Crown’s expert witnesses were deeply flawed. One thought it was a London conspiracy to question his evidence. The other forgot to tell the court that he was under investigation.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It shows you can’t buy class, good judgement or decency.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This from the man who promoted the ideas of a fantasist, Walter Mitty criminal who claimed that numerous public figures had been at the centre of a paedophile ring. Ooops, never mind, the public figures were all exonerated eventually.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank goodness he wasn’t a migrant. There would be no cover up and it would be all over media/press for days. We need to reform the Reform-supporting media/press. Britain is broken but it’s broken by billionaires, and their client politicians, looking to corrupt us and reduce their tax burden.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Playing back #bbcqt from last night. It encapsulates the big problem with British politics. The govt minister can’t properly address criticisms from the right wing panelists’ because the govt’s position on each issue is not far from these parties. It all comes back to the parties being owned.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's time for a new Charter. Help write it and choose your 6 demands for a better politics. Take the survey here: actionnetwork.org/surveys/a-ne...
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’ve signed this because just maybe it’ll spur Ofcom into action. Why are our regulators so toothless? Why is Lisa Nandy the most clueless and ineffectual govt minister?
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yet another tax avoiding Brexiter that helped burn the house down who now wants taxpayer billions to pay for his football club’s stadium in Manchester.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pathetic interview of Jim Ratcliffe by the BBC’s Simon Jack. Ratcliffe claims that Britain’s finished because govt won’t get rid of welfare and immigrants. Simon Jack didn’t once challenge Ratcliffe over Brexit. I’ll tell you what’s finished, the BBC as it panders to right winger.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“…‘UK politicians are a lot more easily impressed than American politicians. It costs a lot less to influence them…” This Global Counsel employee sums up British politics. A bunch of clueless, but academically able, private school educated and Oxbridge graduates winging it.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I would feel quite happy about this.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Labour establishment are making the same mistakes with regard to the extreme far right as the CDU in Germany and The Democrats in the US. Two tier policing/politics and a bit of tinkering is not going to make them go away. They have to meet the peril head on inc. the media environment.
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the problem, Palantir simply employ the people who should be critics on big salaries and, of course, they promote Palantir to their friends in govt. Several former NHS bosses have been given highly paid jobs after advocating for Palantir. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fine words from Shabana Mahmoud, however, why is blocking a major port illegal when XR do it but not far right thugs? Moreover, concentrating migrants in one area is bound to make people think migration is a problem. The logic of a fool or a politician. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Outright racist’ activist Daniel Thomas will face ‘full force of law’ over any crimes, says home secretary
Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites
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Bob White @rwdwhite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Of course, Ofcom are examining this and liaising with the Electoral Commission. Our Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, is also taking a close interest to ensure the rules haven’t been abused again. Unfortunately, this is all wishful thinking. Govt and the regulators are hoping it will just go away.
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