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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 7m

Nigel Farage in 2017 predicting that countries like Greece, Denmark or Sweden will follow the UK in leaving the EU.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 4h

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 4h

"Nathan Gill isn’t some postscript to a minor episode of recent British history. He’s a key to understanding the scale and sophistication of the threat against us, a network of pro-Russian actors that stretches not only across the Atlantic but Europe too."

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 4h

"Nathan Gill isn’t some postscript to a minor episode of recent British history. He’s a key to understanding the scale and sophistication of the threat against us, a network of pro-Russian actors that stretches not only across the Atlantic but Europe too."

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 6h

“An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories”

Brexit will always ruin you in the end.
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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 18h

Could happen to any of us. I mean who hasn't driven to Benidorm in their Bentley and with more than £13,000 in cash?

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 17h

A real patriot.

"Robinson told police he was white English but was travelling on an Irish passport he had recently obtained and that he lived in Spain."

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 17h

Precondition for the Nobel Peace Prize:

1) You helped resolve a conflict.

2) You can explain the origin of the conflict, the solution to it, and your specific role.

3) You did not start conflicts elsewhere, deploy the military against your own citizens, or threaten to annex your neighbours.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 17h

Precondition for the Nobel Peace Prize:

1) You helped resolve a conflict.

2) You can explain the origin of the conflict, the solution to it, and your specific role.

3) You did not start conflicts elsewhere, deploy the military against your own citizens, or threaten to annex your neighbours.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 17h

A real patriot.

"Robinson told police he was white English but was travelling on an Irish passport he had recently obtained and that he lived in Spain."

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 18h

Could happen to any of us. I mean who hasn't driven to Benidorm in their Bentley and with more than £13,000 in cash?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 2d

Farage has given up the pretence that he barely knew Nathan Gill. He can't do otherwise, given the flood of evidence to the contrary.

Here is Gill saying he's just come from having lunch with Farage on the day that Farage resigned as UKIP leader 4 July 2016?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: "But I said ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place… it looks like terrible.”

What he actually watched.

a painting of a volcano erupting with a castle in the background

ALT: a painting of a volcano erupting with a castle in the background

media.tenor.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: "But I said ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place… it looks like terrible.”

What he actually watched.

a painting of a volcano erupting with a castle in the background

ALT: a painting of a volcano erupting with a castle in the background

media.tenor.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3d

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick

We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Was.
“Covid rules were followed at all times.”

Now.
“Acoba rules were followed at all times.”

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile in least surprising news.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Was.
“Covid rules were followed at all times.”

Now.
“Acoba rules were followed at all times.”

🤡

Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile in least surprising news.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile in least surprising news.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3d

These people are absolutely pathetic in their subservience to Trump

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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