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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 16m

"Is Farage responsible for the economy's troubles because of Brexit?"

Farage laughing his socks off while pointing at the pound crashing on the night of the EU Ref

3:35am, June 24, 2016. Sterling is in freefall. And Nigel Farage is beaming

The events of the referendum night, writes JAMES BALL, shine a fascinating light on the world of finance, polling and politics It was the week a major

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 8h

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 20m

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks

Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."

- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022

Tweet from Manveen Rana on Aug 24, 2022

"Funnily enough Andy, the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and @Arron_banks. Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running. So I’m really not surprised you support him…"

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 21m

Robbie Gibb closed down a BBC investigation into Farage's lot in 2016

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks

Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."

- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 24m

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 9h

[the original 3 dragon meme is King Ghidorah by MikeJLarsonArt on the other place]

Post on Threads from winterpolitics1 "This is why we love Portland!" with an attached comical meme of King Ghidorah by Michael J. Larsen (MikeJLarsonArt) - showing 3 dragon heads. The first head looks fierce, labelled "Los Angeles", the second head "Chicago" looks fierce but is looking sideways at the third head "Portland", which has wacky eyes and a tongue sticking out

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 29m

"War Torn Chicago"

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 33m

Trump's Gestapo kidnapped and locked up a 15 year old for a week without notifying his parents

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 48m

Not just wrong, Farage, a true "Patriot", deliberately damaged Britain to line his own pockets

Farage laughing his socks off while pointing at the pound crashing on the night of the EU Ref

Making us all poorer overnight

3:35am, June 24, 2016. Sterling is in freefall. And Nigel Farage is beaming

The events of the referendum night, writes JAMES BALL, shine a fascinating light on the world of finance, polling and politics It was the week a major

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 48m

Not just wrong, Farage, a true "Patriot", deliberately damaged Britain to line his own pockets

Farage laughing his socks off while pointing at the pound crashing on the night of the EU Ref

Making us all poorer overnight

3:35am, June 24, 2016. Sterling is in freefall. And Nigel Farage is beaming

The events of the referendum night, writes JAMES BALL, shine a fascinating light on the world of finance, polling and politics It was the week a major

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 54m

Vance/Trump are considering invoking the Insurrection Act because of "out of control" crime in US cities

The Insurrection Act allows the President to use the military as law enforcement on US soil

Violent crime has fallen in Chicago and the top 4 most violent cities in the US are Republican 🤔

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

www.theguardian.com

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1h

Worth a read on the cost of clothing

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 9h

[the original 3 dragon meme is King Ghidorah by MikeJLarsonArt on the other place]

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

"Merge conflict in xxx"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 11h

In tomorrow's paper: As Israel continues to deny genocide after the ceasefire, we publish the damning words from Israeli politicians and media showing how the atrocity came to pass.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12h

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks

Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."

- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks

Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."

- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

Before the EU Ref, the BBC were running an expose on how Leave dot EU were recruiting far right extremists. Robbie Gibb closed it down.

"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down." - Arron Banks

- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019

Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists

Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation

www.channel4.com

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

Doomscrolling break...

Museum postcards

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

"Merge conflict in xxx"

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 11h

Dr. Seuss in 1941, he opposed fascism and "America First"

www.nj.com/opinion/2017...

Cartoon of a woman wearing an "America First" top, sitting on a chair, reading a book called "Adolf the Wolf" to 2 children

"... and the Wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones... But those were *Foreign Children* and it really didn't matter"

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 11h

Been there :) stunning scenery

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 14h

Kamala Harris, October 2024

"He’s saying he would use the military to go after them… and we know who he would target, because he has attacked them before

He’s talking about the enemy within … anyone that doesn’t support him, or who will not bend to his will, an enemy of our country"

Harris uses Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comment to portray GOP rival as dangerous and unstable | CNN Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Republican rival Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Monday night over the former president’s comment that the US military should handle “the enemy from within” on Ele...

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 15h

Incredible

Trump was president on January 6

The FBI director on January 6, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Trump

The 274 agents were dispatched in response to Trump's attempted insurrection

Truth Social post by Trump on 12 Oct, 2025 at 12:38am

"THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT"

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20h

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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