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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 2d

The LibDems are good at canvassing, none better, but have not taken well to social media that lends itself to short sound bites. I have fellow councillors who are ex- university chancellors and atomic physicists. They expect people to reason as they do.
A 3 word shout is now the persuader.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 2d

Stupid boy has served Farage’s cause. Farage is far more subtle with his threats.
news.sky.com/story/migran...

Migrant with AK-47 face tattoo who threatened to kill Nigel Farage shouts from dock as he's jailed

In the "chilling" video, Fayaz Khan said he was coming to England to "pop, pop, pop" Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader posted a video of the Afghan national coming to the UK in a small boat.

news.sky.com

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

Especially as he landed on a Caribbean island thinking he was in Asia.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

He might be already pencilled in by our security services who refuse to investigate his Russian dealings.
I remember Kim Philby.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

I remember Kim Philby, Burgess, Maclean and Blunt who caused havoc within our security services allowed to do so as they were regarded as “one of us.” Is this happening again?

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 3d

There's been a clear reluctance to investigate Russian influence in the UK for a long time now

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder why the government is not investigating Farage/Reform Russian links? I am expecting an answer to a government petition I have applied for. If I don’t get approval we know there’s another coverup going on as the establishment close ranks.
anti-farage.co.uk

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 3d

Farage + Russia = threat to the UK as well as US and Ukraine www.thenerve.news/p/reform-uk-...

The contact of Reform UK’s Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

Gill, former leader in Wales of Nigel Farage's party, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wante...

www.thenerve.news

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

If this latest petition is rejected we know where we stand and that the establishment is hiding something. It will not stop me and I will launch the petition on another platform and encourage actions in harmony with others who are anti-farage and Reform.
No Surrender!

Olivia (she/her) ⚢🏳️‍⚧️ @olivia-transwoman.bsky.social · 3d

It is. We know that already. I already tried to get a petition demanding him be investigated last year or so and it was rejected.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

If they do reject it we know that the establishment is truly corrupt.

Olivia (she/her) ⚢🏳️‍⚧️ @olivia-transwoman.bsky.social · 3d

They'll reject this because it names a piece of shit traitor. But it's something which needs to be asked about and pushed and investigated @zackpolanski.bsky.social @sarahowen.org.uk @nayafia.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

If you go to anti-farage.co.uk you can sign a petition that will force a debate in parliament on Farage’s Russian connections

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

If you go to anti-farage.co.uk you can sign a petition that will force a debate in parliament on Farage’s Russian connections

Olivia (she/her) ⚢🏳️‍⚧️ @olivia-transwoman.bsky.social · 3d

He needs asking in parliament if he was paid to sell the country out to putin (he was) or if he did it for free (he does nothing for free). @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @sarahowen.org.uk @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social

Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 3d

Farage went on Russian TV 17 times www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

You need hearing aids then.

Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 3d

I certainly foresaw the mess Brexit would cause and a lot more. I would hope that those who want to lead the country would have a lot more foresight, they certainly tell us they do.

Jack London @jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

Dully predictable most of such politician's critics exhibit little more foresight than those they criticise...

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 4d

Your opportunity to annoy a fascist. anti-farage.co.uk/index.html

Expose Farage | Investigate Kremlin Ties & Defend UK Democracy

Is Nigel Farage a threat to British democracy? Explore evidence of Kremlin influence, Russian media ties, and authoritarian sympathies. Join the campaign to demand answers.

anti-farage.co.uk

Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing how many politicians use that line after claiming they have foresight.

Jack London @jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

Hindsight is a wonderful thing

But largely useless

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 4d

Gordon Brown was warned by LibDem Vince Cabel and about Nothern Rock but refused all advice.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 4d

Starmer won’t even stand up to the Brexiteers in his own party.

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

‘Why are British politicians afraid to call China our enemy?’

As alleged links between government advisers and Chinese espionage emerge, @matthew-wright.bsky.social asks Professor Anthony Glees why Starmer won’t stand up to Beijing.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 4d

‘Why are British politicians afraid to call China our enemy?’

As alleged links between government advisers and Chinese espionage emerge, @matthew-wright.bsky.social asks Professor Anthony Glees why Starmer won’t stand up to Beijing.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 4d

I, perhaps naively, think some politicians like Starmer would have better foresight, perhaps he needs to take his blinkers off.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 4d

We can learn from it. It’s history.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 5d

The time was right when Labour was writing its manifesto for the last General Election.

Jack London @jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

Rejoining the SM means accepting FoM

With Reform on 32% of those expressing an opinion in the latest polls the time is not right - so no politician with ambition to form part of a UK govt will do so

That is nowt to do with "supporting a hard Brexit" and all to do with seeing political reality

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 5d

Take a closer look at anti-farage.co.uk

The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 12d

🔴 If Gill took Kremlin cash to say it...why was Farage saying the same things? 🐻🇷🇺🪆

This looks Bad! This looks identical!

#Brexit #Putin

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 5d

The referendum was a fraud and accepting it was wrong. Starmer caved into the Unite union and the bigots in Labour’s “Red walls“ who now back Reform. He put party before people and now we all pay the price.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 5d

I am a LibDem and I get frustrated by just that. LibDems are not loud by nature but they need to get that way because the meek will not inherit the Earth but get trampled into the mud. I am trying by promoting this. anti-farage.co.uk

Explore anti-farage.co.uk for facts, strategy, and action.

Stand up to authoritarianism. Explore anti-farage.co.uk for facts, strategy, and action.

anti-farage.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5d

Good to blame Farage for the dull-arsed, ruinous, tedious failure of Brexit.
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Starmer and Reeves are expected to argue that if it hadn't been for Brexit this type of downgrade would not have been needed - and cite official figures suggesting that if Britain had not left the European Union the economy would be about £120 billion greater by 2035 than current forecasts suggest.
The message is simple: Farage is ultimately to blame, as the man who delivered Brexit with "easy sloganeering" then walked away from the aftermath rather than putting in the hard yards.
Or to put it another way: Farage, not us, is responsible for putting up your taxes.
The theme will tie to the main thrust of Starmer's argument at conference, that the Reform leader is selling easy solutions that are just a fantasy.

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 5d

Sign the petition anti-farage.co.uk/index.html

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Old King Cole @stephencole.bsky.social · 5d

I am a LibDem and admit we do have some nimby cranks but they are now out numbered by those who don’t want to live in Ambridge anymore.

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