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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 6h

Councillor Darren Grimes is a grotesque waste of money.

Scrapping Durham solar panel scheme is 'grotesque waste of money'

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2553897...

Council told scrapping solar panel scheme is 'grotesque waste of taxpayers' money'

Council leaders have denied claims that scrapping a County Durham solar panel scheme is a “grotesque waste of taxpayers’ money”.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 7h

Elsewhere around the country, 25 Reform Councillors have resigned or have been expelled/suspended by the party.

There will almost certainly be more.

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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 18h

Letter to the editor: A civilised society does not withhold care based on citizenship eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...

Letter to the editor: A civilised society does not withhold care based on citizenship

Letter to the editor

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 21h

Letter to the editor:
£5bn over ten years to “restore pride” in Britain’s poorest areas?

That’s less than the EU, in its time, gave us every year.

Ambitious? Hardly.

Letter to the editor: £5bn over ten years isn’t ‘ambitious’ – it’s a fraction of what the EU once gave

Letter to the editor

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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 1d

It could have said:-

"ECHR was created to protect citizens against rogue governments. People should therefore be very suspicious of the motives of any government or political party that wants to withdraw that protection"

Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 1d

And this is exactly why AI cant be trusted. When billionaires control the algorithms its all about disinformation and manipulation, not the truth.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is now clearly writing Grok's replies to all the subjects that he considers important.

It's exactly the nonsense he posts on Twitter.

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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 2d

That makes 25 Reform Councillors who have resigned or who have been suspended since the elections in May.

An average of just over one per week!

How many more to come?

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no not again www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 2d

25 Reform Councillors have now resigned or have been suspended since the elections in May.

That's an average of more than one a week.

How many more to come?

Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 16d

Updated with ANOTHER two

How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?

A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.

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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 16d

Updated with ANOTHER two

How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?

A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.

buff.ly

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK suspends KCC councillor Robert Ford pending investigation into misconduct after complaint from ‘several’ women

Reform councillor suspended amid investigation into ‘lewd remarks’

A Reform UK councillor has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct following a complaint by “several women”.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 2d

"I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."
Nigel Farage on Gill's pro-Russian statements in European Parliament.

Here's Nigel Farage & Nathan Gill in European Parliament. ⬇️
They mostly turned up to make pro-Russian/anti-EU statements.

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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 3d

You are right. I was misled by the headline.

Meanwhile it is possible that Cambridgeshire may be about to lose one... www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/2553829...

Reform councillor denies making false statement against fellow candidate

Cambridgeshire County Councillor Andy Osborn, who represents the Roman Bank and Peckover, appeared unrepresented before Westminster Magistrates'…

www.cambstimes.co.uk

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · 3d

Easy prediction: won't make it into broadcast media news. Always another story more important than exposing Reform. Today ofc will be Gaza understandably. Rest of week they'll spend on China spy case and embassy. No apparent interest in Russian interference and bribery or Gill proximity to Farage.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:

"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."

Shots fired. ~AA

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
I have received A LOT of questions about Nathan Gill, having sat as a Brexit Party MEP alongside him in Brussels and Strasbourg. He was also the Reform leader in Wales. For those who don’t know, he has pleaded guilty to taking pro-Russian bribes over a number of months.

Obviously, I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close. He was the head of the delegation of our MEPs, so with the whip ran the day-to-day affairs of our grouping and organised activity in Brussels/Strasbourg. He was one of just two MEPs from the previous term Farage allowed to stand again.

He seemed particularly interested in Russian/Ukrainian developments which I found peculiar. There was one event, right at the beginning of our term, which he asked me and other MEPs to attend. Due to his position in the grouping, I agreed. It had a very pro-Russian slant, with individuals who claimed to be close to Putin there. For obvious reasons, I did not attend another such event.

I thought his obsession with that part of the world was strange, but given his years in the Parliament and position in the party, I didn’t think there was more to it. Other MEPs also found it unusual, but we just got on with job.

So to journalists asking, there is my response.

It is disgraceful behaviour, treasonous behaviour.

I am ashamed to have ever sat alongside him.
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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 3d

A damning summary of Reform UK's Nathan Gill's background before he took bribes from the Russians.

What is it about Reform that attracts such people? Hmm...

Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 17d

New weekend read is out. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.

aqyoung61.substack.com/p/a-mystery-...

A mystery fire, migrant bunkhouses and the money-loving Mormon

Bribe-taking former MEP's journey from Hull to Moscow

aqyoung61.substack.com

StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 3d

More about the Reform man who admitted to taking bribes.

Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 5d

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Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 5d

New weekend long read is out. A bit more on Nathan Gill. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.

aqyoung61.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 5d

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Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 5d

New weekend long read is out. A bit more on Nathan Gill. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.

aqyoung61.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Nathan Gill's passage to India courtesy of a global fake news network

The globe-trotting Hull-born former MEP is facing jail

aqyoung61.substack.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

Reform UK leader in Cornwall suddenly resigns

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Shock resignation of Reform UK leader in Cornwall

Reform's deputy leader in Cornwall left the party only days ago. A member of the party has slammed Rob Parsonage's leadership and said Reform is in 'a mess' in the Duchy

www.cornwalllive.com

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 3d

This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 3d

To all politicians - especially Reform & Tories and to anyone else who thinks it's a good idea to leave the ECHR.
Thx @fife4europe.bsky.social

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 4d

Political journalists didn’t set out to become clients of power – they just slipped into it. Half-truths, soft questions and silence bought with access. Read this analysis on how deference has turned to complicity ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 3d

I tried to interview Gill, but he refused to talk to me..months later, I would embark on an investigation into #Brexit, Trump and Cambridge Analytica. What I could never have predicted is that, nine years on, Gill and that story would crash directly into one other.
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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StIves4EU @stives4eu.bsky.social · 4d

More insightful observations from Pecksniff.

The demise of the One Nation Caucus has left a big hole in UK politics. But do we have any politicians with the stature and vision to fill it?

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4d

* Kemi Badenoch shrugs off 14 years of Tory chaos at conference – where the party’s chocolate can’t spell “Britain”.
* Mel Stride plays to an empty hall.
* The One Nation caucus quietly dies, taking 200 years of pragmatism with it.

Pecksniff reviews the week

Pecksniff: Badenoch brazens out the Tories’ 14 years of failure

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4d

“Auntie BBC” still sees her job as reassurance, not challenge.

But when the news becomes comfort food, who’s left to hold power to account?

Peter Thurlow reports

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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