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‘Are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist?’

In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

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?

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🔗 Read @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's full story

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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...

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn

Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn, who Gill now admits paid him to make pro-Russian statements, is not some small-time two-bit player. The Nerve can reveal that Voloshyn is also connected to efforts to destabilise the US

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Nathan Gill

This lack of media curiosity continues even now there is cold, hard evidence of a financial channel from the Kremlin to a British politician – Gill – all while the UK government has repeatedly refused to act on evidence of Russia’s years-long campaign to infiltrate and influence UK politics

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

More than just a bad apple: why we must look closer at the Nathan Gill scandal

New evidence connects the Ukrainian politician who paid bribes to Gill - Reform UK’s former leader in Wales - to a campaign to destabilise the US election

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports

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?

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

🔗 Read the full piece

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

Quote: I had planned to incinerate all the flags I tore down from bridges over the M6 last August bank holiday. But because they were made of a cheap Chinese plastic polymer they just melted into a congealed mess and stained the patio. Stewart Lee

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

‘Are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist?’

In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

Watch this space….

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 1d

Thanks for letting us know. There are a couple of server issues with cloudflare. We will sort Monday 🙏

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Thanks for a great piece Zoe 🙏

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“This is not just consciousness-raising, it is coalition-building" Cory Doctorow

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

“I came up with all kinds of ways to talk about this over 20 years. Swearing is what made people excited about it.” Cory Doctorow

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

“People are stuck on platforms not because they like them, but because it will cost them too much to leave” Cory Doctorow

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

‘The platforms got worse because we let them’: Cory Doctorow talks to @zoecorbyn.bsky.social about his fight to save the internet from enshittification

🔗 Read the full interview www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

‘The platforms got worse because we let them’: Cory Doctorow on the enshittification of the internet

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

For our first Weekend Dish, Syrian chef Imad Alarnab adds aubergines to shakshuka, the classic recipe ‘that represents the whole Middle East’

Interview by Claire Armitstead

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Imad Alarnab in the kitchen. Text: The Nerve Weekend Dish: Imad Alarnab's Syrian aubergine shakshuka

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

🔗 Read @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social's full Q&A with @carolvorders.bsky.social here:

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THE NERVE Q&A

Broadcaster Carol Vorderman and all-round Nerve hero submits to our rapid-fire questions about politics, swearing and sex

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

And finally... @carolvorders.bsky.social on sex

"Romance or sex? I am possibly the least romantic woman you'll ever come across. But take Valentine's Day. It's a pile of crap, isn't it? So sex. Absolutely. Definitely." Carol Vorderman

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. @carolvorders.bsky.social on swearing

"“For fuck’s sake” is my favourite sweary phrase. I can't do it on TV, but I love swearing. It’s so expressive. By the way - FFS also stands for Farage Foot Soldier, as I call them." - Carol Vorderman

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. @carolvorders.bsky.social on media responsibility

"On television, you have a responsibility not to normalise outrageous behaviour. The whole flag worshipping thing has been exacerbated by the media, with a complete lack of context" - Carol Vorderman

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

. @carolvorders.bsky.social on @andyburnham.bsky.social

"I have the greatest respect for Andy Burnham. He's honest, very experienced in Westminster politics and well loved. I want him to be running as the Labour leader for the next election. He’s the king of the north!" Carol Vorderman

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‘As someone who's worked in TV for 43 years, I'm annoyed at how many editors are taking ridiculous far-right subjects and discussing them when they shouldn't be given oxygen’

Read our Q&A with @carolvorders.bsky.social

Carol Vorderman with headline: 'Andy Burnham should be Labour leader'

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

🔗 Full piece here

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Natasha Walter: Why young women are going Green

As politics becomes increasingly xenophobic, the Greta Thunberg generation is flocking to join a party with both a strong stance on Gaza and refugee rights

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