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Kit Hartop
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Father, builder of environmentally responsible surfboards and procrastinator. All crastination professionally crastinated at highly competitive rates.
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We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.

Extraordinary.

Hope is here.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Raise £100,000 to turn our incredible momentum into election wins. Will you help us beat reform in May?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Obviously nobody deserves to be shot, but the idea that a soldier who worked with USA against a despotic leader in his own country, wouldn’t take umbrage with the current US regime, feels more than a little naive.
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.

Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Brilliant stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This bit of slightly different grey/blue is the little bit of sea I can sea from my house. It has a disproportionately positive effect on my brain.
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.

Please sign and share 🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
My daughter has a boyfriend.
He lives in the next village over so they FaceTime after school.
He likes to cook.
Long story short, she’s cooking us a lasagna from scratch, so she can keep chatting for longer.
I’m counting this one as a win. 😆
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Are there any professional creatives out there actually thriving?
Like genuinely thinking “Wow, everything’s going so well right now”.

Let me know it’s not all doom and gloom.
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In the vain hope of finding some optimism in it all….
Maybe, just maybe, our critical observation skills will actually be sharpened by this torrent of AI slop.
Like a deer getting better at seeing the tiger’s stripes amongst the long grass.

A lot of folk are gonna get eaten before that, though.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I love seeing my daughters grow up to become strong, independent women.

That said, I really understand why grandparents go so damn hard on embracing those earlier years and spoiling them rotten.

It really does go by so quickly.
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."

Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:

www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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👉Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism. Read both parts: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It’s a little over 26 years since I was running around London at the J18 anti-capitalist protests.
I remember the press spin was that borderless, unregulated global capitalism was brilliant and we were all just jealous we weren’t rich.
I really wish people had listened and understood.
a man in a tuxedo is dancing in a crowd
Alt: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, dancing and laughing at a lavish party while the world burns.
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR

The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share

By Dr Pam Jarvis

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I like the idea that those who suffer depression have fae blood, and it’s a subconscious reaction to being disconnected from your magic.

It’s why nature helps so much.
a man with long blonde hair and horns is sitting on a throne with his legs crossed .
Alt: an elf lord with long blonde hair and horns is sitting on a throne with his legs crossed .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If the super rich can’t afford to pay higher tax rates, they just need to get a better job.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“Lest We Forget”.
Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped write the European Convention on Human Rights to keep power in check and protect basic freedoms. That legacy is now under threat. Read our piece on why the ECHR still matters and why defending it means defending Britain’s own values.
Seventy-Five Years of the European Convention on Human Rights
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Pls SIGN: Stop the destruction of Madagascar’s unique ecosystems for rare earths. Mining fuels rights abuses & environmental harm. The energy transition must not cost lives or biodiversity. rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The only thing that stood in the way of the greens was the idea that a vote for them would hand the keys to someone else.

“You can’t have what you want, you have to choose the least worst of those you don’t”.

Let’s put that myth to rest shall we?
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Still don’t get the whole “secret society running the world” thing.
They aren’t secret, their names are known and they’ll tell you to your face that this is their show.
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM