Billy Ruffian
@captainbilly.bsky.social
Old sea dog. War pensioner, LFC, old lefty, more 'woke' every day. Way left of Starmer.Broken and grumpy. Bah humbug!
Nigels ignorant army of wankspanglers has 600 new reasons to hyperventilate today.
I bet GB News is thrilled.
I bet GB News is thrilled.
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Nigels ignorant army of wankspanglers has 600 new reasons to hyperventilate today.
I bet GB News is thrilled.
I bet GB News is thrilled.
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
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1. We've had a huge response to the launch of the Earth Rover Program, above all from small farmers, especially in Africa. Farmers all over the world are highly attuned to the need for a better understanding of soil, and have immediately seen the potential. 🧵 1/10
www.earthroverprogram.org
www.earthroverprogram.org
The Earth Rover Program
The Earth Rover Program unites scientists, farmers, and innovators to monitor, understand, and restore soils worldwide. Advancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity through open scien...
www.earthroverprogram.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1. We've had a huge response to the launch of the Earth Rover Program, above all from small farmers, especially in Africa. Farmers all over the world are highly attuned to the need for a better understanding of soil, and have immediately seen the potential. 🧵 1/10
www.earthroverprogram.org
www.earthroverprogram.org
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Farage thinks I'm a maniac?
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Farage thinks I'm a maniac?
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Their crime - being against genocide
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Their crime - being against genocide
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
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This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
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No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.
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Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Mujtaba Rahman, of the Eurasia Group risk consultancy, agreed. “The US is now officially committed, alongside Moscow, to interfering in European electoral politics to promote nationalist and anti-EU parties of the far right,” he said.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
European Council president warns US not to interfere in Europe’s affairs
The new US national security strategy codifies a seismic shift in transatlantic relations, say experts
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
'Mujtaba Rahman, of the Eurasia Group risk consultancy, agreed. “The US is now officially committed, alongside Moscow, to interfering in European electoral politics to promote nationalist and anti-EU parties of the far right,” he said.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Why moaning isn’t campaigning, and how we could really change the world
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
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'The CPS has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill... when giving interviews to... a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019."
How many apples have to be rotten before you discard the barrel?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How many apples have to be rotten before you discard the barrel?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
'The CPS has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill... when giving interviews to... a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019."
How many apples have to be rotten before you discard the barrel?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How many apples have to be rotten before you discard the barrel?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dear James. Please don't direct me to a paywall for a paper that disgusts me.
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Dear James. Please don't direct me to a paywall for a paper that disgusts me.
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The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
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Farage: The House of Lords borders on corruption and needs to go.
Also, Farage: welcome Tory scum from the House of Lords. #ukpolitics
Also, Farage: welcome Tory scum from the House of Lords. #ukpolitics
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Farage: The House of Lords borders on corruption and needs to go.
Also, Farage: welcome Tory scum from the House of Lords. #ukpolitics
Also, Farage: welcome Tory scum from the House of Lords. #ukpolitics
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There is sooo much wrong with the UK's media and politics.
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
There is sooo much wrong with the UK's media and politics.
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No doubt many Reform supporters will see this as a badge of honour
Many of those Reform supporters’ relatives fought to protect this country from this. Sadly many are too dim to realise this
Farage is repugnant and an affront to those who fought against this
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
Many of those Reform supporters’ relatives fought to protect this country from this. Sadly many are too dim to realise this
Farage is repugnant and an affront to those who fought against this
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish classmates, former Dulwich pupil claims
Two former Dulwich pupils have spoken to Sky News about their time at the school with Nigel Farage.
news.sky.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No doubt many Reform supporters will see this as a badge of honour
Many of those Reform supporters’ relatives fought to protect this country from this. Sadly many are too dim to realise this
Farage is repugnant and an affront to those who fought against this
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
Many of those Reform supporters’ relatives fought to protect this country from this. Sadly many are too dim to realise this
Farage is repugnant and an affront to those who fought against this
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
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'These are the people who tried to crash the economy in 2000.
They succeeded in doing so in 2008.
Now they are trying to do so again, and it looks likely that they will succeed again.'
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
They succeeded in doing so in 2008.
Now they are trying to do so again, and it looks likely that they will succeed again.'
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Who is to blame for the crash to come?
I have been talking about financial crashes here for a while now.
The Bank of England Financial Stability Report, to which I refer in my video this morning, provides confirmation that my view is corre...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
'These are the people who tried to crash the economy in 2000.
They succeeded in doing so in 2008.
Now they are trying to do so again, and it looks likely that they will succeed again.'
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
They succeeded in doing so in 2008.
Now they are trying to do so again, and it looks likely that they will succeed again.'
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
He's like a rash that keeps coming back...
Remember when Britain voted for Tony Blair? It was twenty years ago, so the public are entitled to ask why the fuck this malicious clown’s opinion on anything is relevant now.
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
He's like a rash that keeps coming back...
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I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
At this time of year I'm already depressed and The Ashes isn't helping. 😪
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
At this time of year I'm already depressed and The Ashes isn't helping. 😪
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No wonder Reform had a slew of full page ads in most major newspapers recently.
(There are no spending limits outside of election periods.)
x.com/steven_swinf...
(There are no spending limits outside of election periods.)
x.com/steven_swinf...
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
No wonder Reform had a slew of full page ads in most major newspapers recently.
(There are no spending limits outside of election periods.)
x.com/steven_swinf...
(There are no spending limits outside of election periods.)
x.com/steven_swinf...
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
Is it right, as I have read, that 'farage' is French for 'weasel'?
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Is it right, as I have read, that 'farage' is French for 'weasel'?
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Didn’t stop Boris Johnson.
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Didn’t stop Boris Johnson.
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Awkward...
Clip resurfaces of Jonathan Gullis insisting he would ‘never’ defect to Reform
Whatever then happened to Gullis’ principles.
leftfootforward.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Awkward...