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David Ross #FBPE 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 en 🇬🇧 #rejoinEU @davidhross68.bsky.social · Sep 22

Ok. May I make a recommendation for anybody I newly follow? Sending me a an unsolicited DM will earn you a swift unfollow and block. Nothing to do with whether I agree with your aims or goals or not. It's not the way I operate. I don't respond to unsolicited DMs nor am i interested in crypto. Thanks

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David Ross #FBPE 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 en 🇬🇧 #rejoinEU @davidhross68.bsky.social · 2d

Grim indeed. These fuckers need to be held to account by the media and journalists, not have their toes tickled as they currently are. Makes my piss boil 🤬

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

So, Reform would rocket-boost austerity, slash welfare *but not taxes*, cancel net zero progress, do mass deportations, huff out of the ECHR (torching the Brexit deal and our human rights)…
And to top it all off, there’d be this gem of US-funded christofascist authoritarianism on offer too.
Grim AF.

Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 2d

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

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

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.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

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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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6d

You *really* should be by now but you don’t *actually* have to call them liars or racists, if it offends your commitment to now almost entirely redundant BBC principles of ‘objectivity’ & ‘ balance’. You just have to ask them again & again & again to justify their words & explain their exact meaning

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11d

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.

Farage is still silent.

It’s deafening.

#ReformRussianBribes

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Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 13d

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14d

This ruling is a joke.

PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.

Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.

RT if you want to see her pay it all back.

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David Ross #FBPE 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 en 🇬🇧 #rejoinEU @davidhross68.bsky.social · 13d

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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 13d

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13d

Here's Farage saying that he would 'pick up a rifle' - www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Political Satirical @politicalsatirical.bsky.social · 14d

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17d

LBC currently discussing whether it's OK to suggest that some Reform voters are bigots and racists.

Coming up at 8pm: "Is the pope an adherent to Roman Catholic beliefs, is Luxembourg a micronation and do bears shit in the woods?"

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David Ross #FBPE 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 en 🇬🇧 #rejoinEU @davidhross68.bsky.social · 17d

This, by Emma Monk on Substack is brilliant and needs much more amplification
monkdebunks.substack.com/p/nothing-to...

“Nothing to Do With Reform?” The Myth of Nathan Gill’s Bribery

The bribery started the day he quit UKIP and continued under Farage’s leadership. The press have barely said a word

monkdebunks.substack.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29d

Dear Reform voters,

These guys are laughing at you.
They promise to make your lives better… but they couldn’t give less of a shit. You’re their playthings. Their route to power. When they’ve got it, they’ll be done with you. And they’ll trash the place.
Get some self-respect.

The rest of the UK.

David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · Sep 15

Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.

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David Ross #FBPE 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 en 🇬🇧 #rejoinEU @davidhross68.bsky.social · Sep 14

You know what to do People 👍

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 14

Progressive outlet The Lead have launched a petition to ban Elon Musk from the UK following his incitement at the Tommy Robinson demo.

Perhaps someone will launch one for Govt departments and politicians to ditch X...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

Petition: Ban Elon Musk from the UK

We call on the Home Secretary to act following Musk's vile words and hatred stirring at the 'Unite The Kingdom' rally. Sign our petition now and get Elon Musk banned.

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Kercle @kercle1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Do your employers not allow you to do this type of reporting for them?

If thats the case go freelance or join @newsagents.bsky.social . The British public want honest journalism and I'm afraid the BBC's reputation for that in recent years is dire!

Take the leap Victoria.

Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · Sep 11

Nigel Farage faces questions over the funding of his Clacton house 👇

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · Sep 14

Politicians from all parties must come together to condemn Elon Musk’s dangerous call for violence and make clear it has no place in our country.

“Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.” — Ed Davey.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · Sep 13

Our national broadcaster should be reflective the whole country, not a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage.

The BBC must provide fair, balanced and representative journalism.

A the guardian article graphic.

TEXT: BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage

Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Sep 11

Farage says his partner bought the house with family money. The BBC can’t find that family money:

“Her parents, Bertrand and Chantal, live in a flat worth around 350,000 euros (£302,000) in a Strasbourg suburb. They, and their two daughters, co-own the flat.”

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 11

Questions about who funded Farage constituency home purchase www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home

A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is exactly what we need (although I would qualify his statement with no other party in England).

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 10

No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.

The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.

That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.

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Richard Miller @richard-miller1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

www.nytimes.com

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Kercle @kercle1.bsky.social · Sep 6

@pressgazette.co.uk
has 15.6k followers.

They are currently trying to smear @bylinetimes.bsky.social .

May I suggest to anyone who wants honest journalism that blocking @pressgazette.co.uk
Would be an excellent first move.

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David Ross #FBPE 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 en 🇬🇧 #rejoinEU @davidhross68.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why isn't he being held to account in the same way Angela Rayner is? Oh silly me, middle-class, privately educated right wing man who speaks in clipped tones - completely different standards...

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings

Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hey, Sky News! Hey, BBC! See how easy it is?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 3

Moskowitz: Do you think the Epstein list should come out?

Farage: I have no opinion on it.

Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released

Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Sep 3

He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 3

Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:

"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"

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