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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 15h

Sky spider!

David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 1d

Of course he’s anticipating strikes. What his potential voters don’t get is that the reason he wants to withdraw from the ECHR and scrap the Human Rights Act is that he’s going to set back conditions for workers in this country by 100 years. His backers demand it.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 1d

I went into that thinking he was just using this stuff because he doesn’t like paying tax, but I think he’s far worse. A true believer, who has read a lot, doesn’t understand it, but thinks he does.

David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 1d

Also, to decry people who say “we need to listen to the science” as anti-science anti-christs while funding genuinely regressive anti-science loonies like Trump should be another red flag.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 1d

Baffles me that we’re attaching weight to what someone says just because they are rich. Anyone with half a brain should read that and go “Oh, he’s just weird and nuts” and ignore everything he says.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 1d

What’s funny about people like Thiel is that this is actually such an old schtick. Use big, intellectual sounding words, but actually talk complete nonsense. He’s a buffoon. He’s not the messiah, he’s a very stupid boy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 3d

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 3d

Reeves needs to go

Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, she will. More here - First it was newts, then bats… now it’s snails.

sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/first-i...

First it was newts, then bats… now it’s snails. | Sussex Wildlife Trust

sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 4d

I again return to my theory that Rachel Reeves was startled by a spider as a child. Nothing else explains this malicious revelling in ignorance.

Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Everything about this story stinks. The boasts of cronyism. The ineptitude of telling a public meeting to keep something secret. And, for me at least, the foulest reek is the gleeful anti-environmentalism. 🧵

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 5d

Why does “We need a shared culture and values” never get called out as obvious bullshit? Politicians of all stripes say it, but it’s an impossibility. What we need is respect for the fact other people will have different cultures and values, underpinned by a decent legal system.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 6d

I like the idea they are facing people who “act violently”
Is that when someone randomly hands you Parma Violets?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7d

Reform UK’s Councillor Dave Poole has put out this bizarre graphic littered with spelling errors.

Our favourite part is where it says Reform UK keeps being called the ‘fat right’.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 7d

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 7d

This is an excellent point - where are the endless days of headlines across multiple papers?

Almost like much of the media is in hock to the same sources. Or, at the very least, happier with a convenient story over the truth. Maybe afraid of the right?

Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 7d

The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 8d

🚨EXCLUSIVE

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 7d

The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 8d

🚨EXCLUSIVE

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides – and that he worked on the Kremlin’s strategic ...

bylinetimes.com

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 7d

First weekend of October so it’s Christmas Cake baking time!

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 8d

Great quote in this from a Jewish attendee at the pro-Palestine protest: "I think it's possible for us to be compassionate and open our hearts to victims of multiple atrocities at one time."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

London Pro-Palestine protest: Met Police make 355 arrests

Demonstrations went ahead despite calls from politicians and police leaders for the protests to be postponed in wake of the Manchester synagogue attack.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 8d

Tommy once had ‘strange feelings’ when he saw a really fit medieval sculpture of Jesus. I think that explains everything.

Mr M @mr---m.bsky.social · 8d

What an absolute crayon muncher.

"Masculine Christianity"

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 10d

And if we take it another way, a healthy forest needs 25-30% dead wood to ensure a healthy ecosystem.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 10d

Apparently Kemi Badenoch’s next strategy to make the Tories stand out from other parties is that she’s going to shoot herself in the foot, to be the only party with a policy of deliberately sitting themselves in the foot.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 11d

Now go after the people who gave her a place in the VIP Lane and the Lords. Let’s properly hammer corruption.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must pay £122m after breaching Covid PPE contract, judge rules

The government wins its case against PPE Medpro - a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband - after it supplied non-compliant gowns in 2020.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent opportunity with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Director of Fundraising and Engagement. Come work with passionate people in the best part of the UK, on the most worthy of causes.
careers.ywt.org.uk/job/f36346bb...

Director of Fundraising & Engagement - Job page - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Careers

careers.ywt.org.uk

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15d

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 17d

Happy to hear it 😉

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 17d

We (Yorkshire Wildlife Trust) manage a few chalk grasslands and chalk streams so if it’s helpful to have a tour then do give us a shout.

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