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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 9h

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax | Peter Sagar

County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14h

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22h

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 18h

Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19h

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18h

400 Americans have more wealth than all 70m in the UK.

The richest 0.1% of the UK have more money than poorest 50% of UK.

Do you see how it works, do you understand how ridiculously rich the richest have become.

The richest 0.1% are 42x richer than in 1970, you got 12%.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 2d

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 1d

Show this to a flagshagger. They’ll hate it.

Reform isn’t a party. It’s a pyramid scheme. Farage and his billionaire donors aren’t patriots. They’re con men up to their BALLS in foreign money.

This explains how they do it.

Stop believing the bullshit.

youtu.be/e4CrfRpjvCY?...

The Farage Con Explained: Send This To A Flagsh*gger. They’ll Hate It

YouTube video by Supertanskiii

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 1d

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We need to talk about Russia

So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage

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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 1d

The UK needs to wake up to Farage's connections to Russia.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

We need to talk about Russia

So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 6d

In a nutshell.

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andy357.bsky.social @andy357.bsky.social · 2d

Fancy Farage forgetting this. Wonder what else he has forgotten. Keep it up Zack.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2d

Who did Nigel Farage have lunch with after resigning as UKIP leader 4 July 2016?

Noted Russian bribe enthusiast Nathan Gill - seen here giving an important news briefing on his behalf to Russia Today.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage was regularly being paid by Putin's public TV propaganda arm Russia Today (RT) in the years before Brexit, while he was failing to represent UK interests as an MEP.

At least 17 appearances from December 2010 - March 2014

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Nigel Farage's relationship with Russian media comes under scrutiny
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The Ukip leader's Euroscepticism makes him a shoo-in at the Russian state broadcaster that is often called Putin's mouthpiece
Patrick Wintour and Rowena Mason
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Nigel Farage's near monthly appearances on state-owned Russia Today have come under scrutiny after his expression of admiration for Vladimir Putin this week.

In one of his 17 appearances on the channel seen by the Guardian and transmitted since December 2010, he claims Europe is governed not by elected democracies but instead "by the worst people we have seen in Europe since 1945".

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/31/nigel-farage-relationship-russian-media-scrutiny

The Ukip leader has appeared so frequently that he is cited in literature for the TV station Russia Today as one of their special and "endlessly quotable" British guests. "He has been known far longer to the RT audience than most of the British electorate," Russia Today claims.

The Ukip leader did not issue a word of criticism of Russian democracy in any of the Russia Today interviews viewed by the Guardian. Last August he told the channel that British intervention in Libya and Syria would go ahead regardless of any vote in the UN, and said he was still not sure President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons.

Farage's relationship with Russia has been under the spotlight since his comments last week on Ukraine. In a TV debate with Nick Clegg (pictured above) he said Russia had been provoked and that the EU had blood on its hands for trying to force Ukraine to choose between itself and Russia.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 2d

Farage "forgot" meeting Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko, too, until shown a photo.

Yakovenko also had multiple meetings to discuss "gold & diamond deals" with Brexit moneyman & Farage's close friend Arron Banks, which Banks later lied about to a parliamentary committee.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Amintegrity @amintegrity.bsky.social · 3d

I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything"

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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 3d

More outrageous behaviour from Thames Water.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 5d

More water bill robbery on its way. This is outrageous. I am so angry!
BBC News - Water bills to rise further for millions after appeal - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Water bills to rise further for millions after appeal

Five water companies win permission for higher bills as they seek more funds to fix outdated infrastructure.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

Water bills for England households to rise even higher.

Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike

No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the Scam. Nationalise water

Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

www.independent.co.uk

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mja66 @mja66.bsky.social · 5d

Again, the beleaguered customers foot the bill whilst shareholders talk shite about investment and continue raking it in. The scam continues.

Why is the very stuff of life even subject to competitive practice?

If the Tories had found a way to privatise air would Labour still allow it?

#WeOwnIt

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills Millions of households in England will see their water bills increase by even more than expected, after the competition regulator gave the green light for five water suppliers to raise charges to customers – but rejected most of the companies’ demands. An independent group of experts appointed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally decided to allow the companies to charge customers an extra £556m over the next five years, it said on Thursday. That was only 21% of the £2.7bn that the firms requested. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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