moyragrant.bsky.social
@moyragrant.bsky.social
UK, politics anorak, author and teacher.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So many Reform politicians at national and local level are Tory failures and rejects - this deal seems entirely logical!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch doesn't rule out post-Senedd election Tory-Reform deal
Polls ahead of next year's Senedd election suggest Reform and Plaid Cymru are competing to be the largest party.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Former TV personality and now somewhat over-promoted 'Secretary of War' Pete Hegseth seems to be in a lot of trouble for ordering the murder of two helpless people in the sea in September.
uk.news.yahoo.com/textbook-war...
'Textbook War Crime': Critics Slam Hegseth For 'Outright Murder' After Shock Report
Observers say a new report in the Washington Post details potentially illegal activity by the defense secretary.
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Since we released this @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social documentary two years ago, more information has come to light that Boris Johnson went to this meeting to discuss a 'backchannel' to Putin with Alexander Lebedev, who was working for the Kremlin in Crimea at the time

youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
Boris Johnson's KGB Links EXPOSED - John Sweeney FULL Documentary
YouTube video by Byline TV
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Reform UK Party Ltd spent £700,000 on a 2-page spread — one page being just an image of Farage and the other a letter, meaning he spent £350,000 on pictures of himself.

The average UK house price is £272,000.

Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And to think this bellicose dumpling wanted the Nobel Peace Prize!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Venezuela calls Trump airspace closure warning 'colonialist threat'
US President Donald Trump said the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
From the i paper's newsletter. Might this be because most of the media have been systematically trashing Rachel Reeves and the Budget, sometimes dishonestly?
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A packed conference hall, but Zarah Sultana 'boycotted the first day of the conference, accusing people within the organisation of creating a “toxic culture” and citing a “witch hunt”'.🙄
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zarah Sultana ‘won’t be pushed out’ of Your Party as she slams ‘toxic culture’
Ms Sultana said she will not enter the main conference centre on Saturday in protest at a ‘witch hunt’
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sheesh!
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November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
'Conservatives have accused Reeves of giving an overly pessimistic impression of the public finances as a "smokescreen" to raise taxes.' Because *no* former Tory chancellor *ever* did that! Ffs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No 10 denies Reeves misled public in run up to Budget
The Conservatives say she was overly gloomy about the public finances as a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
During the UN committee on torture's review of Israel, both Israeli and Palestinian rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions for thousands of Palestinians in Israeli detention centres held without charge or trial, including women and kids.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'
Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
From the Washington Post: 'The order was to kill everybody'.
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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'Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that people whose only income comes from the state pension will not have to pay tax before 2030.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
State pensioners with no other income will not have to pay tax
The chancellor says those who only receive the state pension won't have to pay income tax before 2030.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Remember when the Budget was all about pennies on booze, fags and petrol?

Now Geebeebies, The Fail and BBC Reform are claiming everyone is panicking about paying Mansion Tax on their second home, and whether the rise in the minimum wage means we'll have to sack the under-gardener.
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is true. 'The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay, and Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.' Because it is likely made in China.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM