@njgard.bsky.social
Husband of Bath, cultivation & relaxation, flowers are never wild merely misunderstood.
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I used several in this I’ve not seen reported, e.g. from the European Parliament records.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...
We must not allow Nigel Farage to run away from his record on Ukraine
Nigel Farage has been consistent in his support of Putin while spinning dangerous lies about immigrants and minorities.
www.bigissue.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I used several in this I’ve not seen reported, e.g. from the European Parliament records.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...
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Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
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Elon Musk has weaponized and monetized a global disinformation network on X, which he is using to help him fight his new war against the EU. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/e...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/e...
December 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Elon Musk has weaponized and monetized a global disinformation network on X, which he is using to help him fight his new war against the EU. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/e...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/e...
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New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is facing "civilisational erasure" and does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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The inquiry into Dawn Sturgess reminds us that you cannot do deals with a gangster
As the inquiry into the killing of Dawn Sturgess reveals its findings I revisit the events of 2018 - when Putin's hapless hit men came to England
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/murder-in-th...
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/murder-in-th...
Murder in the Cathedral City - when Putin's assassins came to our green and pleasant land
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The inquiry into Dawn Sturgess reminds us that you cannot do deals with a gangster
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When powerful platforms try to play by their own rules, democracies must stand firm.
French Foreign Minister @jnbarrot.bsky.social is right: transparency isn’t optional. It’s a cornerstone of any fair and open digital space. TikTok complied,X refused -and the European Commission acted, as it should
French Foreign Minister @jnbarrot.bsky.social is right: transparency isn’t optional. It’s a cornerstone of any fair and open digital space. TikTok complied,X refused -and the European Commission acted, as it should
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When powerful platforms try to play by their own rules, democracies must stand firm.
French Foreign Minister @jnbarrot.bsky.social is right: transparency isn’t optional. It’s a cornerstone of any fair and open digital space. TikTok complied,X refused -and the European Commission acted, as it should
French Foreign Minister @jnbarrot.bsky.social is right: transparency isn’t optional. It’s a cornerstone of any fair and open digital space. TikTok complied,X refused -and the European Commission acted, as it should
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We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
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David Icke - safe hands for Hereford United - way ahead in the #FIFA ##peaceprize stakes, having played the game and remaining safely well away from the leavers of political power...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
David Icke - safe hands for Hereford United - way ahead in the #FIFA ##peaceprize stakes, having played the game and remaining safely well away from the leavers of political power...
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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December's full moon: The Cold Moon.
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
December's full moon: The Cold Moon.
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I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The “closer relationship with the EU” is indeed vital, but needs to be far-reaching to have any significant economic (and political) benefits
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The “closer relationship with the EU” is indeed vital, but needs to be far-reaching to have any significant economic (and political) benefits
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One of at least seven Humpback Whales off the south Mainland of Shetland today. Amazing!
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One of at least seven Humpback Whales off the south Mainland of Shetland today. Amazing!
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
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There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting". They're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming & fishing, the decline is snowballing rhe longer we're out.
New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit:
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting". They're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming & fishing, the decline is snowballing rhe longer we're out.
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My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
Brilliant TV - the A level syllabus I followed (1969-71) explained British economic growth without mentioning the empire - it was all turnips and Coalbrookdale - there was a massive hole in the story.
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Brilliant TV - the A level syllabus I followed (1969-71) explained British economic growth without mentioning the empire - it was all turnips and Coalbrookdale - there was a massive hole in the story.
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The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting more than half a million families.
More than half of the affected families have at least one member in work, and 88% had 3 or 4 children.
More than half of the affected families have at least one member in work, and 88% had 3 or 4 children.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting more than half a million families.
More than half of the affected families have at least one member in work, and 88% had 3 or 4 children.
More than half of the affected families have at least one member in work, and 88% had 3 or 4 children.
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Farage. Epstein. Bannon ... and Farrari. ... "Ferrari had worked for Farage’s UKIP, and then ran the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe – a Farage-linked think tank later accused of diverting EU funds into UKIP campaigning. Today, Ferrari is openly Farage’s partner."
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Farage. Epstein. Bannon ... and Farrari. ... "Ferrari had worked for Farage’s UKIP, and then ran the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe – a Farage-linked think tank later accused of diverting EU funds into UKIP campaigning. Today, Ferrari is openly Farage’s partner."
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My holiday cover/internship at Media Confidential repaid me with this massive story. Here we asked the BBC’s former chief creative officer what the hell it should do now
“Trump is a grifter The BBC must not pay him a dime” Former BBC top executive Pat Younge on the crisis at Broadcasting House www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’
Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the broadcasting service save itself?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
My holiday cover/internship at Media Confidential repaid me with this massive story. Here we asked the BBC’s former chief creative officer what the hell it should do now
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Children’s TV nowadays?
‘Sooty, Sweep & Robby’ is my 4 year old granddaughter’s favourite programme.
She loves Sooty’s magic tricks, Sweep’s stupid jokes and Robby’s really silly speeches.
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‘Sooty, Sweep & Robby’ is my 4 year old granddaughter’s favourite programme.
She loves Sooty’s magic tricks, Sweep’s stupid jokes and Robby’s really silly speeches.
😊
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Children’s TV nowadays?
‘Sooty, Sweep & Robby’ is my 4 year old granddaughter’s favourite programme.
She loves Sooty’s magic tricks, Sweep’s stupid jokes and Robby’s really silly speeches.
😊
‘Sooty, Sweep & Robby’ is my 4 year old granddaughter’s favourite programme.
She loves Sooty’s magic tricks, Sweep’s stupid jokes and Robby’s really silly speeches.
😊