Wycombian
@noahbeery.bsky.social
Public servant for 45 years, now retired. Born 🏴 half 🏴 & absolutely pro 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇦
We must leave a positive legacy for our children & grandchildren. #FBPE #RejoinEU #ProportionalRepresentation
No DMs please.
We must leave a positive legacy for our children & grandchildren. #FBPE #RejoinEU #ProportionalRepresentation
No DMs please.
Farage is using the Trump playbook: threat, denial, attack & bombard 😡
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How Farage’s response to racism claims is straight out of Trump’s populist playbook
Reform UK leader’s legal threats, denials and attacks on the media are tactics often deployed by US president
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Farage is using the Trump playbook: threat, denial, attack & bombard 😡
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why are we here…? 👇🏻
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Why are we here…? 👇🏻
Corrupt organisation gives award to corrupt politician…
Praised Israel’s use of US weapons: “You used them very well.”
Green‑lit strikes on Iran
Sides with Russian aggressor
Threatens military action in Venezuela
Hints at “taking” Greenland
Deploys national guard on own people
…wins FIFA peace prize.
Green‑lit strikes on Iran
Sides with Russian aggressor
Threatens military action in Venezuela
Hints at “taking” Greenland
Deploys national guard on own people
…wins FIFA peace prize.
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Corrupt organisation gives award to corrupt politician…
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Great piece from Ian. You won’t get attacked by Nazis here, but there’s a good chance you might be trampled to death by a High Horse. Yet for all that it’s still a place and people I call my own.
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great piece from Ian. You won’t get attacked by Nazis here, but there’s a good chance you might be trampled to death by a High Horse. Yet for all that it’s still a place and people I call my own.
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Why was this story about the Young Britons Foundation 10 years ago so important?
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Why was this story about the Young Britons Foundation 10 years ago so important?
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
Read my follow up four years later about how it was a Mercer organisation and incubated Trump, Bannon and Brexit bylinetimes.com/2019/06/21/t...
America is not our ally any more…
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
America is not our ally any more…
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"Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history." 👀
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history." 👀
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come
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Unebelievably, I am older than Nige Fartrage. I grew up with Alf Garnet, Love Thy Neighbour and Bernard Manning, on TV almost every night.
At no point then – or since – have I made "jokes" about gassing Jews or that black people are unworthy (or worse).
He was – and is – misogynist and racist.
At no point then – or since – have I made "jokes" about gassing Jews or that black people are unworthy (or worse).
He was – and is – misogynist and racist.
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Unebelievably, I am older than Nige Fartrage. I grew up with Alf Garnet, Love Thy Neighbour and Bernard Manning, on TV almost every night.
At no point then – or since – have I made "jokes" about gassing Jews or that black people are unworthy (or worse).
He was – and is – misogynist and racist.
At no point then – or since – have I made "jokes" about gassing Jews or that black people are unworthy (or worse).
He was – and is – misogynist and racist.
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Straight out of the Trump handbook.
https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-launches-tirade-at-bbc-over-allegations-he-was-racist-at-school-13479504
https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-launches-tirade-at-bbc-over-allegations-he-was-racist-at-school-13479504
Nigel Farage launches tirade at BBC over allegations he was racist at school
The Reform UK leader accuses broadcaster of "double standards", claiming it was "very happy to use blackface" in the 1970s.
news.sky.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Straight out of the Trump handbook.
https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-launches-tirade-at-bbc-over-allegations-he-was-racist-at-school-13479504
https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-launches-tirade-at-bbc-over-allegations-he-was-racist-at-school-13479504
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'Perhaps' does some lifting here but ask yourself what would happen in the right wing media if Chris Mason ever expressed the equally plausible *opinion* that Farage is 'perhaps' the most obviously racist MP since Enoch Powell.
Didn't like this then, like it less now:
The BBC's political editor just described Farage as "perhaps one of the master story-tellers of his political generation".
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
'Perhaps' does some lifting here but ask yourself what would happen in the right wing media if Chris Mason ever expressed the equally plausible *opinion* that Farage is 'perhaps' the most obviously racist MP since Enoch Powell.
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Russia is a failing power that managed to control us through our leaders.
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Russia is a failing power that managed to control us through our leaders.
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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“I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence”
Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence”
Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Talk about missing the point. 🤦♂️
Farage as sharp as a bag of wet lettuce.
Farage as sharp as a bag of wet lettuce.
Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Talk about missing the point. 🤦♂️
Farage as sharp as a bag of wet lettuce.
Farage as sharp as a bag of wet lettuce.
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Look where this vile man has dragged us down to.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Look where this vile man has dragged us down to.
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The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
Islamophobia, the Great Replacement Theory, and GB News are key elements in the Russian propaganda networks supporting the Reform Party
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
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In exchange for nothing at all, Putin puppet Trump has suspended some sanctions on the oil company Lukoil.
The russians are laughing their heads off at the weakest man to ever occupy the White House.
The russians are laughing their heads off at the weakest man to ever occupy the White House.
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
In exchange for nothing at all, Putin puppet Trump has suspended some sanctions on the oil company Lukoil.
The russians are laughing their heads off at the weakest man to ever occupy the White House.
The russians are laughing their heads off at the weakest man to ever occupy the White House.
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We all remember this episode of It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.
The Fagash Fuhrer is an utter disgrace.
The Fagash Fuhrer is an utter disgrace.
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
We all remember this episode of It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.
The Fagash Fuhrer is an utter disgrace.
The Fagash Fuhrer is an utter disgrace.
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See e.g. smears like this bsky.app/profile/josi...
'Invasion' rhetoric bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/g...
Anti-Muslim hate www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
Misinformation galore
bylinetimes.com/2023/09/22/i...
Party political boosterism
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/17/h...
'Paedos' comments, etc
'Invasion' rhetoric bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/g...
Anti-Muslim hate www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
Misinformation galore
bylinetimes.com/2023/09/22/i...
Party political boosterism
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/17/h...
'Paedos' comments, etc
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
See e.g. smears like this bsky.app/profile/josi...
'Invasion' rhetoric bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/g...
Anti-Muslim hate www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
Misinformation galore
bylinetimes.com/2023/09/22/i...
Party political boosterism
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/17/h...
'Paedos' comments, etc
'Invasion' rhetoric bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/g...
Anti-Muslim hate www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
Misinformation galore
bylinetimes.com/2023/09/22/i...
Party political boosterism
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/17/h...
'Paedos' comments, etc
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Terrifying.
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Terrifying.
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
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HuffPost UK: Reform Sparks Outrage After Receiving Historic £9m Donation: 'Democracy Should Never Be For Sale'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform Sparks Outrage After Receiving Historic £9m Donation: 'Democracy Should Never Be For Sale'
"If we want a politics that serves the public, not billionaire backers, then capping donations is essential."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
HuffPost UK: Reform Sparks Outrage After Receiving Historic £9m Donation: 'Democracy Should Never Be For Sale'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
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A big deal (or it should be):
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A big deal (or it should be):