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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 13h

Because of course he is. 🤮

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 13h

Sorry to hear this - hope you're treated very soon. Sadly recent experience means I deem it necessary to pass on the tip to absolutely get on top of any info they give you and chase stuff up so you don't get lost in the cracks. People are trying their best in NHS but communication is shocking.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1d

And we are too busy burning the planet with AI, ripping each other apart and killing each other to do anything about it.

Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1d

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

open.substack.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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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

bylinetimes.com

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 4d

A better answer: replace stamp duty with a smarter tax, that's fairer, doesn't discourage people from moving, and can't be avoided.

I'll be writing more about that at the weekend.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 4d

This must all feel utterly exhausting for you. I wish there was enough all of us sane people could say to counterbalance the horrendous abuse you're getting. This seems entirely inadequate, but I always appreciate your posts on this platform and think you come across as a delightful person.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 5d

One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.

One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…

thecritic.co.uk

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 6d

Robert Jenrick quoted from his Mail on Sunday article in August 2025:

"I certainly don't want my children to share a neighbourhood with men from backward countries"

He's very, very racist.

#bbcpm

Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 6d

He claimed on Sky that he wants his kids to live in a country of mixed communities without preponderance of one group or another; railed against ghettoisation. He also lives in Herefordshire where 96.9% of the population identified as white in 2021...

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 7d

It nags at me that people are dancing around the fact that one reason centre-right think-tanks are in an intellectual crisis moment is because we've spent over a decade where lots of their ideas were tried out and didn't pan out as advertised.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 7d

God he's just vile. I couldn't watch it the whole way through.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 7d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 7d

"Nigel Farage has pledged to fight the next election at least partly on anti-environmental policy."
I... huh... wha? HOW ARE SOME PEOPLE SO UTTERLY DERANGED?!

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 7d

I suspect the Tories are going to be nowhere near power for a while but I can't stand the general direction of travel and it wouldn't surprise me if Jenrick just switched to Reform, as he seems to share their 'values'. I can't stand how we're going so backwards right now.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting developments in solar.

Just read this fascinating FT article on perovskite solar panels – the next-gen innovation that's lighter, more flexible, and up to 20% more efficient than traditional silicon ones.

Imagine panels turning everyday surfaces into power generators

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8d

Something significant people might have missed on Nathan Gill’s indictment for bribery… “conspired with Oleg Voloshyn, and with others”

Maybe sentencing in November will make this clearer

www.spotlightcorruption.org/wp-content/u...

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

Are Reform UK getting donations from a tax exile - or has this guy just failed to fulfil his promise to leave the UK? (As most of them do). Via Private Eye:

Nigel Farage and his Reform UK treasurer (and former tax exile) Nick Candy must be relieved that one of their more generous donors doesn’t keep his promises.

“I’m moving – that is it,” Nigerian-born businessman Bassim Haidar told the Guardian in May last year after the previous government announced the end of the “non-dom” tax regime (following which chancellor Rachel Reeves enacted the changes). “What’s the logic of me living in the UK when other countries are offering no taxes at all?” he wondered. “In Monaco there are no taxes, and no inheritance tax.” He was reported to have established a “working group” of 29 non-doms looking to up sticks before the start of the September 2024 school year.

Latest political donation declarations, however, show that Haidar gave Reform UK £200,000 in April this year. As laws introduced in 2009 require donors of such sums to be “resident, ordinarily resident and domiciled in the United Kingdom for the purposes of income tax”, it seems the entrepreneur has opted to stay put.

For yet another erstwhile non-dom, when push comes to shove, life in a country with a tax system turns out to be preferable to tax haven tedium

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 10d

However, I also agree that sudden change could have dreadful consequences.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 10d

Hmm, I probably disagree with you about fairy stories. I genuinely believe we need quite a profound change to the way our whole economy is structured and I don't see any of the mainstream parties offering any vision for that. Which I understand because it's going to be very, very hard to deliver.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 10d

I really really hope Labour are able to make some really positive changes to people's lives, and are able to communicate it effectively, in the next couple of years because I absolutely dread the prospect of a Reform government.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 10d

This is exactly what I hope is happening, but my experience of this particular government seems to have involved an awful lot of hope. And so far I think the UK approach is actually to increase defence interdependence even more: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/683d89...

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 10d

Quite possibly. But I suspect he understands that a lot of the public frustration comes from the fact that people put a lot of hope in Labour and every time they water down what people thought they were getting, Labour loses some credibility and voters.

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · 10d

I think there's some truth in this too. However, I am very worried that the work in the shadows to ensure our own national defence isn't reliant on American support is just not happening, or at least not at the pace and degree I think is probably needed.

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