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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 17h

Uggh fuck off

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 17h

Look at our cowed leaders, smirking along with this imbecilic fascist. What a laugh he is, as he displays his narcissism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump speaking in front of a group of world leaders: "I'm the only one that matters"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump on Orban: "We love Viktor. You are fantastic, alright? I know a lot of people don't agree with me, but I'm the only one that matters. He's a great leader. I endorsed him the last election he had and he won by 28 points. You're gonna do even better this time when you have another election."

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 20h

Mobster

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 21h

American money is streaming into Europe to promote and advance the far right

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

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

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counter terrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel Tunnel on 28 July 2024, a court heard. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

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...

leftfootforward.org

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Crooks International

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, this is from the Stour, looking at the Orwell (Felixstowe)

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

River Maas scene

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

River Stour scene

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve misspelled ‘piss’

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go! Here we fucking goooooo! (Literally) 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

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Just did a 48 hour return trip to Hook of Holland on the ferry. Austerity has hollowed out our public spaces by comparison: the road from Harwich to London is like a cart track.

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Design work that truly puts the proposal up there with the Four Seasons Total Landscaping conference as a global, err, event.

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

I can think of other letters…

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Ffs

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Why do they hate the president so much?

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Give Portland Frog the Nobel Peace Prize

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Fantastic trolling from the Nobel committee. Expect tantrums.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

“A lot of women are leaving Downing Street right now. And if you look at who is being brought in to replace them, it is quite a lot of centrist men.” 😬

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

When in doubt, tack to the Right. When is Labour going to get these deeply grim people out of No10, before Farage replaces them?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM is reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control • UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has been accused of pushing some of his last remaining progressive allies out of government, as he embarks on another shake-up of his Downing Street operation designed to empower his chief secretary, Darren Jones. The prime minister is overseeing a reorganisation of several key parts of his government, including the delivery and policy units, to refocus the policy work and give Jones more direct control of the machinery of government. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

He’s furious that Marxist teachers are not encouraging exactly this sort of thing in Britain’s classrooms

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 4d

And water is a natural monopoly, we can't have competition, so we need public ownership - normal in 9/10 countries around the world

Here's why we can afford it, starting with Thames Water dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 4d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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