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illiterate idler
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December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Craig Murray
The Palestine hunger strikers in jail are moving into the period where irreversible damage can be done and death becomes a real danger.

I had not understood how serious the situation is.

None of them are convicted, and there is no need to keep them in jail at all.
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.

Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".

Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.

Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, of which Chloe is a member, believes she is the first person to speak publicly after being fired for participating in these actions.

novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’ | Novara Media
Exclusive: Sense sacked an employee after she was arrested at a peaceful protest against Palestine Action’s proscription. In a letter, the charity told her it needed to think of its ‘brand reputation’...
novaramedia.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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“The voice of Zia Yusuf, was heard (on his fourth appearance this year) for roughly double the time afforded Zack Polanski…this clear political imbalance was partially contrived by host Fiona Bruce interrupting Polanski twice as often as Yusuf (and by encouraging audience members to do the same)”
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Over the last year, myths about the Motability scheme have spread online and in the right wing media. Now, some of it is government policy. 

In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Reform UK denies allegations Nigel Farage falsified election expenses after complaint to police
#Nigelfarage
Real shock Farage is a corrupt ,entitled multi millionaire bigot. Who knew ?
Took more expenses from EU than anyone else ,guy wants to REDUCE min wage
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Reform UK denies allegations Nigel Farage falsified election expenses after complaint to police
Documents have been submitted to the Metropolitan Police about the party's spending in Clacton Trending on GB News Reform UK has denied claims Nigel Farage falsely reported local campaign expenses a...
opr.news
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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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
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Please Sign and Share!

Look at the news even just over the last 3 weeks. The ship has been turned around!

If the government has a referendum BEFORE the next election, it can force parties to write their manifestos based upon the results.

Rejoin can win!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Commit to a referendum in May 2028 asking the next government to rejoin the EU
Polls show that many people of the UK believe leaving the EU was a mistake. It is time politicians stopped ignoring the views of the people. The government needs to consult the people about what to do...
petition.parliament.uk
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.

But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.

Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Nigel Farage when asked about the Clacton House fiasco "how dare you."
Nigel Farage when asked about his racism in his younger days "how dare you."
Nigel Farage when asked about his dealings with Nathan Gill "don't remember"
Nigel Farage loathes scrutiny.
#BBCBreakfast #r4today
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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You cannot commit genocide,bomb5 countries and escape the judgment of history
You cannot starve an entire people and expect the world to stay silent
Being against Israel’s war crimes is not Anti-Semitism
It is not because of religion,but because of what Israel chose to do
#Gaza
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Oh dear it's all falling apart for Nigel Farage.
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego

GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Gaza today.
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Dr Assal Rad—

"Israel killed a 3-year-old today in Gaza.

"Another horrific violation of the ceasefire with zero headlines in Western media."

NB: IOF terrorists said this 3yo posed "an immediate threat to them."
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Antisemitism is often stripped of its original meaning—namely, discrimination against Jews as Jews—and used instead as an “iron dome” to defend Israel from its critics.
How the Jewish Chronicle Whips Up Fear by Conflating Antisemitism With Anti-Zionism
The oldest surviving Jewish newspaper seems dead set on using antisemitism not so much to fight racism, but to defend a racist regime and cover up horrific violations.
www.commondreams.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.

So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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This story more than any other disgusts me.

Yinka was a little 9 year old boy

Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17

We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:

“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Farage the politician *is* Farage the schoolboy losing his shit over seeing the name ‘Patel’ on the school roll and telling black pupils to go back to Africa. There’s really no difference. Except now he wants (and may be bought) the power to deport those people.
It’s not the past. It’s now.
#NeverPM
December 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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People should note that Voloshyn tried to disguise Gill’s bribes as ‘media payments’

Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.

At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Good to know that as an architect with a masters degree working in a practice that specialises social housing I’m considered a ‘taker’ because I don’t earn above £50k… but It’s ok, we don’t have a housing crisis or anything. Why do I bother paying so much £££ in visa fees to be treated like this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM