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MUST WATCH brilliant @mrjamesob.bsky.social takedown of Farage on @lbc.co.uk.

Did it trigger yesterday's shameful #Fauxrage spectacle?

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James O'Brien's EPIC TAKEDOWN Exposes Nigel FARAGE'S Entire HISTORY of RACISM!
YouTube video by Idiots' Corner (with James O'Brien)
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Unpopular opinion: the obsession with whether Nigel Farage is taking Russian money is obscuring us from the far more troubling reality of where he's actually taking money from.

Yes, Russians have used Tether to launder money. So does everyone.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The allegations are clearly credible+ number of witnesses mean they ring true. Farage did not deny them in 2013 and 2021. His colleagues claims they are made-up clash with his own tacit acknowledgement, emphasising his age and the different context.

He will have to drop his BBC "boycott" next year
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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My view is that he should apologise, and that he should primarily be judged on his words, policies and standards in 2025, not 1981. He is not doing as well as he might hope on the 2025 test in the eyes of most ethnic minority people, nor a plurality of the majority group
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Reform UK's public reputation on racism

White British: 47% generally racist, 36% generally not racist
Black British: 61% generally racist, 19% generally not racist
British Indian: 68% generally racist, 14% generally not racist
Pakistani/B: 82% generally racist, 7% generally not
(YouGov, Oct 2025)
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Nigel Farage declines to endorse Richsrd Tice's claim that the recollections of 20+ of Farage's school contemporaries of his teenage racial slurs are "made up twaddle" and instead suggests he may boycott the BBC until it apologises for Alf Garnett!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations - BBC News
The Reform UK leader turns fire on the BBC as he faces further questions about allegations of teenage racism.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A "thin-skinned" Nigel Farage demanded an apology from the BBC for what it broadcast in the 70s, as he faces allegations of antisemitism in the same era.

"I was watching those programmes. They never made jokes about gassing Jews," says Jon Sopel

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‘Farage sounds absolutely off his head’: Reform tries to turn tables on BBC in racism row | The News Agents
Richard Tice has called antisemitism claims against Nigel Farage, dating back to his teenage years, as a “made up twaddle”, suggesting the Reform leader can remember what happened, but his accusers…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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🔴Reform UK Builds Towards £40 Million Election War Chest as ‘Billionaires Wait in the Wings’ to Back Nigel Farage for PM

The self-proclaimed ‘anti-establishment’ party took almost four times more from big money donors last quarter than any of their rivals

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Reform UK Builds Towards £40 Million Election War Chest as 'Billionaires Wait in the Wings' to Back Nigel Farage for PM
The self-proclaimed 'anti-establishment' party took almost four times more from big money donors last quarter than any of their rivals
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Despair for UK democracy!

My Q (1.01 min) about foreign donations & interference. @philbrickellmp.bsky.social agreed reform of political financing & electoral laws was "long overdue" but what's @teamlabouruk.bsky.social done?

Farage has £9m from crypto donor in Thailand @transparencyuk.bsky.social
Our second panel was all about standards in public life.

Jeremy Wright, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and Gillian Peele discussed whether this government has lived up to its pledge of a 'politics of service'?

Watch it 👇
Constitution Unit Conference 2025: Standards in public life
YouTube video by UCL Constitution Unit
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December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Is this a joke?
It's insane - didn't tyrannical Trump destroy it?
In a post on X tonight, the State Department says it “renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.”

“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
Sabrina Carpenter Slams White House For Using Her Song In ‘Evil’ Video About Deportations
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Sabrina Carpenter to donate portion of Short n’ Sweet tour profit to Transgender Law Center
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/20/s...
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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At his press conference, Nigel Farage is ranting about the Black and White Minstrel Show, Alf Garnett and It Ain't Half Hot Mum in - as far as I can tell – an attempt to justify his "banter" when a schoolboy. He is very much not going down the Richard Tice, "lies" route.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Yesterday's budget was a step in the right direction, but financial secrecy in our own Overseas Territories continues to erode our tax base and enable crime.

We need to bring an end to dirty money flooding through places like the British Virgin Islands.
The budget wasn't the only show in town this week - here’s our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and APPG member Lloyd Hatton on why today's Government meeting with the UK's Overseas Territories matters for communities across the country 👇
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Boris Johnson's move to strip the Electoral Commission of its independence in 2022 damaged our global leadership on democratic integrity and tackling corruption.

The Elections Bill is the perfect opportunity to right this historic wrong.
Momentum is BUILDING to restore Electoral Commisson independence 🔥

71% of people think the elections watchdog should be free from political interference.

More than 30 parliamentarians, spearheaded by @philbrickellmp.bsky.social & @lisasmartmp.bsky.social, have so far signed our letter to the PM.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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What first attracted a cryptocurrency investor to donate £9,000,000 to a party calling for cryptocurrency deregulation?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-reform-uk-handed-36351307
Nigel Farage's Reform UK handed £9million donation from ex-Brexit party backer
Christopher Harborne, a leading cryptocurrency, defence and aviation-fuel investor based in Thailand handed Nigel Farage's Reform UK £9 million in cash on August 1
www.mirror.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!

@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.

Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.

Apply 👇
Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics
The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Trump Is In FAR Deeper Trouble Than I Anticipated | Paul Krugman

@pkrugman.bsky.social
Trump Is In FAR Deeper Trouble Than I Anticipated | Paul Krugman
YouTube video by ThinkAxis
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December 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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This is the hidden in plain sight heffalump trap in the Budget - Mahmood’s plan will deepsix whatever fiscal headroom the Chancellor has.
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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FOX: Does it undercut the administration's messaging when Republicans are defending strikes on narcoterrorists and then Trump pardons a convicted drug trafficker?

LEAVITT: I don't think so
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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They’re definitely not making this any better!
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?

LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Biased headline:
'- Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv ban evidence 'changed to fit decision', MPs told - BBC News

As 'Chief Constable Craig Guildford told the committee the decision to ban fans "wasn't taken lightly".
"We have taken a careful approach," he told MPs, adding: "We haven't made anything fit."'?
Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv ban evidence 'changed to fit decision', MPs told
West Midlands Police chiefs are providing evidence to MPs about the decision to ban Israeli fans.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Q: Was the initial order from Hegseth to kill everyone and did that come from President Trump?

LEAVITT: I would reject that Hegseth ever said that. However, the president has made it quite clear that if narcoterrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the US he has the authority to kill them
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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So only white people. Got it.
Leavitt: "Refugee admissions into the country right now are essentially at 0, with the exception of Afrikaners fleeing persecution in South Africa."
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Biased headline:
'- Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv ban evidence 'changed to fit decision', MPs told - BBC News

As 'Chief Constable Craig Guildford told the committee the decision to ban fans "wasn't taken lightly".
"We have taken a careful approach," he told MPs, adding: "We haven't made anything fit."'?
Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv ban evidence 'changed to fit decision', MPs told
West Midlands Police chiefs are providing evidence to MPs about the decision to ban Israeli fans.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM