Dave Stephens
@davestephens44.bsky.social
Former owner Kojak's bicycle.
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"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
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🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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
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
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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‘Are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist?’
In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years
In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years
October 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
‘Are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist?’
In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years
In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years
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They should stop polling, and just stick with the big one we had in 2016 that revealed that roughly half of us will believe any old shit.
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
They should stop polling, and just stick with the big one we had in 2016 that revealed that roughly half of us will believe any old shit.
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So much for Gill having nothing to do with Farage. The first bribe to which he has admitted was ACTUALLY on the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP...
Great 🧵
Great 🧵
Then timings get interesting….
Farage quits UKIP 4th Dec 2018
Gill follows him on the 6th Dec
5 other UKIP MEPs follow Farage within days, including Nuttall (former UKIP leader, now deputy chairman of Reform)
All 6 join the Brexit party in Feb with Farage
By April, another 7 have switched
9/14
Farage quits UKIP 4th Dec 2018
Gill follows him on the 6th Dec
5 other UKIP MEPs follow Farage within days, including Nuttall (former UKIP leader, now deputy chairman of Reform)
All 6 join the Brexit party in Feb with Farage
By April, another 7 have switched
9/14
September 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So much for Gill having nothing to do with Farage. The first bribe to which he has admitted was ACTUALLY on the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP...
Great 🧵
Great 🧵
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Wow.
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Wow.
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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I’m sorry but no. Protests and demos with dozens or low hundreds of attendees are not especially newsworthy. I’ve seen larger turnouts at a Warhammer event.
August 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’m sorry but no. Protests and demos with dozens or low hundreds of attendees are not especially newsworthy. I’ve seen larger turnouts at a Warhammer event.
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perfect comedy timing from the Speaker at #PMQs calling Nigel Farage after Starmer promises to go after “the fraudsters, the grifters, the con artists no matter who they are” 😄
July 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
perfect comedy timing from the Speaker at #PMQs calling Nigel Farage after Starmer promises to go after “the fraudsters, the grifters, the con artists no matter who they are” 😄
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US political coverage vs political coverage in the rest of the world.
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
US political coverage vs political coverage in the rest of the world.
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Mo Salah is asking the right questions
August 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mo Salah is asking the right questions
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I thinks weeks newsletter I breakdown why the data suggests that the 20mph limit in Wales wales actually an amazing idea.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-...
Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea!
Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong
willhaywardwales.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I thinks weeks newsletter I breakdown why the data suggests that the 20mph limit in Wales wales actually an amazing idea.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-...
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Clear well evidenced research that the deterioration in online norms in the Musk era is distorting perceptions not just of the Internet but of politics and society. "Many of us are led to believe that society is far more polarized, angry, and deluded than it really is"
Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Clear well evidenced research that the deterioration in online norms in the Musk era is distorting perceptions not just of the Internet but of politics and society. "Many of us are led to believe that society is far more polarized, angry, and deluded than it really is"
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If you need your day brightening up, just sit back and enjoy the way former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies says the word "midges".
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
June 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If you need your day brightening up, just sit back and enjoy the way former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies says the word "midges".
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
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Most of the news is horrifying and this story from Bourton-on-the-Water is no exception. Brace yourselves: a family of eight arrived for a picnic to find that… other people were also having picnics 😱 www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
June 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Most of the news is horrifying and this story from Bourton-on-the-Water is no exception. Brace yourselves: a family of eight arrived for a picnic to find that… other people were also having picnics 😱 www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
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It’s #NationalNumeracyDay!
We’ve collected some examples of the classic mistakes we’ve seen people make with numbers—from tonnes of cocaine to upside-down percentages—to show why they matter so much.
We’ve collected some examples of the classic mistakes we’ve seen people make with numbers—from tonnes of cocaine to upside-down percentages—to show why they matter so much.
From Covid claims to cocaine stats: why misleading numbers matter – Full Fact
On National Numeracy Day, we highlight some of the ways poor numeracy helps misinformation spread.
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s #NationalNumeracyDay!
We’ve collected some examples of the classic mistakes we’ve seen people make with numbers—from tonnes of cocaine to upside-down percentages—to show why they matter so much.
We’ve collected some examples of the classic mistakes we’ve seen people make with numbers—from tonnes of cocaine to upside-down percentages—to show why they matter so much.
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www.economist.com/britain/2025... quite the chart from @archiehall.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
www.economist.com/britain/2025... quite the chart from @archiehall.bsky.social
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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I swear, the longer you look at this, the worse it gets…
April 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I swear, the longer you look at this, the worse it gets…
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On the pitch, you need that hunger…
April 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
On the pitch, you need that hunger…
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