David Beech
@davidbeech.bsky.social
Yorkshire based. Interested in politics. Labour member but not a cultist.
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today's round of online-radicalised racist rent-a-mentals www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Mothers trying to learn English face demonstration outside school
The protest follows a campaign by YouTube influencers against schools offering migrant parents lessons to improve their language skills
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
today's round of online-radicalised racist rent-a-mentals www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Also, - and I know this isn't whay Adam is saying- it's not a progressive v socially conservative issue, this. You don't have to class yourself as a 'progressive' to find Farage's language racist. Most people find the use of that kind of language racist.
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Also, - and I know this isn't whay Adam is saying- it's not a progressive v socially conservative issue, this. You don't have to class yourself as a 'progressive' to find Farage's language racist. Most people find the use of that kind of language racist.
Been a dog owner on and off for most of my adult life, but I really am OK with firing into space those owners who talk at their dogs - 'come on now leave the man alone he doesn't want you jumping all over him' - rather than just either training them or sticking them on a lead.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Been a dog owner on and off for most of my adult life, but I really am OK with firing into space those owners who talk at their dogs - 'come on now leave the man alone he doesn't want you jumping all over him' - rather than just either training them or sticking them on a lead.
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It makes a change to see Farage being scrutinised. He insulted and belittled others on the basis of their race.
If that's not a textbook definition of racism, what is?
If that's not a textbook definition of racism, what is?
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It makes a change to see Farage being scrutinised. He insulted and belittled others on the basis of their race.
If that's not a textbook definition of racism, what is?
If that's not a textbook definition of racism, what is?
These people really do not understand our country at all. If we had people being snatched off the streets by masked agents and thrown in the back of a van simply because of the colour of their skin there would be an outcry. The public would be appalled.
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
These people really do not understand our country at all. If we had people being snatched off the streets by masked agents and thrown in the back of a van simply because of the colour of their skin there would be an outcry. The public would be appalled.
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Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
There was so much good natured racism, homophobia and misogyny in the 70s and 80s - totally get where Nigel Farage is coming from 😏
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
There was so much good natured racism, homophobia and misogyny in the 70s and 80s - totally get where Nigel Farage is coming from 😏
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Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
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A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I didn't know you could racially abuse someone in a way that is not hurtful or abusive. You learn something new everyday.
(Don't know who the reporter was but hats off to him Farage looked very, very shifty).
(Don't know who the reporter was but hats off to him Farage looked very, very shifty).
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
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Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I didn't know you could racially abuse someone in a way that is not hurtful or abusive. You learn something new everyday.
(Don't know who the reporter was but hats off to him Farage looked very, very shifty).
(Don't know who the reporter was but hats off to him Farage looked very, very shifty).
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She said the Office for Budget Responsibility’s report on Wednesday would conclude that a downgrade of productivity was down to Brexit and to the Conservative’s austerity measures – and would say explicitly that it was not due to the policies of the current government.
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
She said the Office for Budget Responsibility’s report on Wednesday would conclude that a downgrade of productivity was down to Brexit and to the Conservative’s austerity measures – and would say explicitly that it was not due to the policies of the current government.
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Speaking at PLP tonight, Rachel Reeves urged Labour MPs to get behind her Budget saying “politics is a team sport” and promising them there would be a package of appealing measures in the Budget that they could promise their constituents.
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Speaking at PLP tonight, Rachel Reeves urged Labour MPs to get behind her Budget saying “politics is a team sport” and promising them there would be a package of appealing measures in the Budget that they could promise their constituents.
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Precisely. This interpretation of ‘balance’ would involve the broadcast of a program in which Harris blatantly & repeatedly lied about winning a Presidential election she had lost & then encouraged her supporters to ‘fight like hell’ against the upholders of the actual result.
Prescott keeps repeating "I thought they'd show a programme about Harris the week after". He really doesn't understand the difference between balance, impartiality and objectivity.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Precisely. This interpretation of ‘balance’ would involve the broadcast of a program in which Harris blatantly & repeatedly lied about winning a Presidential election she had lost & then encouraged her supporters to ‘fight like hell’ against the upholders of the actual result.
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Given the PM loves a flag-waving presser about something patriotic, i don't get why govt is not now in full 'launch an inquiry on foreign interference in UK politics' given this week we've had Nathan Gill jailed over Russian bribes, Chinese spies again, & this www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
MAGA X accounts exposed as being run from far-flung foreign countrie
The rollout has hit the MAGA movement particularly hard, with high-profile accounts which often post about election results and Trump's anti-immigration agenda linked to far-flung foreign nations.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Given the PM loves a flag-waving presser about something patriotic, i don't get why govt is not now in full 'launch an inquiry on foreign interference in UK politics' given this week we've had Nathan Gill jailed over Russian bribes, Chinese spies again, & this www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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David Cameron reveals to the Times that he has had prostate cancer, after his wife Samantha urged him to get tested.
Following successful treatment, he says he is using his platform now to encourage more men to get tested.
Following successful treatment, he says he is using his platform now to encourage more men to get tested.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
David Cameron reveals to the Times that he has had prostate cancer, after his wife Samantha urged him to get tested.
Following successful treatment, he says he is using his platform now to encourage more men to get tested.
Following successful treatment, he says he is using his platform now to encourage more men to get tested.
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I have read Zack Polanski's interview with Laura K. Good grief docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I have read Zack Polanski's interview with Laura K. Good grief docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A thing I don't understand with Labour is why, for example, Starmer doesn't say to every journalist who asks about the Green's 'can you ask him about the boobs' thing and with Farage 'can you ask him about the singing about gassing jews' thing at school. Repeatedly. Every bloody time.
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A thing I don't understand with Labour is why, for example, Starmer doesn't say to every journalist who asks about the Green's 'can you ask him about the boobs' thing and with Farage 'can you ask him about the singing about gassing jews' thing at school. Repeatedly. Every bloody time.
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The one thing Starmer is doing an outstanding job on is Ukraine. And that is no small thing. Imagine Farage in charge now. He’d be backing the “peace plan” the Russians have written for Trump.
Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The one thing Starmer is doing an outstanding job on is Ukraine. And that is no small thing. Imagine Farage in charge now. He’d be backing the “peace plan” the Russians have written for Trump.
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Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?
Was the first in my immediate family to work in an office -lanyard and all - 'our David works in office! - then a company car - he's got a company car! - then started my own small business - he's got his is own business! - all the way through my w/c family were proud that I'd got on a bit in life
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Was the first in my immediate family to work in an office -lanyard and all - 'our David works in office! - then a company car - he's got a company car! - then started my own small business - he's got his is own business! - all the way through my w/c family were proud that I'd got on a bit in life
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Scrapping the two-child limit *is* welfare reform. Defining ‘reform’ solely as ‘cut’ is one reason why it’s proved so difficult
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit *is* welfare reform. Defining ‘reform’ solely as ‘cut’ is one reason why it’s proved so difficult
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Here’s this week’s column, in which I beg the chancellor to go big this week - on both headroom and narrative - so that by next year, if she’s still here to deliver it, the budget will be boring, because we all know the plan 🙏🏻
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rachel Reeves, please, let’s make budgets boring again | Heather Stewart
Budgets need to be reassuringly dull with no repeat of this year’s long, drawn-out and chaotic buildup
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here’s this week’s column, in which I beg the chancellor to go big this week - on both headroom and narrative - so that by next year, if she’s still here to deliver it, the budget will be boring, because we all know the plan 🙏🏻
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Leaving NATO puts a roof on Green support that only helps Reform. And whether it is party policy or not in 2029, the Greens are now stuck with it while Polanski is their leader.
I did fall into the trap of "What's his angle with the NATO stuff?" before realising it's not that deep it's just what he believes as a fundamentally unserious individual.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Leaving NATO puts a roof on Green support that only helps Reform. And whether it is party policy or not in 2029, the Greens are now stuck with it while Polanski is their leader.
This is bizarre. Like the editor of the guardian or mail or any other paper complaining repeatedly about the front page lead they decided to run with.
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is bizarre. Like the editor of the guardian or mail or any other paper complaining repeatedly about the front page lead they decided to run with.
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
The thing i don't get with the whole Starmer doesn't want to get rid of McSweeny because he relies on him for the politics thing is....has he seen the state of the politics thing? Most unpopular PM since, what, forever, MPs pissed off, leadership talk. Not sure sacking him will do much harm, fgs.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The thing i don't get with the whole Starmer doesn't want to get rid of McSweeny because he relies on him for the politics thing is....has he seen the state of the politics thing? Most unpopular PM since, what, forever, MPs pissed off, leadership talk. Not sure sacking him will do much harm, fgs.