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Out of actual positive ideas?
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Kick down culture. Not inspirational, aspirational, leadership.
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Even if it were its last act, it would be a great one.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The Axis of Unbelievables?
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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More power to your elbow. Have a fab weekend.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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SKANDAL! Bringing down Wirecard

www.netflix.com/title/81404807
Watch Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard | Netflix Official Site
Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.
www.netflix.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I hate to say it but the Netflix film on wirecard is really good and informative. Scary investigation that clearly caused a series of endless nights.

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November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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We are a long way off from when the news was actual news, not a breathy, gossipy rumour mill. But I can’t remember them being as poor as they’ve been the past 18 months
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Gosh.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Is it the same Tom Barrack who was Richard Tices business partner on some London development?
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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But if the BBC could claim, say, a trillion dollars on the original arbitrary basis, we could all have licence fee rebates for the last 40 years and free forever. 😉
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Also, very much not in charge, so not going to happen.
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Followed by a 1500 part series with a programme on each of the people hacked by the press.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Agadoo
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Tied in with other FSB plans to drive migrants into the EU which were uncovered as part of the @financialtimes.com investigation into Wirecard.

What a merry web.

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rennsemmler.bsky.social 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚕𝚎𝚛 @rennsemmler.bsky.social · May 28
Wild:
Jan Marsalek soll eine 15.000 Mann starke Söldnertruppe geplant haben, um Flüchtlingsströme aus Afrika zu "kontrollieren".
Die 🇦🇹 Regierung soll ihm 2017 120.000 € dafür versprochen haben.
»which Marsalek told the EU would help “solve the migration crisis”.«
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Screenshot Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/08/russian-spymaster-plot-private-army-migration-europe/ »A Russian spymaster plotted to use private armies to control migration into Europe, The Telegraph can reveal. Jan Marsalek, the fugitive boss of the disgraced tech company Wirecard, planned to create a 15,000-strong band of mercenaries to control the border in the key migration route through Libya. Weaponising the flow of migrants is said to be a key aim of Vladimir Putin, with the issue being a major factor in elections across Europe. Marsalek, who is on the run, even bought a private military company and succeeded in getting the first Russian boots on the ground in Libya. The revelations come at a key time in the war in Ukraine, with Donald Trump putting pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president to get round the table with Putin for peace talks. European leaders have previously warned that the West could see a tidal wave of migrants if Ukraine falls to Russia. The details of Marsalek’s plans can be revealed for the first time after a ring of UK-based spies he was running were found guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday. Leader Orlin Roussev, 47, and his team of Bulgarian operatives face jail after being caught plotting kidnapping and surveillance campaigns in one of the Metropolitan Police’s biggest-ever spying operations.« Screenshot Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/08/russian-spymaster-plot-private-army-migration-europe/ »It is understood he is currently being investigated for espionage by several European countries, and the Metropolitan Police has not ruled out future charges against the spymaster. It can now be reported that Marsalek was working for the Kremlin whilst running Wirecard, Germany’s answer to PayPal, and planning to control flows of migration from Africa with the help of one of Britain’s allies. The Telegraph has seen evidence that, in 2017, Austrian government officials had promised investment of more than €120,000 to help with the plan, which Marsalek told the EU would help “solve the migration crisis”. Yet the security for the plan was being overseen by a suspected colonel in Russia’s military intelligence service, known as the GRU. Warnings to officials in Germany and Austria about his involvement and his links to Russia were ignored, sources have told The Telegraph. At the same time as he was trying to set up militia to influence migration, Marsalek also bought a Russian private army, the RSB Group, which has supported Gen Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord.« Screenshot Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/08/russian-spymaster-plot-private-army-migration-europe/ »Mercenaries including Wagner have been fuelling migration by increasing instability and violence in parts of Africa under their control and by physically moving migrants to the borders and supporting smugglers, experts have said. According to security sources, Marsalek has been involved in the reorganisation of Wagner’s interest in the region following the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious mercenary leader, after his failed attempt at an insurrection in Russia. Marsalek’s interests in private armies go back to his time at Wirecard. In 2017 and early 2018, he held meetings with Killian Kleinschmidt, a humanitarian and former UN worker, to discuss plans for a project in Libya. The meetings were also attended by Gustav Gustenau, then a senior brigadier in Austria’s ministry of defence.« Screenshot Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/08/russian-spymaster-plot-private-army-migration-europe/ »The Telegraph has seen a declaration of intent signed by the brigadier promising €20,000 towards the plan for “stabilisation and migration management in Libya”. Mr Kleinschmidt was also promised a further €100,000 for the private-public partnership project through the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. It is understood that payments were not made. Mr Gustenau has denied any wrongdoing or a close relationship with Marsalek, saying he was authorised by his bosses to explore the project and was unaware at the time of Marsalek’s connection to Russia. The ministry has said no money changed hands. The payments for the project were due to be made by Marsalek via the “the Russian-Libyan cultural institute, which had an address in Moscow”. No record of such a company exists.«
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I’m dreading that moment. I feel lucky to have somewhere I loved so much that it has grounded me for all these years but the loss will be huge. I have to remember, as I see the names of past owners of the house in the cemetery, that we were only custodians of the house for a blink in its lifetime.
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM