@esmeraldastrongarm.bsky.social
Tactical voter. I think we should all read On Tyranny and be ready to defend what’s good.
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Fascism is nonsense politics with deadly results. Always has been 😬
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this is well worth a click. christ though it's hard to escape the realisation of how utterly fucked we are when it's laid out as neatly and surgically as this
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
this is well worth a click. christ though it's hard to escape the realisation of how utterly fucked we are when it's laid out as neatly and surgically as this
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And it passed by the narrowest of margins...with Nigel Farage absent.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And it passed by the narrowest of margins...with Nigel Farage absent.
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When the Telegraph admits Brexit is a disaster, the ground is moving. The question is: why isn’t Starmer?
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Now is the winter of our Brexit sent
While we have used this title before, perhaps this is the time to look at our options afresh, now that we have seen the disaster that is Brexit
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When the Telegraph admits Brexit is a disaster, the ground is moving. The question is: why isn’t Starmer?
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
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With her runoff victory tonight, Eileen Higgins will be Miami's next mayor—the first woman in the city’s history and the first Democrat in nearly 30 years elected to the office.
Congrats, Mayor-elect!
Congrats, Mayor-elect!
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧
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🔥 WE’RE changing the media.
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
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Stand with us – sign up. now to become a Friend of Bylines Network
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December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🔥 WE’RE changing the media.
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media.
Utterly new and fresh.
Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇
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Unfortunately no surprise!
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service has stopped sharing certain information with the United States: “Sometimes we no longer share things,” officials say, because the information has been finding its way into Kremlin hands. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Unfortunately no surprise!
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Who amongst us didn't sing Hitler youth songs and tell Jewish children they should go to the gas chamber?
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Who amongst us didn't sing Hitler youth songs and tell Jewish children they should go to the gas chamber?
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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Nigel Farage’s campaign manager casually saying he spent 2x the election spend limit.
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nigel Farage’s campaign manager casually saying he spent 2x the election spend limit.
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Reform is also more hostile to the institutional foundations of the European system
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Reform is also more hostile to the institutional foundations of the European system
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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)”
The BBC is helping Reform UK push immigration to the top of the agenda
The BBC is helping Reform UK push immigration to the top of the agenda
THE BBC is not only excessively platforming Reform UK in news and current affairs programmes, especially for viewers in Scotland,
www.thenational.scot
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“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)”
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Nigel Farage publicly promoted cryptocurrency Tether, and then received a massive donation from one of its major investors. The whole thing stinks.
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Nigel Farage publicly promoted cryptocurrency Tether, and then received a massive donation from one of its major investors. The whole thing stinks.
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
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Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/ref...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/ref...
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/ref...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/ref...
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Are you not going to honour the comical tabloidy chauvinism of the deceased voters for ever? The UK’s economic woes and who-can-we-deport-next obsession are their legacy and monument.
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Are you not going to honour the comical tabloidy chauvinism of the deceased voters for ever? The UK’s economic woes and who-can-we-deport-next obsession are their legacy and monument.
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Credit where credit is due, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social wrote a column pointing out how British politicians (who much like generals, are always fighting the last war), have spent a decade chasing a voter who doesn't exist
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Zombie politics: how Dead Man dominates British politics
Britain’s parties are catering to a voter who is, often literally, dead
www.economist.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Credit where credit is due, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social wrote a column pointing out how British politicians (who much like generals, are always fighting the last war), have spent a decade chasing a voter who doesn't exist
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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This means, what, one in six 2016 Leave voters are now dead? Don't mean to be brutal but that's what the figures seem to say
I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This means, what, one in six 2016 Leave voters are now dead? Don't mean to be brutal but that's what the figures seem to say
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As we in Europe sit around waiting to see what mad nonsense Trump comes up with next for Ukraine, I find it hard to take the handwringing seriously. We made a choice in 2014 not to respond to the very obvious aggression and retain our faith in America always being on our side.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As we in Europe sit around waiting to see what mad nonsense Trump comes up with next for Ukraine, I find it hard to take the handwringing seriously. We made a choice in 2014 not to respond to the very obvious aggression and retain our faith in America always being on our side.
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‘MPs vote for talks on joining Customs Union’
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said:
“The prime minister must now listen to Parliament and the public, drop his self-imposed red lines & finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU” 🇪🇺
#LibDems 🔶
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said:
“The prime minister must now listen to Parliament and the public, drop his self-imposed red lines & finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU” 🇪🇺
#LibDems 🔶
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thirteen Labour MPs vote for talks on joining EU customs union
One hundred MPs voted for and 100 against the Liberal Democrats' bill, which would require the UK to begin talks with the EU for a new customs union.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
‘MPs vote for talks on joining Customs Union’
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said:
“The prime minister must now listen to Parliament and the public, drop his self-imposed red lines & finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU” 🇪🇺
#LibDems 🔶
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said:
“The prime minister must now listen to Parliament and the public, drop his self-imposed red lines & finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU” 🇪🇺
#LibDems 🔶
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thanks for your courteous and considered reply. @adambienkov.bsky.social is so not part of the lobby system @davidheniguk.bsky.social rightly complains about. He’s writing about that for the next print edition, but here’s a follow up bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thanks for your courteous and considered reply. @adambienkov.bsky.social is so not part of the lobby system @davidheniguk.bsky.social rightly complains about. He’s writing about that for the next print edition, but here’s a follow up bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
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One of the barbs aimed in Europe's direction in the MAGA National Security Strategy is that Europe is shrinking as a share of world GDP.
But at purchasing power parity both the EU and US have tracked almost exactly for some time in terms of declining world share.
But at purchasing power parity both the EU and US have tracked almost exactly for some time in terms of declining world share.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One of the barbs aimed in Europe's direction in the MAGA National Security Strategy is that Europe is shrinking as a share of world GDP.
But at purchasing power parity both the EU and US have tracked almost exactly for some time in terms of declining world share.
But at purchasing power parity both the EU and US have tracked almost exactly for some time in terms of declining world share.
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🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
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“i can’t leave twitter, i need it, it’s where my audience is”
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“i can’t leave twitter, i need it, it’s where my audience is”
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BOOM!
- Antisemitism
- Anti-black racism
- Homophobia
- And general cuntery
If I wrote what I really thought about him it would probably shock my own side, so I'll keep it simple.
THIS MAN IS NOT FIT TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER!
- Antisemitism
- Anti-black racism
- Homophobia
- And general cuntery
If I wrote what I really thought about him it would probably shock my own side, so I'll keep it simple.
THIS MAN IS NOT FIT TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER!
Nigel Farage, "At Michael Barrymore's house they removed all the ashtrays, on the basis that they chuck all the fags in the pool."
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
BOOM!
- Antisemitism
- Anti-black racism
- Homophobia
- And general cuntery
If I wrote what I really thought about him it would probably shock my own side, so I'll keep it simple.
THIS MAN IS NOT FIT TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER!
- Antisemitism
- Anti-black racism
- Homophobia
- And general cuntery
If I wrote what I really thought about him it would probably shock my own side, so I'll keep it simple.
THIS MAN IS NOT FIT TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER!