Gill West
@gillwest.bsky.social
Poiché è difficile distinguere i profeti veri dai falsi, è bene avere in sospetto tutti i profeti...(Primo Levi)
Irate catching up on @mrjamesob.bsky.social today & £2M house guy who resents Motability scheme & disabled leasing nice cars. For many it’s the only way to get to work/study: w/o it, no hope or income. What a miserable attitude to have: feels like open season to punch down on the poor & vulnerable.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Irate catching up on @mrjamesob.bsky.social today & £2M house guy who resents Motability scheme & disabled leasing nice cars. For many it’s the only way to get to work/study: w/o it, no hope or income. What a miserable attitude to have: feels like open season to punch down on the poor & vulnerable.
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Farage really on the ropes there.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Farage really on the ropes there.
Another day, another dagger thru the heart of irony (RIP) as the“politically-appointed” non-exec director of the BBC assures us of his total impartiality! Is this what passes for humour at Tory towers or does the man have zero self-awareness? Time to end ALL political appts to the BBC.
“I feel strongly — [at the BBC] you leave your politics at the door,” Gibb told the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, describing himself as “hugely impartial” and a “passionate defender” of the publicly funded broadcaster. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Another day, another dagger thru the heart of irony (RIP) as the“politically-appointed” non-exec director of the BBC assures us of his total impartiality! Is this what passes for humour at Tory towers or does the man have zero self-awareness? Time to end ALL political appts to the BBC.
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“I feel strongly — [at the BBC] you leave your politics at the door,” Gibb told the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, describing himself as “hugely impartial” and a “passionate defender” of the publicly funded broadcaster. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“I feel strongly — [at the BBC] you leave your politics at the door,” Gibb told the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, describing himself as “hugely impartial” and a “passionate defender” of the publicly funded broadcaster. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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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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"The guidance was offered as an attempt to dispel misinformation … In practice it has had the opposite effect, becoming a catalyst for crime reporting reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s – reviving a focus on race and migration status."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners
Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrapped
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"The guidance was offered as an attempt to dispel misinformation … In practice it has had the opposite effect, becoming a catalyst for crime reporting reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s – reviving a focus on race and migration status."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It would be harder to find a less sympathetic case, given that her parents paid £20,000 for their house which is now worth £1.2m. Why is somebody moaning about the very existence of inheritance tax a news story?
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It would be harder to find a less sympathetic case, given that her parents paid £20,000 for their house which is now worth £1.2m. Why is somebody moaning about the very existence of inheritance tax a news story?
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Fascist Reform leader Richard Tice would get REALLY upset if you shared this widely on all forms of social media so lots of people can keep it and bring it out before the next election to show that he is as big a liar as Keir Starmer.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Fascist Reform leader Richard Tice would get REALLY upset if you shared this widely on all forms of social media so lots of people can keep it and bring it out before the next election to show that he is as big a liar as Keir Starmer.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
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Mahmood would rather soothe the racists than do the “hard work of confronting the economic failure… and cowardice that has enabled the rise of the far right.”
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Mahmood would rather soothe the racists than do the “hard work of confronting the economic failure… and cowardice that has enabled the rise of the far right.”
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As if making life even worse for immigrants will make our country happier and better off.
It won’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Imagine if 2000 children had gone missing from boarding schools. How much outrage there would be. Imagine how quickly there would be demands for inquiries and actions. Instead because these are unaccompanied asylum seeking children they will either be ignored or blamed for being trafficked.
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Imagine if 2000 children had gone missing from boarding schools. How much outrage there would be. Imagine how quickly there would be demands for inquiries and actions. Instead because these are unaccompanied asylum seeking children they will either be ignored or blamed for being trafficked.
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From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.
NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.
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Only ‘ancient history’ in the sense that being a Russian asset is part of Farage/Reform’s DNA.
The links, bribes and shared goals of weakening the UK/EU with Brexit. Driving our country into an angry, racist, impoverished dead end that they can then exploit for power.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The links, bribes and shared goals of weakening the UK/EU with Brexit. Driving our country into an angry, racist, impoverished dead end that they can then exploit for power.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Only ‘ancient history’ in the sense that being a Russian asset is part of Farage/Reform’s DNA.
The links, bribes and shared goals of weakening the UK/EU with Brexit. Driving our country into an angry, racist, impoverished dead end that they can then exploit for power.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The links, bribes and shared goals of weakening the UK/EU with Brexit. Driving our country into an angry, racist, impoverished dead end that they can then exploit for power.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Okay, fairly obvious, but, despite delusions of some, the UK is not a "main destination" for migration. It's actually a competitive market, jobs, students etc. Between Mahmood's, effectively xenophobic policies, and Reeve's budget targeting international students, the economy as a whole gets screwed
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Okay, fairly obvious, but, despite delusions of some, the UK is not a "main destination" for migration. It's actually a competitive market, jobs, students etc. Between Mahmood's, effectively xenophobic policies, and Reeve's budget targeting international students, the economy as a whole gets screwed
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As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
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Naomi shattered our minds by holding a party last night and then halfway through announcing that they'd eloped and we were in fact attending a wedding reception. Immense.
Got the band back together at mine and Paul’s surprise wedding reception. I love these people so much 🥰
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Naomi shattered our minds by holding a party last night and then halfway through announcing that they'd eloped and we were in fact attending a wedding reception. Immense.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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Sign, repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
We know Russian influence played a role in Brexit, but the Tory government didn't allow a full investigation.
It's time we had one!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
We know Russian influence played a role in Brexit, but the Tory government didn't allow a full investigation.
It's time we had one!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sign, repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
We know Russian influence played a role in Brexit, but the Tory government didn't allow a full investigation.
It's time we had one!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
We know Russian influence played a role in Brexit, but the Tory government didn't allow a full investigation.
It's time we had one!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Zack Polanski, "Our country stands In solidarity with Ukrainians"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Zack Polanski, "Our country stands In solidarity with Ukrainians"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
"Brexit was a disaster for economy and security,
instead, alternative to NATO with EU"
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
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The most amazing thing about Danny Kruger isn't that he holds these views. It's that he voluntarily expressed them to a journalist.
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The most amazing thing about Danny Kruger isn't that he holds these views. It's that he voluntarily expressed them to a journalist.
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Dunning was not available for comment.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Who the f%*k is Chris Mason? Just watched his dreadful interview with Starmer. Who the hell does this weaselly third rate journalist think he is, presuming to grotesquely insult and trivialize the British PM? Starmer may have some challenges, but he shd not have to put up with this uninformed crap!
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Who the f%*k is Chris Mason? Just watched his dreadful interview with Starmer. Who the hell does this weaselly third rate journalist think he is, presuming to grotesquely insult and trivialize the British PM? Starmer may have some challenges, but he shd not have to put up with this uninformed crap!
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Even for me (who's been saying that pol editors, journalists could just as likely be corrupted by Putin)
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Even for me (who's been saying that pol editors, journalists could just as likely be corrupted by Putin)
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
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11/22/1819 — b. Mary Ann Evans, British author, poet, essayist, journalist, and translator. Pseudonym "George Elliot," one of the most acclaimed English novelists of the Victorian era. One of few female writers during this period to experiment with realism #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
11/22/1819 — b. Mary Ann Evans, British author, poet, essayist, journalist, and translator. Pseudonym "George Elliot," one of the most acclaimed English novelists of the Victorian era. One of few female writers during this period to experiment with realism #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD