Andie Hallihan
@hooli.bsky.social
Builds new factories and improves older ones. Engineering & psychology. Star sailing, greyhounds rescuing & reading.
We need to reduce inequality and build a better society. Good homes, food, healthcare and education work well for everyone!
We need to reduce inequality and build a better society. Good homes, food, healthcare and education work well for everyone!
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Harborne has also donated heavily to the Tories and Boris Johnson
But he's now given more than £20million to Farage. This is *huge* amount of money
Harborne is also big into crypto...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But he's now given more than £20million to Farage. This is *huge* amount of money
Harborne is also big into crypto...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Harborne has also donated heavily to the Tories and Boris Johnson
But he's now given more than £20million to Farage. This is *huge* amount of money
Harborne is also big into crypto...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But he's now given more than £20million to Farage. This is *huge* amount of money
Harborne is also big into crypto...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🔴 Farage's Reform took in £10M in donations in last quarter - more than any other party.
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
The ‘black hole’ in Reform UK’s finances
Plus: We’ve spotted Liz Truss in Davos (again)
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🔴 Farage's Reform took in £10M in donations in last quarter - more than any other party.
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
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The protests continue in Inverness this weekend. 🚮
We'd like to remind the good people of Inverness that we are a neutral, unbiased, non-partisan organisation - even when it comes to wee fascist fuds creeping into our glorious city.
#dontbeafanny
We'd like to remind the good people of Inverness that we are a neutral, unbiased, non-partisan organisation - even when it comes to wee fascist fuds creeping into our glorious city.
#dontbeafanny
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The protests continue in Inverness this weekend. 🚮
We'd like to remind the good people of Inverness that we are a neutral, unbiased, non-partisan organisation - even when it comes to wee fascist fuds creeping into our glorious city.
#dontbeafanny
We'd like to remind the good people of Inverness that we are a neutral, unbiased, non-partisan organisation - even when it comes to wee fascist fuds creeping into our glorious city.
#dontbeafanny
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"Yes dear, I know. But apart from all that, are you happy?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Yes dear, I know. But apart from all that, are you happy?"
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The leader of Staffordshire County Council, Reform’s Ian Cooper, was a ‘top fan’ on a Facebook White Supremacist page.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The leader of Staffordshire County Council, Reform’s Ian Cooper, was a ‘top fan’ on a Facebook White Supremacist page.
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A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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“Just three companies – DMG Media, News UK and Reach – control 90% of UK national newspaper circulation, a 20% increase in market concentration since 2014. Newsquest and National World – control 51% of the UK’s 882 local newspapers and local news websites”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Just three companies – DMG Media, News UK and Reach – control 90% of UK national newspaper circulation, a 20% increase in market concentration since 2014. Newsquest and National World – control 51% of the UK’s 882 local newspapers and local news websites”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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'when I hear Mr Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
'when I hear Mr Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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“I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way", said Nigel Farage. "As the victim of his verbal abuse, I can assure you that I do recall it all vividly", writes Peter Ettedgui of "the emotional impact – degrading, humiliating" of antisemitic abuse
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way", said Nigel Farage. "As the victim of his verbal abuse, I can assure you that I do recall it all vividly", writes Peter Ettedgui of "the emotional impact – degrading, humiliating" of antisemitic abuse
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Difficult to find a more succinct explanation of the Petri dish that led to Nigel Farage.
It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Difficult to find a more succinct explanation of the Petri dish that led to Nigel Farage.
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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Tomorrows’s headlines today
This was last month’s edition of Byline Times leading on Nathan Gill and his connections to Farage, and his paymaster’s connections to Putin
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/79/
This was last month’s edition of Byline Times leading on Nathan Gill and his connections to Farage, and his paymaster’s connections to Putin
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/79/
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Tomorrows’s headlines today
This was last month’s edition of Byline Times leading on Nathan Gill and his connections to Farage, and his paymaster’s connections to Putin
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/79/
This was last month’s edition of Byline Times leading on Nathan Gill and his connections to Farage, and his paymaster’s connections to Putin
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/79/
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#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.
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HOW can this petition NOT be in the Top 3 for signing on Parliamentary petition site?
#Gill #Russia #Farage
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#Gill #Russia #Farage
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
HOW can this petition NOT be in the Top 3 for signing on Parliamentary petition site?
#Gill #Russia #Farage
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#Gill #Russia #Farage
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
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We do what we do on a shoestring - and it's enough to stake a flag in the ground alongside the billionaire-owned press.
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We do what we do on a shoestring - and it's enough to stake a flag in the ground alongside the billionaire-owned press.
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
But we're also growing this new model with your help. Everything that you chip in now is part of that development.
Thank you. 🙏
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It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...