Glynis Markham 🇪🇺🇺🇦
@lamourna.bsky.social
Former NHS Director & Senior Civil Servant. Interests: Health Policy, Genealogy, F1. Sometimes found on a Dutch barge in France
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We don't often agree with The Spectator - but this time we do.
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We don't often agree with The Spectator - but this time we do.
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Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
What an own goal!
Geddit?
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
What an own goal!
Geddit?
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It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
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Fartrage runs away when a Guardian journalist simply asks if they will be allowed to ask their question.
It's getting to him.
It's getting to him.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fartrage runs away when a Guardian journalist simply asks if they will be allowed to ask their question.
It's getting to him.
It's getting to him.
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Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
Nigel Farage rakes in another £200,000 from second jobs
The Reform leader has made over £1.3 million from second jobs since he was elected as an MP in July 2024
leftfootforward.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
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"The UK and EU need to start that strategic planning now if they want the 2026 summit to deliver substance rather than symbolism"
🗞️ @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social argues that the UK-EU reset needs strategic planning to achieve tangible results for Social Europe
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-uk-eu-re...
🗞️ @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social argues that the UK-EU reset needs strategic planning to achieve tangible results for Social Europe
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-uk-eu-re...
The UK-EU Reset Needs Strategic Planning, Not Summit Improvisation
Without careful preparation and raised ambitions, the 2026 summit risks becoming a missed opportunity to inject real momentum into UK-EU relations.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"The UK and EU need to start that strategic planning now if they want the 2026 summit to deliver substance rather than symbolism"
🗞️ @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social argues that the UK-EU reset needs strategic planning to achieve tangible results for Social Europe
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-uk-eu-re...
🗞️ @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social argues that the UK-EU reset needs strategic planning to achieve tangible results for Social Europe
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-uk-eu-re...
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Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
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When your past finally catches up, what do you do? What do you do?
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
When your past finally catches up, what do you do? What do you do?
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I wrote on allegations about Nigel Farage from his school contemporaries. The key test for Reform on racism may be less about Nigel Farage’s schooldays than their 2025 reputation & why 7/10 ethnic minority Britons currently feel that Reform fail on racism
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
How Farage fails the racism test
Would a person from an ethnic minority trust Nigel Farage in power? So long as the answer remains “no”, Farage and the Reform party are unfit for office
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I wrote on allegations about Nigel Farage from his school contemporaries. The key test for Reform on racism may be less about Nigel Farage’s schooldays than their 2025 reputation & why 7/10 ethnic minority Britons currently feel that Reform fail on racism
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
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Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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#Reform #Ukip #BrexitParty -this is all #MadeInrussia ,folks. Delivery directly from #Kremlin.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News share.google/b27wMXiKfDSI...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News share.google/b27wMXiKfDSI...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
#Reform #Ukip #BrexitParty -this is all #MadeInrussia ,folks. Delivery directly from #Kremlin.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News share.google/b27wMXiKfDSI...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign - BBC News share.google/b27wMXiKfDSI...
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This 👇
I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This 👇
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100% Fact.
Sadly, the BBC has followed right along with the Murdoch/GB News “coverage”
Sadly, the BBC has followed right along with the Murdoch/GB News “coverage”
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
100% Fact.
Sadly, the BBC has followed right along with the Murdoch/GB News “coverage”
Sadly, the BBC has followed right along with the Murdoch/GB News “coverage”
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Sonia Sodha, "If you look at the Conservative spending plans under Jeremy Hunt, the IFS thought they were ludicrous as well" #BBCQT
"If the Conservatives were in government they would be facing the exact same crunch"
"If the Conservatives were in government they would be facing the exact same crunch"
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sonia Sodha, "If you look at the Conservative spending plans under Jeremy Hunt, the IFS thought they were ludicrous as well" #BBCQT
"If the Conservatives were in government they would be facing the exact same crunch"
"If the Conservatives were in government they would be facing the exact same crunch"
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Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
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Those questioning Farage have gone international...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
British far right leader Nigel Farage urged to clarify party's ties with Russia
The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Those questioning Farage have gone international...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
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Labour’s James Murray "The report that the OBR put out alongside the budget shows the impact on productivity from the previous government"
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Labour’s James Murray "The report that the OBR put out alongside the budget shows the impact on productivity from the previous government"
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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But.. but .. but Corbyn was left wing.. not right far right wing like Farage so of course he got crucified
Farage was just using nice, inoffensive racist words the right will say🤷🏼♂️
Farage was just using nice, inoffensive racist words the right will say🤷🏼♂️
Remember when Jeremy Corbyn wasn't antisemitic and the media crucified him for it?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
But.. but .. but Corbyn was left wing.. not right far right wing like Farage so of course he got crucified
Farage was just using nice, inoffensive racist words the right will say🤷🏼♂️
Farage was just using nice, inoffensive racist words the right will say🤷🏼♂️
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Conservative MP Joe Robertson criticises Labour for the increase in civil service since 2016
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Conservative MP Joe Robertson criticises Labour for the increase in civil service since 2016
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️
Of course the civil service ballooned after Brexit to manage the red tape created by Brexit #BBCQT
He's complaining about an effect caused by his own Conservative government 🤷♂️