Liz Linnard
@lizlinnard.bsky.social
Labour, Geordie exile, X-exile - and so glad to be here.
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Never forget who Nigel Farage is.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Never forget who Nigel Farage is.
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Dear @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social can you please tell your colleagues on World at One how to report news properly @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dear @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social can you please tell your colleagues on World at One how to report news properly @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
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Robbie Gibb is fighting back.
His "chosen one," Farage has been mired in racism, and dodgy Russian links, whilst Reform" company" run councils have been exposed as incompetent and cluelessness.
He, himself, has been questioned (not keenly though), by a parliamentary committee. Time to double down..
His "chosen one," Farage has been mired in racism, and dodgy Russian links, whilst Reform" company" run councils have been exposed as incompetent and cluelessness.
He, himself, has been questioned (not keenly though), by a parliamentary committee. Time to double down..
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Robbie Gibb is fighting back.
His "chosen one," Farage has been mired in racism, and dodgy Russian links, whilst Reform" company" run councils have been exposed as incompetent and cluelessness.
He, himself, has been questioned (not keenly though), by a parliamentary committee. Time to double down..
His "chosen one," Farage has been mired in racism, and dodgy Russian links, whilst Reform" company" run councils have been exposed as incompetent and cluelessness.
He, himself, has been questioned (not keenly though), by a parliamentary committee. Time to double down..
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This budget has really exposed how unreasonably partisan 80% of our media is today. It was a splendid budget in so many ways but nobody is saying so. It’s shitty
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This budget has really exposed how unreasonably partisan 80% of our media is today. It was a splendid budget in so many ways but nobody is saying so. It’s shitty
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More deplorable reporting. I would assume that the thousands of children raised out of poverty count as putting the Country first - or are we still at the “ignorant people getting pregnant for benefits” Daily Mail style vitriol
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
More deplorable reporting. I would assume that the thousands of children raised out of poverty count as putting the Country first - or are we still at the “ignorant people getting pregnant for benefits” Daily Mail style vitriol
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The BBC is a lost cause for impartial political journalism. Scientists could find the world's largest untapped oil reserves in the Bristol Channel and the BBC would run with "why this is bad for Labour".
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The BBC is a lost cause for impartial political journalism. Scientists could find the world's largest untapped oil reserves in the Bristol Channel and the BBC would run with "why this is bad for Labour".
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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Or more exactly, Notlord Dacre of Outfall makes it up, because he thinks his offshore owner, Viscount Rothermere of Swanning-in-Monaco, might spit out his morning croissant.
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Or more exactly, Notlord Dacre of Outfall makes it up, because he thinks his offshore owner, Viscount Rothermere of Swanning-in-Monaco, might spit out his morning croissant.
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Quite. It's one step up from the standard Daily Mail formula: "Fury at X policy", followed by "Labour was accused today of...", which means "We are furious, and we accused Labour..."
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Quite. It's one step up from the standard Daily Mail formula: "Fury at X policy", followed by "Labour was accused today of...", which means "We are furious, and we accused Labour..."
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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 1:11 PM
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?
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Remember when Apple fixed their products instead of just trying to sell you a new one?
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Remember when Apple fixed their products instead of just trying to sell you a new one?
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Another of those moments where I am not sure if I am losing the plot, but does everyone realise child benefit payments for subsequent children are £17.25 per week?
That should cover food, toothpaste, soap, clothing etc. but it is hardly paying for a luxury lifestyle. /1
That should cover food, toothpaste, soap, clothing etc. but it is hardly paying for a luxury lifestyle. /1
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Another of those moments where I am not sure if I am losing the plot, but does everyone realise child benefit payments for subsequent children are £17.25 per week?
That should cover food, toothpaste, soap, clothing etc. but it is hardly paying for a luxury lifestyle. /1
That should cover food, toothpaste, soap, clothing etc. but it is hardly paying for a luxury lifestyle. /1
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
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YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
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Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
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They invented the 'subway' underground rail 163 years ago.
Apparently Musk has never heard of it.
Apparently Musk has never heard of it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
They invented the 'subway' underground rail 163 years ago.
Apparently Musk has never heard of it.
Apparently Musk has never heard of it.
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I wish the media were as obsessed with Farage's Clacton House as they are with what a racist shit he was at school.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I wish the media were as obsessed with Farage's Clacton House as they are with what a racist shit he was at school.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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Then there is Anne Marie Walters, selected as a UKIP MP candidate under Farage, who later left the party to form For Britain, a political face of far right Britain First movement with Paul Golding.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Then there is Anne Marie Walters, selected as a UKIP MP candidate under Farage, who later left the party to form For Britain, a political face of far right Britain First movement with Paul Golding.
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Why are people focusing on Nigel Farage's schoolboy racism? He has a much more recent track record here. Exhibit A: Gerard Batten, who served as UKIP General Secretary under Farage, served alongside him as an MEP & London Mayor candidate. The man who welcomed Tommy Robinson into UKIP.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Why are people focusing on Nigel Farage's schoolboy racism? He has a much more recent track record here. Exhibit A: Gerard Batten, who served as UKIP General Secretary under Farage, served alongside him as an MEP & London Mayor candidate. The man who welcomed Tommy Robinson into UKIP.
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey just called for a national investigation into Russian interference in British politics.
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey just called for a national investigation into Russian interference in British politics.
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
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Trumplican? I see no reason to create a new name. TRAITOR is fine.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trumplican? I see no reason to create a new name. TRAITOR is fine.
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