Stephen Boswell
@longtonian.bsky.social
Semi-retired foreign language teacher, ex-marketer. Interests: UK and (now scary) US politics, history, art, books, Stoke City, border terriers, gin, crisps, Camus, music, running.
🌹Labour Party member. #RejoinEU
#FBPE
🌹Labour Party member. #RejoinEU
#FBPE
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Where political argument by ardent pro-Europeans failed, cold economic reality has prompted informal discussions across government about rejoining the customs union. Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Where political argument by ardent pro-Europeans failed, cold economic reality has prompted informal discussions across government about rejoining the customs union. Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%
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And about TIME!! 🙏🏼
At last, someone in the Labour cabinet speaking the truth about Brexit!!
Soon they’ll be admitting to us that the 🌎 isn’t flat!
At last, someone in the Labour cabinet speaking the truth about Brexit!!
Soon they’ll be admitting to us that the 🌎 isn’t flat!
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
And about TIME!! 🙏🏼
At last, someone in the Labour cabinet speaking the truth about Brexit!!
Soon they’ll be admitting to us that the 🌎 isn’t flat!
At last, someone in the Labour cabinet speaking the truth about Brexit!!
Soon they’ll be admitting to us that the 🌎 isn’t flat!
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Didn’t happen.
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show.
Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
tinyurl.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Didn’t happen.
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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I swear… if there’s any movement, march, protest, action I can join/go on/take.. to make sure that Farage never gets into No.10, I’ll do it.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I swear… if there’s any movement, march, protest, action I can join/go on/take.. to make sure that Farage never gets into No.10, I’ll do it.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
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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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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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is Nigel Farage going to demand Dulwich College apologise for allowing a racist (him) to be made a prefect (him) despite open racism (him)
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
is Nigel Farage going to demand Dulwich College apologise for allowing a racist (him) to be made a prefect (him) despite open racism (him)
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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Dubai immigrant, Isabel Oakeshott, whines that Farage got nothing from his deal with the Tories last time, so why should he do that again.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Dubai immigrant, Isabel Oakeshott, whines that Farage got nothing from his deal with the Tories last time, so why should he do that again.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
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Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
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Out *of* hiding ffs
Farage had to come out hiding early because Tice tried to defend him earlier & libelled the target of Farage’s vicious anti-semitism. Rarely have two people deserved each other more.
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Out *of* hiding ffs
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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Reform UK’s Cllr Ian Cooper has posted dozens of racist and bigoted posts to YouTube and X/Twitter under his personal accounts.
@hopenothate.org.uk
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@hopenothate.org.uk
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Revealed: The Online Activity of Staffordshire Council Leader Ian Cooper – HOPE not hate
Reform UK’s Cllr Ian Cooper has posted dozens of racist and bigoted posts to YouTube and X/Twitter under his personal accounts. When it comes to...
hopenothate.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reform UK’s Cllr Ian Cooper has posted dozens of racist and bigoted posts to YouTube and X/Twitter under his personal accounts.
@hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
@hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/03/r...
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Nigel Farage at a press conference earlier refused to answer further questions about his racism, and instead resorted to just shouting "Bernard Manning" at a reporter from ITV
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nigel Farage at a press conference earlier refused to answer further questions about his racism, and instead resorted to just shouting "Bernard Manning" at a reporter from ITV
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Poppy Coburn from the Telegraph was on Newsnight last night, calling for Labour to flat-out pivot to rejoin the EU.
It wasn't just a passing comment. She pushed the idea strongly for several minutes.
It wasn't just a passing comment. She pushed the idea strongly for several minutes.
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Poppy Coburn from the Telegraph was on Newsnight last night, calling for Labour to flat-out pivot to rejoin the EU.
It wasn't just a passing comment. She pushed the idea strongly for several minutes.
It wasn't just a passing comment. She pushed the idea strongly for several minutes.
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
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The UK right: ‘Why are we supporting so many foreigners, we should be supporting our own in this country’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The UK right: ‘Why are we supporting so many foreigners, we should be supporting our own in this country’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
Government announces plans to lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty and to help struggling parents afford baby formula
The UK right: ‘No we didn’t mean them’
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Describing Barnett as one of the BBC’s “lower-grade presenters”…..
Farage reading directly from the Trump playbook 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage reading directly from the Trump playbook 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28
Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Describing Barnett as one of the BBC’s “lower-grade presenters”…..
Farage reading directly from the Trump playbook 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage reading directly from the Trump playbook 🤮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This needs to be stopped.
Crypto investor and former Tory donor Christopher Harborne has just given a record-breaking £9 million donation to Reform.
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This needs to be stopped.
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.