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katmabu.bsky.social
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.

Here we are again.

We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.

www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Great to have such an enthusiastic support for rejoining Erasmus from the Vice Chancellor of Oxford University on #t4today
No stupid questions about whether this was anti-Brexit.
Just unequivocal celebration of the chance to broaden our horizons again. A step on the road back to sanity.
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Hundreds of UK online safety workers at TikTok have already signed agreements to leave the company, whistleblowers have told Sky News, despite the firm stressing to MPs that the cuts were "still proposals only"

news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds of UK moderators have left TikTok - sparking safety fears, whistleblowers reveal
Sky News has seen correspondence from TikTok to the employees telling them to sign termination contacts by 31 October. Hundreds did.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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gracelp.bsky.social
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Tice on #r4today says that those reporting Farage’s schoolboy racism are talking “twaddle” and that “no one has done more for the Jewish community” than him and Nigel. Because they wanted the pro Palestine protests banned.
Not so much pro-Jewish as anti-Muslim then.
Just peddlers of hate.
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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barristersecret.bsky.social
Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
pippacrerar.bsky.social Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 26d
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”

Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school

@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
The ‘where are they now?’ chaser to Farage’s schoolboy racism..
“He inspired the country on a tide of xenophobia to leave the EU, a decision that most of the country regrets or outright hates, and.. went abroad to get a standing ovation from the German far right”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
Farage: Teen comments were banter, not racism Extract: However, he added: "I've never directly racially abused anybody. No." Suggesting the motivation behind the claims was "political disagreements" with some of his private school peers, Farage denied having "ever been part of an extremist organisation or engaged in direct, unpleasant personal abuse, genuine abuse, on that basis". Pressed on whether he would say categorically he did not racially abuse fellow pupils, Parage said: "I would never; ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way. Asked whether he had said things to fellow pupils that he had not intended to be hurtful or racist, but they took it that way, he said: "I hope not. And asked whether he had said things at school that people might have taken offence at, he replied: "Without any shadow of a doubt. He said he would not apologise to anyone because he did not think that he had done anything that hurt anyone,
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
rutgerbregman.com Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25d
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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natashadevon.bsky.social
Journalist - did you racially abuse your fellow classmates at school?

Farage - it’s almost 50 years ago so I don’t remember. But I also know that I didn’t do it. And it I did do it I didn’t mean it in a bad way. Something something banter.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
SkyNews on the wealth tax, "Labour's Peter Kyle is worried about billionaires leaving the country"

Zack Polanski, "I hope Peter Kyle is more worried about the homeless people on our streets and the people using food banks"
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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indyposterboy.scot
Suggestion for all those in England who want to rejoin the EU - get your MP to support a Scottish independence referendum, and watch how quickly and enthusiastically we join the EU, and the benefits we accrue. That would put *enormous* pressure on Brexit in England.
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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bestforbritain.org
"By a whopping two-to-one margin, voters now favor the pre-Brexit immigration system to the one that has taken shape since leaving the EU."

Even among Reform UK voters, more wish they could go back to pre-2021 migration rules! ~AA

www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Farage says leaving the ECHR is the “unfinished business" of Brexit and that the UK is "not sovereign” while we are in it.

But Farage lies. And Brexit is a shitshow. So, “finishing” it should fill us all with dread.

Sovereignty without rights is dictatorship.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Always be wary of politicians insisting that the only way to truly “take back control” is to remove our rights and freedoms. We lose our protection from abuses of power while our country loses trust and influence on the world stage. That’s not control. It’s weakness.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”

Farage - the foghorn of failure.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech | John Crace
Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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politicanimal.bsky.social
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
news.sky.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Once again, this isn’t journalism. It’s stroking the ego of a politician who’s done great national harm.
WhyTF should we take Farage seriously? Just because he wants power? Even more reason for ruthless scrutiny.
His track record is racist and ruinous. Any serious journalist would say so.
(iPaper)
COMMENT The joke's over: Farage plays it straight in bid to be PM Nick Robinson Extract: I t is the surest sign - although blink, and you just might have missed it. The man who can hardly start a sentence without adding a gag, or a grin, or a chortle, gave a speech about his approach to the economy in which he barely produced any. Nigel is trying to get serious. What that tells me is that Mr Farage really does want power: He senses it is within his grasp. He smells it and, most importantly of all, he wants it. Badly. The leader of Reform UK declared that "above all we will be responsible and realistic". In so doing he seemed to admit that the policies he ran on at the last election were something of a joke. No one remotely serious believed they remotely serious because, as the Institute for Fiscal Studies said, the sums in Reform UK's manifesto did "not add up". Back then - scarcely more than a year ago - Farage said you could have pretty much everything you wanted from a government whilst actually paying less for it - much less. Taxes would be cut, and cut big time. It was going to be happy hour all day long. Every day. All year: Yet now what he wants us to hear is very different. Now the man who really does want to be our next prime minister is saying, in eftect: I'm awfully sorry, but we can't cut your taxes until we get our nationa! debt back under control. Trust me, he's saying, I can be the straight man as well as the funny guy. . . . . Now he does have to show us all that he knows how to turn his words into reality, just as his lieutenants who are running councils up and down the land are discovering. We know Farage really does want to be our next prime minister. It is time we all took that prospect seriously, and stopped treating him as a come turn or a pantomime villain in the national soap opera. Serious times deserve serious answers. Let's see if Farage can provide them.
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Farage “knows he has to moderate his tone and get across some budget details. But attention to detail [isn’t] his thing and responsibility bores him”…and makes a bore of him.

His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook | Rafael Behr
The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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lizzyjprice.bsky.social
Progressives & moderates both made the case that they have the antidote to Trumpism. And it worked.

Populist autocrats aren’t popular, but progressives need to work together to defeat them - not get trapped & defeated by their differences.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats have racked up election wins across America – but they would do well not to misread the results
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York and gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey have given Democrats a night better than they dared hope for
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Tonight - 7pm!
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
“I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy” 👏👏👏
I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa game
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November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves says we have a £25 billion black hole

Rachel Reeves knows Brexit makes us £40 billion poorer

Rejoining the EU would give us a £15 billion surplus

Why doesn't Labour want what's best for the UK?

Tax rises? That'll be Brexit
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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pixie11.bsky.social
Saving our lives now! 📢 Farage Reform Ltd and wee Tommy 10 names and his knuckle-dragger anything to say

LNER hero staff member Samir Zitouni named after stabbing who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him

www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2559496...
'To us- he’s always been a hero' - staff member who saved lives during stabbing named
The family of a staff member of York-based train company LNER who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him during a mass stabbing…
www.yorkpress.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM