Niall Machin
@niallmachin1.bsky.social
In this age of grand illusion, you walked into my life out of my dreams. Mostly words and wings.
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you’ve seen
Smiths
Slim Gaillard
Discharge
Clash
Go Betweens
Smiths
Slim Gaillard
Discharge
Clash
Go Betweens
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen
The Fall
Iggy & The Stooges
Bob Dylan
Happy Mondays
Mulligan and O’Hare
The Fall
Iggy & The Stooges
Bob Dylan
Happy Mondays
Mulligan and O’Hare
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen
Pixies
The Lovely Eggs
The Smiths
TOT
Edward Barton
Pixies
The Lovely Eggs
The Smiths
TOT
Edward Barton
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 acts you’ve seen
Smiths
Slim Gaillard
Discharge
Clash
Go Betweens
Smiths
Slim Gaillard
Discharge
Clash
Go Betweens
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Why did @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Sarah Davidson call their new publication The Nerve? They tell @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com here:
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November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why did @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Sarah Davidson call their new publication The Nerve? They tell @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com here:
prospectmagazine.sub...
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Why this matters:
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why this matters:
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Classic. Hands up who had Oxford bags and a starry tank top back in the day. Take a look at this video, 'where have all the boot boys gone'
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Classic. Hands up who had Oxford bags and a starry tank top back in the day. Take a look at this video, 'where have all the boot boys gone'
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Never in its history has the United States been led by someone whose choices produced such a convergence of catastrophe: mass death, institutional collapse, and a documented decline in global democracy occurring at the same time. (free article)
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-said...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-said...
Trump Said He May Not Be “Heaven-Bound.” For Once, He Was Telling the Truth.
When Donald Trump said he might not “make heaven,” he accidentally offered the most accurate self-assessment of his public life. The record of human suffering he created explains why.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Never in its history has the United States been led by someone whose choices produced such a convergence of catastrophe: mass death, institutional collapse, and a documented decline in global democracy occurring at the same time. (free article)
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-said...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-said...
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Read Ukranian political scientist Anton Shekhovstov’s opinions on current Russian influence and subscribe: www.thenerve.news/p/anton-shek...
Rumours, reports and a row on Facebook: how I followed the Russian trail to Nathan Gill
Five years before the disgraced ex-Reform politician was sentenced, political scientist Anton Shekhovtsov had encountered his name during his research. Here he recounts how what at first seemed like a...
www.thenerve.news
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Read Ukranian political scientist Anton Shekhovstov’s opinions on current Russian influence and subscribe: www.thenerve.news/p/anton-shek...
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“The state needs to be prepared...this is no longer a cold war - it’s an actual war that is being waged against Europe, against democracy.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“The state needs to be prepared...this is no longer a cold war - it’s an actual war that is being waged against Europe, against democracy.”
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Genetic confirmation of an “uncommon mourningthroat” (Geothlypis philadelphia × G. trichas): A rare but persistent hybrid warbler | www.tandfonline.com/... | Wilson Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Genetic confirmation of an “uncommon mourningthroat” (Geothlypis philadelphia × G. trichas): A rare but persistent hybrid warbler | www.tandfonline.com/... | Wilson Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
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NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
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 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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It's 4:35AM and you're listening to Up With The Partridge
It's 4:35AM and you're listening to Up With The Partridge
YouTube video by Alan Partridge - Quote of the Day
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November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It's 4:35AM and you're listening to Up With The Partridge
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How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I guess the brave BBC will be sandblasting Orwell's "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" off the front of Broadcasting House?
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
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I guess the brave BBC will be sandblasting Orwell's "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" off the front of Broadcasting House?
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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
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Of course the Kremlin preferred “Trump’s original proposal.” They wrote it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Of course the Kremlin preferred “Trump’s original proposal.” They wrote it.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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Laura Kuenssberg has just managed to host an hour long political programme, without a single mention of one of the main parties being implicated in a Russian bribery scandal
How is that even fucking possible?
#bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast
How is that even fucking possible?
#bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Laura Kuenssberg has just managed to host an hour long political programme, without a single mention of one of the main parties being implicated in a Russian bribery scandal
How is that even fucking possible?
#bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast
How is that even fucking possible?
#bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast
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I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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Ooh look, a short film about that nice Mr. Gill, Farage’s man in Wales.
#Reform #Russia #FollowTheMoney
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#Reform #Russia #FollowTheMoney
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Big Cases - Bribes, Lies and the British Politician
A politician close to Nigel Farage takes bribes to make statements in support of Russia. His texts reveal pro-Russian interference reaching right to the heart of Europe’s democracy.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Ooh look, a short film about that nice Mr. Gill, Farage’s man in Wales.
#Reform #Russia #FollowTheMoney
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#Reform #Russia #FollowTheMoney
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.