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X Marks the Grave of Democracy
How Conspiracy Culture, National Conservatism, and Musk’s Digital Megaphone Handed Trump the 2024 Election
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk
The 2024 election victory wasn’t just won by #Trump; it was crafted by #Musk, other billionaires & conspiracy culture.
Below I examine how democracy was undone by cold calculation and the players who orchestrated the improbable to make it inevitable.
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk/p/x-marks-th...
Below I examine how democracy was undone by cold calculation and the players who orchestrated the improbable to make it inevitable.
www.ideasthatbrokebritain.co.uk/p/x-marks-th...
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👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
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WOW c 10k people have now watched Democracy for Sale's video about our new undercover investigation, with Led By Donkeys.
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
We went undercover to buy access to MPs
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
WOW c 10k people have now watched Democracy for Sale's video about our new undercover investigation, with Led By Donkeys.
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
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If you need a good laugh this Sunday afternoon, may I suggest this 10 minute clip
Today I asked the former council Tory candidate, who has gone to live in Russia on an “anti-woke” visa and whose business wants others to do the same, what so attracted him to live under the kleptocratic, murderous Russian regime. This was our exchange.
youtu.be/TgqI7U33o5A?...
youtu.be/TgqI7U33o5A?...
What is Putin’s ‘anti-woke’ visa? | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you need a good laugh this Sunday afternoon, may I suggest this 10 minute clip
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Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
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Gentle reminder that the European Union was established because the first four decades of our 20th century were mostly internecine war and genocide.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Gentle reminder that the European Union was established because the first four decades of our 20th century were mostly internecine war and genocide.
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How much evidence is there to support the idea that Nigel Farage is a classic antisemitic?
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
How much evidence is there to support the idea that Nigel Farage is a classic antisemitic?
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
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Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA
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62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
'Social care has been in crisis for years, with council funding of services squeezed, significant staff-shortages and growing demand from an ageing population.'
'official estimates show there were 131,000 vacancies in social care in England last year'
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
'Social care has been in crisis for years, with council funding of services squeezed, significant staff-shortages and growing demand from an ageing population.'
'official estimates show there were 131,000 vacancies in social care in England last year'
Struggling care providers say overseas worker crackdown 'short-sighted'
Many care workers say it is a rewarding job, so the task is how to get more people in the UK to apply.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
'Social care has been in crisis for years, with council funding of services squeezed, significant staff-shortages and growing demand from an ageing population.'
'official estimates show there were 131,000 vacancies in social care in England last year'
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
'Social care has been in crisis for years, with council funding of services squeezed, significant staff-shortages and growing demand from an ageing population.'
'official estimates show there were 131,000 vacancies in social care in England last year'
Farage (aged 35): Had lunch with BNP researcher Mark Deavin, author of books blaming Jews for immigration “world government.” Also present was Tony "the Bomber" Lecombe, who was given a three-year sentence in 1991 for stabbing a Jewish schoolteacher.
www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/...
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www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/...
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The right revs up
A slight smugness is detectable in British reactions to the electoral success of Jörg Haider's Freedom party in Austria. What can you expect of a country that largely welcomed the Anschluss and chose ...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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How many times do we have to tell you that this is the modern Labour Party?
How many Labour voters can really justify this?
"Human rights groups have warned UK ministers against weakening protections against torture or other mistreatment for asylum seekers."
How many Labour voters can really justify this?
"Human rights groups have warned UK ministers against weakening protections against torture or other mistreatment for asylum seekers."
December 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How many times do we have to tell you that this is the modern Labour Party?
How many Labour voters can really justify this?
"Human rights groups have warned UK ministers against weakening protections against torture or other mistreatment for asylum seekers."
How many Labour voters can really justify this?
"Human rights groups have warned UK ministers against weakening protections against torture or other mistreatment for asylum seekers."
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'The UK is still in the midst of a crushing care crisis.'
'Britain needs 350,000 more social care workers to hit international safe staffing levels'
'Inadequate and poorly followed guidance on staffing levels leaves overworked and underpaid carers suffering attacks and fatigue alone'
'Britain needs 350,000 more social care workers to hit international safe staffing levels'
'Inadequate and poorly followed guidance on staffing levels leaves overworked and underpaid carers suffering attacks and fatigue alone'
Britain needs 350,000 more social care workers to hit international safe staffing levels to care for our elderly.
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
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The sheer laziness is one of the things that bothers me most about the style of column writing Phillips embodies.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The sheer laziness is one of the things that bothers me most about the style of column writing Phillips embodies.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
If I make a small mistake in a post I spend all day wanting to crawl into hole but these guys will just happily write any bollocks without any research at all.
The Good & The Bad
The Bad:
Streeting represents the worst of Blairism: managerial neoliberalism.
Mahmood’s approach to immigration feels closer to Reform than Labour.
Phillipson is harmless but hardly inspiring.
Jones is Starmer 2.0 in waiting.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Bad:
Streeting represents the worst of Blairism: managerial neoliberalism.
Mahmood’s approach to immigration feels closer to Reform than Labour.
Phillipson is harmless but hardly inspiring.
Jones is Starmer 2.0 in waiting.
1/2
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Good & The Bad
The Bad:
Streeting represents the worst of Blairism: managerial neoliberalism.
Mahmood’s approach to immigration feels closer to Reform than Labour.
Phillipson is harmless but hardly inspiring.
Jones is Starmer 2.0 in waiting.
1/2
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Bad:
Streeting represents the worst of Blairism: managerial neoliberalism.
Mahmood’s approach to immigration feels closer to Reform than Labour.
Phillipson is harmless but hardly inspiring.
Jones is Starmer 2.0 in waiting.
1/2
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
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I don’t think all conservatives are racists but the ones that aren’t are very quiet and therefore effectively pro-racist
Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
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Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Strip residency of migrants who are a net financial drain, urges Tory MP
Ministers should withdraw permanent residency from those who draw more in welfare than they contribute, a former No 10 adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I don’t think all conservatives are racists but the ones that aren’t are very quiet and therefore effectively pro-racist
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If you want a crash course in despair, try being rejected dozens of times a week by employers for months.
Then, add a job you hate that tells you you’re never good enough.
Finish with still not being able to stand on your own two feet.
That’ll do it.
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Then, add a job you hate that tells you you’re never good enough.
Finish with still not being able to stand on your own two feet.
That’ll do it.
2/2
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
How much evidence is there to support the idea that Nigel Farage is a classic antisemitic?
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
How much evidence is there to support the idea that Nigel Farage is a classic antisemitic?
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
You'd be surprised.
Click below, review the evidence and vote.
If you want a crash course in despair, try being rejected dozens of times a week by employers for months.
Then, add a job you hate that tells you you’re never good enough.
Finish with still not being able to stand on your own two feet.
That’ll do it.
2/2
Then, add a job you hate that tells you you’re never good enough.
Finish with still not being able to stand on your own two feet.
That’ll do it.
2/2
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So @mrjamesob.bsky.social , is this basically the same conversation you had about school refusals?
Do we need to recognise that "can't " often looks like "won't" from the outside.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
Do we need to recognise that "can't " often looks like "won't" from the outside.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
December 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
So @mrjamesob.bsky.social , is this basically the same conversation you had about school refusals?
Do we need to recognise that "can't " often looks like "won't" from the outside.
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@lbc.co.uk #lbc
Do we need to recognise that "can't " often looks like "won't" from the outside.
1/2
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
They've been saying the quiet part out loud for years now.
When are the consequences coming?
When are the consequences coming?
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
They've been saying the quiet part out loud for years now.
When are the consequences coming?
When are the consequences coming?
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Elon Musk shares far right advocate and former holocaust denier Peter Sweden to explain that remigration isn't far right
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Elon Musk shares far right advocate and former holocaust denier Peter Sweden to explain that remigration isn't far right
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Over this weekend, we have pushed the @calaisappeal.bsky.social fundraiser to almost £10k!! 🥹🥹
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Over this weekend, we have pushed the @calaisappeal.bsky.social fundraiser to almost £10k!! 🥹🥹
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Let’s give it a really big push this week🙏
I feel sure we can raise more than the far right did to send over their thugs to harass people ❤️💪
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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Quite remarkable to see how many in Starmer's party are so trapped in a kind of Corbyn era PTSD that they can't grasp the kind of serious challenge the Greens represent rather than the 1980s flashback caricature of what Starmerites think the Left always will be.
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Quite remarkable to see how many in Starmer's party are so trapped in a kind of Corbyn era PTSD that they can't grasp the kind of serious challenge the Greens represent rather than the 1980s flashback caricature of what Starmerites think the Left always will be.