Pete
@pete-k.bsky.social
Life-long learner, never too old to learn or to allow myself to try something new. Life is too short to have a closed mind.
Wore a green suit as a young man, I still honour my Oath of Allegiance.
Wore a green suit as a young man, I still honour my Oath of Allegiance.
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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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
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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
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Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Daily Mail owner's wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
The wife of the owner of the Daily Mail made a £50,000 donation to Reform UK earlier this year.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Daily Mail owner’s wife donates £50,000 to Reform UK
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
Nothing to see here...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/dai...
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When will Farage do the right thing and apologise?
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When will Farage do the right thing and apologise?
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60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed. Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed. Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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On this day in 1925 a French Jewish girl was born. Interned in Pithiviers camps before being deported to Auschwitz with her mother where they perished in 1942. Her father and three siblings also perished in the camp. Her name was Nicole Iliovici
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December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
On this day in 1925 a French Jewish girl was born. Interned in Pithiviers camps before being deported to Auschwitz with her mother where they perished in 1942. Her father and three siblings also perished in the camp. Her name was Nicole Iliovici
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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Daily Mail’s far-right owner’s missus dropped £50k on Farage’s Reform UK - no wonder Refuk are out here in black shirts.
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Daily Mail’s far-right owner’s missus dropped £50k on Farage’s Reform UK - no wonder Refuk are out here in black shirts.
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America has already betrayed Ukraine.
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
America has already betrayed Ukraine.
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Energy bills to rise to pay for investment to upgrade gas and electricity networks bit.ly/48xyd23 customers will pay extra £108 a year on bills but savings of £80 a year are promised. Costs are certain - and may rise - but savings of course are not.
Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead
Plan to improve gas networks and rewire electricity systems across Great Britain likely to add £30 to average annual bill
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Energy bills to rise to pay for investment to upgrade gas and electricity networks bit.ly/48xyd23 customers will pay extra £108 a year on bills but savings of £80 a year are promised. Costs are certain - and may rise - but savings of course are not.
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4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Fritz and Mina.
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Fritz and Mina.
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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GB News has paid “substantial” libel damages to a UK charity after airing false claims it had sent money to terrorist groups in the Middle East
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
GB News pays substantial damages to Islamic Relief over false terrorism claim
GB News has paid "substantial" libel damages to a UK charity an interviewee falsely claimed had sent money to terrorist groups.
pressgazette.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
GB News has paid “substantial” libel damages to a UK charity after airing false claims it had sent money to terrorist groups in the Middle East
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
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🆘 🧵 SUMMARY OF USA 🇺🇸 Deal
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🆘 🧵 SUMMARY OF USA 🇺🇸 Deal
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
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Farage is a crooked Trump copycat. Those thinking of voting for him should just stay home.
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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 11:48 AM
Farage is a crooked Trump copycat. Those thinking of voting for him should just stay home.
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Couldn’t really be more starkly apparent that the choice is now Billionaires or Democracy, IMO. We can have one or the other but not both, as this system is currently constituted.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Couldn’t really be more starkly apparent that the choice is now Billionaires or Democracy, IMO. We can have one or the other but not both, as this system is currently constituted.
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Scottish investor William Alan McIntosh has given £100,000 to Reform UK, according to new figures from the Electoral Commission.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567225...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567225...
Scottish investor gives £100k to Reform UK as party records £10.3m donations
Scottish investor William Alan McIntosh donates £100,000 to Reform UK as the party reports £10.3m in quarterly fundraising, far ahead of Labour…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Scottish investor William Alan McIntosh has given £100,000 to Reform UK, according to new figures from the Electoral Commission.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567225...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567225...
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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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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
So, in conclusion - and especially after what’s emerged in the press over the last 2 weeks- people who still vote Reform are racist and fascist?
Is that correct?
So, in conclusion - and especially after what’s emerged in the press over the last 2 weeks- people who still vote Reform are racist and fascist?
Is that correct?
Reform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage’s past racism as new witnesses come forward
Richard Tice says testimony by about two dozen people about party leader’s school days is ‘made-up twaddle’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
So, in conclusion - and especially after what’s emerged in the press over the last 2 weeks- people who still vote Reform are racist and fascist?
Is that correct?
So, in conclusion - and especially after what’s emerged in the press over the last 2 weeks- people who still vote Reform are racist and fascist?
Is that correct?
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
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Farage racially abuses Glasgow children. If you still think this cretin is right for Scotland, you need to take a hard look at yourself.
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Farage racially abuses Glasgow children. If you still think this cretin is right for Scotland, you need to take a hard look at yourself.
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Reform UK’s Trumpian strategy in regard to Farage’s anti-Semitic schooldays — attack, deny, attack — rather than the traditional PR advice — quickly apologise and move on — might work in the current media environment. But it will be a desperate sign of the times
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Reform UK’s Trumpian strategy in regard to Farage’s anti-Semitic schooldays — attack, deny, attack — rather than the traditional PR advice — quickly apologise and move on — might work in the current media environment. But it will be a desperate sign of the times
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The Times: Weeks of peace talks, revised US proposals, and a Trump envoy’s Kremlin visit failed to sway Putin, he remains committed to conquering Ukraine. The only clear result: Putin no longer fears Trump. Talks widened the rift between Europe and Washington, delighting Moscow.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Times: Weeks of peace talks, revised US proposals, and a Trump envoy’s Kremlin visit failed to sway Putin, he remains committed to conquering Ukraine. The only clear result: Putin no longer fears Trump. Talks widened the rift between Europe and Washington, delighting Moscow.
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The images show several bedrooms, a library, pool and other areas of the property in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
New Photos Of Epstein’s Private Island Released: See Them Here
The images show several bedrooms, a library, pool and other areas of the property in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The images show several bedrooms, a library, pool and other areas of the property in the U.S. Virgin Islands.