Richard Osborne
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This gives us an idea why Labour do not want to investigate historic Russian influence in Britain. They have skeletons in their closet too
Lots of things are beginning to make sense now. Given Mandelson’s role in the People’s Vote, and his proximity to Epstein and his MAGA/Russian ties, no wonder they dismissed @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Cambridge Analytica/Vote Leave and our joint investigation into Russian interference
February 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This gives us an idea why Labour do not want to investigate historic Russian influence in Britain. They have skeletons in their closet too
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"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: bit.ly/4kF9C1j
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How disgusting does this man have to be before enough Republicans drop him to start impeachment? The longer this goes on, the lower the US reputation sinks across the world.
Donald Trump prompts fury after posting racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama – US politics live
The US president posted a racist video on Truth Social that included disproven allegations about ballot-counting
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
How disgusting does this man have to be before enough Republicans drop him to start impeachment? The longer this goes on, the lower the US reputation sinks across the world.
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(seen a bunch of people sharing this/talking in general about how "normal" Mamdani is but imo this doesn't show a normal person, but an *exceptionally* skilled communicator - a normal person wouldn't react like that to having a speech interrupted by a child! give him his due!)
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 AM
(seen a bunch of people sharing this/talking in general about how "normal" Mamdani is but imo this doesn't show a normal person, but an *exceptionally* skilled communicator - a normal person wouldn't react like that to having a speech interrupted by a child! give him his due!)
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There has been lots of reporting on this, it’s really worth checking out @peterjukes.bsky.social article in @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
There has been lots of reporting on this, it’s really worth checking out @peterjukes.bsky.social article in @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
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Statement from the family of Alex Jeffrey Pretti:
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Statement from the family of Alex Jeffrey Pretti:
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Watching this old man take a water bottle and slowly walk into a mist of tear gas is going to stay with me. Everything they do to make people scared empowers them all the more.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Watching this old man take a water bottle and slowly walk into a mist of tear gas is going to stay with me. Everything they do to make people scared empowers them all the more.
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Hollllly moly, when it turns the corner. That is a lot of people.
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Hollllly moly, when it turns the corner. That is a lot of people.
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Why am I welling up watching this video?
Things are (and have been FOR TOO LONG) so bleak.
Maybe it doesn’t have to be this way?
Things are (and have been FOR TOO LONG) so bleak.
Maybe it doesn’t have to be this way?
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Why am I welling up watching this video?
Things are (and have been FOR TOO LONG) so bleak.
Maybe it doesn’t have to be this way?
Things are (and have been FOR TOO LONG) so bleak.
Maybe it doesn’t have to be this way?
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That is one mightily effective party political broadcast, and it really is not often I have ever been able to say that after a lifetime watching them.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
That is one mightily effective party political broadcast, and it really is not often I have ever been able to say that after a lifetime watching them.
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My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.
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Credit @sophiep25397.bsky.social on Twitter
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
Farage lied when he said he was too ill to appear for the BBC interview on Sunday.
The Heartland Institute, whose party he attended instead, doesn't believe in tobacco harms, climate change and seeks the dismantling of the NHS.
Be warned. If you care
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
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Lying about the election in order to lie about a murder.
COLLINS: Minnesota officials say the FBI isn't sharing evidence with them. Do you believe the FBI should do that?
TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.
TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Lying about the election in order to lie about a murder.
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Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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And why isn't this head line news
🔴 Exclusive: Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake
Reform UK’s biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
Reform UK’s biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake
Reform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation
bylinetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And why isn't this head line news
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In case you're wondering, my shirt is "Sacrifices":
December 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In case you're wondering, my shirt is "Sacrifices":
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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Remember Cameron's EU tour before the Referendum to secure the migrants benefit brake....
“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Remember Cameron's EU tour before the Referendum to secure the migrants benefit brake....
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".