Robert Newton
@roberttnewton.bsky.social
Pro EU Pro UK anti-Tory, (current)
Worried about Trumpism/Farage /Fascism
Retired engineer working in pharma ind Living in North Yorkshire
Interests inc:
Coastal Skipper
Walking 45 m/wk
Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am
Keeping Merc SL350 running
Worried about Trumpism/Farage /Fascism
Retired engineer working in pharma ind Living in North Yorkshire
Interests inc:
Coastal Skipper
Walking 45 m/wk
Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am
Keeping Merc SL350 running
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Imagine if we just all ignored court orders. Just imagine the penalties we would face. This chick is REPUGNANT. A vicious and cruel individual whose face is slowly melting into a noxious stew of corruption, hate, and self importance…with a dash of vanity for good measure
Imagine if we just all ignored court orders. Just imagine the penalties we would face. This chick is REPUGNANT. A vicious and cruel individual whose face is slowly melting into a noxious stew of corruption, hate, and self importance…with a dash of vanity for good measure
DOJ acknowledges Kristi Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador despite judge’s order | CNN Politics
The Justice Department said in a new court filing Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the decision to continue with flights carrying migrants being deported to a mega-prison in E...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Imagine if we just all ignored court orders. Just imagine the penalties we would face. This chick is REPUGNANT. A vicious and cruel individual whose face is slowly melting into a noxious stew of corruption, hate, and self importance…with a dash of vanity for good measure
Imagine if we just all ignored court orders. Just imagine the penalties we would face. This chick is REPUGNANT. A vicious and cruel individual whose face is slowly melting into a noxious stew of corruption, hate, and self importance…with a dash of vanity for good measure
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Farage says he can't investigate pro-Russian links in Reform because he doesn't "have a police force".
You really need to start thinking of better excuses Nigel Farage - or the public will think you're hiding something.
You really need to start thinking of better excuses Nigel Farage - or the public will think you're hiding something.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Farage says he can't investigate pro-Russian links in Reform because he doesn't "have a police force".
You really need to start thinking of better excuses Nigel Farage - or the public will think you're hiding something.
You really need to start thinking of better excuses Nigel Farage - or the public will think you're hiding something.
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Nothing to see here.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nothing to see here.
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Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
If Bahrain win this China will follow suit, hence the new super embassy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
If Bahrain win this China will follow suit, hence the new super embassy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
If Bahrain win this China will follow suit, hence the new super embassy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London
If Bahrain win this China will follow suit, hence the new super embassy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Trump tried to extort Brazil to drop the case against Bolsonaro by slapping a 50% tariff on the country
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
Breaking:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Trump tried to extort Brazil to drop the case against Bolsonaro by slapping a 50% tariff on the country
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
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Good morning Resisters!
Just a heads up that Trump has canceled release of:
1. GDP report
2. Inflation report
3. Jobs report
Why? Because Trump’s terrible policies are destroying the US economy.
Just a heads up that Trump has canceled release of:
1. GDP report
2. Inflation report
3. Jobs report
Why? Because Trump’s terrible policies are destroying the US economy.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Good morning Resisters!
Just a heads up that Trump has canceled release of:
1. GDP report
2. Inflation report
3. Jobs report
Why? Because Trump’s terrible policies are destroying the US economy.
Just a heads up that Trump has canceled release of:
1. GDP report
2. Inflation report
3. Jobs report
Why? Because Trump’s terrible policies are destroying the US economy.
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Press: "What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?"
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Press: "What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?"
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
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UK trade policy has basically failed. Someone in government might perhaps want to ponder why this has happened (and the prime answer doesn't start with B and end with rexit - this is a policy failure dating back to 2016)
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
UK trade policy has basically failed. Someone in government might perhaps want to ponder why this has happened (and the prime answer doesn't start with B and end with rexit - this is a policy failure dating back to 2016)
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Incidentally the "China will need nothing from the west" piece assumes that its production of all goods and services will be superior to others as to never need anything, which is highly implausible. Because when it isn't, companies will want imports. Arrogance of nationalism.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Incidentally the "China will need nothing from the west" piece assumes that its production of all goods and services will be superior to others as to never need anything, which is highly implausible. Because when it isn't, companies will want imports. Arrogance of nationalism.
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Couple of thought-provoking but worrying pieces in the FT today. First, does China want to buy anything from anyone? Not really, no different then to the US or many others. The lure of self-sufficiency. Most worrying, why is this thought a surprise? www.ft.com/content/f294...
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Couple of thought-provoking but worrying pieces in the FT today. First, does China want to buy anything from anyone? Not really, no different then to the US or many others. The lure of self-sufficiency. Most worrying, why is this thought a surprise? www.ft.com/content/f294...
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Such a good piece. Labour can genuinely give themselves permission to go as far as the EU will let them if they are honest with the electorate about how bad the Brexit damage is. £90bn a year is impossible to get back without going big on either single market membership or massive tax rises.
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Such a good piece. Labour can genuinely give themselves permission to go as far as the EU will let them if they are honest with the electorate about how bad the Brexit damage is. £90bn a year is impossible to get back without going big on either single market membership or massive tax rises.
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Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Good morning, purple loosestrife seen at Berlin zoo ☺️
Don't forget, spending cuts or tax rises are because Brexit has made us £90 billion a year poorer - credit to where credit is due 👍
Don't forget, spending cuts or tax rises are because Brexit has made us £90 billion a year poorer - credit to where credit is due 👍
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Good morning, purple loosestrife seen at Berlin zoo ☺️
Don't forget, spending cuts or tax rises are because Brexit has made us £90 billion a year poorer - credit to where credit is due 👍
Don't forget, spending cuts or tax rises are because Brexit has made us £90 billion a year poorer - credit to where credit is due 👍
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Effective diplomacy requires both engagement and pressure. The Trump administration has favoured engagement with Moscow, and it hasn’t worked. Only when Ukraine can stop Putin on the battlefield will he have any incentive to negotiate. As I told @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Effective diplomacy requires both engagement and pressure. The Trump administration has favoured engagement with Moscow, and it hasn’t worked. Only when Ukraine can stop Putin on the battlefield will he have any incentive to negotiate. As I told @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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Must be nice to have a real supreme court
Bolsonaro gets 27 years for his attempted coup to hold power in Brazil. Trump is acquitted by Republicans in impeachment & then re-elected so he can inflict more ego-driven destruction at home & around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Must be nice to have a real supreme court
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Despite declaring himself “the champion of the American Worker," President Trump "is decimating the federal agencies that police corporations and protect workers and consumers," the editorial board writes.
Despite declaring himself “the champion of the American Worker," President Trump "is decimating the federal agencies that police corporations and protect workers and consumers," the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Trump Falls Short of His Populist Rhetoric
The Trump administration is using its antitrust powers mostly to protect Mr. Trump.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Despite declaring himself “the champion of the American Worker," President Trump "is decimating the federal agencies that police corporations and protect workers and consumers," the editorial board writes.
Despite declaring himself “the champion of the American Worker," President Trump "is decimating the federal agencies that police corporations and protect workers and consumers," the editorial board writes.