Ron Nicholls
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Ron Nicholls
@ronnicholls.bsky.social
Birmingham, UK born and bred now living near Lichfield. Trained engineer moving into computing after redundancy in early 80's. Resting now
One of the best analyses of the impact of the eptstein files I have come across so far, from @newsagents.bsky.social

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Can Keir Starmer save himself from the Mandelson scandal?
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 05/02/2026 · 39m
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February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Mandelson leaks UK secrets to Epstein

Epstein was working for the Russians

And still Keir Starmer will not instruct our security services to investigate Russian interference in pushing Brexit over the line
February 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Matt Goodwin must be hoping no one in Gorton and Denton reads his Substack, with its obsession about too many Muslims and civilisational collapse. If only he hadn't picked a constituency which is 30% Muslim. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pop...
Matt Goodwin isn’t the winner Farage thinks he is
The academic turned right-wing firebrand is Reform’s candidate for Gorton and Denton. But his ‘Broken Britain’ mantra is unlikely to convince voters
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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Fascinating that there’s damaging stories on so many casual acquaintances of Jeffrey Epstein from this tranche of documents released by the DoJ, but almost nothing on his best friend for years, Donald Trump.

Feels like one hell of a coincidence, doesn’t it?
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Have to say that while I find all these Epstein file revelations, Mandleson, Andrew etc totally abhorent, I do think that while we're all running around in a frenzy over it, that details are being released as a distraction. Are we falling into a trap? No mention of Trump. Really?
February 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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I’ve written to the Leader of Warwickshire County Council raising serious concerns about unlicensed HMOs in Tamworth, owned and managed by a Reform UK Warwickshire County Councillor, who appears not to have declared all his rental interests.
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I like Burnham. Voted for him in 2015 leadership contest. LabourHQ could have told him no chance prior to him putting his name forward. And he could have asked them beforehand too. We've waited 14 long years to get rid of the useless Tories so for heaven's sake, shut up and let them get on with it
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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"Britain is suffering, she is not well," said Suella Braverman, announcing her defection to Reform UK.

Emily Maitlis says that after "slagging off Britain's broken-ness," the former Tory is in for one hell of a shock when she finds out who's responsible...

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/tory...
‘Tory defectors tell us Britain is broken – but they are the culprits’ | The News Agents
Suella Braverman becomes the latest Tory MP to jump ship and join Reform UK. Does her defection damage the Conservatives – or is it Nigel Farage who should be worried?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Carole Cadwalladr, "It goes back to this black hole of Brexit and nobody wants to talk about Russian interference in this country in relation to politics and the effect it has had"

"There's a refusal to have an inquiry which parliament called for and Boris Johnson refused to have"
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Nigel Farage couldn't find the courage to criticise Trump
insulting British troops

Saying his remark was 'not quite fair'

Remember that next time they're waving union jacks 🇬🇧
January 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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🚨Now closing on 90,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.

Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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🚨WOW! Now closing on 88,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.

Let’s keep going!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Steve Reed, "Robert Jenrick is the man who as immigration minister oversaw the open borders experiment which led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country"

"And he started the Tory asylum seeker hotel policy that he now presumably opposes"
January 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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A Reform staffer grabbed ITV News journalist Peter Smith when he asked questions its new Scottish leader didn’t appreciate.

You can watch the footage here:

www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
www.itv.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Any Czech/CD experts out there? Why, when I book Prague-Bratislava do I only see couchettes, but if I book Prague-Budapest on same train, couchettes & sleepers appear?
I've already added a tip to book to Budapest and get off in Bratislava, but that won't work northbound.
January 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Left: ESPN report UEFA have fined and have suspended Maccabi Tel Aviv for racist chanting

Right: That time Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood said banning Maccabi fans was antisemitic, and when Lisa Nandy spent over an hour conflating public safety with antisemitism
December 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM