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Nigel Farage, interviewed in 2014 about the contents of Chloe Deakin's 1981 letter setting out his racism and racist behaviour, offered this denial that he ever sang Hitler Youth songs. 20 people have now confirmed what Deakin wrote.
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Please check out this ancient Egyptian painting, found in a tomb. It's small, but very beautiful. It doesn't feel like it is thousands of years old.
Portrait of a dark haired woman wearing large earrings.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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The perfect illustration of Betteridge's Law of headlines.
Nigel Farage Explainer Is Farage right to claim that racism allegations are response to a dislike of his politics?
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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When people like Lucy White thunder the explicit racism of "there should not be a single person born in Pakistan in the UK House of Commons", ask them whether Boris Johnson, who was born in America, should have been permitted to be the Mayor of London, an MP, and the PM.
Lucy White @lucyjaynewhite1 Follow Today, the Deputy Speaker presiding over the Budget Statement in the UK House of Commons is Nus Ghani. Nus Ghani was born in Kashmir, Pakistan. There should not be a single person born in Pakistan in the UK House of Commons.
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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375 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent of 190 degrees C or gas mark 5.
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4 Mix that with the sausage, cornbread crumbs, melted butter, herbs, and chicken broth. 5 Put the mixture in a baking dish and bake at 375F for about 40 minutes.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Happy thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today! In case you need it, here is Kamala Harris' recipe for cornbread stuffing from 2020. 1/2
Kamala's cornbread dressing - words on top of a bowl of the cooked dish British readers - stuffing is called dressing in the USA INGREDIENTS 2-8oz packages of cornbread mix 1 lb spicy pork sausage 2 onions, chopped 2 apples, cored and chopped 4 celery stalks, diced 3/4 cup of chicken broth 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped 2 tsp sage 1/2 tsp thyme 1/2 tsp rosemary salt and pepper to taste > DIRECTIONS 1 Bake your cornbread according to the instructions on the package. This can be done the day before. Once it's cooled, crumble it. Take the sausage out of its casing, crumble it, and brown it in a little oil. When it's cooked, use a slotted spoon to remove it from the pan and set it aside.
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Nigel Farage asked about Reform MS Laura Anne Jones (who the Senedd Commissioner found had used a racist term in a staff WhatsApp chat in August 2023 while discussing TikTok writing: “No chinky spies for me.”)
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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That categorical denial of racism from Nigel Farage got watered down & caveated later: banter, 49 years ago, no intent, not directed at anyone, not in a hurtful way, it didn't happen, I don't remember, how do they remember, I was a teenager, it's political. The about turns makes one's head spin.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Initially, GB News presented Nigel Farage's full throated denial of any racial comments or harassment of fellow pupils at school. The allegations were called a smear, and Farage denied them "categorically".
JER GBM Support Live | oership Politics Reflectior Nigel Farage categorically denies historic racism claims 'They want to smear me' BM GBNEWS.COM ODM Watch: Nigel Farage categorically denies historic racism claims | GB NEWS By Marcus Donaldson Published: 25/11/2025 - 19:02 | Updated: 25/11/2025-20:53 'This is not the first time the desperate establishment has come after me, and it will not be the last,' the Reform UK leader said "I can tell you categorically that I did not say the things that have been published in the Guardian aged 13, nearly 50 years ago," he said in a statement shared with GB News. "Isn't it interesting: I am probably the most scrutinised figure in British politics, having been in public life for 32 years. "Several books and thousands of stories have been written about me, but it is only now that my party is leading in the polls that these allegations come out. I will leave the public to draw their own conclusions about why that might be... "We know that the Guardian wants to smear anybody who talks about the immigration issue. But the truth is that I have done more in my career to defeat extremism and far-right politics than anybody else in the UK, from my time fighting the BNP right up to today. > "Many of those making these statements just happen to be political opponents. One, for example, is the current chair of the Salisbury Lib Dems. "This is not the first time the desperate establishment has come after me, and it will not be the last. Nigel Farage has categorically denied historic racism claims | GB NEWS "So again: I can categorically say that the stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true," Mr Farage said. Speaking with GB News's Martin Daubn Next the Reform UK leader reiterated his strong denials of the allegations.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey in Daddy Issues Series 2
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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A reminder of some of Enoch Powell’s views.
"Sometimes people point to the increasing proportion of immigrant offspring born in this country as if the fact contained within itself the ultimate solution. The truth is the opposite. The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still. Unless he be one of the small minority, he will by the very nature of things have lost one country without gaining another, lost one nationality without acquiring a new one. Time is running against us and them. With the lapse of a generation or so we shall at last have succeeded - to the benefit of nobody - in reproducing 'in England's green and pleasant land' the haunting tragedy of the United States" "People seriously underestimate the scope of large-scale voluntary but organized, financed and subsidized repatriation and re- emigration becomes indeed an administrative and political task of great impracticable nor, still less, inhuman, but on far-sighted ... The resettlement of a the policy and thus neglect and despise the chief key to the situation A programme of magnitude, but something neither absurdly the contrary as profoundly humane as it is substantial proportion of the Commonwealth immigrants in Britain is not beyond the resources and abilities of this country, if it is undertaken as a national duty .... organized now on the scale which the urgency of the situation demands, preferably under a special Ministry for Repatriation or other authority charged with concentrating on this task". "We can perhaps not reduce the eventual total of the immigrant and immigrant-descended population, much, if at all, below its present size: with that, and with all that implies, we and our children and our children's children will have to cope until the slow mercy of the years absorbs even that unparalleled invasion of our body politic".
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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"Why can't you just let people enjoy things?"
Holy @hOlyhandgrenade.bsky.social • 1d I got Sonic Racing Crossworlds on a whim, and we've been having fun, but... So many of these levels seem like copies of Mario Kart levels? Like to a crazy degree * Like the game in general seems like a Mario Kart clone in a lot of ways but I don't see anyone saying SO. Lord Ravenloft @deathmetalmaster.bsky.social Why can't you just let people enjoy things? Nov 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Lewisham Bluesky! The new Asian supermarket near the train station is worth checking out. Baked good, frozen food, spice mixes and sauces, and oodles of noodles. Thank you to @brianhaines.bsky.social for telling me about it!
One of the aisles at Kiki and Miumiu Asian grocery shop
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Reminds me of the wine glasses which are traditional in Alsace.
Wine glasses with clear glass cups and green glass stems. These are traditional for white wine in Alsace.
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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How do you cook the Frikadellen, Stevie, please?
Demae Ramen Spicy instant noodle package Aldi Frikadellen
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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BOLSONARO É PRESO PF leva ex-presidente depois de Moraes decretar prisão preventiva devido a anúncio de vigília ★ Moraes nega pedido de defesa de cumprimento de pena em casa ★ Leia íntegra da decisão de Moraes para decretar detenção preventiva ★ ANÁLISE Ministro do STF dá fôlego à oposição no ocaso de Bolsonaro FEDERA
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michaelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.”
Uzoamaka Nwanneka “Uzo” Aduba
"...my full name is Uzoamaka, which means "The road is good." Quick lesson: My tribe is Igbo, and you name your kid something that tells your history and hopefully predicts your future... I was the first in roll call, and nobody ever knew how to pronounce it. So I went home and asked my mother if I could be called Zoe. I remember she was cooking, and in her Nigerian accent she said, "Why?" I said, "Nobody can pronounce it." Without missing a beat, she said, "If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka."
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Susan Hall RTs post suggesting only fleeing war warrants asylum, singling out Pakistanis. Asylum can be for many reasons. Minorities (Christians, Hindus, Shias) face persecution, women and LGBT people face "honour" violence in Pakistan. Simple unawareness or deliberate ignorance based on racism?
Susan Hall AM @Councillorsuzie Follow Completely correct Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy 12h Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Pakistan is not a conflict zone. 7:49 18 Nov 25 45.7K Views Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy Subscribe Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Pakistan is not a conflict zone. Yet, the highest number of asylum claims are from Pakistani citizens. They are not refugees. They have no right to be here. They must be stopped. 6:55 18 Nov 25 190K Views
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Happy International Men's day 2025!
Image of a blue argyle pattern jumper with shirt collar. Caption: International Men's Day November 19th
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Susan Hall is sharing misinformation that Tesco has banned Christmas because they're selling a single tree in "evergreen tree" packaging. But why are several trees in a Christmas box? And why are other trees online clearly labelled as "Christmas" trees?
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Susan Hall AM @Councillorsuzie X.com No no no @Tesco they are CHRISTMAS TREES! BRITAIN IS BROKEN @BROKENBR.... 1d TESCO ARE NO LONGER CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS! Their Christmas trees are now called Evergreen trees @Tesco do better.... Susan Hall, leader of the Conservatives in the London Assembly, told The Telegraph: "It's Christmas. It's a Christmas tree. People don't tend to put up green plastic fir trees for any other reason. "It's all this stupid nonsense about offending other people and other religions. Well, blow that. This is supposed to be a Christian country. We have Christmas. Let's celebrate it." Trees in a Merry Christmas box in a Tesco store. 4 Christmas trees listed on the Tesco website. New Marketplace. Marketplace. New Marketplace. New Marketplace. Neo Set of 2 LED Pre Lit Twig Tree Lights 60cm Birch Tree Lamp Warm White Lights Battery Operated Decorative Centrepiece Flexible Branches Christmas Wedding Bedroom Home Décor FREE Courier Delivery by Thu, 20 Nov. Sold by Marketplace seller. 2ft (60cm) Pre Lit Battery LED Snow Flocked Miniature Christmas Tree with Timer 150cm 5ft Christmas Lit Black Twig Berry Tree 500 Warm White LED 90cm 3ft Christmas Lit Black Twig Tree Red Berry 240 Warm White LED More like this > FREE Courier Delivery by Wed, 26 Nov. Sold by Marketplace seller. More like this > FREE Courier Delivery by Wed, 26 Nov. Sold by Marketplace seller. More like this > FREE Courier Delivery by Wed, 26 Nov. Sold by Marketplace seller. More like this > Was £28.99 Now £18.99 Offer valid until 31/12/2025 £18.99 £18.99/each Add £16.49 £16.49/each Add £45.95 £45.95/each Add £24.95 £24.95/each Add
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey!
Ted Hastings from Line of Duty saying "Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey, can we just move this..."
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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AI peas 🫛! [Comic by Stephen Collins, apologies for no Alt Text.]
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Susan Hall is on the London Assembly, so she would be in a position to know that asylum seekers do not get a Freedom Pass for free transport in London. So why is she sharing this demonstrably false story?
Susan Hall AM @Councillorsuzie Totally unacceptable Peter Lloyd @Suffragent_. 20h NEW!! Asylum seekers are getting TFL Freedom Passes for COST-FREE travel across London -including tubes, overground & buses. Meanwhile, natives are paying to maintain the ... We Stadium Willesden Junction MARYLEBONE PADDINGTON Shepherd's Bush Kensington (Olympia) Hammersmith Finchler Freedom Pass LONDON COUNCILS Expiry date 31 MAR 2025 TITOLUWANI ΟΥΕ Concessionary travel funded by HM Government with your local authority mee Consu PM Govern Freedom Pass Gate Quays w Cross Lew 6:01 pm 16 Nov 2025 19.2K Views Peter Lloyd @Suffragent_ NEW!! Asylum seekers are getting TFL Freedom Passes for COST-FREE travel across London - including tubes, overground & buses. Meanwhile, natives are paying to maintain the system via ever-increasing fares. @TfL @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan Stadium Willesden Junction MARYLEBONE Finchler PADDINGTON Freedom Pass LONDON COUNCILS Shepherd's Bush Expiry date 31 MAR 2025 TITOLUWANI ΟΥΕ suffragett Concessionary travel funded by HM Government with your local authority ITSO Freedom Pass Quays Gate w Cross Low 148K Views 16 Nov 2025 12:10 pm Last edited Kensington (Olympia) Hammersmith Conces HM Governme Donate Menu FACT Schemes providing free bus travel for asylum seekers While the government has not put forward any proposals for free travel for immigrants in line with that claimed in the post, a six month pilot ran in Northern Ireland from November 2023 where asylum seekers were given travel cards for free public transport. And on 6 November, Oxfordshire County Council also announced it was to partner with a charity and bus companies in Oxford to trial a six-month pilot scheme which would enable free bus travel for asylum seekers living in the city. On 7 November the London Assembly agreed a motion calling on the Mayor of London to work with London boroughs, voluntary organisations and the NHS "on ways to support public transport access for asylum seekers, such as with travel vouchers, to enable access to necessary journeys". The motion also recommended that the Mayor "works with the government on a long-term solution to allow asylum seekers to access public transport". However, there is no evidence that the proposals have been introduced by the Mayor Sadiq Khan. On the Transport for London website, asylum seekers and refugees are not included as a group which are entitled to free and discounted travel. In October the Scottish government committed to proposals to give asylum seekers free bus travel by 2026, after the plans were previously dropped in August. We have previously fact checked a number of other misleading claims about the benefits that asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants to the UK are entitled to.
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Birbalsingh QTs a post bemoaning the fact at their shop only non-white elves were available. The 3rd picture shows the company do make white elves. Not only does she use the US "DEI", but she seems to think there's something wrong with brown elves being available.
(H/T @twlldun.bsky.social)
Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy Follow What's wrong with white people? Why do they hate themselves so much? DEI makes them feel warm inside? Jeez. Sir James Britain+ @SirJBritain. 1d Just got back after taking the kids out for the day. Found this and took a photo for you fine folks to take a look at... A Behavin Vinyl Faced Naughty Elf ELF-with me 3+ Elfie 8:2316 Nov 2560.3K Views Martin Robinson @Trivium21c. 7h The Christmas Elf isn't 'white' the Christmas Elf is a figment of imagination not a pigment Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss.... 8h What's wrong with white people? Why do they hate themselves so much? DEI makes them feel warm inside?... 2 12 7.6K Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy Follow Replying to @Trivium21c Yes and he has always been depicted as a white elf. Because he is made in the image of the country that sells him. Funny how we never saw brown elves in the 1990s. All part of the culture shift. If you can't see that, well, maybe one day you will. 10:08 16 Nov 25 4,681 Views Elves Behaving Badly - white elf products available
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Liz Truss is now just a full on culture wars addict. BBC bashing is just her new jam. Until the next culture war comes up.
Liz Truss @trussliz Follow X is the future, BBC is the past Elon Musk @elonmusk. 2d X is the #1 source of news on Earth 10:15 am 12 Nov 25 21.6M Views 2,256 Reposts 544 Quotes 22.2K Likes Liz Truss @trussliz Follow I and many other Brits are cheering Trump on. The BBC is the epitome of what has gone wrong with Britain. Mario Nawfal @Mario Nawfal 4h FORMER UK PM, LIZ TRUSS: TRUMP MUST BE THE END OF THE BBC "Lots of people in Britain are cheering Trump on. LIVE FOX 1:44 VS Channel TRUMP PLANS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BBC NEXT WEEK FOX&FRIENDS WEEKEND FOX& FRIENDS PAUL MAURO COMING UP 1:20 pm 15 Nov 25 212K Views
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM