Stephen Merritt
@stepmert.bsky.social
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More than 70,000 have signed the petition for enquiry into Russian influence in UK politics. At 100,000 we can ask for a debate in parliament. #Brexit
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
More than 70,000 have signed the petition for enquiry into Russian influence in UK politics. At 100,000 we can ask for a debate in parliament. #Brexit
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
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FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
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Nigel Farage faces fresh questions over Clacton home after old comments emerge
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage faces fresh questions over Clacton home after old comments emerge
Reform's Nigel Farage has said his partner Laure Ferrari bought their home in his Clacton constituency - after previously claiming it was him who bought the luxury pad
www.mirror.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Nigel Farage faces fresh questions over Clacton home after old comments emerge
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Sign this petition... even if it's only to make the establishment squirm!
July 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sign this petition... even if it's only to make the establishment squirm!
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Ask yourselves this.
Do you want your town, city to be governed by a CEO who will run your region like a business?
If your answer is no, sign this petition, demand transparency on the 86 free zones carving up the UK for corporate capture and privatisation.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Do you want your town, city to be governed by a CEO who will run your region like a business?
If your answer is no, sign this petition, demand transparency on the 86 free zones carving up the UK for corporate capture and privatisation.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
July 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ask yourselves this.
Do you want your town, city to be governed by a CEO who will run your region like a business?
If your answer is no, sign this petition, demand transparency on the 86 free zones carving up the UK for corporate capture and privatisation.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Do you want your town, city to be governed by a CEO who will run your region like a business?
If your answer is no, sign this petition, demand transparency on the 86 free zones carving up the UK for corporate capture and privatisation.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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The Trump administration announced plans to eliminate federal protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, opening the door to drilling and mining in some of the nation’s last untouched landscapes.
June 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Trump administration announced plans to eliminate federal protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, opening the door to drilling and mining in some of the nation’s last untouched landscapes.
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Public Information Posting.
May 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Public Information Posting.
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🇺🇦 Russians shot dead 245 Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered. Another 206 soldiers died in Russian captivity
- AP
95% of released Ukrainian POWs had been subjected to "systematic" torture...beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, mock executions...
censor.net/en/news/3554...
- AP
95% of released Ukrainian POWs had been subjected to "systematic" torture...beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, mock executions...
censor.net/en/news/3554...
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🇺🇦 Russians shot dead 245 Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered. Another 206 soldiers died in Russian captivity
- AP
95% of released Ukrainian POWs had been subjected to "systematic" torture...beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, mock executions...
censor.net/en/news/3554...
- AP
95% of released Ukrainian POWs had been subjected to "systematic" torture...beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, mock executions...
censor.net/en/news/3554...
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Another day another Trump administration stay application at Scotus. This one seeks to prevent discovery in FOIA case against DOGE. Case will be docketed as 24a1122.
May 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Another day another Trump administration stay application at Scotus. This one seeks to prevent discovery in FOIA case against DOGE. Case will be docketed as 24a1122.
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#GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
May 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
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#GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
May 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🇺🇦 Ukraine said Sunday that Russia had launched a record number of drones at the country overnight, targeting various regions, including that of the capital Kyiv, where a woman was killed.
thedefensepost.com/2025/05/18/u...
thedefensepost.com/2025/05/18/u...
Ukraine Says Russia Launched ‘Record’ Drone Attack
Ukraine said that Russia had launched a record number of drones at the country overnight, targeting various regions, including the capital Kyiv.
thedefensepost.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🇺🇦 Ukraine said Sunday that Russia had launched a record number of drones at the country overnight, targeting various regions, including that of the capital Kyiv, where a woman was killed.
thedefensepost.com/2025/05/18/u...
thedefensepost.com/2025/05/18/u...
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On a remote Australian island, seabirds are so packed with plastic they make a “gut-wrenching, crunching sound”.
One dead chick was found with 778 pieces in its stomach. These aren't microplastics—items include plastic forks, bottle caps, clothes pegs… And #BlueSky #MedSky #SciSky #NurseSky
One dead chick was found with 778 pieces in its stomach. These aren't microplastics—items include plastic forks, bottle caps, clothes pegs… And #BlueSky #MedSky #SciSky #NurseSky
On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ingested nearly 800 pieces.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Don’t forget the Trump cheerleaders when the Trump Tariffs kick in.
April 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Don’t forget the Trump cheerleaders when the Trump Tariffs kick in.
Another cracking front page from Private Eye
April 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Another cracking front page from Private Eye
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New comment piece. Chris Philp's 'foreign' claim about #London social housing was inflammatory and false: "foreignhttps://www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-philps-foreign-claim-about-london-social-housing-was-inflammatory-and-false/ @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk
Dave Hill: Philp's 'foreign' claim about London social housing was inflammatory and false - OnLondon
According to Chris Philp, MP for Croydon South and aspiring to be the nation’s Home Secretary, “48 per cent of London’s social housing is occupied by people who are foreign”. Let’s go through the ways...
www.onlondon.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
New comment piece. Chris Philp's 'foreign' claim about #London social housing was inflammatory and false: "foreignhttps://www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-philps-foreign-claim-about-london-social-housing-was-inflammatory-and-false/ @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk
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Farage's pitiful political operation is coming apart at the seams inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
Farage's pitiful political operation is coming apart at the seams
Things are starting to sour for Reform
inews.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Farage's pitiful political operation is coming apart at the seams inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...