SteveA
@stevea53.bsky.social
Retired Engineer, living in the sticks, playing with my bikes.
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
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Sometimes I wonder if the real reason many European politicians fear a Russian defeat is that the Kremlin archives might become accessible then. That in turn could lead to the politicians being exposed as corrupt traitors.
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sometimes I wonder if the real reason many European politicians fear a Russian defeat is that the Kremlin archives might become accessible then. That in turn could lead to the politicians being exposed as corrupt traitors.
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🙌 🎉 Brexit was sold as taking back control.
Instead, we now face lawsuits from Russian 🇷🇺 oligarchs and coal speculators using secret foreign courts.
If this is sovereignty, then I’m the Queen of Sheba 👸
Read more 👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=fe73e9ea83
Instead, we now face lawsuits from Russian 🇷🇺 oligarchs and coal speculators using secret foreign courts.
If this is sovereignty, then I’m the Queen of Sheba 👸
Read more 👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=fe73e9ea83
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🙌 🎉 Brexit was sold as taking back control.
Instead, we now face lawsuits from Russian 🇷🇺 oligarchs and coal speculators using secret foreign courts.
If this is sovereignty, then I’m the Queen of Sheba 👸
Read more 👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=fe73e9ea83
Instead, we now face lawsuits from Russian 🇷🇺 oligarchs and coal speculators using secret foreign courts.
If this is sovereignty, then I’m the Queen of Sheba 👸
Read more 👉https://mailchi.mp/da09533539e2/tjm-newsletter-october-21469804?e=fe73e9ea83
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Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Is that £9million… Russian money?
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Is that £9million… Russian money?
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
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Dear Question Time ...
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Dear Question Time ...
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Cut the piecemeal crap … let’s rejoin . End of !
It could save Starmer’s premiership ..but he won’t . Coward .
It could save Starmer’s premiership ..but he won’t . Coward .
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Cut the piecemeal crap … let’s rejoin . End of !
It could save Starmer’s premiership ..but he won’t . Coward .
It could save Starmer’s premiership ..but he won’t . Coward .
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be good if certain media outlets mustered the energy to cover this in the way they covered Rachel Reeves’ housing non-story
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
be good if certain media outlets mustered the energy to cover this in the way they covered Rachel Reeves’ housing non-story
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the way bbc news’ impartiality seems to work is that they’re softer on the right to avoid accusations of left-wing bias, and they’re harder on the left to avoid accusations of left-wing bias
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
the way bbc news’ impartiality seems to work is that they’re softer on the right to avoid accusations of left-wing bias, and they’re harder on the left to avoid accusations of left-wing bias
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lovely stuff
Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the jailing of the party's former Wales leader for accepting pro-Russian bribes
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
lovely stuff
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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I think the fact it was supposed to be advisory is particularly significant as people possibly didn’t vote, seeing it as less important to do so because it was only advisory. I have never heard a leave voter provide a coherent argument for their decision and most now regret it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I think the fact it was supposed to be advisory is particularly significant as people possibly didn’t vote, seeing it as less important to do so because it was only advisory. I have never heard a leave voter provide a coherent argument for their decision and most now regret it.
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Trying to 'make brexit work' by asking for special deals just delays the inevitable rejoin and makes the pain worse in the meantime.
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trying to 'make brexit work' by asking for special deals just delays the inevitable rejoin and makes the pain worse in the meantime.
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Watch: Hegseth's orders undoubtedly were kill them all. The Admiral should be prosecuted, but so should Hegseth.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Watch: Hegseth's orders undoubtedly were kill them all. The Admiral should be prosecuted, but so should Hegseth.
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“we must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal we have has significantly hurt our economy”
Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“we must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal we have has significantly hurt our economy”
Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer
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Keir Starmer, "The Brexit vote was a fair democratic expression, and I will always accept that"
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong"
"That same spurious argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong"
"That same spurious argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Keir Starmer, "The Brexit vote was a fair democratic expression, and I will always accept that"
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong"
"That same spurious argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong"
"That same spurious argument is now being made about the European Convention on Human Rights"
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
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'Badenoch met businesses in Monmouth that had been hit by recent flooding which led to widespread damage in the town centre' ironic given she is campaigning for the Tories to cut action on climate change www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch doesn't rule out post-Senedd election Tory-Reform deal
Polls ahead of next year's Senedd election suggest Reform and Plaid Cymru are competing to be the largest party.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
'Badenoch met businesses in Monmouth that had been hit by recent flooding which led to widespread damage in the town centre' ironic given she is campaigning for the Tories to cut action on climate change www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Please tell me they're having a post-launch piss up in a brewery, because I have a VERY solid prediction about how that will go...
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Please tell me they're having a post-launch piss up in a brewery, because I have a VERY solid prediction about how that will go...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.