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"It's Thatcherism on steroids - this is incredible, cutting and slashing public expenditure, doing all the things he's done….. That's leadership... He is amazing." Nigel Farage "[Milei] is the 'chainsaw-wielding, bushy-sideburned wild man of Hayekian free-market thinking'. He hailed Milei for giving Argentina 'the economic medicine it needs' through drastic spending cuts." Boris Johnson "Britain needs shock therapy. A Milei-style approach would mean radical surgery. First: stop the bleeding. Slash wasteful public spending. Shut down unproductive agencies and quangos... We need to aim for a primary [surplus." Jacob Rees-Mogg "Milei is the template." Kemi Badenoch "Javier Milei rightly tells the elite [at the] awful WEF the facts of life - socialism and state intervention tends to make people poorer." Richard Tice

As Argentina’s economy starts to rapidly unravel, let’s never forget the comments by our own politicians.

Ta.

Could do with some Swiss-style enforcement in west London. Not all motorcyclists, just the majority who drive with no regard for the 20 mph speed limit and have adapted exhausts to cause maximum noise nuisance.

UK Jewish groups condemn Israeli minister’s invite to Tommy Robinson Far-right activist described as ‘thug who represents worst of Britain’ after invitation to Israel sparks outrage

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Badenoch's intro video is scenes from the Robinson march interspersed with footage of migrant boats.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism

So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?

Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀

"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy “We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

1/Striking speech by Macron: The future of European democracy depends on taking back its digital information space. A remarkable turn from Silicon Valley as source of enlightenment to being a purveyor of slop. And the stakes aren't just ad revenue but the nation.
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The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po... To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10

"The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers want to share in our standards and escape from persecution or civil war. To describe them as thieves or rapists is not just dishonest but encourages the worst sort of prejudice in our communities," writes Michael Heseltine.

https://bit.ly/4mUIeM

@peterjukes.bsky.social surprised Byline Times hasn't done a little digging into this lot.

Hardened and emboldened, cheered on by the media and championed by malign alogos

Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army It began with a dream of heaven on earth in rural Britain - but the reality was abuse on a shocking scale. From hippy origins to controlling cult, the truth is only now emerging.

And look how it worked out for the Jesus Army... Just saying.

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I dunno, maybe it’s time we got some old Spanish people to tour Europe explaining what it’s like to get stuck with geriatric fascists running your country for forty years. Or some Portuguese who still remember how shit Salazar was. Or some Greeks who lived under the Colonels…

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

EXCLUSIVE: In correspondence seen by the Guardian, Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her removal from the Gaza aid flotilla, including insufficient food and water.

Maybe double denim

TikTok is already feeling a bit dad in jeans at the school disco

Possibly your next stop after spoons, @garyjamesactor.bsky.social

Endless knee-bending in ways large and small. So much criticism and opposition now being silenced in ways large and small across society for fear of retaliation - goes well beyond "politics" as such.

Very end of days sky over London right now

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

“St Mary of the Rave”

The 10 year wait for Indefinite Leave to Remain will make the UK very unattractive for high skilled workers who often have alternatives. 2019 data (excluding the NHS and universities) shows that high skilled workers on visas are heavily concentrated in multinationals who can move jobs abroad (5/x)

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Several clips have been shared out of context by supporters of President Trump's move to federalize national guard, including this footage from an annual transgender pride celebration hosted in the United Kingdom u.afp.com/ManchesterNo...

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US President Donald Trump authorized some 200 troops to be deployed to Portland, Oregon, but this clip does not show the current situation between protestors and police.

It was filmed in July 2020 u.afp.com/Portland2020

After that it will be gutting the Civil Service. There always has to be a boogeyman

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

"I believe that Americans would agree that the government can’t just make people disappear without any process or explanation. Second, because I want to give the government a chance to admit that they were wrong.

So far the government has not done so."

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New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

www.mississippifreepress.org/metas-louisi...

BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Taxing Situations COVID workers targeted with tax avoidance schemes that HMRC warns against signing up to.

With Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman in the news this week, I thought some of you might be interested in my 2020 investigation into Mr Barrowman’s involvement in the loan charge tax scandal.
Produced by one of the BBC’s best investigative journalists Anna Meisel.

Victory for Nottinghamshire Live in battle with Reform UK over council ban Reform UK's Nottinghamshire County Council ban on engaging with journalists from Nottinghamshire Live has been lifted after more than a month.

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