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@cookcdj.bsky.social

39 years working for the government. It's been quite the ride. Anti-fash progressive.

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Why didn't Farage just answer the question about Reform's education policy?

Why did he seek to mock and ridicule the journalist asking a perfectly legitimate question and try to deligitimise the FT?

Easy. That's who he is. An arrogant man who doesn't have any policies beyond pointing at the sea.

17.02.2026 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1041    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UKโ€™s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick will be unveiled as Reformโ€™s chancellor-in-waiting alongside several other new appointments on Tuesday

Reform UK have selected a Treasury spokesperson with zero qualifications in economics, business or running a department related to the field.

Robert Jenrick to be unveiled as Reform UKโ€™s Treasury spokesman, reports say

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

17.02.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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You've appointed Tories to your top team. Why should people believe your party is any different?

Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".

Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.

Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.

17.02.2026 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 898    ๐Ÿ” 383    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

Throw a stick from your front doorstep and it will hit people who would make better Cabinet members than the MPs announced by Farage.
A gruesome mixture of charmless hasbeens.

17.02.2026 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Americans are campaigning for European right wing Russian supporters. Russian media is loving every minute.

16.02.2026 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2667    ๐Ÿ” 1025    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 480    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137

This is what happens when you insist on sniffing the glue residue at the bottom of the crisp packet.

16.02.2026 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hungary holds elections in 2 months. And the US Secretary of State is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban. And as you can see, Russian state media loves it.

16.02.2026 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5614    ๐Ÿ” 2481    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 807    ๐Ÿ“Œ 313
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Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah among Britain's biggest taxpayers on Sunday Times list Erling Haaland was Britain's highest taxed footballer last year, paying nearly ยฃ17 million to the Treasury.

Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight.

FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".

14.02.2026 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 781    ๐Ÿ” 236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?

Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

14.02.2026 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7765    ๐Ÿ” 2432    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 378    ๐Ÿ“Œ 168
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So good

14.02.2026 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12740    ๐Ÿ” 3330    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 248    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136
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this was a little silly but at least believable after one term of trump, but is transparently flimsy after two.

donald trump is forever. the forces he represents are not just going to vanish like a dream. democrats need to contend with this fact to find a way out of the pit.

14.02.2026 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1293    ๐Ÿ” 227    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 193    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance โ€“ but on Trumpโ€™s terms Secretary of state calls the US โ€˜a child of Europeโ€™ and urges continent to back a new world order

Rubio is offering Europe a junior partnership: embrace Trumpism, ditch climate action, endorse nativism.

A Trump adjacent ally will put this on the ballot paper in most national elections, though most people in most European democracies are sceptical/opposed

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

14.02.2026 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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London โ€˜not safeโ€™, claims Reform UKโ€™s Nadhim Zahawi after heโ€™s 'forced to cross street from man who hadn't slept' | LBC Mr Zahawi suggested that if he were Home Secretary, he'd be offering to send the army in.

Nadhim Zahawi's "I saw a man who hadn't slept" story is so hilariously pathetic that I doubt even he believes it
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...

14.02.2026 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 879    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 171    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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For a man who never tires of railing against โ€œthe establishmentโ€, Nigel Farage spends an awful lot of time enjoying its comforts

14.02.2026 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

13.02.2026 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24235    ๐Ÿ” 7295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 691    ๐Ÿ“Œ 596

Why is Starmer so unpopular bleats the Guardian whilst failing to investigate Farage in any meaningful way.

13.02.2026 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 877    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Ladies and gentlemen, our presidentโ€ฆ.

12.02.2026 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1850    ๐Ÿ” 490    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 815    ๐Ÿ“Œ 211
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We are all passengers in Trumpโ€™s death cab The nihilism of the regime is its most terrifying attribute.

"While he rushes to place his name on monuments before he leaves office, heโ€™s given every indication heโ€™s fine leaving behind a trail of utter and complete destruction. In short, Donald J. Trump is a nihilist."

12.02.2026 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2036    ๐Ÿ” 530    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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11 February 1977 - David Bowie released 'Sound and Vision' as a single, taken from his latest album Low. 'Sound and Vision' was used by the BBC on trailers at the time, providing useful exposure, which was much needed, as Bowie opted to do nothing to promote the single himself. #BowieForever

11.02.2026 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 196    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This interview presented a really solid take on the situation in Russia. Putin has one sole hope for survival: and he sits in the White House.

11.02.2026 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 422    ๐Ÿ” 174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Remembering Grant McLennan on his birthday. Here are the Go-Betweens performing Apology Accepted on Whistle Test in 1986

12.02.2026 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 128    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.

These are outrageous and inflammatory remarks from an out of touch multi millionaire businessman who clearly has no empathy with hard-pressed families.

To seek to stigmatise immigrants and welfare claimants in this way is shameful.

news.sky.com/story/the-uk...

11.02.2026 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 186    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

11.02.2026 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40488    ๐Ÿ” 13810    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1374    ๐Ÿ“Œ 900

Trumpโ€™s family is billions of dollars richer than last year. The average American family? Theyโ€™re worse off.

Trumpโ€™s top priority has always been himself. If he spent half as much time actually being President as he has profiting off his presidency, the story might be different.

10.02.2026 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1822    ๐Ÿ” 509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
Another unhinged rant from the US President. Trust me, you don't want to know.

Another unhinged rant from the US President. Trust me, you don't want to know.

What's it going to take for someone to throw a net over this guy?

10.02.2026 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2591    ๐Ÿ” 443    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 539    ๐Ÿ“Œ 118

#Farage comes back out against working from home to a crowd of pensionersโ€ฆ and has also repeated that he never said that council tax would go down. The party did on all their leaflets. Semantics. Asshat.

10.02.2026 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Pubs are for everyone. Donโ€™t let Reform make them the political property of the boorish hard right | Jonathan Liew Farage and Andersonโ€™s sums arenโ€™t the only thing that doesnโ€™t add up about their plan to save the great British pub, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Pubs are for everyone. Donโ€™t let Reform make them the political property of the boorish hard right | Jonathan Liew

11.02.2026 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 128    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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This says it and itโ€™s exactly what it isโ€ฆ.

11.02.2026 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16958    ๐Ÿ” 5509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 483    ๐Ÿ“Œ 190
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The will of the rich and powerful: Brexit and the Epstein files The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself

The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a โ€œplucky British revoltโ€. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.

11.02.2026 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 812    ๐Ÿ” 419    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

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