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Ships and shipping. British and proud of it. Retired Master Mariner. Against fascists of any colour, be it white black, purple or orange. All animals are better than humans and Staffies are the best dogs. Dm me if wanting attention!

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UK Faces Hidden Brexit Damage: Lost Output Could Top £240 Billion, Economists Warn A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that Brexit has caused economic harm to the UK nearly double previous estimates, impacting GDP per person by 6% to 8%, equating to £1...

"The economic harm caused to the UK by Brexit is nearly double previous estimates. Brexit is impacting GDP per person by 6% to 8%, equating to £180–£240 billion in losses. If GDP were 6% higher, Reeves would have £60 billion more to work with — without raising taxes."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

22.11.2025 14:00 — 👍 148    🔁 106    💬 8    📌 2
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Hope HMRC are investigating whether Gill evaded tax on the bribes he received.

(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)

22.11.2025 14:59 — 👍 400    🔁 96    💬 20    📌 3

Farage's former right hand man in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison.

He was taking bribes to spread pro Russian propaganda.

Betraying Britain in support of a foreign power is the opposite of patriotism.

#NeverVoteReform

22.11.2025 11:49 — 👍 92    🔁 31    💬 4    📌 2
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🙈 Bribes
🙊 Racism
🙉 Hypocrisy

22.11.2025 08:07 — 👍 214    🔁 75    💬 7    📌 0

In 1994 the Budapest Memorandum was signed by Russia, USA, and UK guaranteeing the borders and security of Ukraine. In 2014 and 2022 Russia repudiated this agreement and invaded Ukraine. In 2025 it appears that the USA has repudiated the agreement. It appears that USA and Russia are the same side.

22.11.2025 13:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.

Has Nigel Farage or Zia Yusuf remembered who Nathan Gill is yet?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.11.2025 10:38 — 👍 1492    🔁 503    💬 111    📌 16
Was Nigel Farage a racist schoolboy?
YouTube video by The News Agents Was Nigel Farage a racist schoolboy?

@lbc.co.uk

"An admirer of both TRUMP & PUTIN."

There will be those who are fine with it but read up.

I dont think theyd be OK with no healthcare or 'an accident from a window.'

Read up. Talk to Reform voters.

Its in plain sight.

youtu.be/Gr8U3M0oPok?...

22.11.2025 09:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Based on experience I'm surprised the EA have even started to move.

22.11.2025 08:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Firm set up by Farage's aristo-fraudster ally is ‘red flag’ Secretive new political firm set up by ‘posh’ George Cottrell raises ‘real red flags’, anti-corruption expert warns

@nickferrarilbc.bsky.social

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

22.11.2025 07:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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tRUMP gifts PUTIN an early XMAS present as he says Ukraine to cede territory to Russia in his “peace plan”.

Ukraine has not been formulated in tRUMP’s plan.

We know whose side tRUMP is working with!!

21.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 1
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.

21.11.2025 18:15 — 👍 22903    🔁 6674    💬 726    📌 290

Zelensky should not talk to Trump!
Trump has proven as ignorant as corrupt, immoral & pro-Russian.
He does nothing for Ukraine while threatening it & trying to make money on Ukraine.
Trump does not belong to any serious discussion on Ukraine.

22.11.2025 04:02 — 👍 254    🔁 54    💬 13    📌 1
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Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies

Here is the proof: "Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday"
Trump works for Putin.
How can the decrepit US Congress accept that?!
www.ft.com/content/f411...

22.11.2025 04:05 — 👍 132    🔁 25    💬 5    📌 1
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”

Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.

21.11.2025 15:14 — 👍 8119    🔁 2357    💬 188    📌 200
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European and Ukrainian officials reject Trump’s 28-point proposal, calling it one-sided and tailored to satisfy Putin. The plan demands Ukraine give up territory, slash its military, and welcome Russia back into global institutions, all while European allies were shut out of the drafting process.

21.11.2025 07:19 — 👍 868    🔁 239    💬 72    📌 24
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#StandWithUkraine
Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.

21.11.2025 22:38 — 👍 1026    🔁 480    💬 122    📌 43

Invader Russia packaged its maximal demands for Ukraine's surrender as a "peace deal." The Trump regime, the U.S. Congress and the American news media – all profoundly incompetent – fell for the scam.

21.11.2025 22:54 — 👍 57    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 3
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Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes Nathan Gill is being sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.

Reform's former Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for 10.5 years for Russian bribery scandal.

Voters please take note that the much-vaunted patriotism of Reform officials is not necessarily to the UK...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

21.11.2025 12:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

And of course Farage knew nothing about it....never noticed how Gill was earning so much money? Believe that and you will believe anything.

21.11.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes Nathan Gill, who led Reform UK in Wales, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

21.11.2025 10:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS

All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

21.11.2025 07:43 — 👍 347    🔁 164    💬 19    📌 11
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

@news.sky.com

Remember who FARAGE called an "important voice"?

Remember FARAGE & TRUMP going on about defending women?

I dont think we can trust what FARAGE & TRUMP say about protecting women. How about you?

www.propublica.org/article/andr...

21.11.2025 07:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia

It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.

on.ft.com/3LYajoR

21.11.2025 07:52 — 👍 276    🔁 134    💬 9    📌 11

I wonder how much Specsavers paid Cummings for the advertising?

21.11.2025 07:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I remember staying up to midnight in January 2020 to hear the latest death toll from China. Doctors were dying in droves - doctors, who know how to avoid being infected. Then the Italian doctors began screaming at us to lock down. I was buying PPE by January. The UK government wasn't. Unforgivable.

20.11.2025 18:46 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Since the Covid Inquiry is out, we have to bring back this beauty just for you Dominic Cummings! 😂😂

20.11.2025 18:58 — 👍 43    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1
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Also bringing this piece of brilliance back for the biggest clown, Boris Johnson! 😂😂

20.11.2025 19:03 — 👍 31    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
Reform Councillor Involved in Radicalising Far-Right Extremists
YouTube video by A Different Bias Reform Councillor Involved in Radicalising Far-Right Extremists

@lbc.co.uk

Talk about something that may stop people voting for their own destruction please.

youtu.be/1NLPEaotNpY?...

20.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Here, Piggy, pig-pigs.

The tRUMP family of GLUTTONY

20.11.2025 22:46 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

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