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Brian Candeland

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Former Elections Coordinator on Green Party England and Wales Executive. Pronouns he/him. Other interests include Amateur Dramatics, walking, salsa. 50% Scottish, 50% English, 100% European. Views are my own.

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The same people - what a surprise

08.12.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

100%

06.12.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe even Reform wouldn't have her?

06.12.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Second prize- two copies of the Trump 2026 calendar

27.11.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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25.11.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1388    ๐Ÿ” 1030    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

I am absolutely certain that it does

23.11.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tice: "I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform"

Richard Tice 
13 April 2021

Great to be with Nathan Gill, leader of REFORM UK Wales, campaigning today...

Tice: "I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform" Richard Tice 13 April 2021 Great to be with Nathan Gill, leader of REFORM UK Wales, campaigning today...

Fascist Reform leader Richard Tice would get REALLY upset if you shared this widely on all forms of social media so lots of people can keep it and bring it out before the next election to show that he is as big a liar as Keir Starmer.

So please don't, he would be *very* upset.

22.11.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 174    ๐Ÿ” 137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"

21.11.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1220    ๐Ÿ” 559    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Maybe that's the intention

21.11.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The People's Flag is very dead,
We use St Georgeโ€™s cross instead.
Asylum seekers stiff & cold,
Fuck off, you lot, this countryโ€™s closed.

Then raise that red-crossed standard high.
On lampposts loft it to the sky.
Though lefties flinch and liberals sneer,
We'll keep the George Cross flying here.

18.11.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work

Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them

Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...

16.11.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1542    ๐Ÿ” 509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 193    ๐Ÿ“Œ 112

We were a much more equal society then.

15.11.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honourable as used in Mark Anthony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar perhaps?

12.11.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cornwall isn't (and never has been) led by Reform

12.11.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Daily Telegraph doesn't seem to publish circulation figures and hasn't since 2019; however based on the decline in newspapers generally, it's circulation now is estimated at 150,000. Which is already lower than Green Party membership!

11.11.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't diss Michael Deacon - he could well be the next BBC Direcctor-General

11.11.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That should of course say Streeting

10.11.2025 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a symptom of how far the Overton Window has moved that I now feel much more affinity with old Tories like Heseltine, Major and Patten than with Labourites like Starmer and Street IMG.

10.11.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
10.11.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1595    ๐Ÿ” 722    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.

10.11.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Very glad to hear that @northwestbylines.co.uk and the rest of the bylines editors have seen this for what it is. An attempt by right-wingers to attack and stifle open and honest jornalism.

10.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rage is entirely understandable

10.11.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship

09.11.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3054    ๐Ÿ” 731    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

Ofcom is completely unfit for purpose

09.11.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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07.11.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

One does not simply walk into Cheshire East.

06.11.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One thing I find quite funny about this idea of vote Labour or get Reform, is that it ignores that a Lib Dem/Green coalition is becoming a genuinely viable alternative, and one which is pretty attractive to voters who want a positive plan for the future which doesn't involve demonising others. 6/

05.11.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vision I mean, not video!

02.11.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They aren't Polanski's policies, they're policies agreed by the Green Party membership over a number of years. Criticise them by all means, and I accept Labour have done more than they generally get credit for, but unless Labour can communicate a video that enthuses people you've got problems

02.11.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In next week's Question Time, Nigel Farage: Academic, Philosopher and Prime Minister Designate, and Zack Polanski: Dangerous Activist with bad teeth.

30.10.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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