Steve Eyre

It's just patriots (actual patriots) being patriotic.

…but how did they essscape? 🐍

On 29th October we're holding an event in Edinburgh about the Ride for Tim. There will also be talks from mental health charity Health in Mind, and Nick Ray @lifeafloat.bsky.social. All details here – all welcome 💙 fb.me/e/6IrqxMFSX

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‘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 – and that he worked on the Kremlin’s strategic ...

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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

“Nothing to Do With Reform?” The Myth of Nathan Gill’s Bribery The bribery started the day he quit UKIP and continued under Farage’s leadership. The press have barely said a word

“Nothing to Do With Reform?” The Myth of Nathan Gill’s Bribery
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Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...

Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades.

New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period

This is how it begins, with indirect insinuations and fake-humble pleas of uncertainty, as if online conspiracy theories, cranks and grifters carry equal weight to the overwhelming body of scientific evidence and medical expert opinion. Then they get into power and start shredding the health service

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings.

Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.

Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.

Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

Just wait until the BBC, Sky, Mail, Telegraph, Express, Sun, and GBeebies get hold of this story of obvious and deliberate tax avoidance!

JUST WAIT!

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<waits some more>

<does today's sudoku>

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oh.

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

This is a huge story.

Don't let him get away with it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The grift that keeps on giving!

"Of course Britain’s broken – Farage has done everything he can to break it. Now he's off abroad to tell everyone how broken we are!"

Clacton's MP is across the pond slagging the state of the country – but didn’t he help break it?

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

Err, not sure you’re allowed to say this ;)

Angela Rayner’s So-Called ‘Property Empire’ How newspapers turned Angela Rayner’s divorce and house purchase into a tax-dodging saga

Angela Rayner’s So-Called ‘Property Empire’
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The Real 'Strangers' Among Us – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Those who declare the UK to be an island of estranged individuals are the ones who should be looking closer to home, writes Danny Dorling

The Real 'Strangers' Among Us subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/75/t...

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

Scotland doesn’t need Farage’s hate Scotland can see through Reform UK’s claim to be on the side of ordinary people while acting in the interests of the rich

Scotland doesn’t need Farage’s hate bylines.scot/opinion/scot...

Bylines Scotland - Powerful Citizen Journalism Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism

Right now, political parties will be writing their manifestos ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in 2026. We want writers to report for us on how the campaigns are going where you live in Scotland. We're all volunteers and we'd love you to come and join us! Email: ronnie@bylines.scot

Putin walking through ornate double doors in the Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow

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Are motorhomers really freeloaders? Many remote communities in Scotland consider the motorhome community to be freeloaders. Are they right?

Morning! This article got a big response...

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Will Reform win the next general election? With Reform now in charge of so many county councils, how likely are they to be voted into national government at the next election?

Will Reform win the next general election? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/loc...

If Keir Starmer wants a positive relationship with the Scottish Government, he needs to get his Environment Secretary to retract his totally inaccurate comments about Scotland’s water.

Our rivers are cleaner, our bills are lower - and public ownership delivers for people, not profit. 👇

The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now Video | Global Player For nearly two years the government has taken The News Agents and other journalists to a secret court to prevent us from reporting a story of huge public interest.

“A catastrophic data breach.”

For two years, the government took The News Agents to court over a leaked MOD document - under a super injunction.

Now it’s lifted.

@lewisgoodall.com reports on the hidden court that tried to silence us.

Watch here. ▶️
www.globalplayer.com/videos/2JsSc...

If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place