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@lamourna.bsky.social

Former NHS Director & Senior Civil Servant. Interests: Health Policy, Genealogy, F1. Sometimes found on a Dutch barge in France

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Nigel Farage is wrong โ€“ victims donโ€™t forget bullying and abuse | Letters Letters: Readers respond after another former Dulwich college pupil spoke out with allegations of racist behaviour by the Reform UK leader

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

09.12.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, I don't think the police are going to have to work all that hard to gather enough evidence to make arrests regarding breaches of election law...

09.12.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to ยฃ10 billion with a central estimate of -ยฃ5.4 billion.

It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

09.12.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1108    ๐Ÿ” 660    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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I find it very hard to 'respect the opinion' of anyone who admires Nigel Farage.

Surely even the most gormless twit can see what he's doing.

09.12.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: EUROPE JUST BOXED TRUMP & PUTIN IN The Five-Nation Firewall, the Coalition of the Willing, and Why the Russia โ€œUpper Handโ€ Myth Just Died Screaming

โ€œEurope is done being polite.
Ukraine isnโ€™t backing down.
And Russia is running out of time,and options.

The war isnโ€™t ending on Trumpโ€™s terms.
Itโ€™s ending on Ukraineโ€™s โ€” backed by a Europe.
This is what happens when democracy stops negotiating with bullies and starts acting like it intends to win.

09.12.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 455    ๐Ÿ” 182    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

When voters in #Clacton voted Farage in as their MP, a seven times loser, thatโ€™s exactly what they got to not represent themโ—๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

09.12.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are Reform voters pretending Farage is being โ€œset upโ€ for arrest? Give us a break. HIS OWN campaign manager on SECRET CAMERA admitted they spent DOUBLE the legal limit.

Stop building this weird messiah fantasy around Farage. Heโ€™s not a victim.

09.12.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

09.12.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farageโ€™s campaign manager casually saying he spent 2x the election spend limit.

09.12.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 260    ๐Ÿ” 160    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

09.12.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great speech by @alpinkerton.bsky.social in support of a new Customs Union with the EU. He also clearly set out the immense damage Brexit has caused.

09.12.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 220    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

09.12.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform campaign for Farageโ€™s Clacton seat was a โ€˜juggernautโ€™, say candidates Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform โ€˜machineโ€™ as police assess claims of overspending

Presumably, Reform will claim this was all years ago, and while he's completely innocent, "everyone" had massive presidential style election campaigns in Clacton back in the long distant er summer of 2024

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

09.12.2025 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 548    ๐Ÿ” 139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

โ€œThere was nothing available to Reform on the ground before Farage came in. Absolutely nothing,โ€ said Mack....
Between all of that, as well as the furnishing and use of a building which became their HQ, venue hire and the postal campaign, it was hard in my view to come in under budget,โ€ he added.

09.12.2025 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.

Time to move.

09.12.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 590    ๐Ÿ” 202    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Reform campaign for Farageโ€™s Clacton seat was a โ€˜juggernautโ€™, say candidates Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform โ€˜machineโ€™ as police assess claims of overspending

So, Farage whoโ€™d previously failed 7 times to be an MP, decided that in Clacton heโ€™d rely on his old Brexit friends - cheating (and racism) - to get him his win.
With millions now pouring into Reform, itโ€™s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

09.12.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1771    ๐Ÿ” 705    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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How well did you know Steven Woolfe, the MEP now the subject of CPS interest over Russian Bribes, Nigel?

Oh yes, this wellโ€ฆ

#ReformRussianBribes

08.12.2025 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.

07.12.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 323    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

It's being reported internationally. In the UK, mostly, silence.

"Representatives from the crypto industry have held meetings with Reform feeding into the partyโ€™s strategy... Farage has championed several industry causes since including picking a fight with the Bank of England over regulation." ~AA

08.12.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 186    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farageโ€™s influence? Higher than ever

Another Brexit economic verdict arrived last month in the form of an 83-page NBER working paper - and it is devastating.

What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.

08.12.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 233    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's ยฃ9m crypto-bro donation?~AA

08.12.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 524    ๐Ÿ” 217    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Farage is in the mud again: police reports over ยฃ9k dodgy spending - a refurbished HQ he โ€œforgotโ€ to declare, an armoured Land Rover shoved into โ€œnationalโ€ costs, and missing receipts everywhere. Add it to the pile: Russian cash, extremist bile, antisemitic bullying - now alleged fraud too.

08.12.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 432    ๐Ÿ” 175    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
Image is picture of Nigel Farage looking perplexed

Image is picture of Nigel Farage looking perplexed

Spare a thought for Nigel Farage whose feeling sorry for himself

Exposed as schoolboy racist & bully โŒ
Under spotlight over Russian links/bribes with further 3 excolleagues exposed as following Nathan Gillโ€™s pro Russian script โŒ
Under investigation for alleged election fraud โŒ

Oh how delicious๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

08.12.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Anyone remember when Keir Starmer got free tickets to the footy and everyone kicked off?

08.12.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 147    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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That unelected bureaucrat Muhammad - from a party full of Kremlin-loving MAGA rats - needs to chill, me think. He is a proper shitweasel calling a veteran treacherous.

08.12.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No oneโ€™s held to account.
No oneโ€™s fallen on their sword.
No oneโ€™s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.

08.12.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 499    ๐Ÿ” 189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Even when he has nothing new to announce, he usually has no shame in saying something heโ€™s said before many times. He likes the attention. Makes him feel valued. Satisfies his rampant narcissism.

08.12.2025 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Police look into claims Reform UK broke electoral law in Farage campaign Party denies councillorโ€™s claim it falsely reported expenses during Farageโ€™s run to become Clacton MP last year

Police look into claims Reform UK broke electoral law in Farage campaign www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

08.12.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Narcissistic Personalities are vengeful when challenged, fragile egos & a distorted sense of self importance.
They are toxic in public office.

08.12.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Labour members blame austerity and Brexit for economic problems โ€“ poll - LabourList Labour members believe Coalition-era austerity and Britain's departure from the EU are the two main factors behind the UK's economic woes.

Three quarters of Labour members identified the Conservative-Lib Dem Coalitionโ€™s austerity policies (75%) and Brexit (74%) as being responsible for the ongoing problems faced by the Treasury.

labourlist.org/2025/12/aust...

08.12.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 190    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

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