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Lisa B

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Here for politics and to learn things. Left leaning, pro-EU, not a fan of the far right. Wish the world was a better place. Big fan of music, political satire, comedy and nature. LFC YNWA

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People say Farage has charisma. This isn’t charismatic. This is dismissive and rude. It’s a serious question about BNP-style racism within his party. And Farage can’t cope with that kind of scrutiny. So he lashes out.
Under the spotlight, his ‘charisma’ turns very sour indeed.

04.03.2026 19:01 — 👍 499    🔁 153    💬 72    📌 5
Sun headline about £500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Sun headline about £500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Did you see this headline?

Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you?

Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️

Would you like to know the reality behind the headline?

Course you would!😜

Let's take a look

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04.03.2026 17:45 — 👍 322    🔁 213    💬 11    📌 29
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]

From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]

…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.

[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent

DAVID JONES:

Clive, this is momentous

It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]

You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.

It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which are…?

DAVID JONES:

You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, 
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.

CLIVE MYRIE:

And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?

DAVID JONES:

I think we can expect to see:

“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”

CLIVE MYRIE:

Mmm. 

[Ends]

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 — 👍 3422    🔁 1076    💬 14    📌 32
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State of HATE 2026: It Could Happen Here WELCOME TO OUR State of HATE 2026 report – the most comprehensive and analytical guide to the far right in Britain today.This year’s report carries a stark warning. The far right is bigger, bolder, an...

🚨 OUT TODAY: State of HATE 2026

Our annual deep dive into the British far right.

The groups. The networks. The money. The rhetoric. The public mood.

🔎 Explore the report:
hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

04.03.2026 09:56 — 👍 91    🔁 69    💬 1    📌 2
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Certifiably brain dead commentary from Reform’s chief treasurer here.

And of course what makes it all the more stupid is the opulent luxury/safety he, a property billionaire, lives in - *IN LONDON*

04.03.2026 08:42 — 👍 33    🔁 7    💬 7    📌 0

This “it’s not a war but a special military operation” is very Kremlin March 2022. As is the propaganda that we are not starting a war but ending one. As is the confusion of oligarch media as it tries to be faithful in the confusion…

04.03.2026 02:09 — 👍 3115    🔁 922    💬 124    📌 34
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From Divine Rapture to Tech Rupture: Why Silicon Valley Supports Armageddon in the Middle East When US military commanders are telling troops that strikes on Iran fulfil biblical prophecy this is expression of an apocalyptic network connecting the Pentagon, Silicon Valley and the Kremlin

From Divine Rapture to Tech Rupture: Why Silicon Valley Supports Armageddon in the Middle East

US military commanders telling troops that strikes on Iran fulfil biblical prophecy are apocalyptic network connecting the Pentagon, Broligarchs and Putin

open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

04.03.2026 00:19 — 👍 79    🔁 58    💬 11    📌 2

It's not Roosevelt we're dealing with. Hell, it's not even Nixon.

03.03.2026 18:26 — 👍 1687    🔁 291    💬 77    📌 14
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She's wasn't here to see the arrest of P̶r̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ Andrew, but don't let the world EVER forget Virginia Giuffre.

Andrew & Jeffrey Epstein tried to SMEAR her. But she demanded justice.

So we just installed this right outside Buckingham Palace. Welcome to the Virginia Giuffre Memorial Garden.

03.03.2026 13:58 — 👍 170    🔁 42    💬 4    📌 3
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Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

03.03.2026 13:28 — 👍 5898    🔁 2475    💬 227    📌 182
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Britain's 'patriotic' press cheering on the latest attacks on us by a hostile foreign leader

03.03.2026 11:55 — 👍 741    🔁 176    💬 52    📌 5
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Translation: he didn't have enough weapons to fight his war of choice and so he is blaming Ukraine

03.03.2026 09:33 — 👍 4308    🔁 1283    💬 386    📌 161
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Inconvenient facts for Farage Reform’s own involvement with “foreign voters”...

Welcome to Farage-land, where it's not okay for Muslims to vote in elections, but it's okay for Reform to have overseas members and foreign billionaire backers...

03.03.2026 08:46 — 👍 389    🔁 158    💬 13    📌 5
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Blimey. Sky News reporting YouGov / Sky News / Times voting intention

*Greens leapfrog Labour into second place*

RefUK 23% (-1)
GRN 21% (+4)
LAB 16%(-2)
CON 16%(-2)
LDEM 14%(nc),

Pollster note: This is the highest we've had the Greens, the first time we've had them in second

03.03.2026 06:35 — 👍 1094    🔁 307    💬 117    📌 166

Not only should we not be touching Trump’s illegal and immoral war with a ten-foot shitty stick, we should be actively and energetically opposing it.

03.03.2026 06:15 — 👍 27    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Tommy Robinson Amplifies Death Threat Against Keir Starmer During US Tour With Trump Insiders The convicted far-right criminal shared the threat as he was handed extraordinary access to the US State Department by the Trump administration

🔴Tommy Robinson Amplifies Death Threat Against Keir Starmer During US Tour With Trump Insiders

The convicted far-right criminal shared the threat as he was handed extraordinary access to the US State Department by the Trump administration

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/t...

02.03.2026 17:48 — 👍 69    🔁 58    💬 13    📌 3

Watching Trump joke around in his usual narcissistic way, it's clear he has absolutely no appreciation for the graveness of what he's just unleashed on the world.

And joking about giving himself the Medal of Honor when he's put thousands of US service members in harm's way is especially abhorrent.

02.03.2026 17:19 — 👍 2096    🔁 599    💬 112    📌 23

NEW: Donald Trump has said that Keir Starmer took “far too long” to allow US to use UK bases to carry out strikes on Iran.

UK initially denied US permission to conduct strikes aimed at regime change from bases incl Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford, citing international law.

02.03.2026 11:36 — 👍 114    🔁 29    💬 45    📌 43
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"Trump has also suggested the new strikes were part of a negotiation tactic…The problem is that you can’t easily negotiate with a regime if there is no one to sit at the other side of the table. America has wiped out many of Khamenei’s likeliest successors. There’s no one to negotiate with."

02.03.2026 07:07 — 👍 192    🔁 73    💬 15    📌 4
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RAF base in Cyprus hit by suspected drone strike, Ministry of Defence says There were no casualties, the Ministry of Defence said, but the base later announced it would temporarily relocate non-essential staff.

BREAKING: RAF base in Cyprus hit by suspected drone strike, Ministry of Defence says

news.sky.com/story/raf-ba...

02.03.2026 06:06 — 👍 87    🔁 42    💬 19    📌 10

Kind of incredible. I was just sitting down to write about how Starmer should be given credit for keeping us out of this mess when he does this. Unutterably foolish and obsequious. Why in God's name should we have anything to do with this shortsighted madness.

01.03.2026 21:56 — 👍 2197    🔁 524    💬 227    📌 36

Starmer has accepted a US request to useUK airbases. His statement;

“Iran is striking British interests and putting British people at huge risk.

“The only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source in their storage depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles.

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01.03.2026 21:23 — 👍 304    🔁 117    💬 83    📌 40
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US-Israeli-led bombing hit a girls school…

Death toll now at 150

A war launched illegally by two depraved men desperate to cling to power and stay out of jail

…and they call others terrorists.

01.03.2026 14:19 — 👍 739    🔁 253    💬 44    📌 13

A useful record of Farage’s failure and his inability to cope with it. A cheat and a very bad loser who would happily trash democracy to get the result he wants. And then remove our rights to stop us holding him to account.
Such a corrupt, egomaniacal liar should have no hope of getting power.

01.03.2026 09:01 — 👍 861    🔁 324    💬 28    📌 5
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Having considered for 48 hours the best way to protect the autonomy, the equal voice and the equal right to cast a secret ballot of south Asian women at the polling station, Nigel Farage has concluded it is important to "go further" and to disenfranchise as many Asian women [+ men] as possible

01.03.2026 08:21 — 👍 270    🔁 122    💬 30    📌 17
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Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail.

Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections

01.03.2026 06:35 — 👍 3431    🔁 902    💬 246    📌 87
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Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

28.02.2026 18:41 — 👍 2180    🔁 976    💬 149    📌 55
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The next Big Lie is to taking shape right in front of us. Donald Trump will try to use this to assert illegal and unconstitutional powers over the 2026 elections.

28.02.2026 15:46 — 👍 3653    🔁 1661    💬 214    📌 114