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Writer, walker, saxophone player in East Devon’s only all sax band Saxminster and Exeter Chiefs supporter. Proud to be woke and eat all sorts of lentils

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Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37% NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset

“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”

Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.

Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

08.02.2026 08:58 — 👍 1238    🔁 474    💬 67    📌 23
Graphic with an orange background and blue bands going from right to left. 
On the top-left is a circular image of Richard Foord standing in Parliament. On the top-right is text reading “Richard Foord MP
Demanding better for Honiton & Sidmouth”. Below the text is an outline of Devon filled with the Devon flag, and a Liberal Democrat logo. Underneath these are two images of Richard.

On the left of the graphic is a translucent box underneath "2nd - 6th February 2026" and five chevrons acting as bullet points. Each point reads:

* Urged planning minister not to water-down restrictions on building in flood-prone areas
* Called for maximum transparency regarding Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein
* Visited SeeAbility to discuss learning disability support
* Asked the prime minister about his conversation with President Xi of China
* Quizzed the dental minister over the state of NHS dentistry

Graphic with an orange background and blue bands going from right to left. On the top-left is a circular image of Richard Foord standing in Parliament. On the top-right is text reading “Richard Foord MP Demanding better for Honiton & Sidmouth”. Below the text is an outline of Devon filled with the Devon flag, and a Liberal Democrat logo. Underneath these are two images of Richard. On the left of the graphic is a translucent box underneath "2nd - 6th February 2026" and five chevrons acting as bullet points. Each point reads: * Urged planning minister not to water-down restrictions on building in flood-prone areas * Called for maximum transparency regarding Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein * Visited SeeAbility to discuss learning disability support * Asked the prime minister about his conversation with President Xi of China * Quizzed the dental minister over the state of NHS dentistry

This week I have:

07.02.2026 13:21 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight? Explore Comet MAPS' journey as it nears the Sun, promising a spectacular celestial show.

Hi @banditelli.org!

07.02.2026 06:16 — 👍 683    🔁 120    💬 17    📌 7

I’m not going to repost this. It’s just helping Trump spread his disgusting views. I see why you posted it but I not spreading it

07.02.2026 09:17 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The only person feeling rich is Farage because he is. On our backs

06.02.2026 13:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are fast approaching the 10th anniversary anniversary of the Brexit referendum. But what does the public think - was Brexit more of a failure or a success?

"Looking around now. Do we feel like a rich country? I don't really think so."

06.02.2026 11:30 — 👍 1133    🔁 339    💬 128    📌 41
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"The figure was Andrew. The photo was real. Maxwell knew it, but let those in power deny it."

"By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us."

@maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.

05.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 151    🔁 50    💬 7    📌 1
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The publication of documents about the appointment of Peter Mandelson must happen with maximum transparency, while protecting national security. 1/2

05.02.2026 17:18 — 👍 13    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0

Social media tells the public, Starmer (who had zero to do with it) should now go over the Epstein revelations.
Yet Trump stays President & Andrew continues to live like a Prince.
Starmer made a bad choice, that's it.
Prosecute the guilty for the victims.
Don't make political gain out of this.

04.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 523    🔁 116    💬 41    📌 5

Boris Johnson’s Deputy Chief of Staff here, worried that secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as ‘think tanks’ might finally be held to account. Because of course she bloody is.

05.02.2026 17:02 — 👍 1057    🔁 270    💬 52    📌 6
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Vancouver councillors want ICE agents banned from FIFA World Cup events Two Vancouver city councillors are pushing to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from local FIFA World Cup events this year.

🇨🇦Vancouver councillors want ICE-Gestapo banned from FIFA World Cup events.

ICE-Gestapo has been murdering US citizens.

"We don’t want it disrupting the success of an event that we, collectively, have invested a lot of money in,”

#Cdnpoli
#CanadaSky🇨🇦

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

05.02.2026 08:44 — 👍 5485    🔁 1242    💬 317    📌 84
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Nigel Farage's pitch to the worst people in Britain Nigel Farage says that he wants to cut the price of a pint by 5p, and pay for it by re-imposing economic sanctions on British children for the "crime" of having more than one sibling.

~ Nigel Farage's pitch to the worst people in Britain ~

https://anotherangryvoice.substack.com/p/nigel-farage-pint-policy-child-poverty

05.02.2026 15:22 — 👍 469    🔁 181    💬 40    📌 7

Farage is named in the Epstein files, Starmer isn't, but somehow the media seem determined to force Starmer out. I wonder why?

05.02.2026 08:40 — 👍 1474    🔁 480    💬 119    📌 29
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Sounds like a plan.

Can the EU formally investigate Nigel’s ties to Russia too please?

04.02.2026 23:16 — 👍 1422    🔁 418    💬 93    📌 19
The President of the United States and the dumbest motherfucker on Earth should be two different
People

The President of the United States and the dumbest motherfucker on Earth should be two different People

Yes they should.

04.02.2026 02:32 — 👍 11858    🔁 2388    💬 181    📌 91

“Back Your Local
Save Our Pubs”

Says Farage from pub in Westminster

Nice to see him doing some constituency work…

03.02.2026 14:42 — 👍 345    🔁 55    💬 43    📌 5
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"His Facebook account was exposed by an anti-Reform group claiming he was regularly engaging with a page called European Race, which promotes white supremacy."

Why are so many individuals involved in Reform UK being caught up in such a way?

04.02.2026 13:20 — 👍 219    🔁 92    💬 34    📌 4
A photo of a group of people stood in a meeting room behind tables and chairs arranged in a semicircle

A photo of a group of people stood in a meeting room behind tables and chairs arranged in a semicircle

Just 18 MPs (of roughly 650) came to meet today with the Minister responsible for dentistry, Stephen Kinnock. Four of us were from Devon. It says something about the state of NHS dentistry in the south west. 1/2

03.02.2026 19:06 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

The ECHR protects us all. The rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, and why disabled people are treated with dignity in care

03.02.2026 18:27 — 👍 396    🔁 135    💬 8    📌 2
A selfie taken by Richard Foord with two people to the right of him, a woman and a man respectively. They are in a room with two paintings hung from the wall, and behind them is a banner with "Farmers Guardian" at the top

A selfie taken by Richard Foord with two people to the right of him, a woman and a man respectively. They are in a room with two paintings hung from the wall, and behind them is a banner with "Farmers Guardian" at the top

I enjoyed meeting Katie Jones - Editor of the Farmers Guardian, and Philip Wynn - the Chairman of LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), yesterday to talk about sustainability. I'm grateful to RABI for hosting.

04.02.2026 09:31 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Two Reform MPs accidentally vote to scrap two-child benefit limit Ex-Tory MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick walked through the wrong voting lobby with Labour MPs to scrap the two-child benefit limit in the Commons on Tuesday evening

You just couldn’t make it up

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

04.02.2026 10:06 — 👍 547    🔁 148    💬 47    📌 10

Why is is so hard for Nigel Farage and Matt Goodwin to reject the support of the far right extremist criminal, Tommy Robinson?

03.02.2026 18:11 — 👍 803    🔁 221    💬 106    📌 14

More integrity in his little finger than his detractors have displayed in entire careers.

03.02.2026 17:21 — 👍 2021    🔁 280    💬 77    📌 13
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MPs vote to end two-child benefit limit in 'crucial step' to tackle poverty MPs voted 458-104 to abolish the cap, which marks a major moment in dismantling a policy depriving kids of heating and food, and came despite opposition from Nigel Farage's Reform party

BREAKING: MPs vote to end two-child benefit limit in 'crucial step' to tackle poverty 👏

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

03.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 288    🔁 53    💬 16    📌 5
Photo of Truss grinning like a fool

Photo of Truss grinning like a fool

REFORM
Truss says Jenrick is Trojan horse
Liz Truss has launched an attack on Robert Jenrick, saying he helped bring her down and is a "Trojan horse" infiltrating
Reform UK.
Speaking on the Daily Ipodcast, the former Conservative prime minister (below) said: "I'm sure the Blob is trying to infiltrate Reform.
All I can assume is Robert must have an ulterior motive."
Jenrick, who defected from the Tories to Reform last month, has said he would have "chucked" Truss out of the Conservatives following her brief tenure as prime minister, which saw a bond-market crisis triggered by her drastic tax cuts.

REFORM Truss says Jenrick is Trojan horse Liz Truss has launched an attack on Robert Jenrick, saying he helped bring her down and is a "Trojan horse" infiltrating Reform UK. Speaking on the Daily Ipodcast, the former Conservative prime minister (below) said: "I'm sure the Blob is trying to infiltrate Reform. All I can assume is Robert must have an ulterior motive." Jenrick, who defected from the Tories to Reform last month, has said he would have "chucked" Truss out of the Conservatives following her brief tenure as prime minister, which saw a bond-market crisis triggered by her drastic tax cuts.

“The Blob is infiltrating Reform”
Liz Truss has a good new nickname for Jenrick…

God these people are all dismal. Disloyal, nasty, whining, idiotic, self-serving, undignified, corrupt, MAGA-funded menaces.

They need to be booted out of our political and public life forever.

(iPaper)

04.02.2026 07:47 — 👍 283    🔁 82    💬 19    📌 2

Mr Farages own children are safe at least and have their very own EU passports. And they’ll be drinking the wine as he does when out of shot.

04.02.2026 08:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nigel Farage wants to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to reinstate the two-child limit on benefits to pay for a 5p cut off pints of beer to boost pubs.

Half a million children will be pushed back into poverty.
For maybe 5p off a pint.

What a shitty thing to do…
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

03.02.2026 20:06 — 👍 963    🔁 366    💬 98    📌 28
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TRUTH..

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

03.02.2026 16:43 — 👍 10538    🔁 3984    💬 520    📌 239
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You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!

03.02.2026 22:23 — 👍 1062    🔁 279    💬 96    📌 56
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Dr Richard North is a long time EU-phobe and Climate Change denier who, before the 2016 referendum, wrote ‘Flexit’ a template and guide for a permanent EU exit for the UK. Quite a clever man, if he also is disparaging of Farage everyone, especially members of Reform, should be very concerned!

03.02.2026 11:21 — 👍 366    🔁 173    💬 27    📌 6

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