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I suggest she stop splurging on fancy coffees, Netflix, and avocado on toast. If it worked for the younger generations it will work for her. 😬

Nigel Farage currently railing against Parliament being full of "professional politicians".

He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA

Reply to a post about the incident in Huntingdon from a US account: “ I cannot stress this enough to people. Carry a small canister of pepper spray and keep it accessible when you’re out in public especially trapped in a train. It’s an easy protective measure we can all take.” Reply from me: “I cannot stress enough to you that pepper spray is illegal to possess, buy, or carry in the UK under the Firearms Act 1968. I strongly recommend anyone reading does not do this under any circumstances.”

Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence

Zia Yusuf complaining about councils being underfunded

While sitting next to Danny Kruger who since 2019 was part of the government that underfunded the councils Yusuf is complaining about

Sometimes I wonder if Duolingo is making social commentary on Britains global status post Brexit, then I remember I can fit England in my home province.

Twice. 😅

Sky News, "If the government agrees, with everyone from the Bank of England, to the OBR, to their own treasury research, that Brexit is a drag on economic growth"

"And that Labour's number one priority is that very growth itself"

"Why not do something about it?"

#RejoinEU

Nigel Farage on Russia Today.

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I guess that bull in the china shop must have known the difference between a formal table setting, a casual table setting, & a buffet table setting before it wrecked everything then… truly, the duality of livestock is baffling.

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

Anti-racism and racial equity Our commitment to anti-racism means Taking a stand against racism in all its forms Proactively identifying, understanding and tackling racial inequalities in policing Reforming policies and practices that lead to people from different ethnic groups being over-policed, under-protected or marginalised Working with partners to tackle the racial inequalities that exist in wider society and which are reproduced and sometimes exacerbated by policing Our commitment to racial equity means Producing equality of policing outcomes for people from different ethnic groups by responding to individuals and communities according to their specific needs, circumstances and experiences, with understanding that these will be racialised and with the aim of reducing harm. It does not mean treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘colour blind’ (racial equality).

Chris Philp: "Now, what I've got to tell you now will shock you. There is a so-called Anti Racism Commitment Plan that literally says: policing should not be colour-blind."

Only, it literally does not. It just explains the difference between equality and equity. ~AA

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Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism.
And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.

Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."

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Wasn’t expecting the level of detail when I clicked through. 😅

But am glad it was there.

"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.

Have not seen it yet, but I’m still very bloody angry about their reaction to the whole ILR situation.

For the first time I can remember I’m finding myself asking “how are you *any* better than the people you’re supposed to be opposing?

My hopes are not high 😕

Emma Monk really did a good explainer on the timelines here

bsky.app/profile/monk...

So much for Gill having nothing to do with Farage. The first bribe to which he has admitted was ACTUALLY on the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP...

Great 🧵

A to those suggesting “just get British citizenship”

Ask yourself, how would you feel if the only way you could stay in the country you’ve chosen to make your home. A country that now says “we don’t want you”, was to become a citizen. Instead of being proud to do that, wouldn’t you resent it?

Re: the removal of Leave to Remain

What happens to those people who then go on to work for 20-50 years here when they retire?

They’ve contributed, they’ve “done their part”. Are they now deported? Separated from their families and loved ones? “So long, thanks for all the hard work”

Nail on head by Adil Ray, "If a Muslim extremist rallied 100,000 people we would be worried, but when Robinson did we say: they have genuine concerns"

With Labour looking more & more blue, I had a moment yesterday where for the first time I felt politically hopeless.

Not looking forward to the next election & having to make the decision not to vote for who I wanted *in* but instead who I would have to vote for to keep who I wanted *out*.

New research by Best for Britain and YouGov shows: Farage is most vulnerable on the economy.

@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain: “Identifying the messaging that is most likely to persuade those Reform voters who remain persuadable is absolutely crucial.”

https://bit.ly/46KmaOm

I gotta say. The upcoming physical release for switch + 2 should be the *standard* for physical releases these days. Cannot wait for it!

What Do We Have To Lose If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.

"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"

If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?

It's embarrassing that Reform UK won't contradict Trump's widely disputed claims about Tylenol.

It tells us everything we need to know about this party.

Ed Davey, "Tory ministers who cheered Liz Truss's budget now complain about the state of the economy they left"

"Tory ministers who stopped processing asylum claims and caused the enormous backlog, now make videos complaining about it, and protest outside the asylum hotels they opened"

🌍 The climate crisis is an existential risk to humanity.

👣 Yet Farage wants to follow in the footsteps of Trump in undermining climate action.

⚠️ It isn't just foolish it is unpatriotic.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/24/fossil-fuel-burning-threat-health-16bn-people-data-shows