Rob Pearson

Rob Pearson

@ericthefrog.bsky.social

Christian; #Climate Activist; #NeverTory; Bird-watcher - with Lovely family of Julie; ➕ 5 kids (2 girls & 3 boys); ➕ 15 grandkids

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Jenrick has set out how Reform would maximise our “Brexit freedoms”. And this is their list. This is the very best they can come up with. “Re-legalise imperial units” It’s truly pathetic that this is the pinnacle of their Brexit fever dream. And that anyone would still back this ruinous idiocy…

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Doesn’t matter how you voted if you were front and centre in a Brexit government, actively overseeing the shrinking of our economy, our influence and our opportunities, while you rolled around in the trough. We’ll be disregarding everything you now say, thanks.

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And true to form, Farage and the Tories (Philp) respond by being totally dishonest about it… Freedom of movement with the EU requires EU citizenship. Immigration requires visas. Talk of ‘betrayal’ and ‘uncontrolled migration’ is the mark of a liar or a fool. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.ukAndy Burnham: Time for honest discussion about freedom of movement between UK and EUPrime minister says it is time for ‘evidence-based debate’ about what a new relationship with the EU would look like

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Reform MP Andrew Rosindell, ex Tory who dodged rape etc charges is soft on tax havens - letting millionaires pay less tax than poor people with 3 lousy jobs By coincidence, he's just back from 'fact-finding tours' AKA luxury holidays in Isles of Man, Jersey & Caymans worth £thousands via Private Eye

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“Trump's British apologists are finally starting to calculate… their potential reward for supporting this lame duck President in the US is no longer worth the growing cost to their reputations in the UK” Too late, Farage. Too much MAGA money. Too much fawning. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-apo...

adambienkov.co.ukTrump’s Apologists Are Now Desperately Seeking to Abandon His Sinking ShipAfter years of mocking his critics and predicting that he would make the world a safer and ‘more stable’ place, the President’s global allies are now finally turning against him

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💯% = Bereaved families have called for the former Cons health secretary #MattHancock to be stripped of his Right Honourable title over his handling of the COVID pandemic❗️ #Covid19 #Coronavirus #Tories

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“Farage campaigned for Trump in the last 3 presidential elections and notably came to his defence at a low moment when Trump fell badly behind in 2016 over his grotesque “grab ’em by the pussy” remarks” Farage will never dump Trump. He owes too much to MAGA money and the far right oligarchy.

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I mean… How long do we have to put up with this shit? We really do get it. Farage’s greed makes him an insane security threat. And there’s absolutely nothing altruistic or democratic or good for the country that will come from his frenzied corruption. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comRevealed: billionaire Reform donor was in business with foundation linked to Iranian regimeExclusive: Sasan Ghandehari’s partnership with religious foundation raises questions about past dealings with republic criticised by Nigel Farage

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Good news: The latest ONS crime stats show that theft from the person (e.g. phone theft) was driven down by 24% over the last year.. Robbery of personal property was driven down 12%. Our hard work and record funding from City Hall is paying off.

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So, Farage has reported ITV to the police following the work their undercover journalists did which confirmed that Reform is indeed a seething mass of racism, misogyny and bigotry. Meanwhile, here’s some commentary from Private Eye and their handy guide to undercover journalists.

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The ECHR is not a "left-wing project" but a "safeguard against arbitrary government" He describes the Tory party now as “a political party that cannot tolerate support for fundamental human rights.” What a disgrace. How are they different from Reform exactly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukECHR row pushes Andrew Boff to leave London Tories after 53 yearsLondon Assembly member says he was blocked from the mayoral race over a disagreement over the ECHR.

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“Brexiters continue to say we were right to leave the EU. But only if they include the dead, exclude the young and ignore buyers’ remorse can they still say they have democracy on their side.” So, Brexit fails on every single metric. Let’s bin it off for good. kellnerp.substack.com/p/britains-p...

kellnerp.substack.comBritain’s pro-Brexit majority has literally died outThe numbers that cast doubt on the Brexiters’ claim to be the true democrats

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The undercover reporter suggested people did not mind if Farage “makes a few bob [from politics]” Jukes replied: “Well it’s a bit priced in with our Nige, isn’t it, no one’s voting for him to be the pope” But a racist, corrupt, security-risk PM is fine, is it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comFarage claim that £5m was reward for Brexit was ‘not press office line’, close aide saysExclusive: Undercover footage of Dan Jukes raises fresh questions about Reform leader’s statement that £5m gift was for security

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Not bombshells. Entirely on brand “appalling behaviour” and “extreme racism” from an appalling, extreme and racist party, led by an appalling, extreme and racist man. The apples are all rotten because the tree is. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.ukThe bombshells from the undercover sting operation which plunged Reform into crisisThe party has been accused of ‘appalling behaviour’ and ‘extreme racism’ following staggering revelations

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The harsh reality of that ‘take back control’ Brexit myth… “Whether it’s… the cost of living, restarting industry, or keeping us secure, we lack the weight to act alone. In today’s world, we can’t take back control while being an outsider in Europe.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.ukUK must rejoin EU to combat growing threat from Russia and Trump, Burnham warnedIPPR urge Labour leader to ‘stop talking about Brexit’

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It’s now a tsunami of racist, sex-pesting horror from Reform. Nonsense about “unfair targeting”, “disgruntled former employees”, “being provoked”, “vetting issues”, “banter” and being “on medication”… just make it worse. Bye bye Farage. It’s been shit knowing you. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/483...

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There’s too much caution about calling Farage and Reform racist. They have no such timidity when they threaten to strip us of our rights and protections, to mass deport people and kill them at sea. They routinely insult, perv, vilify and hate people. You don’t ‘nice’ that away. You call it out.

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Replying to @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

Theresa May was Home Secretary, then became PM, and will have known all this. She was so keen to push Brexit through, she bunged the DUP £1bn to form a minority government (negotiated with Jeffery Donaldson). She's in the HoL, but still no journalist has thought to ask her anything.

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Replying to @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

So many innocent casualties. A direct result of Russian interference in elections, especially in 2016 Trump's 1st win, Brexit referendum. The nightmare situation (where we are now) was avoidable; Trump and Musk now openly on Putin's side in the war with Ukraine. Farage & Trump must be stopped.

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Replying to @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

To carry out a referendum as they did, then to implement Brexit as they did and then to fail to scrutinise any of it - as they have done ever since - is an epic abuse of power and betrayal of our country by those charged to act in its best interests. Fault lines that will undermine Brexit forever.

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Brexit and Russia… “I think you would have to start with Boris Johnson. “The reason why there is still this confusion is there was no public attempt to establish with confidence what actually happened because successive British governments declined to look closely at what was going on.” (Times)

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👀 Andy Burnham: "We worked out in that interview that she wasn't a defence expert, and I think Mr Ferrari is still waiting for an explanation."

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George Monbiot explains why the UK should rejoin the EU, "There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote, they knew that it would harm the UK and the EU if we left" "They were very clear about that and boy have they been proved right"

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Usual hand-wringing about returning to division and inaction, not getting the same opt-outs etc… but arguments to rejoin trump those what-ifs. Going it alone in a world dominated by Putin, Trump and China is strategically idiotic and economically ruinous. Shaking your head at that is red-flag-dim.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

George Monbiot explains why the UK should rejoin the EU, "There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote, they knew that it would harm the UK and the EU if we left" "They were very clear about that and boy have they been proved right"

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Jenrick on #r4today trying to downplay the raging racism of Reform… by saying “Farage has done more than anyone else to stand up against racism and the far right”. Farage the schoolboy Nazi. Farage the ‘breaking point’ Brexiter. Farage the mass-deportations champion. Farage the far right racist.

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Maxima@maxima-infinity.bsky.social

. Inflation is 3.7% Trump has failed as an economist but will do nothing about it. Until he realises that there is a problem he will not fix it. He pretends there is no problem. But real economists say that implementation of his upcoming policies will make inflation far worse after the midterms.

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Once again… This is not a vetting problem. This is a Reform problem. This is a Farage problem. Only grim losers like this are going to sign up to a racist, misogynistic, extremist, mass-deportations and tell-the-Royal-Marines-to-murder-people-at-sea kind of party. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

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No wonder Badenoch and Farage are shitting bricks at the suggestion that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum. Their whole business model relies on Brexit and the racist anti- immigration bomb that it detonated. Their next bright idea - to leave the ECHR - would delight Putin too.

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In preparation for the ITV undercover investigation of Reform UK I am preparing my response: -It was just locker room banter -That’s how people talk outside the Westminster bubble -The person being racist was just a contractor -The investigation was illegal and we are suing them

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Vivek Ramaswamy’s new Ohio governor ad about property taxes “accidentally” featured a registered sex offender in the background. Vernon Edwards, the husband of the woman featured in the ad, pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition involving a child under 13 and served eight years in prison.

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“Reform has to take ever more extreme positions to keep winning headlines. As horrific as Jenrick’s comments are, they should be understood less as a policy proposal than as the political equivalent of a toddler acting out for attention.” Cruelty is weakness. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/482...

liveapp.inews.co.ukRobert Jenrick has confused cruelty with courageJonn Elledge: The Reform politician thinks he’s brave to say what he does – he’s actually just got no humanity

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Was that the same security services you dumped to visit ‘ex’ KGB colonel Alexander Lebedev and party in Umbria just after the Novichok Salisbury attack? Or the same security services whose advice you defied to put his son Evgeny in the House of Lords? Those security services?

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Farage has run out of migrants, attacks on RNLI volunteers boomeranged, disabled people next on Reform UK list for blame ... "Farage has found a new section of civilisation to demonise - the disabled - just like Hitler really. And some of the comments are vile, truly vile" via Karen Maunder

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Replying to @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

To the gammon's that support him the flaws don't matter. They cant read so they will never know the truth, they are reform-ed zombies who just accept everything that frog face fromage says.

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Replying to @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

Fartrage is just a wannabe temu trump, who in turn is just a pound shop putin Pathetic little greedy leeches all of them I hope their cholesterol catches up to them all soon

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1) making countries accept returns 2) problems finding third country hosts 3) building enough detention centres 4) legal obstacles Oh and the unforgivable inhumanity… Farage’s hateful fever dreams need to be torn down like this - with the contempt they deserve. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/482...

liveapp.inews.co.ukThe four major flaws in Reform’s plan to shut down asylum systemFarage’s proposal would void existing asylum applications and reject any new ones – but the scheme features some serious pitfalls

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We’ll tell you what’s boring, Farage and the BBC… honking out Reform’s latest anti-asylum seeker bollox, as if it’s workable or wanted, and without any meaningful scrutiny. Yusuf on #r4today like a firehose of fascist idiocy, when this is the ugly truth behind their desperate outburst…

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Brexit is forever tainted with disinformation, foreign interference, murky vested interests, ugly prejudice, unforgivable costs and now deep unpopularity. If you really cared about our country and wanted to fix its problems, you’d admit this… Good that Burnham is finally doing so…

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Andy Burnham confirms what previous PM's - May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak and Starmer - failed to, that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum.