Kieron Murphy

Kieron Murphy

@kieronmurphy.bsky.social

Likely to be posting/commenting on UK politics, Ireland, EU, sports and occasionally family @UKLabour @MUFC #RejoinEU @IrishRugby

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What the actual fck? #JackRoss

Henry Dyer@direthoughts.com

Jack Ross, CEO of Turning Point UK and a former Conservative election candidate, has been suspended from the party in the wake of undercover sting by Al Jazeera reportedly showing him discussing the cost of hiring contract killers. Story from @benquinn75.bsky.social and me

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Right-wing extremism stops being right-wing extremism the moment Badenoch invites it into the party. Then it's just people offering to arrange contract killings, conveniently laundered into respectability by proximity to His Majesty's Official Opposition. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comFormer Tory election candidate suspended over contract killing claimsJack Ross was filmed allegedly discussing with an undercover reporter violent options to deal with enemies

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EU pledges tougher Russia sanctions despite Trump’s diesel deal with Putin European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that Russia killed more than 80 Ukrainians in the span of two days. Kallas, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, was...

uawire.orgEU pledges tougher Russia sanctions despite Trump’s diesel deal with PutinEuropean Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that Russia killed more than 80 Ukrainians in the span of two days. Kallas, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, was responding to an agreement between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on the supply of Russian diesel fuel to American and global markets. Writing on social media, Kallas argued that suspending sanctions on diesel supplies would hand Moscow extra revenue to continue its war. She stressed that now is not the time to ease pressure on what she called the aggressive state, and said the EU would not do so. EU foreign ministers are set to approve the largest sanctions package yet against Russia’s military sector since the start of the full-scale invasion, at a meeting scheduled for October 12. According to Kallas, more than 80 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in two days of Russian strikes. She also said Moscow had intensified hybrid attacks against EU and NATO member states. The British government announced yesterday that the United Kingdom plans to keep up pressure on Russia "with the strictest sanctions regime". Media reports said Trump made the call on Russian diesel supplies after Ukraine’s president ignored appeals to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries. Meanwhile, three Democratic senators criticized Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel fuel imports.

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Absolute WORST guest I’ve ever been on with… A pathetic Trump apologist First he defends the tiger video And then listen to the state of what he says when I challenge him on Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine…

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Much of the coverage today is absolutely nuts. The facts are on Wikipedia. The full Intelligence and Security Committee (Russia) Report is online. Tory media & politicians once again banking on their average consumer/voter being too daft/busy/blinkered to notice...

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Vladimir Putin wants a divided Europe to weaken us. We cannot let him win. For the sake of our own security, we need to rejoin the EU.

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I mean her party is polling on average 18% in the polls. She's 'set' for a general election at Xmas in the same way I'm set for winning a grand slam tennis tournament next week

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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.

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Replying to @cps10001.bsky.social

Agree except media, including BBC, should let them speak but challenge them robustly rather than the current, limp attempt at journalism.

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Replying to @kieronmurphy.bsky.social

He's extremely dangerous and being funded by people who are happy to destroy the social cohesion of the UK. The media including the BBC needs to stop platforming Reform.

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Replying to @kieronmurphy.bsky.social

To a degree, yes. However noone envisioned that a president of America would purposefully act to destroy it. Before Trump, this was unimaginable. He owns the courts, he has the world's wealthiest at his command. Democracy will fall, the USA will fall - unless direct action is taken now.

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Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, and while his kids "negotiate" a Ukrainian peace deal, he's paying Putin to breach sanctions. Hegseth is live-streaming an execution by firing squad, and gave the UFC a binding contract to train the US military in hand to hand combat.

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Aren’t they all repulsive… These corrupt, evil, traitorous men… Farage is particularly pathetic, in his little cap, selling us out to his monstrous sugar-daddy.

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Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.

bbc.co.ukTrump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".

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Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.

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So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…

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Congratulations to Suella Braverman for her Question Time appearance - I didn't think it was possible for her to come across as any more deranged and stupid than usual, but she somehow managed it.

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Chris Byrant on Northern Ireland having the fastest growing economy in the UK, "And we're open to business like nowhere else on earth with unique dual access to enormous markets: the UK and the European Union - our potential is enormous"

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I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter.

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Replying to @chadbourn.bsky.social

So, (early days and it could be still scary) but it looks like the UK press was so desperate for it to be Brown immigrants they just pumped it up loads and lost their minds. Trump didn’t want to be out of the limelight so lied about “intel” and Farage did both 🤣🤣🤣

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"... In Worcestershire, they even sought permission for an almost 9% rise before losing control of the council Then there are the services being cut Care homes targeted for closure in Lancashire And now all 10 council-run nurseries being closed in South Tyneside ..." via Reform Are Not Your Friends

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‘What is emerging is not simply a relationship between [Reform and Farage] and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad.’ Would really recommend a read of this democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-and...

democracyforsale.substack.comReform and the UAE – a threat to British politicsNigel Farage's embrace of the UAE is part of a wider effort by the Gulf petrostate to build alliances with the far right across the West, says Alex Carlen.

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That thug sabotaging rescue efforts, racist riots, flags on lampposts, pink ladies wanting to burn down hotels, doxxing charity workers, ICE-style deportation plans, threats to scrap the Equality Act and leave the ECHR… “legitimate concerns” No. A tornado of hate and prejudice set off by Farage.

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“Dan Thomas has been doing a brilliant job,” Nige continued. “I’m sorry for his personal difficulties.” Yeah, Dan. Great bloke. Brilliant Reform leader….just unfortunate he’s been arrested on suspicion of assault and coercive control.” Crace - Reform’s nemesis. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comAnother day, another Reform Wales leader. Grumpy Nige seems to miss the old one | John CraceAt a low-key event, Helen Jenner replaces Dan Thomas, who was arrested on suspicion of assault and gets warm words from Farage

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Off duty (they're never off duty) RNLI volunteers are being advised to stop wearing apparel bearing the RNLI logo to avoid being abused by vile ignorant knuckledraggers. We should all wear RNLI caps etc to show solidarity with these bravest of brave volunteers. #RNLI shop.rnli.org/products/adj...

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