GuyThwarts2

GuyThwarts2

@markg87.bsky.social

In no particular order; Dad of two wonderful children, husband of a clever and beautiful wife. Avid follower of politics and have high hopes that PR can bring much needed change.

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Hey mainstream media outlets! How about you boycott the White House? If nobody shows up to cover the news…. He would literally go out of his mind. He can’t live without attention. Maybe we stop giving it to him because everything he says are lies anyway.

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The £36m donations are legal and to change the law retrospectively would be outrageous! Yes, it was announced in Parliament on 25 March that the legislation would apply to any donations from that day onwards, but that was the day all Reform MPs staged a walk-out, so we missed it.

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Media and authorities can call this a protest all they want to mask the security failure that just took place, but this is a foreign entity testing and disrupting key UK trade routes. Similar operations have been seen in other countries.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

A Russian & Israeli-funded disruption operation sees black-clad right-wing thugs in balaclavas block UK’s largest international ferry port, which handles roughly one-third of UK–EU trade. An estimated £16.4 million worth of trade per hour. Promoted by IDF linked Tommy Robinson.

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West Midlands Police: “We’re aware of a video circulating from the Reform UK Conference showing an incident with a protester. We haven’t received a complaint but would ask the woman to come forward. Anyone with any information should contact us on 101 quoting log number 924-050926”

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So it looks like Reform policy chief James Orr has straight up broken the law here. It's also exactly the same crime Farage has been accused of re: George Cottrell donating via his mother and which Parliament is currently investigating.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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This is a first rate investigation of Reform’s dodgy dealings by C4 News. Would be good if other broadcasters did similar.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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I note with astonishment the total lack of reporting about gilt yields falling back to their pre-spike level, the Times piece on how this makes it easier for gov't to fund stuff, and of course the Telegraph front page MARKETS LOVE BURNHAM.

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When your country has reached peak stupid and someone says, no, we can go further : Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is talking to close friends and associates about a possible run for US President in 2028, NBC reports.

Any idea's why he'd turn off comments.. 🤣🤣🤣

John Clarke@johncke.bsky.social

We can certainly all agree that Donald #Trump is our enemy but so is Mark #Carney and we overlook or downplay that at our peril.

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Setting ourselves on fire, to own the French

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

Reform UK's Richard Tice says the UK should "celebrate" climate change. "I think when it's a bit warm, let's enjoy it. And if it means that English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic. That means we can take on the French."

Not always the biggest fan of the BBC but American institutions please take note - Democracy Dies in Darkness

Trump poked the beehive. BBC lawyers are moving to subpoena Don Jr., Ivanka, and Jared Kushner in Trump’s $10B defamation case, arguing the trio can speak to what Trump really intended when he addressed the crowd at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. They were there.

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Trump poked the beehive. BBC lawyers are moving to subpoena Don Jr., Ivanka, and Jared Kushner in Trump’s $10B defamation case, arguing the trio can speak to what Trump really intended when he addressed the crowd at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. They were there.

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Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

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Science not being 100% right does not mean science is 100% wrong. There will always be areas on the margins of science that seem incomplete or disputed. That doesn't mean the other 99.9% of science is made up. Just in case Lewis Goodall needs help understanding this basic fact.

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What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.

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It's obviously deeply worrying that a hostile regime has the capability to hack into the computer systems of our water companies. They might leak billions of gallons of water, cut supplies for no reason, even dump shit in our rivers and beaches...wait, what? www.wired.com/story/securi...

wired.com7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to IranPlus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.

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I get a little annoyed by the coverage of the proposed sell-off of the World Cup. They’re not just planning to sell it off. They’re planning to sell it off *to the Trump family*. That should be up front and central.

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One of the greatest ironies of modern times will be that the anti-immigration far-right, by also denying climate-change for so long, will bring about the largest mass migration in the history of our species by making large parts of our planet uninhabitable. #NetZero

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Another BinHead v Hissy-Fit Farage Poll. Today the Mirror. I’ve voted, if only because it will piss Farage off to see BinHead ahead …but don’t know the result. However, whilst Farage (unsurprisingly) is 6-1 in the betting office the odds are shortening. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

mirror.co.ukMirror readers debate whether Count Binface can beat Nigel FarageNigel Farage faces a difficult summer battling a bin after throwing what his opponents have branded a 'hissy fit' and triggering a by-election in Clacton-on-Sea

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What if Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise? There's one catch. He'd need to solve the UK’s biggest and least-discussed tax problem. Almost half of all small business corporation tax isn't being paid - and nobody knows why. Thread:

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🧵I’d rather spend my weekends doing something else than post about Nigel Farage’s murky finances, but his behaviour poses such a threat to our democratic norms that I wanted to flag a number of points in the public interest.

thetimes.comRevealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminalThe Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals

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This week Spain announced it was banning Palantir from public & private state-controlled entities. It joins Other European countries including Holland, Germany & France, who have taken similar steps. Andy Burnham must do the right thing and immediately ban Palantir from the UK! #stoppalantir ⛔️🇬🇧👁

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Well it's symptomatic/symbolic isn't it?

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

BlueSky is amazing, isn’t it. I love it when you’re talking about some horrific new bit of utterly black-hearted, brutally cynical antidemocratic malfeasance and then someone will chime and say “Also they’ve still got a Twitter account”, like that’s the worst part.