Rob Baron

Rob Baron

@rob-baron.bsky.social

Retired philosophy lecturer committed to living an eco-low-impact lifestyle. Only cycles. PhD. Big fan of the Enlightenment.

7.6K followers8.3K following12.1K posts

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NewsThump
@newsthump.com

NEWS! I said nothing when they came for Laurence Fox, I said nothing when they came for Andrew Tate, and I said nothing when they came for Russell Brand, and I remain perfectly comfortable with all of those decisions newsthump.com/2026/10/14/i...

newsthump.comI said nothing when they came for Laurence Fox, I said nothing when they came for Andrew Tate, and I said nothing when they came for Russell Brand, and I remain perfectly comfortable with all of those decisionsFollowing the start of Russell Brand’s rape trial, a familiar chorus has once again emerged, with various terminally online communities insisting that another wealthy, influential man facing …

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

'“Alexa, show me a picture of two hypocrites" Reform’s Nigel Farage wants to abolish the ECHR. Yet in Warwickshire, Reform are using ECHR protections to help their council leader get off the hook of his 3RD standards investigati ...' www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a businessman with ties to the Kremlin. ft.trib.al/9g7wnme

Rob Baron
@rob-baron.bsky.social

Reform loves to pretend that it is the party of patriots, & yet a massive 80% of its donations come from foreign based donors. By comparison, Labour's percentage is 0.15%. So, despite all the xenophobia & racist rhetoric, Reform is a party willing to sell the UK out to the highest foreign bidders

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Otto English
@ottoenglish.bsky.social

“While each of us (voted Brexit) for different reasons, we all believed that the UK could do a better job of running its own affairs than *unelected officials* in Brussels could." Ben Houchen... November 2020 Six years later 👇👇👇

Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞
@mary1kathy.bsky.social

Canadian married to an American, dentist trained in America, father of American child, volunteers at American church dental clinic, no criminal record. Does this sound like the worst of the worst to you?! #AbolishICE #CrushICE open.substack.com/pub/eyesonic...

open.substack.comCanadian-born dentist William Lizardo walked into a scheduled green card interview and walked out in chains at the immigration services building in MinneapolisLizardo, a University of Minnesota School of Dentistry graduate, has lived in Minnesota with his wife Lauren, also a dentist, and their 18-month-old daughter.

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

Rich Reform UK MPs love to - stimatise needy benefits claimants - claim massive "expenses" "Benefits-bashing Reform UK MP Suella Braverman claimed £45,000 in parliamentary expenses towards her water bills, newly-emerged files show - leaving the taxpayer on the hook" www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Jon Cooper
@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🚨Ex-GOP political strategist Steve Schmidt has called for the “immediate removal” of Donald Trump’s son-in-law from “every diplomatic assignment” following an explosive report alleging that Jared Kushner secretly had access to roughly $1.75 billion in Gulf money while serving in the White House.

rawstory.comEx-GOP strategist calls for Trump envoy's 'immediate removal' over 'treason' accusationsA prominent political strategist has called for the “immediate removal” of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law from “every diplomatic assignment” following an explosive report alleging that Jared Kush...