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Michael Sparkes
@sparkesmichael.bsky.social
An exile happy to be in this new land. Looking to explore and understand this crazy world and help others when I can. Pro EU, Ukraine, NHS and democracy! Where is Leveson II? 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇸🇩
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When Trump says he doesn't "give a damn" about high gas prices because "we're making a fortune" -- he means it literally: www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...
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The White House has denied the new rape allegations. Will be interesting to hear what Trump says himself. www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-...
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Nigel Farage has given Reform UK candidates permission to publicly support the serial criminally convicted fraudster, thug, stalker and far-right activist who founded the English Defence League. This is who they are. Never forget it.
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Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport has felt like a campaign rally as flight after flight brings expat Israelis returning to vote. Some 67,000 internationally based Israelis were estimated to have arrived, according to a U.S.-based get-out-the-vote program.
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The WSJ Editorial Board is unserious. As the US barrels toward one of the most consequential midterms in its history, it has chosen to fixate on a former politician's talk of cheesecake. This isn’t commentary; it’s editorial malpractice. www.wsj.com/opinion/bara...
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We found the source of the foreign interference. "Trump wades into Canadian politics with kudos for Parti Québécois, B.C. Conservative wins." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Do as I say, not as I do: "U.S. officials accuse Canada of midterm meddling — but Trump has endorsed foreign candidates. U.S. Embassy declines to comment when asked about Trump's endorsements." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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🔥🔥🔥A Damning Account Alleges Jared Kushner Conducted Diplomacy for Profit www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/b...
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More rape allegations against Donald Trump in the Epstein files. When is this man going to be charged? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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UN investigators say the genocide in Gaza continues while extermination, torture and rape form part of a widespread and systematic attack on Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank
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Replying to @aidthompsin.bsky.social
Btw don’t overlook extent to which they have (or haven’t) truly regained a threatening position to Burnham’s Labour. Burnham gaining at signif speed. Much more than Badenoch. The lift the Tories have experienced merely puts them at 40-50% of where they were. Same as Jan 2025.
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CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.
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A hunting trip to Mongolia furnishes cover for meetings between TrumpJr and Putin sidekick Umar Kremlëv. TrumpJr stood on stage with a wide smile as an auctioneer sold off the chance to join him on a week-long hunting trip in western Mongolia. “Will you beat $225,000? I’m giving you a bargain,” the
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Presidential pardons only go so far. State charges are beyond his reach. And maybe the time has come to reaccess the validity of Presidential pardons that were bought, used to influence votes/donations/activities by public servants, or were issued by president who himself gets impeached & convicted.
For any reading impaired offices of ICE, Border Patrol (CBP), and the FBI: The "civil...service" aspect of the law below applies to you. You will go to jail for 5 years if you follow orders to deploy at polling stations. There will be a reckoning for those civil officers, "Only following orders."
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🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court rejected DOJ's extraordinary request to bypass the district court in its effort to bar California from counting the ballots of around 20,000 people the Trump administration alleges are “likely” noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“The bishops' bench is perhaps the most antiquated & undemocratic feature of the House of Lords. Whether reformed or replaced, the second chamber must have no reserved seats for religious clerics.” www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/10...
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