John Foot

@footymac.bsky.social

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Historian specialised in contemporary Italy - has published books on Italian football, radical psychiatry (Franco Basaglia), Fascism. Book on the Red Brigades out in 2025. John-foot.com

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John Mackintosh Foot is an English academic historian specialising in Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

Political science 38%

Sociology 32%

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: If it wasn't you, then who gave the order for Starlink to go down in Ukraine?

TRUMP: I don't know

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 9h

Time series 3. Incredible television.

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 11h

BBC reporting of Reform/ITV story is buried under a neutral headline that says ‘they have questions to answer’. Not Reform candidate wants to murder the King.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h

So-called journalists nodding along as Nigel Farage talks about locking up actual journalists for doing actual journalism

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h

Who amongst us hasn't been provoked into saying black people are animals and the King is a secret Muslim who should be decapitated?

Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked'

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...

Nigel Farage Suggests Race Row Reform Candidates May Have Been 'Provoked'

The party’s leader has been accused of “making excuses” for their behaviour.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14h

"An investigation uncovered more than 130 official suppliers in the UK willing to sell cloned number plates"

This is such a clear example of where the UK is good at creating laws, and often terrible at enforcing them. Laws are pointless if they're not implemented and *seen* to be implemented.

Number of cloned number plates on UK roads at record high, data shows

More than 11,400 drivers last year were fined for offences they did not recognise as RAC says system needs reform

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 18h

This is so embarrassing it makes me want to crawl under a table

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

oh my god this interview was a disaster for Zacharia. I've never seen Hannity do someone who works for Trump like this

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miss andry @defnotadino.bsky.social · 19h

lololol if it’s Hannity pushing her, hard not to think this didn’t come directly from Trump. she’s cooked

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

HANNITY: You said you consulted with people who advised you it was okay to call yourself a lawyer but not an attorney, correct?

ZACHARIA: Correct

HANNITY: There's a report out tonight showing 15 social media posts where you identify yourself as an attorney

ZACHARIA: I think they were retweets

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump suggests he is going to pardon everyone, including himself: "I'm allowed to do a self-pardon ... I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense"

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 21h

The deployment of the giant skeleton for Wemby was a great touch

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22h

A New Jersey family recreated OG Anunoby's iconic NBA Finals tip-in with their Halloween decorations

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 23h

He was rotating tires on his nephew's bicycle but really wanted to be here.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

JD Vance: "I want to give a few shoutouts. First of all, your next governor, the great Congressman John James. He's not with us this afternoon."

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

The Telegraph must be so proud of helping me pretend that the main takaway from the exposure of racist Reform councillors is that investigative journalists should be prosecuted.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Ex-Congressman Matt Gaetz is accused of sex trafficking.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/10/15/e...

Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women

Two women filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing former Congressman Matt Gaetz of a sex trafficking and drug scheme. Gaetz denies the allegations.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the originator of the James Talarico mental health facility hoax.

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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 1d

Arsenal won.
City lost.

Here is the Telegraph on both

City send out defiant message after Latest punishment
Sport15 Oct 2026By Jason Burt CHIEF FOOTBALL CORRESPONDENT at the Etihad Stadium

Arteta cannot rely on second string
Sport14 Oct 2026By Sam Wallace CHIEF FOOTBALL WRITER at the Emirates Stadium

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

which reporter will ask the new press secretary about this $72 billion trump made on the tiktok
i want to hear the explanation lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I made $72 billion on TikTok! You know who number one on TikTok is? Trump. Remember? Trump. I'm number one. Can you believe it? Taylor Swift is 19. They just sent out the ratings."

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely dying laughing at 'heavily medicated' at the time. Yeah, I remember when I hurt my arm and was on codeine, I too started seeing secret Muslims whenever I looked at the Royal Family.

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1d

More proof that anyone who says "I'm not racist" is absolutely a racist.

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d

Commentator spinning this as a City triumph.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

6 councillors have resigned from Reform UK today. 3 as a result of the ITV documentary:

Alan Feeney
Chris Whelan
Dean Miller

David Dresser
Paula-Jane Thackray
William Shaw

Expecting Jamie Campbell also from Solihull will also following the ITV documentary.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's brain is busted: "You couldn't vote. They wouldn't let you vote. And they grabbed her and they said 'you'll vote over here,' and they took her to a Democrat area. She voted. She came back. You couldn't vote. They came back late in the night."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Bribe Force One: "You saw the brand new 747. You know, when you're given gifts, you taken them, right? ... when they give you a 747, you say two words -- 'thank you'"

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 2d

Are you a terrorist if you have read a book by Sally Rooney?

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Tayo3000 @tayo3000.bsky.social · 2d

bUt WHy DiDnT ArsENaL jUST TAke thE gAMe to PsG?

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 2d

Man City when their opponents are equally as financially doped as they are

Skeleton Meme Collapses

ALT: Skeleton Meme Collapses

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Week after week, Nigel Farage is allowed to host his show on GB News.

Even though Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes.

Ask Ofcom to investigate ⬇️

Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

bestforbritain.org

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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 2d

This happened THIS WEEK

"A club representative from Manchester City was invited on a government-backed trade delegation to India this week, despite the club being found guilty of 114 breaches of Premier League rules."

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Manchester City staff invited on government trade trip to India

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor Bev Craig invited City representative on trade trip organised by business secretary

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

This photo says everything about why Trump keeps hiring unqualified worshipful young women (who look like his daughter)

Pic of Trump boarding Marine One with Natalie and Katie absolutely beaming at him

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

I see the "migrants taking all the new jobs" nonsense is back, in the Mail, Telegraph and Times.

Reminder that this is BS, and IPSO ruled repeatedly that this is not what the data says. I expect corrections from all of them (Times has already agreed to correct)

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/1183...

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 2d

This week the Italian edition of Red Brigades is out with Einaudi and I also now have advance copies of the paperback of the English edition - both updated and revised...

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, John Foot , and 1 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, John Foot, Stephen Jones

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 2d

Going to run for parliament for the sole purpose of being sworn in on my sacred text: this 2015 article by Matt Goodwin announcing his resignation from the Cameron government's anti-Islamophobia taskforce because it wasn't serious about tackling the issue. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The fight against Islamophobia is going backwards | Matthew Goodwin

As long as the government resists real engagement with Muslims, I can’t stay on its anti-hatred taskforce

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