Gill West
@gillwest.bsky.social
Poiché è difficile distinguere i profeti veri dai falsi, è bene avere in sospetto tutti i profeti...(Primo Levi)
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Hahahahaha! Such excitement
September 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Hahahahaha! Such excitement
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Very good piece by @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. A couple of things I'd add. One, on the point below, one reason Harborne gave for his £36M donation was "competitive spirit" to match Delo. That aspect of it is pathetic willy-waving: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic... 1/4
September 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Very good piece by @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. A couple of things I'd add. One, on the point below, one reason Harborne gave for his £36M donation was "competitive spirit" to match Delo. That aspect of it is pathetic willy-waving: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic... 1/4
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New panic just dropped...
It's "better food" for our kids apparently
It's "better food" for our kids apparently
The Telegraph is terrified kids are going to become lentil munchers. Dal is famously known to be a very expensive dish. How will schools cope with the burden?
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September 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM
New panic just dropped...
It's "better food" for our kids apparently
It's "better food" for our kids apparently
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September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you…
Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way
…as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way
…as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
September 13, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you…
Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way
…as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way
…as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
As Reform is a limited company, is the £72M a political donation or company buy-out? Do we want to live in a country where ANY party receives millions in donations? “He who pays the piper calls the tune.” Look at the USA and shudder, this is the corollary of big donor politics. Io non ci sto.
September 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
As Reform is a limited company, is the £72M a political donation or company buy-out? Do we want to live in a country where ANY party receives millions in donations? “He who pays the piper calls the tune.” Look at the USA and shudder, this is the corollary of big donor politics. Io non ci sto.
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Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage.
September 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage.
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Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”.
Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.
Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.
September 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”.
Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.
Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.
What the fresh hell is this?
A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
September 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
What the fresh hell is this?
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We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
September 11, 2026 at 8:57 AM
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Actual headline: “Farage sold himself to one foreign based crypto millionaire & has now sold his party to yet another one”. What a surprise that a party with little concrete policy has very specific policies on… crypto tax cuts
September 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Actual headline: “Farage sold himself to one foreign based crypto millionaire & has now sold his party to yet another one”. What a surprise that a party with little concrete policy has very specific policies on… crypto tax cuts
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A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
September 11, 2026 at 6:02 AM
A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
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In case you missed it 👇
A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
September 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
In case you missed it 👇
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Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
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www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
The banality of dehumanisation
The banality of dehumanisation
‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
The banality of dehumanisation
The banality of dehumanisation
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This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.
Lifeboat museum forced to close after abuse from thugs
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers
The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.
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The Impossible Struggle to Demine Gaza www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
September 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The Impossible Struggle to Demine Gaza www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
He previously said the heckler should “get a life”.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
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The focus on *misinformation* after the terrible Southport murders did risk the unwitting inference that the mob should have found a church with Rwandan parishioners instead, or that the mob attack would have been justified if the perpetrator had been a co-religionist of those at the mosque.
What is this comment from the Labour MP? No, the issue here isn't that the attempted pogrom had the wrong targets!
September 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The focus on *misinformation* after the terrible Southport murders did risk the unwitting inference that the mob should have found a church with Rwandan parishioners instead, or that the mob attack would have been justified if the perpetrator had been a co-religionist of those at the mosque.
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‘Can I just shock you? I’m actually very right-wing.’
September 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
‘Can I just shock you? I’m actually very right-wing.’
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Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib.
The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them.
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The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them.
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September 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib.
The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them.
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The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them.
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Wow! 💥💥💥
Take a look at this new, in-depth address by Mark Carney. It's a masterclass in political communication. Not only does he explain Canada's history and its current plans for renewal, but he does it while strengthening Canada's national identity and sense of shared community 🇨🇦
[SOUND ON 🔊]
Take a look at this new, in-depth address by Mark Carney. It's a masterclass in political communication. Not only does he explain Canada's history and its current plans for renewal, but he does it while strengthening Canada's national identity and sense of shared community 🇨🇦
[SOUND ON 🔊]
Forward Guidance: A Stronger Canada
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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September 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Wow! 💥💥💥
Take a look at this new, in-depth address by Mark Carney. It's a masterclass in political communication. Not only does he explain Canada's history and its current plans for renewal, but he does it while strengthening Canada's national identity and sense of shared community 🇨🇦
[SOUND ON 🔊]
Take a look at this new, in-depth address by Mark Carney. It's a masterclass in political communication. Not only does he explain Canada's history and its current plans for renewal, but he does it while strengthening Canada's national identity and sense of shared community 🇨🇦
[SOUND ON 🔊]
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Codswallop, as the Home Office's own stats make clear. To claim, for example, that Iraqi Kurds don't face persecution automatically discounts this "whistleblower" as someone without the knowledge to be conducting reviews or speaking on asylum recognition rates.
September 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Codswallop, as the Home Office's own stats make clear. To claim, for example, that Iraqi Kurds don't face persecution automatically discounts this "whistleblower" as someone without the knowledge to be conducting reviews or speaking on asylum recognition rates.
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NEW | On fascism on the streets and the front-pages…
STOP THE BLOKES
With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/stop-the-b...
STOP THE BLOKES
With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/stop-the-b...
Stop The Blokes
With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
September 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
NEW | On fascism on the streets and the front-pages…
STOP THE BLOKES
With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/stop-the-b...
STOP THE BLOKES
With fascism on the streets of England again, The Times uses its front-page to deliver the same message beneath a thin veneer of respectability.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/stop-the-b...