Pip
@pip6811.bsky.social
Ever the optimist 🇪🇺 🇬🇧🔸️
Water, Coffee, Wine, Whiskey - not necessarily in that order.
Water, Coffee, Wine, Whiskey - not necessarily in that order.
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Trump claims US has deal with Denmark for ‘control’ of Greenland security ft.trib.al/dwwg1xq
Trump claims US has deal with Denmark for ‘control’ of Greenland security
President says Washington will develop ‘large military presence’ in territory
ft.trib.al
September 18, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Trump claims US has deal with Denmark for ‘control’ of Greenland security ft.trib.al/dwwg1xq
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Russian attack on an administrative building in Odesa.
Five people injured, one of them in critical condition.
Russia attacks Odesa every single day, most days multiple times.
Five people injured, one of them in critical condition.
Russia attacks Odesa every single day, most days multiple times.
September 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Russian attack on an administrative building in Odesa.
Five people injured, one of them in critical condition.
Russia attacks Odesa every single day, most days multiple times.
Five people injured, one of them in critical condition.
Russia attacks Odesa every single day, most days multiple times.
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Russia lost 1960 men in ONE DAY!
This has got to be a record, Russia can't hope to make up its numbers with this rate of loses
This has got to be a record, Russia can't hope to make up its numbers with this rate of loses
September 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Russia lost 1960 men in ONE DAY!
This has got to be a record, Russia can't hope to make up its numbers with this rate of loses
This has got to be a record, Russia can't hope to make up its numbers with this rate of loses
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Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation”
Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform”
Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr”
Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires.
Reform voters…
They. Are. Laughing. At. You.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform”
Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr”
Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires.
Reform voters…
They. Are. Laughing. At. You.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation”
Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform”
Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr”
Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires.
Reform voters…
They. Are. Laughing. At. You.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform”
Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr”
Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires.
Reform voters…
They. Are. Laughing. At. You.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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📌 ICYMI — Conservative Donor Is Major Player in Gambling Syndicate That Used George Cottrell’s Betting Accounts — Olly Haynes
Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
Conservative Donor Is Major Player in Gambling Syndicate That Used George Cottrell’s Betting…
Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
bylinetimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
📌 ICYMI — Conservative Donor Is Major Player in Gambling Syndicate That Used George Cottrell’s Betting Accounts — Olly Haynes
Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
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Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics.
The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it?
archive.ph/eTOS5
The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it?
archive.ph/eTOS5
September 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics.
The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it?
archive.ph/eTOS5
The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it?
archive.ph/eTOS5
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🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics?
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
docs.google.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics?
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Lancashire:
mercury-contaminated sludge left by a chemical firm. Documents suggest leaking between underground storage chambers.
Subsidence in the area has led to yawning craters in the ground.
Could groundwater be at risk from cavern 107?
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2654827...
mercury-contaminated sludge left by a chemical firm. Documents suggest leaking between underground storage chambers.
Subsidence in the area has led to yawning craters in the ground.
Could groundwater be at risk from cavern 107?
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2654827...
How 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste were buried beneath rural Lancashire
Beneath rural Lancashire lies 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste, raising questions over its long-term safety and what happens if it…
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Lancashire:
mercury-contaminated sludge left by a chemical firm. Documents suggest leaking between underground storage chambers.
Subsidence in the area has led to yawning craters in the ground.
Could groundwater be at risk from cavern 107?
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2654827...
mercury-contaminated sludge left by a chemical firm. Documents suggest leaking between underground storage chambers.
Subsidence in the area has led to yawning craters in the ground.
Could groundwater be at risk from cavern 107?
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2654827...
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An example of how bad AI is at providing news "summaries"
Seeking for this story about predatory paedophile Aaron Knight aka "Young UKIP" who was Nigel Farage's aide in Thanet while he groomed and abused a 7 year old boy.
So I searched "Nigel Farage Aaron Knight"
www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Seeking for this story about predatory paedophile Aaron Knight aka "Young UKIP" who was Nigel Farage's aide in Thanet while he groomed and abused a 7 year old boy.
So I searched "Nigel Farage Aaron Knight"
www.dailymail.com/news/article...
June 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM
An example of how bad AI is at providing news "summaries"
Seeking for this story about predatory paedophile Aaron Knight aka "Young UKIP" who was Nigel Farage's aide in Thanet while he groomed and abused a 7 year old boy.
So I searched "Nigel Farage Aaron Knight"
www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Seeking for this story about predatory paedophile Aaron Knight aka "Young UKIP" who was Nigel Farage's aide in Thanet while he groomed and abused a 7 year old boy.
So I searched "Nigel Farage Aaron Knight"
www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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2016 "Nigel Farage's former party aide is in jail for year-long sex attacks on a seven-year-old boy...
Aaron Knight, 30, was known as 'Young UKIP' as he campaigned for the party in South Thanet, Kent in 2014 ahead of last year's General Election - before switching his allegiances to Russell Brand."
Aaron Knight, 30, was known as 'Young UKIP' as he campaigned for the party in South Thanet, Kent in 2014 ahead of last year's General Election - before switching his allegiances to Russell Brand."
June 15, 2026 at 8:10 AM
2016 "Nigel Farage's former party aide is in jail for year-long sex attacks on a seven-year-old boy...
Aaron Knight, 30, was known as 'Young UKIP' as he campaigned for the party in South Thanet, Kent in 2014 ahead of last year's General Election - before switching his allegiances to Russell Brand."
Aaron Knight, 30, was known as 'Young UKIP' as he campaigned for the party in South Thanet, Kent in 2014 ahead of last year's General Election - before switching his allegiances to Russell Brand."
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"The mother of the boy said hearing Farage talk of his fears of more migrant sex attacks if the UK doesn't leave the EU makes her 'blood boil'.
She told The Mirror: 'If Mr Farage and his mates in UKIP had been looking a bit closer to home, my son might have not been harmed in the way he has."
She told The Mirror: 'If Mr Farage and his mates in UKIP had been looking a bit closer to home, my son might have not been harmed in the way he has."
Nigel Farage aide is child sex predator who groomed boy aged 7
Nigel Farage has drawn flak for linking migrants to sex attacks – but former party activist Aaron Knight has been convicted of horrific abuse
www.mirror.co.uk
June 15, 2026 at 8:11 AM
"The mother of the boy said hearing Farage talk of his fears of more migrant sex attacks if the UK doesn't leave the EU makes her 'blood boil'.
She told The Mirror: 'If Mr Farage and his mates in UKIP had been looking a bit closer to home, my son might have not been harmed in the way he has."
She told The Mirror: 'If Mr Farage and his mates in UKIP had been looking a bit closer to home, my son might have not been harmed in the way he has."
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This was one year ago. There’d be a lot more on there now.
September 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This was one year ago. There’d be a lot more on there now.
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For those still learning about Germany’s neo-Nazi AfD, here are the salient facts:
September 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
For those still learning about Germany’s neo-Nazi AfD, here are the salient facts:
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Arming the enemy.
Houthis just filmed a warehouse full of US-made armor they took off Saudi-backed forces after Mocha fell. Shot on an iPhone. Such a damaging image! The coalition’s decade-long war in Yemen is ending in captured American equipment & open humiliation.
September 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Arming the enemy.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
We’ve seen Russia’s dangerous recklessness on full display in the past 48 hours:
• A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter;
• NATO jets had to shoot down a drone over Lithuania;
• Russia struck a passenger train near the border with Ukraine;
We’ve seen Russia’s dangerous recklessness on full display in the past 48 hours:
• A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter;
• NATO jets had to shoot down a drone over Lithuania;
• Russia struck a passenger train near the border with Ukraine;
September 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
We’ve seen Russia’s dangerous recklessness on full display in the past 48 hours:
• A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter;
• NATO jets had to shoot down a drone over Lithuania;
• Russia struck a passenger train near the border with Ukraine;
We’ve seen Russia’s dangerous recklessness on full display in the past 48 hours:
• A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter;
• NATO jets had to shoot down a drone over Lithuania;
• Russia struck a passenger train near the border with Ukraine;
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Concerns are mounting that Europe's central macroeconomic institution might not be ready for turnover at the highest level.
ECB staff raise stability concerns about Lagarde departure rumours
Concerns are mounting that Europe's central macroeconomic institution might not be ready for turnover at the highest level.
l.euronews.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Concerns are mounting that Europe's central macroeconomic institution might not be ready for turnover at the highest level.
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That’s 300k in 8 months.
That’s c.37,500 a month.
c.1,250 every day.
That’s c.37,500 a month.
c.1,250 every day.
⚡️ Russia suffers over 300,000 military losses in Ukraine since start of 2026, General Staff says.
The General Staff said nearly 300,000 losses were roughly equivalent to the personnel strength of 150 motorized rifle regiments, based on an estimated 2,000 troops per regiment.
The General Staff said nearly 300,000 losses were roughly equivalent to the personnel strength of 150 motorized rifle regiments, based on an estimated 2,000 troops per regiment.
Russia suffers over 300,000 military losses in Ukraine since start of 2026, General Staff says
The General Staff said nearly 300,000 losses were roughly equivalent to the personnel strength of 150 motorized rifle regiments, based on an estimated 2,000 troops per regiment.
kyivindependent.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
That’s 300k in 8 months.
That’s c.37,500 a month.
c.1,250 every day.
That’s c.37,500 a month.
c.1,250 every day.
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quite something this paragraph.
September 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
quite something this paragraph.
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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.
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What people get (very) badly wrong on globalisation. Inter-connectivity isn't going away but that is giving growing power to non-state actors to threaten almost everyone. We are going to need more not less global cooperation to fix that. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Satellite images show extent of damage to major Saudi pipeline, amid global oil supply fears
Saudis yet to provide details about damage from drone attack to key east-west pipeline to Red Sea that could affect 4% of global oil supply
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:24 AM
What people get (very) badly wrong on globalisation. Inter-connectivity isn't going away but that is giving growing power to non-state actors to threaten almost everyone. We are going to need more not less global cooperation to fix that. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Reform UK and Christopher Harborne say the mega-donor crypto billionaire is living in the UK (so the overseas donor cap supposedly won't affect him).
Since when?
A claim form filed by Harborne in the High Court only this June lists his address as (still) in Bangkok...
Since when?
A claim form filed by Harborne in the High Court only this June lists his address as (still) in Bangkok...
September 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Reform UK and Christopher Harborne say the mega-donor crypto billionaire is living in the UK (so the overseas donor cap supposedly won't affect him).
Since when?
A claim form filed by Harborne in the High Court only this June lists his address as (still) in Bangkok...
Since when?
A claim form filed by Harborne in the High Court only this June lists his address as (still) in Bangkok...
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What I don't understand about Rayner's comments on banning crypto donations is, once more, that these *are not* donations in crypto, they're donations from crypto billionaires
The donations aren't in crypto because pretty much nobody does anything in crypto (except money launders, drug dealers etc)
The donations aren't in crypto because pretty much nobody does anything in crypto (except money launders, drug dealers etc)
September 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
What I don't understand about Rayner's comments on banning crypto donations is, once more, that these *are not* donations in crypto, they're donations from crypto billionaires
The donations aren't in crypto because pretty much nobody does anything in crypto (except money launders, drug dealers etc)
The donations aren't in crypto because pretty much nobody does anything in crypto (except money launders, drug dealers etc)
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