Glyn Bach
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Welsh. Gay. Beard. Annoying.
pinned post!
In another life, I was known as Welshbeard :-)
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So, I dreamed that a) One of my friends had unexpectedly died, which was very upsetting b) I was selling Mariah Carey's toilet seat on ebay, which was somewhat less upsetting.
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Cooking with Long Covid Tonight's dinner Stir-fried chicken with red and green peppers, onions, spring onions, fresh ginger, and garlic, in a sherry, toasted sesame oil and soy sauce.
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We tend to think of 'green', pro-animal rights, activism and politics as being inherently left-wing, liberal and/or progressive, but the far right have always had a presence in the movement
www.jewishnews.co.uk/revealed-the...
#antisemitism
#antisemitic
#Jewish
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REVEALED: The animal rights group sharing obscene anti-Jewish hate - Jewish News
EXCLUSIVE: Farms Not Factories boasts high-profile supporters, some of whom have asked to be removed from its website after Jewish News revealed the groupâs newsletter promotes conspiracy theories
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/revealed-the-animal-rights-group-sharing-obscene-anti-jewish-hate/
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The prominent presenter on Rupert Murdoch's British Talk TV channel, Mike Graham, has been sacked, for refusing to co-operate into an investigation into racist content on his social media feed
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after âfailureâ to assist inquiry into racist post
Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/12/mike-graham-sacked-from-talktv-investigation-facebook-post?CMP=share_btn_url
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Partners for Progressive Israel
2 days ago
The area from the river to the sea is a homeland for both Jews and Palestinians. Is there a way for both peoples to enjoy sovereignty without carving up the territory? Join us TUESDAY, 11/18, as we host Dr. Fakhira Halloun & Prof. Oren Yiftachel of A Land for All.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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A reminder of how the esteemed philosopher and pacifist Bertrand Russell would have contended with a German occupation of the United Kingdom (via
@equusonthebuses.bsky.social
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Excellent news for womens health promotion, world-wide 'More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process'
financialpost.com/pmn/more-tha...
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More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a yâŠ
https://financialpost.com/pmn/more-than-80-nonprofits-receive-250m-for-global-womens-health-from-melinda-french-gates
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Post someone who looks great in a hat
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I was saddened to learn, last night, that South Woodford's lovely Hungarian restaurant, The Lakehouse, is closing next month. Try to support your local independent businesses.
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Pascal Jacquemain
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âIâll be executed on Tuesdayâ: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudiâs death row
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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âIâll be executed on Tuesdayâ: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudiâs death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid âhorrifyingâ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salmanâs rule
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/12/foreign-prisoners-killed-saudi-arabian-jail-tabuk-prison-egyptians-executed-non-violent-drug-crimes-mohammed-bin-salman?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Richard Paris
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I have no idea what these noodles have to do with the holidays.
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The Guardian
1 day ago
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
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Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British Reform UK has been accused of embracing racism after it picked a former academic who argued that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British as the head of its new student organisation. Matthew Goodwin, who is now a hard-right activist and prominent Reform supporter, has confirmed on X that he has been made the honorary president of the new Students4Reform organisation. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/13/reform-uk-accused-racism-student-organisation-matthew-goodwin?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
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X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform. Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported. A new thread documenting this.
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Ukraine has long been known to have an issue with corruption, and, alas, corruption tends to thrive at times of war
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies
The Ukrainian president has called for the justice and energy ministers to be removed from their posts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8vw62j3g9o
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Who knew that harvesting olives could be so subversive?
#Palestine
#Israel
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Banned from Israel for 10 years, US Jewish peace activist feels âsense of betrayalâ
Leila Stillman-Utterback, 18, says her deportation for entering closed military zone to help Palestinians facing settler violence sends message that, for Israeli authorites, she's not 'right kind of J...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/banned-from-israel-for-10-years-us-jewish-peace-activist-feels-sense-of-betrayal/
2 days ago
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I think BBC Arabic can't really continue in its current state. It's too compromised a service. It probably needs a root-and-branch reorganisation
www.thejc.com/news/uk/fami...
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Family of terror victim calls for BBC Arabic to be shut down amid bias row - The Jewish Chronicle
BBC âquietly encouragingâ people to follow restaurant bombing terrorist, father of killed daughter says
https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/family-of-terror-victim-calls-for-bbc-arabic-to-be-shut-down-amid-bias-row-hjihk59c
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Birmingham Labour councillor Bushra Bi apologises after suggesting that Sir Keir Starmer is biased in favour of Israel âbecause his wife is Jewishâ
www.thejc.com/news/politic...
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Birmingham Labour councillor suggested Starmer is biased in favour of Israel âbecause his wife is Jewishâ - The Jewish Chronicle
Bushra Bi apologised for her remarks and said she was committed to âensuring it does not happen againâ
https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/birmingham-labour-councillor-starmer-israel-because-wife-jewish-hj1skfaj
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Police officers should be bound by the highest standards. Everyone should feel safe to turn to them in a crisis, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. If we cannot trust officers to deal with us all equitably, then our justice system is failing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cambridge police officer dismissed after using racist language
PC Andrew Goodwin's behaviour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn519x644w4o
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Dozens of settlers launch arson attack on town of Beit Lid, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge
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Dozens of Israeli settlers launch arson attack in West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge | CNN
Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/middleeast/west-bank-settler-violence-arson-latam-intl
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UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us
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Milan, Italy : 25 yr old man arrested after antisemitic attack on a group of US Ultra-Orthodox Jewish tourists at the central railway station. He also shouted antisemitic threats and insults such as âdirty Jewsâ and âyou kill children in Palestine, and Iâll kill you"
www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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Jewish tourists assaulted in Milan by racist attacker | The Jerusalem Post
During the attack, the Pakistani man shouted racist threats and insults in Italian, such as âdirty Jewsâ and âyou kill children in Palestine, and Iâll kill you."
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-873534
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Nowhere in Ukraine is truly 'safe' from Russian attacks, but Kherson is rather dangerous, with the front line being across the River Dnieper. It comes under daily attack. Kudos should go to Angelina Jolie for opting to visit it, instead of 'safer' locations
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
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Angelina Jolie highlights the horrors of Russiaâs âhuman safariâ in Ukraine
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie paid a surprise visit to Ukraine in early November to help raise international awareness about Russia's 'human safari' campaign of drone killings targeting Ukrainian civi...
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/angelina-jolie-highlights-the-horrors-of-russias-human-safari-in-ukraine/
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Afghanistan is in a state of moral and economic chaos
www.jpost.com/internationa...
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Afghanistan economy: 9 in 10 families face hunger or debt | The Jerusalem Post
Over 4.5 million returnees and restricted female employment are buckling Afghanistan's economy, forcing 90% of households into debt and food insecurity, UN data shows.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-873555
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Prominent American supporter of President Trump, Melissa Rein Lively, and her partner Philip Ostermann, have been named as the suspects in an alleged racist attack on a family at Bond Street Tube station, in central London, on October 11th
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/b...
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Trump fan and financier named over Tube âracist abuseâ police appeal
Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/bond-street-tube-london-assault-couple-trump-fan-police-appeal-b1257549.html
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Unsurprisingly, Jeremy Corbyn has finally come out as an anti-Zionist, which, essence, means Your Party (or whatever it will be called) won't accept a two-state solution for Israel/Palestine, and will, I assume, seek the dismantling of Israel as a sovereign state
www.jewishnews.co.uk/corbyn-says-...
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Corbyn says his new political party is committed to 'absolute opposition to Zionism' - Jewish News
Former Labour leader moves closer to stance expressed by Zarah Sultana
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/corbyn-says-his-new-political-party-is-committed-to-absolute-opposition-to-zionism/
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Staffordshire Reform UK cabinet member, Cllr Peter Mason (member for for Burton South) has apologised for a series of 'disgusting' (his own description) posts, which included racial and homophobic allusions, to social media, prior to his election
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Staffordshire Reform UK councillor apologises for 'disgusting' X posts - BBC News
Peter Mason says he "regrets his choice of words" in posts about black women and the police.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkp9x2r92o.amp?f
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âSince Donald Trump descended that golden escalator in 2015, the Republican party has devolved into a cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimes of the last one hundred years" : Veteran GOP fundraiser Miles Bruner
www.newsweek.com/veteran-gop-...
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Veteran GOP Fundraiser Quits Party, Trashes Donald Trump
Miles Bruner said the GOP had become âa cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimesâ of the past century.
https://www.newsweek.com/veteran-gop-fundraiser-quits-party-trashes-donald-trump-10912052
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There is still much to be revealed about what happened in Gaza, as there always is after wartime. Once the dust has settled on fighting, mouths begin to loosen
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/israeli-soldiers-breaking-ranks-gaza-civilians-human-shields
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In 1973, a law was passed in the Swedish parliament that all men in the country who dressed like this were granted tax breaks. This explains why Swedish men looked the same from 1973 until 1977.
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People who are born with intersex conditions should not be subjected to surgeries to 'clarify' their sex until they are old enough to make an informed decision. Let them decide how they wish to present, and how they wish to live their lives
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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âI donât want anyone to suffer like I didâ: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/12/intersex-campaigners-fighting-to-limit-surgery-on-children
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Well, the last week has been quite...interesting. I was hit with gastroenteritis, which, I can easily say, was not a wildly enjoyable experience, and is not something that I would recommend to the curious.
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Tonight's dinner Khoresh-e karafs (a Persian stew of chicken, celery and onions, in a saffron, turmeric rosewater and lime sauce, with parsley and mint)
10 days ago
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I only learned, today, that the skeletons used in the 'pool sequence' of Poltergeist were real
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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âIf Iâd known the skeletons were real Iâd have been even more disgustedâ: how we made Poltergeist
âSteven Spielberg lit up when I told him I couldnât do the face-tearing scene. Those are his hands you see in the film. I could never have ripped my face off with the same joie de vivreâ
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/03/if-id-known-the-skeletons-were-real-id-have-been-even-more-disgusted-how-we-made-poltergeist
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Alex von Tunzelmann
12 days ago
Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence
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Mark Klamberg
11 days ago
When an Israeli top military official does what law and moral requires, the result is that she gets arrested. Today, we should stand with Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
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Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse - BBC News
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.
https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0kpd97qqko.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=Fr%C3%A5n%20%251%24s&aoh=17621887253186&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcy0kpd97qqko
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Det Sgt Derek Ridgewell (who died in 1982) is known to have framed 13 men (mainly Black) for crimes in the 1970s, but a former colleague believes that he may have framed c. 100 more.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Corrupt racist cop may have framed more than 100 innocent victims
Det Sgt Derek Ridgewell is already known to have framed at least 13 men in London, mostly Black, in the 70s, but evidence now indicates he targeted scores more
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/corrupt-racist-cop-framed-more-36171486
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Unlike Mr Farage, I disagree that the minimum wage should be cut for young people
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/nigel-farage-minimum-wage-cut-for-young-people-reform-uk/
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Reform Party UK Exposed
12 days ago
Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
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Bots, AI memes and Reform councillors: How foreign Facebook pages are hijacking UK patriotism
Fake British âpatriotâ pages run from abroad are fooling thousands â including elected councillors.
https://national.thelead.uk/p/reform-councillors-facebook-foreign-pages
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The Guardian
12 days ago
MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime
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MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime
Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take âimportant stepâ of defining anti-Muslim hatred More than three dozen Labour and independent MPs have written to the housing secretary calling on the government to adopt a definition of Islamophobia, after recent figures revealed hate crimes against Muslims were up by nearly a fifth. Forty MPs, including Labour MPs Diane Abbott, Dawn Butler, Kim Johnson and independent Andrew Gwynne, were among the signatories on the letter from Afzal Khan who wrote to Steve Reed on Friday asking him to adopt a definition of anti-Muslim hatred as an âimportant stepâ in addressing discrimination, prejudice and hatred the community faces. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/02/mps-urge-minister-to-adopt-definition-of-islamophobia-amid-rise-in-hate?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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John Grindrod
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Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with
@faberbooks.bsky.social
. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
12 days ago
For it is indeed this weird âun
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
12 days ago
So, the guy who wants more cousins marrying each other also says poor people deserve moldy and damp housing.
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RiotGrlErin
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star trek and famous art: a thread
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Nancy Mace's outburst could be summarised as 'Do you know who I am?!' The Republican politician, representing South Carolina, has developed a reputation for confrontational transphobia in recent years, which has recently tipped into (unsurprisingly) homophobia
www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
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Reform Party UK Exposed
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Why did the polls get the Caerphilly byelection wrong? They ignored the fact Reform is an English nationalist party
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Why did the polls get the Caerphilly byelection wrong? They ignored the fact Reform is an English nationalist party
Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex The results of the Caerphilly Senedd byelection held on October 23 were certainly a shock to Labour and to the Conservatives, but...
https://nation.cymru/feature/why-did-the-polls-get-the-caerphilly-byelection-wrong-they-ignored-the-fact-reform-is-an-english-nationalist-party/
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A movie youâve seen more than 7 times with a gif
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Gawen Jenkin
12 days ago
Huntingdon - This comment from Simon Calder is worth repeating. My thoughts with all involved
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*facepalm*
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'Reform has lost 36 councillors at the time of writing. Since May, when it won a total of 677 councillors, 11 have been expelled, six suspended, nine have left the party, one has defected to UKIP, and nine have resigned from the council altogether'
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/reform-losing-councillors-at-unusual-rate
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