The dark money surrounding the Brexit referendum has never been properly investigated This isn't just about political corruption but also national security, given the suspicion that Russian money was involved 10 years on it's not too late and we need the security services and police to step up

When you've got to depend on honest Bob to make your case you know you're in trouble I'm interested to see how many Brits buy the Trumpist 'establishment hit job' line www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Just to remind ourselves, here are our initial @bylinetimes.bsky.social's investigations into Cottrell's role in helping Farage become a true 'Man of the Paypal' er.... checks notes... 7 years ago

1/ I've known quite a bit about Posh George Cottrell for a long time. Until now, most of the UK media has studiously ignored Farage's extremely close associaton with this aristo-criminal, whose background (before crypto) is in hyper-dodgy offshore "money business" for Russian oligarchs.

Morning @carolecadwalla.bsky.social I've got a pamphlet coming out about the oligarchs and how they create spaces beyond the law to enable their tyranny Including proposals for ending their nefarious activities and restoring democracy! Do you think The Nerve might publish an article on this?

Right-wing populists like Farage are supported by crooks and billionaire oligarchs because that all want to weaken and destroy the national and international institutions that can hold them to account. They want to make the UK like Putin's Russia. They are profoundly anti-democratic.

The Times have helpfully produced a podcast detailing the relationship between Farage and money launderer and criminal 'posh' George Cotterell open.spotify.com/episode/1ekV...

Farage, Banks, Wigmore, and Cotterell have been hiding their crookery in plain sight for more than a decade We detailed their various scams on the Bad Boys of Brexit website in 2017 Why has there been no action so far from the law enforcement authorities?

'The NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal agreed last December, leading to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths of patients, analysis has found' Shameful appeasement www.theguardian.com/society/audi...

ICYMI, another positive step by the Magyar government to make Hungary less Russian again.

I bet she wishes she knew somebody who had the power to regulate X, so she didn't have to just turn her back while it continues to poison society.

Spot the difference

Trump is using his presidency to enrich himself, his family and his friends This is the opposite of public service and brings the office of the presidency into disrepute www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...

After decades of resenting the USA as the global hegemon, I spent the Covid year challenging these prejudices and finding much to admire But how low the Republic has sunk under Trump Leaders like Lincoln, Grant and the Roosevelts must be turning in their graves #US250

At last Let's hope the rest of government will follow And that the new Burnham government will have the courage to #BanX altogether

🚀 Brilliant that Polly Billington MP has joined the almost 1/3 of Labour backbench MPs calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform @pollybillington.bsky.social #ProportionalRepresentation #Labour4PR 🌹

looting his own country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"For every day Trump's been in the White House, he's become roughly $2.5 million richer. "It would take an average American 40 years to make what Trump’s raking in one day." As America battles an affordability crisis, Trump's made an eye-watering $1.4 billion via crypto.

It is utterly shameful that the maternal mortality rate is 3 times as high for black women compared to white women. The government must act with urgency and transparency to tackle those racial disparities and support families to receive better, safer care.

Starmer's government is still on X, the platform that promotes hate and racism.

For a long time the complaint from people like Goodwin was, 'Migrants and refugees need to integrate properly into British life'. We're now well past that and into the open racism stage.

Why doesn't the government have the courage to #BanX?

What about places that don't have regional mayors? As usual, Labour overlook the needs of more rural communities

Farage & Co. received £24m from donors with fossil fuel interests 💰 Why are Reform so vehemently against climate action? It's a complete mystery...🤔 Join.greenparty.org.uk

NEW: Boris Johnson failed to declare to parliament a gift of private jet flights from the same cryptobillionaire, Christopher Harborne who gave £5m to Nigel Farage, leaked documents reveal. New #HarborneReceipts investigation from @thenerve.news. 🔗 below 1/

Ex-Treasury official Sharon White says on BBC One that Britain has "the highest debt, the highest overdraft if you like, across any of the developed countries". Erm, no we don't?

Surprised to see Piers Morgan on #BBCLauraK No reason why his opinions should be privileged above those of others Unless we're short of perspectives from bigoted old white men Displaying the arrogance of his kind, he is critical of Trump and Brexit without taking any responsibility for them

And yes, Italy's doing just fine, despite nature's comeback. share.google/a9A0ShIc1vku...

Musk fans have been taken for a ride in perhaps the most unsurprising news of the year 'Bond investors are not the same as equity investors. Equity investors, you can take them to Mars. Bond investors are, like, ‘where is my coupon?’ The AI bubble looks ready to burst www.ft.com/content/04f9...

❗️More than 140 MPs now back @alexsobel.co.uk's amendment for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. 📢 Yesterday in Parliament, MPs made the case for it during a debate about the future of the UK's voting system. 👉 Full list of signatories: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/s...

I can't help saying please and thank you when I use AI to help me with searches Do other people do this? Is there any research? Would not doing it undermine our politeness in interactions with human beings? Or am I confusing boundaries between human and non-human when I'm polite to AI?

Language matters When we use language that denigrates others we fail to respect their essential humanity When political leaders do this they undermine social cohesion and the mutual respect that is essential to a flourishing democracy Badenoch should apologise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

81 Labour MPs – 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party – have signed an amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform, "the largest ever call for voting system change by Labour backbenchers" Labour for a New Democracy says.

After the #Brexit referendum, @greenpartymolly.bsky.social & I dug deep into the individuals & organisations that had worked to bring about an unprecedented act of national self-harm. Brexit was a highly effective far-right coup. And the people behind it do not see their work as finished.

Two-thirds of EU citizens back UK rejoining EU : www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Another excellent resource here: maphub.net/bendobrown/l...

10 years since the Brexit vote 10 years of political chaos, economic decline, and weakness on the world stage This wasn't an accident Brexit was part of a global movement against democracy Together we can resist fascism, rebuild society, reinvigorate democracy, and rejoin the EU

Good work by Sadiq Here's a map of where you can find the water fountains: share.google/XtEOz3I0j9NH... Next step: making it compulsory for all cafes and shops to offer water refills when the temperature rises above 30 degrees

10 years on from #Brexit referendum, what can we learn? That top down, technocratic arguments didn’t work then & won’t work in any campaign to rejoin. It’s about picking a side - in an increasingly insecure world, with US ever more insular & unreliable, it’s clear our future lies with EU neighbours

Let's mark the 10th anniversary of the disastrous decision to leave the EU by banning the phrase 'respecting the Brexit vote' Effectively it means allowing the votes of older people, many of whom have since died, to trump the life chances of millions of young people

Labour politicians keep going on about how rare Labour governments are Why do they just accept this? If we had a PR system they would frequently be in coalition And would have a share of power on an ongoing basis

Join us tomorrow for our free referendum 10th anniversary panel discussion in Cambridge on the path back to the EU. 🗓23 June ⏰️6pm @greenpartymolly.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk James Coldwell @bestforbritain.org Jonathan Saunders @yem1.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/referendum...

Happy Windrush Day. Today is the 78th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush at Tilbury Docks on June 22nd 1948, an occasion being marked by events and activities around the country.

Politics is a difficult and skilled occupation I wonder if anybody watching Starmer's demise will reflect on the vacuous cliché that 'we don't want any more professional politicians'?

You can tell the power struggle is on because women have been cut out of comment on Laura Kuenssberg's show Just Jess Phillips on the panel So disappointing after decades of feminism and women proving what great politicians they can be #BBCLauraK

On the 10th anniversary of the referendum, join our discussion in Cambridge on the path back to the EU. 🗓23 June ⏰️6pm @greenpartymolly.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @tom-brufatto.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org Jonathan Saunders @yem1.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/referendum...

Pipe down?? If the Green Party doesn't have the courage to call for X to be banned in the UK, who will? @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...

The oligarchs have stolen the people's game As they have stolen our water, our creativity, and many things that are essential to human life We need politicians who will defend us against them, not kowtow to them Graphic h/t Unicredit

The US has no right to interfere with the movement of shipping in global waters And obviously no right to kill citizens of another country More evidence that the US under Trump is a rogue state news.sky.com/story/iran-i...