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An even bigger privilege to be invited back. Thank you for an amazing day #YouReds
👏 It was a real privilege to welcome back members of our Alumni on Saturday.
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Lest we forget…
@Nigel_Farage addressed an election rally of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Berlin, where he received a standing ovation.
@Nigel_Farage addressed an election rally of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Berlin, where he received a standing ovation.
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It takes real guts for an unelected member of the public to threaten to resign from a job he'll never have.
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When I was a child I too used to pretend I was certain things: Astronaut, Train driver, Cowboy etc.
I see nothing wrong here……🤢 🐀
I see nothing wrong here……🤢 🐀
I hope the appointment of Angus MacIntyre as Reform UK’s shadow Armed Forces minister will one day be seen as a defining moment in British politics.
For too long, Westminster has been run by a self-serving political class. We have career politicians who move straight from university debating societies to think tanks, into parliament and then directly into ministerial red boxes.
The result has been successive governments made up of individuals with absolutely no real-world experience. Nowhere has this been more damaging than in the vital realm of defence.
Over the past two decades, we have had men and women making decisions on our Armed Forces, most of whom have never so much as pulled on uniform, let alone faced the harsh realities of geopolitical conflict.
By contrast, RAF Wing Commander MacIntyre brings an exemplary 40 years of military experience to the role, serving Britain across some of the world’s most challenging operational environments, from Mogadishu to Afghanistan. He has seen first hand the damage wreaked on our proud military by years of underfunding. We are immensely proud to have him on board.
His appointment is a signal of our determination to recruit people who have spent their working lives doing the jobs they are now being asked to help shape politically.
Our policing and crime adviser, Colin Sutton, had a distinguished 40-year career in the police. Most notably, he investigated and convicted the serial killer Levi Bellfield.
Real careers, real experience.
Angus will be far from the last of his type. I intend to bring the best minds this country has to offer in health, farming, technology and business into politics and government.
The career politicians are terrified of this approach, of course. They love their cosy monopoly. They want to convince the British public that governing a country is some mystical art form known only to those who have spent decades marching through the parliamentary lobbies.
But it's common sense. If a private company were failing as catastrophically as our Government, shareholders wouldn’t tolerate the same failed boardroom hacks. They would bring in turnaround specialists immediately. That is what Reform UK will do.
The British people are crying out for competent management. That is what we will deliver.
The old parties have had their chance. They failed. Now it is time for people who know what real service looks like to step forward and help us fix broken Britain. Angus MacIntyre has answered that call. Many more will follow.
Our best days still lie ahead of us. Just as long as we have the courage to choose experience over the same failed political class.
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Good God…..🤢 🐀
If you are genuinely curious and want to think beyond the click-bait headlines ( I realise that will be a stretch for some of you) feel free to read what I wrote 3 years ago.
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Warning: it will require more than 5 seconds of your attention.
gbnews.com/opinion/russel…
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John Amaechi, "When you listen to this conversation, it's like the policy was make for the apocryphal kind of grotesque stereotype of what an immigrant is"
"Not for real actual people"
"Yes there are fraudsters in this world. Guess what, they're not just black and brown people
"I worked in the NHS for 10 years where migrants doing the jobs that many of us would find the most desirable did it with passion - we stood by as they protected our loved ones in their most vulnerable moment"
"And I'm not saying that that is the picture of all migrants too"
"But surely a more charitable picture than the fraudsters and the connivers, the criminals, somehow - as if we do not have them here in aplenty"
"Any time you look at a policy that starts to tell people coming here that they're only valuable if they make more than this amount of money, then all of us here should look out"
My view:
During the pandemic, we called them essential workers. We applauded them for caring for our parents, cleaning hospital wards and keeping the country going.
Now their wages are being used to question whether they contribute enough to deserve a future here.
Their contribution hasn’t diminished. Politicians have simply found it convenient to stop recognising it.
If someone earns too little while doing work our society depends on, perhaps the problem is how little we pay them. What a cruel response to underpaid care workers: we need you to look after our families, but your wages make you unworthy of settling alongside them.
John Amaechi’s warning should trouble everyone. Once a government starts measuring people’s worth by their salary, millions of us should wonder where that leaves us.
What price do you put on someone holding your mother’s hand through the night? And why would their payslip tell you whether they deserve to stay?
"Not for real actual people"
"Yes there are fraudsters in this world. Guess what, they're not just black and brown people
"I worked in the NHS for 10 years where migrants doing the jobs that many of us would find the most desirable did it with passion - we stood by as they protected our loved ones in their most vulnerable moment"
"And I'm not saying that that is the picture of all migrants too"
"But surely a more charitable picture than the fraudsters and the connivers, the criminals, somehow - as if we do not have them here in aplenty"
"Any time you look at a policy that starts to tell people coming here that they're only valuable if they make more than this amount of money, then all of us here should look out"
My view:
During the pandemic, we called them essential workers. We applauded them for caring for our parents, cleaning hospital wards and keeping the country going.
Now their wages are being used to question whether they contribute enough to deserve a future here.
Their contribution hasn’t diminished. Politicians have simply found it convenient to stop recognising it.
If someone earns too little while doing work our society depends on, perhaps the problem is how little we pay them. What a cruel response to underpaid care workers: we need you to look after our families, but your wages make you unworthy of settling alongside them.
John Amaechi’s warning should trouble everyone. Once a government starts measuring people’s worth by their salary, millions of us should wonder where that leaves us.
What price do you put on someone holding your mother’s hand through the night? And why would their payslip tell you whether they deserve to stay?
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Delroy Washington • Jah Wonderful - clip from the 1976 documentary “Aquarius British Reggae” at Notting Hill Carnival 🎶
Remembering DELROY WASHINGTON on what would have been his Earthstrong!
Remembering DELROY WASHINGTON on what would have been his Earthstrong!
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In the official Alex magazine, we run a feature on Crewe fans who have a strong personal connection with St Luke's Hospice.
We're looking for people who would like to share their story to help promote the work of the Hospice.
Anyone interested, please email pmorse@crewealex.net
We're looking for people who would like to share their story to help promote the work of the Hospice.
Anyone interested, please email pmorse@crewealex.net
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All four sides of Oakwell stand to applaud and pay tribute in the second minute to Barnsley legend Barry Murphy. #BarnsleyFC
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On Friday the 13th 1987, the first and only time the horror legend Vincent Price performed the monologue from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” live, ending it with that laugh that still freezes the blood.
Happy Thrillerween X Halloween
#ThrillerChallenge2026 #Thrillerween
Happy Thrillerween X Halloween
#ThrillerChallenge2026 #Thrillerween
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Then came the change of subject. Rupert Lowe claimed “He was right on the rape gangs. The state was wrong. They want to vilify him for that.” But the trial had nothing to do with rape gangs, and the judge had told the jury in terms that Robinson’s politics were not on trial.
a campaign of messages and posts that left two journalists fearing for their families. When the facts of a case are unhelpful, the oldest move in the book is to change the case.
There is also a personal stake. Robinson gave evidence to Lowe’s own Rape Gang Inquiry, and Lowe says it “contributed massively to our findings”. Defending Robinson’s standing is, in part, defending the standing of his own report.
Why would a politician abandon so publicly a principle he championed so loudly? The answer lies in who he is speaking to. Lowe himself has said that, while in Reform, he was told not to praise Robinson publicly and did so anyway. That is a pitch, and it has an obvious audience. Robinson has more than two million followers on @X, and Restore Britain is competing with Reform for much of the same ground.
Nigel Farage handles that audience differently. Asked on the day of the verdict whether he was happy for Reform members to support Robinson, he mocked the question as a demand to “brainwash” and “indoctrinate” members, suggested that liking a post doesn’t make someone a “full-blown marcher”, and only then called the conduct “very wrong”, with the caveat that he hadn’t heard about the verdict.
Farage keeps Robinson outside the door while taking care not to offend those who admire him. Lowe opens the door and offers them the warmth Farage won’t.
Both men are courting the same supporters.
In November 2025, Lowe signed his name to the proposition that a jury’s verdict deserves acceptance even when it is unpopular. In October 2026, a jury reached a verdict that was unpopular with the audience he is trying to win, and he rejected it within hours.
A principle that holds only until the verdict goes the wrong way was never much of a principle.
a campaign of messages and posts that left two journalists fearing for their families. When the facts of a case are unhelpful, the oldest move in the book is to change the case.
There is also a personal stake. Robinson gave evidence to Lowe’s own Rape Gang Inquiry, and Lowe says it “contributed massively to our findings”. Defending Robinson’s standing is, in part, defending the standing of his own report.
Why would a politician abandon so publicly a principle he championed so loudly? The answer lies in who he is speaking to. Lowe himself has said that, while in Reform, he was told not to praise Robinson publicly and did so anyway. That is a pitch, and it has an obvious audience. Robinson has more than two million followers on @X, and Restore Britain is competing with Reform for much of the same ground.
Nigel Farage handles that audience differently. Asked on the day of the verdict whether he was happy for Reform members to support Robinson, he mocked the question as a demand to “brainwash” and “indoctrinate” members, suggested that liking a post doesn’t make someone a “full-blown marcher”, and only then called the conduct “very wrong”, with the caveat that he hadn’t heard about the verdict.
Farage keeps Robinson outside the door while taking care not to offend those who admire him. Lowe opens the door and offers them the warmth Farage won’t.
Both men are courting the same supporters.
In November 2025, Lowe signed his name to the proposition that a jury’s verdict deserves acceptance even when it is unpopular. In October 2026, a jury reached a verdict that was unpopular with the audience he is trying to win, and he rejected it within hours.
A principle that holds only until the verdict goes the wrong way was never much of a principle.
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Brilliantly done (Obvious nod to Life of Brian). If you can’t see why the rats and racists want you to believe it’s a bad thing, you’re definitely lost…..
This seems like a great time to reshare my favourite Sir Patrick Stewart performance, ‘What has the ECHR ever done for us?’ It’s just perfect in every possible way … including the ending 😂😂😂 RIP.
🎥 The Guardian
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