Alexander 79 https://bsky.app

Acoustic Electric Eclectic.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

NEW: A convicted money launderer has operated at the highest level of UK politics for a decade. Why? Because Farage has enjoyed almost total impunity from the UK press.

In my new piece for @thenerve_news, I expose the decade of denial that’s enabled him to act with impunity
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[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Haunted once again…

A 3 year old in Bluey pyjamas watched ICE shoot her father dead

Then his lifeless body dragged from the car & handcuffed

He had a Social Security #

He wasn’t even the man they were after

Not fleeing
Not undocumented
Now dead

America, you are so broken.

[Anna Isaac @Annaisaac]

The Guardian has now been told by three sources that in March 2024 Nigel Farage told senior Reform insiders that if he were to resume leadership of the party, and run to be an MP, he would need to be compensated for the financial harm of giving up his City career to spend 20 years campaigning and standing for election again.

Insiders and donors were insistent that Farage needed to return and to take Reform into not only a 2024 general election but a 2029 one, too. He argued that would cost him £5m, the sources said.

No mention was made of security costs in the discussions about needing to replace lost earnings, sources said.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The Daily Mail said England should leave Jude Bellingham at home.

A take that aged like milk left out in the Miami sun.

[Alexander 79 https://bsky.app @79Nevermind]

@erotico01852094 Holy Moly Crystal Royce, there's a blast from the past!

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🔥 Bloody hell. This isn’t a leader column, it is a P45 for Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage is now described as a “vehicle for chaos” whose behaviour is damaging Reform and whose standing “will continue to falter”.

And the killer passage: Farage claims to be an insurgent asking voters to believe he’ll sweep away a self-serving political class, but cannot credibly make that case while treating disclosure rules and scrutiny as an intolerable intrusion.

The media spent years coveting Farage. Now the worm has turned. 🎥

[The Anchoress @The_Anchoress]

Vinyl lovers. Have you ever seen a leopard print vinyl before? 🐆💿

The new album, As We Once Were, is out Aug 7th. Pre-order now so you don’t miss out on this beauty!

[Alexander 79 https://bsky.app @79Nevermind]

@KC_202020 For me, this is the greatest porn film of all time. Impossible not to watch it without a smile on your face. Everyone looks amazing, and everyone looks like they were having a whale of a time. De Renzy at his finest.

[Alexander 79 https://bsky.app @79Nevermind]

@FPLGeneral well played 😎

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

So there’s me…

State schooled, working class, yet I’m supposed to be “the establishment”

Or Nigel Farage, Dulwich College, City trader

Or…Richard Tice, Uppingham, grandson of a property tycoon

Both getting £££ bungs from the aristocracy

Which is the establishment again?

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Reported while female.

Didn’t work for a right-wing newspaper.

Dismissed & ridiculed by men who did.

Gaslit for a decade.

Sued through the courts.

But I’m not the loser here.

This decade of denial has caused Britain irreparable harm.

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

Trump and Farage's supporters believe in restricting migration and slaying the woke menace. But they believe in making money – more money than their conned voters can ever imagine
Piece on the meaning of their ties to fantastically dodgy crypto speculators
https://t.co/jAeqDEodRM

[Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @timstillman_]

A man married to a current MP and former conservative Home Secretary and Attorney General whose wedding happened at THE HOUSE OF COMMONS is referring to a man with a bin for a face as 'an establishment tool.' We are truly on the stupidest timeline.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

This man murdered Chloe Devey Waterhouse by stabbing her. Headline glorifies him as a maths graduate while reducing her to the ‘sweetheart’ of a violent man who didn’t love her. Chloe held a first-class maths degree and a Master’s in statistics.

[Alexander 79 https://bsky.app @79Nevermind]

@VintagePornKing As the years go by I more and more appreciate the unsung cult heroes of early porn. Like the classy San Fran brunette Delania Raffino, she also starred in Expectations, an early Directorial effort by Spinelli / Weston. Also appeared in a Holmes loop with Monique Cardin. Hot

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Yesterday the Telegraph reported on my comments about air conditioning.

The comment section is quite something. I have apparently become a hero of the anti net zero crowd by saying something what I think is sensible about air con.

Allow me to point out three ironies in this 🧵

[James @wearejames]

James: Getting Away With It is coming to cinemas on August 17th! The interview and acoustic performance from the premiere will also be shown, and more cinemas will be added daily - find your nearest at https://t.co/UGDbdujw4Y NBL x

#James #GettingAwayWithIt #OnlyInCinemas

[Prince @prince]

As we get ready for the release of Timeless, revisit the previously unreleased studio recording of “With This Tear” from Prince’s legendary vault honoring the 10th anniversary of his passing. A beautiful tribute to the music, memories, and lasting impact that brings fans together worldwide. 💜

Pre-save Timeless now: https://t.co/YWGlxmiT98

[Az @fplblackbox_az]

@sarah__british Farage is a millionaire, privately educated career politician backed by shady and wealthy donors. The bloke is the definition of establishment and you lot are trying to make out he’s “one of the people” & discredit his opponent, a bloke in a bin costume. Have you lost your mind?

[The Anchoress @The_Anchoress]

The first review of the album is in and it’s a belter! Thanks to Record Collector Magazine for a stellar write up for As We Once Were ❤️🙏🏻

Read the review in full in the latest issue. Available from all good newsagents.