Paul

Following the #Brexitshambles, crap UK journalism, government inaction and rhetoric for 7 years and counting…. 🐀

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

We didn’t need foreign influence to have fake news... It was invented here... #uk #Journalism2018

[Stop Funding Hate @StopFundingHate]

@_MarwanMuhammad @MailOnline @VodafoneUK @LauraAshleyUK Also: Always worth remembering that the British press is consistently shown to be the least trusted in Europe: https://t.co/EY7DnA8SvW

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

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[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

£97,900 - Nigel Farage's monthly income

£2,000 - the average income in Clacton in June 2024

[Accidental Partridge @AccidentalP]

Bye @trussliz, thanks for the memories 👋

[Robert Peston @Peston]

The Gambling Commission is investigating “many” other individuals who bet on the July election, I understand, in a widening scandal that is undermining Rishi Sunak’s general election campaign.

After the Tory candidate and ex PPS to Sunak, Craig Williams, placed a £100 bet on a July election, the booking giant Entain, owner of Ladbrokes and Corals, notified the Commission.

Entain made the disclosure to the Commission because Williams as an MP (before parliament was dissolved) was classified as a Politically Exposed Person in relevant law.

The Commission then wrote to all the gambling companies requesting details of any individual who had bet £20 or more on that July election within days of the PM calling it on 22 May.

This initial trawl yielded what industry sources say were “many names” and since then the Commission has been combing through the internet and social media to establish who they are and whether they have links to the Conservative Party or government.

“It is a tried and trusted investigatory process” said a source. “It is pretty straightforward to work out who might have had access to privileged information about the timing of the election and to identify their mates”.

According to a source, the Commission has identified persons of interest in addition to the Tory officials Tony Lee and Nick Mason, who have taken leave of absence from their jobs with the party, and the candidates Williams and Laura Saunders, who continue to campaign as official Tory candidates.

A police officer who was part of Sunak’s protection team has been suspended and arrested following the Commission’s investigation.

“The PM seemingly hopes the scandal will just die down” said a source. “That looks naïve at best”.

[christhebarker @christhebarker]

So what I really wanted was a bingo card that I could cross off all the Tories from as they lose on July 4th. But it didn't exist. So I made one. AND YOU CAN HAVE ONE TOO! Order it now in time for election night and you can play along at home: https://t.co/Emm6yYCdxZ

[The Sun Apologies @SunApology]

It gets worse and worse.

Never, ever forget the role the client media played in protecting Johnson and gaslighting the nation. @TheSun played its readers for fools.
#CovidInquiryUK

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Loving how mainstream journalists are feigning shock at the Boris Johnson Covid revelations now…

…when it was all utterly obvious at the time - but they were busily sucking up to power and repeating No10 soundbites vapidly with fawning credulity.

[Neil Morrow @mrneilmorrow]

Let's be honest, "useless fuckpigs" is a great phrase. I do love the flexibility of the English language, that it can create new but instantly comprehensible swearwords. I know lots of useless fuckpigs, but I didn't have the descriptive language until today. #CovidInquiryUK

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Dan Wootton’s MailOnline column suspended, coming as crushing news to respected comment section regulars PatriotDave1963, WokeMindVirus49586 and CovidNotReal47635345.

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

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[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

A thought...

UK banks deliberately, systemically, missold, by script, over £40bn of PPI, ripping money out of the hands of the public including many vulnerable people - no bank CEO resigned.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Elon Musk reveals new Twitter logo:

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

Yep… that’s how the media works here…

[Alex Usher @Alex250175]

FAIRLY.

Coutts kept Farage DESPITE his reputation, anticipated the loss of criteria status, predicted his reaction, and STILL treated him fairly.

DAYS of coverage over a man having a hissy fit 'cos the private bank had no financial reason to go on stroking his ego.

9/9

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[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

Meanwhile, Wootton's lawyers have made this blatantly false claim to other media organisations about Byline Times.

They say "our client was not informed of Byline Times allegations in advance". How come we could cited them when we published the article then?

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

Update Three: as well as the security threats, we of course face legal challenges to our reporting which we will counter.

This was sent by Wootton's lawyers to a raft of other news organisations in an attempt to chill their follow-up reporting.

To us, this looks like SLAPP

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

Security update two. The same team member who we believed was hacked had blood smeared over the windscreen of his car this morning. This may very well be a coincidence, but rest assured both incidents have been reported to the police

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

We will not be intimidated by (to quote a phrase) “nefarious characters” or “dark forces”. Do chip in to help keep our journos safe and their work uninterrupted

Byline Times are crowdfunding an investigation into the toxic culture of UK media https://t.co/4m51E7l8uJ

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

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[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Whatever the rights and wrongs of Nigel Farage having his elite bank account cancelled, let’s remember who he actually is

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

It’s called the moron premium… https://t.co/7bNLLXOW7A

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

Well with a track record of parroting populists and doing nothing in the London Assembly what could possibly go wrong? 🤔

[Standard News @standardnews]

Susan Hall has been unveiled as the Tory candidate who will challenge Sadiq Khan in next year’s London mayoral elections #frontpage🗞️

https://t.co/LwR1f5Sf79

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Today’s headlines:

Telegraph: DAN WOOTTON ADMITS ‘ERRORS OF JUDGEMENT’

Sky News: DAN WOOTTON SAYS HE IS VICTIM OF WITCH HUNT

The Sun: RARE SPECIES OF MUSHROOM DISCOVERED IN HIGH WYCOMBE

[Paul @dogsbrexit]

https://t.co/hSnlmqusQd 🤔