@Barthsnotes

Notes on media, culture, conspiracy theories, religion. Anti-grift.

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Politicians who crow about police investigations should be treated with scorn by the public and by the authorities. And in this instance there is no sign that any investigation has even been launched. xitter.cf/TiceRichard/status/211…
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧
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Two police forces, Met Police and Hampshire Police, are investigating ITV and their reporters for possible criminal offences against Reform UK Scrutiny is fine, but journalists don’t get free pass to break the law They will have to answer to the police, courts and Electoral Commission thetimes.com/article/ab0fafc…

Reform UK accuses undercover reporters of election interference

Two police forces are reviewing reports about alleged electoral offences in Portsmouth this year after ITV’s undercover investigation

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Politically driven police complaints waste "an unforgivable amount of public money and time", and Chief Constables ought to be willing to say so publicly.
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(((Dan Hodges)))
@DPJHodges5h
Didn’t really understand why Kassam decided to lie about this. But anyway, here it is…
Thomas Evans @Renewal2030 🇬🇧@ThomasEvansAdur5h
Raheem Kassam denies previously being Nigel Farage's Chief Of Staff. Nigel Farage denies Raheem Kassam previously being his Chief of Staff. Twitter never forgets you lying bastards! xitter.cf/RaheemKassam/status/18…
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Saying "not a former chief of staff" while declining to clarify "senior advisor" is spivvy.
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Anna Mikhailova@AVMikhailova12h
Nigel Farage today says Raheem Kassam is ‘not a former chief of staff’ - which is news to all journalists who previously dealt with him as his former chief of staff
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I know that punditry is awash with grift and dubious claims to expertise and insight, but commentators having their media rent-a-quotes sponsored by online casinos is self-satire. What next, adverts tattooed on their foreheads when they are on TV? xitter.cf/brigantia__/status/211…
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Richard Bartholomew@Barthsnotes1 Jun 2018
A bit late with this: a second video of Mamoudou Gassama's climb makes it clearer than ever that the child was distant from the man on the adjacent balcony. Debunks @RaheemKassam's suggestion that the rescue was a hoax in which the second man held the child over the balcony.
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Oh my dear sweet Raheem. 1) No-one is “charged” with contempt. It is a purely judicial function. 2) We don’t have “public defenders” in England and Wales. He was represented by a very experienced independent criminal barrister. 3) “Duress of arrest” is not a thing. Love SB x
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Richard Bartholomew@BarthsnotesJul 10
Replying to @TiceRichard
How come (a) Raheem Kassam knows this is about the Farage investigation, even though that's not on the website, which says "the Commissioner will not publish any information about the matter" prior to conclusion; yet (b) you and other Reform MP supposedly didn't know about it?
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The latest grievance / "critical thinker" talking point among the conspiracy crowd is that it is unfair and unreasonable to recognise the word "Paki" as being an ethnic slur. Here's David Icke's sidekick Leilani Dowding (H/T @qandamazon), taking her lead from Laurence Fox
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Recent attempts to normalise the slur on the populist right include an "Amelia" video that was promoted by Andrew Bridgen in January: "Paki wankers" at 0.53 (also "queers and nonces" at 0.38) xitter.cf/ABridgen/status/201315…
Andrew Bridgen
@ABridgenJan 19
A message for all British men from Amelia. Please watch and share if you think she has a point.
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The trigger for the MAGA interest appears to have been a short video in which the right-wing activist Thomas Moffitt (Young Bob) was shown being arrested, reportedly for insisting that the slur is just an abbreviation during a public debate (looks like at Speakers' Corner).
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Peter Jukes@peterjukes11h
Yes @Nigel_Farage - Raheem Kassam is just “someone in America”. Just as Wigmore, Banks and Gunster are just “people I happened to meet in Trump’s golden lift
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Press Gazette@pressgazette12h
Royal experts inexplicably linked to casino brands have been quoted more than 100 times in news articles about Harry and Meghan Casino brands such as Betfair, Smooth Spins and Cafe Casino send out commentary by royal experts such as Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell
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Karam Bales@karamballes17h
Truss' latest book was published by the Free Press set up by Mike Fairclough, a headteacher who went down an antivax rabbit hole Fairclough has been held up by likes of Toby Young as a free speech martyr but look at some of the content hes publishing
Lewis Goodall
@lewis_goodallOct 26
Simon Heffer’s final pars in his review of Liz Truss’ new book. Of all the best examples of the Westminster unreality machine, where parts of the illiberal metropolitan elite and press build someone up clearly beyond their abilities, she was by far the worst. Zero accountability, of course.
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Marina Hyde
@MarinaHyde17h
I’ve written about the mega-weirdness of a Mail journalist making Meghan’s dad her “father figure”, and the mega-predictability of police incompetence where grim matters connected to the royal family are concerned marinahyde.com/p/somehow-the…

Somehow, The Thomas Markle Allegations Will Be Meghan's Fault

The Met told no other law enforcement agency about the Thomas Markle allegations, yet Meghan is the one being asked what she knew

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Jack Jenkins@jackmjenkinsOct 26
NEW via me and @AlejaCorazonHM: *Multiple* bishops now suggesting/outright claiming they were "manipulated" by White House staffers into the recent viral Oval Office prayer video. Another says they were "assured that no photographs would be made public." religionnews.com/2026/10/26/…

Catholic bishops accuse White House of manipulation over prayer video

(RNS) — Retired Kansas City Archbishop Joseph Naumann's office told RNS, 'The bishops were assured that no photographs would be made public. They came to have a discussion on important policy...

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Michael E. Heyes@ThatDemonProfOct 27
Hexploitation (n) - media that attempts to make a quick buck by claiming to talk to ex-warlocks or ex-Satanists. Common among contemporary Christian influencers; originally responsible for the Satanic Panic. youtu.be/iFASnn8vI2o

Hexploitation - Part 1 - The Satanic Panic and Mike Warnke

Hexploitation (n) - media that attempts to make a quick buck by cla...

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Richard Bartholomew@BarthsnotesFeb 20
Someone else now trial-ballooning ethnic slur "Paki" xitter.cf/JayMackComedian/status…
Jay Mack
@JayMackComedianFeb 19
It's the first day of Ramadan (Paki Christmas). All around the world, sandy little savages are charging down the stairs to see if Sharia Claus has stuffed their stockings with Lynx curry scented bodywash.
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Tom
@tomwhxJan 19
This morning, Robert Jenrick said that he would have kicked Liz Truss out of his former party. This afternoon, Nigel Farage hosted Liz Truss for lunch.
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