David Dubas-Fisher
Data Investigations Editor at the Reach Data Unit, based in Manchester but from Bradford
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- You could flip Farage's policy and do a WWII style campaign DRINK TO END CHILD POVERTY!! 5p out of every pint you drink goes towards feeding struggling families. Get down your boozer to save the pub and the poor.
- Nigel Farage is going to "save pubs" by cutting 5p off the price of a pint of beer... The £3 billion cost will be funded by reinstating the two-child benefit limit. This might be the worst policy anyone has ever come up with. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Two Reform MPs just voted to scrap the cap (Jenrick and Braverman) Five voted against scrapping it (Anderson, Tice, Kruger, Pochin and Rosindell) Nigel Farage had no vote recorded votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherWe're pushing hundreds of thousands of kids back into poverty so a bloke drinking 20 pints a week can save a quid
- Well, this is a turnup for the books. I've actually managed to get a ticket for a Leeds away game
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- Not sure what Gary Neville’s on about. Bit of a fluke that
- 20 years I’ve been paying my student loan back and there’s still two thirds of it left to go. Not helped by journalism being so low payed, but repayments are barely more than the interest.
- Momentum is building among backbench Labour MPs to force action on student loans Options include 0% interest rates, raising repayment thresholds and monthly payments so students aren't forced into overdrafts MPs said to be "spooked" by possible Reform policy offer observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
- Reposted by David Dubas-Fisherfriend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherAfter being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
- Had a look to see how sales at my local cinema are doing. Three people are currently booked to go see it on opening night. There's another five on Saturday
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherReform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
- Aside from anything else, a GM mayor by-election would have been toxic at the moment. Kinda glad we're gonna be spared that.
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherWorth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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- Are the White House trying to tell us something?
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- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherFarage has been touring Davos all week pledging to “fight the globalists” - all funded by a $10 billion trust run on behalf of an Iranian billionaire. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Even with the knife in his back, Jack still didn’t see it #TheTraitors
- -23°C That’s commitment!
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- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherCarney: "In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
- Reposted by David Dubas-Fisher457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherSo, if I understand correctly, the US needs to own Greenland because of the threats from new weapons belong to *checks notes* the US, and from Russia and China whose military technology is apparently a bit rubbish. Makes perfect sense.
- "I don't feel old", says Trump. You certainly sound it mate.
- Iceland suddenly panicking
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- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherI think a bit of mourning is appropriate. The liberal international order got a lot of flack, it was hard to explain (was it even real?), US hypocrisy, etc. But frankly it is the best global order that ever existed. The goal should be to salvage as much as possible. The alternative is so much worse.
- “The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.” As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherI just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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- We used to think Reform’s links to Putin would be their downfall; it’s actually going to be their links to Trump
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- Leeds v Arsenal tickets are £60 each in the ballot. I was thinking of applying, but that just feels too much like taking the piss.
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was the bookies' favourite to become the next permanent Manchester United manager. Those odds took a tumble this week
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- Reposted by David Dubas-Fisher🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherNew for @josimarfootball.bsky.social. And depressing. Correspondence between the Premier League and the British government suggests that elite English football clubs will be allowed to pursue commercial relationships with illegal betting operators in the future. josimarfootball.com/2026/01/13/s...
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- Rupert Lowe has been paid over £48,000 by X for his tweets since the general election. That's from 153 hours work, which works out at £17 an hour. It's been a nice side earner for him. Only him and three Reform MPs have declared any money from X since July 2024.
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherThis is the man who activists in the UK advocate for. A man who thinks it’s an unreasonable level of censorship to stop a platform making sexualised images of children and women. In a way it’s good that they’re being so clear about whose team they’re really on. Get in the bin.
- Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Nice to see former West Dids & Chorlton player Sam Heathcote starting for Macclesfield against Palace today. Saw him bag over 30 goals a season for West from central defence, which is pretty good going
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherIn case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼 www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
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- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherI understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherToday my pastor of several years was detained by ICE at the lawful demonstration where ICE officers murdered Renee Good. Three times they taunted and asked him if he's afraid yet. They let him go because he's white, saying, "Well you're white and it wouldn't be any fun." This is his story:
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- Im up in Newcastle for the #lufc match
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherI am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
- Trump going all Leopold II on Venezuela
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherNEW: Teesworks Ltd has published its latest accounts. Despite plummeting revenues, the businessmen at the centre of the controversial redevelopment project continue to increase their dividends each year. This year they paid themselves more than £32m against revenue of £6m.
- That would mean more than half of UK families use X as their main source of news (19.7m according to ons). Clearly bollocks
- The tree’s had a rough Christmas
- Reposted by David Dubas-Fisheramazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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- Wish I could be in Elland Road now experiencing that atmosphere. Just phenomenal #lufc
- Manchester’s getting a carpeting of white before the game. It’s a good omen #lufc
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherTheir messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine. We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
- Whoever designed the FIFA peace prize had a sense of where things were heading
- Not looking good for Donald Trump’s hopes of retaining the FIFA Peace Prize next season
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherTrump’s America is a rogue state. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
- Reposted by David Dubas-FisherGood morning to all the "I voted for Trump because I wanted America out of all those wars abroad" people.
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- Getting a head start on my new year resolutions - more wine, more fresh pasta
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