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Abbas Zaidi

@abbo17.bsky.social
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Dad to SEN boys, Friend, Husband, Son, Brother, Spurs-sufferer, Beltalowda and other geekery. Medicine is a hobby. My son is my job. Continually learning Stoicism. Memento Mori (No unsolicited DMs. Let’s keep this place civilised people)

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Brexit unleashed epic levels of political dishonesty and anti-immigrant prejudice which were weaponised by unregulated social media and a rightwing press unwilling to hold their own to account. Until govt deals honestly and robustly with this reality, political and national failure is inevitable.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Writing for Byline Times, Caroline Lucas, Co-President of European Movement UK, argues that "the damaging #Brexit experiment imposed on us must now be reversed". #RejoinEU #LiarFarage bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/n...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/04/2026
Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe
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George @george7272.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
😂😂😂😂😂
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🎃Bushybritches🎃 @bushybritches.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
“When homophobic hate comes my way and says, ‘Why did you have to make it a gay story?’ We say, ‘Because you ask questions like that. It’s not a gay story it’s a love story, you asshole” —Nick Offerman, his response to people bitching about his character being gay in The Last of Us.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This one hits hard.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS. The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals. The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
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BrokenFiction @brokenfiction.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
As much as I love Star Trek, it really gets kind of frustrating that they keep tap dancing around the best era, the best starships, and the best uniforms. The 2273-2285 era is ripe for the picking. Hell, they even teased the red uni's in SNW. They know they're the best. Do it.
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 in orbit around Earth, with a sun flare behind it.Admiral Christopher Pike wearing the red uniforms of the OG films on an episode of Strange New Worlds
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/01/2026
Mark Ruffalo donned an anti-ICE pin at the #GoldenGlobes in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis. The black-and-white pin read “BE GOOD." Follow live updates from the show: apnews.com/live/golden-...
Mark Ruffalo poses on the Golden Globes red carpet wearing a pin that says "BE GOOD."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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The Office of Chairman Sitting Bear
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CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1746
Paddington in Die Hard (1988)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords. Like if she needs to go. RT if she has to go.
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry. Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
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Abbas Zaidi @abbo17.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
@theb1m.bsky.social have you gents posted regarding Thomas Heatherwick’s latest creation sprouting in the blue half of Birmingham? It’s truly mental
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 19/11/2025
Only 37 per cent of the electorate voted for Brexit after a campaign shaped by misinformation. The real way that Britain can strengthen its national interest is by rebuilding trust with Europe and restoring the protection of jobs, trade and stability.
“We left Europe on a minority vote of 37% of the election after a referendum campaign that was packed with misinformation and misjudgment. It left our country poorer, weaker and divorced from the richest free trade market that history has ever seen. National interest was brushed aside by false hopes and promises” Sir John Major, Former Prime Minister
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Apologies for being late to this news, but it seems we have found ourselves a Muslim gentleman that no one can find a reason to hate on. Doesn’t that feel grand! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Samir Zitouni named as train hero who saved lives during attack
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
SPOILER ALERT: An increase to our GDP by 4%-6% through membership of the Single Market is better than any "magic money tree". To say nothing of EU social, regional and infrastructure funding plus non-profit investment loans from the European Investment Bank.
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Abbas Zaidi @abbo17.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Musings as we approach 5am GMT- I’m shattered and sleep deprived trying to sleep on a chair in HDU while keeping my Papa company as he snores- with a CRP of 270 and borderline sepsis with acute on chronic confusion. GP attended for home visit at 12pm- admitted to medics via A&E at 3pm…
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Someone said to me "Why's Nigel Farage's girlfriend on Question Time?" I said, "I don't think she is." They said, "Look, it's her!." And pointed at Fiona Bruce.
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Abbas Zaidi @abbo17.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
So, if there was a small family of four speaking Dutch in a part of New York, living next door to 20 hollering people shouting in English, would it be reasonable for the small Dutch family to question why those 20 are next door? This is just the VP promoting future ghettos for some cohorts 😞
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I had a haircut last week It took a week to book & when I arrived there was only one hairdresser, instead of the usual 4 One away, one sick, one unable to recruit A man walked in, honestly he looked in great need of a haircut ‘Sorry mate we’re fully booked’ The parallels …
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 29/10/2025
We just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR. Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into a version of Trump's America. We stopped him.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Always so grasping. Hugely entitled yet otherwise wholly inadequate people - who in the real world have literally nothing to offer - elevated to power and "princehood" purely by dint of their birth www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/may/...
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Sarah Ferguson offered access to Prince Andrew for cash, says tabloid
Duchess of York allegedly caught on film demanding £500,000 in order to 'open doors' for reporter posing as businessman
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
You gotta give ‘em hop.
A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.
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Drew @drewdavies68.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Well said Sophie
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/10/2025
Not today, Satan‼️
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Zack Polanski, "The only way to be morally consistent is to condemn what happened on Oct 7th and to condemn the genocide in Palestine" "As a Jewish man I feel the genocide very very deeply"
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
ANTIFA:
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 07/10/2025
“The tide is turning.” says Heseltine. People now see Brexit for what it is — a disaster that has left Britain smaller, poorer, and weaker.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We are growing because we are unapologetic about demanding real change: taxing the super-rich, funding our NHS, and tackling the climate crisis head-on." And this week we are holding our biggest and boldest conference ever." www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
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Green leader Zack Polanski named among Time’s 100 most influential rising stars
The magazine notes he is the first openly gay man to lead a major political party in England and Wales.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.
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LaneyVotesBlue @laneyvotesblue.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Abbas Zaidi @abbo17.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
There is no proportionality. Unless the majority start to disregard the BBC, MSM and that noisy 0.6% But we all still lean on trusted sources to tell us “facts”.
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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Hortmans RIP didn't invoke extremist propaganda or hate! They believed in live and let live without infusing it with White Nationalist Christian dogma!
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Abbas Zaidi @abbo17.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
In the midst of saying goodbye to a legend it’s high time I watched this. But this is so iconic. RIP Bobby youtu.be/SQvUjK27ybk?...
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THE NATURAL (1984) Emotional home run scene (best ending to a movie ever)
YouTube video by TonyCSilva
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Erika Kirk: “The evil doers, responsible for my husband's assassination, have no idea what they have done... you have no idea what you have just unleashed across this entire country, and this world” Exactly who are these “evil doers”?
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Sorry, but this was weird and very chilling.... and not because a young husband has just been tragically killed. These people know nothing but escalation, division and hate in every circumstance. Our equivalent is the thorougly dignified Brendan Cox. That's who I'll be thinking of today.
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Quantum Of Silliness @quantumofsilliness.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
When the sniper’s on the far-right
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