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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The real two-tier justice no party wants to abolish ... There are more benefit inspectors chasing claimants stealing a pittance than HMRC tax inspectors chasing super-rich fraudsters & tax dodgers living a life of luxury on their criminal loot worth £millions meme via The UK Against Hate

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Don't confuse "wealth" with "super-wealth". The wealthy already pay their fair share because their wealth generally comes from earnings. But the super-wealthy pay nothing because they earn very little on paper. They instead make money with their money — which isn't taxed because we only tax earnings

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Brizo75 @brizo75.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Watched all the vox pops in this English surrealist nightmare of a town yesterday...every single one complaining about "fighting age men" being allowed so close to their village...not one journalist asked: "Wasnt it a military base before?" This cake tent rebellion is just racism, pure and simple.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What neoliberalism did to the UK. 25.3m people, including 14.9m working adults and 7.7m children, live below minimum income standard. Richest 1% has more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 families hold more wealth than 34m people. Can't grow economy on mass poverty.

leftfootforward.org

Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

17:03 4 September

Chris Mason
Political editor

"Counter terror won’t let him on stage yet” a senior Reform figure says, explaining the delay in Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform UK conference.

20:08 4 September

Jack Fenwick
Political correspondent

West Midlands Police say the decision to delay Nigel Farage's conference speech "was made by Reform UK".

A senior Reform figure earlier told the BBC that Farage's speech was delayed because "counter terror won't let him on stage yet".

But West Midlands Police say: "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement in the delivery of the Reform UK Party Conference 2026."

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

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The original beardy Bill⚓️ @beardybill1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Obviously doesn't need the crutch for mobility, given how agile he appears to be when using it as a weapon. I hope DWP are checking if he has any disability benefits

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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

His name is Stephen Cooling and he is from Sutton Coldfield Reform.

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If no other picture survives Reform UK conference this year, let it be this one. It is a teachable moment. #ReformAssault #Fascism

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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So it is OK to be violent then The Reform frontbencher adds: "She is a far-left protester, goes into a party conference, tries to wreck the leader's speech, and cries foul if a pensioner knocks her over the head with their Zimmer frame. "I mean, come on, get a life. news.sky.com/story/politi...

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Politics latest: Jenrick defends Reform colleague accused of 'straightforward racism' by cabinet minister

The business secretary has condemned masked protests at Dover, speaking on our new Sunday Morning show - and also accused Reform's Zia Yusuf of racism. Robert Jenrick has defended Yusuf - and told a p...

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The Lady Lucy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇬🇱🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐾🐕 @lucyarnold.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1) she hasn't cried foul, she has yet to go to the police despite the police asking her to 2) are we saying that violence against women by men is acceptable if they say something loudly that men dont want to hear, not very "protect women and girls" that!

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What an amusing weekend: Farage on the ropes, Reform ⬇️ in the polls and universal condemnation of masked men in black clobber holding Dover to siege. Not a bad turn of events. Have a lovely rest of Sunday - Cassady’s last day b4 skool and I’m beyond sad our holiday time is nearly over xx

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Reform UK Conference 2026 This is all it will be remembered for.

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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A shame that Laura K decided not to discuss these violent assaults on women with Farage this morning - nor his laughing at them and joking about them.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Business Rate avoidance is rarely reported in MSM. Here is one scheme declared unlawful by the Courts. Its promoters claim it resulted in loss of £500m revenue to local councils. It involves shuffling boxes with redundant contents in unoccupied properties. The enablers face no penalties.

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City of London wins appeal over business rates scheme that costs it £35m a year in lost revenue

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Why is no one pointing out the contradiction between the two Reform excuses: 1. That he was no longer in politics when he took the gift, and 2. That it was for his security as a high profile politician?

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃 🌑 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 10/05/2026

Actually sick pay rules HAVE changed recently. To the benefit of workers. Not that you’d know that because it’s hasn’t really been reported. Strange.

Statutory Sick Pay
Changes
Statutory Sick Pay is now payable from the first full day of sickness absence and is available to more employees. This change was introduced on 6 April 2026.
Key changes
• Statutory Sick Pay is available to all eligible employees regardless of their earnings (the Lower Earnings Limit has been removed).
• Statutory Sick Pay is payable from the first full day of sickness absence (the three-day waiting period has been removed).
• The rate of Statutory Sick Pay for all employees is calculated at 80% of their average weekly earnings or the flat weekly rate, whichever is lower.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 07/05/2026

Anyone voting today should remember that both the Tories & Deform UK Ltd wanted Britain to join in King Donald the Mad's pointless attack on Iran, at Netanyahu's behest. You can also bet our troops would have been in the thick of it, and most of the undisclosed casualties wouldn't be American.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges. Banks will make bigger profits from interest rate hikes, without any additional effort. Claw them back. Energy companies are profiteering too, and must pay windfall taxes.

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Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges

Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

UK's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? 6m unpaid carers provide vital support to sick, disabled, old. 1.4m receive Carer's Allowance of £86.45 a week. More likely to be prosecuted for tiny errors in claims. Govts don't value humanity.

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Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan

Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Somefella @somefella1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Anyone who votes for Farage should be rounded up and put in education

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Yup. Absolutely insane and criminal that we are still dependent on fossil fuels. Future historians will scratch their heads and wonder what the hell everyone was thinking... And then just conclude that rich people were happy to get richer... and knew that dumb people would go along with it.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

One of my fave community notes to date…

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Why does Badenoch have rats running around her Westminster abode?

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I think it’s just a member of her shadow cabinet

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Jo 🕊️💚 @i-do-despair.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It is. The hatred they get is off the scale. Whilst far from perfect it is the best government we have had for decades.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

People sometimes say politics isn’t funny anymore. Those people clearly haven’t been watching the birth of Your Party… From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’ on the Eye’s YouTube youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ?...

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 27/12/2025

Amazing how the mob baying for Starmer to quit and demanding another General Election less than two years after the last landslide win are the same idiots who said Brexit meant Brexit, and told us Remainers to get over it because the 52-48 [advisory] Referendum was the enduring will of the people.

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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Annnd sure enough BBC stirs the pot for Far Right Wing Racists narrative with this vacuous headline👇🏼 “Migrant Channel crossings resume after four-week gap” Don’t recall them saying last weekend “This is the third week without any Migrant Boat Crossings” So it’s press / repeat usual the crap 🙄

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Channel crossings resume after four weeks with no arrivals

The 28-day stretch with no arrivals was the longest period without any small boat crossings in seven years.

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit! 2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit! This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Nigel Farage, "At Michael Barrymore's house they removed all the ashtrays, on the basis that they chuck all the fags in the pool."

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big-cat-diesel.bsky.social @big-cat-diesel.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Well. I’m on a pretty decent salary, particularly for the region I live in and none of the tax/ pension measures have affected me. None. I work for a global Company, and I’m not struggling. If I’m ok, so will others be. If people with £5m houses have a problem, sell them.

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victoria1921.bsky.social @victoria1921.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This was last month. Two disgraceful, former Tory PMs, Johnson & Truss, with Farage, partying together. Such greedy people. Deluded, selfish, right wing liars and racists - who broke Britain's economy, but they're still laughing all the way to the bank www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ins...

thelondoneconomic.com

Inside private members' club bash where guests laugh at Hitler jokes and sing 'we're all racist now'

The dinner was attended by Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Robert Jenrick and Lee Anderson among other high-profile political figures.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

On why Farage doesn’t apologise for his schoolboy racism: “if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ” Exactly. He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry. #NeverPM www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

With his party riding high in the polls, toasting a game-changing £9m donation and welcoming its first Tory defector in the Lords, Nigel Farage seems to be sitting pretty. But creeping allegations of racist schoolboy behaviour — and his belligerent response to them
— could harm his chances of winning over wavering voters, writes Josh Glancy
(Cartoon of shocked? angry? frightened? people under the money bags holding placards saying ‘BIGOT’, ‘RACIST’ and ‘NAZI NIGEL’)

Crick believes that there is a clear line to be drawn between Farage the sixth-former and Farage the politician. "So much of his character is the same as you can see at Dulwich," he says. "The boy who's desperate for attention, who loves debating, who loves division. The English nationalism, the interest - almost obsession - with immigration, the admiration for Enoch Powell, the free-market Thatcherism; all of that began at Dulwich."
Much of the public has already made up its mind on Farage. In as much as this story cuts through to the wider elector-ate, some will think it deeply unfair to judge Farage on his adolescence; while others will see it as fair game and reflective of the man he later became.
But there will be many who are still undecided on Farage and, for this last camp, his belligerent response to the allegations will be a test.
He has the polling support. He has the Tory defections. He has the money now too. But does he have the ability to woo and keep voters who once found him unsavoury?
Farage is unlikely to change tack now.
"He's got to be true to him-self," says the senior Reform source. "There is precious little point in apologising to people like Ed Davey."
Additional Reporting:
Harry Yorke

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Interesting what Crick notes. Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.

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Dave @addicted2strava.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

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