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Richard P

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Live in West Dorset, UK. Green/Left/Woke and proud! My views are my own, not representing any particular group.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 20h
Remember: the hype IS the product.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 20h
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 21h
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I set them out in the linked articles. translucent.org.uk/clearing-up-...
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Clearing up the Supreme Court's Mess
Clearing up the Supreme Court's Mess - by barrister Robin Moira White, explaining how simple it would be for the government to rectify the judgment FWS v SGM.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are two ways to sort this - perhaps BOTH need to be implemented. By far the best is to introduce short primary legislation to restore the position of trans people in the Equality Act. The second is to recognise that the promotion of womens’ (or anyone’s) rights is a matter for all.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025.
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Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk · 28/09/2026
I am a barrister who once spent time seconded to the CPS serious crimes unit making charging decisions. Today, you can pretend to be one too and work through the decision-making framework in a very serious case. The police have multiple suspects in custody and the phone just rang. 👨 👨 👨 👨 👨 📱 👮‍♀️ 🚨
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19h
It never stops being important that, no matter what the subject, politicians like Farage, Trump & Rubio are entirely untethered from the most basic requirements of honest discourse. They might turn out to be telling the truth sometimes but only ever in the spirit of stopped clocks.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h
Trump’s weakness after his defeat in the Iran War is evident in how the Iranians feel comfortable ramping up their demands. Today an IRGC spokesperson said the US “must admit defeat” and withdraw from the region.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 18h
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
As in 1940 when exactly the same fearmongering was used against people fleeing Hitler... any incident gets weaponised immediately and framed as evidence that the 5th column is real. Evidence and reason take second place to hysteria
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
Faragists rely on the narrative of "men on boats" creating a de facto Fifth Column in the UK to feed their agenda and to stir up hostility and to win votes and ultimately power. Suckers fall for it. Media boosts it. We've been here so many times before and you'd think we'd all wise up but hey ho
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 04/04/2025
Another airport expansion planned, another occasion to repeat: As long as there are no credible plans for climate neutrality of aviation, investing in airport expansion is betting on us all giving up on the Paris agreement.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lie does not become truth because millions believe it. Wrong does not become right because the majority accepts it. And evil does not become good because enough people choose to look the other way. The masses can make evil normal. It can never make it right.
People Pictured in the Collage

Top Left: Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Middle Left: Donald Trump shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bottom Left: Donald Trump standing alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Right Side: Donald Trump posing with Jeffrey Epstein at an event during the 1990s or early 2000s
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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 25/09/2026
“Today, the Parades Commission allowed a restricted parade down the Garvaghy Road, first time in almost 30 years. This is not a moment for triumphalism, but responsibility. We owe the next generation a broken cycle, not a repeated one.” 1/2
Aerial photograph of a rural road in Drumcree, Portadown, lined with hedgerows and green fields, leading past a cluster of houses toward a stone church with a tall spire and adjoining graveyard. Overlaid text reads “This road doesn’t have to lead us back.” A “Swipe” arrow icon and the Green Party logo appear in the bottom corner, with the imprint “Published & Promoted by Green Party NI, PO Box 369, Bangor, BT20 9FJ.”Green background graphic with white and yellow text of a statement from Brian Smyth, Green Party Group Leader, Belfast City Council, responding to the Parades Commission’s decision to allow a restricted parade down the Garvaghy Road for the first time in almost 30 years. Key highlighted lines read “This is not a moment for triumphalism or provocation, but for responsibility” and “Cultural expression should never come at the cost of community cohesion.” The Green Party logo appears at the bottom with the imprint “Published & Promoted by Green Party NI, PO Box 369, Bangor, BT20 9FJ.”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Labour's immigration/asylum policies are profoundly racist and xenophobic. They embolden far right, undermine international law and violate basic human rights, while being even more hostile than the previous government. They can't be tweaked. They need to be scrapped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Angela Rayner criticises worker visa plans on eve of Labour conference
The housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts".
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Labour aren't winning over Reform voters by pushing for anti-immigration, anti-asylum, anti-trans, anti-disabled voters. They are reinforcing Reform's, Restore et al's arguments that marginalised groups are an "issue" and to be blamed for all the ills of the world though. That's not helping anyone.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am well aware about the number of people who seem quite happy to watch human rights be curtailed on a level not seen since before the European Convention on Human Rights was signed on the basis "better Labour than Reform", but the reality is it won't stop Reform.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IMO it’s clear from Richard Hanania’s own words that he believes that rape, both statutory and violent, is the right of a certain kind of man. Elite men It’s appalling that this man is given a drop of ink or a second of interview time in our media. My latest: www.liberalcurrents.com/richard-hana...
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Richard Hanania Doesn't Even Try to Hide His Male Supremacism
Hanania is a reminder of the dangers of rehabilitating extremist intellectuals.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Danny Who art in prison Racist be thy name Thy balaclava come Thy will be done In ports as it is on dinghies Give us this day Our daily funding & forgive us our racism as we intimidate those who speak against us & lead us all into aggravation But deliver us from being civil. 🙏
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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 24/09/2026
This is deeply concerning. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has sent observers to monitor every U.S. federal election for the past two decades. Governors need to pick up the phone and find out if an invitation extended by leaders of states can fill that federal gap.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Awful. Capital overrides communities once again. Frome's bid for a community-led housing & regeneration project at Saxonvale lies in tatters: the council's agreed a deal with a London-based real estate company instead. Similar story in Totnes with Atmos project www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Helen Whateley, daughter of a surgeon and a physician, who attended private schools and then Oxford university, "When I was younger, I worked as a waitress, I worked as a cleaner, I did all sorts, being a receptionist, they were not my dream job, but they were a way of earning some money"
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Paul Tyreman 〓〓 @drpaulitious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why not 1000 words on how fixing the so-called small boats issue will not make anyone's day to day life in the UK any better, and what issues really need fixing? Why not 20,000 words in why the luxury world of the 21st century predicted in my childhood has not come to pass?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.
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BethU @beth-u.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Banks have had £100bn in subsidies in last 3 years. Hear politicians shouting about cutting welfare bill but never hear about cutting subsidies to many private enterprises.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack.
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Fi Daisy G @fidaisyg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine what you could build at Heathrow if you reduced and relocated flights to make the airport redundant. Plenty of room for a new eco town, with excellent transport links to central London, plus a new reservoir, solar farm and data centre - all interlinked for efficient use of energy and warer
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Andy Burnham has plunged the plan for a third runway at Heathrow into doubt by privately telling MPs he has always opposed the project, and the new prime minister is said to be “open minded” about whether it should go ahead. www.ft.com/content/0206...
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Burnham’s opposition to Heathrow expansion puts third runway in doubt
New prime minister has been a longstanding critic of the project
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great question 👇
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/09/2026
For 40 years, our public services have delivered for shareholders, pension funds and private equity - and squeezed us It is time for legislation to force them to RAISE THEIR GAME OR GO BUST, and then take them into public ownership Read our NEW REPORT: vist.ly/5jnq4
A graphic with thee picture of Cat Hobbs, We Own It Director, and text that says "“Our key recommendation is that the government should use legislation - in particular an expanded special administration regime - to take back our assets by holding the current owners to account. Regulation cannot be a wishy washy compromise with the status quo.”
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These trials form part of the thorn in the side of politicians and corporate funders who are desperate to silence peaceful protest while maintaining the illusion of “democracy”. We must defend our right to protest against government failures. Join us: actionnetwork.org/forms/intere...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meanwhile, inside court, one of many Just Stop Oil trials is ongoing years after their nonviolent actions made headlines. Juries are regularly giving “not guilty” verdicts in these cases where people were charged for slowly walking in the road, often for just a few minutes…
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OUR CORE WORK CONTINUES Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience. This 1670 legal principle is stated in a stone plaque inside the Old Bailey. Supporters in Oxford are today informing the public of that fact. 📸: @camerazoe.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Paddy Power founder accuses Betfred billionaire of ‘scaremongering’ over tax rises. Scaremongering is used to squeeze concessions from govt. The industry should not be allowed to book profits offshore. Need higher taxes, the industry does not bear the social cost of profits. archive.ph/3ZCmq
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Paddy Power founder accuses Betfred billionaire of ‘scaremongering’ over tax rises
Stewart Kenny hits back at warnings over UK job losses, saying he used ‘the same script’ when he was in the industry
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/09/2026
Public financial figures or specific contract amounts paid by the Hungarian government during Viktor Orbán's term as Hungary's Prime Minister to Times Higher Education for its rankings or partnership agreements have not been publicly disclosed. But I think they should be.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/09/2026
Orr has openly praised Orbán's administration, describing it at a 2025 political festival in Hungary as a "counterexample to the ideology in my own country that rejects national pride and heritage". novaramedia.com/2025/08/14/m...
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Meet the Orbán Fans Hoping to Write Policies for Prime Minister Nigel Farage | Sam Bright
Anti-woke academics, influencers and mining magnates are behind a new think tank making a plan for a Reform UK government. Sam Bright reports.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/09/2026
As @bylinetimes.bsky.social to has extensively reported, James Orr is a trustee of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (RSLF), which has received over £512,500 (more than 90% of its funding) since 2023 from Orbán’s state-funded Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) think tank.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/09/2026
So I think maybe I just figured out why @timeshighered.bsky.social has not reported anything negative about James Orr. I could very well be wrong, but here we go: In 2024, THE signed an agreement with Hungary's Culture and Innovation Ministry which oversees Hungarian higher education..
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Holding Govts to Ransom. Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London. None complained about bailouts, £100bn UK subsidy in last 3 years. Banks profiteering, higher interest rates/charges, measley return to savers, speculation on price of energy/food. archive.ph/gQKNT
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Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London
Chancellor John Healey is looking for revenues in next month’s Budget to compensate for hit from higher borrowing costs due to Iran war
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deidan.eurosky.social @deidan.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Seriously if you think a man with a knife trying to sink a vessel with emergency service personell on board isnt the substantive point of this story..as opposed to people who may become undocumented. Well sorry..not me.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026
I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Polanski makes his mark as Labour candidate fails to attend election hustings
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