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Afanasiew

@afanasiew.bsky.social
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💚 #FBPE #FBPPR #GreenParty #DorsetforEurope. Antique hiking addict. Strenuously opposing neoliberalism, both Tory & Labour versions. I don't follow those just promoting goods, services or themselves.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 6h
UK water companies made £340m by pouring billions of litres of industrial/commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works. Treatment works are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Investment neglected. Practices are mostly unregulated.
theguardian.com
Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19h
In 1975 the UN voted that Zionism was Racism. The USA didn't even try to veto it. 50 years ago the whole world agreed Zionism was racism. And it is much worse now.
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Helbel 🌻☘️💚🤍🧡 @pudner.bsky.social · 21h
Nice 👌
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
via The UK Against Hate
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire David Ruebens says he quit his London mansion to live in Monaco in response to Labour's punitive tax regime. Only problem with his story, he's been resident in Monaco since 2014. A true patriot, who just happens to have an aversion to paying tax.  www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
theguardian.com
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yet more evidence of BBC being British Establishment propaganda wing - reward for editor of programme telling blatant lies 'The BBC just handed the newsroom to the editor who signed off the 2019 Panorama that treated “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” as a closed case ...' www.facebook.com/TheDailyPoli...
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Afanasiew @afanasiew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It helps if you start your big lie with a truth. And, to be fair, those quisling Tories did cuddle up to Russia for money. And they did betray the UK's best economic and strategic interests by perpetrating Brexit.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm old enough to remember the 'free trade with Trump will save us' phase of Brexity derangement (enjoy your coffee, tea and bananas while you can, US friends 😀)
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah, I don't think these people can be called "journalists", ever pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-...
pressgazette.co.uk
Reform hiring journalists to build national newsroom
At least 12 jobs on offer via new Reform content operation.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'll wait for the actual official inquiry result and police investigation thanks. #ReformCorruption
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Afanasiew @afanasiew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pop goes the weasel.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reform UK hiring staff to build its own "national newsroom" while simultaneously banning actual journalists from party events reveals a blatant assault on press freedom. Blurring political propaganda with independent reporting harms democratic accountability.
pressgazette.co.uk
Reform hiring journalists to build national newsroom
At least 12 jobs on offer via new Reform content operation.
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🇬🇧💚Katherine @kathren59.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
excellent subhead snark from the FT
Tory conference live: Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Conservative leader pledges to slash levies while accusing Andy Burnham of ‘spending money we don’t have’
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Netanyahu presented his plan for Greater Israel at UN 3 years ago, just before Oct 7. He was warned by multiple countries & told security to stand down the day of the attack. Netanyahu was orchestrating the pretext to implement his Greater Israel plan in coordination with collaborators in the West.
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The pedophilia was an expense Trump paid because he needed constant children to expoit. 4700 payments should alarm you.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thousands of active UK companies may have fraudulent directors. Anyone can form a company in the UK. Companies need one natural person as a director who can be non-UK resident. Too many small companies are fronts for crimes I have long called for companies to have one UK resident director.
tradersunion.com
UK companies face scrutiny as identity checks expose possible fraudulent directors
New UK identity rules reveal possible fraudulent company directors as overdue filings surge, raising concerns about the accuracy of corporate records.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What about going after tax avoiders? Every year, HMRC, by its own estimates, fails to collect 46.8 billion of tax. See webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202606... How about hiring more people to retrieve this avoided tax before suggesting cutting welfare to the poorest and most vulnerable?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Does anyone really think the Tories in the Conservative Party or the ex-Tories in Reform UK who brought us 14 years of lethal austerity will, solve the problem they created ... memes via We Demand UK
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"When even the far right are calling out the far right – they've all lost the plot " via The UK Against Hate
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Does very much feel like the Badenoch Tories are a busted flush.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA. It has made JD Vance very mad. It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Agreed.......
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Edinburgh 4 Europe @edinburgh4eu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Write to your UK MP via the web page below and ask them to attend the UK Parliament debate on 12 October about the UK’s relationship with the EU. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dr Ellie Chowns, "If we're talking about security against things that kill many people, covid, killed 250,000 people in this country and cost us hundreds of billions" "But I don't hear anybody in this country talking about pandemic preparedness - why is that?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts. Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
notable -- Fox News hasn't mentioned Trump's transphobic attack on Annie Andrews a single time. Not once. And they cover a lot of his Truth Social posts.

Almost like they're trying to protect their audience from learning the true depth of his depravity.
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Afanasiew @afanasiew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don't underestimate the resources that will be thrown against a Rejoin campaign just as in 2016, from east and west.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Imagine a similar, and similarly complex, situation in the UK. #R4Today
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Climate change is speeding up four kinds of risk at once: • climatological (heat, drought, fire weather) • hydrological (floods, water scarcity) • biological (disease, ecosystem collapse) • geomorphological (landslides, erosion, thaw) They do not arrive one by one. They stack.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm sure this'll go down great at conference. I am absolutely not sure that scrapping an organisation called Natural England will go down so well at the election.
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Afanasiew @afanasiew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Almost as if you think immigration is a bad thing.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm not commenting on this case (don't know enough) but it would be a smart move to place legal limits on damages. There's a growing pattern of rich men using the law to cow the press. This twat. Sweaty Andy. The Tangerine Toddler. It's bad for democracy www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
theguardian.com
David Sullivan sues BBC for £150m over Panorama’s sexual misconduct claims
West Ham co-owner and former pornographer lodges high court claim over episode, in which several women accused him of abusing power
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Spain. France. India. Chile. Different countries, different demands-but one common thread: a generation that refuses to stay silent. Young people are taking to the streets for education, for their future, and against decisions they cannot accept. USA needs to wake TF up
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
2. Intelligence chiefs now say nature loss is a national security issue. Yet the proposition is that regulators of pollution and nature damage are 'scrapped' Not clear how they expect to comply with existing law, or whether they'll repeal it
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Latest announcement from Tory shadow chancellor strongly suggests a party stuck in an idealogical rut, unable to learn 1. Scrapping regulations on low carbon home building - was done in 2015 by Tory govt, ended up costing UK many ££ billions in fuel & retrofit www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A cynical person might ask, of course, why are "young men of fighting age" wearing hijabs? 🧐
Main on Sunday front page: 

"As one of Kemi's top female frontbenchers calls them 'instruments of suppression...
UK HANDS OUT 1,000 HIJABS TO CHANNEL MIGRANTS"
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Many water companies are near insolvency, so they want to hike our water bills again The government must say NO. If they can't survive, let them go bust and take them into public ownership FOR NOTHING Sign up to support our campaign for public ownership of water: vist.ly/5kxtt
A picture of a campaigner (Cat Hobbs) carrying a sign that says "if water companies cannot survive without raising our bills, let them go bust and take them into public ownership"
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
standard.co.uk
MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The view from the EU is overwhelmingly positive for us rejoining. #LetsGo www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants
Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Overcrowding in UK A&E depts and treating patients in corridors linked to hundreds of deaths. Neoliberals urge cuts in public spending, silence on human consequences. Delayed care leads to premature deaths People sacrificed to gods of fiscal policies.
news.sky.com
Overcrowding in A&E linked to 'hundreds of deaths a week', study finds
A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @thenewsagents.co.uk Why won't you report clearly on main news shows which reputable organisations have declared this a genocide? Will you explain why some people claim Zionism == Racism? Of course not. You'll peddle crap.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is how the UK prepares for the climate mayhem that is coming www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb: “People need to start seriously thinking what will be one of the strongest security guarantees for Europe in the future.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife & one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit." (@afghanmounatingoat) TAX THE WEALTHY!
A color photo of MacKenzie Scott.
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife and one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit."
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Afanasiew @afanasiew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What's Blair got to do with it?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Full marks to Bobby J for not bothering to mention that this was entirely due to being given £45 million from the Labour government and told to do it. Even a Reform council couldn't fuck that up.
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