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@afturain.bsky.social
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Left leaning, can't stand Trumpelon and Tories. Politics, art , books, music, cinema, sea, mountains, landscape, architecture, UK, USA, Spain. Give us back freedom of movement. No time for Royalty.

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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea?
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Mike @mike-0568.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.' The US president is a lying tosspot. The plot was foiled by an insomniac farmer, who spotted the men and reported them to Gloucestershire police.
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Arlindars @arlindars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🎨 Gustav Klimt.
Obra de Gustav Klimt. 
Roseiras Sob as Árvores. 
1905.
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Elm Jee ☘️ @lizmgreene.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The story seems to be that masked, military age men are disrupting the lifesaving work of a charity (and renowned institution) and threatening its volunteers. That sounds like domestic #terrorism?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Russian drones hit a Kyiv–Warsaw passenger train overnight and fell about a kilometer from the Polish border. Poland, a NATO ally, scrambled jets. Poland's FM Radosław Sikorski in Kyiv today: Russian terrorism "has already walked through" Europe's door. His reaction, on video
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sending Sunday coloured peacefulness to whomsoever needs it.
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/12 The blue sky, the perfect day in the park, people gathered to picnic and play frisbee. But you turned 180 and saw downtown billowing with black smoke and gradually, the acrid smell reached you and never left. You swept the terrace every day and still the grey ash gathered.
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remember the tables with paper and crayons beside the band shell in Central Park where children could go to draw. So many just scribbled clouds of smoke because that's what they could see on 9/11.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ICYMI — Fred Trump 🔥 calls out his Uncle’s 9/11 lies: “His claim he brought a crew of workers to the 9/11 site so offends me I need to speak out. He was not building ‘a big building’ at the time… the U.S. Steel building was not creaking and ready to fall.”
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spot on from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social North Sea drilling makes no economic or energy security sense - but “the policy could scarcely be better designed to give the final push to voters who are minded – after so many disappointments since 2024 – to abandon Labour for a progressive alternative”
theguardian.com
Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
thetimes.com
We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump announced 17 MONTHS AGO that everyone was going to get $5,000 checks because of DOGE cuts. You got $0.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/09/2026
Handing NHS data to Palantir was always going to be a disaster for public trust. Now, tens of thousands are opting out and medical research is taking the hit. It’s time to scrap the deal. www.theguardian.com/society/2026/se…
theguardian.com
‘Mistrust’ of Palantir may affect NHS research, says health minister
James Frith says patients may be less willing to share data as new figures show a rise in opt-outs
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 10/09/2026
I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work. But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anyone would think the British government is acting alone in its condemnation and sanctions against Israel? No, they are joined by France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Spain Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Poland, and Sweden.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RNLI staff have faced "unacceptable" online & physical abuse since anti-migrant protests. "Deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding" by thugs hiding behind "balaclava or a keyboard". Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They do a great job in saving lives, must be respected.
bbc.co.uk
Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Essential thread.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
Neo Nazi attempts to target RNLI volunteers
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Yes, yes, I hear the carbon monoxide alarm going off, but I still need to stay here because this is where my knitting community is, you see. Also, the only place I can get news about the Premier League. I have no choice. I'll be OK."
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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Masked thugs in Dover and Portsmouth are not debating legitimate politics - they just like violence and intimidation and can't be tolerated.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Norway's Prime Minister ripped apart trumps stupid letter. Love this! Every leader receiving a letter like this from TACO, should do the same. Thanks for your attention to this matter! ============================
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 04/09/2026
🚨 UPDATE: West Midlands Police have denied Nigel Farage's claim that they refused to let him on stage due to a security threat
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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It’s a rip-off price, the vendor is toxic, and it seems the software doesnt deliver: www.ft.com/content/cbd1... Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
ft.com
Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
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Daily Doze of Ronda 💫 @rondasmystic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fuck! They all need to be arrested
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes
theguardian.com
Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Mamdani has destroyed New York so badly that his popularity rating is now 70%. The highest of any New York Mayor ever, and the highest of any current US Politician. Mamdani 2028.
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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This brings me to tears. All the people who deserve this treatment don’t get it and all the people who don’t deserve it, get it. My god. Every single person who had a hand in this is stained with the death they helped bring about. I hope they have the lives they deserve. Disgusting.
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The poison is Allison Pearson.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trump found a way to stop your mail ballot from ever being delivered. A judge in Boston ended it Tuesday in all fifty states. Her ruling is fire. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/this-gover...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Musk is a pathetic liar. He tried telling The Economist’s Editor-in-Chief that a British civil war is "inevitable," only for her to calmly point out that he hasn't stepped foot in the UK in years, she actually lives there, and real crime stats prove he made the whole thing up. Pure gold.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They should have made him a 'saint'. #BookSky
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hallelujah! 🇪🇦
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
That's already happened.
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Nigel Farage: privately educated, ex-City metals broker, 30-year political insider, sitting MP, would-be PM, is calling the Sunday Times investigation an "establishment hit job." The man who has been on the BBCs Question Time more than any other guest in history. That establishment. 🧵 #r4today
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Prediction...USA win men's world cup title. Conclusion...it was always going to be that way.
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Is the triple lock unaffordable? No And the group who it's most in the interest of to maintain it is young people Speaking to BBC #PoliticsLive earlier this week
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Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
With all the pressure from the UK to add Nuclear in Scotland, the latest figures for renewable generation in the first quarter shows just how little Scotland needs it. They want it here to help power England, because Scotland won't use it.. www.thenational.scot/news/2624071...
thenational.scot
Scotland generated record-breaking amount of renewable energy at start of 2026
SCOTLAND has generated a record amount of renewable electricity for the first quarter of this year, as the country continues to produce more energy…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/06/2026
The swastika carved into a car on the Upper East Side is a despicable act of antisemitism. It is a hateful attack of intimidation on our Jewish neighbors and on the values that make our city what it is.

I have full confidence the NYPD, which is investigating this as a hate crime, will do everything to ensure those responsible are held accountable. 

To every Jewish New Yorker: your city stands with you. We will confront acts of antisemitism wherever they appear with urgency and without exception.
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ItWillGetWorse @blackkettle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The man pardoned 1,500 insurrectionists in one fell swoop and nobody did anything He started a war with one nation and kidnapped the leader of another and nobody did anything He literally tore down a third of the White House and nobody did anything What else will our leaders do nothing about?
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A reminder that Brexit's architects admitted in parliament that their key argument for Brexit was entirely invented. (From The Decade In Tory)
Before the referendum, David Davis regularly encouraged us to believe Britain’s sovereignty had been stolen away by the EU. “It is time for Britain to take control of its own destiny”, he had said, accusing the EU of “taking away vast sovereign powers from member states”, and claiming, “We need a new deal with Europe [which] keeps law-making powers in Westminster, not Brussels”.
In the first days of February, he introduced the white paper setting out Britain’s plans for Brexit. It reads: “Whilst Parliament has remained sovereign throughout our membership of the EU, it has not always felt like that”.
Yes, you did read that correctly. 
Tory MPs had already admitted they didn’t believe in either the economic, trade, or immigration arguments for Brexit, and had declared the reason we must leave the EU was “sovereignty”. And suddenly they admitted the sovereignty issue was all in their demented imaginations.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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afturain.bsky.social @afturain.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Delighted to be hearing more and more about the idea Fartage is finished. He needs to be consigned to the bin of political history along with his ilk; Enoch Powell, Truss, etc. There is no room for them in a democracy. www.facebook.com/reel/1550086...
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Rick @lochend.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The failure was the Comms, not all his/labours fault, but they need to shout achievements from the roof tops, at every chance, coz the MSM aren't going to promote them, even if they eradicated poverty and cancer.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Obama: I am not immune to anger or doubt. But I do know this when we lose faith in each other, when we stop believing that voting matters… we open the door to the most ruthless or the most careless, or the most fearful among us who see some groups and some people as more equal than others
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