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Alan Helliwell

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99% genetically northern English, 100% global citizen.

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TerriW @terriw.bsky.social · 12h
I live by the sea. I once watched a gull lift a whole steak from the plate of a guy eating his dinner in a seaside cafe. We watched one bring a whole live snake back to its nest this summer! They are incredible survivors and brilliant parents
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14h
Racists continually insist that black and brown people can never be English. Then they accuse them of 'refusing to integrate'. I mean, make your bloody mind up.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Donald Trump is starving Cuba.
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Jeremy Corbyn: Donald Trump is Starving Cuba
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For Chris Mason, the misstep by Burnham about Man City and his subsequent correction is THE biggest political story today. It's a minor embarrassment, Chris, not friggin' Watergate.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw... Amateur dramatics. Directed by Netanyahu. Election panic?!
bbc.co.uk
Israel-Dubai flight: Passenger describes grabbing attacker and taking plane controls
As passengers arrive back in Israel, one man - still wearing a blood-stained T-shirt - tells the Israeli prime minister how he helped stop the attack.
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Liz McKinlay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸 @fagashlil44.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow. This is powerful from Iran. Watch till the end Well done, 🇮🇷
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent. A metaphor for life.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
humanists.uk
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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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shabana Mahmood announces that she has been deliberately imposing unnecessary, unsafe & illegal routes for selected categories of asylum seekers. They are called ones she decides are not worthy of humanity or justice. Racist, performatively cruel, & neo-fascist hobgoblin.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💯 Mahmood belongs in the ReformUK company. Probably already a shareholder.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Just wait until this dozy, moronic racist thug gets his sentence for treason! Muppet with crocodile tears!
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Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in Channel
Far-right activist who was filmed appearing to slash boat with blade is refused bail as he denies charges
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Representing the magical melting pot of the Midlands" via Birmingham Now "Birmingham artist makes community Union Jack from lamppost flags" www.birmingham-now.co.uk/news/2657889...
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Govt announcements, press releases, national news headlines & broadcasts are focussed on a couple of boats landing on Kent coast. Nothing much about ongoing anti-migration fascist disturbances, or the manic fascist criminal Tammy Danno’s violent knife attacks on small boats & RNLI. Not at all normal
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Where’s Shabana Mahmood? a) applying for a job with ReformUK? b) offering her full support to Tommo Robbo? Labour’s shameful abdication of its responsibility to tackle boneheaded fascist terrorism! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is why the media in this country needs regulating. I can guarantee there isn’t an iota of truth to anything that’s being said here. Their only intention is to keep this nonsense on top of the news agenda.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Despite BBCNews framing this as a take over by the (BBC sponsored) ReformUK company, Farage’s racists now have just 6 seats.
bbc.co.uk
Labour loses majority after Reform by-election win
Labour remains the largest party on North East Derbyshire District Council.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Does this ‘technical’ inconvenience strengthen the case for more human involvement & control, or do we just hand this stuff over to the AI monster?
bbc.co.uk
Flight disruption: Airlines criticise air traffic control over second glitch in a month
Airlines are angry about the delays, with EasyJet saying the latest incident "once again calls into question the resilience" of the system.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This sounds like a good idea. A ‘no brainer!’. Apart from Tories, capitalists, ex-pat tax dodgers, bankers etc… who thinks this is a bad idea, and why?
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excellent idea. Moral-free, money-grasping creep.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Important report coming out this week by Professor Peter Fonagy.
bbc.co.uk
Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If this diverse collection of countries can achieve this, why hasn’t the UK? Ed Miliband made good progress, but we are lagging behind the best.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
via USA 2026
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BBC Postcard from Monaco. Tax dodging, racist, ex-pat supports climate destruction, more welfare (lower taxes) for him, welfare cuts for everyone else, & no migration unless it’s him/approved by him. Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Could govt explain to the majority of liberal, progressive voters in this country why our genuinely legitimate concerns - about the rise in racism and flag-waving thuggery on our streets, are repeatedly brushed aside while they pathetically pander to the racist angst of a nasty, uninformed minority?
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The media treating this story as some hilarious 'village that roared' nighy-dench-mirren movie is pissing me right the fuck off. It's soft-selling fascism. We have become an inward looking, xenophobic joke.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Norway! FFS! Get A Grip!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just imagine the embarrassment if Canada ends up joining the EU before we do
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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MCRobson @zaploosh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The #BBC has become the voice of an authoritarian, racist business organisation funded by bent foreign interests intent on undermining our democracy. The government should step in and create havoc at Broadcasting House. #bbcnews #Labour #Burnham youtu.be/dSNFNYFdvp4?...
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Powerful speech by Unison member at #TUC26 calling out the disgrace of Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms which would mean care workers waiting 15 years for UK settlement, while bankers could get settlement in 3 years ... And under a Labour government.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In the context of the recent exponential rise of the racist far-right in the UK, McSweeney thought he’d found the ‘oil’, Starmer dug the hole, Mahmood threw in the grenade, and the gates of fascist hell will burn for 50 years.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BBCNews reports “This weekend, the party announced £36m donations from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, who are British and have lived in Thailand and Hong Kong respectively.” Hong Kong sounds cosy, British. But Hong Kong is not a separate country; it is a special administrative region of China.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ReformUK: A wholly-owned subsidiary of Harborne-Delo. Harborne-Delo is one of the most ruthless, global, fascist, white supremacist, crypto-based money launderers. Operating in a crime scene near you via UK agent FarageFascistFinance.con of Clacton-on-Sea.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hard to shake the impression that the overriding sentiment in Tories and Labour to the Reform donations was envy rather than concern about our democratic system….
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
These clowns are fascist terrorists. Funded by enemies of the UK. Arrest, charge & imprison as required. Repeat as necessary. All costs to be charged to UK defence budget. “Masked men, lorries and road blocks: How anti-migrant activists are changing tactics www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics
Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Having encouraged the racist anti-migrant genie out of the bottle, Mahmood attempts to get it back into the bottle. Too late you buffoon! “Use all powers necessary on anti-migrant protests, home secretary tells police www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Use all powers necessary on anti-migrant protests, home secretary tells police
Two anti-migrant protests took place in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend.
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IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy @davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Taxpayers foot the £2,700 a month rent on Kemi Badenoch's six-bedroom farmhouse in Essex. Then she goes on telly and argues that taxpayers shouldn't subsidise other people's rent.
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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An excellent proposal. Bold, unambiguous & a small step forward for anyone remotely interested in justice, equity, survival. The collective UK media & politicians will be at the “frothing at the mouth” end of the “apoplectic chart”. Pathetic! But, a glimmer of light in a very dark world!
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