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Alan

@alant65.bsky.social
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Ex-matelot, rugby union & tennis fan, husband, woke, trans ally, liberal.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 7h
Deform UK Ltd say they will save the triple lock, but their think-tank wants to scrap the state pension. No pension? No triple-lock required.
Newspaper article with headline Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Text includes 'Radical' report likely to influence party's platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes. Credit to Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent.
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Snowy. @snowy.bsky.social · 15h
Stolen from Zuckerberg’s bin fire…a mate had posted this in reply to a very racist and homophobic dickhead. Made me blow tea out of my nose.
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Snowy. @snowy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is something seriously wrong with the UK government when THIS is happening, but we are being told balaclava clad goons and racists have “legitimate concerns” Fuck ISRAEL. Fuck Labour. youtube.com/shorts/J-jb0...
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94-year-old Jewish barrister arrested for supporting Palestine Action
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Jessica Killin @killinforco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The American people deserve transparency about the war in Iran. El Paso County deserves a leader who will do the job and stand up for our troops. This lack of accountability is totally unacceptable. It’s time for change.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UK household energy bills forecast to rise 16%, or £276, in January. Household energy debt expected to hit £7bn soon. Heating v Eating dilemma. 120,000 a year die in poverty. Companies profiteer, fuelling costs, inflation, poverty. Public ownership gives govt more policy options.
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Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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ANTIFAbeardad💚🏳️‍🌈 @stonrbeardad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#RapistScottKretzschmar #RapistScottNorris #RapistDiegoSarabia #RapistGillioLopes #RapistWinstonLee #RapistJohnathanNewell #RapistMatthewIngalls #Cornell7
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Does Andy Burnham have no idea what to do? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... Why is Andy Burnham only offering action after the next election, which he knows he will lose? Is it because he does not actually know what to do?
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Has Andy Burnham no idea what to do?
Andy Burnham indisputably proved that he has mastered the art of making a party conference speech yesterday. It has taken him a very long time to do so, but he’s got there. That was the good news of t...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reminder Corporation tax in the UK is 25%. The actual average amount paid is just 13.1%. Because they use a million tax breaks, it costs £80bn a year. But they NEVER talk about this unaffordable tax avoidance by billionaires.
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Trevor Stables 🇫🇷🔶🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @trevor0257.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cut higher rate taxpayers 40% subsidy on Pensions contributions, bring it in line with basic rate. This saves 8 times more per year than attacking the triple lock! Why is it that highly paid journos suggest cutting the triple lock but not their tax subsidy on pensions cost £18 billion a year! 👇👇👇
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nigel Farage is clear on a triple lock on pensions.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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Alan @alant65.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not changing the voting system to a more proportionate one before the next UK election and ending the pension triple lock has all but ensured Labour lose the next GE.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dani @danimorocco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what EVIL looks like. Free Palestine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🇵🇸 youtube.com/shorts/UDCSi...
youtube.com
Ben-Gvir threatens to execute Palestinian detainee
YouTube video by Roya News English
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK Councillors, know the 5 stages.
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Snowy. @snowy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jesus fucking wept. This is my local MP. Just think about that. If this shameful excuse for an MP doesn’t lose her seat in the next GE, then it proves my theory that I live surrounded by absolute fucking arseholes. Depressing that the UK has come to this. If I could, I’d fucking leave.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Theresa Marie @tree-05.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
JFC. And magats believe him
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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llamas in pyjamas #FBPE 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇵🇱 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇵🇦 @jackrutland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Borrowed from twitter
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GuyD @thenotoriousguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FAFO
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London.
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🧊 cream 😋
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Charles Darwent @chasd2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
Designate Patriot Platform as a proscribed terrorist organisation
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AJ 🦋 @andjamwar.uk · 27/09/2026
Tell me you wank into your own hand and clap every time Daddy Nige is on TV.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK Chancellor can easily increase income tax personal allowance by £3,000 a year. It will boost basic rate taxpayers by £600 a year. Millions will be helped. Benefit to higher rate taxpayers can be clawed back. The cost of £30bn can be met by ending bank subsidies, £100bn over the last 3 years.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. Norway - 0 UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Canada - 0 United States - 643k
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"If you need the threat of hell to be a good person, then you're just a bad person on a leash." - Unknown
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philip-goddard.bsky.social @philip-goddard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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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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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Whatta Cunt
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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sorry Andy. Lifting the ban on drinking in the stands would soon be regretted. And let’s be fair, you’ve got more important things to be speaking out on. Balaclava wearing thugs for a start.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don't worry. We will remember.
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Walter Alvarez @walter2864.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The United States was the only country to vote against the measure in the cited UN vote. The resolution concerned women’s equality and participation in public life. The session focused on strengthening rights and access to justice for women and girls.
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Alan @alant65.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shame on those delegates at the UN who didn't walk out on Netanyahu's "speech". The man is a war criminal and doesn't deserve to have his BS listened to.
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