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Alan Taylor

@aldortyke.bsky.social
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Methodist minister working at retirement since 2013 without much success.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 5h
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 6h
Russia's campaign of deliberate murder of Ukrainian civilians continues. This is the regime that Trump boasts about doing a deal with. We hope US voters punish Trump for his treachery in November's mid-term elections. Europe must increase support for Ukraine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ukraine war: Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 people
Children are among the victims, authorities say, and more victims could still be buried in the rubble of a large apartment block that was destroyed.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 09/10/2026
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, not Putin, is the leader who should be invited to the G20 gathering. Zelensky leads a country of incredibly brave and determined people whose fight for their freedom should inspire us all," writes David J. Kramer in his open letter.
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Open letter to the US administration: The G20 invitation to Putin should come with conditions
The Trump administration recently announced that it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December's G20 summit in Miami. This invitation erodes the well-deserved isolation of Putin for his...
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 09/10/2026
"Hegseth thinks it's a good idea, in a country which has a genuinely sick relationship with gun violence, to broadcast the state killing people via firing squad." The US will livestream an execution for public viewing in a "pathetic and grotesque" new low for Trump's America
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - Trump is a bitter, petty man… www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize - live
The ⁠ICC’s deputy prosecutor condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I thought I had seen it all, but this is an astonishing new low, putting the US in the company of Iran, Afghanistan and N Korea. I abhor the death penalty. The idea that kids, including my own, might see such an execution shocks me to the core. Abhorrent, barbaric, sick, warped, cruel and twisted.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s no truly “humane” way to execute another human being. The death penalty is the ultimate definition of inhumane behavior.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says - Welcome to the American dark ages under Trump… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Russia launched a large combined missile and drone attack on several Ukrainian cities last night, murdering at least 10 civilians. While Ukraine's air defences destroyed most of the drones and missiles, more interceptors against ballistic missiles are urgently needed. www.kyivpost.com/post/86307
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Ukraine Intercepts 5 Ballistic Missiles and 117 Drones in Massive Russian Attack on Oct. 7
Russia launched a barrage of 178 missiles and drones at Ukraine, with impacts reported in 18 locations across several regions.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No end in sight to the cost of Trump's crazy forever war. He is going to end up as the most unpopular and reviled President in US history and UK voters need to be extremely careful not to fall for the same lies by backing Farage's friends of billionaires. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK diesel prices top £2 a litre for first time, RAC says
The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ECHR membership protects UK citizens rights, underpins Northern Ireland's peace agreement, and is necessary for key security and justice partnerships. That the Tories under Badenoch are calling for the UK to leave it shows they are wreckers like Farage. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
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Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The nasty party is back to its old tricks. Opposing nature recovery is not supporting rural communities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So let’s see practical steps to rejoin asap. As global insecurity grows, anything less simply won’t do
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t understand why @andyburnham.bsky.social uses ‘X’ Facebook etc but doesn’t use his @bsky.app account? Shouldn’t we be able to see his posts as well? Not to mention the damaging influence of Musk who promotes far-right narratives.
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 02/10/2026
Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential.
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James Taylor @jtonline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wonder if Five Million Farage would follow Trump's lead and leave the Group of States against Corruption 🤔
Trump and Five Million Farage grinning together in front of some very bling gold doors.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's be clear climate change isn't a case of one bad year causing problems. It is a continuously worsening problem with no clarity about how catastrophic things will eventually get. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is what happens when an entire people is defined as collectively to blame. Ethnic cleansing is too polite a phrase to describe the horrors and yes I did also condemn Hamas attacks on people attending a pop concert. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Burnham - Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid are all talking about rejoining. Let’s make it an unstoppable force! The right thing for the UK and Europe! @europeanmovement.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Andy Burnham
The prime minister tells the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 28/09/2026
"To invoke God's name in order to justify violence or oppression is to profane that name. Nothing that disfigures human dignity can claim to be inspired by God." #PopeLeoXIV
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026
In one of the modules, this horrible, heartbreaking fact: "At the peak of the famine in June 1933, 28,000 people were dying each day in Ukraine on average.".
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Hope comes from honesty” Prime minister Andy Burnham
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Comment on Reddit about this: "My mum tried to send a gift card to someone at the council who had helped her quit smoking. They turned it down because she wasn't allowed to accept gifts." And yet some MPs (and the authorities) think it's totally normal and fine to do this...
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 27/09/2026
I really hope the PM is serious about fixing care, and he can show it by getting on with the cross-party talks we started in July. This can’t just be a series of No10 headlines with no real action. I’ll do everything I can to put family carers at the heart of any solution.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What’s happened to you America? I know it’s Trump, but you elected him!
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
💯 ACCURATE! 👇
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Sadiq Khan wants Britain to start preparing to rejoin the EU now: return to the customs union, pursue associate membership, consider the single market and put a clear rejoin pledge in Labour’s next manifesto. His message to Andy Burnham: start making the case to voters today.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 25/09/2026
Thinking of visiting the US? Consider it carefully, as they’re going to seize your phone and look at everything you have on it.
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What do you get when you combine the richest people in America with the biggest media corporations in America with the thinnest-skinned and most corrupt president in American history? One thing you don’t get is an informed public. robertreich.substack.com/p/now-cnn
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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One Head Teacher’s story, that exemplifies many. How is treating people like this helping anyone? @lucympowell.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/E-Pg2...
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Ofsted ruined this headteacher's mental health #teacherlife #teaching
YouTube video by NASUWT - TV for Teachers
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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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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, Plaid & SNP should all unite in a pledge to rejoin the EU. They don’t agree on much but they do all agree Brexit has been a financial and strategic disaster. It could unite progressive opinion and challenge the far right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years
Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/09/2026
🚨 Our polling consistently finds that a majority of people now support the UK rejoining the EU. EU membership is a no-brainer, and Burnham should pledge to rejoin. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reform would only be the third largest party in a hung parliament, were an election held today, according to a new YouGov MRP. Labour would likely need the support of the Lib Dems and SNP in order to govern
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/09/2026
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Sept. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Karen (yes, yes, I know 😈) @karkin64.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Super stupidity would be a better description www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Will Trump's AI rebrand to 'super intelligence' catch on?
Some people close to the president have started to use the term but experts say it is unlikely to catch on.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation. But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity. Here's what you should know. robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-t…
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 22/09/2026
“Fixing our relationship with Europe is the only way to get our economy back on track.” At Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton, Ed Davey made the case for closer ties with Europe to bring down barriers to trade, expand opportunities for young people and strengthen our economy.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trade unions urge Andy Burnham to drop Brexit ‘red lines’ 👍 www.politico.eu/article/uk-t...
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Trade unions urge Andy Burnham to drop Brexit ‘red lines’
The ruling Labour Party pledged “no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement” in its 2024 election manifesto.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
🇬🇧 It was always a risk that Brexit would lead to the breakup of the UK. 🇪🇺 One of the best ways to avoid that would be EU membership. 📊 It isn't just the people of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland who want membership - our polling shows the majority of people in England want it too.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"You are the problem" meme via Expose Racism
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of A. profit and B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love. So yes, demonic is the right word.
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 04/10/2025
This. Is. Brilliant.
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