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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says. Lost for words at the insanity in Trumpistan, a truly sick dictatorship. Like medieval times, executions offered as a public spectacle in a country that claims to be Christian. What next?
bbc.co.uk
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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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform is attempting to rabble rouse to avoid scrutiny of their actions and the campaign for caps on all political donations - share this to stand up for this debate and protecting our democracy from the crypto billionaires.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
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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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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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When will a senior Labour figure announce that the thugs who dress up in black with the sole intention of intimidating dark skinned people that their concerns aren't remotely legitimate?
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This BBC claim that Mr Thomas "drummed up support for 'mass resistance' but without violence" seems like an editorialisation of the news that lacks context/accuracy Firstly, Mr Thomas was clearly very pro-violence in summer 2024 + 2026 Secondly, Mr Thomas calls for disruption + threat
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Journalists Wanted by Munya Chawawa
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bin Day cometh.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/08/2026
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
theguardian.com
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Meta ordered to pay $537m after a jury found they knowingly harmed children's mental health. The harms of social media aren't a bug. They're a feature. A blanket ban won't fix a business model built around addiction and surveillance. To protect young people, we need to take on Big Tech directly.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite £247m revenue, £25.3m profit. Doesn't pay much anywhere, effective global tax rate is 1.4% Shifts profits through intragroup transactions, enjoys tax breaks. UK Govt rewarding it with public contracts, enriching execs & shareholders.
theguardian.com
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thames Water, the poster child of predatory capitalism announces hosepipe ban. TW loses 200bn litres annually to leaks. Dumps tons of sewage in rivers. Paid dividends, neglected investment. No new reservoirs since 1989. Massive hikes in customer bills. Numerous criminal convictions.
bbc.co.uk
Thames Water announces hosepipe ban for 10.1m customers
The water company said the three heatwaves contributed to the ban.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Poster promoting Count Binface, in the famous Obama style
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So, a joke MP with 5 houses bought for cash, links to criminality and a £5Mill ‘gift’ in his bank… is so enraged at being held to account… that he resigns from the MP role he never did anyway…and demands a “people v the establishment” by-election to vote him back in. What an insufferable wanker.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Game on, Nige.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/07/2026
Disgusting. After years of broken promises, Thames Water continues to pollute our waterways with raw sewage. London deserves clean, safe rivers, not more sewage and excuses. Water companies and regulators need to get their act together.
bbc.co.uk
High levels of E. coli recorded after Thames spill in West London
Fulham Reach Boat Club recorded levels more than 60 times the threshold for suitable bathing water.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/06/2026
10 years ago, the air outside Aldgate School didn’t meet legal limits. Children were breathing polluted air every day. I made it my mission to change that. Here’s the difference our bold policies have made ⬇️
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
These 2017 sentencing remarks for the murder of Makram Ali & the attempted murder of others by Darren Osborne, a terrorist motivated by anti-Muslim hatred, illustrate the live dangers of the much wider anplification online of this hatred today, on X under Musk & on Facebook
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Don’t just share this on here. Stick this on your family WhatsApp group. Send it to your Brexit uncle. Print it out and give it to that neighbour. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is not fake news. Reform MP Sarah Pochin really does argue the answer to the domestic abuse associated with football is to hope the team keeps winning. Reform are part of the problem, not the way we achieve a safer and more equal future for all.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Nigel Farage is breaking British company law. Missed a deadline to file a confirmation statement with Companies House. Failed to verify his identity, required by law. Failure to comply is a criminal offence. Low attendance in parliament but busy with 2nd jobs, collecting money from foreign donors.
democracyforsale.substack.com
Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/06/2026
Fleeing your home country, and everything you know, because of war, violence or persecution takes incredible courage. To everyone who has recently arrived in London seeking safety: you are welcome here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Tan Dhesi MP @tandhesi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I was born and raised here. Countless brave Sikh soldiers died for Britain, proudly wearing their turban and kirpan. Thankfully, Rupert and Restore don't get to decide what is British. Beware … today they’re coming for me, but tomorrow it could be you!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Nigel Farage is a threat to national security inews.co.uk/opinion/nige...
inews.co.uk
Nigel Farage is a threat to national security
This is what he does. It's who he is
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Working hard? Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament. UK MP basic salary is £98,599 plus expenses, including second home. Since becoming MP Farage has collected £2m from other jobs. There are questions about his undeclared gifts.
thelondoneconomic.com
Working hard? Nigel Farage registered 'absent' from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“The fact that he is known as a vulture capitalist should tell you everything about how inappropriate this deal is [for Thames Water]… these kinds of people are there to suck the lifeblood out of our utilities and public services, and this deal should not be rushed through.”
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/05/2026
Tech-enabled abuse against women and girls must be stopped - from digital stalking to online harassment. Our new approach, backed by £6M in funding, will confront perpetrators and give survivors the vital support they need.
Mayor of London poster with a coral background. Large bold text at the top reads “MAYOR OF LONDON” and “We’re taking on tech abuse.” Below is a photograph showing two people’s hands holding smartphones. At the bottom, smaller text reads: “A new £6 million fund will support victims and stop technology being used to stalk, control and abuse women and girls.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16/05/2026
One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.
White text on a black background reads “Hate is loud.” at the top and “Love is louder.” at the bottom, with the Mayor of London logo centred between the two lines.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
MEGA (Make England Great Again) is rising and it should frighten us all. From Farage Camps to Local Election results everything is going Reform's angry way and Britain's decent majority need to step up now. Inaction is no longer an option. Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/farage-camps...
noosphere.app
Farage Camps, Reform Gains and Snake Oil - why Britain's decent majority need to wake up to MEGA
News direct from reporters you trust.
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My son needs community-based care to have a full quality of life. Medicaid delivered that vital care until 2 weeks ago when he was abruptly kicked off. Republicans want to slash this care for Trump's Iran war. Who else has to lose everything before they stop? #HealthcareNotWarfare
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Any other politician. Any other party. This would be wall to wall media scrutiny. Farage and Reform shouldn’t be able to move without this being thrown at them. Venal brokers to crypto billionaires and fossil fuel magnates. A corrupt man leading a corrupt party. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Now.. very slowly for those at the back… Who wins when states go to war and when politicians promote fossil fuels over renewables and push to scrap Net Zero? Because it isn’t us. Our bills don’t go down. Our planet doesn’t get prioritised. Our futures don’t get safer. (Sky News)
sky news

Oil giant BP announces huge rise in profits in first results since Iran war
"Exceptional" oil trading contributed to the more than doubling of profits, BP said.
Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

Business and economics reporter


• Tuesday 28 April 2026 08:13, UK bp
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Beggars belief that Met Police is in talks with #Palantir about giving them access to highly sensitive data, when there’s already such concern over its links with ICE & Israeli military. Palantir already has UK contracts worth over £500m, incl. with NHS. We should be scrapping them not signing more
theguardian.com
Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations
Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK. First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Tonight on BBC Newsnight - these women share the horror of the sexual abuse Jeffrey Epstein subjected them to and the hugely damaging effect it’s had on every aspect of their lives
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🧵And we're off, ladies and gentlemen! It's "they're banning the word EASTER" week. Regular as clockwork... So here comes a history lesson and media lesson all rolled into one thread! PS, I can't believe there's no easter egg emoji? This was the best I could do - 🗿🥚 🤣 I digress! 1/19
Screenshot of a tweet:
Ben Graham 
@BenGrahamUK
X.com
Britain has been a Christian nation for over 1,400 years.
Through wars, plagues, and countless kings, Easter has always been celebrated.
Yet now, Cadbury won't even use the word
'Easter' on their eggs.
When did celebrating British traditions become controversial?

Above a photo of Easter EggsScreenshot of a tweet:
ClIr Jaymey Mclvor *
@McivorJaymey
x.com
Any chance I can get an Easter Egg please M&S?
Will they ever learn
It's like they do it on purpose to offend.
Easter is not National Chocolate Day.
Which extremists are you trying hard to not offend?
@marksandspencer @GBNEWS

Above images of Easter Eggs in M&S
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/03/2026
Nigel Farage cheered on Trump’s illegal war on Iran that is sending petrol prices and energy bills through the roof. Now he says he wants to cut your energy bills. This is just Farage’s latest con. Just like Brexit, he peddles his lies then leaves the British people to pick up the tab.
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️
Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Absolutely enthralling piece. "When you cover capital crime cases, you notice the ways in which stupidity and evil become indistinguishable..." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
lrb.co.uk
Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Reform UK on the war - 9 March, Robert Jenrick: ‘this war needs to come to an end as soon as possible….that’s why Nigel Farage immediately ruled out suggestions that UK might deploy boots on the ground. Nor do we see why British aircraft should become involved in offensive action.’ Daily Telegraph
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