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The UK with joint highest current growth and lowest forecast deficit in the G7 is… um… not what you might imagine from reading the newspaper.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026

The people who sold us Brexit said we'd get closer to the Anglosphere instead, but it turns out those countries want to prioritise Europe. Tell Burnham that we don't want to be left out bestforbritain.org/petition/tell-bu…

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

‼️Breaking: Almost three-quarters of English riverbanks have no right of access. Our new investigation has found that 71% of riverbanks in England have no right of access on either bank. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Funnily enough I don't remember Andrew ever expressing these concerns the last four times a Conservative MP became Prime Minister outside of a general election.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm confident nobody will share this.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 16/06/2026

It has been ten years since Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist while serving her constituents in Batley and Spen. Today, we pause to remember Jo and her belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us”.

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Impressive stuff! Well done Labour! #Labour

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

50 MILLION "GAME" BIRDS ARE PRODUCED EVERY YEAR IN THE UK BY THE BIRD SHOOTING INDUSTRY

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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson. It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?

Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

On the same day in the Telegraph:

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Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference. Has never happened before under any previous leader bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

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Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference

The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

If I were trying to win elections and arguments, I simply would be doing everything I could to move UK political conversation away from a website run by an avowed enemy who believes and writes this stuff about me:

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

'Whitechapel Bell Foundry' (from 'Odd Jobs', 1935) by Pearl Binder

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

People reallye ynto Gen AI summaryes seeme to thynke of bookes as annoyinge litel labyrinths whose onlye benefit ys that thei leade to a tastye magical glowing orb called "informacioun" that when consumed doth turne you into a man wyth a bow tie and the righte to talke over everyone else.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

My 14 June botanical illustration & mental health w'shop's now enrolling I'll teach you: 🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading 🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Limited spaces,earlybird price: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

A selection of late spring garden finds and my illustrations of them & their names in calligraphy alongside.

A selection of autumnal nature and botanical finds, my illustrations of them and their names alongside on a double page spread of a sketchbook. Drawing materials and other small nature finds are nearby.

Cornflowers, Nigella, sweet peas and Russian sage in shades of blue, mauve and purple on one page of a sketchbook and my illustrations of them on the opposite page, along with the fountain pen I used to draw them nearby on a wooden table.

Various spring nature and botanical finds with my pen and ink drawings and watercolours of them on pieces of sketchbook paper. A watercolour palette and fine paintbrush are nearby.

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Phil @fatboyfat.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hey @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social next time you have Keir’s ear could you remind him, the British automotive industry contributes £22bn to the UK economy, while the creative industries contribute £124bn. Stop AI copyright theft. Yours, a constituent.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/04/2025

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Well that's quite the list of failures...

YouGov list of issues with % that think Brexit was good for it. See this tweet for text: https://x.com/YouGov/status/1885242479773131012

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Number crunching: Parliamentary petitions From the new Private Eye, out now.

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