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Amy Relf

@amyjrelf.bsky.social
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Escaped from X. Here to keep up with current events and read opinions. Unlikely to post, but never say never.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Map showing the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.Screengrab from Politico piece that explains, citing Reuters, that 48,300 of the 50,000 recent crossings have already been expelled or voluntarily returned to Morocco.BBC report on Friday, still echoing the RW disinformation - or at the very least not challengning it sufficiently.

"Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
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What triggered the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta?
Sofia Ferreira Santos and Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe
correspondent
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Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media."Daily Mail and Daily Express from this weekend, with front page headlines "Ministers MUST stop the Spanish border invaders reaching UK" and "SPANISH BORDER CRISIS IS 'WAKE-UP CALL' FOR UK", respectively.
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
No arrivals by small boats for the last 10 days now. As of yesterday, 12,469 people had arrived so far this year across the Channel, down over 11,000 (47%) on the same time last year. More than 10% down on 2023 as well, which was when crossings were, by comparison to other years, lower.
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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I think that the worst thing about the "refugee tax" is that the high accommodation costs are caused by the Home Office, and in particular their inability to make fast AND accurate decisions, leaving people rotting in those grim places. Refugees are effectively being fined for HO incompetence.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12/01/2026
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 08/01/2026
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Gareth Morgan - Ferret @ferrinfo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Lies, damned lies and the Telegraph. They posted CSJ figures using an outrageously false comparison of 2 cases. It claimed a benefits family were better off by £18k than a working household when the real figure was £16k worse off. The details benefitsinthefuture.com #benefits #budget
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Benefits in the Future – Welfare reform commentary and analysis
Welfare reform commentary and analysis
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Samantha Wathen @samanthajwathen.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Okay, here we go. Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients. NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer. You know what to do 👇✍️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9
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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 15/05/2025
Our (mostly right wing) media are letting Reform off the hook. Like every party, but especially those that aspire to being our next government -  they should be challenged on policy. 1/6
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 27/03/2025
Many people haven’t even heard that Finns fought an extremely bloody if brief civil war in 1918. The victorious Whites were originally dead set on eliminating the “Red bacillus” for good. Mass killings were common, and Finland was the first European country to introduce concentration camps.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:

[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]

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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 

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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.

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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free 
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-

BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister 

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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?

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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill

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HITLER:
What we are proposing -

CHURCHILL:
Hang on

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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -

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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here

BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate

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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate 
You don't debate fascists

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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!

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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...

CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-

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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!

BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak

[ends]
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
what a day
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Pres Trump: ‘I think Europe has given $100bn [to Ukraine] and we’ve given, let’s say, $300bn plus.’ The most reliable figures show the EU has given $138bn to Ukraine, while the US has given $114bn. In 2024 Europe and Canada provided nearly 60% of NATO’s security aid to Ukraine.
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
THIS.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
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Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
"So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate"
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Pecksniff: So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Picture 10, everyone. You can thank me later. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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Check out this 4 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
4 bedroom detached house for sale in Mansion Gardens, Potterspury, NN12 for £825,000. Marketed by Howkins and Harrison LLP, Towcester
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Alexis Conran @alexisconran.com · 10/11/2024
I’m confused. £1bn increase in national insurance bill over the course of ‘this parliament’ ie 5 years is £200 million per year. Tesco profits last year £2.76bn and estimated £2.9bn this year. They can’t absorb that without raising food prices? www.thetimes.com/article/fe89...
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Tesco’s £1bn budget bill fuels price rise fears
National insurance hike for Britain’s biggest private employer emerges as business anger grows
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 09/11/2024
How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
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TESLA = TRUMP
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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