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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
More than 7,500 people have signed our petition calling on Ofcom to take immediate action. Add your name: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Would you rather live in the US or the EU? brilliantmaps.com/polls/would-...
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Would you rather live in the US or the EU? - Brilliant Maps
Map based asking people if they would rather live in the United States or European Union. See the live results here.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
50% of World GDP Happens In Just 3.6% Of It's Land Area Credit: The World In Maps More data: brilliantmaps.com/50-50-world/
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I know this won’t happen, but the entire WH press corps should walk out. Trump craves attention and is obsessed with his coverage. Not covering his Oval Office Lie Sessions would hurt him more than just about anything.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Annual General Meeting
Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Colin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I have legitimate concerns about the rise of the far right in the UK and I want to know what the politicians are going to do about it.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A Reform government would force schools to sing the National Anthem and if they don't oblige parents will be encouraged to report them to the authorities. Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...
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Reform: 'There will be consequences for not singing anthem'
Braverman believes parents will tip her off if heads don't follow her anthem and hymns rules
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The images here are extremely sinister, and the word 'protestors' hardly applies. But there's also a bizarre aspect as it's thought to be a 'stop the boats' action, yet it is targetting cars trying to reach the terminal to take cross-channel ferries to France: www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/l...
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Large group of balaclava-wearing protesters target area around port
Protesters are causing major disruption after descending on the area around the Port of Dover.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What the hell is going on here and why isn't this terrorism rather than 'a protest'? All men, all in black, all in masks, storming a ferry port. No more info on it yet but if this is the small boat nonces then they're even thicker than I thought. These are big boats mate they're just far away.
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Dozens of masked men stop traffic at Port of Dover as part of 'protest'
Demonstrators dressed all in black and and wearing balaclavas have bene seen at the site in Kent. Officials say they are dealing with an "ongoing public order incident", with police describing it as...
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not that many years since a popular position in right-wing British politics was calling for the police to use significant force to remove protesters blocking roads Of course, that was when environmentalists were doing it
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"masked fascist paramilitary seizes port" just isn't the sort of thing the uk media would ever say, is it
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UK Government Petitions @petitions.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Petition has passed the threshold for a response: "Return Royal Mail to public ownership" The government will respond to this petition as it has 10000 signatures #PetitionAwaitingResponse
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Passed 10,000 signatures: Return Royal Mail to public ownership
We are concerned that Royal Mail has made profits for years while having repeated industrial disputes with loyal postal workers. Letter delivery has failed time and again. We believe privatisation has clearly failed — the Government should restore Royal Mail to public ownership
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Iceland is not in the EU, but it is a member of the Schengen area. It’s also a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and is part of the Single Market, meaning it enjoys freedom of movement with the EU. Good to know that doesn’t impact their independence. Maybe we should try it, Nige.
Nigel Farage 
@Nigel_Farage
Congratulations to Iceland on voting to keep their independence.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/08/2026
Sheffield councillor Robert Hanson left Reform after he saw the rot behind the facade. Now he's urging others not to be taken in. Reform is haemorrhaging councillors at a rate of 1 every 3 days since May. We're tracking them all: bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defect…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/08/2026
10/10 take from Morten Morland in The Times
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/08/2026
All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of surface waters achieved good ecological status. Each of the country’s rivers, lakes and estuaries was assessed by the Environment Agency as part of a six-yearly evaluation of England’s water quality. The EA checked for a range of toxic chemicals, from Pfas – or “forever chemicals” – to microplastics. Waters were also checked against a range of standards covering wildlife, water quality and physical habitat. Continue reading...
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UK Government Petitions @petitions.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New petition: "Ban MPs who have resigned from standing in resulting by-election for same party" Deadline 4 February 2027, created by Lucy Connelly #NewPetition
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New petition: Ban MPs who have resigned from standing in resulting by-election for same party
If an MP resigns and triggers a by-election, they should not be eligible to compete in that by-election unless they are standing for a different party. By-elections cost the public purse and other parties money. An MP in a safe seat can resign just to make a political point and be re-elected.
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Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
From today, EU citizens have a legal right to know when they're talking to a bot or looking at a deepfake, backed by fines of up to €15m. Thanks to Brexit, we're missing out on this protection.
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
For the 5th consecutive year child casualties have flat-lined at around 13,000 road casualties of age 16 and under. In what other area of life would the death or injury of 13,000 children be "acceptable"? The government has a Road Safety Strategy that aims to reduce child KSIs by 70%.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 28/07/2026
Bath’s main Post Office is set to close - & without a replacement, the city will lose its only city centre branch. This service is vital for residents, businesses & visitors. We’re determined to protect it. Sign our Lib Dem petition calling on the Post Office to secure a new city centre location👇
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Let's keep our Post Offices!
Sign our petition to protect vital postal services across Bath!
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Foreign Citizens By European Country In 2012 brilliantmaps.com/europe-im...
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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Imagine complaining about e-bikes and e-scooters when this is going on in plain sight. 25%
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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Teenager injured WHILE SITTING ON BENCH in hit and run in 10mph Royal Victoria Park in Bath 😫 Do we need to shift our campaigning from safe streets to safe benches and parks?! www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2026/07...
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Witness appeal after fail to stop collision in Bath | Avon and Somerset Police
Witness appeal after fail to stop collision in Bath
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/07/2026
Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills
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Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills
CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’ Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage spills, it has emerged. Ruth Jefferson received a 14% base salary increase in October, from £590,000 to £670,000, before other benefits, according to accounts published this month. It was far above the 3.5% given to workers, and put her pay at 18 times that of the company’s median employee. Continue reading...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
We watched Trump's dangerous and deranged speech so you don't have to. Here are the moments you need to know about:
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Jules McHamish @julesmchamish.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
April 2024 - Nigel Farage ‘gifted’ £5 million from Christopher Harborne. SIX MONTHS LATER - September 2024 - Nigel references Kier Starmer’s acceptance of a gift of new glasses, all the time having £5 million in his back pocket! H/t @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yes, I pay myself rent in order to avoid tax, but it is coincidentally £1 less than the level at which I would have to declare it under Parliament's transparency rules.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/07/2026
Nigel Farage takes on the 'establishment' 👀
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
metrics
our streets are so dangerous that we measure success by the number of deaths and injuries.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Your regular reminder that cryptocurrency does in fact have a use case and that use case is crime
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Population of The UK Visualized Each square represents 0.1% of the county's population with the 10 biggest cities in a lighter colour. Credit: u/KaleyTheKing Maps for other countries: brilliantmaps.com/visualizi...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And there’s more… More lies, more dodgy deals and denials.. Farage has bought 4 houses for cash since 2020 - the year we left the EU. And declared only 2 of them. Come on people. The man’s a hot mess of corruption, racism, national security threat and greed. Let’s bin him off.
From 'skint' in 2017, the Reform UK leader now owns five mortgage-free homes with his partner Laure Ferrari.
Only two have been declared to parliament

(Photo of Farage superimposed in front of two houses) 
Andrew Ellson
Wednesday July 1 2026, 3:52pm, The Times


Nigel Farage and his partner have managed to build a mortgage-free property portfolio worth more than £4 million over the past decade.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Germany has successfully engineered a revolutionary transparent solar glass that generates clean electricity while remaining completely see-through from both sides, fundamentally transforming how buildings produce energy. #solarpower #ActOnClimate
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
95% Of Plastic Polluting The World’s Oceans Comes From These 10 Rivers More about it here: brilliantmaps.com/plastic-p...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It’s remarkable how many people quote Waymo’s self-conducted safety analyses as though they’re objective. Would you trust a student to design and grade their own tests? If not, why do you trust Waymo?
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Love that 20k people signed this on day 1 Why? Because we’re DONE Tech companies profit from hate & disinformation every day & face zero legal liability because they’re classed as “platforms” not publishers An insane loophole that needs closing NOW PLS SIGN you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Sign the urgent petition
Tech billionaires shouldn't get to hide behind a legal loophole while their algorithms push dangerous content for profit. MPs are demanding emergency laws to finally make them liable for the harm they...
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A shirtless white man, in the street with a knife in his hand, having attacked and wounded five people, allegedly shouting anti-Muslim slogans is the sixth story on the BBC UK news page. There is absolutely no doubt at all this would be the lead story if attacker and intended victims were reversed.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
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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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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"30 women have been murdered in Northern Ireland in the last six years - not one road was closed, not one protest. What was the connection? They were murdered by white locals."
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Counterintuitive Comparison Of Relative Population Latitudes Of US, Canada & Europe Full map: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...
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UK Government Petitions @petitions.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
New petition: "Ban people with criminal records standing for local government or Parliament" Deadline 8 December 2026, created by B Long #NewPetition
petition.parliament.uk
New petition: Ban people with criminal records standing for local government or Parliament
Pass a law that blocks anyone who has a criminal record from running for position in Parliament or local government
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
From now on, any interview with him that doesn’t end like this should shame the interviewer for ever. And yet because he & his backers have corrupted so much of the media, it takes proper courage to do it.
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