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Andy Buchan

@andybuchan.bsky.social
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Cherish free speech but not abuse or cruelty. Mental health matters. We live in challenging times so we mustn’t let the search for the ideal, distract us from overcoming the bad.

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Andy Buchan @andybuchan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Hi James, it’s hard to know where Trump is on a sliding scale between stupid and evil. I guess he’s quite smart with his corruption and insider trading. He has used his unpredictability to exert power over other people. Either way he’s very dangerous.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...
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02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO
Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soa...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
An important reminder
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Andy Buchan @andybuchan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Please remember that the agenda has been set by the Trump team with the selective release/redaction of the Epstein files which is distracting a largely complicit media so they focus on anyone other than Trumps inner circle. Starmer isn’t in the files but Farage is.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The federal government is executing American citizens in the middle of the street for exercising their constitutional right to freedom of speech. This is tyranny. No free people can accept this kind of government. We need to bring an end to the Trump regime.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
British crowd cheer loudly when the US National Anthem is sung at an NBA in London, as he shouts, "Leave Greenland alone"
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Please share this Nadhim Zahawi tweet as I think it’s now been deleted.
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I had forgotten this, but it is consistent with Trump's efforts to pressure Zelenskyy into dangerous concessions to Putin. It should be (yet another) alarm signal to European leaders - Trump's goals in Ukraine may be the opposite of Europe's.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
BREAKING: The DOJ is engaging in a cover up. Most of the files are heavily redacted, with very few fully released. There are disturbing images of Epstein with victims. There are images of Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton, and others. Donald Trump is not in any of the ones I've reviewed.
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NEWS: Epstein Files Heavily Redacted as DOJ Covers Up the Truth
I have just finished reviewing roughly 2,000 Epstein documents, one thing has become immediately clear: the scale of material is far smaller than initially expected, and the review process itself is m...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 02/12/2025
Planned restrictions on the Motability scheme will cost some people their jobs and see others trapped at home | Jennie Kermode
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What government Motability plans mean for disabled people - Bylines Scotland
Planned restrictions on the Motability scheme will cost some people their jobs and see others trapped at home
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent. The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Nigel Farage says he wants to 'raise aspiration' by cutting the minimum wage for young people (currently £10), but reducing tax for young people earning over £100k. Presumably he wants them to just ask their stockbroker fathers to fix them up with a job in The City, like he did.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
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The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This is beautiful @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Looks like they got carried away with banning journalists
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Israeli police break up anti-war protest www.channel4.com/news/israeli...
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Israeli police break up anti-war protest
Back in Israel, Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov joined the small left-wing protest movement and was arrested trying to walk into Gaza.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Make it make sense. Autism was first discovered in 1911, and Tylenol was introduced in 1955.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I’m beginning to think they lied about liking free speech…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🔥 A song about Trump’s visit to the UK. Very few songs are genius. This one is. Those lyrics are killer. Awesome work @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social
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"Put Up Some Fences" - Marsh Family parody of "Walking in Memphis" about Donald Trump UK State Visit
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
wow
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 13/09/2025
Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I’ve witnessed 50 years of politics. I lived through the unrest of the 1960s. We must not fan the flames of violence. That will only drive more hatred, division, and fear. What unites us is bigger than what divides us.
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
One can be crystal clear that political violence is utterly out of bounds, mourn a human being's death, mourn his children's loss of their father, condemn his murder, without actively sanitising the far right at a time when the far right itself poses a severe, violent threat to people everywhere.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Big Tech CEOs took turns lavishing praise on Trump at a White House dinner this week. Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances. It happened in 1930s Germany, and it’s happening again today. youtu.be/0LEnI9THvLA?feature=shared
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Why Big Money Supports Trump | Robert Reich
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The uk has a two tier system Where the right wing never take responsibility for their actions Like: Zahawi Javid Jenrick LiarJohnson Farage Tice But Labour does www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Right wing media has had it in for Angela Rayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake and has paid heavily for it. Very much hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics desperately needs more voices like hers
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Farage uses tax avoidance vehicles meaning he paid only 25% corporation tax on profits, instead of 40% income tax, but his supporters see this as a virtue and of course there's a very legal difference between this kind of avoidance and evasion www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
“It is the opposite of patriotism… a treacherous act… because he goes to other countries and does us in” Technology Secretary Peter Kyle on Nigel Farage giving evidence on free speech to the US House of Representatives, in which he compared the UK to North Korea. #Newsnight
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Andy Buchan @andybuchan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
So a foreign funded propaganda TV channel sends a British politician to the US to urge Congress to blackmail the British government to change policy and/or legislation. This is definitely not patriotism and seems to me to be more like treason.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
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John Topper @jct49.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Good morning to you 🌞 from the Southern Coast on the
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 02/09/2025
Tories Ditched Net Zero Commitment While Receiving £250,000 from Oil Investors and Climate Deniers
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Tories Ditched Net Zero Commitment While Receiving £250,000 from Oil Investors and Climate Deniers
The Conservatives received a hefty sum from oil and gas investors and those with roles at anti-climate campaign groups during the period when the party rolled back a key climate commitment. New record...
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Dear media. I think controlled immigration is a good thing for our culture & our economy. I think we should be a safe place for people fleeing persecution. I think you’re enabling far right extremism to flourish & become the norm in this country? I think that’s appalling. From a UK citizen.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 23/08/2025
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
As the family of one of the most prominent survivors, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, we are outraged. The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history. 

This travesty of justice entirely invalidates the experiences of the many brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives on the line to ensure her conviction, including our sister

By moving convicted felon Maxwell to a minimum security, country club prison, the DOJ sends a disturbing message that child sex trafficking is acceptable and will be rewarded. 

The Department of Justice serves the people of the United States. We continue to call upon the DOJ to do its job by investigating and holding accountable the many rich and powerful people who enabled Ghislaine Maxwell’s and Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Newsom’s Twitter troll is genius because pleading and crying in front of an authoritarian does nothing, but pointing and laughing enrages the authoritarian.
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Dutch artist Siegfried Woldhek captures the relationship between Trump & Putin perfectly.
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Andy Buchan @andybuchan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The plans to reveal the ethnicity of people charged is being covered in the media. In the majority of cases the person accused won’t be an asylum seeker but if they are then does this legitimise Farage riots?
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