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Angel in Grey Socks

@angelingreysocks.bsky.social
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UK-based biochemist, in niche area of food industry. Bad science grinds my gears. Still furious about Brexit & venal politicians. Winding down from corporate life, eventually won’t need this alias to keep personal stuff separate🙏 mundus sine caesaribus 🦋

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 22h
On National Poetry Day, here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
The Power of Poetry
 
with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,
 
it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,
 
so he reached for his copy  
of The Complete Works of Yeats
 
and bludgeoned the President
of the United States


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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/09/2026
“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
‘We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir. (l-r): Clive Lewis, Tom Watson and the Palantir logo, against a pink background
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Angel in Grey Socks @angelingreysocks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've just signed "IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... @StopFundingHate
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UNLAWFUL ARREST On Sunday, police forcefully detained and handcuffed a young man under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act. They stripped him of clothing while dragging him across the floor. He had not committed any crime.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Angel in Grey Socks @angelingreysocks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Indeed👇, and I’m so bored by it 🥱
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
That Burnham speech was fucking brilliant.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Each week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.
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Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April
Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
Diabolical 👹
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and cruelty
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Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026
A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻 I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me. Thank you! x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/actor-a...
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Actor and long-standing Patron, Reece Dinsdale fronts new campaign to save Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre
Photo credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Private Eye:
London Fascist
Week begins
YES, it's that time again when the Fascism scene returns to London and this year black is very much in vogue.
Our models are sporting trademark black shirts twinned with black shorts and the very latest in balaclava chic.
The models sashayed through
London to the Daily Mail offices where they showed off the best of British Fascism for the World to see. A leading Fascism designer says, "You'll see this great new totally unthreatening look everywhere - Portsmouth, Dover, London. It's coming to a town near you soon, and we know where you live!"
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump and Xi’s big summit was a huge pile of nothing. Just a publicity junket for Trump.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some powerful comments on our petition urging Ikea to pull their ads from Talk Radio - add your voice here: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik...
Graphic showing this text from a petition supporter: "I am RNLI crew and former full-time HM Coastguard officer. Daniel Thomas’ actions are inexcusable and are the culmination of the unchecked dissemination of far-right propaganda. Anyone associated with this should hang their heads in shame" - Gareth
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.
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👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Danny Tommo has been nicked for criminal damage and reckless endangerment, and for some reason the only outlet reporting it so far is the Sun.
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Far-right activist Danny Tommo arrested a day after 'slashing migrant boat'
FAR-right activist Danny Tommo has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life, according to a video he posted this evening. Tommo is Tommy Robinson’s right-hand man …
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is very hard to satisfactorily describe just how badly the BBC's journalistic standards have collapsed in recent years. Quite completely fucking useless.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This was 10 months ago , BBC's framing of far right thuggery as protest expressing legitimate concerns , it's complete disinterest in the hostile actors who finance these protests & corruption in Reform, their hounding of Prof Jason Arday & their shameful coverage of the genocide in Gaza continues 👉
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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UK desperately needs an independent national news broadcaster that can be trusted by everyone. Unfortunately, the BBC is not it.
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Angel in Grey Socks @angelingreysocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just signed this, the Government actually has a way to get Palantir out of our NHS, but only if they act before the end of the year. Takes one click to add your name 👉 the.organise.network/campaigns/te...
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Terminate the NHS contract with Palantir!
Add your name:
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, Viz.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
United Healthcare is supposed to provide healthcare cover for 50 million Americans. UnitedHealth Group brought in $447bn in 2025, Makes the £258 bn (€345 bn) we spent on the NHS in 2025 for 67 million patients look like rather good value, doesn’t it?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026
The press becomes “the enemy” the moment the authoritarian can’t control the story. #No1stAmendmentBan
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 21/09/2026
It's not just X you shouldn't be on.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
United Kingdom, we Cannot Unite if we allow The Hate to continue …. 🙏🏽✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾😎
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 21/09/2026
This is probably the easiest reform we can make. The EU has already done it - if we end banking subsides, we save £30billion a year. We can use that cash for things that can help people and grow the economy - like restoring the personal allowance for income tax. buff.ly/lCR6wtK
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Labour donor demands end to £30bn subsidy to banks to help struggling households
Energy tycoon Dale Vince has joined those calling for bumper Bank of England interest payments to lenders to be halted, and for the money to be used to help households with the cost of living
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How very odd. When the Reform conference was on, BBC News had it as two of the top stories. It's the Lib Dems conference now, complete with defections from the Tories to LDs, LDs have 9x more MPs than them - where is it?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
via St Helens Resistance
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.
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Angel in Grey Socks @angelingreysocks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pretty scary 😳
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
Reform UK
Follow
@reformparty_uk
Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
KENNEDY BELONGS EITHER IN PRISON OR IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION Amid measles outbreaks, RFK Jr. teams up with Andrew Wakefield and headlines a major anti-vaccine conference edzardernst.com/2026/09/amid...
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Amid measles outbreaks, RFK Jr. teams up with Andrew Wakefield and headlines a major anti-vaccine conference
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appearance at the 'Children's Health Defense' (CHD) major anti-vaccine gathering is an alarming example of political authority being used to legitimise medi...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
Mark Carney mocks Trump's accordion hands
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Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Down at the Muckrakers we are unimpressed by politicians still terrified of a Brexit debate the public is already having. Plus, * Labour’s conference faces awkward questions * Essex’s Operation Vanguard meets an earthy reception * PCC Colin Sutton’s 127-date sideline collapses Welcome to my diary
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Pecksniff – The MPs’ terror that dare not speak its name: Brexit
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Israeli historian Avi Shlaim: "Under Netanyahu, Israel has committed the crime of all crimes, genocide... In World War II, Jews were defenseless victims of Nazi Germany, and today Palestinians are defenseless victims of the Jewish state..."
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They’re all mad. Trump counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka: “I don't really care about the price of gas because the price of gas will be cheap when we win, which will be soon. “And it's not about the midterms. It's about dealing death to those who wish to kill Americans.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are the people who should make millions
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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