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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations Sarah!! #VoteGreen - a chance to show Makerfield wants a positive alternative to the failed legacy parties

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The GOP's SAVE Act is a danger to free and fair elections - and trying to solve a problem which doesn't exist. Here's my explainer/debunker for Zeteo:

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Trump’s New Plan To Undermine the Midterms

YouTube video by Zeteo

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Bear TK @bear-xiong.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Gonna post it again... Please give it some exposure. It might not result in anything even if it got 100K signatures, but if it doesn't get any it definitely won't and we're seeing more and more evidence rather than conjecture around these murky, opaque orgs. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

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Petition: Require all think tanks to disclose their donors, funding, and media spending

Research bodies and representation of specialist interests is important when making policy. However, think tanks go beyond merely brainstorming ideas and presenting data and arguments. They can push s...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 16/02/2026

In opposition, Labour condemned “draconian” Tory protest laws. Now in government, critics say they’re expanding them – and targeting animal rights activists. Nathan Whetton reports eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...

Animal rights groups unite for march through central London. The image features the leading banner which reads "Unite for animal justice"

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Every American needs to watch this:

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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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Why wouldn’t you want to know? What have you got to fear? Losing your precious Brexit? Being revealed as a traitor and a liar? Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Excellent piece. Europe is losing time while still deluding itself over Trump not actually being on Putins side.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀 Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month! Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The FT has asked whether the global economy can survive another shock. That’s the question of our time. In this video, I explain why that’s a dangerous illusion, how neoliberal policy has made us fragile, and why only courageous governments can prevent systemic collapse. youtu.be/a8qtW9by3Wk?...

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What Happens If The Economy Crashes Again?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Prime example of exceptionalism which is hampering a realistic examination of Brexit. It seems the UK haulage industry has been dependent on illegal working in our jurisdiction to keep going. With EES and Etias, that will end. 🧵 H/t @orynski.eu

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/09/2025

Led By Donkeys have got Fartrage's number.

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shelagh9.bsky.social @shelagh9.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Patriotism: National Front British National Party UK Independent Party Brexit Reform UK Ltd 🙄

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A brilliant and important read. 👇👇

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

You've GOT to be kidding me! The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...? So incredulity aside, what about the list itself? Let's go Debunking! 1/34

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

A very good analysis of where we are now. And why.

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Christine N HfE (no DMs) @christinevn-hfe.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Please share n this widely!

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I regret to inform you that Starmer’s been tweeting dehumanising videos of migrants again. These videos have been shown to increase support for Reform, by increasing salience of migration. He has to go.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/06/2025

Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up. Powerful video…

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

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On Tyranny free resources

To use and to share, now or any time

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 28/05/2025

✍️ Lives of quiet desperation: what the government doesn’t get Voters hoped for real change, but face more cuts, broken promises, and politics-as-usual – despair deepens across the UK By Barbara Morrison @cirenvenus.bsky.social

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Lives of quiet desperation: what the government doesn’t get

Voters hoped for real change, but face more cuts, broken promises, and politics-as-usual – despair deepens across the UK

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/05/2025

Lives of quiet desperation: what the government doesn’t get Voters hoped for real change, but face more cuts, broken promises, and politics-as-usual – despair deepens across the UK By Barbara Morrison @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Lives of quiet desperation: what the government doesn’t get

Voters hoped for real change, but face more cuts, broken promises, and politics-as-usual – despair deepens across the UK

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Financial crime in the UK. $2trn to $5.5trn dirty money laundered globally. 40% through the UK, its Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories. Govt can take out Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) to chase crooks. 2017-2025: 7 UWOs, none since 2019, no prosecutions. Laws not enforced on the City.

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Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power

Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Between 2011 and 2023, 816 care homes in England were forcibly closed by the regulator for poor standards and harms to residents. 804 were owned by for-profit entities. 30% -40% of fees vanish in profits, leaving less for services. Profits and care don't mix.

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New analysis: most care homes closed by industry regulator are run

A new analysis led by researchers at the University of Oxford and funded by the Nuffield Foundation has found that virtually all care homes forced to close in England by the Care Quality Commission

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

open.substack.com/pub/democrac... I am SO frightened and SO fearful about this !!! I know most ppl on here will feel the same. Please join @everydoctor.org.uk and @weownit.org who work tirelessly for the NHS (free at the point of use). (Are there any other pro NHS organisations I should promote?)

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UK government withholding details of Palantir contract

KPMG is being paid £8 million to promote Peter Thiel’s tech in NHS hospitals – but we’re being forced to fight for information about this public contract.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

"And what of their beloved Brexit? So far, annually, it has delivered a 5% plunge in GDP (CER), a £27 billion loss of exports (LSE) and a 15% reduction in trade (OBR)."

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Letter: Let’s make ‘Brexit betrayal’ off-limits

Letter to the editor

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

In the competition of who is most pessimistic about UK-EU relations it seems like @anandmenon.bsky.social grabs a shock win over the notoriously gloomy Ivan Rogers.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

"I am getting very sick & tired of having to go onto news programs because journalists aren't allowed in to point out what is happening here... this is a televised slaughter. History will not judge us kindly." I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza: Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

No aid has reached the starving people of Palestine. Israeli forces continue to block access despite the imminent risk of literally mass mass death of babies & children. Today we MUST make our voices heard - come if you can at 6PM to Parliament square & #fastforgaza #r4today

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Brexit mood music has changed. You can’t wang on about sovereignty and fish any more and expect people to care. Trade deals aren’t massively convincing either. People just don’t want hassle and higher bills. That’s all Brexit actually delivered. We’re very tired of the failure. (Letters, Times)

Sir, Any confirmation I required that Sir Keir Starmer's Brexit reset deal was a positive step was provided by the sour response of Kemi Badenoch, a characteristically infantile comment from Boris Johnson, and the unhinged headlines in certain tabloids.
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Roydon, Norfolk

Bob Maddams: The prime minister's reset is an important step in the right direction. If it goes well in practice further renegotiations will surely follow that work in the economic interests of both the UK and our European neighbours. So just for once it would be pleasing if the Tories and other opposition parties responded positively to a government initiative that acts in the best interests of the country at large, instead of reacting with kneejerk critical comments about "betraying" the electorate.
The only betrayal that took place in 2016, and subsequently, was the one perpetrated by Boris Johnson, who placed personal ambition and political capital above the interests of the British people. Kemi Badenoch would do well to remember this and for once ignore the Tory grandees and get behind a process that will be good for Britain. Moreover, distancing herself from the mess the Tories made of Brexit can only be to her advantage.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.

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No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Please share

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

James Hansen’s May bulletin discusses the role of clouds as a major warming feedback, confirming that the climate is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than the IPCC ‘best’ estimate. The implications are profound for future warming and the policies needed to address the crisis. #climatechange

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill gives the UK state unprecedented powers of surveillance on the bank accounts of the poor, old, sick and disabled people receiving benefits. You won't be told, can't appeal against it and no court order is needed. Are you ready for it?

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A new bill will lead to mass state surveillance for the most vulnerable. We must act.

This bill grants the government powers of surveillance on the bank accounts of the poor, old, sick and disabled people receiving specified benefits

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Johan Olofsson @jmolofsson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

This comment, in the Japan Times, is clear-sighted. Quote: For decades, many nations […] have been conditioned to view the U.S. as an anchor of predictability. Adjusting to a world where Washington is the source of volatility, rather than a remedy to it. requires more than policy shifts…

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 17/05/2025

Commentary: Post-Brexit Britain aspired to chart an independent course, but it has capitulated to the tariff pressures of an erratic Trump. Other countries should not follow suit.

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Lessons from the U.S.-U.K. trade deal: Don’t appease a bully

The tariff agreement signed between London and Washington does little to boost the U.K. economy and, despite appearances, is a diplomatic defeat for Prime Minister Starmer.

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ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

LGBTI human rights are under attack across Europe, and the brand new #RainbowMap clearly shows it www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 08/05/2025

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 07/05/2025

This excellent short (23 min) film explain why some scientists have been compelled to take direct action in an effort to get governments to respond to the climate crisis. Please watch and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNvk...

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Plan Z: From Lab Coats To Handcuffs

YouTube video by Voice Media

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Labour might wonder why, less than a year into a new government promising “change”, people are giving up on it in droves. So let me help it out with a few clues. 1. Cutting disability benefits 2. Freezing Local Housing Allowance. 3. Maintaining the cruel, Malthusian two-child benefit cap .... 🧵

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