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Happy to be here. Want to be in the EU even more !!!🇪🇺

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A quick look for sentences passed down (a while ago, yes) for others convicted of bombings in the UK suggests - and I know that the legislation is different - that 15 years is at the lower end of what he might have expected.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
Trump, for over a decade: "I wouldn't give him a state dinner." This week: A full state dinner at the White House for China's Xi Jinping, complete with the arrival ceremony, a gift, and billionaires everywhere.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"They are all Danny Tommo underneath the nonce bonnet!!......" via We Demand UK
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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A new report by Logistics UK shows Brexit is costing the UK 11.7 billion pounds per year in lost exports.
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Brexit costing UK billion of pounds per year in lost exports, new report shows
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reform UK’s Councillor Lee Moffitt was elected to Wigan Council in October 2025 and now sits on its Housing Advisory Panel. His Register of Interests declares him Director/Owner of Victory Lettings and a director of Lobster Property Management, alongside numerous rental-property interests.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 25/08/2026
“Farage has sought to distance himself from Gill: “He has dismissed Gill as a bad apple & yet it seems certain that more scandal will engulf the Kremlin-friendly right of British politics, whose allegiances remain murky. There are further betrayals to come.”” #FarageBung nation.cymru/news/nathan-...
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Nathan Gill 'part of bigger pro-Russian network than has yet been exposed'
Martin Shipton A British journalist who has described Putin’s Russia as a “Mafia state” has written a book in which he suggests that Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s jailed former leader in Wales, was part of...
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Afat Hairyape @hairyloon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Well the decision of the court is in, and it appears that there was no decision to leave the EU... Although the court has decided that they don't actually have to admit that. An appeal to a higher authority is being prepared.
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Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Solidarity everlasting with my friend Luciana Berger. HOW can she still have to explaining and fighting this bullshit?! What is wrong with the Tory party?!
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Ex-MP urges Tories to drop candidate jailed for campaign of antisemitic abuse against her
Luciana Berger says Joshua Bonehill-Paine should have no role in public life because of ‘his racism and his view of women’
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In
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Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In
Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 16/07/2026
It was hiding in plain sight! Most of the media cared more about clicks than doing their jobs … holding those who wield power, to account in this case to change the country’s destiny to the national self harm of Brexit If they had, we probably wouldn’t be where we are now in UK politics
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Rupert Lowe can only ever dream of the level of popular support and dignity that Khan has. Unprecedented third-term London Mayor without any help from Musk. While Lowe grubs around in the rancid barrel-scrapings of our politics. Boosted by bots on X into thinking he’s something. He never will be.
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The London Economic: “In the years ahead though, historians will likely look back on Starmer’s time in office and ask a question that already feels unavoidable: why was he so hated? The answer may have less to do with Starmer himself than with the age in which he governed.” Link to article below ⬇️
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Barb @barbsie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
apnews.com/video/gibral... and Gibraltar remove border fence in a historic EU-UK treaty
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Spain and Gibraltar remove border fence in a historic EU-UK treaty
Thousands of people who travel every day between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar will no longer have to cross a physical border beginning Wednesday after a border fenc...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Israeli soldiers in their own words: ‘He grabbed a woman, young & good looking, went into a house, prepared a bedroom and wanted to f*** her.’ ‘The girl came back half dead, like a rag.’ Approximately $300 billion (adjusted for inflation) of US taxpayers’ money has been sent to Israel since
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... He’s a complete idiot. The voters rejected hate, misogyny and xenophobia
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Farage blames Makerfield defeat on anti-Starmer votes
The Reform UK leader says he is "disappointed" with his party's performance in the key by-election.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The lesson also is that people who hate Reform really hate Reform and that's the majority of people in this country. I've never believed the "Nigel Farage will be our next PM" thing but now I don't believe it even more than ever.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/06/2026
Thanks to the Daily Mail for correcting a column which claimed welfare spending has overtaken income tax receipts “for the first time”. (Welfare, which includes state pensions, has been higher for years—although income tax may overtake it this year.)
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Daily Mail corrects claim about welfare and income tax – Full Fact
It is not true that welfare payments have just exceeded income tax receipts “for the first time”. They’ve been higher for at least 16 years.
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ten years after the referendum, millions of people still believe Britain belongs closer to Europe. Not because they’re stuck in the past. Because they’re thinking about the future. Join us in London on 20 June. @marchforrejoin.co.uk @savefom.bsky.social #RejoinEU #RejoinMarch #SaveFOM
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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Reform may turn a blind eye to this horrific language but I will not. I will do all I can to stand up for everyone in my community against these vile actions of Cllr. Karl Catchpole.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Majority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says Sir John Curtice www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Majority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster
There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says Sir John Curtice
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Reform MP spreading lies about migrants and housing
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The Reform MP spreading lies about migrants and housing
Sarah Pochin claimed 50 per cent of all new houses being built in the UK are to go to foreign nationals. Guess what? It's completely untrue
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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nigel Farage is getting desperate. My @politics.mirror.co.uk column on how the shine is really coming off Reform; making the changes in the Employment Rights Act a reality; the World Cup kicking off; and my theatre appearance this week👇🏻 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Nigel Farage is getting desperate - the shine has come off Reform'
'This week’s Question Time - a great example of a political debate show - exposed just how far off Reform are from a serious party', Labour Deputy Leader Lucy Powell writes
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/05/2026
Absolutely shocking. No clue. No idea. No respect for workers rights - doesn't affect him so he doesn't seem to care...
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Ruth @ruthr1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Account is registered in Thailand from July 25 !
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Barb @barbsie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Has anyone in the press picked up what happened in 2019. As @bylinetimes.bsky.social reported, Farage and Johnson colluding with US based Bannon to topple May. According to Ben Habib, Thailand based Harborne paying Johnson and Farage to stitch up 2019 elections bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
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Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 14/05/2026
The Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech claimed the welfare bill is higher than income tax receipts “for the first time ever”. We’ve heard this a few times recently, but it’s not true. Welfare spending (including pensions) has been higher for years.
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Welfare payments have not exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’ – Full Fact
Welfare spending, which includes state pensions, has been higher than income tax for at least 13 years, contrary to a claim in the Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"Dear Diary, Yesterday everyone found out that the reason I became an MP was that a crypto billionaire in Thailand paid me £5million to do it"
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PeteGulls @gullssinceaboy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Corruption.
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This man, who claims that immigrants don’t integrate or respect our way of life, refuses to integrate and respect the way of parliament. Undeclared donations, not turning up for PMQs or holding conscience surgeries. A disgrace of a “politician”. No surprise though, he did all this as an MEP too.
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scotfi1.bsky.social @scotfi1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
He doesn't, and never has, give a shit. He tapped in very early to a massive grift where he could rile people's worst fears and monetise it at the same time. He has a massive EU pension for life, now an MPs pension, plus all his donations to his private political registered company. He's a spiv.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Farage’s attempt to get ahead of £5m gift story only raises more questions
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Farage’s attempt to get ahead of £5m gift story only raises more questions
Reform leader went public after approach from Guardian, but does his claim stack up that money was for his security?
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🔴 NEW - Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r... @desmog.com
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Shane @shane11.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The Press knew. They laughed. The Tories knew. They didn’t care. All I see now is hypocrisy.
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Paul @paulsageordie.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Richard Tice has so far failed to pay three quarters of a million pounds in taxes.
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Luke Pollard MP @lukepollard.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The Conservative councillor who ordered the chopping down of the trees in the middle of the night on Armada Way in Plymouth is now standing for Reform UK. Not surprising considering Reform is a retirement home for failed Tories.  www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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Former Tory leader leaves party to stand for Reform
He resigned from Plymouth after 110 trees were cut down
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/04/2026
🚨 NEW: ‘Hitler was right’, says one of Reform’s top activists, Aaron Lee Taylor Taylor has campaigned from Reform’s head office and twice met Nigel Farage, has frequently shared material online that promotes Nazi Germany. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/14/n...
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NEW: ‘Hitler was right’, says star Reform activist – HOPE not hate
By Harry Shukman and Sarah Hadley A well-known Reform activist who campaigned for the party in the forthcoming local elections has denied the Holocaust and...
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National Rejoin March @marchforrejoin.co.uk · 14/04/2026
NRM REJOIN RAMBLE Swindon - 19th April Dufton - 26th April Burton - 2nd May Cornwall - 9th/10th May London to Brussels - 23rd May to 5th June NRM REJOIN MARCH London, Temple - Parliament Square Sat 20th June 2026 12noon - 4:30pm Support us to #RejoinEU
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval
Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Alas
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Catastrophically wrong and unforgivably dishonest about Brexit. Catastrophically wrong and unforgivably sycophantic about Trump. All the same dismal people. Doing such long-term harm. Let’s never give them our time or our votes again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Donald Trump and JD Vance should not be tampering with Hungary’s elections. The Putin-Trump-Netanyahu Axis should leave Hungarian democracy alone. The world’s greatest warmongers should leave peaceful people alone.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
JD Vance is in Hungary today trying to boost Viktor Orban's election campaign. In its National Security Strategy the Trump regime made clear its intention to undermine the EU and erode liberal democracy in Europe. Orban's defeat would be a big blow to that. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán – Europe live
US vice-president claims ‘the bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary’
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump is an enemy of Europe and NATO and a friend of Russia and North Korea as he says ever so often. Trump supported Brexit and cherished Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, the worst enemies of a successful UK. /1
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🚨🚨"Surprise, surprise": Serbia’s top military brass said Ukraine was not behind an incident involving explosives near a gas pipeline with Hungary, in a rebuke to Hungarian PM Viktor #Orbán, who heavily implied Kyiv was involved. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/serb...
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Serbian intelligence chief says Ukraine not involved in explosives plot
It’s “not true that the Ukrainians tried to organize” alleged sabotage plot, Serbia says.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/03/2026
Nick Thomas-Symonds MP: "It is in our country's interests to have a stronger trading relationship and stronger security relationship." 🇪🇺
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The groundswell of anger against Katie Hopkins touring Britain like she's just some normal celebrity grows. Well done to local people in Dorset who aren't taking it lying down. www.change.org/p/katie-hopk...
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Sign the Petition
Katie Hopkins is not welcome in Wimborne!
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Incredibly telling Kemi Badenoch interview on Today: - can’t say what she’d actually want UK forces to do - no idea what objective her proposed military action is to achieve - hides from reality that single biggest constraint on British military = her govt’s defence cuts
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
"President Trump expressed his support for this monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer at the White House." March 2025. Still live on the website of the US government. www.state.gov/u-s-support-...
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U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago  - United States Department of State
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Reform ARE shameful. And racist. They will push hundreds of thousands of children in to poverty. They will cut wages for millions of workers on or close to the minimum wage. They want to deport our teachers, doctors, friends, neighbours, even our families, because they were not born here. 1/2
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