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Basicallygrace

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Mum to 4 autistic adults. Carer, teacher, friend. Teach ESL, love the environment.

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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Home from our Cornwall holiday, the colours were stunning
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Visiting Boscastle and port issac today
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#Magpiemine #peakdistrict
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Stretching legs at magpie mine
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Trump’s managed to do something that previous Presidents for decades have failed to do. Unite the liberal progressive Catholic who tend to vote Democrat with the conservative traditional Catholic who tend to vote Republican (over 60%) now united against Trump. apple.news/AA5n039ueTKi...
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Trump has succeeded in uniting Catholics against him — The i Paper
The President should understand that you attack a Pope at your peril
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 20/04/2026
If they’re doing this to Christian statues on camera imagine what they’re doing to Moslem civilians off camera.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row
Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Some spring colour in my garden
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare.” Nigel Farage showing the way in 2018.
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sandrablan.bsky.social @sandrablan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We are, indeed.
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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
WIN! This month we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age' by Eleanor Barraclough! 📚 To enter: Follow us Like and reshare this post Entries close 17/04/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Make some noise. Share this post. 🚨 The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
The image says, "PRISON SENTENCE FOR ISRAELIS, DEATH SENTENCE FOR PALESTINIANS." It also says, "Israel's death penalty bill is a reminder: this is illegal occupation, functioning as intended," with the OXFAM logo below.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
US Troops have been told by superiors that the conflict in Iran is part of a biblical plan to bring about the end of the world. One commander said, "President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran.” Impeach this clown before he gets everyone killed.
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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It's competition time! 📚 We're giving away an entire set of the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist. For a chance to win, you must: 1) Follow us on Bluesky 2) Like and reshare this post on Bluesky Entries close 13/03/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The mask has slipped leftfootforward.org/2026/02/matt...
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Matt Goodwin said that Reform wants to put unions ‘under review’
"Reform UK can talk all it likes about being the "voice of workers", but putting public sector unions “under review” tells you exactly who they are."
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It is slightly irritating that the Guardian uncritically reports his claim that taxpayers are spending "an ever increasing proportion of our national income on out-of-work benefits” without pointing out that it is, in fact, false.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NEW 🚨 Notwithstanding the move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, 4.2 million kids will still grow up in poverty by 2029. www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/0...
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Scrapping the two-child cap is a step forward, but no panacea for child poverty
Notwithstanding the move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, 4.2 million kids will still grow up in poverty by 2029
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
There are always lower depths for him to descend to
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump can't answer why he may have preyed on under-age girls, so he attacks a full-grown women to deflect.
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
##crownofblood #sheffieldcrucibletheatre
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Left: Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood attacks West Midlands Police over the Maccabi ban Right: Maccabi given a fine and fans banned from a game because of racist chanting
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation. I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift. Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
One of today’s Russian papers suggests that “The Russian army may take advantage of the cooling of the United States to the Ukraine issue...experts predict the possible opening of two new fronts.” #ReadingRussia
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Today's Russian papers: blaming Europe, crumbling infrastructure
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Presumably, Reform will claim this was all years ago, and while he's completely innocent, "everyone" had massive presidential style election campaigns in Clacton back in the long distant er summer of 2024 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates
Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspending
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"They're eating the free speech!"
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Farage banging 🇷🇺 Putin’s drum for him again. I’d missed this one regarding Russia’s novichok attack on British soil that killed a British woman. How can anyone who considers themselves patriotic vote for him or his party?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
4/ Robbie Gibb was heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way with the BBC, he would “blow the place up”. Someone has certainly blown the place up very effectively. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 27/10/2025
Many people would be happy to pay more tax to fix the mess the Tories left behind. One reader explains why.
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Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn't expect after childbirth
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I thought my insides were falling out – what I didn't expect after childbirth
Pelvic organ prolapse affects around one in 12 mothers, but many people have never even heard of it.
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Max Flugrath🗳️ @maxflugrath.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections. One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules. Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Sunrise and bird song in the Yorkshiredales
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk
‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...
Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Leaving the ECHR is just another "cause" that right-wing lunatics can latch onto. It's Brexit 2. And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...
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Mike here, hello @mikecornes.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Criticism of the BBC for the undue prominence it’s giving to Reform seems to be the only criticism of the BBC it won’t amplify. Funny that. 🤔
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Incredibly, Kemi Badenoch believes that supporting far right racists who, lest we forget, want mass deportation of all immigrants (especially black and brown ones), will mean they will be happy to vote for a party led by a black woman who was raised in Nigeria. I mean, it's a strategy, I suppose.
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Basicallygrace @basicallygrace.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Fulfilled a long term wish and visited Sissinghurst today
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
EPSTEIN: 200 pages in that birthday book…some entries from family. Some from his schooldays. But others are more revealing. Eg “A collection of limericks written by his art advisor, Stuart Pivar, for example, notes that Epstein, “though up to no good/whenever he could/has avoided the penitentiary.”
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Funny how this keeps happening?
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Of course the Queen was Remain. You don’t sustain a hereditary monarchy by randomly pulling pins out of grenades for the lols at the urging of a cluster of snake oil chancers.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🎉IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!🎉 My first legal thriller, #TheCutThroatTrial! The mutilated body of an old man is found in the street. Three teenagers nearby, caked in his blood. Each points the finger at the others. Each has his own story. Available NOW in the links below 👇
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
“A neighbour told this newspaper that he shouted the word ‘n*****’ at her repeatedly, said he would set the far-right English Defence League on her and told her there’d be ‘black body bags’ So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 27/08/2025
Leaving the ECHR would unravel the Good Friday Agreement, destabilise devolution, and wreck our EU security deal. It would strip Britain of influence and safety. This reckless move must be stopped.
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Why Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ migrant deportation plans don’t add up
Nigel Farage claims he would deport 600,000 asylum seekers in the first term of a Reform government and ramp up detentions of those who come here illegally. But the numbers don’t quite add up, as…
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Left: Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden says Angela Rayner owning two homes is a "huge property portfolio" Right: That time Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt bought 7 flats from Conservative donor Nicolas James Roach, who donated £5k to the Conservatives and £50k to Jeremy Hunt
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Claim : "UK nursing home taken over to house migrants in Sheffield." Fact Check: It's a Private Nursing Home that has been CLOSED and EMPTY for several YEARS because it failed standards. All The Bigots Have Are Serial Lies.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The same administration that complains about free speech "restrictions" in the UK also wants to "terminate" broadcasting it disagrees with in the USA
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