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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Braverman should be asked if she rejects Ed Miliband being English (Jewish European parents). It would be highly racialised to say "no, Jews can't be Englieh for 5-6 generations" which is her logic. But perhaos even more racist to say "Miliband yes, Sunak no" (on visible skin colour, not ancestry)
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Disguising risk through complex & opaque financial structures? It's like 2008 never happened.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That’s a hard agree from me. I am genuinely astonished at the number of otherwise sensible commentators who still discuss his latest wild actions as if they’re within the parameters of the normal policy making process.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new era for Byline Times goes to press! @peterjukes.bsky.social & I are proud to have worked on a print redesign with our new art director Sonny Dhamu. With your support, we continue to grow. This issue marks a story no one else can/will. Two Cambridge professors. Two very different narratives...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
It’s bad that there hasn’t been any ability to maintain a cordon sanitaire around white nationalists from any wing of the political mainstream.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
*taps the sign*
My previous post:

Liberal democracy needs people who will burn their lives for a sunrise they know they will never see.

It's got Lisa Nandy instead
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/09/2026
Excellent story from @jwashing.bsky.social about Pietro Graza, a Brazilian man also being held in Equatorial Guinea. He’s been silent for two days. www.lookoutnews.org/ice-sent-gay...
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ICE Sent a Gay Brazilian Man to Equatorial Guinea. Now He’s Gone Silent.
Pietro Graza was granted protection from deportation to Brazil because he feared torture due to his sexuality. He says he was shackled for 36 hours and taken to a hotel where he and other deportees re...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The £70 billion upgrade to the electricity transmission grid is critical to avoid large rises in consumers’ bills. But many grid upgrades are at risk of not being delivered. Our latest @nao.org.uk report www.theguardian.com/business/202... (full report: www.nao.org.uk/reports/upgr...)
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Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog
National Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growth
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.”
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.
‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Not hard to see why Reform did not announce their plan to abolish Personal Independence Payment until *after* the by-election..
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Had to disable comments on clip of me talking about Jason Arday yesterday on lbc because of sheer volume vile comments suggesting (just as they did with George Floyd) that he ‘deserved’ it. I think Black people are getting pretty sick of the ‘be perfect or expect us to kill you’ routine.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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North Box Systems @northboxsystems.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We've simplified the assembly procedure for our Polaris Ultra kits. Filter changes are now done through the bottom panel which simplifies the wiring: youtu.be/PZQExnR1XI0?... #airpurifier #indoorairquality #CovidIsAirborne #wildfiresmoke
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North Box Systems Polaris Ultra Kit Assembly - August 2026
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Just Lynn 💙🦋✌️🇺🇦 @shoredweller7.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I believe Clacton deserves an MP who will spend their time shining a light on everything the area has to offer. And why wait till I'm elected? I've been to visit one of the constituency's most stunning landmarks.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I'm glad Heath is doing this (and persisting in doing so). But as with Fraser Nelson I wish he'd take some responsibility for creating a world in which most of his readers in the comments are backing Lowe.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Norfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plans
Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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max asher miller @maxashermiller.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My great-grandfather was among the first Jews sent to Dachau, but it had operated for 8 years prior. He arrived to find a concentration camp already full of communists and other leftist dissidents. The public's acceptance of their incarceration paved the road for his own.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/07/2026
🇬🇧 "The capital’s homicide rate has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history on a per capita basis. It’s now lower than that in Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Paris – and every US state." London is not lawless. It is a myth used to sow fear about multiculturalism and diversity.
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If you’ve heard that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsaf
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/07/2026
Stylized portrait of Frederick Douglass with a quote:

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. 

WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION ADDRESS · CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. · AUGUST 3, 1857
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Very very good.
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Looking at the most recent stats, there were over 18k people in all Home Office accommodation from either Afghanistan or Iran. Large numbers of people are not being returned to either country anytime soon. Granting leave to that group would cover around 90% of the hotel population.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
X is continuing to give impunity to racists using unlawful n-word and p-word slurs, despite its legal obligations. The Guardian reports on early findings from @britishfuture.bsky.social real-time testing of the efficacy of its May 2026 commitments to Ofcom www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
Site takes no action over hate posts against UK politicians including Kemi Badenoch, Shabana Mahmood and Zia Yusuf
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 14/06/2026
The NABB found in a 2025 report that there are 14 states without a Black-owned bookstore. Utah is one of them. On Juneteenth, Olivia Nightingale is going opening her bookstore there. Or, the starting version of it. By: Palak Jayswal #BlackskyNews #BlackskyReads www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2...
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This woman is on a mission to open a first-of-its-kind bookstore in Utah
Nightingale, an author and editor, stated she will start taking her book mobile out during Utah's Juneteenth festival.
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LaDarrion Williams @itsladarrion.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Yooo I really sat down 6 yrs ago and wrote a lil story about a Black boy with magic and now my books are in bookstores worldwide. It’s not everyday you get to live out your childhood dream. #booksky
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Dr Abolish ICE @pwr2dppl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I feel sad/bad/regret/helpless simply from Knowing. Because my brain takes in data and all the data is equally important and life is suffering. If I don't filter this info thru my intellectualizing, I don't know how I would get anything done. (6/n)
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Reform warmly welcome Ant Middleton's endorsement in Makerfield. Yet Middleton is an overt racist who has told the Home Secretary her ethnicity + faith should see her banned from public office - wanting new rules to ban Kemi Badenoch, Sadiq Khan and Zia Yusuf He was condoing violence this week.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 12/06/2026
Musk as a trillionaire- anyone as a trillionaire- is a grotesque economic, moral and political problem. We cannot have individuals with that level of power, whatever they might have achieved.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The New York Times will have an op-ed worrying about how Mamdani has squeezed mom-and-pop mugging operations out of the market.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 06/06/2026
Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.
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