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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18h
Two people have died this week trying to cross the Channel. People’s suffering should not be reduced to a trivial and cruel game. Tell Apple and Google to remove Reform UK's ‘Small Boat Watch’ from their app store.
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Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 21h
Don’t ever tell me that the BBC doesn’t favour Reform UK. This was on their feed yesterday?
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky.com · 07/10/2026
Today marks 20 years since Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow. She recognized Putin's true nature earlier than most—and the regime could never erase the truth she died to tell.
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.maptap.gg October 6 97🔥 80👏 82🌟 97🔥 93🏆 Final score: 911
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The daily sea surface temperature is now so high, they had to add more chart because the previous version only went up to 30C
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.maptap.gg October 5 97🔥 98🔥 99🔥 92🏆 80🌞 Final score: 909
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why you can’t trust Grok - or any other LLM which basically tells you what you want to hear and amplifies online echo chambers
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can confirm. This, for example, was at the top of my “for you” feed when I logged in to find an old post the other day.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.maptap.gg October 3 98🔥 98🔥 95🏅 99🔥 96🏅 Final score: 971 My best I think
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A c*** writes.
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 28 80👏 79😂 94🏅 96🏅 72😐 Final score: 851 Urgh
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Saw @alandaviescomic.bsky.social tonight. Always liked him, but I admit I was bought the tickets and wasn't sure what it'd be like. He was funny, as you might expect. But also v moving. I didn't know his life story. So a rollercoaster. But best bit was Phyllis 😉😁
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most British people’s idea of the real crime rate is enormously out of whack with reality… but extreme politicians and rightwing newspapers have zero interest in enlightening them. This is a brilliant edition that you really should share with any Reform-curious or Daily-Mail-afflicted relatives.
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Paul Butters @paulbutters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just heard the fascist numbskull described as " Captain Thugwash " and " Vasco da Gammon ". Utterly brilliant stuff.
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 25 99🔥 98🔥 77🤗 97🔥 80✨ Final score: 882
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 23 97🔥 98🎯 82🌟 84😁 81✨ Final score: 854 Poor today 😢
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Think-tank linked to Reform Party suggests abolition of state pension to fund tax cuts for wealthy people www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"This is supposed to be a ceasefire" Hind Khoudary reports that Israel killed two Palestinians standing outside a cafe.
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European Heart @bexbitchley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social They were singing "let them drown".
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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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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There are subjects on which Mr Ratcliffe has some knowledge or expertise. Immigration in society is clearly not such a topic: the BBC had to clarify that his comments 6 months ago were based on a massive mistake + misunderstanding of his key claim. His new comments were entirely contentless.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Banned: Macklemore's powerful statement deserves reading. www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reform Party might go to the European Court of Human Rights - the court it wants to leave To challenge retrospective legislation ("not the British way") - but retrospective legislation (loss of indefinite leave to remain) is the core of its immigration policy
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TL;dr yes we took the money from the Russian oligarch
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”. Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Ben Delo who has just given Reform £36m is the same Ben Delo who US prosecutors said was the leader of a ‘criminal enterprise’ But hey ho, it’s fine for him- and any other crypto bro - to buy British democracy lock stock and barrel democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-4m...
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Reform's £4m donor "thumbed his nose at the law", US prosecutors said
Ben Delo has called his US conviction a "non-crime". Prosecutors said the Farage-backing crypto billionaire was a “leader of a criminal enterprise”.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 9 99🎯 99🎯 90👑 99🎯 96🔥 Final score: 963
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Chris @seismicshed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Farage under increasing scrutiny and some riots break out? What a coincidence.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just want to point out if people had been beaten up at the Green or SNP party conference and their leader had cheered it on. It wouldn't just have been on TV, it would have been on TV non-stop until the election. But for Reform, it barely got mentioned.
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I'm sure Chris Mason will be all over it😂
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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Finding it really telling right now we CAN arrest people holding signs peacefully about their political views. But we CAN'T arrest men beating women with literal sticks at Reform UK for expressing their views. So freedom of speech includes violence now for certain groups?
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just when you already thought Orr was a wrongun… 21percent.org?p=4327
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The Curious Case of James Orr - 21percent.org
James Orr is an Associate Professor at Cambridge's Faculty of Divinity and, since February 2026, Head of Policy at Reform UK. He has described Nigel Farage's party as an "insurgent right-wing force" a...
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Reform Party....where it's OK to beat up women who disagree with you
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yesterday I said my speech was late because the police warned of a threat. Now West Midlands Police confirm they gave no such advice. I don't know about you, but I don't pay my taxes to have the police point out every time I make up a bullshit story about them!
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If tonight's incredible Channel 4 exposé is the first time you've heard of James Orr, let me introduce you It is impossible to overstate how great his influence has been on the right of British politics, for years He chaired this conference in 2023 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The ultra-conservative American radicals infiltrating the Tory party
The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
BBC News report Iceland's EU referendum result, presenting it as an in-out like Brexit They neglect to mention that Iceland is already in the EU Single Market and has free movement of people with Schengen
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Iceland is not in the EU, but it is a member of the Schengen area. It’s also a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and is part of the Single Market, meaning it enjoys freedom of movement with the EU. Good to know that doesn’t impact their independence. Maybe we should try it, Nige.
Nigel Farage 
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Congratulations to Iceland on voting to keep their independence.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/08/2026
⚠️ Brexit cost UK creative industries £208 million and 2,490 jobs between 2022 and 2024, according to the government's own research
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Brexit 'cost thousands of jobs and £208 million in creative sector' | LBC
The decline in touring by British musicians in Europe is estimated to have resulted in losses of £1.04 billion in EU mem
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BergerBrakes @bergerbrakes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Same re younger Brummies suddenly saying "bab" left right and centre. *way* more than happened in the 80s/90s
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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What I think it the most interesting part: at least *three quarters* of those who oppose net zero think that a minority of the public is in favour of it; only 4% of them think it has majority support. In reality ~60%+ of Britons support net zero.
Bar charts showing that three quarters of those who oppose net zero think that support for the policy is the minority view in the British public
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