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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance

@bethhk.bsky.social
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Progressive, pro-European, reader, traveller, grandmother. Support Palestine and Ukraine. Believe in peace and compromise - not an absolutist. DownSyndromeAwareness and AutismAwareness. Green gardening/food forest I’m finally writing a book 🫣

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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Beautiful early walk with the mini wolf #terriers #dogsofbluesky
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales and military support to Israel. This is a crucial step towards accountability and justice. #StopArmingIsrael www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
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Oxfam GB | Stop arming Israel: sign our petition now
I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales and military support to Israel. This is a crucial step towards accountability and justice. #StopArm...
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Politicians in Brussels are about to vote on a law that could bring ICE-style deportations to Europe. More than 100,000 people are already speaking out - and the pressure is growing. Add your name and make sure we stop this law. Tell them: Vote No! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
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Say No to Mass Deportations in Europe
Politicians in Brussels are about to vote on a law that could bring ICE-style deportations to Europe. More than 100,000 people are already speaking out - and the pressure is growing. Add your name and...
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Who are those dogs on MY park!! #terriers #dogsofbluesky
Small brindle terrier standing on hind legs on a bed - staring out of the window to a park
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Once again. It’s not about Reform’s vetting process, it’s about what and who they are… to their very core… Ignorant, racist inadequates and weirdos with a v nasty streak. Happy to be useful idiots for a deeply corrupt, hateful leader who will shaft us all for money. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Photo of Farage. Mouth drooping and open, as per…

Nigel Farage's band of 'racists, rogues and misfits' exposes Reform's truthOswald Moseley fan and Reform candidate Andrew Mahon photographed wearing a bizarre hat and massive reform rosette and looking decidedly odd shaking hands with Farage. Both grinning.

Reform candidate Andrew Mahon shakes hands
with party leader Nigel Farage (Image: Facebook)
The wannabe councillor, standing in Blackburn, also posted in support of Enoch Powell. Writing on Facebook, he said: "Oswald was right 100%... we need an educational correction in the U.K. Powell and Moseley (sic) were correct, multiculturism [sic] has failed, it has been an unmitigated disaster."
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Israeli occupation forces are abducting residents during a house-to-house incursion in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Beggars belief that Met Police is in talks with #Palantir about giving them access to highly sensitive data, when there’s already such concern over its links with ICE & Israeli military. Palantir already has UK contracts worth over £500m, incl. with NHS. We should be scrapping them not signing more
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Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations
Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Patriotic history is what you get in dictatorships. Mind you, Al Capone was keen on it, too. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Reform UK unveils plans for Union flags and ‘patriotic’ history lessons in schools
The party has announced a string of education policies ahead of St George’s Day
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Such a grim, pathetic little man
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Change the conversation Labour! The constant targeting of refugees and immigrants is both disgusting and pointless. Stop letting Reform decide what’s important.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/10/2025
Who's still buzzing from our incredible conference in Bournemouth one week on? 🤚 💚
A photo of Green Party of England and Wales CEO Harriet Lamb, Leader Zack Polanski, and Co-Deputy Leaders Mothin Ali and Rachel Millward on stage at Green Party conference in Bournemouth.

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
In what kind of country do political journalists withhold very consequential key facts that they all know about politicians, without having to be told they should keep them quiet, only occasionally alluding to things everyone has always known? A very transparent, democratic one, I’m sure.
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kmcg14.bsky.social @kmcg14.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Unbelievable that no troops have been deployed to assist by any country. WTF is wrong with this world? What is so bad about Palestinians?
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
NEW: Palestinians moving back towards Gaza City are being fired upon. Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it. At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn. (🎥 Al Jazeera)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israel marks two years of Gaza genocide with fresh bombings
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Irene Tsherit @irenetsherit.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...
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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
"alijadallah66 Palestinians injured in the Israeli attacks are brought to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment in Gaza City, Gaza , 2025. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)" www.threads.com/@alijadallah...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation. In an age of upheaval and division, we must not let it be torn up for political convenience
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
1) Either the ECHR significantly constraints government action. Then "it has to go because of that" means "we plan to, want to and will do things that are currently considered to violate human rights" or 2) Human rights protection remains the same. Then... why leave the ECHR?
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I would add one thing: we are bombarded with two claims: 1) the UK can leave the ECHR without lowering human rights protection and 2) the ECHR significantly limits what the government can do and hence the UK has to leave it. These cannot both be true. /1
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Whilst I agree that the government ministers involved should also be brought to account I do not agree that the companies involved did something inevitable - they also took advantage of a terrible situation and the idea that this is ok is quite shocking
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#famine #starvation #gaza #blockade #siege #israel #palestine #ethnic-cleansing #malnutrition Food, medicine & infant formula are in effect weapons of war in Gaza. Children are not dying from bombs alone, but from empty stomachs, untreated illnesses & the deliberate denial of aid by Israel.
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Israel’s imposed famine hits hard
Hungry and emaciated, children are the first and most severely affected.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches www.channel4.com/news/i-dont-...
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‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
We spoke to the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, who has been addressing his party's annual conference in Bournemouth.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Day 2 and the energy at @greenparty.org.uk conference is amazing! Join today - and we could even overtake the Lib Dems in membership by the end tomorrow. Let's do this!!!! 🚀 Join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack at the podium with Bold Politics.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza. Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military. They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
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Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
UNRWA warns the world that Israel has labeled thousands of people besieged in Gaza City and northern Gaza as “terrorists or terror supporters.” Israel is in preparations for large-scale massacres.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children. This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Same same
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Palestinian factions express concern over Donald Trump's Gaza 'peace plan' - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Palestinian factions express concern over Donald Trump's Gaza 'peace plan'
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Dear Labour, people aren’t leaning towards the Greens because they don’t know what the Greens are, but because they see what you, Labour, are doing. The best way to stop them going to the Greens, is to have more left wing, less xenophobic, less stupid policies. Attacking the Greens doesn’t help.
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Someone had had a haircut and is very excited about it! #dogsofbluesky #terriers #jackhighland
A small black and white terrier running across grassSmall black and white terrier running at full stretch across a cricket pitchSmall black and white terrier with tail held high Small black and white terrier sitting panting with his eyes squinting
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Mike Taulty @mtaulty.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
When members of the Murdoch family lived and worked in the UK, did they come on a boat like this?
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Yes, there’s a reason alright.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2025
It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Beth FBPE Progressive Alliance @bethhk.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The Royal Parks has rejected Nigel Farage's claim that migrants are killing and eating swans from their grounds. The RSPCA has also poured cold water on the claim, saying a video that has been circulating on social media was from 15 years ago news.sky.com/story/royal-...
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Royal Parks responds to Farage's claim that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in the UK
The Reform leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans - a protected species - from ponds in Britain's Royal Parks and killing them.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Cravenly obeying the US on a batshit crypto hallucination, because Brexit made us desperate.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status. “They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. “Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/09/2025
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
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RPaz @russellpaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
the govt should be explaining the benefits of people moving to the UK, defusing the hate, not pandering to the right wing narrative of bigotry
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
People get in a tizzy about whether to use legal or practical or moral arguments, to deploy reason or emotion, data or storytelling. The answer is: everything. Let him have it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.
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