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@billn.bsky.social
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Lifelong atheist, vegetarian, socialist now a pensioner. British values are best represented by the NHS, not by racists. Abolish the monarchy. UK needs PR. Vote Green.

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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 4h
tinyurl.com/yf5abpea Not so much Labour as corporate shill.
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Tony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questions
We asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at Labour conference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 18h
Meta and X silenced dozens of LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye's government asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts. a.allout.org/s/P8DJd/
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Meta and X: Stop blocking Turkish LGBT+ groups
Türkiye ordered Meta and X to block dozens of LGBT+ groups,Meta and X blocked dozens of Turkish LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts:
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/09/2026
In 2027 Seattle's minimum wage will be $22.14 per hour. That's more than THREE TIMES the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour—a rate that hasn't been raised since 2009. And yet somehow we're not the jobless wasteland orthodox economics would predict. Weird.
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Seattle announces 2027 minimum wage
The minimum wage in Seattle will increase 3.9% next year.
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Dave Hargreaves @davehargreaves.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇👇👇 Cooper and Mahmood should be forced to resign over this outrageous misuse of our criminal justice system.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage. They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary. Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Have they tried living on minimum wage? archive.ph/h0pVc
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Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Crafting the California Public Banking Act with Sylvia Chi (In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, Ep. 4)
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Crafting the California Public Banking Act with Sylvia Chi (In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, Ep. 4)
In this episode of In the Loop: Revolutionizing Public Finance, we sit down with lawyer, organizer, and policy architect Sylvia Chi to unpack the landmark passage and radical possibilities of&…
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'The question is not whether Britain can afford to lose a few billionaires. It is whether Britain can afford to let billionaires decide its tax policy. I think the answer to that is clear.' Richard Murphy
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If billionaires want to use tax as a weapon, let them go
The Financial Times has reported that billionaire Peter Hargreaves, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, has warned against increasing taxes on wealthy people because, he says, Britain cannot afford to lose more of its biggest taxpayers. His argument is straightforward. Hargreaves apparently paid £210 million in tax last year. He says that if...
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder - IDF soldiers filmed themselves destroying medical equipment in Gaza hospitals "We’ll destroy every place that terror comes from"
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...
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Tell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this Budget
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget.
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Doug O'Loughlin - Comic Cave PDX @comiccavepdx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow, this is amazing. I've tried to kinda not complain about our current mayor too much but seeing what's possible in Seattle, Denver, NYC makes it obvious.
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/bill...
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Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note that arrested far right rioters have been found to have a much greater than average number of convictions for violent offences, including domestic violence meme via We Demand UK
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026
A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why have so few British front pages?
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've just signed "IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... @StopFundingHate
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Scottish police arrest Palestine protesters for apparently legal signs MSP Maggie Chapman: "It beggars belief that Police Scotland would take such an authoritarian approach to peaceful protesters..." By @skwawkbox.org
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Police Scotland told 'come clean' after arresting Palestine protesters for legal signs
MSP Maggie Chapman: "It beggars belief that Police Scotland would take such an authoritarian approach to peaceful protesters..."
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jonnygf.bsky.social @jonnygf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Reform council in meltdown hiking car park charges and refusing to cut grass - The i Paper apple.news/AY7NuRqzBRfK...
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The Reform council in meltdown hiking car park charges and refusing to cut grass — The i Paper
Durham County Council is also facing widespread job cuts, the use of AI for some services and fewer road gritters
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excellent use of FoI by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social reveals some large discrepancies in the so-called 'official' statistics on Pheasant rear & release in England. What? The UK gamebird shooting industry not complying with the law? Shurely shome mishtake. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/21/r...
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Reported Pheasant numbers in England don’t add up
Earlier this month, researcher, writer and campaigner Guy Shrubsole blogged about his latest examination of reported Pheasants numbers in England. Pheasant (photo by Ronnie Gilbert) As he’s d…
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Pye @pyewhite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well said, Owen Jones! I know which book I want to buy next. Historical context matters. It serves to show us where we have been, which road we are on, and where we are destined to land. The west, you will see, is on the road to ruin and collapse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hdp...
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The Biggest Lie You've Been Told
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Russian LGBT Network was forced to shut down after 20 years of saving lives. As danger grows, LGBT+ people in Russia urgently need support. I signed calling for safe passage and visas for those at risk. Will you add your name? a.allout.org/s/WNBqA/
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Russia's crackdown on LGBT+ people is accelerating
Russia branded NC SOS, a group helping LGBT+ people and others escape violence in the North Caucasus, an "extremist organization." Act now.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after threats from thugs www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For. Fuck's. Sake. Unproscribe Palestine Action. Proscribe this lot instead.
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Fund Councils to Buy the Supply of Council Homes
We urgently need to replenish our decimated council housing stock, and part of the answer is real funding for councils to Buy the Supply. Over 169,000 children are homeless and living in overcrowded ...
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Danny Tommo, the bigoted gift that keeps on giving. He harasses a random man because he doesn't like his facial expression. Follows him, despite being told to leave him alone. Then says 'You're lucky you're on camera mate'. Edits it to explain it wasn't a threat, he would just swear at him more 🙄
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The crypto billionaire, who pled guilty to financial crimes in America in 2022, has smashed the record for the biggest ever donation to a British political party.
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Ben Delo: the man who just gave Reform £36m
One man has been propelled into the spotlight after his record-breaking donation to Reform UK of £36m, but who really is Ben Delo?
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 12/09/2026
The Prime Minister of Sweden 🇸🇪 Ulf Kristersson just dismissed my colleague Åsa Wikforss – Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Stockholm University, Member of the Swedish Academy and the Royal Academy of the Sciences, and celebrated author of numerous books – as "princess" 🧵
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
JP Morgan billionaire CEO with $43m pay meets Burnham and Healey to oppose UK bank tax rise. Banks making record profits from high charges, measly payment to savers, speculation, wars. What chance of the poor meeting PM/Chancellor to make their case?
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JP Morgan boss meets Burnham and Healey to warn against bank tax rise
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understood
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Once upon a time this would have been inexplicable/shocking... bsky.app/profile/saul...
Screencap of tweet referred to in post.
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Police are investigating Reform UK over allegations that it broke foreign funding laws. It's clearly time to kick big money out of our politics. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200435/...
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Reform UK under Police investigation
The Police are investigating Reform UK over allegations that it broke foreign funding laws. It's clearly time to kick big money out of our politics. Please sign the letter.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Report from occupied south Lebanon in front of Ali Taher hill. 9/11/26 /cbonneauimages
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Help the Greens protect trans members goodlawproject.org/s/6b3b53
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Help the Greens protect trans members | Good Law Project
The Greens took action to protect trans people. Now the party is facing legal action – so we’re defending them in court
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Leftback @leftback.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well at least we've heard the worst of this story oh wait the mob got into the hotel onto the floor the players were on and were knocking on bedroom doors. I think I'm moving to rage now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants
Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
TAX BANK SUPER-PROFITS AT THE BUDGET
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/09/2026
“These anti-migrant vigilante groups claim that their intention is to protect women and children. This is manifestly false”: why we need to act now against far-right disorder By @hopenothate.org.uk’s @nicklowles.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/britain-fa...
Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform. Stylised image of men in black clothing and balaclavas, with a Union Jack in the background and a rubber dinghy
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
38d.gs/jpcf
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
via Campbell Finnie
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What the fuck do they mean 'spontaneous protest'? 1000 people spontaneously taking a walk around Dover with Balaclavas? Look at the social media of every Far-Right organiser in the UK... This was so clearly planned. This tells every Far-Right thug in the country that they have utter impunity.
BBC news reporting on the Far-Right blockade of Dover in which Kent Police call the activity a 'spontaneous protest'
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pharaoh house crash @phchq.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We analysed every line of X’s algorithm we could get our hands on. Here’s what we found. Read on: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Old Dog @raceybeats.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Stop paying the licence fee. Period.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This BBC claim that Mr Thomas "drummed up support for 'mass resistance' but without violence" seems like an editorialisation of the news that lacks context/accuracy Firstly, Mr Thomas was clearly very pro-violence in summer 2024 + 2026 Secondly, Mr Thomas calls for disruption + threat
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Robinson is far from alone. Had police on talking about the ‘peaceful protesters’ and, so far, Labour’s response to Dover and Portsmouth has been to talk about understanding the protesters These are literal street fascists!
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Bill @billn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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Jim Caris @jimcaris.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026
Labour's Britain: Where grannies with placards are "terrorists" but masked far-right paramilitaries seizing key infrastructure are "protestors"
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Quick summary of my defence, as explained in my interview with Laura Kuenssberg: "I know donation law better than anybody." "I frankly wasn't even listening"
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They extracted £88.4bn, Dumped tons of sewage in rivers, Lost a trillion litres of water a year in leaks, Built no new reservoirs…
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