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BryanK

@bryank1.bsky.social
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Left leaning, pro-Europe, pro-green, pro-compassion. Will follow back like minded souls.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 09/05/2026
Reform plans threaten maternity leave and job security for half a million pregnant women, analysis shows
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Reform plans ‘threaten maternity leave and job security for 500,000 pregnant women’
Exclusive: As many as half a million pregnant women could be left without protection each year, new analysis shows
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today's oligarchs use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"UK farmers are looking with envy at the EU deal with Australia. Brussels agreed to a beef quota rising to 30,600 metric tons after 10 years. By contrast, UK agreed a beef quota starting at 35,000 tons and rising to 110,000 tons by year 10. After that, UK quotas disappear and tariffs fall to zero."
politico.eu
Brexit Britain’s farmers eye EU-Australia trade deal with envy
The U.K. beef industry is still furious that London didn’t take a harder line in its talks with Canberra.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Bad immigration economics assumes every extra person is one less seat. Good economics notices they also bring a seat, a side dish, and demand for the bloke selling drinks. The first story is fear; the second is how economies work.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Powerful stuff! 🌻
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Significant day for UK trade policy. With the announcement of the EU-Australia FTA the UK now only has an FTA where the EU doesn't with Malaysia and Brunei as part of CPTPP. The EU meanwhile has a deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay that the UK doesn't.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Things are not okay.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Do you get it now?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/01/2026
These are absolutely monstrous people "Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I am trying, really trying, not to get angry but it is genuinely unbelievable how much of our current woes you can put down to "the Conservative party thinks only in a 2 day media cycle and acts accordingly." A party gleefully smashing up the hotel room then asking whose room it is.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 29/12/2025
An astonishing article in the Daily Mail. Not only does it admit that some Romanians have left Britain because of growing discrimination after Brexit, but it also talks about the EU grants they've been able to access to start or boost their businesses back home. archive.md/2025.12.29-1...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/12/2025
Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK
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Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK
Exclusive: Labour says Nigel Farage’s party should swiftly condemn Chris Parry after further comments emerge A Reform UK mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean” has suggested that at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary loyalty towards the UK. Nigel Farage’s party has so far refused to condemn Chris Parry, a retired naval rear admiral who has been picked to contest the now-postponed Hampshire and the Solent mayoral election for the party, over his comment about Lammy, the deputy prime minister. Continue reading...
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 14/12/2025
Daily Mail tragedy in 3 acts 22 June 2016 (day before referendum): Pro-Leave editorial. One reason: too many immigrants from Eastern Europe. 24 June 2016: Brexit vote outcome means many Poles will decide to return home 13 December 2025: Oh no, where have the Poles gone? All the signs were there!
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Here is Pete Hegseth, on several occasions in 2016, lauding the military "ethos" that means they will refuse to follow unlawful orders - which he reckons is treason, now that they are his orders - because "there have to be consequences for abject war crimes". Deserves to go viral.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/12/2025
"Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history." 👀 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-…
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75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This is disgusting. Blatant corruption at the highest level in plain sight and Oversight Chair Comer Pyle morphs into a combination of Mr. Magoo and Sgt. Schultz.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🔴 Reform UK Just Won Britain’s Least-Prestigious Award – For ‘Promoting Pseudoscience’ Nigel Farage’s party was recognised for “widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.” bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...
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Reform UK Just Won Britain's Least-Prestigious Award – For 'Promoting Pseudoscience'
Nigel Farage's party were recognised for “their widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.”
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
What a hideous man he is. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage
Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Private Eye.
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
There has been widespread
way of life and their strange
support for prominent Reform MP
customs, but Reform MPs
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of
comprise only 0.7 percent of the
minorities on television.
House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time
Said one angry viewer, "She's more than Fiona Bruce.
right. Every time you turn on
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of
the telly there's another Reform
MP being interviewed by Laura
my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
Kuenssberg."
There are too many people with
She added, "I respect their angry red faces on television."
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BryanK @bryank1.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
So many people don't realise this...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Press: "Can you just explain when you two first got to know each other?" Farage: "No. Right, moving on."
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
An academic who has influenced Donald Trump’s US administration has become a senior adviser to Nigel Farage, Reform UK has announced
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Reform hires academic with links to Trump and Vance as Nigel Farage's senior adviser
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15/10/2025
You might think controlling GB News gives you huge influence over UK politics – especially on the right. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as we reveal in this week's issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
A network/ownership diagram showing a range of organisations controlled by Paul Marshall or his associates, or which receive donations from them
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 19/10/2025
I used to think clever people were those to whom I would listen to and emerge confused. Their confidence, dazzling range of reference and use of obscure vocabulary was designed to (and did) impress me. The impenetrable nature of their thought meant they dwelt above us all /2
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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 14/10/2025
NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 10-13 % who approve | disapprove of Donald Trump U.S. adult citizens 40% | 55% (-15) Last week 39% | 56% Start of term 49% | 43% Democrats 6% | 94% Independents 30% | 61% Republicans 84% | 10% Men 42% | 53% Women 38% | 56% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
A stacked bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Approval and disapproval of Trump's job performance."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as President? (%)."
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Euronews @euronews.com · 05/10/2025
While cash use is declining across Europe, more than half of all payments are still made with banknotes. Its usage share is, however, much lower in terms of value.
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Keeping cash across Europe: Which countries use the most?
While cash use is declining across Europe, more than half of all payments are still made with banknotes. Its usage share is, however, much lower in terms of value.
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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If you thought climate change was bad, allow me to introduce you to imate-clay ange-chay. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
politico.com
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack on Bold Politics podium
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Rubs eyes. Looks again. Rubs eyes. It's still there.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S. AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers. Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
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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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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
How is this not front page news? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Interesting discussion on political funding at Lib Dem conference. Transparency International point out that South Australia has now banned private donations to political parties for state elections, while federally Australia introduced a £25,000 annual donation cap for the next fed. election.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18/09/2025
Look who came with
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Murielle S @frenchieinlimbo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I like this. .#Chaplin #thegreatdictator
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards." www.wired.com/story/uncann...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.
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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Let's recap. @jimmykimmel.com called bullshit on the US government. And ABC preferred to side with the bullshit rather than with the facts.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
First Colbert, and now Kimmel. Trump wants to appear as a strong man. Strong men don't fear criticism from comedians. Name a previous administration that demanded no jokes about it. Name a previous media landscape that caved. This, this right here, is the cancel culture you used to hate.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2025
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
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Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more The privatisation of the UK’s key industries is driving the cost of living crisis, damaging critical public services and making life harder for millions of people, the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski, has said. Speaking after the Guardian revealed the British public have been paying a “privatisation premium” of £250 per household per year since 2010, he described the mass privatisation of UK industry as a “failed experiment”. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2025
Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event
Reform leader says failure to register trip to speak at Republican party dinner in Florida was due to an error by his office Nigel Farage has admitted breaching parliamentary rules by failing to register a trip to Florida to headline a fundraising event for Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader was the main speaker at the $500-a-head Republican party dinner in Tallahassee in March. Continue reading...
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch. 📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
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Why you should leave X
A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...
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