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Bruce Dickson

@btad114.bsky.social
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#FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU #BrexitBrokeBritain #Xdissenter There is only one planet and there is a #ClimateCrisis. Abandon Xitter please!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let me try this once more. It was a choice. EITHER the Greens adopted a slogan. OR they could have joined the next govt, where they could push for an end to arms sales, sanctions, support for the arrest warrants etc. It was never going to be both. Which one makes a material difference? #GazaGenocide
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Green party motion on Zionism shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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European Movement in Wandsworth and Merton @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Oct 19 we are having a social with a difference! Arjan, our resident local beer expert, has reserved Battersea Brewery taproom for everyone hoping to learn more on beer history and styles. It's also a great opportunity to meet EM members from across London. All info here: tinyurl.com/4c9y8mxz
A external shot of Battersea Brewery in Wandsworth
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Today I am announcing a new National Commission on Electoral Reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work. We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system” 💬 @andyburnham.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 28/09/2026
‘What underlies the sense of affront is the assumption that the “people of England” are, as it were, a settled question, that the days of large-scale movements belong to the past, or ought to.’ Ferdinand Mount on immigration and emigration in the English imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it's that time again when the Fascism scene returns to London and this year black is very much in vogue. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is "Stormtroops & Freikorps Again!" - our parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on the topic of the emergence of #PatriotPlatform last week & putting it in an outrageous and glam 👠European context. One of us may have made a mistake towards the end 🤨 youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9ao
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"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 02/09/2026
While most Britons agree with Andy Burnham that Britain took a wrong turn with Brexit, they are more divided over whether the country took a wrong turn with Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Wrong turn: 35% Neither: 14% Right turn: 28% Brexit Wrong turn: 55% Neither: 11% Right turn: 21%
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/09/2026
🇪🇺 Jayne Kirkham MP: "Almost everywhere you go in Cornwall, you'll see a distinctive but far too small blue sign signifying that a building or something was funded by the EU." "It was transformational for us. The Leave campaign promised Cornwall would not be worse off. That has fallen short."
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK Conference Ban List Michael Crick Anna Isaac - Guardian Peter Geoghegan - Democracy for Sale Ethan Shone - Open Democracy Isabella Link - Politics UK Ed Campbell - The Nerve Imran Mulla - Middle Eastern Eye Will Hayward - Guardian There’s a reported 50 journalists banned.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reform UK, which promises to "defend free speech" at all costs, has again banned Byline Times from its conference
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
European Movement West London’s next social get together is on Monday 7th of September from 6 pm onwards. Please come along for a drink and a chat with like minded people. Venue : Blue Boat pub, Fulham Reach, Distillery Wharf, Parr's Way, London, W6 9GD.
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Prof Jason Arday was hounded to his death. This was not journalism. It was a coordinated campaign by a race science network funded by billionaires and given a home at Cambridge. The press amplified every word. The institutions must answer. We cannot let Jason's name be buried with him.
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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Bruce Dickson @btad114.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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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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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The thin-skinned MP made a fool of himself on radio by refusing to recognise King Charles as white British ✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s diary: My Muskpuppet moment with ruddy idiot Rupert Lowe
The thin-skinned MP made a fool of himself on radio by refusing to recognise King Charles as white British
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Charlie Stayt, "Is it true that Mr Farage was notified by Essex police of a security threat?" Lee Anderson, "He said he'd been told not to turn up." Charlie Stayt, "Essex police said they didn't advise anyone not to attend" Lee Anderson, "Er... er.."
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/08/2026
A customs union would deliver a £14–19bn economic boost, and we’d be ceding control of at least part of our trade & tariff policy. EU membership, however, would boost our economy by at least £92bn and give us the power to shape decisions. Rejoining the EU is the best way to grow the UK economy.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account. But he didn't. Don't RT 🤣
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Farage seems to have discovered an unfortunate side effect of wanting to be PM: scrutiny. Now he and his millionaire entourage seem to regard basic accountability as an “establishment” conspiracy to stop them getting their hands on the country. app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/160425...
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Farage won’t appear on The Rest Is Politics.. it’s one of many signs he’s floundering
The old Farage would have jumped at being our guest. The new one is less confident
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Bruce Dickson @btad114.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sums it up in one picture
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 24/07/2026
“Well we’ve had so many prime ministers over the last ten years why not give the bin a go?” @joelycett.bsky.social caught up with @michaelhogan100.bsky.social for The Nerve and talked all things parenthood, art therapy and Count Binface…
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A great day at our stall on North End Road Market, topped off by a welcome visit from Ben Coleman MP. It feels like our message is really gaining traction, as even those who weren’t previously familiar with the arguments, showed real interest in the case for #RejoinEU @chelfulhamben.bsky.social
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/07/2026
🚨 "Which brings us to the kind of people who Farage spends a great deal of time with: that increasingly powerful class of high-rollers, often positioned on the hard or far right, who deal and invest in crypto." ⚠️Far from a man of the people, Farage is beset on undermining our democracy.
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Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris
These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers betw
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/07/2026
Polling by Opinium finds that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has a net score of minus 27 percentage points. 👀
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2026
🚨 "If we had stayed in the EU, the Treasury would have had an extra £90 billion per year to spend on welfare, defence, education etc. without creating new taxes or raising tax rates. No nation in living memory has acted so foolishly in peacetime."
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'Greatest political folly since Second World War was Brexit- it's cost us billions'
'Greatest political folly since the Second World War was Brexit' says our letter writer. What is your view?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2026
👏Trade minister Chris Bryant on CNBC: "I think our historic destiny is to be back in the European Union"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2026
2,700+ people died in the May and June heatwaves. Climate change is estimated to be responsible for 42% of those deaths. Here's Reform UK's response. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/refo…
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Reform UK-run London council reverses climate emergency declaration to save money
Nigel Farage’s party running Havering Council declares it will ‘not pursue environmental or net zero-related policies in
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2026
Nigel Farage is a privately educated ex-city trader who has been in politics for more than 25 years. He is the establishment. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
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Nigel Farage is "the establishment"
Uniting capital and labour is easier in rhetoric than in government
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 10/07/2026
It's positive to hear these words from Andy Burnham, MP for Makerfield, particularly in a time when closer cooperation with Europe is more essential than ever. The current Government have made good progress on a deeper UK-EU relationship, but we must go further.
I want an even closer relationship with countries across Europe, working more through European-led groupings, such as the E3 (the UK, France and Germany), 
strengthening the European pillar in Nato and breaking down any barriers to defence industrial co-operation.
 
I want to consolidate the progress made on the existing UK-EU negotiations and make further progress quickly.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 10/07/2026
Polling conducted by Opinium on behalf of European Movement UK also found that 46% of 18-34 year olds think the UK should revisit the question of EU membership within the next 5 years. The public support is there. Now let's turn that support into meaningful action.
61% of 18-34 year olds think the UK should revisit the question of EU membership within the next 10 years.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 13/07/2026
Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, also said that Leave voters were sold a ‘false prospectus’. The past may have been defined by division, but we can ensure the future is defined by cooperation. Britain's future lies with Europe.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🏆⚽ World Cup dominance over time. A little graph I made. Total World Cup points (across all years): win=1, second place=1/2, third place=1/3 etc. Tally those up to get all time Top 10. Then plot those 10 over time, using total score for last 5 World Cup tournaments... ...et voila. Beautiful.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🔥 Oh look! So close to £20,000! Pls do help nudge us over the milestone. The Bylines Network is absolutely unique - it's challenging mainstream media by building a citizen journalism alternative... and we're doing it on an absolute shoestring! All support is magic --> chuffed.org/project/byli...
Screenshot of the crowdfunder page
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
New IPSOS poll. Reform will be knocked off the top soon. Reform UK 26% (-1) Labour 24% (+4) Conservative 18% (-1) Greens 13% (-1) Lib Dem 11% (-1) Others 8% (-)
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The One and Only Kay @theonekay.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Trump approval poll (Independent voters) 🟤 Disapprove 76% (-54) 🟢 Approve 22% Highest disapproval ever IPSOS
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Click here to see who has signed the amendment so far 👇👇
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Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📢 The third reading of the Representation of the People Bill has been announced for 14 July! This means we have just under two weeks to convince as many MPs as possible to back the amendment for a review of the UK's broken voting system. Email your MP today: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 23/06/2026
Nigel Farage pocketed a £5 million Brexit reward. When he promised we would be better off, he clearly only meant himself. 10 years on, it's time to end the chaos and fix our broken relationship with Europe, starting by joining the single market.
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The aftershocks of Brexit’s failure could be gaining strength – a fearful prospect for Ireland | Fintan O’Toole
On our side of the Irish Sea we have made the best of a bad job. But we saw the damage a reckless British government could do, says Fintan O’Toole
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The great @fotoole.bsky.social poses a question that has haunted every truth-seeking journalist during the Trump years: "What can journalists do in a world where there is no shame and, apparently, no consequence?" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/b...
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‘We Need Plot Twists’: Behind the Scenes of Trump’s Second Term
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/06/2026
🚨 Makerfield voted 65% Leave in 2016 - today, voters would choose to rejoin the EU.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Left: Reform UK's Sarah Pochin, "Nigel Farage received the £5m as a gift before he was in politics" Right: Nigel Farage says the gift was given to him as a reward for 27 years of political campaigning for Brexit
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ROXANA 🇪🇺 @roxanac.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
On our way to the National Rejoin March in London. Stop the pain! #Rejoin 🇪🇺
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Today National Rejoin March to mark 10 years since #Brexit 10 years of pain with no gain
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The gift that keeps on taking : the cost of #Brexit continues to grow www.thenewworld.co.uk/jonty-bloom-...
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A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Layla Moran “To the young people you will have the furure that I had “ #RejoinEU #RejoinMarch
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