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Burgundylampshade

@burgundylampshade.bsky.social
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Oh no, not again... Not interesting, but interested in most technical stuff. I like to fix things, embroider stuff, play toy cars and Amateur Radio.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 18h
Nigel Farage copies Donald Trump's kamikaze tariffs plan after Reform polls plummet www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Farage copies Trump's kamikaze tariffs plan after Reform polls plummet
Reform UK is set to announce its own Trump-style tariffs despite the political move backfiring for the US President
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 6h
I know all internet arguments are said to end with a comparison to Hitler. But intimidation of democratic opponents was a major tactical part of the Nazis' rise to power. Trump's corrupt use of the judiciary, and of violent thugs as his agents are deeply dangerous... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Immigration officials search Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home
Omar, an outspoken Trump critic, said the search was "an attempt to target political enemies" and that she "will not be silenced".
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Jen @jennyflower.bsky.social · 11h
Reform are NOT in power, they may NEVER be in power. Why is this considered "news" BBC? It has not happened, cannot happen at the moment and may never happen. Report on actual news please.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 10h
From The Archives #492 That time in October 2019 when Farage got all his Brexit Party MEPs to vote against EU plans to tackle Russian propaganda. 7 years later, almost to the day, he accuses Burnham of lying that there was Russian interference in Brexit...
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11h
Brexit effect • Reduction of UK economy by 6%-8% in real GDP terms • Total cost of £180bn to £240bn as of late 2025/2026 • A £3,700 average decrease in GDP per person • £90bn lost in potential tax revenues per year • £29bn drop in business investment #politicslive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Broken Politics 🌍 @landofbritain.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Express nonsense about the #EU as always. What has Britain got for the EU to "plunder", ffs? If anything, it's the other way round. #bbclaurak #ukpolitics #BrexitBrokeBritain
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
They worship at the Church of St. Tommy, patron saint of grifters and wife beaters www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Reform UK Councillor Mick Mahoney, representing Kenton on Newcastle Council. Who are ‘they’, Mick? What’s more, we also have Councillor Michael Vincent Fitzpatrick, also of Newcastle City Council liking it.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'Tom Watson, the owner of recruitment firm Futura Energy Group, is at the centre of a "doxxing" campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), anti-racism activists and business executives who recruit black, Asian and minority ethnic workers.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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Burgundylampshade @burgundylampshade.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Credit: extra fabulous comics.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just when you thought Mango Mussolini and his meat puppets couldn't be any more pathetic. "We will end the ICC." 'The announcement came after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
"We can't afford Net Zero" I howl as my skin cooks like bacon in the third 45 degree summer in a row and my children are drafted to fight in the Water Wars
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben claiming he quit Britain for Monaco over potential wealth taxes—when records show he already moved years ago—exposes the myth of the "super-rich exodus." Threats to flee are just economic blackmail to block fair taxation.
theguardian.com
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Cornish/Manc Parallel Realist (Worldwide Dept.) @leftymuso.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
heraldscotland.com
Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So the Tory plan to cut recorded pollution incidents, like sewage spills by water firms, is to scrap the agency doing the recording...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The prosecution case is that Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate used and threatened physical and sexual violence in order to maintain control and compliance." Where are the voices from the self appointed defenders of women and young girls who would usually be on this? www.reuters.com/world/uk/tat...
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Tate brothers used 'lover boy' model to exploit women, Britain says
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate used a "lover boy" model to lure women with the ‌promise of romantic relationships before coercing them to create online pornography, British law enfor...
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Dudley de Beau @dudleydebeau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don’t ever forget this arse👇
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But I enjoyed the current Govts comms dept response 😂
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Burgundylampshade @burgundylampshade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Images from a walk in Shrewsbury. Just to test the camera. #canonT90 #Jessops did a great good processing it for me in an hour.
Black and white image of steps down to the river Severn from English Bridge
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.
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Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 01/10/2026
Not in IMDB.
NIGEL
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 NO BOATS. NO GLORY.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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Dollyanna @my2centsay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LOOK HOW YOUR CHRISTIAN SUPPORTED LEADER RAPED OUR TREASURY FOR HIMSELF.⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ WE MUST SEIZE HIS ASSETS. WE MUST USE BANK EXAMINERS TO FOLLOW THIS WEB OF CORRUPTION, SEX TRAFFICKING AND MONEYLAUNDERING.
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20... Despite Burnham's speech, Blue Labour is still in charge of running @labouruk.bsky.social Burnham needs to get a grip on this otherwise Blue Labour will scupper his plans that he laid out in his inspiring speech yesterday.
thecanary.co
Labour bureaucrats block motion to cancel killer-firm Palantir's NHS contract
Palantir just offered a fat salary to former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Is it already collecting a return on its investment?
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First Nottinghamshire, now Derbyshire. Pathetic avoidance of scrutiny. Reform-led Derbyshire County Council bans Derbyshire Live’s Local Democracy Reporter www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PM Burnham on privatisation: "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget: They are the ones that gave it away in the first place."
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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And this is why I want to keep my 2014 car until roughly the end of time, if possible. www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Burgundylampshade @burgundylampshade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyone know stuff about #trains ? Esp the class 390(?) used by Avanti from London to Edinburgh. Sounds like the pantograph gets bumped and then resets once in a while - just wondering if that's a thing?
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Burgundylampshade @burgundylampshade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On way to a gig out of London. Chap#1: we have three stops to get there. Chap#2: no, it says we are next stop on the display. Chap#1: I can read a map. Chap#2 yeah, but you don't operate the train... Chap#1 Must have "done his research" FML, people think they know better than professionals
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Jansen Mann @hellojansen.com · 29/09/2026
Erm...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Peter H @peterpolyograph48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Repost this widely. It will be a Refom money making opportunity. No doubt their financial backers will either own private healthcare or have shares in companies that finance it. See what Trump is doing to the USA. Farage wants to do the same thing in the UK.
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The Naked Haggis @nakedhaggis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Galloway is a fuckwit.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cheers, Nigel Farage is crying now
Headline: men arrested near RAF airbase are UK citizens from London
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have just started to read 'The Real Nigel Farage' by @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social. I have only just got through the introduction but it is clear that John pulls no punches and describes the true character of the subject, and boy what a twisted, perverted and thoroughly evil character Farage has.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Irritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolute state of this 😀 They do know his name is Muhammad don't they? Enoch would have deported him.
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Burgundylampshade @burgundylampshade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Crashandburn near #hackers? Coincidence??
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