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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 1h
The credibility washing of Gove by outlets like this, Sky and the BBC makes me vomit blood. Any normal society would treat him like a radioactive pariah until the justice system finally caught itself up and hung him up by his thumbs.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 56m
Francesca Albanese on Israeli public opinion toward Gaza: "The polls keep on telling us steadily that the majority of the Israelis have no pity for what's happening to Gaza... they want the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. They want Palestinians to go."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1h
Leader of party - that sold its own shrivelled soul to the devils of austerity and Brexit - will use her conference speech to slag off Labour (yawn) and make the only promise the Tories ever make - cutting taxes… They have nothing new or credible… or just plain nice… to say any more.
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Badenoch promises tax cuts in 'battle for the soul of this nation'
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23h
The press spent months stomping all over *Gary Lineker* for speaking up against the genocide. Does that not suggest to you that nobody will be permitted to speak without getting their teeth kicked in by battalions of hacks, and that nothing will be tolerated?
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Red Star Vegeta @erikstormblessed.bsky.social · 14h
Israel is literally telling you that they are exploiting the Holocaust to prevent you from criticizing their genocide and war crimes.
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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How does Russia take out 20% of the United States’ most senior military leadership without firing a shot? By turning to the same man who is responsible for the destruction dozens of bases in the Middle East, the depletion of our arsenal, and hiding it all from the American people, Petrov Hegseth.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21h
This can’t be done, any more than we can now manage the country without constant roaring shit-up-the-walls all-media panics and hate campaigns. We can never take a few years’ break from Normal, where important people run riot screaming like crazed wingnut cranks. Normal is a thing we make every day.
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Tim Stanley deserves credit for continuing to try and make Conservatism sane again.
We've recently heard similar sane-ish moments from Rees-Mogg, Hannan and even Allister Heath, but they are not (yet?) as consistent as Tim Stanley who seems to be growing into this role.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20h
Jusr look at this Israel/Palestine bullshit, for starters. On just that one thing, all of our most important people are going to have to pretend in unison they behaved decently and reasonably until the day they retire, and they’ll have to form an impregnable phalanx against all reality, until then.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21h
Normal is a thing made day by day. If we make terrifying all-channels racist panics, imbecile hoaxes and crackpot finger-pointing hate campaigns Normal, we cannot then snap back to a nicer, less insane version of Normal. All our important people are too deeply implicated in their own abysmal crimes.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21h
It’s the old argument against pornography: You can choose to not consume ten years of escalating wingnut hate, screaming accusations, moronic McCarthyist propaganda and idiotic fraud, but you cannot choose to live in a version of Britain where your leadership class did not do that. They did.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h
Devoid of ideas, Tories vow return to Thatcherite policies. They want to cut social spending, build prisons, cut taxes for the rich, free childcare for individuals earning £1m. What will they privatise, sell to foreign investors? No ideas on infrastructure investment, regulation of capitalism.
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Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories
The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’
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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A decade ago, these Jewish scholars broke with Zionism. Time proved them right ❝ An article published in Haaretz 10 years ago by Jewish-American academics Hasia Diner & Marjorie Feld created a firestorm within the U.S. Jewish community. Today, their argument looks stronger than ever ❞ Haaretz
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Being banned by a genocidal apartheid state is an indication you're on the right side, I'd say.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why stop there? Scrap the treasury to make the national debt go away Scrap the NHS and cure cancer Scrap the MOD and lo: world peace www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This British Labour government is arresting peaceful British OAP’s as ‘terrorists ‘.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something tells me that Christina Ricci is a hell of a parent. I love seeing parents who teach their children right from wrong, and to stand up for what's right.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm sure this'll go down great at conference. I am absolutely not sure that scrapping an organisation called Natural England will go down so well at the election.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is absolutely horrifying. How do we even know these men are ICE? They could be a gang of murderers taking her away. America, why the fuck won’t you rise up?!
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera"
Misleading statement by "journalist" Andrew Pierce
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A new trade union has just been officially registered, the UK Hospitality Union It's a v under-represented part of the workplace re. unions: "Members include...baristas, hotel staff, restaurant staff, chefs, event caterers, bar staff, housekeeping." Be interesting to see how they fare
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UK Hospitality Union | trade union
At the UK Hospitality Trade Union, we are the united voice for workers across the UK's hospitality sector. Our mission is simple: to advocate for fair treatment, safe working conditions, and equitable...
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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Spot on. Hesgeth particularly is a revolting specimen. Not even a failed hasbeen, he's a definite 'neverwozza', as the great John Le Carre put it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Once one side insists that immigration is obviously good and the other insists that it is obviously disastrous, any attempt to discuss the practical difficulties of integration gets sucked into the culture war.' Megan Davidson, via Common Weal
commonweal.scot
We need to talk about migration like adults — Common Weal
Scotland’s migration debate is becoming increasingly polarised. But the latest evidence suggests people’s views are more nuanced than the political debate allows, and that what we need is less certainty, not more.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israeli occupation forces abducted Palestinian activist Samar Hamad from her home in Ramallah early this morning.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Your enemy is not travelling by small boat, they are travelling by private jet" via The UK Against Hate Ps Nigel Farage was so concerned about struggles of ordinary people he flew to super-rich conference at Davos by private jet to tell billionaires they'd be even richer of he got into No. 10
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Minerva47874627.bsky.social @minerva47874627.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Interesting thought. Thiel has land in South America (Uruguay and Argentina) where he could build his bunker. Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg have also purchased land as potential bunker sites. Why? 🤷‍♀️
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pmf @clearlight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is what a stain on history looks like www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
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Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery - bellingcat
Earlier this week, several viral social media posts and news articles stated that Google had updated satellite imagery over Gaza. But the images weren't entirely new.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If anything screams, 'we are the party that doesn't care' this is it This nihilist approach to our environment stinks and in the true sense of nihilism suggests the Tory party has lost its way on beliefs and values...but I think we probably knew that already 🫤 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Supercollider @viking3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Isrealiwarcrimes #isrealigenocide #USAenabledgenocide #UKenabledgenocide #EUenabledgenocide #ICJ #ICC #internationalrulesbasedorderisamyth #MSMenabledgenocide #Lebanon #EthnicCleansingOfPalestine #zionism #NeverForgive #NeverForget #GazaGenocide#FFFGenabledgenocide #Iran #WestBank
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The support yesterday for the people of Garvaghy road, including those from a protestant & Unionist background in NI and from people around the globe, has been truly extraordinary. It really feels like it's time for NI to break free from colonial partition and re-join Ireland. quick 🧵
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To remind you, there is no Republican in this admin or in Congress that should come out unscathed for their disgusting coverup of the rape of children. Every one of them should be held to account. We can only force justice if we take the house & senate. GOTV & FIRE THE GOP. #ProudBlue #Pinks
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m glad this has been said 👇
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All the country’s most important people lined up to agree that Boris Johnson was the great man of the moment, when the situations required them to do it. Trust me: if they’re called on to salute Kemi as our new catastrophically online PM, they will do it quiet and obedient as little mice.
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Abimbola @chopeski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Pope has spoken. The American right - fascists, nationalists and extremists - are bastardizing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/10/2026
End the genocide. Drop the charges. De-proscribe Palestine Action.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nigel Farage keeps on praising Reform UK's vetting system and the calibre of its Councillors ... "Basildon Mayor Sam Journet has had a company struck off and another fail to file accounts for six years, opponents say, prompting calls for his suspension." via Reform Watch
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
21st century update to 'Let them eat cake' meme via Piara Mia
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The press have decided to reimpose the two party model and unfortunately, that requires “pretending to believe Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job”. Which is pretty bad, given she’s a disastrously online wacko.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office.
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