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Carlijn

@carlijnjolley.bsky.social
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Amsterdammer. Born in Australia, lived in London, Brexit refugee. Depressed about the state of the world. I used to write.

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Gerard Harbison @gerardharbison.bsky.social · 6h
The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats, 1919, The Second Coming
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John Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 7h
Quote is actually from Bertrand Russell from 1933: "The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." Point still stands, though.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9h
The hypocrisy 👀 Sarah Pochin MP bought an £800,000 second home on a Welsh island two days after raising concerns in Parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communiti
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“It wasn’t a mistake”🤔 “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” 🤔 @ericschmittmo pathetically attempts to play it off and act like he didn’t publicly humiliate himself in front of the nation today 🤡
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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine if Jack Smith really HAD attended a Hawks game. That would totally be worse than inciting an insurrection and trying to overthrow our Democracy. They were so damn close.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A sad, lonely woman jilted by her brash lover is left to wile away the empty hours in an isolated flat in Dubai. After consuming yet another vodka her mind wanders & she types out far fetched fantasies desperately seeking attention & solace. Please could someone call a doctor.😬
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now we're all paying for boss thugs political ads. The thief that keeps on thieving.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Carlijn @carlijnjolley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh I am having such fun on Trump’s new AI - America.gov. Asking it questions like who won the election in 2020 election. Is Trump in the Epstein files? What’s the legal position re excluding CNN etc. It’s great fun. And I am sure if we all keep at it they will have to take it down!
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America.gov
Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in 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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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just one of many accounts on the Hellsite pretending to be Ukrainian, pumping out Russian propaganda, actually from Nigeria. The entire site is a misinformation engine.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Pentagon cover-up of US military casualties in Trump’s catastrophic Iran War continues. 37 troops have been quietly added to the public tally of wounded personnel bringing the total to 861.
WaPo: Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 NEW Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow Rory Stewart. Just wow. What a horrible misrepresentation of how it all works and why it doesn’t. Put asylum seekers in prisons? Refuse to share the responsibility for this human tragedy with our European neighbours who are accepting more refugees than us already? Fgs. What’s wrong with you?
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Why don't refugees stay in France?
They do and France actually receives a much larger number of asylum claims than Britain - around 167,000 in 2023, compared to 67,000 in the UK.
Those who arrive in France often choose to remain there and a relatively small proportion of the asylum seekers intend on moving on to the UK.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I used to like Andy Burnham, but it turns out he’s an absolute 🔔🔚 🇬🇧 As uk PM, Burnham regards himself as Overlord of the Celtic Fringe Regions, and that it’s for him to determine their constitutional future, and not the plebs of those britannic territories 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In Another Instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” 🤭
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇬🇧 the bbc State Broadcaster managed to report on this video footage, posted by racist thug Daniel Thomas of him endangering a RNLI volunteer by slashing the boat that he was on, by not mentioning that ‘Danny Tommo’ slashed the boat….or even that the boat was slashed #FTbbc 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Ontja Huscarlnäherin @ontja.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Exactly, the signs can't be overlooked any longer...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He's not an "activist" @theguardian.com
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another thing the BBC forgot to mention. This is far right propaganda territory.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am so damn close to cancelling my licence fee. So damn close. As a journalist of 35 years standing, I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d feel like this. The BBC has come to disgust me. It’s damaging our country and I can’t assist it in the damage it’s doing with my money.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
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BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
All over bar the shouting.
chadbourn.substack.com
Last Days Of Trump
The decline and fall is now underway
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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🍁Justin Case @icu-b4-uc-me.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
State TV. It is the natural progression of this fascist criminal regime.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OMG. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Two million likes on TikTok… and counting.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 21/09/2026
Did he by any chance say we should believe him?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 This video is approaching 1 million views collectively across social media. Pretty please use this tool to write to your MP - whoever they are - it all counts. And then share this link everywhere to family, friends, groups —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 The Innernet never forgets
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
2022: Labour's Tom Watson thanks Epstein's friend former Lord Peter Mandelson in his maiden speech in the Lords 2026: Labour's Tom Watson says he wants Palantir to drive a "paradigm shift in public services in Britain" My view: This looks like the revolving door in action
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Important piece by @alexhh.bsky.social
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As vile and as telling an image in the clip as Trump mocking a reporter with disabilities. These people are telling us who they are. We should not make the same mistake the US made.
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This was wonderful trolling by Carney of British Brexiteers for whom he rightly has such unbridled contempt
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Frank The Hat @frankmani.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bleedin' #Piddington citizens, coming to the #UK, stealing our jobs and living off benefits at the same time. I expect AreNige and his #ReformUK maggots will soon be on the streets of #Oxfordshire protesting against these Piddington migrants coming over in their sports cars and SUVs.
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This administration is all-in when it comes to grown men who are into abusing children.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/09/2026
Nothing says “America First” like having Moscow sponsor the open bar.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/09/2026
"The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests." Now kinda fascinated as to *why* Trump snr didn't attend.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A president conditioning a $5,000 payment on his own party winning Congress is buying an election result out loud, on camera, and calling it a dividend to make it sound legitimate. Nobody gets to purchase your vote with your own tax dollars. #CorruptTrumpRegime
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026
i think it is bad that the president is that helm of a deranged cult of personality
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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.
Facebook post showing the photo of three white women on a train with a group of black-clad, masked men being shared to a group called ‘South east patriots’
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