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Chris Preston

@cbpres.bsky.social
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Retired Policeman, Publican, Psychiatric Nurse & Psychotherapist. MSc Healthcare Policy. Loves wife, family, dogs, classic cars. In remission from lymphoma.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 09/10/2026
Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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Chris Preston @cbpres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Inconvenient People www.monbiot.com/2026/09/25/i...
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Inconvenient People
The neglect and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS is a scandal of astonishing proportions.
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The Red Haired Stokie @theredhairedstokie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ever spotted the hidden stories in a teacup? That Colclough's Ivy Leaf pattern on the table between Andy Burnham and the Irish PM is pure Stoke-on-Trent magic! Crafted with care, it’s a nod to our rich pottery legacy. Still making its mark.
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Chris Preston @cbpres.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Haven't been on Xitter for ages. Just went back to have a look. What a shitshow. Why is our government giving it legitimacy by still using it? Oh, yeah. Politics. Mustn't upset the tech bros and Trump.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
MPs who don't show up in parliament or their constituency should be forced to do 20 hours of unpaid work a week as a condition of receiving their benefits
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Watch my documentary here www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hb...
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Britain’s Inequality Problem...And How To Solve It | How To Get Filthy Rich | Channel 4 Docs
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The world is drifting inexorably towards unstoppable climate change, increasing inequality, authoritarian governments, failed states and possibly nuclear war. Then they tell you 'socialists are crazy'.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
If you're against a wealth tax on multimillionaires but favour means testing for the disabled, check the internal coherence of your thought process
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Private equity has devoured UK town centres. It controls airports, seaports, hospitals, care homes, football teams, housing, GP surgeries, vets, dentistry, pubs, restaurants, motorway service stations, energy, water and more. Everything financialised. What future for the UK?
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The finance curse is devouring the UK
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Th...
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This extraordinary article puts into context the obscene scale of Elon Musk’s wealth. The poverty of his soul is revealed in how he chooses to use his power - by crushing the poor, the disadvantaged and the most vulnerable. He is the poster boy for the rotten nature of our modern world.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/05/2026
“An internal briefing prepared for NHS leaders in February 2026, seen by Democracy for Sale, says that even after ‘optimisation’, ‘processing time is reported as taking 4-5 minutes’ while similar processes take only ‘30 seconds’ with current systems.” goodlaw.social/i108
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BREAKING: Palantir software is 10 times slower than NHS tools | Good Law Project
Palantir claims its software saves medics time they can spend on patient care, but an NHS leak shows the spy-tech firm’s products put doctors and nurses in the slow lane
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
NEW: The Crypto Connection. @thenerve.news brings you…Part 1 of The Harbourne Receipts. A forensic examination of the cryptobillionaire’s donations & Farage’s crypto announcements. And guess what? There’s a pattern. Starting with the now infamous £5m gift. www.thenerve.news/p/investigat... 1/
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Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated millions to Farage and Johnson. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. Is there a connection?
The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the ...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I should add that this vital story - about a company and an issue that most of Britain’s media is chasing - was broken on a v small investigative website’s newsletter. The power of independent media! Do support Democracy for Sale if you can 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe
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Democracy for Sale | Peter Geoghegan | Substack
A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy. Click to read Democracy for Sale, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/05/2026
Palantir claims its software saves medics time they can spend on patient care. But leaked internal NHS documents have revealed that Palantir software is 10 times slower than alternative tool 🐌 goodlaw.social/t009
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BREAKING: Palantir software is 10 times slower than NHS tools | Good Law Project
Palantir claims its software saves medics time they can spend on patient care, but an NHS leak shows the spy-tech firm’s products put doctors and nurses in the slow lane
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The 350 richest families in the UK now hold £784Bn. That's more than the UK spends annually on healthcare, education, housing, defence & policing COMBINED. While millions struggle, extreme wealth keeps piling up. Britain has enough wealth for everyone to thrive, we just need the courage to tax it.
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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A scary canter through Streeting's final 'gift' to the NHS. The single patient record aka Single Palantir Record will have all your medical data, available to whoever the sec of state sees fit, to sell or use for 'any legitimate purpose' with no opt outs. First task for James Murray is to bin this.
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Ponder @colinjones.uk · 09/05/2026
It's either this one...
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Cat barks like a dog, until it gets found out
YouTube video by netspanner
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Ponder @colinjones.uk · 09/05/2026
..or this one 😹
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Cat vs Printer - The Translation
YouTube video by Chris Cohen
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Chris Preston @cbpres.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Sharing is good, Palantir is bad.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/05/2026
Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I respect other people's rights to hold such religious beliefs as the wish. But the idea that a Syrian soldier in the Roman army who died 1800 years ago now lives in Heaven and intercedes with God on England's behalf strikes me as potentially somewhat farfetched.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
So much corruption all the time in Trump's America youtube.com/shorts/Xs7wo...
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7 corruption scandles in Trump's America in recent weeks #politics
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Mel Brooks: Why we should laugh at the world’s villains
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Mel Brooks: Why we should laugh at the world’s villains
The American filmmaker and actor Mel Brooks, a master of satire and parody, has spent a career taking on class, religion and race.
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"The EU is in such a situation where they need some countries. UK, Ukraine, Türkiye, Norway. This is the army that will be stronger than the army of Russia"
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A few billionaires, corporations & opaque networks now dominate UK political funding. Unless the new Elections Bill is strengthened, our democracy will remain at risk of corruption by the super rich. 📖 Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/48hpkj49
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How to stop Big Money buying British politics - Tax Justice UK
The Elections Bill is our chance to stop our democracy being bought by the billionaires, and corporations dominating political funding.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
When are we gonna admit that billionaire‑ism is an illness? They’re hoarders No control, insatiable greed & their hoarding just drains every one of us They cut wages, buy politicians & bleed the planet just to watch a number tick up that they’ll never spend Sick in the head.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
What if tech companies could be prosecuted for their AI’s conversations with kids? That’s exactly what a new proposal heading to the House of Lords tomorrow aims to do At the centre of it is Baroness Kidron 👇
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Chris Preston @cbpres.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
And if AI is so clever, why does it ask such stupid fucking questions?
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and one of the U.S. government’s chief negotiators in the Middle East, is trying to raise $5 billion for his private equity firm from governments in the region. TAT: [Corruption]
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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy
President Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise $5 billion or more from foreign governments and others for his private equity firm.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve.news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses. Hugely important by @charlienotold.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
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‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security
Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state ...
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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
'A Reform government will … relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK....it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police.” Palantir is all over other govt depts - we need ends its contracts with the NHS.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
You've all heard of the Resource Curse: countries are impoverished by rich resources in their territories, as these trigger colonial looting. Now we see the Base Curse: if you host a US base, you don't enhance your security. You make yourself a target.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Please tell me this is not real? Please tell me it’s an AI fake? It’s too horrendous to comprehend. While he jokes, the region is in chaos, economies upended, lives lost, and enhanced threat of terrorism worldwide, esp against Americans.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“He is, of course, a serial liar & prone to espousing completely contradictory positions within moments of each other.” It is extraordinary to me that journalists continue to ‘analyse’ Donald Trump without adding this constant caveat. It does readers, listeners & viewers a grave disservice.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
NEW: Is this the broligarchy’s first world war? AI, like war & rape, is a hyper-masculine fantasy of God-like power, a myth at the dark heart of what we’re seeing play out in the Gulf. This war hasn’t replaced the Epstein scandal. It is the Epstein scandal. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The Broligarchy's First World War?
AI-guided weapons, two out-of-control authoritarians, no legal authority and a toxic mess of masculinity: welcome to the manosphere's first major conflict
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Last week, UK lobbying regulator closed investigation into ex Tory MP Ben Howlett We offered Howlett money to work for a fake Chinese investor. He introduced us to a dozen Labour MPs Regulator didn't even speak to us. Our system is broken New, by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-paid-an...
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We paid an ex-Tory MP to lobby for our fake Chinese firm - and authorities did nothing
Investigation finds no rules were broken. It just goes to show how few rules there are.
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
NEW: Keir Starmer tells MPs the UK govt remembers the "mistakes of Iraq" and will always operate on a "lawful basis" and with a "viable thought through" plan when it comes to Iran. Clear implication from PM is that he thinks the initial US/ Israeli strikes on Iran were neither.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
US-Israeli-led bombing hit a girls school… Death toll now at 150 A war launched illegally by two depraved men desperate to cling to power and stay out of jail …and they call others terrorists.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Donald Trump is a global chaos generator. He couldn't give a damn about the Iranians and will walk away the moment things get difficult, leaving a trail of pointless death and destruction. It's all about spectacle for him. Once that's achieved, job done.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The order to share information, which was recently communicated verbally to workers... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening Civil Rights]
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Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign. Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database ... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening Civil Rights]
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Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Oh wow our @38degrees.bsky.social petition to cap political donations in the UK has over 94k signatures!! 💥 There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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Chris Preston @cbpres.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My mistake. Sorry. Signed.
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Chris Preston @cbpres.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Can't sign without making a donation?
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials since being arrested last September. Seamus Culleton is married to a US citizen and owns a plastering business in the Boston area. He was arre... TAT: [Nationalism]
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‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
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