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Rob Godwin

@chirpychappie1.bsky.social
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#GTTO. Dog lover. Dartmoor dweller. retired.

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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And still they worship her
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's pretty smart comms
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
youtu.be/9fYlOGIiQqE?... Don’t do it Andy!
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Curtice Warns Burnham: Reform Could Win Most Seats!
YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good plan, Australia and Canada. Huge sigh, UK. How long do we wait, how much do we lose, how stupid do we have to be?
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Librarian Capital @librariancapital.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For anyone else reading, here is the actual clip (26:07-27:07) Undercover reporter: "I will be the registered donor ... but then Dad will send the money to me ..." Farage: "Thank you, both of you, thank you"
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Going undercover to expose Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
She's not wrong
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Perfect comment.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“When the Brexit referendum happened, I didn’t believe any UK government would seek the deal we ended up with; I couldn’t imagine a govt would inflict this on its own nation” … or, worse, that they’d keep on inflicting it. FFS, just stop this Brexit madness. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
• Britain is still counting the cost - and paying the price
- of BrexitHow have businesses reacted to Brexit?
A major survey of business leaders by the European Movement UK shows that the vast majority say Brexit has impacted their firms, and would support closer ties with the EU:
98.2% support accessing the European Single Market
96.4% Brexit has been bad for their communities
78.6% pessimistic about economic growth
80.0%
72.8% negatively impacted by
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Good piece on England’s completely avoidable water crisis. “At the moment, we're using world-class drinking water to cool data centres, to irrigate our golf courses.”
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The race to stop England running out of water
Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/08/2026
The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nigel Farage who was literally given a £5 million gift by a crypto billionaire wants to end "something for nothing" Britain
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Major oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Among the very many dim takes around the Ceuta incident... the very, very dumbest must be the assumption in Reform circles that all those people were somehow trying to make it to Britain. How exceptionalist and indeed exceptionally stupid can you get?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Donald Trump still has absolutely no idea what he was trying to do, how he was going to do it, why he wasn't able to do it, or what he's going to do next to try to fix what he has no idea he broke. He's a delusional, crackbrained, and deranged moron. It's just that simple.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Most of the sewage spills into England's waterways in the last two years may have been illegal but gone unpunished. Tells a story about useless regulators, appeasement of capital creating health hazards, destroying marine life and biodiversity. People are treated as cash cows. Govts do nothing.
bbc.co.uk
Most sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggests
The new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked.
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 23/07/2026
Pls spread word. Three digits can help protect you from scams: 159. If you're suspicious of a 'call from your bank', politely hang up and dial 159. It connects you to a switchboard that puts you through to your bank's real number. Watch the video for why its extra protection
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Jon Poole @total2total.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Morning 😂, ready to be shipped.
Cat in box, disclaimer this image may include modified content.
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Is the empire starting to crumble? He'll be bigly cross.
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🦋 Frankie 🦋 @frankiemillie10.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In Greek mythology Narcissus is brought down by Green reflecting pool 🤔
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD. Full state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage 2m pensioners live in poverty 100,000 pensioners die in poverty each year. OECD supports democide, silent on equitable distribution of wealth, corporate welfare spending.
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Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD
Organisation’s experts say pledge puts pressure on UK public finances and ‘adds significant fiscal risks’
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
LIKE TRUMP/MILLER, ALL ICE AGENTS ARE LOSERS! Many are scared racists, White Nationalist ”Patriot Front, KKK, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Boys, Neo-NAZIS; too full of Trump’s fear/hate/lies to know that THEY’re the true criminals, NOT the innocent families they destroy. Some are just soulless opportunists.
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Friday 👍 @wisewonders.bsky.social @atoth99.bsky.social @mace-duggan.bsky.social @whatifisaidit.bsky.social @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social @antifa2056.bsky.social @philhawkin.bsky.social @dpfrazier22.bsky.social @jodywagner.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @linealoca.bsky.social
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Study confirms what many suspected: the 2024 election was rigged It sure looks like tech billionaires and foreign dictatorships gave us Trump in 2024. This is as bad as the massive Russian bot presence on Facebook and Twitter back in 2016, which Robert Mueller documented gave Trump the presidency th
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Study confirms what many suspected: the 2024 election was rigged
It sure looks like tech billionaires and foreign dictatorships gave us Trump in 2024. This is as bad as the massive Russian bot presence on Facebook and Twitter back in 2016, which Robert Mueller documented gave Trump the presidency that time.A peer-reviewed study released Thursday in Nature, the wo...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our press is a bloody disgrace, maybe they always were, I don't know.
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Cirenzi @cirellan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A train car full of men dressed up as protectors. Not one of them is there to protect her. Not a single, “It’s okay, sweetheart. You’ll be okay.”
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Meidas Rick ❌🚫🇺🇸🇮🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
AMAZING: Protesters are now tearing down barricades at a beach in southern Albania, saying that the land belongs to the people and not to oligarchs like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Share everywhere to show your support! substack.com/@rawstory/no...
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Raw America (@rawstory)
AMAZING: Protesters are now tearing down barricades at a beach in southern Albania, saying that the land belongs to the people and not to oligarchs like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Share everywher...
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seeyouican.bsky.social @seeyouican.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Robert C. Fried (Bob Fried) @robertcfried.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
There's a lot of them lying around in Congress
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16/06/2026
SpaceX launched roughly three-quarters of all payload mass reaching orbit in 2025. Its share of the launch market may now exceed the share of Asian trade once controlled by the East India Company. Researchers say history should give policymakers pause. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Has any company held this much power for 400 years?
A new study suggests SpaceX's dominance of space launches exceeds that of historic colonial trading monopolies
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
🚨Trump has a complete MELTDOWN on Meet the Press. Kristen Welker presses him on his wild California election conspiracies. Trump calls her crooked, calls the press crooked, and throws a tantrum about how unfair everything is. Then he storms out mid-interview like a toddler who lost at recess. 🍼🤣
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yes. Fascism never completely disappears, and every generation needs to defeat it anew. When we drop our guard, it rises again.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 29/05/2026
Russia’s war of aggression has crossed yet another line. A Russian drone incursion struck a densely populated area in Romania, injuring civilians. On EU territory. We stand in full solidarity with Romania and its people.
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Mafia Don in every sense.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 20/05/2026
If releasing your tax returns and the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.
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Rob Godwin @chirpychappie1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
And absolutely nothing will happen about it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In the run up to the 10th anniversary of Brexit I think we need to remember what was promised by the Brexiters and what threats they made about what would happen if we didn't leave. Here's Farage 10 years ago this month. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-p...
bbc.co.uk
Migration anger 'could lead to violence'
UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who is campaigning to leave the EU, has suggested that anger over migration could lead to violence on the streets.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
88% of UK millionaires proud to live in Britain. 75% willing to pay more tax to fund public assets. Yet right-wing constantly peddles project fear ... They would leave, etc. Capital gains, dividends are taxed at lower marginal rates than wages. Tax the rich. Redistribute. Alleviate poverty.
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Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds
Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public services
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