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Chris Hieke.

@chrishieke.bsky.social
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Retired joiner/director. Left leaning woke.

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20h
The Russia Report
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16h
Nigel Farage has called Andy Burnham “a liar” after the PM said he had been told Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. As usual Farage is talking boll**** Get the actual FACTS here👇 youtu.be/uVRwW2VdXPE?...
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Nigel Farage has called PM Andy Burnham “a liar” - as usual Farage is talking boll****
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 16h
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Lady Anytimenow working with Sir Nearlythere @lady-anytimenow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 22h
Burnham, unlike Starmer, gets that if you have political capital, use it; and that if something is wrong, don’t let it fester, hoping problem will go away, but tackle it. His statements are at last lifting the miasma of lies, deceit and disingenuity around Brexit and opening space for proper debate
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Not to mention the oldest known UK remains, aka Cheddar man, was of dark brown complexion. This is a great question for Cruella, Farage, Lowe, Reform, Restore or any of other racist brainwashed individuals or tribes to answer " via The UK Against Hate
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 23h
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...
bbc.co.uk
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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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 11/10/2026
Much needed and it needs to be said loud & clear, over & over again. Burnham said he believes it is important to put this “clearly on the record” to help voters in Germany & France understand “some of this politics is instigated via our enemies”, amid the rise of far-right parties in those countries
standard.co.uk
Burnham says it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in Brexit referendum
He said people have not been informed enough of ‘the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas’.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I've just added my name to the call for the UK to join the European Union by 2036. A stronger economy, more jobs, greater security, and a louder voice in the world. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join_eu_by_2...
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Add your name - Let's join the EU by 2036
Add your name to back the ambition for the UK to join the European Union by 2036. Join thousands calling for a confident future at the heart of Europe.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Another meme ready for your anti-racist Poppy Day to use against Reform UKers who in 1939-45 would have been jailed for as traitors for peddling pro Nazis propaganda... meme via Mike against hate & racism
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/10/2026
Ofcom rules are clear: broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Farage allowed to have his own show on GB News? Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Andy Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why did five prime ministers leave voters in the dark about Russian interference? Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer Shame on all of them.
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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...
theguardian.com
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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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"It's as simple as that" via Anti Fascist League
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#RussianBrexit
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Did Russia interfere in the 2016 EU referendum? Theresa May: No comment Boris Johnson: No comment Liz Truss: No comment Rishi Sunak: No comment Keir Starmer: No comment Andy Burnham: "Clearly." The first time a PM has confirmed Kremlin meddling in Brexit. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Burnham confirms Russia 'clearly' interfered in Brexit referendum
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 11/10/2026
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum #Brexit observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.
theferret.scot
The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan
Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#NeverForget #BrexitFail
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I see that the ‘patriots’ down in Hampshire are now using VHF radio to threaten RNLI volunteers instead of doing it in person. How amazingly brave of you all! SUPPORT THE RNLI rebrand.ly/imvl9mb
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Donate to Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage, organized by Simon Harris
I am trying to raise enough money to buy a new lifesaving hovercraft for th… Simon Harris needs your support for Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear Brexpress... Is this fury in the room with you now? What backlash? #RejoinEU #BrexitFail
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 09/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.
theguardian.com
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Ofwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East Water
The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben says he quit UK for Monaco ... actually already there since 2014. Worth £28bn, objects to non-dom tax changes. Doesn't want to be taxed on the same basis as UK residents Super-rich happy to make profits in the UK, want special treatment, hold govts to ransom.
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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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire press... 'When the Sunday Times broke the news that David Reuben, one of the richest men in the UK, had fled to Monaco, Labour’s tax regime was blamed. However, research by TaxWatch has found that Reuben has been a tax resident in Monaco since 2014.' www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?
THE TIMES

Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On-brand. 'Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin completed the purchase of an £800,000 Grade-II listed property on the southern coast of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) two days after raising concerns in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why settle for a halfway house? Reuters argues that full EU membership is the best destination for Britain — with a seat back at the decision-making table. I agree. www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
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.
theguardian.com
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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
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The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
I wonder why Badenoch couldn't say that London benefitted from Brexit 🤔 The reality is that neither London nor any other region in the UK has benefitted from Brexit - the opposite is the case. That's why our polling with YouGov shows that 628 out of 632 constituencies want to rejoin the EU.
independent.co.uk
Kemi Badenoch refuses to say if Brexit has benefitted London
The Tory leader insisted that voters were not interested ‘in having a row’ over the debate to rejoin the EU
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have heard rumours that Richard Tice heads a company called Britain Means Business, that has no employees and sells no products but takes in very large donations from foreign based people and forwards them to Reform UK Ltd. I can't believe this is true, but if it is it should bring down Reform.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Suella Braverman too proud for benefits... Went to university for free Studied in Europe using the heavily subsidised Erasmus program Claimed ALL her rent, energy, council tax bills for at least 5 years Millions of pounds in expenses claims She just doesn't call them benefits
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We want OUR #FreedomOfMovement back! #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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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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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More lying-by-omission right-wing outrage exposed meme via FascinatingAvocados
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brexit can and must be reversed soon.
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Dan @socialistlefty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sure Nige, it'll be Reform Vs Labour, when 90% of your MPs are ex Tories 🤡🤡🤡 #ukpolitics #socialistsunday
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨 BADENOCH VOWS TO REVERSE moves taking Britain closer to the EU if the Tories return to power. She says agreements covering EU food standards, youth mobility and Erasmus+ would be targeted. Source: The Times #politicsintheuk
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not one person born THIS CENTURY voted for Brexit.
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If the UAE is really threatening billions over Manchester City, that’s exactly the kind of political influence that demands scrutiny. When wealth and power get special access, ordinary people deserve accountability.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stella Creasy is correct -our enemies want to see us fragmented. Brexit only made them stronger. For what is coming our way, we need to be at the centre of a united EU once again. #RejoinEU
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember that Farage deifies Thatcher and wants even more privatisation designed to make the super-rich wealthier and the rest of us poorer or destitute 'Absolutely everything rotten in the UK can be traced back to Thatcher' via St Helens Resistance
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