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Europhile, humanitarian, artist, mum, grandmother

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
More than 9,600 have already taken action and called on Ofcom to investigate Nigel Farage's GB News show. A party leader and sitting MP should not be allowed to host their own news show. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009. "My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead." "My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In 2021, income tax personal allowance was frozen at £12,570. If aligned with inflation, it would now be £16,070. A minimum wage earner in England will pay extra £980 in income tax & NIC in 2026-27. Govt can easily increase personal allowance by £3,000, worth £600 to basic rate taxpayer.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix the Brazilian election in 8 days. He has suspended the accounts of President Lula on Instagram and Facebook. These criminals need to be in jail.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
An oldie but a goodie. Lest the Standards Commissioner forget.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The obscenity continues These corporations are screwing us and screwing the planet, and no government has the balls or the backbone to act against them They need to be eviscerated and the money used for the common good www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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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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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 30/06/2026
😠From today's FT: quarter of the UK’s privatised water companies underspent their investment allowances between 2010 and 2025. THEY'RE SITTING ON YOUR MONEY, AND RIPPING YOU OFF. No delays, no half measures, no decade-long waits for things to change - we need water in public ownership now.
Headline from the Financial Times, above an aerial photo of a sewage treatment plant. "Quarter of UK water groups underspend investment allowances as network creaks."
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Nature deserves legal rights that are prioritised above all others because human life depends on nature. 🌱Like and share if you support the Nature's Rights Bill🌱 Write to your MP asking them to support the bill. Template email you can send: nataliebennett.org/2026/06/29/t... writetothem.com
I support the Nature's Rights Bill.
Human life depends on nature.
Find out more: natures-rights.org
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
No, I don't agree with government. Taking scarce water supplies for data centres is not the same as for homes, or food-growing, or looking after nature
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
How about curbing misinformation during planetary emergencies?
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Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest
Technology secretary says she is ‘very concerned’ about role of social media but will not be ‘bullied off’ X
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Proof, as if it were needed, that Starmer's measures to restrict political donations taken this far are hopelessly weak. Ban all crypto, limit individual and corporate donations to parties to £5K regardless of location of door. It's really pretty simple.
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Reform UK gets £9m in donations in first quarter of 2026, including £7m from two crypto billionaires – UK politics live
Nigel Farage’s party published the donations as part of its requirements with the Electoral Commission
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nobody should.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 25/05/2026
Would you prefer: 1. Migration down to zero? OR: 2. Functioning public services, a growing economy, pensions being contributed to, taxes being paid, universities staying afloat, care homes staffed and the NHS not collapsing into a smoking crater? One or the other - you can’t have both.
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The Great Migration Fannywobble
Net migration collapsed, the right got what it wanted, and somehow they became even angrier.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 25/05/2026
For more reasons why, the below remains pertinent:
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Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)
Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
2/2 I’ve long been fighting against gift wrapping public services and handing them to over to shady tech giants. Read more here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Now time to get Palantir out of the NHS and out of the UK.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Sorry for the plug but I feel obliged to reshare this. Farage told a podcast before running for election: “There’s no money in politics, there’s no money if you’re straight [i.e. not corrupt]." Around the time he got £5 million from a crypto billionaire before going on to back crypto deregulation.
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Nigel Farage Claimed There's 'No Money in Politics' Just Before Running for £91,000+ MP Job
EXCLUSIVE: Unearthed comments show Reform UK leader dismissing MP salary, just weeks before becoming Britain's highest-earning parliamentarian
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The economic plan put in place by Rachel Reeves to raise investment and cut the deficit is working. - start of 2026 was fastest GDP/capita growth in 4yrs - Q1 GDP growth fastest of 6 G7 nations we have data for - UK has seen the fastest investment growth in G7 since election
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There is nothing wrong with data being shared across NHS A single patient record is a good thing What is not good is Palantir being anywhere near it GPs are currently data controllers (protectors) & want to protect patients Govt wants to ‘force’ this No to Palantir in #NHS
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Water is a natural monopoly There is no competition There is no choice There is no market The privatised water companies have carte blanche to rip us off, we are a guaranteed revenue stream Bring water into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP - we can't afford not to 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqr...
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7 reasons why we can’t afford NOT to nationalise water
YouTube video by We Own It
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Everything can be afforded we will just have far fewer disgustingly rich people. And that too will be a brilliant thing.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“The right to trial by jury is an important factor in the delicate balance between the power of the state and the freedom of the individual. The further it’s restricted, the greater the imbalance” Those were the words of Keir Starmer. Now he plans to restrict them
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨 “This is not North Korea we’re talking about - its state sponsored torture in THIS country - happening right now” youtu.be/-Uo6dXX2oeg?...
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🚨STATE SPONSORED TORTURE - THE UK’S SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Doesn't pay any tax in the UK because he ran away to the Tax Haven Singapore to escape the effects of the Brexit he helped create. Then he bought up hundred of millions of pounds of farmland to avoid tax, then cried when it was made taxable. James Dyson is a scumbag.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
And yet we are being constantly exposed to COVID, especially the children in the UK. Under 12s have no vaccine access & most schools have no #cleanair beingpatient.com/could-long-c...
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Could Long COVID Brain Changes Signal Future Cognitive Decline?
Inflammation, shrinkage, and reduced blood flow may be linked to the cognitive symptoms of long COVID.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Excellent to see the Government commissioning fresh research into mapping and expanding Britain's temperate rainforests! Back in 2023 the Government promised to invest £750k in researching temperate rainforest. This now goes some way towards that: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/map...
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 02/04/2026
This week we’ve had lawyers for GB News warning us that they are watching us closely. Which is fine, because they know damn well we’re watching them too. Alan Rusbridger’s investigation into their persistent breaches of Ofcom’s code on impartiality and accuracy has got them rattled. #TheNewWorld
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GB News sets its lawyers on to The New World
Support our independent reporting and get a free “Is that true? Or did you hear it on GB News” T-shirt!
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Who owns England? Answering this question just became government policy. I spoke to Hannah Marsh about 10 years of campaigning for land ownership transparency, recent wins to open up the Land Registry - and how people can help get this over the line: wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/who-own...
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Who owns England? New plans make it a lot easier to find out
The new Land Use Framework includes plans to open up HM Land Registry, and reveal exactly who owns land in England and Wales…
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
GPs are Local The Local elections need to be focused on Local issues 31million people consult GP practices every month, half the population #TeamGP time to get the message out Can’t see a GP blame MPs
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Please read this, understand what the govt is doing & take action. Labour's immigration proposals swap integration for segregation, introduce a Dubai-style Kafala system of coercive employer control & drive low-income families into poverty. They're an abomination. open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The truth about Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore and how they were directly working for the Russia state in their work for the Brexit leave campaign. Farage is deeply involved via his association with Banks and in IMO, this makes all three of them traitors to the UK pdjukes.substack.com/p/you-spoil-...
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'You Spoil Us Excellency': the Story Behind the Story of Arron Banks and the Russian Emails
Mid way through the penultimate book of Trojan Horses, a radio play and some behind the scenes drama around that rash of meetings between Leave EU and Kremlin officials
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Spin Doctor Wes Letters from Wes Streeting to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee are timed to coincide with or precede GPC England committee meetings to disrupt, manipulate & misinform If interested in true negotiation they would be in the weeks building up to meetings to allow discussion
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We were told schools were safe. Teachers did their best to scrub tables and it’s clear from the evidence the government knew from day 1 that it was a predominantly airborne virus. Over 520 teachers and 200 children have died in the UK so far. 🧵
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 24/03/2026
In @arusbridger.bsky.social’s latest column, he examines whether GB News has become the Fox News of the UK—and, if so, he asks why the regulator Ofcom hasn’t stepped in. Read it here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/... Or preview 🧵 below... 1/6
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Jack dart @jackdart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Nigel Farage took £585,000 from GB News. His MPs declared another £770,000. Four billionaires have spent £170M building the media machine putting Reform in your living room every night. Today the Guardian exposed them and what they expect in return. This is a political project funded from the top.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Nigel Farage went to Dubai and Qatar to ask the billionaires there to fund Reform. These are the people he is selling the UK off to. Foreign billionaires. He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Most of the media reflects neither reality nor public opinion. It reflects the views and demands of those who own it: the Oligarch Class. They employ editors and journalists to channel their demands and sell their fictions. Hence the endless attacks on net zero. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds
Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
As mote high-profile #Labour politicians are speaking out in favour of repairing our relationship with #Europe, the case for closer cooperation is becoming impossible to ignore. The support is clear, now, it's time for the Government to act. #RejoinEU @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social
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AnneMc #FBPE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🩵 @boof64.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Reform UK really do inspire community action in the most unexpected ways.
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 So the farright male melts are having a bout of correctile disfunction over what young Hannah the new Green MP wore to give her maiden speech In Parliament. So let’s take a look at what Nigel Farage was wearing in Parliament on that same day …..
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
😡🔥😡🔥😡🔥😡🔥😡🔥 Reform UK are directly channelling a Nazi trope … and as usual, it goes under the radar . You tchk and shake your head …. while hundreds of Farage’s supporters nod in agreement And feel emboldened to verbally abuse and beat up “Immigrants’.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The GP employment paradox: why GP trainees are worried about finding jobs in a system short of GPs Most see struggles ahead That’s not great for the future @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"The scars of the Covid pandemic run deep, a rupture in the relationship hundreds of thousands of citizens have with the state that has never fully healed." Reflections on the final week of the Covid Inquiry - on what we have learned, and what we try to forget www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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Don't forget the harm of Covid
The Covid Inquiry heard its final statements yesterday
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Days after Andrew Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Are the authorities looking into that time Boris Johnson ditched his security to party in Italy?
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It says much about the state of the country.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The next few days are crucial to stopping Reform and getting Hannah Spencer elected as Gorton and Denton's next MP. I'll be in Manchester on Polling Day, and I'd love to see you there! Sign up to join here: greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Trying to book a GP appointment? Get a hospital result from your GP? Organise a blood test at your GP that your hospital said was urgent? Request a prescription? Facts 11% fewer GPs than 15years ago with funding cut by 20% Meanwhile 👇🏻 researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
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