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Christine Johnston

@christinejohnston.bsky.social
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Some lives are not worth more than others #NeverBeABystander 🇵🇸 Hind Rajab, our hearts forever pained. 💙💛 Total and unwavering support for Ukraine. Elbows up!🇨🇦

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 48m
Three weeks ago: @pbsnews.org #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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minus9 @minus9.bsky.social · 1h
One of these numbers is going up, can you tell which?
Graph showing a 22.4% positive change for the Green party as the other parties decline.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h
The people who say that their main concern is integration of refugees and migrants should be particularly happy today at her success in integrating. But I suspect they are very angry instead. It's almost as if the integration arguments are often made in bad faith.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump talking gibberish at the White House: “Canada charged us a lot of tariffs that nobody knew about, except me.”
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
Dennis Hastert died. Who's that? He was the longest serving Republican Speaker in history, a registered sex offender and a serial child molester. But somehow most Americans don't know about him. Anyway, he's in hell now.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“As the US mainland hasn’t been invaded since 1812 and there is no prospect of any country invading such a large land mass with (relatively) friendly neighbours, the only logical conclusion is that the implied threat will come from within.”
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The War At Home
The Pentagon identifies a new enemy…in America
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hoarder
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hegseth hosts his first Project Meridian meeting with Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. They’re looking at ways to use tech to boost Hegseth’s agenda, most likely using AI for surveillance and weapons.
Bunch of white men in badly fitting suits sit around a table
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A third aircraft carrier and a second Marine division has now been sent toward Iran, the WSJ is reporting. Looks like Trump wants to empty those stockpiles completely.
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Pumpkin #FBPE 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @pumpkinnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the “foreign actor” of Iran can recruit petty criminals to unwittingly spark a major security incident outside RAF Fairford, why can't the “foreign actor” of Israel do exactly the same? I unpick the absurd spin on the RAF Fairford arrests: jonathancook.substack.com/p/reporting-...
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Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a ‘free press’
When the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons even the semblance of critical distance from the state
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nope
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are.
Black-and-white image of Donald Trump standing in a hallway from a recent ad he ran on TV with taxpayer funds. White subtitle text on a black bar at the bottom displays what Trump’s voiceover says in the ad: “we will expel the warmongers from our government.”
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Small boat crossings account for ca 3% of total net migration to the UK. Watch GB NEWS or Talk or listen to Farage and Co and you'd think it was the majority.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“A cyber security expert tells the BBC the breach should set off "alarm bells" around the world.”
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Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal
Experts believe it's the world's first known AI breach of a government system.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is shameful. European leaders should either boycott ,or send junior representatives . Trump Invites Putin to Attend Group of 20 Summit in Miami www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Trump Invites Putin to Attend Group of 20 Summit in Miami
Many leaders are unlikely to welcome the Russian leader’s presence at the event because of his country’s war against Ukraine.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Either the UK government is: 1. Scared to confront the far-right; or 2. In agreement with the far-right. I don’t think it’s 2. I think they are absolutely terrified to do what they know is right because they believe we’re all racists. It is utterly shameful.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2026
Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest reut.rs/4hnTnnM
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Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest
Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on Wednesday after Israel's military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead ​of the annual olive harvest, normally a source of joy for Palestinians ‌in the occupied West Bank.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"This does not justify the Israeli govts actions in Gaza or the West Bank. Far too many people have died.. far too little aid is getting in.." How did they die? Why is so little aid getting in? Why is the UK still trading with & arming Israel?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy with blade while rescue worker onboard
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to disrupt arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover Charities have condemned footage of far-right activist Daniel Thomas using a blade to slash an inflatable dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was onboard, in a further escalation of organised anti-immigration protest. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the early evening at Gosport in Hampshire, aiming to disrupt the planned disembarkation of asylum seekers, but the Border Force vessels carrying them landed instead in Dover. Continue reading...
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Have you been wondering HOW money is laundered. Who does what? This long but interesting article spells out how the Kremlin et al actually did it to circumnavigate sanctions. Now think about why any person or party would promote Crypto : staring hard at ReFuk and Farage & Tice & their big donors
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Staff at world-leading AI companies and institutions are increasingly suffering from the mental strain of working on systems they fear could cause serious harm to society.” www.ft.com/content/6087...
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AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society
Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wowser!
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The more we looked at the Jason Arday story, the more obvious it was that the British press operated on a “presumption of guilt”. A shocking tragic episode
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20/09/2026
Well done again 🇪🇸 Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
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Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Meanwhile, we’re still murdering people in the Caribbean. www.reuters.com/world/us-say...
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🇫🇷🇪🇺 France's Foreign Minister Barrot: Obviously, Europe can be a superpower in the 21st century if it has the courage and the will. We form the most advanced coalition of nations, the most democratic society and the largest economic market.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
QUESTION: How tf is it a “sale” of weapons to 🇮🇱 if we 🇺🇸 taxpayers are the ones paying for these bombs? 🤔 💣 It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces. A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔎 From the archive: Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested As Reform receive £72m from Crypto Kings
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What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy
The former Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Delighted to have this #cartoon published in @theguardian.com #datacentres #environment
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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 12/09/2026
Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage.
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
No election fraud to be seen here.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trying to portray yourself as against "the forces of the establishment when you've just been given £38m by billionaires is a brave flex
Richard Tice MP

@TiceRichard

X.com

All those journos who were licking their lips, thinking they had finished Reform off, are duly put back in their box this weekend

Thanks to the generosity of Ben Delo and others, we are building a major financial war chest

We fight to win

The left will bleat and whine. Forces of the establishment will continue to try everything including breaking the law against us

We must ensure they lose
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12/09/2026
Ridiculous sums of money don’t level the playing field - they distort it. It’s increasingly urgent that we get to grips with Political funding in Britain - our democracy is for sale to the highest bidder.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🙏🕯️💙🌸🌹
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
London Mayor Sadiq Khan : “London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. 1/
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🔴 Jason Arday: The Story Behind the Story of The Times' 'Impossible Data' The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections & retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media storm that engulfed him. Special Investigation by @nafeez.bsky.social:
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Jason Arday: The Story Behind the Story of The Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump announced 17 MONTHS AGO that everyone was going to get $5,000 checks because of DOGE cuts. You got $0.
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