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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
@GMB.org.uk is actively impeding democratic reform. For selfish and short-sighted reasons, it is helping to prop up a corrupt system, which will never favour the politics it wants. The old ways are over, and it urgently needs to wake up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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GMB warns Labour MPs that cap on political donations could endanger party funding
Exclusive: Sources say Labour whips are calling MPs urging them to heed union’s warning and not vote for cap
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This is an absurd misuse of laws designed to tackle terrorism and an insane waste of a resource-starved criminal justice system. There were obviously not 900 terrorists wandering through central London on Saturday and it's utterly ridiculous to act as if there were
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"We will police the streets and not the tweets" says Nigel Farage, who previously demanded the police arrest a comedian for making a joke about him
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Perfect Private Eye cover
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 12/08/2025
Starmer's Twitter account is wall-to-wall immigrant bashing, and has been for weeks. You need to know these things if you're living in the Bluesky bubble and think everything's normal with Labour.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
An abomination. An affront to free speech and an acute threat to the consensus on terrorism www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London
Number of arrests was highest recorded in relation to single operation in at least past decade, according to Met police
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
It is absolutely absurd that Diane Abbott has been suspended for this. She's describing the lived experience of anti-Black racism. She wasn't saying Jewish people and Travellers don't experience racism. She's saying that racism takes different forms.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle. But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Whilst many have been critical of Bob Vylan’s chant about the IDF, how many of those have been equally critical of the IDF’s most recent confession - soldier confessions that aid areas have become a deliberate and planned “killing field” as reported by Haaretz?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Perfectly expressed.
"I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. 

Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. 

That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. 

If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after"

Sahar Delijani,
Iranian author
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
With even his Western sponsors criticising him, Netanyahu attacked Iran. We have a duty to keep ALL EYES & EARS trained ON GAZA. Ignore the war with Iran. Iranians can defend themselves. Palestinians need us to KEEP TALKING GAZA! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/... x.com/yanisvaroufa...
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‘Horrifying’: UN slams Israeli actions in Gaza as more aid seekers killed
UN rights chief says Israel’s warfare methods ‘inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians’.
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Signed the letter of support. You can too. Kudos to Jeremy Berg for keeping a spotlight on the mayhem unleashed by Trump and his fellow travellers.
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Chris Smith @chriswjsmith.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Have done
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.  It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
UK researchers defend diversity in science against Trump’s ‘war’. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p... Good to see this pushback.
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UK researchers defend diversity in science against Trump’s ‘war’ - Research Professional News
Independent Sage says scientists must fight for diversity initiatives or see important voices silenced
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
MAGA hypocrites.
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MAGA Politician Whines About His 'Preferred Pronouns' After Woman Purposely Misgenders Him During Hearing
My, how the tables have turned.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In these difficult days thank goodness for the Daily Star. Please share this with Trumpy friends
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Here’s a fellow of the @royalsociety.org using untruths to call for the violent overthrow of the government of the nation which they represent. Every time he tweets the standing of the Royal Society declines.
Tweet from Elon Musk with a poll asking if America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The reprehensible behaviour of a fellow honoured by the @royalsociety.org, the UK’s national science academy.
Disgusting Tweet by Musk that reads, “Jess Phillips is a rape genocide apologist.”
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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
OK, my left-of-centre friends, let us see if we can swing the vote in favour of Sadiq Khan; and really upset the Daily Express xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
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Do you agree with Sadiq Khan’s knighthood?
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Sceptic is misapplied as suffix on vaccine-, climate- euro- etc. Scepticism is healthy practice of withholding confidence pending evidence. If you recoil from evidence and demand your own alternative pretend evidence it's denial.
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Here's another great starter pack including lots of political voices you might have been following on "the hell site" Thanks @joshfwd.bsky.social for putting it together Just one click to follow all ...or pick from the list.. go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
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Chris Smith @chriswjsmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
One more PTB paper in the pipeline. We have genome edited cells with the Y247Q mutation you first suggested to disable interactions with LLGxxP motifs; lots of interesting consequences. Mainly focusing on other things now. Probably retire in 2 years, but carry on a bit of research, funding allowing
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Chris Smith @chriswjsmith.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Congrats on the well deserved recognition Stephen. Are you retiring or moving on?
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