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Cinders

@cinders001.bsky.social
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Uk based citizen of Europe. I want to rejoin, I want reasoned debate about subjects on which we may not agree. Never Tory. Never Reform.Refugees welcome.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
As Trump gifts Putin a financial and propaganda victory, let's take a moment to remember all those British politicians who have endorsed the US President and repeatedly hitched themselves to his egregious bandwagon.
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Nigel Farage Finds It Boring
ALT: Nigel Farage Finds It Boring
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026
Any nation that live streams executions is a shithole country.
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There is a better way….. @greensocialist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch: Spouting the same thatcherite drivel as every other tory leader for years, tired, dull, old, old, very old politics, with no place in 2026, or beyond. The good news? They are a done deal, who have absolutely no future. #PR ends tory rule, ends Farage.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Number crunching: “the poorest in our society” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Badenoch on #R4Today claiming the Tories’ problems started with the Coalition when they “had to make compromises” and were perceived as “not proper Conservatives”. Cameron/Osbourne absolutely steamrollered the Lib Dems, got all they wanted, and left Clegg &c. as patsies. What is she on?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seriously… how can a party that insists on scrapping all progress with the EU, binning NetZero and leaving the ECHR, so that it can abuse its power without accountability… how can that party claim “the soul of the nation”. The ruin - maybe. The soul - definitely not.
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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Journalist, "You called Margaret Thatcher a genius. Was one of her biggest mistakes the privatisation of England's water networks?" Kemi Badenoch, "Privatisation was a success" She then explains exactly how privatisation was not a success - shameless gaslighting, utterly disgusting.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tories planning to make cuts beyond the £47B announced last year if they win the next General Election. Same old Tories! They bring nothing to the table for our country apart from cuts, cuts & more cuts!
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Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
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Woke AF!🌞 @creethepea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good morning 🌞
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (they were horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The UK’s most insufferable presenter
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thousands of young people could lose key disability benefits Govt could limit the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and further strip Motability support. Hope the govt sees sense and doesn't repeat Starmer policies. Why not end corporate welfare?
independent.co.uk
Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes
The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election. Risks handing advantage to opposition parties who will argue the opposite. Will alienate some senior voters. Risks Labour backbench rebellion, repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment episode. Numerous ways of funding triple lock.
theguardian.com
Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election
Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#asylumseekerswelcome #refugeeswelcome #taxthebillionaires
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hands up who didn't see this in the MSM. So, everyone... 'Britain's economy grew more quickly than thought in Q2, consolidating its position as the fastest-growing G7 economy in the first half of 2026 before finance minister John Healey's first budget in October.' www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
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UK economy grew faster than thought in second quarter, cementing G7 lead
Britain's economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the second quarter, consolidating its position as the fastest-growing Group of Seven ‌economy in the first half of 2026 before finance mi...
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage says Brexit was a disaster because of Boris Johnson’s deal? Please MEDIA point out that at the time Farage supported his Brexit deal.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
The Law Society
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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not sure how the triple lock change will ultimately play politically. But trapping the Tories and Reform into defending a policy literally none of them support in private is potentially a neat move.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It only feels “radically progressive” because we’ve spent 40 years normalising radically regressive ideas. This was broadly how Britain worked from 1945–79, when average GDP growth was 2.6% a year — compared with 1.9% in the post-Thatcher years. It works www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’
PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Luxembourg the average state pension for 40 years of contributions is nearly 4x higher than in the U.K. Far from being unaffordable the UK State pension is a joke, what is unaffordable is the tax evasion which leaves us with so little money to spend.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maximum monthly State Pension. Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997 Guess which is unaffordable?
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Danny Tommo remanded in custody till next year. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Cry baby cry
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh and give me optimism any day of the week over hate and the misery agenda that defines Reform/Restore/Badenochism
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The British public has had enough of the Brexit lies www.politico.eu/article/the-...
politico.eu
Brits want to get closer to the EU — and even Farage’s voters agree
As Labour grandees discuss reversing Brexit, Public First results show 70% of voters would welcome tighter ties with the European Union.
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Monty Dodge @montyofdodgington.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tired of hearing "we have to make difficult choices" Translation, we're going after easy targets again! Try taxing the rich and let's have another referendum to rejoin the EU, this exactly what the public wants! Prove me wrong!
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Alan @recyclist.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
@iandunt.bsky.social Alternatively, the pension tax relief given to the highest-earning people in this country, at rates above the basic level of income tax, costs at least £15bn a year – vastly more than costs attributed to the triple lock.
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Michael Radical Left Scum. @engineerchap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The uk state pension is crap. Punching down on old people seems to be fashionable these days. Tax corporations.
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's time to start arresting Brexit politicians. "Misconduct in Public Office" is defined as abusing the public's trust, via deliberate wrong-doing that causes harm. Our leading politicians have all admitted they KNOW Brexit is harmful.
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Are Brexit politicians GUILTY of Misconduct in Public Office?
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Dominic Minghella @dminghella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are we seriously saying pensions are too high?
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And apologies… as has been correctly pointed out… £4- to £7bn is the cost to the Treasury, not the economy… where the cost is far higher, and should include the opportunities lost also… The relentless drumbeat to cut immigration has become a ruinous and dangerous national madness.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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WASPI Campaign @waspicampaign.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Supporters of compensation for WASPI women outnumber opponents by almost four to one. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/wasp…
mirror.co.uk
Supporters of WASPI compensation 'outnumber opponents by almost four to one'
EXCLUSIVE: More than 3.5 million women born in the 1950s lost out after the Department for Work and Pensions increased the State Pension age from 60 to 66 but did not properly inform those affected
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 16/09/2026
Its the right path! Latest research, finds that a Labour manifesto commitment to full European Union membership would secure the most support from across the electoral coalition voters the Prime Minister must persuade to back him at the next general election.
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A commitment to rejoin the EU would make Labour more electable
As Andy Burnham’s honeymoon summer draws to a close, Labour MPs are staring down the barrel of some truly perilous fiscal choices in the coming wee...
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