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Clarissa

@clarissa57.bsky.social
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Retired psychiatrist escaped from Brexit and immigrant in Portugal.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I encourage people to use GDPR and send this guy's company a subject access request (SAR) if you think there's even the slightest chance he's been putting you on a list. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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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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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No, competitive tendering and transparency in the award of public contracts would do.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A gilded statue of a naked Trump has been put on display at the European Parliament. The sculpture, titled “Orange Plague” and also known as “King of Unfairness”, was created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt. Standing 2.5 meters tall including the pedestal, it is covered in 23-karat gold.
The image shows a satirical, 23-karat gold-coated statue titled "The Orange Plague" that depicts a very fat and naked Donald Trump holding a golf club and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nobody can walk from one end of Oxford Street to the other and still admire human nature. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from 26 October
Buses, taxis, bikes and other vehicles, will be banned from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If people spending taxpayers money on alcohol is such an undeniable problem, I assume they also plan to permanently close the House of Commons bar?
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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So, Guardian newspaper, why is that horrible ‘Dano’ called an ‘activist’ in your coverage? AIM certainly seems to be to cause fear, terror indeed.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks.
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always liked Gary x
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The hubby and I are off to a posh restaurant (Michelin starred) for our wedding anniversary tonight. So, in the spirit of making BlueSky slightly more fun, what's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done in a posh restaurant?
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Glad our MPs have enough time on their hands for such important matters. Perhaps they could also scrutinize UK record at international croquet events; why haircuts are so expensive; and how to improve the annoying music when you’re on hold for a phone call. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs
Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Given that it’s been extremely widely reported I don’t really understand, but apparently Ben Delo doesn’t want people to know about his guilty plea in the case where he, according to the DOJ “Designed BitMex as a Platform to Flout U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Rules”. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 05/09/2026
I’m flat out begging politicians to stop trying to win votes with a little light xenophobia. All you do is feed the racists without ever satiating them. Stop legitimizing hate
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's only terrorism if it's from the Environmentaliste region of France Otherwise it's just sparkling "legitimate concerns"
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Re-upping this...
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I would object to LLMs even if they weren't planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines because students need to learn core skills and how to do the work themselves. Also, they are planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines that give answer-shaped nonsense.
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📈 GREAT CLIMATE NEWS 📈 Renewables keep powering ahead. They now power *a third* of the world's electricity supply. And that number is only going up and up and up.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026
A former director of BBC News speaks:
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/08/2026
Farage’s re-election is ultimately a net loss for the people of Clacton. They are left with an MP who doesn’t care about their interests, holds a fundamental contempt for political transparency - and is facing multiple financial sleaze allegations and inquiries.
Stalled investigation into Farage undeclared 5 million can resume after by-election farce
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25/07/2026
Cancel all data centres, stop unnecessary flights, ban golf courses from watering their greens, do everything to stop this now. There's no point having capitalism if everyone is on fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
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Spanish PM warns of 'complex hours' ahead as wildfires displace 270,000 in Spain and France - follow live
Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated in south-western France, while Spanish officials say a blaze near Madrid is "beyond the capacity" of firefighters.
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Farage in The Telegraph: ‘If voters think I’m a crook, they can get rid of me.’ It’s not how the law works but, even so, I’m assuming if Farage is serious he’ll allow the voters of Clacton to look at all his finances, speak to all his donors, and put himself up for rigorous questioning?
Front page headline in Telegraph : Farage quoted as saying ‘If voters think I’m a crook they can get rid of me.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026
[boldly] I just don't think the British government needs to have Shabana Mahmood in it, I think we managed fine without her and we can just keep going without her, it's fine, Andy Burnham doesn't need to find a space for her in cabinet, there are other MPs
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New post, on why people shouldn't 'never-skill' themselves with AI: kucharski.substack.com/p/dont-never...
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Don’t 'never-skill' yourself with AI
If you rent your abilities from AI companies, other people can rent them too
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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
FRenascenca Reform UK ou caixote do lixo? Único rival de Farage pode ser Conde Binface
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Ah, but the spectacle of pompous, uptight men getting angrier and angrier with something slightly silly is extremely funny. Roderick Spode. Basil Fawlty. The entire comment section of the Daily Telegraph
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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thank you Wikipedia Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. Count Binface looks quite promising
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Unbelievable, just when you think they can't sink any lower Sky news have doorstepped Count Binfaces family😆
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I don’t really understand UK politics but I can’t wait for this race in Clacton between the joke candidate and @countbinface.bsky.social.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before?
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 07/07/2026
Washington records world’s worst air quality for a city after over 850,000 Fourth of July fireworks
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Washington records world’s worst air quality for a city after over 850,000 Fourth of July fireworks
Hourly concentrations of particulate matter rose to 6.7 times their pre-fireworks levels, according to an analysis
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 07/07/2026
Breaking - Trump to overturn Farage’s resignation
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I can’t believe nobody has pointed this out to him, since he’s been saying this for ages. So I’m afraid the only possible conclusion is that he’s a total cunt.
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Ben Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 03/07/2026
If Taylor Swift really wanted a private wedding venue she should’ve considered the National Mall.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.
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Jeff Spencer @revjss.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Graphic offering advice on “How to survive the global heatwave.” It says:
Stay hydrated.
Treat yourself to an ice cream.
Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class.
Loose fitting clothing.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Spain, France, Switzerland and now Italy is kicking Palantir out. Italy have rejected any new contracts and are reviewing the old ones. Get Palantir OUT!
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Euronews @euronews.com · 03/07/2026
The wildfire in Vouzela is currently the main concern, with over 900 personnel on the ground. It has three active fronts and is still spreading as Portugal remains on red heat alert.
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Portugal: over 1,000 firefighters battle wildfires on the ground
The wildfire in Vouzela is currently the main concern, with over 900 personnel on the ground. It has three active fronts and is still spreading as Portugal remains on red heat alert.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Britain is more than halfway towards reaching Net Zero. Most people don't realise this, not least as the fossil-fuel fanatics want us to think achieving it is impossible. Via YouGov


**UK public support net zero, but underestimate UK achievement to date**

"Thinking about the government's target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, how much progress, if any, do you think the UK has made towards achieving this target?"

**Long way / less than halfway** — 50%

**Don't know** — 28%

**Most of the way / More than halfway** — 8%

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*All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2,040 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 17th - 18th June 2026. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+)*
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