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European Humanist #FBPE #HeForShe - supporting democracy, the EU & citizen journalism. Tech developer. Apps (iOS/Android): Bylines, EMStaffs, Twalks. Web: slippery.news, EMStaffs.uk, TuruncWalks.com. centralbylines.co.uk/author/cliff-m…

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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In this video, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @marklynas.bsky.social go an adventure to watch bluefin tuna. George explains how Atlantic bluefin tuna were fished to near-extinction — but now, are in recovery Tell the UK Government: Defend bluefin tuna! Sign the petition: shorturl.at/fTY80
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Boosting the Midlands centralbylines.co.uk/region/east-...
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Boosting the Midlands
The Midlands: Big winners from closer EU alignment or big losers if the UK weakens ties with the EU
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
In Andy Burnham we have the first prime minister who openly backs proportional representation. electoral-reform.org.uk/in-andy-burn...
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In Andy Burnham we have the first prime minister who openly backs proportional representation
Andy Burnham’s rise to Downing Street means that for the first time in modern history we have a prime minister who is openly committed to proportional representation.In recent years t
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
People Before Profit. This is your chance to hold rogue organisations to account, and help us investigate those who don’t appear to care about the people they serve. Read all about it here 👇
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 17/03/2026
CO₂ is not just changing our climate, it’s attacking our physiology It’s not just climate change we should worry about, increased CO₂ is already changing our physiology, and not in a good way | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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CO₂ is not just changing our climate, it’s attacking our physiology
It’s not just climate change we should worry about, increased CO₂ is already changing our physiology, and not in a good way
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The Gorton and Denton by-election demonstrates the fragmentation of UK politics and the urgent need for electoral reform. @centralbylines.co.uk centralbylines.co.uk/politics/gor...
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Gorton and Denton makes the case for electoral reform
The Gorton and Denton by-election demonstrates the fragmentation of UK politics and the urgent need for proportional representation
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 19/02/2026
From Stoke-on-Trent to the ocean depths and upper atmosphere, the fingerprints of human-made climate change are clear to see | Cliff Mitchell
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Our climate fingerprints are everywhere, for anyone to see
From Stoke-on-Trent to the ocean depths and upper atmosphere, the fingerprints of human-made climate change are clear to see
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse @centralbylines.co.uk centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Lincolnshire climate leadership reversed
Lincolnshire goes from national leader to climate change blocker despite the science not changing and local impacts getting worse
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European Movement Staffordshire @emstaffs.uk · 31/01/2026
The benefits didn't materialise. Many lives & businesses were disrupted, opportunities lost. We were estranged from our family. If you've had enough of it & want a brighter future, #JoinTheEuropeanMovement today & help us fight for a return to where we belong: as a full member of the European Union.
Picture of Kier Starmer at lectern along sides words: "What is becoming increasingly apparent, is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum; that promise that all you had to do was "leave the EU and immigration will go down'. Then we had the Boris wave where it quadrupled. All you had to do was leave the EU and you'd have 350 million pounds a week for your NHS.' Well it hasn't materialised. All you had to do is leave the EU and all your red tape would be gone'. Tell that to any business that's trying to trade with the EU. Sir Kier Starmer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. European Movement logo of overlapping Union and European flags in top left.
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
An American allegory for our time… centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/from...
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From fedoras and guns to crypto and AI
Organised crime no longer dominates headlines as it once did but it hasn't gone away, it's just changed
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 24/01/2026
Climate disaster – an up ‘HILL’ struggle We have a planning framework for most anticipated threats of climate change, but what about High Impact, Low Likelihood (HILL) events? | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social
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Climate disaster – an up ‘HILL’ struggle
We have a planning framework for most anticipated threats of climate change, but what about High Impact, Low Likelihood (HILL) events?
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 23/01/2026
Climate disaster – an up ‘HILL’ struggle We have a planning framework for most anticipated threats of climate change, but what about High Impact, Low Likelihood (HILL) events? | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Climate disaster – an up ‘HILL’ struggle
We have a planning framework for most anticipated threats of climate change, but what about High Impact, Low Likelihood (HILL) events?
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Reform UK led council in Nottinghamshire is turning its back on climate action and is funnelling funding away from net zero. centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ... @centralbylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
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Reform UK Ltd cancels net zero in Nottinghamshire
The Reform UK led council in Nottinghamshire is turning its back on climate action and is threatening to funnel funding away from net zero
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 05/01/2026
Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Northamptonshire Net Zero: a no go under Reform
Despite concerning climate change evidence in Northamptonshire, the county’s Reform-led councils have abandoned all previous Net Zero plans
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 17/12/2025
£90bn a year is too much to ignore in the next election The harsh financial reality of Brexit and what it means for Labour in the next election @cliffmitchell.bsky.social
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£90bn a year is too much to ignore in the next election
The harsh financial reality of Brexit and what it means for Labour in the next election
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15/12/2025
£90bn a year is too much to ignore in the next election The harsh financial reality of Brexit and what it means for Labour in the next election @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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£90bn a year is too much to ignore in the next election
The harsh financial reality of Brexit and what it means for Labour in the next election
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 10/12/2025
With news that Madeleine McCann’s father has called for a new Leveson Inquiry After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control? The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another? @cliffmitchell.bsky.social
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After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The Mail try to smear Starmer to deflect from Farage's schooldays. Slippery News: slippery.news/public/sns.p...
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Comrade Starmer! As desperate Labour rakes over Nigel Farage's schooldays, we reveal the KGB's toxic propaganda machine and the hard-Left past Sir Keir would rather we all forgot
Fact-Based CountersKeir Starmer’s professional record is that of a mainstream constitutional lawyer and public prosecutor: he served as Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecut.....
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Unity is stronger than division. That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right. #Together we show where this country really stands. Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 27/11/2025
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
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The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 18/11/2025
Derbyshire in full reverse on climate change Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk? @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Derbyshire in full reverse on climate change
Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk?
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11/11/2025
Reform UK Ltd’s net zero incoherence in Staffordshire Under Reform UK Ltd, the county council is at odds with the other local authorities in Staffordshire on climate policy | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Reform UK Ltd’s net zero incoherence in Staffordshire
Under Reform UK Ltd, the county council is at odds with the other local authorities in Staffordshire on climate policy
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Say No to Japan’s Cruel Commercial Whaling Programme.
Take action today to save whales.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Which one is more English?
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 05/11/2025
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another? | Cliff Mitchell
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After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 26/10/2025
Climate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands | Cliff Mitchell
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Climate change in the Midlands is a serious local concern
Climate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Have you ever wondered why the Daily Mail is so right-wing? It's no accident, and to understand you just need to follow the fortunes of the Harmsworth family. #slipperynews Slippery News: slippery.news/public/fs.ph...
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The Enduring Ideology of the Daily Mail
An Analysis of Right-Wing Bias in the Daily Mail and the Political Legacy of the Harmsworth Dynasty
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The right-wing media campaign against Sadiq Khan continues... #slipperynews Slippery News: slippery.news/public/sns.p...
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It's time for Sadiq Khan to come clean over grooming gangs - here's 4 things he must do
Right-Wing Bias IdentifiedThe article exhibits right-wing bias through its critical framing of London's Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, specifically concerning
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
If anyone still thinks Brexit hasn't cost us, both nationally and personally, check out this analysis - and keep it as a reference source to counter the Brexiter misinformation. Slippery News: slippery.news/public/fs.ph...
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The true cost of Brexit
The financial ramifications of the United Kingdom\'s departure from the European Union (EU)
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you want to know the facts, not the headlines, check out Slippery News: slippery.news/public/sns.p...
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Slippery News Sheet
Digital ID will not secure our borders - it will only put law-abiding citizens at risk from hackers and create dystopian levels of state control: SIR DAVID DAVIS
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Badger cull dismantled from all sides in landmark Parliament debate open.substack.com/pub/protectt...
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Badger cull dismantled from all sides in landmark Parliament debate
The cull is collapsing under its own weight, and it is collapsing because people refused to accept a lie.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The Peak District National Park has deployed a creative solution to moorland fire prevention @centralbylines.co.uk centralbylines.co.uk/region/west-...
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A Staffordshire moorland tale of fire, peat and helicopters
The Peak District National Park has deployed a creative solution to moorland fire prevention
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The Nicholson memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, reminds us of the folly of war and the need to remember the fight for democracy. @centralbylines.co.uk centralbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
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The Leek Nicholson War Memorial: a centenary reminder
The Nicholson memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, reminds us of the folly of war and the need to remember the fight for democracy
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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I think if your surprise conference stars are Nadine Dorries, Andrea Jenkyns and Lucy Connolly it’s probably time to put the bottle down and have a good old think about how life is going.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 05/09/2025
"There is an ugliness to some of this - 𝘺𝘦𝘴 she should've done better - but it doesn’t equate to what we saw in the last gov’t with people on the make.” Angela Rayner’s resignation has provoked sympathy in some, vengeance in others.
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
After only thirteen months in power, the papers have written off the Labour Government, but why is that and is it fair? @centralbylines.co.uk centralbylines.co.uk/politics/lab...
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Labour delivers!
After only thirteen months in power, the papers have written off the Labour Government, but why is that and is it fair?
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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STOP UK HATE FEST - email the Home Office
Over 5-6 September, Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. We’ve stopped gigs like this before, now we need to put pressure on the Home Office to block the...
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
‪ Despite the media attention he receives, Farage does not represent the majority of people in Britain, nor the values that our country is built on - cooperation, democracy, fairness, human rights and the rule of law. Don't let him persuade you his policies are popular. @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Imagine a country where you have no vote, no control over how you are treated in your own country. It could be closer than you think! centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/how-...
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How to dismantle a democracy in just six months: part 2
In this second of two articles, the creeping shadow of attacks on 21st century democracy is growing; we have failed to learn from history
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Why we should be worried about losing our democracy - Part 1 @centralbylines.co.uk centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/how-...
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How to dismantle a democracy in just six months: part 1
The first of two articles looks at the rise of the populist NSDAP party and the end of German democracy; what are the lessons for today?
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 20/06/2025
BREAKING: MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The #AssistedDyingBill will now proceed to the House of Lords. A landmark victory for compassion, dignity, and choice.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A quick reminder of what today is really about: Russia threatens Europe. America is gone. It will not save us. Britain and Europe must work closely and with trust, on defense and everything else, in order to counter the Kremlin threat.
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Thinking of voting Reform UK because you want a change? Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country. centralbylines.co.uk/politics/thi...
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Thinking of voting Reform UK because you want a change?
Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This is a complete non-story. An ex-girl friend of Keir Starmer from 27 years ago, before he was married, is now a successful barrister. She is involved in 'numerous cases advancing the rights of women and girls'. This has nothing to do with Keir Starmer. slippery.news/public/sns.p...
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Slippery News Sheet
Keir Starmer's ex-girlfriend is pro-trans judge
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #HappyBirthdayYorkshireBylines The first of Bylines Network’s 10 publications turn five today, help us do more fantastic citizen journalism that speaks #TruthToPower by donating here: bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/
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Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Speaking truth to tech gods: I return to TED
Six years ago I was sued for libel. This time, I call Silicon Valley collaborators and data rapists. What could possibly go wrong?
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