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LGBTQIA+ he/him. Green Party member. Pro-EU and Pro-NHS. 🗿 Against all animal abuse from '21. Posts might be thoughts out loud, sometimes endorsements. All blocks, reciprocated. Intolerant of intolerance and inconsistency.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 7m
My book is done! If you or a loved one has multiple sclerosis, I hope this guide answers your questions, with every study and statistic as up-to-date as possible.
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me with ME 🇬🇧 📷 🍂 ❤️☮️ 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦 @me-with-me.bsky.social · 5h
Exactly dangling this & rejoining the EU when they continue to support genocide, let fascist ‘politicians’ & masked thugs go unchallenged, attack the trans community, attack disabled & SEN, attack poorer pensioners, etc all while giving banks, super wealthy and corporations a free pass. #votegreen
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3h
“We need to make sure our bills get lower. This is absolutely vital. It frees people up to contribute to society. It ends up helping our economy so much more.” Rachel Millward on why bringing down household bills benefits everyone.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 40m
Hooray it’s the Nerve’s first birthday today! And we’re also celebrating being financially sustainable 🥳 Thanks to @pressgazette.co.uk for this fab piece on our first year + future plans. And huge thanks to our members, supporters + team for getting us here 🙏💪❤️ pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...
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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year
Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18m
Shocking.
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their confer
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 29/09/2026
3 in 4 GPs say they're too stretched to talk to patients in depth about staying well, according to a survey of 2,316 GPs. The government promises a shift "from sickness to prevention". That needs GPs with time to do it. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Three in four UK GPs ‘too busy to talk to their patients in depth’
Family doctors’ professional body finds the majority have no time to discuss preventative measures
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 7h
🚨BREAKING: A destroyed Palestinian ambulance is at Palantir's door. Palantir supplies tech for Israel's "war-related missions" as it commits genocide in Gaza. It also holds a £330m NHS contract. No Palantir in our NHS. Join your local protest tomorrow: www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 3h
Health workers bring destroyed Palestinian ambulance to Palantir's HQ, to call out its involvement in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Palantir should have no place in our NHS. The government must cancel its contract NOW!
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 3h
Health workers bring destroyed Palestinian ambulance to Palantir's HQ, to call out its involvement in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Palantir should have no place in our NHS. The government must cancel its contract NOW!
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 24/09/2026
🚨British doctor who worked in Gaza on why Palantir has to be kicked out of our NHS. Join the London Rally outside Palantir's HQ on Thursday 1 October, 6pm. And across England, protests will take place at 20+ locations - find your nearest one: www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
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Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 2h
The Equality Act exists. Trans people are protected by it. So why does it feel like the ground keeps shifting? I've been thinking about this a lot.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 2h
As sure as night follows day.
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 2h
🥳 For the first time in TEN YEARS a sitting UK prime minister is officially considering Rejoining the EU! 🥳 But will Andy Burnham actually DO anything about Brexit? youtu.be/SHCbyyBeH-k
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Undoing Brexit must be an option - Andy Burnham
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1h
The one in one out scheme has been among some of the worst active anti-asylum policies in recent years, and it was all predictable, Among other things, it increased trafficking, caused untold mental and physical harm and led to deportations to unsafe countries. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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UK’s flagship one in, one out migrant exchange deal with France to end
The one in, one out deal is being wound down, after it returned around 1,400 people back to France
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PoliticsJOE @politicsjoe.bsky.social · 1h
Stopping the boats won’t stop your misery, ambitious social and economic policies will.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 1h
Most SLAPPs are for defamation or reputational harm and tend to be used by those rich and powerful enough to afford the necessary lawyers' fees. #EuropeNews
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Bulgaria passes law protecting journalists from abusive lawsuits
Most SLAPPs are for defamation or reputational harm and tend to be used by those rich and powerful enough to afford the necessary lawyers' fees.
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 1h
@novaramedia.com have a feeling you'll be having an in depth conversation about this topic ,very shortly
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 1h
Burnham’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the triple lock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics www.opendemocracy.net/burnham-socia…
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Scrapping pensions triple lock won't fund social care
Burnham’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the triple lock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics
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Mike Jay @mikejay.link · 1h
Increase green energy development reduce the need of reliance of fossil fuels, of which, coming from countries at war with others. Energy and fuel sovereignty needs to be discussed.
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Dr Tony Kainth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 1h
would be cool to see Josiah’s journalist colleagues from other outlets boycotting these events
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1h
"Privatised water has failed and must be taken into public ownership now."
PRIVATISED WATER HAS FAILED. WE NEED PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW.

ADRIAN RAMSAY
MP FOR WAVENEY VALLEY

"The Prime Minister is right that water must be run for public good and not profit and that the public is very clear that water should be taken back into public control and end the scandal of sewage in our rivers and seas. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister’s words in his speech today gave no commitment to this, just that at some point in the future there will be more regulation. This isn’t good enough. 

Privatised water has failed and must be taken into public ownership now so we can start to fix the crumbling infrastructure."

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❄️ endofthenight99 ❄️🏳️‍🌈 @endofthenight99.bsky.social · 3h
Make this into a C4 despatches programme #corruption
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3h
Here's the full story that the Tony Blair Institute doesn't want to answer questions about, on Democracy for Sale
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Tony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questions
We asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at Labour conference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3h
🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 3h
Ooh salty!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h
Really inspiring to sit down with Elodie and Jon from Streets Kitchen to hear about their incredible work supporting people facing homelessness in Holborn and St Pancras, and the need for urgent action to tackle the housing crisis.
Zack with Elodie and Jon at a table
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Plant Based News @plantbasednews.bsky.social · 2h
If you think a child will do anything other than cuddle a rabbit and eat an apple...think again.  Our natural instinct is to protect animals 🐰💚
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 2h
The profiteering from children’s social care is OUT OF CONTROL 💷Hundreds of millions in profits for big private-equity-backed providers 💰Senior civil servant owning shares in children’s care provider Add your name to demand an end to profit in children’s care: vist.ly/5kg88
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 2h
God when are we going to tax wealth in this country and stop dickheads like the Duke of Westminster and Charles Windsor avoid inheritance tax instead oh fighting over crumbs
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 5h
Me: Carney is Harper 2.0. Carney fans: That's absurd! How could you possibly suggest that?!! Harper: Carney is me 2.0. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/28/h...
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Harper sees Carney as his ideological heir - The Hill Times
Pierre Poilievre’s real problem isn’t that he is facing discontent from within his caucus; it’s that he’s losing support from important Conservatives from without.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 5h
French president Emmanuel Macron has labels Brexit the “biggest lie of the last 30 years."
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Macron slams Brexit as the 'biggest lie of the last 30 years'
French president Emmanuel Macron has labelled Brexit the "biggest lie of the last 30 years."
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Democracy Vibe · by NoMAGA @democracyvibe.bsky.social · 6h
Waiting until after the election means asking voters to trust the winners to redesign rules that rewarded them. That is not a neutral timetable; it is a built-in conflict of interest.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 6h
A fairer voting system can't wait until after the next general election. We need electoral reform now.
WE NEED FAIR VOTING BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION
 
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MP FOR NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE
 
"The PM cannot acknowledge the unfairness of a system capable of handing power to a government with a minority of the vote share, and then say the answer is to let that happen exactly once more before he fixes it.
 
Burnham must act with urgency to immediately jumpstart the National Commission, guarantee timely progress, and ensure its recommendations are delivered in time for a fairer voting system to be in place at the next general election."

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Richie Daiches Barlow @thedogwalker.bsky.social · 6h
Ugh…
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 5h
Let' see how many Brexiteers contort themselves and the facts to dismiss £92bn in growth and £43bn in boosted exports a year.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6h
📈 Only one policy option gets £92bn in growth. 💪 Only one policy option boosts our exports by £43bn every single year. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to rejoin the EU. And the EU needs Britain.
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Burnham says he could go ‘all the way’ and rejoin European Union in Brexit warning
PM said one option was to back George Osborne’s call, made in an interview with The Independent, to rejoin the EU custom
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6h
94-year-old Labour conference “terrorism” arrestee, Margaret Owen OBE, is an old friend of Miliband’s late mother. In an incredible @skwawkbox.org interview, Owen said: “she was never afraid of anything… she would have scolded Ed for not going far enough”
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EXCLUSIVE: 94yo arrested Jewish protester, friend of Miliband's mum, has words for him
Speaking to Skwawkbox by video link, Margaret Owen reminisced about her recently-passed friend Marion - Ed Miliband's mum
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Dr Helen Webberley @www.helenwebberley.com · 5h
Seven and a half years on a waiting list isn't an inconvenience. It's permanent physical changes nobody chose. I've… www.helenwebberley.com/insights/nhs…
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 7h
We will find out. We filed an access-to-documents request with Frontex to learn what they saw and who they informed. Europe owes answers and a state-run search-and-rescue program!
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 7h
Two mothers lost children, and another woman lost her sister. We assume Frontex, the EU's border agency, orbited over them with its Eagle6 aircraft. If so, they decided not to intervene. Did authorities leave them to die because they couldn't be forced back to Libya or Tunisia?
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 7h
12 hours. That's how long the Italian authorities knew about this boat before our crew reached the survivors. 12 hours in which people died. 6 people, including children, are still missing. What happened in that time? 👇
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 29/09/2026
Press release: sea-watch.org/en/2-dead-an...
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At least 2 Dead and 28 Survivors: Sea-Watch rescue in the early morning • Sea-Watch e.V.
In the early morning hours of September 29, the crew of the rescue ship Aurora, operated by the civilian rescue organization Sea-Watch, rescued 28 people from a deflated rubber dinghy and from the Has...
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 29/09/2026
🔴 At least 2 people are dead, including a child. 28 survived because our Aurora crew rescued them from a sinking dinghy and the Hasdrubal gas platform in the morning of 29.09. Our anger and grief are almost impossible to put into words. People have died again. The EU is guilty.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 8h
Who defends the poor if the poor are selfish?
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 8h
CHAOS IN LIVERPOOL Here’s a whole minute of Mersey Police struggling to contain peaceful signholders, mostly pensioners, who police suspect of committing terrorism offences. They’ve lost. It’s over. This law is unenforceable. @labouruk.bsky.social - Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. (27/09/26)
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 7h
A *third* Byline Times journalist has now been barred from Conservative conference – Chief Reporter @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. It comes after Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social and the late, great David Hencke were barred last year. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 7h
Why is this ruinous and uncorrected tory austerity rarely discussed?
During the 2010s, councils' overall core funding per person fell by 26% in real terms, on average, with higher council tax revenues only partially offsetting a 46% fall in funding from central government. But these cuts affected areas differently: in the most deprived tenth of councils, funding per person fell by 35%, compared with 15% in the least deprived areas. Councils in the North and London were also relatively harder hit.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 7h
Unlike the EU, Trump's new AI pact lets tech companies police themselves
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Unlike the EU, Trump's new AI pact lets tech companies police themselves
Tech bosses from Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic signed a White House pledge on Tuesday to keep their AI in check, with no legal force behind it. In the EU, the same companies face fines of up to 3% of global turnover if they break the rules.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 7h
🍕Ed Miliband said on Sunday that he is “happy to have a chat” with us. He told Andrew Marr he doesn’t think “anyone intended to have those people [Lift The Ban signholders] criminalised.” Well, Ed Miliband, it’s time to turn your words into deeds. Deproscribe Palestine Action.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 7h
The Hong Kong government’s plan to extend a baby bonus scheme for another three years in a bid to boost fertility and assist young families amid record-low births will cost some HK$2.3 billion, according to official estimates. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/30/l... Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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