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Colin N. Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #FBPE #FBPPR #RejoinEU

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Scot. Former secondary teacher of Geography and senior lecturer, Initial Teacher Education, (senior fellow HEA). Now exploring those horizons having never had time to travel to before. Same @colinnwalker as found on the old blue bird.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The media is going to platform Farage in Clacton even if he stands alone. So without a serious unity candidate against him, who's going to defend Europe, immigrants, human rights, diversity, honesty, decency, fairness, young voters, Ukraine, NetZero, science, facts or democracy when he attacks them?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sky News, "Nigel Farage perhaps was not expecting at 10pm to find that Count Binface was his only rival" "The motive seems to be the Standards Commissioners Inquiry"
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I do wonder whether Christopher Harborne (aka Chakrit Sakunkrit) is the only person to have secretly gifted an eye-wateringly enormous sum of money to Nigel Farage shortly before he changed his mind about running for office…
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
An endless stream of new Reform councillors are now going to be exposed for their bigotry.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 09/05/2026
“73% of people in Northern Ireland would vote to rejoin the EU if the UK held a referendum tomorrow. Northern Ireland voted 56% to Remain in the 2016… [latest] support has come from all sides, Nationalist & Unionist, Catholic & Protestant.” #Brexit www.europeanmovement.co.uk/northern_ire...
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73% of people in Northern Ireland would vote to rejoin the EU
As the UK marks 10 years since the Brexit referendum, new polling from the European Movement Ireland shows that public opinion in Northern Ireland has shifted decisively towards Europe.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
For two years the 'Blue Labour' tendency has told the party's core liberal voters (in the famous words of Shabana Mahmood) to "f*** right off". Now they've acted accordingly www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-ma...
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How the Mahmood-McSweeney Strategy Handed the Local Elections to Nigel Farage
For two years the 'Blue Labour' tendency has told the party's core voters to "f*** right off". Now they've acted accordingly
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I think we now have the answer
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"It's grifters like you and your colleagues who are the problem" #BBCQT Gent slams Reform UK and Conservatives for attacking migrants
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
MEGA (Make England Great Again) is rising and it should frighten us all. From Farage Camps to Local Election results everything is going Reform's angry way and Britain's decent majority need to step up now. Inaction is no longer an option. Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/farage-camps...
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Farage Camps, Reform Gains and Snake Oil - why Britain's decent majority need to wake up to MEGA
News direct from reporters you trust.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Curse of Private Equity Modella Capital to close up to 150 former WHSmith shops. Business model: high debt, asset-stripping, staff/wage cuts, restructuring to avoid paying unsecured creditors, little/no long-term commitment. Same owners gutted Claire's, The Original Factory Shop, Hobbycraft.
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Up to 150 former WH Smith stores face closure, putting thousands of jobs at risk
Modella Capital, which rebranded shops as TG Jones, unveils radical restructuring plan, including rent holidays
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Exactly
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Reform UK’s Mike Mendoza, newly elected councillor (former Conservative), was involved in a collision with an elderly female pedestrian while leaving the election count at Worthing Leisure Centre in his car.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This seems to be the final tally of Council Seats. Labour still have stonking majority in the House of Commons (403 seats) and still have 1300 majority of Councillors. They lost way less than projected. Although every loss was felt and apologised for. Onwards and upwards 🌹
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yet for all those mentions, Reform doesn't actually get held to account. Dodgy £5m gifts? Constant tax evasion? Running the party from Dubai? Inexplicable house purchases? Jailed for kicking your wife? Wall-to-wall racism? Backing Iran war? Scrapping the NHS? Literal concentration camps? Silence.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Elected to Coventry Council, Reform UK’s Jennifer Wells runs failing nurseries, and now she’s just taken on another job.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated Jay Cooper has been sacked following his election for holocaust denial.
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Henrik Larsen @henriklarsen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Let me see if I get this right. Farage was instrumental in the Brexit decision. Before Brexit Wales was getting development funds from the EU. That funding was not replaced from Westminster, and now the Welsh people has rewarded Farage with 34 seats in this election.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Glenn Gibbins, Reform UK’s new councillor in Hylton Castle Ward. Reform UK people like him to be elected. Racist, sexist, Reform UK.
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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Yes, the Starmer piece in the Guardian is 95% vacuous tosh but it does make sure to squeeze in the toxic dog whistle “strong and secure borders”. Just in case anyone was thinking that he might be turning away from his ugly hero voter strategy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These election results don’t mean tacking left or right, but delivering for the whole country | Keir Starmer
In the coming days I will be setting out our path to break with the status quo once and for all by building a stronger and fairer UK, says the prime minister, Keir Starmer
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
When Trump dies and people celebrate that fact, show this to anyone who complains.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
First Iran called Trump's bluff and now the markets are. They've spotted that the cards Trump is holding are Master Bun the Baker's son and the rules of solitaire.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Confused old man yells at military alliance
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Kansas firefighters rescue chubby cat trapped in massive recliner while trying to hide from the vet" God speed, chubby cat.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
‘Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country one might question whether he is the patriot we need to comment on this issue' Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Phillwatson FBPE 🇬🇧🇨🇭 🇪🇺🖖 🔶 @phillipwatson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
EU have just signed a treaty with the Swiss to scrap the complicated trade relationship. EU want a simple overarching treaty not the mess they had with the Swiss and don’t forget Switzerland are in Schengen which is why they allow a closer relationship than the U.K with the SM
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Freedom of Movement of people, goods, service and capital are certainly indivisible in the context of the single market. But outside of that context, Freedom of Movement of people could certainly stand alone as a first step. In fact, it does in Switzerland. And between Ireland and UK too.
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is… quite good actually?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“We want to make Europe as strong as possible and that means not putting up the drawbridge” Didn’t Brexit detonate that drawbridge? Great if you want to rebuild it though. Not that great if your red lines mean your pace is glacially slow and has Farage standing by with more explosives. (Times)
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Extracts:

Closer ties with EU are Britain's biggest prize
Ben Clatworthy Whitehall Editor

Closer integration with the European Union is the "biggest prize" for Britain, Rachel Reeves has said.
The chancellor said closer alignment with the EU "is a political argument Labour can win" and closer ties with the bloc would boost trade and make things easier for businesses and cheaper for consumers.
Speaking at the London School of Economics, Reeves said: "The biggest prize is clearly with the EU. The truth is, economic gravity is reality. Almost half of our trade is with the European Union. We trade almost as much with the EU as the whole of the rest of the world combined. There are three big trading blocs in the world -there's the US, there's China and there is Europe.
"We want to make Europe as strong as possible, and that means not putting up the drawbridge."
Sir Keir Starmer has maintained that rejoining the customs union was a red line, although he is open to closer ties on specific issues, such as food stan-dards, animal welfare and pesticide use.

Reeves added she believes that the UK rejoining the EUs Erasmus
 scheme, which was announced late last year, is "one of the most popular things that we've done as a government".
The comments will raise hopes on the soft left of the Labour party, which is feeling emboldened after Starmer was forced to head off a challenge to his premiership on Monday, the leadership plans a change in its stance on the EU.
They also mark a shift in Reeves's language on Europe. Last month in Davos, she urged Cabinet ministers to stop floating the idea of a closer union, insisting Britain could not "go back in time". Her comments were seen as aimed at Wes Streeting, the health secretary, who said in December: "The best way for us to get more growth into our economy is a deeper trading relationship with the EU."
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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is bizarre. It doesn't even make sense. Why is Tower Bridge in it? They're stupid as well as bigoted.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Yep. And emptying their freezers.
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Teachers in England driving homeless pupils to school and washing clothes, research shows
Survey finds schools referring homeless children to food banks as record numbers live in temporary housing
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NPR @npr.org · 25/01/2026
The president has backed off his threat to take Greenland by force. But his highly inflammatory remarks in Switzerland rattled U.S. allies and threatened to tear down the pillars of the world order.
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Trump vs. U.S. allies: How will this end?
The president has backed off his threat to take Greenland by force. But his highly inflammatory remarks in Switzerland rattled U.S. allies and threatened to tear down the pillars of the world order.
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Please read and share this. It shapes all my thinking about the future of the US right now, and it explains why Trump and the GOP are behaving the way they do. There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote. bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/01/2026
Now is the moment to be clear-eyed about the threats facing Britain. Putin is waging war in Europe, while Trump undermines the alliances that keep us safe. Defence Bonds would help protect our country and let people invest in Britain’s security.
Ed Quote Graphic. 

TEXT: Now is the moment to be clear-eyed about the threats facing Britain. 

Vladimir Putin is waging war in Europe while Donald Trump is tearing up the rules and alliances that keep us safe.

Britain and our allies must rapidly strengthen our defences to deter the likes of Putin. 

Defence Bonds would give ordinary people the opportunity to contribute to Britain’s security.

It is much better to invest now in deterring a war than having to fight one.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Zack Polanski: “Brexit has been a catastrophe: economically, socially, culturally and around the arts. It made absolutely no sense in the first place. Even with people who voted for Brexit, polling shows again and again that they now regret that decision or they can’t see a single real benefit.” 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Canada’s PM Mark Carney's now legendary Davos speech. Worth listening to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=miM4... - (speech is 17 min long)
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Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
YouTube video by World Economic Forum
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester. We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote. A new Green MP representing the community. Let's go! Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Trump wants to send the military after American citizens.” — 10/15/24 She told you so‼️‼️‼️
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Everyone has seen the videos, yet they lie, and they lie, and they lie.
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New Moon Musings @newmoonmusings.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Federal Agents in US murdered nurse Alex Pretti
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
That AI penguin has more chance of being the next mayor of London than Cunningham. Talk about not understanding the city you seek to represent.
Choose a new path for London
Before it's too late.


CHOOSE A NEW PATH
FOR LONDON


REFORM
UK


LAIla cunningham sharing meme of herself and a penguin in tribute to Trump
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 25/01/2026
Showing their true colours then. The NHS would be destroyed by Reform UK They’d happily see a US style system where people die or go bankrupt if they get too
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Ed Davey, "With Trump in the White House, the US is no longer a reliable ally" "We have to look at alternative coalitions" "Customs Union with the EU" "How did we get Trump to back down on Greenland? It wasn't the UK, it was the EU threatening retaliatory tariffs"
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