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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 7h

"Apparently Reform are now launching their own website as a full TV station. They are recruiting right now. ... And the question for Ofcom is this: When will you finally clamp down on this client media masquerading as a news channel?" via Reform Are Not Your Friends www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

incredible this will get little to no coverage

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10h

Leader of party - that sold its own shrivelled soul to the devils of austerity and Brexit - will use her conference speech to slag off Labour (yawn) and make the only promise the Tories ever make - cutting taxes… They have nothing new or credible… or just plain nice… to say any more.

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Badenoch promises tax cuts in 'battle for the soul of this nation'

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NewWaveAndPunk @punkandnewwave.bsky.social · 10h

Released in this day in 1977, the debut single/EP from #XTC Science Friction/3D EP. youtu.be/VIGFylacRDg

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23h

Sensational. Can’t believe it dropped just after I filed a column about her epic ridiculousness, though.

Kemi Badenoch describes herself as captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

After migrants - who's next for the full hate spewing treatment - will it be Muslims, claimants, old or disabled people - or will Farage just work through the Nazi list of targets for elimination ... meme via Angel Stroyan

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postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social @postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Triffids Wide Open Road 1986 youtube.com/watch?v=7N5a...

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 05/10/2026

Fuckface hit Brazil with a 50 percent tariff for prosecuting his coup buddy, planned to fund groups attacking its courts, and froze US consular services two days before the vote. He screams that our elections are rigged while Brazil's police investigate him for meddling in theirs.

rawstory.com

Suspected Trump election interference sparks police raids in Brazil: report

Computer equipment and communications were seized in Brazil’s largest city as part of a new Brazilian investigation announced Sunday into “possible external interference by the United States” in the n...

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David Cook @cookcdj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sounds familiar. Has she been sharing notes with the Kemaissance delusionists?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Shadow chancellor vows to cut tax in every Tory budget As always, it would be tax cuts for the rich. No mention of corporate welfare, equitable distribution of income/wealth. We haven't recovered from previous Tory follies. NHS queues, potholed road, crumbling schools. What will they cut next?

bbc.co.uk

Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget

Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 05/10/2026

THE GUARDIAN: The Conservatives’ proposed 90% aid cut would barely cover existing UN and World Bank commitments, leaving no funds for disasters or pandemics - and, charities warn, wrecking Britain’s global credibility. - by Alexandra Topping

theguardian.com

Conservative plans to slash aid budget by 90% to ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.

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David @zero-4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So Badenoch doesn’t have the figures but is insistent that she’s completely right Her phenomenal arrogance blinds her to her overwhelming incompetence #bbclaurak

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Tory Party spent 15 yrs running down public services. They hollowed out every public service to the point of collapse, they profited enormously from the Covid pandemic, they went through Prime Ministers like a game of musical chairs. They're saying they will get it right next time.

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you haven't read Badenoch's latest pamphlet, I don't blame you, but in it she launches an attack on the minimum wage. When so many people across Britain are struggling with the cost of living, it’s so tin eared. Same old Tories. They always want working people worse off.

An excerpt from Kemi Badenoch’s pamphlet, ‘The Right Way’.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Genuinely a buffet of shit. With Badenoch insisting she’s nailed it. Insultingly dim and disrespectful.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.

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Lady Macbeth @notinstructed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Press freedom is apparently sacrosanct when Reform excludes journalists, but negotiable when Badenoch’s own party does. A magnificent display of moral flexibility from someone lecturing others on democratic principles.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every single leader of Reform UK is an ex member of the Tory Party responsible for 14 years of austerity which killed thousands of old, poor, sick and disabled people Don't listen to their promises to make life better They are the problem "From one bin to another......" via We Demand UK

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David Cook @cookcdj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Remember that Farage & Co are Trump fanboys. They should be allowed nowhere near the levers of power.

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MJ 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ambientheat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hate and divisiveness are his campaign strategy.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As well as a Britannia Magic Dome, Tories will build a Halo Array, a Stargate, a Dark Tower, and a Death Star - named respectively Spirit of the Blitz, Maggie's Opening, Boris-Dûr, and Churchill's Clacker - funded by sales of a new wellness smoothie made with carrot, ginger, and poor people's tears.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026

More than 9,600 have already taken action and called on Ofcom to investigate Nigel Farage's GB News show. A party leader and sitting MP should not be allowed to host their own news show. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. ⬇️

bestforbritain.org

Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Conservative Helen Whateley, "Tax cuts have to be funded.. I'm doing work on what is the right way to bring down the welfare bill" My view: Why is the answer always more hardship for people who are already struggling, while vast wealth can be hoarded almost untouched?

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Will this make it onto next year's Tapestry?

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch’s whole shtick is slash and burn, which is red meat for the Westminster-brained, but for the wider electorate… what actually is her vision for what emerges from the ashes? What sort of country does she want us to become? Seemingly just one that’s punitive, uncaring and nasty?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.

Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.

Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If Flavio Bolsonaro wins in Brazil the first thing he will do is release his criminal father from jail. These Fascists don't even pretend to believe in democracy or right and wrong any more.

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CassBeSpooky 🏳️‍⚧️ @cassiecore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Brazil is close to electing another fucking Bolsonaro? Proves that electoral stupidity and amnesia is everywhere

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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Brexit has been a Tory masterclass in ideological madness. It’s widely accepted by the country as a barrelling shitshow but *still* their entitled little reps strut about insisting we can’t be allowed to vote on it again. Who TF does this person think she is? And why TF should she decide anything?

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 04/10/2026

DAILY MIRROR: Badenoch’s tax cuts for the wealthy expose the Tories’ enduring priority: protecting the rich. Behind the rebrand and smiley presentation, it’s the same old politics - Farage’s values in cheaper packaging. - by Kevin Maguire

mirror.co.uk

KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Kemi Badenoch’s tax cuts for the wealthy prove the Tories still put the rich first'

OPINION: Kemi Badenoch's newly-developed smileyness can't disguise her poundshop Nigel Farage values - it's still the same old Tories and alarm bells should be ringing, argues Kevin Maguire

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why stop there? Scrap the treasury to make the national debt go away Scrap the NHS and cure cancer Scrap the MOD and lo: world peace www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not good. Bolsonaro now clear favourite to win.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'

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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Brexit can and must be reversed soon.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're a decade into this and still getting fed "raises new questions" about very obvious and blatant corruption, self-dealing, and authoritarian capture. This isn't journalism. It's an institutional denial superstructure.