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Knitting Cat

@dameknittingcat.bsky.social
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Brittany dweller, knitter, bookworm, love libraries & bookshops, absolutely never Tories/Reform🇪🇺🇫🇷🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #StandWithUkraine Deleted Twitter, no Amazon. NO DMs NO Crypto crap

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Gen Keith Kellogg, Trump's original Ukraine envoy (the appointment was vetoed by Putin) says that Ukraine should ignore Trump's request and continue its bombardment of Russian refineries, pipelines and storage facilities.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23h
Someone has very kindly posted a quote of mine from Notorious on Facebook... to lots of 👍 SO here it is with a reminder that the ebook is currently a very reasonable 99p on all your favourite ebook platforms.
'Throughout history, societies have sought
out scapegoats upon whom all the troubles
of the world can be blamed. Switch on your
TV, scroll down your social media, turn on
your radio and you will find them soon
enough.


They come at us as 'fighting-age men on
boats' who claim to be fleeing wars but who
are really coming to fleece the taxpayer and
steal our jobs and women. They are the
minorities you are encouraged to fear and
loathe, whether they be black, South Asian,
Chinese, Palestinian, Jewish, Muslim, gay,
poor or Mexican. These are the monsters
who will displace you, kill you, brainwash your
children or enslave us all with their wicked
ideology. They are the mendacious, feckless
underclass, the commie trade unionists, the
wokerati, the illuminati, the transgender
monsters and of course, the poor. Depending
on your perspective they are either the 'eco
warriors' or the 'environmental terrorists
They are the left, the right, they are centrist
dads and all the cracks in between


And if we can just defeat these latter-day
witches and demons, then all will be wel
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump does something we may never recover from. He is more than unfit; he is both deeply malevolent and almost completely dysfunctional. The President of the United States is a malignant narcissist with a degenerative neurological disorder, very
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h
“The Trump administration is threatening to stop the procurement system that provides Ukraine with weapons in order to press Kyiv to halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure,” the FT reports.
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h
Love it!
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h
For the short term, Reform’s toxic fascist rhetoric is silenced, online. Our foreign owned and right wing compromised MSM will take up the slack, no doubt.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h
Polish PM Donald Tusk to the Warsaw Security Forum: “Nobody wants escalation and war. We are all dreaming of peace. “The road to peace is not through weakness. It is through stopping the aggressor by all means available.”
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10h
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute. UK infrastructure is owned by foreign investors/states - ports, airports, water, energy, microchips, auto, steel, computers, phones. Can't reduce UK vulnerability without abandoning neoliberalism.
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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 13h
Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 9h
Burnham‘s right but whether we move fast or far enough is to be seen. What infuriates me is the argument that this will open old (Brexit) wounds. Remainer wounds have never healed, we have just been expected to suck it up and shut up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU
Post-recess statement will focus on damage caused by Brexit and the need to cooperate on immigration and trade
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 8h
I'm grateful to Justin Webb on Radio 4 this morning for letting Zia Yusuf repeatedly blame all the problems of the NHS on asylum seekers without challenge, as if it is an accepted fact.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 17h
It's what we already think of him... #GetFarageOut
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h
I knew it!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 8h
Since UKIP & the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage has relied on Russian bots to amplify social media support, but, oh dear ... "Reform UK supporting accounts have almost gone silent after Ukraine hit a few of Russia’s big data centres" via Karen Maunder
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 8h
Andy Burnham says he holds Nigel Farage 'significantly responsible' for UK's miserable decade www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Nigel Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK's miserable decade says PM
Andy Burnham launched a rare personal attack on Nigel Farage as he tore into Brexit 'lies' over migration and accused the Reform UK chief of giving Britain a 'decade of division and drift'
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h
Zelenskyy at the Warsaw Security Forum: “This winter, if Russia does not agree to an energy ceasefire, we will respond.”
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h
Good question. Only on the fascist Hellsite that is X.
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h
Criminal behaviour & perversion and lo & behold there’s Gove!
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David G @davidgeorgeg.bsky.social · 10h
Yes, and not targeting 2036 FFS! (Which I believe was Burnham's last statement) We need to join lock stock and barrel, no red lines, no negotiations. Full membership. You cannot tell me that this approach would take 10 years!
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 10h
Surrounded by Trump’s cult, Russia and China it is imperative that we get back into the heart of Europe. Along with our friends including Canada, New Zealand and Australia we need to unify and present a stable centre ground in these worrying times. This is no time for delays. #LetsGo #RejoinEU
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 19h
Reform would suspend asylum system for parliamentary term if in Govt screams BBC online & 10 o’clock news.. But why is this news in BBC’s eyes❓ Reform have 8 MPs (LibDems 71), they’re losing one by-election after another, drowning in scandal and investigations… It’s BBC PR for them nothing less🤬
bbc.co.uk
Reform would suspend asylum system for parliamentary term if in government
All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 8h
No speech from Nigel Farage expressing disgust and inciting riots - it seems he's as interested in 'protecting women and girls' from white sex abusers as his alleged violent rapist friend Andrew Tate ... meme via Reform Sunderland Watch
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 9h
Yes…about time! Let’s take the fight directly back to Farage. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Nigel Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK's miserable decade says PM
Andy Burnham launched a rare personal attack on Nigel Farage as he tore into Brexit 'lies' over migration and accused the Reform UK chief of giving Britain a 'decade of division and drift'
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 10h
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social do you understand why decent people are utterly disgusted with this overt bias? Why is there no official BBC presence on Bsky?
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 8h
Are Reform Ltd & Lowe-life’s supporters missing too?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 9h
We’ll tell you what’s boring, Farage and the BBC… honking out Reform’s latest anti-asylum seeker bollox, as if it’s workable or wanted, and without any meaningful scrutiny. Yusuf on #r4today like a firehose of fascist idiocy, when this is the ugly truth behind their desperate outburst…
Mirror headline: 

Nigel Farage's latest announcement comes as Reform UK continue to struggle with falling poll ratings (O Gary Oakley/PA Wire)
Nigel Farage hits panic button and vows to ban all asylum seekers for five years after Reform poll plunge
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h
Burnham started his much-needed assault on Brexit yesterday by confirming Russian interference in the vote. Now this: “In a statement to MPs, Andy Burnham will argue it is time to "face up to the reality that Brexit has done more harm than good" and "the status quo is not good enough for Britain."”
bbc.co.uk
Rejecting closer EU ties would be dereliction of duty, PM to say
Addressing the Commons, Burnham is expected to say that a new deal with the EU could help tackle illegal immigration and boost economic growth.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 9h
Ok, firstly, how did I miss this and secondly, why isn’t Michael Gove’s name not mentioned in the second article??? Can you imagine if this was a former Labour MP???????
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10h
UK drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more. Hidden charges, full price not shown until the payment page. Neoliberals complain about regulation but silent on daily fleecing of people by predatory capitalism. All done to boost profits, exec pay.
theguardian.com
Drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more
Council car parks have switched away from ticket machines to cut costs, leading to extra fees for users
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 18h
His most staunch supporters are empty inside. They enjoy hating on ‘the other’ Makes them feel better.
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 18h
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Nigel Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK's miserable decade says PM
Andy Burnham launched a rare personal attack on Nigel Farage as he tore into Brexit 'lies' over migration and accused the Reform UK chief of giving Britain a 'decade of division and drift'
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026
After leaving tanker, oil from Exxon Valdez devastates Alaskan coastline on its own, killing over 250,000 seabirds.
Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 19h
#ThisIsAmerica
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Marlowe_UK @irishdreamer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Over on Facebook the racists are having a party over dead people at sea. I think it’s time a coordinated approach to highlighting these people to their employers starts in earnest.
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Bilodea @wjdee.bsky.social · 19h
Meanwhile, in the real world, Burnham confirms what many already knew - Farage was supported by a hostile enemy state to win his Brexit “victory”. The BBC must stop giving oxygen to this traitor.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19h
The BBC is already giving Nigel Farage coverage for a speech he hasn’t even delivered. Report on what he says tomorrow, by all means. But previewing it now gives him free publicity and lets him set the agenda before anyone can scrutinise his words.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 18h
Hmm imagine if any other Political Party like Labour, LibDems Greens got such sycophantic, or even (I’m choking as I say it) the Tories free PR as Reform🤔 I guess having just 8 MPs makes the difference…
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 23h
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir: “I think we must conquer the entire Gaza Strip. From a practical standpoint, the IDF is capable of doing this within a few weeks. “We need to return to intense fighting.”
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Defenestration @madwonk.bsky.social · 20h
But that's not as lucrative as Kushner going to "negotiate directly" or something like that www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20h
A devastating loss to international diplomacy. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have put their planned trip to Moscow on hold until they determine whether Ukraine and European countries are willing to support a new unified peace proposal for Putin, Axios reports.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h
“The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 (Brexit) vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."”
bbc.co.uk
PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit referendum
He says voters were not "sufficiently" informed about how foreign actors sought to disrupt UK democracy.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Another meme ready for your anti-racist Poppy Day to use against Reform UKers who in 1939-45 would have been jailed for as traitors for peddling pro Nazis propaganda... meme via Mike against hate & racism
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21h
Neither the EU nor the UK can rely on Trump's America, but we can rely on each other. We need Europe, and Europe needs us. 🚨 "Europe – now outwardly disapproving of the US – is more open to closer cooperation with Brexit Britain than at any time since the Leave vote."
independent.co.uk
What the grotesque ‘naked Trump’ statue tells us about the UK’s future back in Europe
Andy Burnham’s state visit to Berlin comes at a moment when Europe – now outwardly disapproving of the US – is more open
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
Update on the ceasefire Trump announced this morning.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h
Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in Dammam has been attacked.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announces that in the evening of Sunday, October 11, 2026, corresponding to 30 Rabi' Al-Thani 1448H, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was targeted by an attack, amid continued attacks targeting civil aviation facilities in the Kingdom.
GACA clarifies that damage assessments and safety inspections of airport facilities are underway, in coordination with relevant authorities.
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Both in this and his conference speech, Andy Burnham has marked the end of the Brexit gaslighting years. I don't believe this interference changed the outcome. But it is important that we have the truth: the EU referendum was a target because a vote for Brexit undermined European security.
Burnham becomes first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit referendum

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The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him it was 'clear' that Moscow influenced the vote
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump The Traitor, Is Helping Russia Kill Ukrainians 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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Tim Warwick @bigglesfliesundone.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sir Robbie Gibb's BBC News.......
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