Reposted by Danielle TurneyOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 51706339
Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Marina Hyde, today's Guardian: "The thing about attaining the very highest office in the land is that you have to be prime minister of all the things, all the time. It is difficult to see how someone as cynically selective as Farage could somehow become the sort of leader able to speak for a nation" 001
Reposted by Danielle TurneyThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026And if it turns out the suspects were, in fact, born in the UK, where to next? Only second generation? Were they lefties? Vaccinated? The farce is becoming a bit much now. 71454105
Reposted by Danielle TurneyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So is the White House, the Kennedy Center, and for that matter the Supreme Court, Congress, the executive branch, the rule of law, the military, public health, and.... Let's hope for a midterm landslide and thereafter some memory in the electorate of who broke what. 11517113
Reposted by Danielle TurneyDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Anything short of total and vocal condemnation of these far right thugs, and none of this bs about "understanding legitimate concerns" from Labour can at this stage only be seen as a tacit acceptance of their actions, which is exactly how the far right sees it and which ultimately emboldens them. 216034
Reposted by Danielle TurneyEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321006543
Reposted by Danielle TurneyToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026remigration is what today's right call ethnic cleansing 631469
Reposted by Danielle TurneySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group. 22936178
Reposted by Danielle TurneyWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Isn't it funny how the headline isn't "Anti-migrant protestor jailed for throwing bottle"... 2429
Reposted by Danielle TurneyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter. 1964267854
Reposted by Danielle TurneyLiam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country. 261490236
Reposted by Danielle TurneyDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, at this point, it's fairly unambiguously paramilitarism. You've got a non-state actor using violence to further political objectives. It's flagrantly in breach of democratic principles several times over. Inaction would be the most ultimate failure of a democratic government. 732170
Reposted by Danielle TurneyRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/ 92121572103
Reposted by Danielle TurneySimon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tonight’s fascist attack on an RNLI lifeboat is the result of years of stochastic terrorism directed at asylum-seekers by mainstream politicians and media. Repeated high profile claims that “we must stop these people!”. The fascists are simply following through on that rhetoric. 15323
Reposted by Danielle TurneyAnand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“They are weaponizing that narrative [trafficking] because it makes them out to be the good guys, and everything else makes it really clear that they’re not.” 233
Reposted by Danielle TurneyFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wrong question. It isn’t so much a question of whether he can or can’t. It’s whether we WANT him to do so given how utterly corrupt and wicked Trump’s régime is. Would we WANT him to have a “strong relationship” with Hitler’s Germany. Isn’t is just WRONG? Fly under the radar maybe. At best 2015438
Reposted by Danielle TurneyDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026People do have "legitimate concerns" about things like housing, rising cost of living, NHS waiting lists etc. That's absolutely fair. Despite political and media rhetoric, absolutely none of those concerns are solved by attacking asylum seekers and other migrants. 1/ 116566
Reposted by Danielle TurneyTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think the prime minister should have said this 1844461
Reposted by Danielle TurneyThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Never incredulous, or shocked or surprised, about the misuse of terrorism law, only disappointed. 2374
Reposted by Danielle Turneyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I remember outrage about Just Stop Oil blocking a street, just in case an ambulance had to drive down it. Not because an ambulance was prevented from doing so, you understand. Just the abstract idea that one might have to. 5799298
Reposted by Danielle TurneyJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There was no independent presenter or proper cross-examination on the show. It was Farage acting as defendant, prosecution and judge all at once, with long stretches of contestable monologue exonerating his donors and attacking Labour bylinetimes.com/2026/09/17/n...bylinetimes.comNigel Farage Handed Platform by GB News to Defend Reform UK's £72m Donations From Crypto Billionaires"These donations are completely legal," insisted the Reform UK leader as he used his first appearance as a GB News host for six months to dismiss all questions about where his party is getting its rec... 2173
Reposted by Danielle TurneyPraxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The hostility toward the RNLI should be a wake-up call. Organisations supporting migrants and refugees have been warning for years that abuse toward those who help others is escalating. @minnierahman.bsky.social explains how civil society must stand together: www.independent.co.uk/voices/rnli-...independent.co.ukIf we don’t stand up to the far-right for our RNLI heroes, what will it take?Complacency and inaction from successive governments mean the wave of far-right abuse has now reached our heroic lifeboat volunteers, writes charity CEO Minnie Rahman – and it shows what charities kno... 13524
Reposted by Danielle TurneySarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026While rightwing media nods approvingly at the prejudiced outcry in Piddington, a RNLI station has to close because of white British thuggery and threats. This is where the constantly toxic obsession with immigration leads. To racist, flag-wielding vigilantism that ruins this country for everyone. 44779299
Reposted by Danielle TurneyOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff. 1191745355
Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This clip should be played on repeat, loudly! 000
Reposted by Danielle TurneySteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Reform Party might go to the European Court of Human Rights - the court it wants to leave To challenge retrospective legislation ("not the British way") - but retrospective legislation (loss of indefinite leave to remain) is the core of its immigration policy 27335163
Reposted by Danielle TurneyJonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just heard Farage on the radio saying that it would be unacceptable if the govt was to apply any new donor rules retrospectively against the crypto bonanza Reform just received. This is the party which wants to retrospectively rescind indefinite leave. 0298
Reposted by Danielle TurneyOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026No evidence at all of crime in Essex being driven by asylum seekers. This Reform use of taxpayers money is all about driving hate and fear against migrants. 113910324
Reposted by Danielle TurneyJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations. 7468212
Reposted by Danielle TurneyAnya @heyanyahere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It always Ukraine who needs to do something, to withdraw somewhere, to give something up, to accept the situation and so on and so on. Russians don't need to do anything. Those damn Ukrainian warmongers, who don't want to die quietly! 63670168
Reposted by Danielle TurneyAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Many members of the Israeli establishment – from former PMs to judges, generals and academics – vehemently oppose the actions of settlers in the West Bank and support sanctions. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Miliband app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74705/...app.prospectmagazine.co.ukConfronting Jewish terrorism is not an act of Jew hateMany members of the Israeli establishment vehemently oppose what is happening in the West Bank. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Miliband 10263126
Reposted by Danielle TurneyCarsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026They’re openly mocking a government unwilling to put a cap on donations. 0144
Danielle Turney @danielleturney1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A book you want to read. A book you didn't know you wanted to read, but hey, it looks fun/interesting/spooky - and it's free so why not borrow it. A book that child is captivated by. A book those kids will talk about together. So much choice. Libraries. Too good to lose. 000
Reposted by Danielle TurneyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yet another reason Burnham was a fool for not tightening up rules on donations. 810120
Reposted by Danielle TurneyPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Ben Delo who has just given Reform £36m is the same Ben Delo who US prosecutors said was the leader of a ‘criminal enterprise’ But hey ho, it’s fine for him- and any other crypto bro - to buy British democracy lock stock and barrel democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-4m...democracyforsale.substack.comReform's £4m donor "thumbed his nose at the law", US prosecutors saidBen Delo has called his US conviction a "non-crime". Prosecutors said the Farage-backing crypto billionaire was a “leader of a criminal enterprise”. 13433216
Reposted by Danielle TurneyThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 321420631
Reposted by Danielle TurneyDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“It’s one thing to go out and hold up a placard” Deputy Met Police Commissioner Matt Jukes said that the police take neo-Nazi threats more seriously than those peacefully holding placards. There have been over 3,600 arrests since July 2025 for peacefully holding up a placard. 129475
Reposted by Danielle TurneyJon Halling @jonhalling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think one of the many reasons the political class should not be on X is that they've convinced themselves this is a median voter position instead of a deeply unpleasant fringe amplified by a rich white supremacist. 0102
Reposted by Danielle TurneyWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The reason *everyone* should care about this - whatever their politics - is that nobody is safe from having an uncontrolled mob descending on the hotel they are staying at. And that's what is becoming permissible by the lack of a robust response. 332450
Reposted by Danielle TurneyFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties 361419547
Reposted by Danielle TurneyHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A criminal investigation is underway by Met Police into allegations Reform broke the law in relation to foreign funding, following a C4 broadcast involving James Orr. James Orr is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity. Any media interest in hundreds of articles? 12436101
Reposted by Danielle TurneyFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The very idea that the police want us to believe that 300 black clad louts wearing balaclavas was so “spontaneous” they could not respond adequately is even more ludicrous when you hear they were warned several times the night before that they were gathering..and their plans overheard in the pub. 21394125
Reposted by Danielle TurneyDrDucko 🦆 @drducko.myatproto.social · 08/09/2026I'm losing my mind over this. This is so far beyond even his day-to-day level of delusional. Jaw dropping insanity. This man does not live in reality. He is completely gone. How is this not front page everywhere?! How are people seeing this and just doing nothing?! Please tell me I'm not alone. 2395