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David Bell

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Proud dad, retired nurse, amateur musician, archery coach, volunteer for English Heritage, cat person, table top and video role-playing gamer since the late 70s, proud European, left wing member of the Liberal elite (allegedly) since 2016. 😊🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦

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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 17h
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Paul @irishpaul68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No words required.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do it now. 👍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain would not cut up the Bayeux tapestry. So seize this moment and reunite the Parthenon sculptures in Greece | Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Both Greek and British citizens think the sculptures should be returned. What’s needed now is political will and courage, says Kyriakos Mitsotakis, prime minister of Greece
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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Polite Poet (@politepoet)
Great idea.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Reform UK scare story of a non-white take-over of the UK is pure fantasy ...
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The USA, a haven for paedophiles. 🤬 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK ministers urged to act after US flies out diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children
US officials reportedly raided envoy’s London home and took him to American airbase without warning Met police
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A must-read about resistance, not just acceptance. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/09/2026
On point ⬇️ The ‘stop the boats’ narrative is increasingly presented as if it stems from a concern for women’s safety. This is just the laundering of thuggery.
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Why does the hard right have such a high tolerance for domestic abusers in their midst?
The ‘stop the boats’ narrative is increasingly presented as if it stems from a concern for women’s safety. This is just
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
An absolutely fantastic #Roman barge, "De Meern 1", lenght 25m. It was wrecked in a winding tributary of the Rhine around the year 190 AD, possibly due to navigational error. Much of the barge's interior and the captain's personal belongings were preserved in...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #Archaeology
A photo of a well-preserved wooden barge displayed inside a building. The barge is long and narrow, with wooden benches running along its length. It appears weathered. There are some people watching the barge, giving a sense of scale to the barge.
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Funny that Putin doesn't feel the need to threaten the US. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato
Moscow threatens retaliation after Andy Burnham says UK will help Ukraine start producing long-range missiles
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
South Africa used to have a word for that. Apartheid! 🤬 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list
UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Imagine a man driven to kill himself because the British media destroyed his reputation based on lies. And then imagine that, even after his death, that same media carry on tormenting his family with the same soul destroying lies. Incredible, isn’t it. But here we are
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 21/08/2026
We’re living longer – but not equally. Raising the state pension age may save the Treasury money, but those in poorer health, carers and people in physically demanding jobs could pay the highest price. Who loses out when we’re all expected to work longer? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Raising the state pension age: Who will lose out?
The state pension age is rising to 67 by next April. The Work and Pensions Committee finds that some people will lose out badly
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Taliban celebrates five years From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I bet it wasn't reported like this in the US. 😏 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Will Trump’s next press secretary be a better liar than the first five?
As Karoline Leavitt plans to step down, it’s apparent how the president above all values a readiness to twist the truth
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
UK press tells it as it is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
😎 youtube.com/live/X_lWDBT...
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Partial solar eclipse LIVE, 12 August 2026 | Telescope feed | Live from the Royal Observatory
YouTube video by Royal Observatory Greenwich
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Don't know whether this got much air time in the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump reportedly hid in catering container to board secret flight in Turkey amid Iran threat
Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One in July
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's almost become a cliché to liken modern autocratic regimes to the Nazis, e.g. Trump etc. But, if you really want to scare yourself about how gently and easily modern, cultured nations can become nightmarish and murderous, watch this venerable BBC series. 🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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BBC Two - The Nazis: A Warning from History - Episode guide
All episodes of The Nazis: A Warning from History
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russiaSuX @denbelblack.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ukraine supporters have the simplest peace plan ever invented.
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Izzy Davis 🏳️‍🌈♀️🩷🇪🇺 @mrsgayguevara.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Cry harder, #Trump, you fucking noncing rapist 😂 It's none of your business. You don't run the world. #Labour #UK #US #UKpolitics #USpolitics #GOP
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Football, golf … behold the future of world sport: Donald Trump as referee-in-chief | Marina Hyde
After his dubious intervention at the World Cup, the president is now an arbiter of high-level fairway disputes. There’s one word for that: SAD! says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2026
🚨 "If we had stayed in the EU, the Treasury would have had an extra £90 billion per year to spend on welfare, defence, education etc. without creating new taxes or raising tax rates. No nation in living memory has acted so foolishly in peacetime."
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'Greatest political folly since Second World War was Brexit- it's cost us billions'
'Greatest political folly since the Second World War was Brexit' says our letter writer. What is your view?
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USA v Belgium: World Cup 2026 last 16 – live www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
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USA v Belgium: World Cup 2026 last 16 – live
Minute-by-minute report: Can the Americans reach their first quarter-final since 2002 or will Belgium stand in their way? Join Beau Dure for updates
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Today UK Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper announced further sanctions on individuals from Russia. But Cooper has completely ignored a letter sent last week from at least 71 MPs & peers from different parties asking her to sanction Benjamin Netanyahu to “help end the impunity” 😤 #Complicit ⬅️
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Worth more yet worthless. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
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Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’
The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Writing during the carnage of the first world war, the iconoclast intellectual Randolph Bourne described the American revolutionary inheritance as a squalid marriage between the town capitalist and plantation patriarch. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed
The main pillars of the founding narrative have fallen on hard times. Today, its meaning is up for grabs
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The lack of quality of Reform MPs evident here. Seems like a pretty violent thug. Second extract is from the Mail.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." #Booksky
Image is of author and essayist George Orwell at his typewriter. Text reads: Dear World, Did you not read my book? Sincerely, George Orwell
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 23/06/2026
You already got one, and you didn't like it.
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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‘They didn’t know or care, or wouldn’t say’: how we investigated the casualties of a covert US war
When a large number of children were killed during a US drone strike in Somalia last year, two reporters collaborated to piece together what happened
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I see people are writing Burnham's political obituary already. It's almost as if they want this cycle of chaos. Personally I want progress and a functioning country and really have had my fill of shitweaselery
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
UK reporting. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Four months after the horrific Iran school bombing, fears grow that Trump and Hegseth will bury the truth
A secretive investigation into the attack that killed at least 175 has concluded, reports suggest. Will its findings ever see the light of day?
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 21/06/2026
This sums up the immigration debate neatly in a way you won't hear it spelled out in the British media. A media which seems to have given up on any commitment to educate many years ago.
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
No Farage statement about ‘cold rage’ concerning the Edinburgh incident? He must be on holiday.
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Breaking news: Sphincter-in-chief caught out lying again! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Italian PM Meloni says she was ‘astonished’ by Trump claims that she ‘begged’ him for a photo - Europe live
Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani canceled his planned trip to the US in response to the ‘made up’ remarks
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Nigel Farage is publishing pictures of himself wearing an England football shirt. But he wants to deport more than half the squad.
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David Bell @davidbell900.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Trump thinks his freshly signed ceasefire deal is a victory. It is – for Iran | Simon Jenkins
With sanctions-relief and a US promise to avoid further meddling, the conflict has been settled on Tehran’s terms, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Clive @wceebee.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Once again Farage doesn’t turn up for PMQs what does he turn up for ffs
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/06/2026
Powerful words from Kim Leadbeater on the 10th anniversary of the murder of Jo Cox: "Those voices who are sowing division are in the minority, and it doesn’t always feel like it. They are very loud. But the rest of us then have got a duty to drown them out and tell the good stories of this country"
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Division in UK probably worse now than in run-up to Brexit, says Jo Cox’s sister Kim Leadbeater
Labour MP warns of voices fanning hatred on eve of 10th anniversary of the murder of her sister, the MP Jo Cox
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
💙💛 EUvsDisinfo The Kremlin continues to portray legitimate Ukrainian strikes on Russian military infrastructure as ‘terrorism’. The accusation rings hollow coming from a regime that has spent the past 1,570 days carrying out brutal, indiscriminate strikes against Ukrainian civilians
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
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The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame
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AyJay @dcvet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Breaking: Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire, while adding zero value to the world.
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