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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Map showing the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.Screengrab from Politico piece that explains, citing Reuters, that 48,300 of the 50,000 recent crossings have already been expelled or voluntarily returned to Morocco.BBC report on Friday, still echoing the RW disinformation - or at the very least not challengning it sufficiently.

"Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
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What triggered the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta?
Sofia Ferreira Santos and Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe
correspondent
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Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media."Daily Mail and Daily Express from this weekend, with front page headlines "Ministers MUST stop the Spanish border invaders reaching UK" and "SPANISH BORDER CRISIS IS 'WAKE-UP CALL' FOR UK", respectively.
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Elsewhere on the BBC: Waterstones bosss says UK not reading enough Wetherspoons boss says UK not drinking enough Next boss says UK not buying enough clothes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK complacent about war threat, warns BAE Systems' boss
The threat of attack has never been higher, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor has warned. Dr Charles Woodburn
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's happening www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
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UK food shortage warning as heatwave hits farmers ahead of critical harvest
The National Farmers Union warns the next 10 days will be crucial in determining whether food shortages hit later this year
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
UK public service contracts account for 10% of Palantir’s Global Revenue….but it pays less tax here than countries with smaller outlays, such as S Korea, France, Japan, Germany. And markedly less than the 25% rate for companies of its size.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Very useful discussion on the curse that is the private equity sector. This focuses on the UK. (Ronan Farrow is also discussing its deadly impact on nursing homes & 🏥 in the US too.) Link to podcast convo at the end. Thanks to @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-financ...
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The Finance Curse: How Private Equity Upended Capitalism
From water companies to care homes, private equity profits at the expense of customers and taxpayers. Adrian Goldberg talks to Hettie O' Brien, Alex Cobham and Naomi Fowler on the Byline Times podcast
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I was back in Immigration Court this week, this time for the hearing of a sweet little three-year-old girl, I’ll call her Estrella. She’s been in federal custody, separated from her family for more than 10 months – even though her mom lives here in NYC. The cruelty is truly mind-boggling. 🧵
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/07/2026
✍️Write to your local paper now. 👏 Take action and help supercharge our economy. 👇👇👇 letter-to-the-editor.vercel.app/c/s…
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YAC News @yacnews.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Under cover of the World Cup, ICE rounded up 10,000 people in five days www.yacnews.com/under-cover-...
yacnews.com
Under cover of the World Cup, ICE rounded up 10,000 people in five days
ICE detained 10,000 people in five days on a White House order, pushing detention above 63,000, amid record contractor profits and rising deaths in custody.
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When I head to Washington, I will be the first woman in Congress with a science PhD. That matters. At a time when science is under attack, Congress needs more leaders who understand the value of evidence-based decision-making.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/06/2026
"The overall findings are emphatic: Brexit has made the UK poorer than it would have been had the UK remained in the EU." blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/b…
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Brexit has been an economic failure | LSE British Politics
There is ample evidence that Brexit has damaged the UK’s economy.Putting up trade barriers, higher import prices and unc
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Worse than I thought. I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster. The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster
The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
“‘So, if you’re happy to go ahead,’ the staff member said, ‘I’ll need proof that you have £300,000 in assets and can afford the £8,200 monthly fees.’ Relief…quickly turned to panic. A few seconds of mental arithmetic told me we were looking at almost £100,000 a year. ” apple.news/A57wghANzQUe...
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Dementia care scandal: 'No one likes to ask what happens to Mum when the money runs out?' — Metro
Sitting in the manager’s office of the care home I had just viewed, I felt something I hadn’t felt for a long time when it came to my mum: relief.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's pretty disgraceful that there has been absolutely no mention of this from the Prime Minister. It's increasingly clear that some attacks, correctly, warrant disgust, emergency measures and days of media coverage. Others seem to be met with silence.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/06/2026
France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
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France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
Cyber agency says BlackCore targeted John Swinney, as well as interfering in France, New York and elsewhere France’s cybersecurity agency has accused the Israeli tech company BlackCore of interfering in the Scottish elections earlier this year by targeting the first minister, John Swinney. The disinformation detection agency Viginum said BlackCore had used proxy social media accounts to target Swinney, the Scottish National party and the Scottish government on four occasions this year. Continue reading...
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 13/06/2026
The British state is handing contracts for increasingly sensitive elements of the Defence/Security apparatus to a man who has repeatedly tried to stoke open insurrection while aggressively backing British politicians who receive shady foreign funding and a guy who is currently in Moscow.
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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Congo's Ebola surge traps women as unpaid caregivers facing highest infection risk with only cheap masks while authorities withhold protective gear from clinics. #CongoWomenRisk
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 03/06/2026
👉NEW -- UK media fails to disclose defence industry ties of most military commentators by Amy Killingbeck & @iainoverton.bsky.social Former military officers are weighing in on wars and defence spending without public awareness of their commercial interests www.declassifieduk.org/uk-media-fai...
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UK media fails to disclose defence industry ties of most military commentators
New research shows former top British military officers are weighing in on wars and defence spending without public awareness of their commercial interests
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 29/05/2026
New dystopia just dropped
WHAT'S THE CATCH?
There's no catch.
We record first-person cleaning footage to help train the next generation of household robots. That data is valuable enough for us to offer cleaning services free of charge for a limited time.
So, for a limited time, we cover the cost of professional cleaners. In exchange, they record first-person video while they work.
You get a spotless apartment. We get training data.
Everyone wins.

Book a Free Cleaning →
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/05/2026
BREAKING: Adam Hoffman has been released from jail for "good behavior." Hoffman is the Waco, TX attorney who faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy, until Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail and no need to register as a sex offender.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NEW: Today we roll out Quiet Riot: B-SIDE! @laylamoran.bsky.social - the only Palestinian MP in Westminster, speaks with authority, sense and of course immense passion in today’s interview about settlements in the West Bank, the Balfour declaration & why Britain should be doing more. 🎧👇
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/05/2026
Farage has devastated our country. His Brexit campaign has crippled our growth, our businesses, and our opportunities. His rhetoric on immigration has poisoned our political debate and sowed deep division in our nation. He can never be allowed to enter Number 10.
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Nothing sums up the death of accountability like the prospect of Nigel Farage in No 10 | George Monbiot
You’d expect the public face of Brexit to be punished by voters. But history shows that such leaders often profit from t
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Has anyone in the press picked up what happened in 2019. As @bylinetimes.bsky.social reported, Farage and Johnson colluding with US based Bannon to topple May. According to Ben Habib, Thailand based Harborne paying Johnson and Farage to stitch up 2019 elections bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
bylinetimes.com
Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/05/2026
Trump brought the NVIDIA CEO on his trip to China to lobby Xi Jinping to buy advanced AI chips, even though it would create a U.S. national security threat. It turns out Trump also bought millions in NVIDIA's stock. The President's corruption is a national security disaster.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you totted up the sums for every financial scandal in British politics (£2k per parliamentary question for cash-for-questions, £200k for Johnson’s No 10 renovation, the cost of that very nice campervan) even with second tier stuff like Rayner and Polanski, would you get close to £5mn *in total*?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Israel just dropped bombs on a medical center in Qsaibeh, South Lebanon. Not a battlefield. Not a weapons depot. A medical center. Israel is hunting and killing the people who save lives. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity.
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#BBCNews - 'Millions' of pounds saved by replacing Palantir tech in refugee system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system
The government said its in-house IT system was
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The UK govt is Palantir’s 2nd biggest customer. Why? Or, more to the point, how? Our latest @thenerve_news investigation reveals a web of cronyism into the highest levels of govt. But Palantir also has a spin machine that uses political journalists to launder its PR 1/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Read our new report in @thenerve.news. Palantir has been able to take root in the UK because lobbying & spinning is so easy here. We have a tiny journo-political class that incessantly overlaps, a hotbed for cronyism that’s enabled Palantir to infiltrate every aspect of state 5/
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jasonroberts3114.bsky.social @jasonroberts3114.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Aside from the morally corrupt leadership is the impact Palantir has on UK innovation. We’ve some of the best computer engineers & data scientists in the world & could absolutely build the tooling Palantir provides right here, benefiting the UK economy. But we’ve allowed Palantir to crowd them out.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Good piece of sleuthing here tracking down the real identity of “Kardo Ranya” an Iraqi-Kurdish people smuggler whose network offers to transport migrants all the way from Iraq to the U.K. for €17,000. For that 100 people might be forced into boats designed for 20 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossings
The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"We're no longer in Europe, we no longer have a data-sharing agreement with many of the countries in Europe. So we don't see lower level [criminal] records," the union's Lucy Moreton told BBC Radio 4.”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“Since Brexit, getting access to some information about potential criminals has been more difficult, says the Immigration Services Union.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
High streets become deserts. Meanwhile Amazon pays no tax.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/04/2026
Momentum is building in our conversation on EU membership. Help keep to it going. We want to see letters in every local paper across the UK.
bestforbritain.org
Write to your paper to show it is time to talk about EU membership
Change Minds → Change Politics
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/02/2025
Starmer is well aware of what needs to be done. Here is what he said when voting for Johnson's UK-EU deal. Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on". Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department Philip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department
Philip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 24/04/2026
An influential pro-Israel lobby group named ELNET has been quietly taking UK journalists on propaganda tours of Israel, @john-mcevoy.bsky.social reveals. The journalists who participated have written for the Telegraph, Spectator, and Mail on Sunday. www.declassifieduk.org/lobby-group-...
declassifieduk.org
Lobby group taking journalists on propaganda tours of Israel
Amid the systematic killing of Palestinian and Lebanese journalists, one organisation has been quietly bringing British media workers to Israel.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🚨🚨Great news: EU forges ahead with membership for #Ukraine and #Moldova after #Orbán’s exit. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
politico.eu
EU forges ahead with membership for Ukraine and Moldova after Orbán’s exit
Key negotiating “clusters” will be unblocked, opening the path to the two nations joining as members of the bloc.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚨🚨New @bestforbritain.org report argues I think convincingly that a push for UK membership of the EU would galvanise support among progressive voters, recognising that other halfway options such as customs union or EEA are would offer to limited benefits. 🧵 www.bestforbritain.org/push_for_eu_...
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Push for EU membership to galvanise progressive support, report argues
A new report by Best for Britain shows that a push for UK membership of the European Union would galvanise support among progressive voters. The report highlights that a pro-membership position offers...
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
How surprising! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closes due to cuts
Exclusive: Officials warn department will also lose access to database of 26,000 verified incidents due to cuts
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
And another one www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Former Brexit boss says Britain should rejoin EU after failed ‘heady promises’
Philip Rycroft said the British public was ‘falling out of love’ with Brexit
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Philip Rycroft, who ran the Dept for Exiting the EU, says the U.K. should rejoin 👏 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department
Philip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 23/04/2026
We’re digging into the links between MPs and private healthcare. Rishi Sunak took a £15.9k donation from a firm making £135M+ in Dept of Health contracts. Politicians shouldn't have ties to private healthcare sector. Support our investigation to expose the truth: link in bio.
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