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Deb B

@deborahstort.bsky.social
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Building a safe space away from Twitter. Engaging more now rather than just liking and reposting. Pro EU, anti-Tory. Hate the Mail with a passion. Daily Express is just idiotic. I mess about with The Sims.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Suella Braverman suggests on #BBCQT that you can't be English unless you are white, and have a lineage or heritage going back some generations
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 01/10/2026
Interesting: “Raise the Colours” are citing the European Convention on Human Rights in defence of their flag-raising campaign👇 🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbc.com The ECHR protects us all.
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Raise the Colours' members in court for Birmingham injunction evidence
Birmingham City Council is seeking an injunction to stop the Raise The Colours group's activities.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Mystic Meg prediction by Daniel Hannan who famously predicted the ‘blue eyed Sheikhs’ of Iceland Banking would would save us in 2004, Brexit Britain would be booming in 2026, and that Covid wouldn’t kill anyone in 2020 In other words, we will be rejoining the EU
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thatcher ended the link between the state pension and earnings in 1980
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group.
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Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Support outnumbers opposition in every age group, including those most affected: -> 55-64: 61% support, 16% oppose -> 65+: 55% support, 27% oppose 8/9
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i³c @smalljaguar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Suspect in RAF Fairford incident called 999 shortly before arrest
Motive for the emergency call is unclear, as police continue to investigate incident at air base used by US bombers
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It never stops being important that, no matter what the subject, politicians like Farage, Trump & Rubio are entirely untethered from the most basic requirements of honest discourse. They might turn out to be telling the truth sometimes but only ever in the spirit of stopped clocks.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They're such self important clowns. It's increasingly clear their weird stop-me-before-I-kill-again message is some kind of weird hype strategy.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why might that be, Telegraph?
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 29/09/2026
In Oceanhamnen, wastewater is collected through three separate pipelines, making the processing and reuse of black and greywater more efficient.
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Water is precious – this Swedish city separates different waste sources to reuse more of it
In Oceanhamnen, wastewater is collected through three separate pipelines, making the processing and reuse of black and greywater more efficient.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The objective of Republicans has always been trolling liberals, not achieving any helpful goals. The simpleton Ronald Reagan is a good example. He blathered on about how much he was in favor of smaller government. Well, guess what? The federal government was *larger* when he left office.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
De Gaulle: Liberté Just as outstanding as the first part. Together a must-see wartime biopic and cracking film. But also a must-see for understanding post-war history. A lot of post-1945 France-UK-USA relationship stuff becomes so much more comprehensible from watching this two-part movie.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come on down to the Council House for International Day of Birmingham, see the Re-Union Jack ♥️ #OneBrum Goldship have repurposed dozens of dirty & torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts to create a huge Union Jack, adorned with the names of people who have called Birmingham home
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GOLDSHIP Re-Union Jack 2026

Repurposed polyester flags/Mixed media.

Re-Union Jack is an ongoing community art project conceived by GoldShip, the creative duo of textile sculptor Clare Elisabeth and event producer Sam Shipman.

Repurposing dozens of dirty and torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts, Clare and Sam, alongside countless contributors from the wider community, pieced them together to create a huge Union Jack.

The flag was then transformed over several months by countless more contributors into a visual celebration of the people and stories that have helped shape the West Midlands. Across its surface are the names of influential Midlanders, spanning from the Anglo-Saxon Beorma, after whom Birmingham takes its name, through to the present day. Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

Together, these names reflect the region's extraordinary history as a vibrant melting pot of cultures, ideas, talent and communities - and the positive contribution that migration has made to its identity.

The flag has since been signed in black by many of the people whose names feature upon it as a collective endorsement of its message of unity, inclusion and community.Photo of huge Union (Jack) Flag on lighting truss in the hall of the Council House. 
It's glorious and bears many names upon it of the people of Birmingham 
Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The MAGA US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has blurted out how America interferes in European politics. At a private dinner in Athens in March 2026, Guilfoyle said of the collapse of the Romanian government: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”, the WSJ reports.
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You need to give me more money because my computer program did bad things I don't remember telling it too, which is amazing really, just think what I could do next with your money.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How I feel right now about the British/ 🇬🇧English( whatever) political landscape is that some one wrapped in a Union Jack could whack me over the head with a flag pole & the BBC would shove a microphone in my face asking why I provoked the attacker & the Home Sec would invite the attacker for tea .
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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And what did he do on that livestream, huh, BBC? What did he do?
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026
A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...
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I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor
Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 20/09/2026
Daniel Thomas, whose Patriot Platform group caused havoc in Dover and Portsmouth, had purchased the vessel to interfere with Border Force operations
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Danny Tommo’s boat for policing Channel accidentally sinks
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Here's some benefits claimants we need to crackdown on. £17.5bn Shell/BP £2bn Amazon £500m Glaxosmithkline £700m Tesco/Sainsbury's/Asda Nobody ever says these ridiculous benefits to billionaires are unaffordable, because they never even mention them. Lets cut THEIR benefits.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
🤔 ICYMI: Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A big ask, no pressure & I know people have better things to do but if about 15-20 people buy this from Blackwell's in the next few hours it's likely I'd have the number 1 & 2 books in their chart & that might be enough to finally persuade an American publisher to get my books out over there...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The prospect of an invasion making it to Washington DC is improbable. Trump can only be contemplating the use of weapons against US citizens.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026
I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For Matthew Syed, we’ve been looking for German extremism in the wrong place. Not the AfD, the real extremist was…Angela Merkel.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/09/2026
FM of Estonia: “There’s been a lot of panic on social media lately about the security of the Baltic states. Take a breath. If there is reason to fear an attack, rest assured: we will make that clear. Until then, keep calm, carry on and support Ukraine.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
Denmark and Greenland say US military agreement will not compromise Arctic territory’s sovereignty
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Denmark and Greenland say US military agreement will not compromise Arctic territory’s sovereignty
Statement sought to clarify Trump’s announcement that US will have ‘permanent control’ over Greenland’s security Denmark and Greenland have said any agreement with the US to develop a significant military presence in the strategic Arctic territory will not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty. In a statement on Saturday clarifying an announcement by Donald Trump that an agreement had been reached to give Washington “permanent control” ⁠over Greenland’s security, Denmark and the semiautonomous territory ⁠expressed hope that a deal would end friction with the US over the issue. Continue reading...
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Love this... 🍪 'Designers Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad and Rafael El Baz have used traditional biscuit moulds to create Sweet Terrain, a collection of wall tiles for HS2's Old Oak Common station made from 12 tonnes of clay excavated during its construction.' www.dezeen.com/2026/09/14/s...
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HS2 excavations used to create biscuit-like Sweet Terrain tiles
Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad and Rafael El Baz have used biscuit moulds to create Sweet Terrain, a collection of wall tiles made for a HS2 station.
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Dan.G 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @dangurden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Phil Jones' body double @philsbodydouble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Having seen how British governments have treated foreigners within its sovereign borders in the past, the language of recent British governments regarding foreigners within its sovereign borders makes me more than a little bit worried and uneasy. This, from Otto, is one example.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Piddington's independence ref is being presented as a quaint 'crumpets and muffins' comedy of plucky country folk. It's much darker and nastier than that and shows how deeply entrenched the bigoted 'fighting aged men on boats' narrative runs. Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/passport-to-...
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Passport to Piddington
Last week an Oxfordshire village declared independence from the United Kingdom - ostensibly in protest at a local refugee centre. But is something darker going on?
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
😅😂🤣 #EU♡CAN 🇪🇺🇨🇦
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My talk on what's wrong with British politics was cancelled a few months back because of the heat but it is BACK BABY. You can reserve a spot here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-westmi...
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How Westminster Works ... and Why it (Still) Doesn't
Join the podcaster and journalist Ian Dunt to explore how Westminster is working today and how we can build something better for the future!
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after threats from thugs www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump refuses to back an ally and backs terrorists instead. Nothing about this C*** Administration shocks me anymore. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders
Iran-backed militants have offered Trump administration assurances over safety of Red Sea shipping
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rachel, the brave lone sane voice from Piddington with @mrjamesob.bsky.social, touching on the idiotic Trumpism of Tim McNally the parish council chairman.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Piddington has turned out to be a microcosm of all that's wrong with Britain whenever some dark-skinned migrants hove into view. bsky.app/profile/rola...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All day Piddington's womminfolk have been telling news how they will be terrified of "hundreds of young men nearby, free to come and go as they please." NOT ONE JOURNALIST has asked: "How did you cope when it was an army base? Who came and went then? Nuns?" Soon as you ask that, all becomes clear.
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Crown Royal Smuggler @compasshead1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ED SHEERAN and PUPPET SHOW
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