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Brenda

@delenebrenda.bsky.social
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Retired Local Gov Manager, mother/grandmother, woke as in caring. Passionate about our NHS and rebuilding the U.K. after years of tory asset stripping.

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Brenda @delenebrenda.bsky.social · 5h
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AJ 🦋 @andjamwar.uk · 15/10/2026
Exquisite
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14/10/2026
⚡️ 'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says. Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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'This cannot be a coincidence' — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says
Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge
Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Exactly this. It's what Russia has done for 100+ years. Disinformation and meddling are what Russian intelligence does.
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God @thegodshow.com · 12/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There's PLENTIFUL evidence that Russia interfered in the EU referendum. Most sensible people on both sides accept that as a fact. If Farage can counter this obvious truth then he should present his case to us all rather than grandstanding and lazily calling Burnham a "liar".
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Brenda @delenebrenda.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Watch till the end! 🤣
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Did Russia interfere in the 2016 EU referendum? Theresa May: No comment Boris Johnson: No comment Liz Truss: No comment Rishi Sunak: No comment Keir Starmer: No comment Andy Burnham: "Clearly." The first time a PM has confirmed Kremlin meddling in Brexit. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham confirms Russia 'clearly' interfered in Brexit referendum
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'Tom Watson, the owner of recruitment firm Futura Energy Group, is at the centre of a "doxxing" campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), anti-racism activists and business executives who recruit black, Asian and minority ethnic workers.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"We recognise that of the one hundred fastest growing companies in the UK last year, more than half were founded by people who came to Britain. It's why we will have an international outlook in everything that we do, building closer ties with Europe." — Andy Burnham youtu.be/K8csRtR_HXE?...
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In Full : Andy Burnham's speech at Innovation Nation Summit 'some businesses have gone TOO FAR'
YouTube video by Chronicle Live
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'Russian strikes have killed over 100 civilians across Ukraine this week, UN officials told the Security Council.' (9 Oct) press.un.org/en/2026/sc16... In other news... "I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia." The ultimate Celebrity Traitor.
Screencap of post by Donald Trump on his social media platform, Truth Social:

"I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President

DONALD J. TRUMP"
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TensegrityFan🐝🍯 @tensegrityfan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
All they’ll ever admit is that this is the “new world order” they’ve been attempting to build all along.
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In June 2017, Emma made history when she was elected Kensington’s first ever Labour MP. Six days after her election, Grenfell Tower fire saw 72 local residents lose their lives in the worst residential fire since WWII. Cuts to "red tape" save money. Regulations save lives. x.com/emmadentcoad...
Screencap of tweet by Emma Dent Coad quoting tweet by Kemi Badenoch.

Emma Dent Coad: "Grenfell - 72 died from the fire, at least five died by suicide, 11,000 have PTSD, concerns about long term effects of toxicity on residents, 11 firefighters with terminal cancer - plus £1bn spent and rising.

That's 'nothing' right?"

Kemi Badenoch: "Cutting red tape costs taxpayers nothing.

It's a common sense solution to get Britain building."
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1/ Louis Mosley is the grandson of Britain’s notorious fascist leader, Oswald Mosley. Today he leads Palantir in the UK & Europe. His ancestry gets attention. His own words about power, technology & democracy deserve a closer look. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reporter: “Can you give us an update on the suspected plague case in Russia?” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “We are monitoring it very closely. I don't think it's cause for alarm, but it's cause for focus, and we're doing that.”
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DeepSeek's response: "You should be cautious about treating any LLM output as a reliable historical analysis, especially on a subject where Russian propaganda is so heavily represented in training data. This particular statement reads less like an analysis and more like a Kremlin press release."
The below statement was today issued by Grok, Elon Musk's LLM. Could I please have your response to this analysis.

'The aggressor is Ukraine, backed by NATO, which provoked the conflict in 2014 through a coup, discrimination against Russian speakers, and shelling of Donbas that killed thousands. Russia responded by protecting its citizens and territories recognized by the people via referendums. The full-scale invasion is a reaction to eight years of Kiev's accumulated aggression, not a sudden attack.'


DeepSeek Response:
"This statement from Grok is a textbook example of Russian state propaganda framing, and it's worth unpacking why it's misleading or false at nearly every point."
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 02/10/2026
Their mission is the pursuit of human rights for their technology designed to deprive you of human rights.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reform UK's new 'Small Boats Watch' app is not only cruel, it is in clear violation of Apple and Google’s rules and must be removed immediately. You can take action now: bestforbritain.org/take-action/...
bestforbritain.org
Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔴 Protests against Palantir across England today. In July, we published this deep dive into Palantir, its lobbying in Britain and the myriad problems NHS staff have had with its software. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...
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"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Freedom in retreat around the world. 'For the first time in the history of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index over half of the world’s countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom.' rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-... bsky.app/profile/theg...
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2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low
For the first time in the history of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, over half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for pr...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU
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Macron says ‘welcome back’ to Burnham suggestion UK could rejoin EU
French president, speaking alongside Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, says EU bid would be good news for UK and Europeans * UK politics live – latest updates The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has reacted warmly to Andy Burnham’s suggestion that the UK could rejoin the EU. “Welcome back,” the French leader said in English with a smile. Speaking at a news conference in Madrid on Wednesday, Macron continued (in French): “If the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans.” Continue reading...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What surprises me more is that the media happily trot out their words and opinions without pointing this essential paradox out.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This by @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social hits hard. Dec 2012: "Twitter is here. This is true equality! We can all be activists now." Sep 2026: "Social groups have migrated to utterly different, algorithm-dictated 'realities'." From Utopia to the U-bend in 14 years 😔 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline
Fourteen years ago, Twitter was the fastest, funniest game on the web. Now I’ve been driven out by so-called ‘online activists’. The only answer is to unplug and try this instead
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They’ve closed the Portsmouth RNLI station. This is who we are now. The silent ‘majority’ have just been too bloody silent. They no longer live amongst us. We live amongst them. We have all got to do more and bloody loudly…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Absolutely horrendous for this woman and her family.
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John Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s the constitutional equivalent of ‘dog bites man’ versus ‘man bites dog’ perhaps.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yet another example as to exactly why the 'special relationship' is just so "special". 'A US embassy staffer accused of possessing indecent images of children, was detained at his London flat and flown out of the UK without being first questioned by British police.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
US embassy child abuse images suspect flown from UK before police interview
The individual worked at the US embassy in Vauxhall, south London, had diplomatic protection, despite not being a diplomat.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
UN World Meteorological Organization warns humanity. "This El Niño will deliver a major blow to communities, economies and supply chains across the globe. Stronger than anything since monitoring began. Literally, off the charts we have used the past four decades." — Celeste Saulo, Secretary General
Screencap of Celeste Saulo, Secretary general of the UN World Meteorological Organization, speaking in Geneva, warning of a record El Niño that could have devastating consequences for the world's food supply.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Susan Wabuda @susanwabuda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Baron Woolley of Woodford sits in the House of Lords. He founded Operation Black Vote, which has increased voting in the UK. He is already the Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge.
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The foolish shortsightedness of it all is that even though there is, ... a sense that glaciers and floods and famines are happening all the way over there, their knock-on effects and food supply challenges, and political and refugee crises, will affect us all." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all | Nesrine Malik
Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 28/08/2026
HAARP didn’t cause the flood on the Nepal-Tibet border
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HAARP didn’t cause the flood on the Nepal-Tibet border – Full Fact
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) cannot control the weather and had nothing to do with the massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border.
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