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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This prompted me to go back and check the claim that "On current DWP forecasts, from the 2024 election until 2030, Labour will have increased working-age benefit spending by a further £51.6 bn/year." It appears to be equally fictional/spreadsheet error. Correct figure is maybe £36bn..

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I alway said, much to my parents amusement, it’s all Thatchers fault. Glad others are starting to say it.

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good, Ofcon up to it’s normal standard

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Dinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For a long time I have heard rumours of secret payments into ReFarage UK: boat loads of crypto fraud money. I have always believed it and still do. If true, it should bring down the party.

Oakeshott on Xitter: “For a long time I have heard rumours of secret flights into Manchester: plane loads of migrants. I have never believed it and still don't. If true, it should bring down the government.”

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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh This is more than a bit worrying

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#FOTW Daily Post 5 Favourite denier myth - volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans Ask me or any other volcanologist — false Volcanoes: ~300 million tonnes CO2/year. Humans: 130 times more Please pass on the truth. Share and tag 2 others #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Be wasted in the USA, but the same meme with citizen smith would be amusing.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pochin needs to resign

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wonder how many M.P.s Reform have compared to Greens, Reform have little chance of winning next week but they get their arses on QT

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week's BBC Question Time is from N London. There's a by-election there next week, which looks to be a closely-fought contest between Labour and the Greens. One of those parties is not represented on the QT panel this week. Can you guess which one, boys and girls? Can you?

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The NEET rate basically hasn't changed for the whole of this century (except post-GFC and post Covid). It's been the same with tougher welfare sanctions and weaker. More apprenticeships and fewer. Higher employer national insurance and lower. I draw two conclusions from this....

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Does depend on where they start re price, but elec stuff also generally much more efficient than others

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is an outstanding point

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well worth a read, A remarkable woman

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Pete M @fastcarspete.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Back in June 2016 I was in France with two friends. We had booked the return trip in order to vote in the Brexit ref. On the way back, my friends were telling me that they were going to vote to leave the EU. I said leaving the EU was insane, but they wanted to use their vote to kick Cameron. 1/

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Right-wing press and ideologues will have you believe that the UK is the most heavily taxed place. They promise the impossible, European/Scandinavian levels of social security with American levels of taxation. This graph puts things in perspective.

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yep, was going to make a 4*4 utility vehicle in Wales, then didn’t!

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery.

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.

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Thomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Which one of us hasn't suddenly remembered something after 29 years when we've got a book to sell?

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Nigel Farage will do you a cameo for £70. Imagine what he'll do for £70 million" Angela Rayner tells #TUC26

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why isn’t this higher in the news cycle?

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why is this not higher up the news ladder?

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Bob Dodd @dodd-bob.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And it’s a big minority, about the same as vote Reform I’d estimate.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Meanwhile over at bbc news this is the only reform story running

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Chris Mason watching Channel 4 News.

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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.

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🎃 Bard of the No Pasarán Pumpkin Patch 🎃 @dndnerd69.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Them: “We dont mind if they come ‘ere, but they need to speak ENGERLISH and In’ergrate” Also them: “NOT LIKE THAT”

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Read this, if you’ve ever run a single marathon - and especially if you haven’t. Imagine running all those marathons and reading article after article saying you made it all up.

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’ve mapped the far-right semantic operation vs. Arday using the 5W1H method and 4 phases: conception, dissemination, amplification & transformation IRL. It makes the production chain visible - and shows why starting the story with Cofnas misses how this was a racist attack from day 1, in 2023.

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Opérations sémantiques - Arday - Public

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

From last year. But bloody heck this is a story

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The more I look at the Arday story, the worse it gets. Even I fell for the disinformation flood and thought ‘flawed and vulnerable’ (like all of us). But a deeper dive reveals he was extraordinary talented (still vulnerable). And it’s that talent which his haters couldn’t abide

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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

*wearily grabs megaphone & shouts at BBC News* How would they save £50bn from welfare? Which benefits would they cut? Which hospitals and care homes are they closing? Will nurseries reject 30 free hours now? Last time they talked about tens of billions in savings they abandoned it six wks later

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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

this is important to add

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