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Don Flower

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Born in the Bahamas, live between London and Pretoria. Work in legal and Dad to two awesome kids.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14h
Feel a lot of pride about the way Britain has responded to Trump's attacks on Ukraine, repeatedly launching big symbolic demonstrations of solidarity when things are at their most tenuous.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The depressing thing about the US isn't Trump really. He's just a grotesque. It's the complete failure of all the things liberals believe in: Congress, the judiciary, the press, voters themselves, all persistently unwilling or unable to stop him. It's the failure of an entire society.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I see Farage has honked out another one of his ‘racist ideas for idiots’… Don’t solve the problem by building more social housing, make people in the queue angry with each other instead. What a little racist shit-stirrer with his £5mill and 5 homes, whipping up hatred to make himself richer. (Times)
Put working Britons first in housing queue, says Reform
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British-born workers under 35 would be placed at the front of the queue for social housing, with priority given to married couples with children, in a new pledge from Reform UK
Nigel Farage's party has announced radical plans to overhaul the way such accommodation is allocated,
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veterans also given preference.
Those on benefits would be regarded as a lower priority under the new policy, to be announced by Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader.
The party has already pledged to bar foreigners from social housing and said they would be evicted after a "short grace period. Reform UK estimates that 540,000 social homes are occupied by foreign citizens and that of the 1.3 million people on waiting lists, 15 per cent - about 195,000 households — are foreign.
Tice said: "There are now 1.3 million people waiting for social housing in Britain. The vast majority of them do not have jobs. In terms of the social houses we have, less than half of households are in work and over half a million social homes are currently occupied by foreign nationals.
"Meanwhile, young British men and women, who are working hard, can't afford to move out of their family home… It is time for us to prioritise young British workers, and that is what our policy is about."
A Labour spokesman described
Reform's plans as unserious and unworkable. "Access to social housing is already tightly controlled. Illegal migrants, asylum seekers and migrants on student or work visas are not eligible for social housing," the spokesman said.
"This policy would go after long-term
UK residents that have contributed to our country but are not British citizens, including NHS staff. It would leave more families at risk of homelessness and drive up use of temporary accommodation at the taxpayers' expense. It would also mean renegotiations with the EU, resulting in years of wrangling"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jolyon Maugham at Jason Arday's vigil, "No other industry Is allowed to monetise human pain. Nor should our increasingly revolting press"
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage is falling apart. He's lost his mojo. inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It is so uplifting to see athletes make such an impact on young lives by being great #rolemodels. Amazing footage of #JudeBellingham, #English #footballer, 23 year old known as one of the best players in the world. #WorldCup2026
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“Exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division would be wrong in any circumstances but to do it when the family are expressly saying please don’t is unforgivable. It shows exactly who he is” Keir Starmer responds to Nigel Farage at #PMQs
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Trev @caerleonite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Well done @iandunt.bsky.social for not letting Reform cllr Alex Wilson take the high ground for what Farage did.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/05/2026
Absolutely shocking. No clue. No idea. No respect for workers rights - doesn't affect him so he doesn't seem to care...
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026
Immigration make Britain brilliant
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
£240 billion per year is £3,480 per person £8,570 per household Reversing Brexit for could make you that much better off. For the cost of £1 billion, which is £14.50 per person, or £35.70 per household. Ask yourself: am I an idiot? If the answer is "no", back undoing Brexit.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Make #FarageCamps trend on every available platform. Nobody wants their name associated with evil crap like that
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
You’ve seen the news coverage, make sure your MP has too 👇 ✍️
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Europe is the shield against imperialism. The US is gone.
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Don Flower @donflower.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I am very proud to be British today, this is equality under the law in action.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026
Board of Peace - Season 1
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/12/2025
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat" "Today we have 46,000 a year" "And do you know why?" "Brexit" "Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage" *audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight! If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
To be clear @peterwalker99.bsky.social no one cheers an awful policy announcement that makes anyone in our community feel less welcome or at risk of deportation. What is true is that the Tory party is dead and that the Lib Dems will always stand up for our incredible immigrant communities.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/09/2025
In London, hate will never win.
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Bar Standards Board @barstandardsboard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The Bar Standards Board has now joined @bsky.app! Our mission is to regulate #barristers and specialised legal services businesses in England and Wales in the public interest. For more information about what we do please visit our website: bit.ly/1gwui8t
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Mark Ferguson MP @markfergusonmp.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This is my flag.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
It’s precisely because Brexiters howl about betraying fish and talk shit about sovereignty/immigration *and our media amplifies their nonsense*, that govt is trapped by fear, unable to freely negotiate in our best interests in case Farage/Daily Mail have a meltdown. Beyond time for the goddam truth.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social : “Nothing says something has proved successful like the person targeted by the campaign getting his friend the president to start selling cars.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Trump Recession Timeline: 1. This will be a Golden Age on Day 1! Prices will come down and economy will boom! 2. These policies won’t cause a recession. We know what we’re doing. 3. Ok, it will cause short-term pain but will be good in long term. 4. This is Biden’s recession!
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Dear broadcasters, stop giving Farage airtime. He’s got his own TV show. Leave him to it. Traitorous weasel.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Absolutely
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science. Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics". Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about". We need to sound the alarm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Unapologetically. ✊🇪🇺
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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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines. This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening
A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Absolutely @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
For the visual learners...
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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A judge who agreed that the schoolgirl Sara Sharif could live with her father and stepmother was “deeply upset” when they murdered her, I was told in an interview with Sir Rupert Jackson, a retired appeal judge who has known Alison Raeside for many years. rozenberg.substack.com/p/judge-deep...
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Judge ‘deeply upset’
Alison Raeside’s decision ‘could not be criticised’, says former appeal judge
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
What do you call a government that starts to purge the bureaucracy, announces concentration camps, targets a minority for prosecution, frees violent extremists and defies the constitution, all in its first two weeks?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
“It is alarming that the government is happy to negotiate with China but won’t even look at a better trading arrangement with our closest neighbours in Europe. This is an act of economic negligence” Ed Davey www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/econom...
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'Economic Negligence': Labour Slammed For Rejecting EU Offer Of Closer Trading Links With UK
"We’re not seeking to participate in that particular arrangement," said a government minister.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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