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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2h
This is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A cynical person might ask, of course, why are "young men of fighting age" wearing hijabs? 🧐
Main on Sunday front page: 

"As one of Kemi's top female frontbenchers calls them 'instruments of suppression...
UK HANDS OUT 1,000 HIJABS TO CHANNEL MIGRANTS"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026
“I can’t let this kind of rhetoric dominate the whole conversation. There has to be a way of talking about this issue without denying people’s humanity” @natashawalter.bsky.social meets Rachel Marsh, who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant storm www.thenerve.news/p/rachel-mar...

‘I see what’s happening to Rachel; it scares me’: the woman who dared to face down Piddington’s anti-migrant storm, pictured being interviewed for Newsnight
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At this rate, we'll be staging public drownings of migrants, to address 'legitimate concerns': Stewart Lee on the collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain. Stylised image of a RNLI ferry
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The complete and total collapse of state function in the face of far right extremists. It is frankly ludicrous that Daniel Thomas continues to be at large given the series of crimes committed which he has literally filmed.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column ‘Danny Tommo’ and his men of fighting age seek their Passport to Piddington www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
"Piddington is about to be invaded by the very worst Britons this country has to offer
Stewart Lee on the hamlet that voted to secede from the UK"

Stylised green and orange image of sign reading ‘Principality of Piddington’, in a field
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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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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/09/2026
y’all wanna see a murder
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Recognise the full scale?" Reform has no shadow minister for defense, pensions, home affairs, foreign affairs, NHS, work, environment, food, transport, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, or the treasury. They have opinions on brown people. And now on crypto. But only because it just bought them.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Annual General Meeting
Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.
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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘As this year’s super-El Niño looms large, the UK government advises us to stock up on food while it prepares to greenlight the extraction of more fossil fuels from the North Sea. Cognitive dissonance doesn’t even begin to describe the idiocy of such thinking’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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plants-gal.bsky.social @plants-gal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The arsehole, Farage, is still arseholeing!!
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/09/2026
*NEW* Stewart Lee column When the rightwing pro-Christian protesters are standing outside the rightwing pro-Christian newspaper demanding to be bought a house, you hardly need a satirist to intervene… 🔗 1/4
Text card with the words "Danny Tommo's masked patriots are coming for the Mail - if Millets doesn't run out of balaclavas first...Stewart Lee on Patriot Platform" with a silhouette of a man in a balaclava with a loud hailer
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If your idea of patriotism is calling any member of the RNLI, an entirely voluntary organisation whose crews daily risk their lives to save others, a traitor, then you are beyond hope of redemption.
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The only response:
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The #RNLI has now had to tell its volunteers they should feel empowered to shut shops or even lifeboat stations if they do not feel safe. Is any politician going to explicitly state how horrifying and sick this is? Whilst Farage and Jenrick look away and chuckle... 🤮 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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RNLI reviews security after protests in Dover and Portsmouth
Volunteers were targeted online after it assisted in the rescue of people crossing the Channel on Sunday.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 10/09/2026
We think the Supreme Court has it right: forced Christian worship in schools is wrong. Instead, school assemblies should be religiously neutral and inclusive, instead of forcing religion on children. Agree? Add your name. humanists.uk/action/keep-...
humanists.uk
Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has…
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Seriously, why are people still calling them "protests" after this sort of thing? In what way are these expressions of "legitimate concerns"?
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Daily Mail reports on the balaclava-led vigilante army visiting their offices to protest the newspaper's coverage of Daniel Thomas's background as a middle-class privately educated man jailed for armed kidnapping [the wrong person, over allegations of drug money being nicked]
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Adam @twitterisshit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ive donated every month for over 12 years now. And will be proud to continue that til the day I die.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do listen! As we all know Reform UK have a ‘shadow’ cabinet. For example Zia Yusuf is their Shadow Home Secretary.😂 This chap talking at the recent Reform conference is their Shadow Royal Majesty, King of The UK. Nah Nah Yeah Nah… 🙄
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two more sleeps before Matt Shea for Channel 4 dispatches blows the lid on Tommy Ten Names. Don't forget to tune in to Channel 4 Wednesday night at 10pm. We will share any external links we get for those who cannot view the channel in their country Stock up on the 🍿folks.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/09/2026
Read the full article here: humanists.uk/2026/09/08/u...
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Uniformed Christian nationalist protests in Dover and Portsmouth
‘Christ is King’ was chanted at Christian nationalist, anti-immigration protests in Dover and Portsmouth where hundreds of men uniformed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked roads and surrounded…
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/09/2026
People of every religion and belief belong equally in this country. Our common life must be built on shared values, human rights, and democracy. We must challenge movements that use Christianity to decide who belongs, and defend a secular democracy that protects everyone’s freedom equally.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/09/2026
The sight of masked men blocking roads while their organiser talks of building a Christian army should concern everyone who values a free and open society. These events show how religious identity is being used to divide people and give nationalist intimidation a claim to moral authority.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gordon Brown is absolutely right. Solidarity and community matters, and so do the institutions that allow us to stand together. Thatcher deliberately and consciously did everything possible to undermine that workplace solidarity.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/09/2026
Three years on from the ULEZ expansion, the evidence is clear: cleaner air, healthier children, fewer lives cut short.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 08/09/2026
There should be alarm bells ringing at full tilt in Westminster when it comes to the coordinated intimidation campaign we saw over the weekend. What we got instead is a toothless statement that the government “condemns.” Not nearly good enough, I’m sorry.
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What Happened In Dover and Portsmouth Should Scare Us
Not because hundreds of men protested, but because they appeared disciplined, coordinated and ready to do it again.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Times. Explicitly and deliberately, as a matter of editorial policy, promoting violent racist thugs.
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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The whole morality thing is pretty easily settled. In any given situation, ask what side the RNLI would be on and you have your answer. Please consider making a donation today. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Note how the moral panic about blocking the roads disappears if it's the far right doing it
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cool, now do it again, but the people who assaulted a woman were Muslims.
Speaking to broadcasters, Farage said: “It’s all one way, isn’t it? I can have milkshakes chucked in my face, be bashed over the head with placards and that’s all fine. That’s absolutely fine.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Who would ever have thought that the BBC’s political editor would put out a single source claim that was both false and also great propaganda for Reform…
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reform don't have a spokesperson for defence, health, pensions, foreign affairs, transport, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, environment, food, justice, science or housing. They're too busy letting Chinchilla the Hun force children to sing hymns, because of free speech.
Braverman said under a Reform government, schoolchildren will be forced to sing the national anthem and “our great hymns”.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
17:03 4 September

Chris Mason
Political editor

"Counter terror won’t let him on stage yet” a senior Reform figure says, explaining the delay in Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform UK conference.20:08 4 September

Jack Fenwick
Political correspondent

West Midlands Police say the decision to delay Nigel Farage's conference speech "was made by Reform UK".

A senior Reform figure earlier told the BBC that Farage's speech was delayed because "counter terror won't let him on stage yet".

But West Midlands Police say: "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement in the delivery of the Reform UK Party Conference 2026."
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Too many people will watch this, sneer, say “protecting women and girls?” And move on. Don’t. This isn’t something we should just use as a cheap talking point. These people are literally dangerous- to women, to people of colour. To queer people. It’s not funny. It’s scary as fuck.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It seems a very apposite time to ask Richard Tice to explain why he needs to head a company with no employees and no products, that appears to do nothing other than receive large amounts of money which it then swiftly transfers to the accounts of Reform Ltd.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/09/2026
TODAY protesters gather at the Ministry of Housing to demand housing minister Angela Rayner reverses the highly controversial decision to grant permission for a 5200 sq m data centre in Brick Lane. The Nerve's Brenna Spain hears from residents including campaigner Jonathan Moberly about the plans
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Going to be some more questions for buddy tonight, eh. Let's see what Cambridge says about this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film
Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I forgot to mention at the time that this poll was commissioned by Reform and paid for illegally with foreign money. Silly me.
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