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Dougie Doings

@dougiedoings.bsky.social
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Ex-X, Musk can have it. Socialist, Corbyn was right. Starmer’s a Tory. Purveyor of antiques and collectibles at Lady Heyes, Frodsham, Cheshire. Come and see us. Bring money.

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 15/01/2026
Dae it....dae it! "A group of cross-party MPs have called on Fifa to consider expelling the United States from the World Cup until the country demonstrates "clear compliance with international law and respect for the sovereignty of other nations". #TrumpsAmerica #FIFAWorldCup
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Fifa World Cup: What does president Donald Trump's foreign policy mean for USA 2026
As a group of cross-party MPs calls on Fifa to consider expelling the USA from the World Cup, BBC Sport analyses what Donald Trump’s foreign policy means for the tournament.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 15/01/2026
Without wind on the grid, prices last year would have been almost 50% higher. eciu.net/media/press-...
eciu.net
Wind farms cut power prices by almost a third in 2025
Data shows growing trend of renewables cutting day-ahead wholesale prices by pushing out gas power plants
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The UK govt quietly agreed a deal with Trump to hand Big Pharma billions more, at the expense of the NHS. @globaljusticenow and @justtreatment are organising an event for MPs to expose this deal. Take action and invite your MP act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4676
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Trump’s NHS heist: invite your MP to our briefing
In December, the UK government agreed a deal with the Trump administration which will see the UK pay pharmaceutical companies billions more for new medicines.  While big pharma executives are celebrat...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It wasn’t the racism. It wasn’t the rule breaking. It wasn’t the corruption. No Jenrick gets removed for plotting. Politics for too many leaders is just a game, and not a moral one. It’s why people are crying out for hope.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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ICE 'throw flash-bang at family car' as 6 kids hospitalized including a 6-month-old baby - NewsBreak
ICE agents are accused of flash-banging a family’s vehicle as they tried to flee tear gas during Minneapolis protests, with claims a 6-month-old baby stopp
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Not only would banning X make it more difficult for paedophiles to access sexualised images of children ... "Banning X would greatly reduce the amount of misinformation and fake news" via The UK Against Hate
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
On Reform: They "don't have any answers.” “They get away with murder in the media...They’re allowed to say whatever they like, and nobody challenges them. [They claim] ‘we’re going to save hundreds of thousands of pounds in local government in these 10 councils.’ No, you’re not. It’s a total lie."
bylinetimes.com
Voters are 'Really Disappointed' in Keir Starmer's Government, Says Leader of Britain's Biggest Union
Christina McAnea, standing again to lead Unison, tells Byline Times she understands why people are looking for alternatives to Starmer's Government
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Christina McAnea, who is running again to be leader of Unison, representing 1.3 million largely public-sector workers, told Byline Times: “There was a high expectation that...life would get better. But if you look at what’s happening to the cost of living, it’s pretty much stagnated, or got worse.”
bylinetimes.com
Voters are 'Really Disappointed' in Keir Starmer's Government, Says Leader of Britain's Biggest Union
Christina McAnea, standing again to lead Unison, tells Byline Times she understands why people are looking for alternatives to Starmer's Government
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🔴 Voters are ‘Really Disappointed’ in Keir Starmer’s Government, Says Leader of Britain’s Biggest Union Exclusive: Christina McAnea, standing again to lead Unison, tells Byline Times she understands why people are looking for alternatives to Starmer’s Government bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/v...
bylinetimes.com
Voters are 'Really Disappointed' in Keir Starmer's Government, Says Leader of Britain's Biggest Union
Christina McAnea, standing again to lead Unison, tells Byline Times she understands why people are looking for alternatives to Starmer's Government
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sl25.bsky.social @sl25.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Massie ain't playing around. 🔥🔥🔥
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate. Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents. couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
couriernewsroom.com
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
More classic patriotism from GB News
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 13/11/2025
Oh. #CareHomes #SocialCare #WellBeing
theguardian.com
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 13/11/2025
"It wasn't asylum seekers who put people's electricity bills up..." #Holyrood #Immigration #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
bylines.scot
Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
Scottish Green Party co-leader Ross Greer joins Bylines Scotland’s Ronnie Barbour for our first main political party pre-election podcast
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Ghost Goat @ghost-goat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
If I see the phrase “underage women” one more time Imma lose my godamned mind. A woman is by definition an adult. Sexually mature “Underage women” isn’t a thing Words matter GIRLS CHILDREN Your President raped children Yay about the government reopening though… I guess
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/11/2025
At the Autumn Budget, the government are considering more private finance in our NHS. The legacy of private finance under PFI: 😡 £80bn price tag for just £13bn actual investment 😡Some hospitals spending more on PFI debts than on medicine Join us on Tues 18th Nov to say no to new PFI
eventbrite.co.uk
Tell Rachel Reeves, NO new PFI in our NHS - demonstration
Eventbrite - We Own It presents Tell Rachel Reeves, NO new PFI in our NHS - demonstration - Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 1 Horse Guards Rd, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 11/11/2025
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
bylinetimes.com
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
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Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
One of the guests partying at Mar-a-Lago was Nigel Farage, by the way. For my British followers.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
nasty and incompetent www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform UK suspends another member of Kent county council
Isabella Kemp’s departure means party has lost nine of 57 councillors elected in May, including four after video leak
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 06/11/2025
🔴 NEW - Charity Commission Demands More Transparency and Neutrality from IEA The regulator’s findings came a day before the Tufton Street group appointed a climate denial peer as its new boss. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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Charity Commission Demands More Transparency and Neutrality from IEA
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the anti-state pressure group, must implement reforms to be more transparent and less politically biased, according to the charities regulator. The Charity Com...
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@Comradess Nan @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
What we have become Part 2 today: Nigel Farage’s Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English The party’s candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’ bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
bylinetimes.com
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The racism is boiling over - what have we become? Conservative Councillor Accused of 'Old-Fashioned Racism' After Saying 'Young Black Males' Are 'Flooding' the UK bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
bylinetimes.com
Conservative Councillor Accused of 'Old-Fashioned Racism' After Saying 'Young Black Males' Are 'Flooding' the UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pauline Giles defended her comments to Byline Times, saying that "we cannot sustain the volume of young black males" that "jeopardises the security of our country"
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/zohr...
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Zohran Mamdani’s victory highlights exactly what’s wrong with Keir Starmer
Mamdani has shown that left wing political movements don’t have to be dull, dreary and disappointing — instead they can galvanise voters.
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Josep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Israeli occupation forces abducted a woman and her daughter from the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
YouGov today: "The increase in Green support since Zack Polanski became leader has put them in a position close to the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. We are seeing slight changes in each party’s figures from week to week, but the underlying finding is they are on comparable levels of support.”
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Just a little reminder to American experts on crime in the UK that the homicide rate is 5 times higher in the USA than it is here.
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bogwoppitt59.bsky.social @bogwoppitt59.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
He gave £13 millions of tax payers money to a girl he said he never met , now they want to give him more , FFS call it a fucking day on the royal family , shut that door on our delinquent history NOW .
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 03/11/2025
A spy plane from a UK air base flew over Nuseirat, Gaza hours before Israel blew up the Sheikh Ali family home. Now, survivors wants answers. www.declassifieduk.org/exclusive-ga...
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Exclusive: Gaza victim demands justice over British spy flights
A spy plane from a UK air base flew over his neighbourhood in Gaza hours before Israel blew up his home. Now he wants answers.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 03/11/2025
Did you know❓ The Foreign Office allowed ‘Prince’ Andrew to help deepen UK relations with its Gulf regime allies for 8 years after the Epstein scandal. www.declassifieduk.org/prince-andre...
declassifieduk.org
Prince Andrew helped deepen UK relations with Gulf regimes for eight years after Epstein scandal
The queen’s second son has held 70 meetings with repressive Middle East monarchies in the decade since the Arab Spring uprisings. Most meetings took place after Prince Andrew’s role as official trade ...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/11/2025
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...
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Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that the question of “who will hold Israel accountable for its crimes” should start with Germany. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-col...
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year. Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die. NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
theguardian.com
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year
Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report finds
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
If the King is angry with Andrew, wait til he hears about his older brother; he was mates with Jimmy Saville.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
People don't understand the level of corporate and billionaire benefits. When you buy a house, you have to pay for it. When they buy a house, a supermarket, an oil rig... whatever. They deduct it off their taxes. You pay.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
What Reeves and Starmer know but are not telling you is why they won't rejoin the EU, because Brexit put up an EU barrier in the form of 12 Freeports, 74 SEZs, and AI Growth Zones (200 bids on sites so far). Thread
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
In 2020, the EU was about to bring a case against the UK Government for its misuse of State aid in free zones, but the case fell apart as the UK officially left the EU's regulatory orbit in the same year.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The Israeli military killed 46 Palestinian children overnight. That's 10 more than the total number of Israeli children killed on 7th October. Yet there was more outrage over the fictional beheadings of Israeli babies than these 46 kids. That's easy: because there's no outrage
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The owners of the right wing press and their fellow travellers in the media are terrified of having to pay their fair share of tax. That's why the gloves are off. Hell hath no fury like the rich facing the prospect of parting with their wealth.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Corrupt Britannia. UK Govts bury bank scandals. Frauds, moneylaundering not investigated. FCA, SFO rarely prosecute. HBOS frauds report promised by 2018, nothing published, ministers don't answer questions. City of London Police funded by Lloyds Bank, UK Finance, financial institutions.
leftfootforward.org
Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty
Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 30/10/2025
One expert warned Trump's announcement could "cement an accelerating arms race that puts us all in great jeopardy."
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'Extremely Dangerous for Humanity': Trump Orders Resumption of US Nuclear Weapon Tests
"By foolishly announcing his intention resume nuclear testing," said one expert, "Trump will trigger strong public opposition in Nevada, from all U.S. allies, and it could trigger a chain reaction."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
UK Govt to capitulate to Big Pharma Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines. Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else Energy Water Banks Internet Tax abuses Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
theguardian.com
‘Patients will suffer’: tales from the frontline of the UK pharma crisis
The pricing standoff between government and industry has stalled research and put thousands of jobs at risk
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Welcome Cllr Al-Maghrabi to the Green Party and our growing movement for a fairer society, an economy that works for everyone, and a safe future for our children. I look forward to working with you to make the lives of all Bristolians better and for a fairer future for everyone.
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Gadi or Gad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 @gadi2346.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
And Starmer and his Government are complicit.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
"TRUMP - 'you used US weapons well'. This isn't a peacemaker,it's a war criminal." via Hibby Hamid #SocialistSunday
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