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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
A lot of misinformation, miscommunication is around the fact that I labeled myself a pharmacist. I asked many random people: “Is it cool for me to call myself a pharmacist?” And they said, “Absolutely! You dispense drugs—multivitamins—to yourself every day!”
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14h
NEW Sally Rooney and Faber are not overreacting in withdrawing books from the UK market Their interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Faber withdrawing Sally Rooney's books from the UK is no overreaction
Their interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Sally Rooney is that girl and this is obscene censorship
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Pete Green @petegreensolo.com · 14/10/2026
I oppose genocide and I read Sally Rooney.
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I was on the telly.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/10/2026
For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump: "Putin has no respect for this person." Clinton: "That's because he'd rather have a puppet as president of the United States. You're willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do." October 19, 2016. She was right.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Funny how both Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson echo Kremlin talking points about Russian Brexit meddling being a ‘lie’, exactly as they did a decade ago blaming the EU for Putin’s first invasion of Ukraine
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026
He lives in a fantasy world
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Chants of 'Don't protect the women, we can fight. We don't need your fascist shite' rang out in Glasgow tonight. As anti-fascists, women's rights groups and trade unionists protested against 'patriot platform' and their supporters pushing their racist agenda in the city. Things you love to see ✊
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The numbers on social media posts from the likes of Nigel Farage and Richard Stupid Tice aren't looking so good today in the wake of Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres.
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Net Zero is a national security issue. Gas dependency sets the UK’s electricity price and makes us vulnerable to global volatility. Budget for heat pump support was already so tiny this is a ‘dog whistle’ at best
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is great! Well worth watching. Litterally everything Farage says can be deciphered here
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.
The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum.

Britain Unbound, a pro-Brexit campaign group, said Burnham's comments were "another crude attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the decision that the British people made in 2016".

It said that foreign interference in UK elections was "obviously unacceptable" but added: "There is no good reason to believe that Russian intervention influenced the outcome of the referendum in 2016.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Right on point... #PutinsBitch #AmericanWhore
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Eurobarometer data showing 74% of citizens agree EU membership benefits their country exposes the myth that European unity is losing support. In an unstable world, cooperation delivers clear security and trade value. Why keep chasing isolated nationalism? 🤔 #FBPE
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
WTAF?!
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 10/10/2026
Leuven might be the best cycling city you’ve never heard of. 37% of trips are by bike; not by accident, but by years of rethinking streets, reducing car dominance and recirculating traffic. While the large capitals attract most headlines, Leuven is another example of a small city making big moves.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In Stroud today observing just how many police officers it takes to arrest 2 of our elderly friends for holding signs while sitting on a bench in a quiet corner.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Poor Kemi may eventually become relevant, just not in any way she’d have hoped…
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stirling Womens’ Aid are an incredible bunch doing vital work across Stirling and Stirlingshire. They’ve a fundraiser underway and if you can support them, every pound will be put to good use. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Congratulations to Sagal. I wish her the very best in representing this amazing place. I'm proud of the campaign we fought. To go from 10% to 33% of the vote share during the PM's 'bounce' is good - but our ambitions are far higher.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An easy mistake to make from the party that plundered the nation under covid and crashed the economy 🤦🏻. Badenoch has the unique leadership skill of being wrong about everything
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Does the UK want to reopen the bitter Brexit debate?" asks Vicki Young. There is a way of reviewing our relationship with Europe that does not reopen "the bitter Brexit debate", which I think is underpriced. We could all be honest and agree that Brexit was a shit idea.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I admit to being rather confused when some folks offer that Andrew Tate should face the death penalty for his sex crimes when it's a well-known fact he was brutally murdered by Greta Thunberg back in 2022.
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redplague187.bsky.social @redplague187.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And here's the funny thing. Trump probably thinks that Iran is 400 miles off the west coast of the United states.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵
In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.
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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cc @london.gov.uk Why can’t London copy what the Dutch are doing?
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly voted to support Scotland's future in the EU. Scotland is a proud European nation, and we want to be back. 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Totally agree realism is required about terms of Rejoin (ie abandoning nostalgia about being able to just “pick up where we left off”). But that UK politicians are finally and openly admitting Brexit failed is also welcome realism. Slowly, painfully, it’s a start at least…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nothing shouts “public mandate” louder than *not having it*…?? The positive case for Rejoin is, sadly, yet to be made. We’ve so much work to do to change that
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PEEBleguese PEEBleguese @thehumancentipeeb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I was once caught dogging and caused the entire US B1 bomber fleet to leave the nearby RAF airbase
The legend Sir Bob Mortimer on would i lie to you
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is why you need people talking very positively about Europe and what it represents, and common European identity. Leaders have to do this. It's the only way for UK to go through accession. Still waiting.
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lovelyboricua285.bsky.social @lovelyboricua285.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For a long time I have heard rumours of secret flights into Dubai: plane loads of complete nutcases. I have never believed it and still don’t. If true, it should bring down Isabel Oakeshott as she is one. 🤪
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duncan-a-scott.bsky.social @duncan-a-scott.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To get owned by the always wrong Rees-Mogg is beyond humiliating….
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why you can’t trust Grok - or any other LLM which basically tells you what you want to hear and amplifies online echo chambers
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On the other hand there might in the future actually be a positive pro EU campaign. Hasn't happened since 1975, doesn't mean it couldn't happen... So, numbers could go down or up...
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
UK trade policy failed in large part under the guidance of those quoted in this article, and worse still none of them appeared to learn anything from it, so really not a strong counter to movement towards the EU. www.politico.eu/article/tori...
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Tories warn Burnham’s EU ‘pandering’ will shred post-Brexit trade deals
Three former ministers tell POLITICO of “grave consequences” if the U.K. moves closer to the EU under prime minister’s bid for a revamped relationship.
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patrickcherry @patrickcherry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On this Peter Oborne column in @bylinetimes.bsky.social September issue, I can certainly 100% agree. The World Tonight and the Midnight news cut by BBC News does feel like a bereavement. Comments on Rajan, and Mishal Hussain - yes, quite right. BBC, beloved, but heading in the wrong direction.
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