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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1h

God. Since @carolecadwalla.bsky.social left it, even the @theguardian.com gets it wrong. There weren’t just four meetings between Banks/Leave EU and Kremlin officials during Brexit: the judge in the libel case concluded at least a dozen

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 1h

To be completely honest, it absolutely blows my mind that this wasn’t done as part of the very first EU sanctions package in February 2022. Quite aside from the punitive effect of taking the consequences of Putin’s war to (some of) the Russian public, it’s also a huge security risk.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely stunning that in the NYT’s latest major story on Elon Musk single-handedly trying to save the GOP there is NOT ONE WORD about how he is the world’s most vocal white supremacist and advocate of ethnic cleansing.

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The world’s most vocal racist will be the Republican Party’s biggest donor again. But don’t mention it. | Press Watch

Our top news organizations are covering up Elon Musk’s white supremacist propaganda

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1h

Man who enobled a KGB agent's son... despite SIS raising concerns... says what?

This is just not true. As soon as I became
foreign secretary I asked the security
services the same question and they
replied that there was no evidence of any
successful interference in the 2016
referendum, by Russia or any other power

Either the security services have changed
their view - which would be very odd - or
Burnham is lying about what he has been
told. After all Starmer was in power for two
years and had access to exactly the same
information.

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 1h

If you want quality family life, privacy, personal safety, career security, you’d decide very that getting elected is a bad choice. I’ve no idea how so many stay sane. There are ways to make a positive difference without launching yourself into that quagmire. Council, Parliament, doesn’t matter.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 2h

No client tested the relationship between the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s compliance officers in London and their managers in Beijing more than Huawei — the symbol of the U.S.-China battle for technological supremacy. Read our story: buff.ly/g2rYP1u

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ICBC helped Huawei spirit $1B out of London days after US indictment

The urgent operation exposes how readily ICBC’s local branch bypassed internal checks to boost a Beijing favorite.

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 2h

Miles Battle… now that’s a name I can get behind.

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 2h

The Last of the Bowlcuts.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2h

The Times, once again, calling for mass deportations of care workers and other legal migrant workers.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 2h

“[TV detective Columbo is] a socialist figure… He comes into these very rich people’s lives & tears them apart, & they don’t know he’s doing it until he’s already done it. I just thought that was extraordinary” —Ian Rankin on his new novel about the super-rich 💙📚 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

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‘The crime fiction I’m interested in is political’: Ian Rankin on his new novel about the super-rich

The bestselling writer talks about leaving Edinburgh for London in his latest mystery, and what the future holds for Rebus

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 2h

Trump just said a minute ago that Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelensky does. Now this:

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone knows that Scots in ye olden times were 20% tartan, 20% mud, 20% paint and 40% a mass of tangled hair.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 3h

Everyone is out on bail and no one can say what the plot was and not a single journalist that i have seen has even arched an eyebrow. British journalism is hilarious

Beth rigby: BREAKING: PM tells MP that RAF plot was "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and says UK will bring further sanctions to restrict the capacity or Iran and the IRGC to do us harm

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 2h

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A tweet from Kacey Musgraves responding to Kristi Noem's endorsement of Ken Paxton: "I dont think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it."

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Duncan Gill @duncangill.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, it’s so normalized that the guy is President of the country. The horse bolted a decade ago

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particle dogs @particledogs.bsky.social · 10h

I usually don't angry post but,

a post with reflectors that look like angry eyes

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NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social · 5h

Last day at Sands of Forvie complete! We found a giant shellfish cooking pit- around 2m across and over 1m deep with at least eight separate phases of use - around 0.5m thick deposit of shells extended from this pit for around 5m from the edge of the pit! Quite the shellfish feasting site!

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 6h

I’m sure that Peter thiel’s forms are all above board.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 9h

This story makes it sound like the major problem is that the Trump Admin did this w/in 60 days of an election. Yes, that's a real abuse. But the major problem is they're basically threatening to denaturalize an opposition legislator, based on racist insinuations. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

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Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Gift Article)

The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h

Who funds the Neo Nazi AfD? Overwhelmingly, it's the Kremlin and Russian interfaces.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It is very interesting that the Mail’s story on Michael Gove’s recent ex-girlfriend being charged with CSAM offences has been memoryholed two days after it was published. Public records show she appeared at Oxford Combined Court centre on September 30 and pleaded not guilty.

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Shady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 14h

If you're a black person accused of academic fraud, the british press and political elite will harass you until you kill yourself. If you're a racism denialist accused of sexual crimes against children, the british press and political elite will *immediately* deploy the wall of silence.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 7h

I'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 8h

NEW | On disappearing stories… MICHAEL GOVE, LOLA SALEM, AND A SUDDEN SILENCE Why did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor? brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/michael-go...

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Michael Gove, Lola Salem, and a sudden silence

Why did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7h

Here is the clip on BlueSky bsky.app/profile/paul...

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 6h

Just had this again. This time I'd saved almost ten quid. But you still have to feel Tesco as a company is up on the deal overall.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

wrote on saturday that trump was not going to let democrats avoid the question of impeachment and here we are with an offense that would have had a president impeached, removed and *at least* exiled if it had happened at any point prior to now.

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Casaubon @zas.bsky.social · 9h

This is *literally* everything I have seen related to Trump and Republicans my entire life.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12h

The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

Elon Musk has given Republican campaigns $650 million – MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS – in the last few years. He's not doing it to make Americans more free. He's doing it to make Americans his serfs.

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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 9h

Exclusive: Do you remember the polling company Redfield and Wilton, which appeared from nowhere in early 2020, whose polls quickly appeared in lots of publications? The company’s director is a registered solicitor, prompting questions over where the polling expertise came from. Here’s the answer…

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Nigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firm

Exclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say

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Tara Flynn @taraflynnirl.bsky.social · 10h

So many fliers since 2016: “It’s a festival of ideas” What kind of ideas “Dangerous ones” Dangerous, so like new ones? That make things radically better for people? “Neoooo…”

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h

The smartest guys in the room. When the room itself is otherwise empty.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12h

The BBC is making a lot of cuts (including to some things only the BBC would do or could do). The BBC could cut some things where it is simply replicating what private media businesses will do - as it wants a share of audience. This issue could be covered seriously by its news channels.

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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 13h

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, full stop.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 22h

this was the conclusion of the Castillan crown while he was literally still fucking alive

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 20h

Sad news for cinephiles: Tilly Norwood has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 12h

Private equity is one of the most harmful things to ever happen to our economy and society

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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sure the Kremlin was delighted we voted to leave the EU, but I also think it's passing the buck to blame it on Russian interference. Russia's role in Brexit was tiny compared to that of unscrupulous hedgies, ambitious politicians and decades of lies from right wing newspapers.

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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 12h

I think it's safe to say that Europe may see some odd stuff happening over the weeks and months ahead.

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 15h

The accountancy giant Deloitte fabricated corporate documents to help Roman Abramovich conceal at least $10bn in assets and dodge large amounts of tax. We found more than 1,000 corporate records that had been “backdated” – given a fake earlier timestamp – sometimes by as far as five years.

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Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn by faking documents

The Big Four firm spent years fabricating corporate papers that helped the sanctioned oligarch conceal assets and dodge tax

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h

UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute. UK infrastructure is owned by foreign investors/states - ports, airports, water, energy, microchips, auto, steel, computers, phones. Can't reduce UK vulnerability without abandoning neoliberalism.

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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute

George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field

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