Reposted by Ellis ReddingJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428121171
Reposted by Ellis ReddingThe i Paper @theipaper.com · 17/09/2026Feargal Sharkey: Burnham’s water plan won’t fix the sewage crisis trib.al/1I1q644inews.co.ukFeargal Sharkey: Burnham's water plan won't fix the sewage crisisThe PM's plan to give mayors powers to oversee water companies has gained mixed reviews - but there are fears it won't do enough to clean up our rivers 011
Reposted by Ellis ReddingElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 12/09/2026Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 27% (-1) RFM: 25% (-1) CON: 19% (+1) GRN: 11% (=) LDM: 10% (-1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @opiniumresearch.bsky.social, 9-11 Sep. Changes w/ 2-4 Sep. 44211
Reposted by Ellis ReddingOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Nobody does "fuck off" quite as brilliantly as the Irish. 30663150
Reposted by Ellis ReddingJason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026⚡️⚡️Skies over Ukraine🇺🇦 right now. Kyiv is circled. Drones now. Missiles later. Europe is gambling these skies will never become its own. 👉It could be starving Russia’s war machine now. Instead, Belgium still lets Russian LNG enter through Zeebrugge and keeps Moscow funded. 38634
Reposted by Ellis ReddingRita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“On this day 1992: The battle of Waterloo, when Anti Fascist Action trashed a Blood and Honour gig in London.”todon.nlAutonomeGeschichte (@radicalpast@todon.nl)Attached: 1 image On this day 1992: The battle of Waterloo, when Anti Fascist Action trashed a Blood and Honour gig in London. 03211
Reposted by Ellis ReddingSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Crypto billionaire. Convicted in the US. Pardoned by Trump. Trashing our democracy by buying Reform. Does anyone think this is to improve our NHS, our schools, our public services…? Of course it fucking isn’t. It’s to make Ben Delo and Farage richer. That’s it. That’s all they care about. 39630262
Reposted by Ellis ReddingScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My Dad gave regular donations to the RNLI. He was a generous man. I miss him. 21591
Reposted by Ellis ReddingMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Everything is just impossibly dumb 2153026500
Reposted by Ellis Reddingonlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25. 3729781280
Reposted by Ellis ReddingScott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Global food prices reach 53-month high in August, driven in part by disruptions to grain export amid Russian attacks on #Ukraine #Russia is striking shipping corridors in the Black Sea, with assaults on civilian grain ships #UkraineWar 084
Ellis Redding @ellis-redding.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Welcome to BBC Sport in 2026! (Benaud, Coleman, Arlott, Aliss must be spinning in their graves) Meanwhile the “management” at the BBC will be wondering why nobody tunes in: 000
Reposted by Ellis ReddingUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 15/08/2026BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuitbbc.co.ukBBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuitThe BBC's lawyers argue Trump's family members "have personal knowledge" of his intentions in the speech he gave outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. 25511
Reposted by Ellis ReddingFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Lisa Nandy has had two years to improve social media. Instead, she's leaving Twitter for Instagram - even though political content there is also toxic. Instead of fixing the problem, she's walking away. Don't be like Lisa Nandy. 1913934
Reposted by Ellis ReddingColin Millar @colinmillar.bsky.social · 27/06/2026August 11, 1979. Pakhtakor -Uzbekistan's greatest ever football team - boarded a flight to Minsk. They never arrived. Tulagan Isakov missed the plane due to an injury. He told me Pakhtakor-79's story, and powerful legacy. @theathleticfc.bsky.social (FREE LINK) www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...nytimes.comThe tragic story of the plane crash that wiped out Uzbekistan’s greatest team (Gift Article)In August 1979, Pakhtakor's squad boarded a plane to play Dinamo Minsk in the Soviet Top League. The flight never reached its destination 0149
Reposted by Ellis ReddingM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Agree With Robert De Niro.......👍🏼 489145343198
Reposted by Ellis ReddingFull Fact @fullfact.org · 28/05/2026Widely shared posts on social media have claimed that Viktor Orbán has seized control of the European Commission from Ursula von der Leyen. But these are completely false. Ms von der Leyen continues to serve as president of the commission.fullfact.orgViktor Orbán has not replaced Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president – Full FactHungary’s former prime minister Viktor Orbán has not taken over the European Commission, contrary to posts circulating on social media. 03612
Reposted by Ellis ReddingMetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history. 9727761307
Reposted by Ellis ReddingChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 01/05/2026South East Water boss steps down after damning report www.channel4.com/news/south-e...channel4.comSouth East Water boss steps down after damning reportThe Chair of South East Water has resigned on the day a damning report criticised a culture of failure and accused the company’s leadership of ‘incompetence’ over repeated outages leaving tens of thou... 32513
Reposted by Ellis ReddingAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/04/2026🔴EXCLUSIVE: The Conservatives are standing a candidate who: - Praised Tommy Robinson - Said man who Robinson allegedly assaulted “deserved it” - Said far-right MP Rupert Lowe is “the only MP fighting for us” - Called Boris Johnson a “traitorous scumbag” who “will be jailed the second we take power”bylinetimes.comConservatives Stand Tommy Robinson-Supporting Candidate Who Called Boris Johnson a ‘Traitorous Scumbag’Nathan Smith said the former Conservative leader would be "jailed the second we take power" as he backed far-right Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe as "the only MP fighting for us" 20232117
Reposted by Ellis ReddingMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 08/04/2026For some, today has been exceptionally warm for the time of year🌡️ For context, temperatures above 26°C are very uncommon in early April. Indeed, today has been the second warmest day on record during the first half of any April 📈⚠️ 89952
Reposted by Ellis ReddingThe Economist @economist.com · 08/04/2026EIU, our sister organisation, has tracked the decline in the health of democracy since 2006. But the latest index suggests a modest break in the trend econ.st/4cw7t5l 182
Ellis Redding @ellis-redding.bsky.social · 24/03/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social You cannot help thinking that the deal between Aus & EU is a far better one than whatever nonsense our post-Brexit deal was with Aus. I’ll bet the EU didn’t negotiate TimTams or importing dodgy Australian meat. 020
Reposted by Ellis ReddingGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"So far, there is little sign that either Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, or Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, want a new fight over Brexit, which is now widely unpopular with voters, including among many Leave supporters." www.ft.com/content/b031... In a day of otherwise rubbish newsft.comKeir Starmer to bring forward EU rules legislation in King’s SpeechSome Labour officials hope bill will provoke Brexit dispute with Tories and Reform UK 1332785
Reposted by Ellis ReddingSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Ofcom have 24 complaints about this broadcast on GB News. "We are assessing the complaints against our rules, but are yet to decide whether or not to investigate" - Ofcom GB News - "it is important that different perspectives can be aired and scrutinised" bylinetimes.com/2026/03/12/g...bylinetimes.comGB News Under Fire After Airing ‘White Genocide’ Conspiracy Theory From Former Boris Johnson AideOfcom is under pressure to investigate after the channel promoted his claims that white Britons face demographic "genocide" by ethnic minorities who will "turn on" them 1122086
Reposted by Ellis ReddingStephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/02/2026This was the Starling murmuration, on Sinker's Fields, at Whixall yesterday. It was one of the most spectacular natural spectacles I have ever seen and is a must watch. 1523791
Reposted by Ellis ReddingAnne G. Øren 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇬🇪 @annenafo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026🇳🇱 Outgoing Dutch Defence Secretary Tuinman: «If the US 🇺🇸blocks F-35 software updates, we will crack the code and do our own updates to make the plane fully European. I'm not allowed to say more». This is the way, Netherland 🇳🇱😁😁 03614
Reposted by Ellis ReddingProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 08/02/2026PHOTO OF THE DAY. Hollywood icon, James Dean, walking in the rain in Times Square, NYC (1955). 📷 Dennis Stock 0195
Ellis Redding @ellis-redding.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Not sure who the IT bods at Companies House/HMRC are who dreamt up the whole ID verification. But it is an utter utter shambles. From the very very beginning. The whole concept is all over the shop. 2 different systems. Change of App. Change of name. Farcical. That’s before trying to upload! 120
Reposted by Ellis ReddingFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Priti Patel has a meltdown when Lewis Goodall points out that the assumptions Brexiters made have proven to be entirely wrong 3624287
Reposted by Ellis ReddingUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Minneapolis protesters march against ICE as governor urges Trump to remove agentsbbc.comMinneapolis protesters march against ICE as governor urges Trump to remove agentsSecond fatal shooting an 'inflection point' says Tim Walz as protests spread over Saturday's shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. 1165
Reposted by Ellis ReddingJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officialsSuperintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas 27165573292
Reposted by Ellis ReddingJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.” It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations. 20855671706
Reposted by Ellis ReddingAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives. Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks 951210515
Reposted by Ellis ReddingLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 19/11/2025The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford 11833751976
Reposted by Ellis ReddingWanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This is another HUGE scandal, enacted by the Tories, which must be investigated Public money paid for this - it was supposed to benefit the local area 06434
Ellis Redding @ellis-redding.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The @theguardian.com promoting a story by a YouTuber saying how the BBC should bend down to appeal to kids more is very alarming. The determination of some sections to reduce standards & levels to please children is very worrying. But both the left & right want it. Improve standards not reduce them! 000
Reposted by Ellis ReddingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...yorkshirepost.co.ukMichael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmersMichael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers. 59493199
Reposted by Ellis ReddingOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2025The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...bylinetimes.com'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to ScrutinyInsiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements 791766803
Reposted by Ellis ReddingKerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 08/10/2025🤣🤣🤣 There are ALWAYS receipts. Fucking love it.💪😁 0103
Reposted by Ellis ReddingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Who would have guessed www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...mirror.co.ukNigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earnsThe Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo 48950366
Reposted by Ellis ReddingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/09/2025The Royal Parks has rejected Nigel Farage's claim that migrants are killing and eating swans from their grounds. The RSPCA has also poured cold water on the claim, saying a video that has been circulating on social media was from 15 years ago news.sky.com/story/royal-...news.sky.comRoyal Parks responds to Farage's claim that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in the UKThe Reform leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans - a protected species - from ponds in Britain's Royal Parks and killing them. 1201108440
Reposted by Ellis ReddingArchitects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 23/09/2025The National Gallery has launched a competition for a £375 million extension, aiming to complete its new wing by 2030.architectsjournal.co.ukCompetition: Project Domani, The National GalleryCompetition: Project Domani, The National Gallery 011
Reposted by Ellis ReddingNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 21/09/2025An estimate that as many as 1.3 million wildebeest move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year has been cut down to size using AInewscientist.com‘Great Migration’ involves far fewer wildebeest than we had thoughtAn estimate that as many as 1.3 million wildebeest move across the Serengeti Mara landscape each year has been cut down to size using AI 072
Reposted by Ellis ReddingChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Summer 2025 was UK’s warmest on record www.channel4.com/news/by/liam...channel4.comSummer 2025 was UK’s warmest on recordSummer 2025 was a record-breaker for the UK. What caused such a warm summer? 02110
Reposted by Ellis ReddingPaul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social · 31/08/2025James Milner, 39 - still scoring in the Premier League 23 years after his first one... 1247
Reposted by Ellis ReddingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Bluesky now platform of choice for science community 👏 arstechnica.com/science/2025...arstechnica.comBluesky now platform of choice for science communityIt’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”… 16890183
Reposted by Ellis ReddingThe News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 27/08/2025“Does the US still want to pressure - or seize - Greenland from Denmark?” “Absolutely.” Danish investigative journalist @nielsfastrup.bsky.social says the US is running a hostile campaign aimed at destabilising Denmark. 23290127
