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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 11h

Gah. Stop this nonsense. FOM is a benefit. Stop framing it as a negative. Also, FOM is one of the four freedoms. Without it, you can’t be in the EU and can’t even be in the single market. This isn’t difficult.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

And of course, Boris Johnson ensured the #RussiaReport, highlighting Russian interference in the EU ref, would not be published before the 2019 general election in which he promised to "get Brexit done". It is a democratic outage that Johnson hid this from the public before an election.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk…” One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen any politician do to any city.

cbc.ca

Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News

Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.

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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I get that a party should be ambitious. But this shouldn’t be at the expense of core principles & beliefs. Nor, for that matter, should it need a party to be timid or obfuscate its real opinions. Libs could have co-owned the progressive elements of Burnham direction. But they fought the old battle.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

ICYMI: Latino early voting is currently outpacing where it was at the same time in 2024 in RAW VOTE TOTALS, a new study finds. That's astounding. Turnout is usually much higher in presidential years. This election will bury the Myth of Multiracial MAGA. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2164...

newrepublic.com

If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA’s Political Gravestone

A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem for Trump and the GOP.

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Tracy @wacket.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This!!! 100%!

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Well the bad news is that we're selling out our allies and helping our enemies and planning to execute someone by firing squad on live TV. But on the upside we gave a no-bid contract to the UFC to train FBI agents to fight, and we all know how real professional wrestling is.

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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The 7/7 bombings in London rightfully outraged the world when Al-Qaeda terrorists blew up a London bus. The same thing just happened in this city in Europe. This time russia were the terrorists and for some reason that means it doesn’t deserve mass coverage. Quoting @CaolanReports: "russia just di…

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Badenoch says that Labour "don’t get a clean slate just because they have changed leader". Yet whenever she's challenged on the Conservatives' record in government, she dismisses the question on the grounds that she wasn't leader then...

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I agree with this comment. Just as the 50 Snapchat guys that did nothing are part of the Cornell 57. Republicans are the same as the Cornell 57 for not calling out accountability to the Pedo-in-Chief. This is disgusting and irresponsible 🤮🤬🖕🏼

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He has started five wars (if one divides the war in Ukraine into two phases). None were provoked; all were deliberate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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List of wars involving Russia - Wikipedia

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is the way👇 #Russia is committing genocide on an European country. Russia wants to destroy democracy. Banning political parties who support Russia is therefore 100% consistent with free speech. We must be willing to make sacrifices to save our freedom.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Amazon alone holds 10% of all known species on Earth, and scientists estimate we have studied less than 1% of its plants for medicinal value. We are burning a library of cures before reading the books. Source: Amazon Conservation Association / WWF

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.

Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.

Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.

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Kemi Badenoch: I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK

The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.

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Chris Sheridan @fatshez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On Times Radio today, she referred to "the family farm tax" as "a sort of inheritance tax," as if she had no idea it was a name the Tories came up with in response to the government changing a particular IHT exemption and is in fact inheritance tax.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If The Times’ political editor didn’t challenge Kemi Badenoch on her banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social can the newspaper of record just make this simple correction?

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

100% this man has made the right choice. We have to fight fascism this way now. We have seen what happens when we let the thugs take control. If you have ever worn a poppy, this is what remembrance means #NeverAgain

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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have heard rumours that Richard Tice heads a company called Britain Means Business, that has no employees and sells no products but takes in very large donations from foreign based people and forwards them to Reform UK Ltd. I can't believe this is true, but if it is it should bring down Reform.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch, who is currently purging the Tory candidates list, tells Today she stands for "uniting the country" and wants to "bring the country together". She then laments the Coalition years when "we had to make concessions". It's amazing how often "unity" means "everyone must agree with me".

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026

El-Sayed on Fox: "There is this argument you try to make often is that the best way to take this problem on is more war. How has that worked out for us? The war in Iraq which this channel spent years and years pressing -- has that made us safer? Are we more safe because of the war in Iran?"

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As Nick later says he "WAS" the Tory Mayoral candidate and indeed it was as a result of running for the gig that he was ultimately brought to justice. This wasn't "a thing that happened"

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abuse

theguardian.com

‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols

Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026

More than 2,500 people have already emailed Apple and Google to demand that Reform UK's app be removed. Let's flood their inboxes so they can't ignore us ⬇️

bestforbritain.org

Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love talking our country down While offering no solutions Because I’m a grifting gobshite Who likes to incite unrest Small boat crossings are down 44% Deportations are the highest in 10 years Immigration is 82% lower But who needs facts When you can make up lies

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Apparently "Kemi" has "fresh solutions" uniquely tailored to Britain's current problems. <excitedly prepares to take notes> Cut taxes, reward the wealthiest, punish the poor and sick, alienate our allies, deregulate big business, and privatise any remaining state function. WAAAAAAIT A MINUTE!

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Putin launches attacks against Ukrainian civilians every day, but all that Trump envoys seem focused on is how to make money by working with him. The indifference to Putin's atrocities in pursuit of oil deals is deeply disturbing to me, and I bet it is to a lot of Americans. What are your thoughts?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A silly argument from Katie Lam. There is no rule saying we can only have an EU referendum every x years, where x is more than 10 (& preferably >30 years). The Govt could call one at almost any time; the problem is calling one at a time when it is confidently winnable. That time is not now/soon.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026

It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

simonandschuster.com

The Nerd Reich

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ...

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Lady Macbeth @notinstructed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Destroyed a ULEZ camera” is an interesting way to describe detonating a homemade bomb in a residential street, sending shrapnel into homes and cars, and being convicted of causing an explosion likely to endanger life. Still, “camera” does make the fifteen years sound terribly unreasonable.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Paying taxes is punishment is it? Some might say it's a contribution to the infrastructure and regulations (like the rule of law) that enables you to build a successful business and, being less transactional, your contribution to society..

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/10/2026

The extent to which the rule "you are not allowed to insult the other side's voters" is applied exclusively to the left never ceases to infuriate me. "Basket of deplorables" and "cling to guns or religion" were WEEKS-long news cycles. There were panels. There was theme music and a logo.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Remarkable the impact a disorganised, impoverished terror state can have on a supposedly secure military installation in one nuclear armed state operated by the world's most powerful country. Hybrid war in action. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

nytimes.com

U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats (Gift Article)

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
X.com
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Emerson @emersonr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another great piece by Ian, and like him I'm hopeful. Not because I'm a Labour man but because I'm so tired of politicians all over triangulating and acting like they have no agency. Let's hope Burnham lives up to our hopes.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Joël Reland @jreland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What's that Andy? You want to look at the different options for the UK's relationship with the EU? If only someone had set them out already... ukandeu.ac.uk/introducing-...

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Those on inefficiencies make us poorer and what we're working against b) because why should capital be free to go where it wants for profit, but labour - the only thing most people have - is tied to the land like serfs c) because believe in giving people the freedom to choose their own destiny 6

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do you want to join but have your rights decided by Europhobes? Maybe better to stop the conversation altogether. *So just a wee point because apparently both Mr Kelly and Mr D'Ancona have forgot, but we have FoM a) because every restriction is an inefficiency in the single market 5

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Where is this coming from? Matt Kelly believes the Brexit vote in all its Europhobic glory was justified. And as a result the whole continent has to change because of the complexes of voters in Grimsby and Barnsley and Sunderland. Hardly a winning argument to Europe to say Brexiters were right 4

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The horrific stench of Anglocentricism and #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien off this from Matt Kelly on The Two Matts pod. Supposed pro-European says UK will never join Europe that has freedom of movement. Okay then, don't. Let's move on. FoM is a key part of the attraction for Britons A 🧵

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Elena Adaal @elenaadaal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UK gov is actively discouraging foreigners to come, by charging visa costs that are far too high, a specific foreigner-only NHS Surcharge, and extra costs for international students. Good to see that those outside of UK are noticing that UK is closed for business.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 28/09/2026

truly my most "I am very basic and I don't care if things seem complicated I think they can also just be simple" opinion is that you should buy a house or a flat if you want a place to live in and I just don't really care if price goes up or price goes down, you have a roof! that was the whole point

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The UK’s annual contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) Palestine fell from $18m (£13.6m) in 2024 to $9.3m (£7m) last year and just $4m (£3m) this year, The i Paper has learned"

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