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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 4h
Are these #NHS trusts part of the “mob” that you are scathing about #TomWatson? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in England
Exclusive: health bodies across country say controversial US firm’s data platform no better than systems already in use
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Any info on how much tax they’ve paid in the UK over the past decade? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo
Party leader, Nigel Farage, ‘humbled’ by contributions from billionaires as Harborne addresses ‘media speculation’
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Might this headline more accurately read “threaten” rather than “warn”? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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JP Morgan boss meets Burnham and Healey to warn against bank tax rise
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understood
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The worrying thing for Americans is not so much Trump, it’s the apparent lack of any way to deal with a demonstrably unhinged President. Alan Bennett’s “Madness of King George”’is weirdly apposite. #Trump #Delusional
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Haaretz reports, weeks before Oct,7,2023 Netanyahu was warned by President of UAE that Hamas planned a major attack. He ignored it. Oct 7 he did nothing to protect Israelis as they were killed, raped, kidnapped. Also- he was paying billions to Hamas terrorists www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Before Oct. 7 Attack, Netanyahu Was Warned, Report Says. He Denies It.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would sue the newspaper Haaretz after it reported that the Emirati president had warned him Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.
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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The fines are far too low to hurt these privatised polluters, since they can easily pass the cost on to consumers. The answer is to remove their licence and automatically nationalise their business without compensation for their repeated crimes.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
United Utilities fined £964,225, pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage in seas. Crimes date back to 2023. Fined at least 223 times since 2010, paid £8m. Still committing crimes, bosses rewarded but none prosecuted, shareholders enriched. Revoke its licence. Nationalise water.
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United Utilities fined £900k over Fleetwood sewage discharges
A pipe collapse at Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment Works led to the sewage spillage.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Burnham should scrap Labour’s red lines on Brexit and get closer to EU, voters say www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Burnham should scrap Labour’s red lines on Brexit and get closer to EU, voters say
New research shows just one in five voters think Brexit has been a success, heaping pressure on the new prime minister to improve Britain’s relationship with Europe
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.
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UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds
Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says
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SirKidStarverIsGone @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Zionists greatest weapon is the conflation of ‘Jewish’ with the foreign, Genocide and Apartheid State Here’s the BiBiCorp actively supporting Zionism (and not for the first time) If you tired of pouring good money for bad Hasbara Propaganda, it takes seconds to cancel your BiBiCorp licence
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Michael Hindley @hindleylancs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Large group of men dressed in black and masked turn up at the same time, in the same place and the police describe it as "spontaneous". It was a conspriracy.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Police use batons and pepper sprays but it appears nobody was arrested. What do people need to do in Patriot Platform inspired violence to get arrested? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police used batons and pepper spray on far-right protesters in Portsmouth unrest
Minister condemns groups behind Hampshire disorder and says officers were injured as they repelled ‘aggression’
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
AfD thanks Musk for “support.” I’m guessing that isn’t just moral support. Plus the connection between AfD & Putin is interesting in light of revelations about Trump’s connections with the Kremlin. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’
Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘we cannot forget our history’
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LawrieBhoy 🍀 @lawriebhoy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
0 arrests. 3000 arrests.
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026
I'm old enough to remember an elderly man being ejected from the Labour party conference in 2005. It wasn't an edifying sight but he wasn't attacked by the audience. It was all over the news, Blair apologised profusely and the party was rightly condemned. Looking forward to Farage's apology, oh.....
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Violent thugs
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not by many people, just by Bluesky folks. This will not be broadcast by our right wing media. Farage mocking the attacked women, the hatred on the Reform sheeple faces. Nor will anything happen with the thugs at Dover, they were allowed to disperse and disappear.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@westmidlandspolice.bsky.social thoughts?
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Susan McGavin @georgemcg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
another Reform thug
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
bbc.co.uk
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you don't find this disturbing... There's something wrong with you 🤮
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Clem.PM @clempm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Aging British white patriots beat up a young woman. Reform supported by thugs
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Reform UK Conference 2026 This is all it will be remembered for.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mid June 2026: Daniel Thomas's Patriot Platform begin recruitment for a "patriotic army" and publicly announce they plan to block Dover. September 2026 The black-clad balaclava-ed Patriot Platform blocks Dover But sure, *spontaneous* 🙄 Looks like terrorism to me.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/09/2026
‘Nigel Farage says he can’t be bought. Channel 4's documentary says otherwise.
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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
His name is Stephen Cooling, and he's from Sutton Coldfield branch. #DeformUK
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Release ALL the Epstein files NOW!
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Age Garton @agegarton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In any commercial business, any charity, in fact anywhere other than in politics, this tactic just doesn’t work. I wonder why we permit politicians so much more leeway than we do anyone else?
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
1,200 detainees—about two-thirds held at Florida's state-run "Alligator Alcatraz" facility—vanished from the federal tracking database after being transferred or released. around 800 individuals had no record in the ICE locator system, while another 400 carried a vague "Call ICE for details" note.
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MTDomain 🦋 @mtdomain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Five people climb a gantry in the name of Just Stop Oil and the police shut the motorway, arrest the protesters and imprison them for up to 5 years. Hundreds of people block one of UK's busiest ports in the name of Stop the Boats, and the police do nothing and no-one is arrested. Really? Sigh.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here's another young woman being attacked and beaten by old Reform men consumed by hate. #RefUKkers
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Given Trump’s Iran record, not sure he’s the best adviser on this sort of thing. Trump's response is key as Argentina's Falklands demands get louder www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump's response is key as Argentina's Falklands demands get louder
With Argentina's President Milei promising "winds of change" over the Falklands, will Donald Trump shift his stance on British rule?
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 04/09/2026
The top image was broadcast as a JOKE on French TV in 2014. The lower image is a REAL weather report from June this year. The climate crisis is not waiting for the future. We must END fossil fuels, now.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Perish the thought that this news has any connection with huge donations to parties & individual MPs.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Foreign donations are illegal, but British billionaires shouldn’t be able to buy influence either. 83% think the rich use donations for personal gain. Andy Burnham must keep his promise to cap them not backtrack yet again
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why am I not surprised to read this? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is only happening to you guys, our US brothers & sisters. What kind of demeaning actions are required from Trump before the adults in the States take his hand & lead him out of the White House? Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as Lake America after Trump order www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as Lake America after Trump order
The iPhone maker follows rival technology giant Google in relabelling the Great Lake.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Breaking - Trump renames Falklands. They’re now Islas Donald Malvinas
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Watched a clip of Americans responding to “Lake America.” One guy saying he’d supported Trump all the way but this shows he’s “losing it.” Where’s that guy been during Gulf of America, Kennedy Centre, Strait of Hormuz, Nobel Peace Prize etc etc?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
UK households have the most expensive energy bill in Europe. In 2024 energy companies made £30bn profit. Profit margins, 23%-38%. £500 of average household bill is profit. Profiteering is a bigger factor in household bills than green levies. Nationalise energy to cut household/business costs
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My goodness but Lords cricket ground is looking mighty green and verdant for the Test Match. #hosepipeban #drought #allinthistogether
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
No one should sacrifice their health, their environment, or their future so chemical companies can keep selling products that Europe has already declared too dangerous. It's time. Sign and share today to keep our coffee safe! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-08...
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No more poison in our coffee!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: No more poison in our coffee!
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Sadie @mouseandproud.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Adverts telling us to use less water. Data centres being built. Why is getting more money for rich tech billionaires ok but us having a 5 minute shower is not? Fuckers.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
$18bn over 10 years - “petty cash” as Freedland says. The only way #Meta is gonna be reined in is when some of the miscreants are incarcerated. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland
Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What level of delusion does he have to demonstrate before the adults in the USA take him by the hand and lead him quietly to a olace where he can be appropriately supervised? Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Burn ‘em & Labour bang on about “growth” to justify #Rosebank but turns out the oil & gas lobby have been lying again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
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Mark Ralph-Bowman @emmahbea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Wondering how this fits with #BridgetPhillipson’s recent comments on the rise of racism & sexism in the UK.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
With all due respect to the old chap, I was never the greatest fan of Tom Jones. But I AM a fan of this tremendous cover of Leonard Cohen's great song! Give it a try... 👍 youtu.be/3JWiPFT0v2c?...
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Tom Jones - Tower Of Song
YouTube video by TomJonesVEVO
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