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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?
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Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m
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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 6h
Wildfires in West Kalimantan are leaving wildlife struggling to find fresh water as forest pools dry up and ponds turn brackish, pushing animals toward villages and coastal areas. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/dead...
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Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water
Wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are leaving wildlife without fresh water as ponds turn brackish and forest pools dry up, driving animals into villages and toward the coast. Residents and cons...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 12h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I grew up in a zionist household.. with the idea that that region was a land without a people & a people without a land.. I don't believe that's true, & what we're seeing is an ongoing genocide & the displacement of the Palestinian people."
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben claiming he quit Britain for Monaco over potential wealth taxes—when records show he already moved years ago—exposes the myth of the "super-rich exodus." Threats to flee are just economic blackmail to block fair taxation.
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 8h
Until Nigel Farage decides to #ApologiseForBrexit everything he says should be treated with the same level of respect as a "Brexit benefit" like giving £350 million a week to our NHS ...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11h
“There’s nothing so powerful in 🇬🇧politics as the rightwing unreality machine... It’s a place where Brexit will be cost free, Ed Miliband is a Marxist, Liz Truss was a serious political figure”…and Badenoch is shielded from her own X-fuelled mediocrity. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
Why does she have the best press in politics?
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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'
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The Hind Rajab Foundation @hindrajabfoundation.be · 08/10/2026
🚨The @hindrajabfoundation.be has filed an ICC complaint calling for an investigation into Israeli officials, medical professionals and the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) over the death, torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees at Sde Teiman. ➡️ More → bit.ly/3TqVf7B
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 21h
“AGAIN”
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Does Andy Burnham really want to end neoliberalism, and if he does, why has he ruled out rent controls? Why is he talking about public control of water companies, rather than [public] ownership?" Spot on.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 7h
A few hundred meters from the pristine riverbanks in Croatia, a megafarm is being built: ⁣ ⁣ 🚨 1.8 MILLION chickens per year⁣ 🚨 Over 1 MILLION litres of toxic wastewater annually⁣ Billionaire Ag executives are expecting communities to suffer in silence while they extract profit.⁣ ⁣ ⁣#PeoplePower ✊
A bold graphic claims that the “Chicken King” wants to build an industrial megafarm next to Croatia’s largest drinking water source. It features a smiling man holding packaged chicken in a supermarket, with text stating that 1.8 million chickens are slaughtered annually and that residents are organising against industrial farms.A graphic shows a scenic, hazy landscape beside a body of water. Bold white and yellow text criticises wealthy corporations and billionaire executives for transforming beautiful places into industrial zones while ignoring local residents. Yellow-highlighted text claims the proposed project would produce 1,000,000 litres of toxic wastewater annually near a UNESCO-protected reserve and Croatia’s largest drinking water source.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 7h
The royals only have power through mythology and control. Led By Donkeys co-founder Oliver Knowles on an alternative to royalty. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/10/2026
All the investment in our water system comes from one place: customers' bills. The government needs to bring not just water back into public ownership, but every critical asset that this country has under our control, owned by us.
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 4h
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 9h
I couldn't love this more... 😂 bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 8h
'The most telling thing about the backlash against the Greens’ “Zionism is racism” motion is the refusal of the media to platform Palestinians. We’ve had wall-to-wall coverage centring the feelings of Zionists, but we’ve heard almost nothing from their victims.' www.facebook.com/CouncilEstat...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10h
Phillipson says the difference between Labour & the Greens is Lab deliver. And you know what policy she cites? Scrapping the two child benefit cap. Something they suspended seven Lab MPs for voting for, refused to do for almost 2yrs & had to be dragged kicking & screaming to do
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12h
Thank you Holborn & St Pancras. Our second best byelection result ever. 💚
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 8h
via Anti Reform Hub
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 6h
Congratulations to anti-apartheid activist Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2026. The world needs judges who promote peace and international law, and Navi has dedicated her working life to this. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 5h
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*RSE! Richard Ayoade Mocks Nigel Farage on Have I Got News For You!
YouTube video by Political CUSTARD
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 5h
👍🏼🎯💯%🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 If only it were this easy.... ⬇️
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Simon Dean @ihategod.bsky.social · 23h
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul
Exclusive: Letter to government says changes will unfairly remove legal protections for children in England
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I grew up with this idea of a land without a people.. but in recent yrs I've been discovering what happened to those people in the land. They were displaced, & [now] there is a genocide that our govt is not just complicit in but actively selling arms licences to"
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Ruth @ruthozzz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This book is BRILLIANT. I love Peter Oborne.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We’re losing nature faster than ever before. The Living Planet Report reveals the scale of the challenge facing our natural world, from the wildlife and habitats we love to the ecosystems that provide the food, water and climate stability we all depend on.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty Awesome 👍
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 8h
Oh dear. A woman, and even worse, a woman with brown skin... That's going to have the insane orange narcissist chewing the carpet! I'd hate to be the poor sod who has to tell him! 🤣 Very sincere congratulations to Ms Pillay 👏👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
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Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for 'efforts to promote peace and international law'
Some 287 candidates have been nominated for the prestigious prize, which was won last year by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "people are disgusted & appalled by the genocide in Gaza, & I think what people want to see, & the Green Party are absolutely unified for.. a 2 way arms embargo on Israel, an end of sharing intel, & boycott divestment & sanctions. We need to end the genocide"
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 11h
Climate action is urgent—not just for our warming planet, but for generations to come. “A newborn’s healthy start must never depend on a family’s ability to escape the heat.” news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a “new fault line in the global climate crisis” as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action body (UNFCCC) warned on Monday, calling for maternal and...
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Lynda..Hopeful Human🇦🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦 🐨🦘✌️🦉🦉 @hopefulhuman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
via Zurainee Tehek
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h
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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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18h
This is depraved and so is a country that lets them do it.
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 18h
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Not since 9/11 has the UK faced such a security crisis – and threat to our liberal principles | Gaby Hinsliff
The combination of Iranian, Russian and Chinese aggression is deeply worrying: just how much more concerned about security should the country be?, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 17h
ICE agents have shot yet another person in the street, this time a man in his car in the Bronx while his small child sat in the backseat. www.reuters.com/world/us/per...
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New York City man shot in car with child present by ICE agents, mayor says
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a ​child present in the vehicle in the Bronx borough of New York City, ‌according to the mayor, city po...
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Release ALL the Epstein files NOW!
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 17h
UK's ban on trade with Israel's illegal settlements will only stop an estimated 0.6% of UK-Israel trade. If the govt wants the UK to “stand up for what is right”, it must end the whole UK-Israel trade deal. Demand action with @waronwant.bsky.social: secure.waronwant.org/page/202104/...
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Stop the UK-Israel Trade Deal
Take action in solidarity with Palestinians
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amallod.bsky.social @amallod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Please, I beg you to stand with us. My little boy Mohammad (5) was injured by shrapnel in Gaza, and I am his mother, Amal. He urgently needs to leave for treatment — your donation and repost could mean life or death 💔🙏
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 18h
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes & guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
W. T. F is Burnham is thinking!? 🤬🤷🏼
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empressam.bsky.social @empressam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
W. T. A. F!!? 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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