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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a fair point, and it needs to be said. Joining these three dots gives a disturbing picture.

Phil Simmonds @europeanphil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well done the Greens. their ruling "Zionism is an ethnonationalist political project, and states that anti-Zionism should not be equated with antisemitism" reminded me of the situation in Northern Ireland. Partition in NI was an ethnonationalist & sectarian political project too.

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Green Party members back 'Zionism is racism' conference motion

The vote has caused divisions among figures at the top of the party at its conference in Brighton.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Inviting this monster to the G20 meeting crosses the line. It’s crystal clear. If 18 other nations don’t show, it will be a lonely get together

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A clear demographic captured in this photo. They will age out of activism in a decade

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Green Eyed Hecate (she/her) @greeneyedhecate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The law and order loyalists.....

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Phil Simmonds @europeanphil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As Secretary of State for NI, @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social can you please put a stop to this? it's the 21st century.

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Janey Mac @janeymac23.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

@chrisbryant1962.bsky.social you need to stop this "tradition" too. as well as the stupid parades.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..

Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

fun fact: the Orange Order won't accept a United Ireland and will likely move to Britain, folks. To be closer to their glorious King. Is that "stop the boats" I hear you say? (Free to read) www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... 1/3

Drumcree proves that unification of Ireland is the North’s best bet
This is not just about Orange Order entitlement to walk a stretch of road – it is about entitlement to rule the roost
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/10/02/drumcree-proves-that-unification-of-ireland-is-the-norths-best-bet/

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After the Brexit referendum in 2016, Nigel Farage predicted that the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Italy. 2016 to 2025: each country has become more pro EU 🇳🇱 Netherlands - from 72% to 81% 🇩🇰 Denmark - from 62% to 85% 🇸🇪 Sweden - from 64% to 85% 🇦🇹 Austria - 37% to 51% 🇮🇹 Italy - 33% to 52%

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Roy Lonergan @roylonergan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good wikipedia page. What it doesn't cover is why STV? Well - it was introduced by the British in response to the 1918 general election result - the first election under the extended mandate. The problem was that Sinn Féin won 73 of the 105 Irish seats on only 46.9% of the vote.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Someone should note to Suella that if this idea of Englishness wins (along with all the other Hard Right ideas that come with it), then either... a) the mob she has enabled will come for her – 'not one of us'. b) the mob will celebrate her as their greatest useful idiot. What a position.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Others can still sign the letter btw. If you're protestant and have strong feelings about this, I urge you to sign. Irish people would love an end to this madness. Please repost too to spread the word.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

wow. just wow. and more wow on top. Protestants in Northern Ireland are queueing up to sign an open letter by Rev Karen Sethuraman appealing to the Orange Order and Chris Bryant (SoS for NI) to stop the nonsense.

An open letter to the Rt Hon Chris Bryant MP. Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland, and Helen McEntee TO, Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Trade

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewform

long list of names of prominent protestants in NI who have signed the open letter.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewform

long list of protestant names who have signed the open letter
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewform

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This image is historic in nature. It's not that there were never sympathetic Protestants and Unionists. It's that to go public 28 years ago (the time of the last march on Garvaghy Road) would've meant risking major harassment, violence, and even death. Women showing up for what's right. 🫡

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You love to see it.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

yikes! this escalated quickly. "The legal and human-rights question is therefore a different one: does the protection of freedom of assembly require that a procession be permitted to follow this particular route through this particular residential community?"

ELDH Statement on the Garvaghy Road Parade
ELOH expresses its serious concern at the decision of the Parades Commission to permit an Orange Order procession along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, and at the legal and institutional process which has resulted in the reopening of a dispute carrying profound historical significance for the local community and for Northern Ireland as a whole It is essential to be precise about the rights at stake.
This is not a question of denying freedom of peaceful assembly or the right to parade. Those rights are protected, Including under Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights Nor IS the question whether members of the Orange Order may assemble, parade or attend Drumcree Church For almost three decades those activities have continued while the procession has followed a route which does not pass along the Garvaghy Road The legal and human-rights question is therefore a different one: does the protection of freedom
of assembly require that a procession be permitted to follow this particular route through this particular residential community, notwithstanding the historical context, the rights and interests
of residents, and the availability of an alternative route which permits the parade itself to take place?

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"

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TheIrishCommentator @irishcommentator.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I honestly wasn’t expecting anything like this but wow is it absolutely beautiful to see

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.

The Independent front page headline:

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifesto

There is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)

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Patrick Leech @patrickleech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Truly beautiful. Wonderfully underrated word 'Decent'.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

John Healey mentions the heroes of the RNLI when talking about patriotism. Huge applause from the audience. #labconference

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good Morning, Orange Order. Grow up.

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 27/09/2026

"Italian police break up neo-nazi networks plotting terrorist violence "Fourteen teenagers are among seventeen people targeted in an Italian investigation into neo-nazi networks accused of planning terrorism and discussing attacks on religious and civilian targets" @searchlightmag.bsky.social

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Italian police break up teenage neo-nazi networks plotting terrorist violence | Searchlight

Fourteen teenagers are among seventeen people targeted in an Italian investigation into neo-nazi networks accused of planning terrorism and discussing attac ...

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this is frightening....tory shadow home secretary Chris Philp claims only exiting the ECHR will allow the UKGOV to "stop the boats" coming into the country. Even more frightening is none of the Sky journalists challenged his claim leaving the ECHR will "stop the boats". Fun fact: it won't. 🧵

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The only remaining journalist at the BBC 👇 That’s why the BBC will likely cancel Newsnight.

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING: Israel to ban all arab-Israeli parties. Israel's Elections Committee Votes to Bar All Arab Parties including the United Arab List, the Joint List and Jewish MK Ofer Cassif from Hadash. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

haaretz.com

Israel's elections committee votes to bar all Arab parties

The decision to ban the UAL, the Joint List and Balad's party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and Jewish MK Ofer Cassif from Hadash is expected to reach the Israel High Court for review

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Treat yourself and have a listen to Armando Ianucci & Stewart Lee cover recent events. It includes Trump, Ed Davey, AI and more. extremely funny.

bbc.co.uk

Strong Message Here - We Care, We Fight! (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds

Is Ed Davey cut out for the attention economy? Armando and Stewart Lee have some tips.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another thing the BBC forgot to mention. This is far right propaganda territory.

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Janey Mac @janeymac23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the sex pistols of our generation. GRMA.

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Phil Simmonds @europeanphil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

so important that brits pick up on the impact of an ECHR Exit. Farage is promising it will "stop the boats". it won't. it will be disastrous for the UK as a whole.

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Jack Smyth @screwmusk77.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

we didn't walk out last year or in 2024. we have been supporting Israel with weapons and the in air with our air force. let's see if talk of the boycott of goods from illegal settlements amounts to anything. meanwhile we still arrest pensioners protesting against genocide.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yikes! France previously supported Israel's right to security/defend itself but this is a big shift. He really lets rip and throws a few punches at Trump too. his call for France to be the new anchor for defence in Europe is interesting. Ireland can do a defence deal with them.

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justsailingby.eurosky.social @justsailingby.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

3x international agreements. 1998 Belfast (GF) with 🇮🇪. 2020 WA & T&CA with 🇪🇺. + 1998 Scotland act of Devolution, giving 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 voters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 rights to vote for MSP’s that can form a Parl & Gov’ that includes the ECHR. A Constitutional Act for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. To negotiate that with 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 throws all the toys out of the ‘pram!

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026

A Kremlin-backed fintech company used old-fashioned money laundering to bypass western sanctions and funnel almost $7bn through major international banks, including Standard Chartered, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Read today's excusive investigation 👉 ft.trib.al/POYpdNe

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dear diary: My first week as Ed Sheerans PR consultant got off to a flying start. #Sheeran is trending in so many countries I don't have time to count them all. Nigel is still sending flowers anonymously. I can tell because of the smell of fag ash. must dash. Ed is trying to call me.

liz truss sitting at a desk writing into an open book, like a diary.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think it's more the english than brits who are blind to Farage & co but I agree. Europeans largely saw boris johnson as "englands trump"...but Farage is wideley seen as Englands Victor Orban. He is pro putin and almost succeeded in pushing Hungary out of the EU.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Emmanuel Macron meet on the French Territory of Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon off the coast of #Newfoundland #Canada #France

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

German elections: Yes, the old party model in Germany is going...as it is in britain but that is no surprise. We could see that happening in 2024 with the EU election results. Blue denotes support for AfD. You can even make out East/West Berlin where AfD was decimated by the far left. 1/2

election results map of germany showing a stark divide between east and west germany showing huge support for AfD in E Germany.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

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