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Filibert

@filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social
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Cyclist, guitar player and former maker, Blade, and more recently Spireite, rabid socialist, boozer and full time grumpy old git.

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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 22h
I wish we had a tenth of the spirit of the French when it comes to things like this. We just passively accept degraded services year on year.
LIVE Protesters start fires and clash with police as school demonstrations spread across France

Students, parents, and unions are protesting at what they say is under-investment in education - with hundreds of schools closed either fully or partially.
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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 23h
Notice how the headline frames Cuba as the potential lawbreaker: a ship is “intercepted” while “smuggling” oil into the country. What the headline obscures is that the U.S. is the one violating international law by imposing an oil blockade on Cuba and hijacking oil shipments bound for the island.
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Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 20h
Check out Hostage Nation: Britain’s Escape Plan today - hostagenation... 2/2
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Hostage Nation: Britain’s Escape Plan
Britain has the money, the land and the people. What it lost was the nerve. Hostage Nation is the practical plan to escape, ready to implement today
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Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · 20h
If we allow volatile bond markets to dictate whether we build schools and railways, we remain hostage to the whims of foreign trading floors, not the needs of the British people. Jamie Driscoll’s brilliant new report, #HostageNation, proves there is another way.👇 1/2
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alexei Sayle — 'It's absurd to see people who have spent a lifetime standing against racism, being accused of racism, by racists.' meme via Bring back news to the UK
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The removal of US bombers from RAF Fairford is a welcome step in ending Britain's role as a staging ground for Trump's imperialist atrocities around the world. We hope this leads to further demilitarisation and the swift removal of US nuclear weapons and personnel from Britain.
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 02/10/2026
Camden Council's pension fund, under the leadership of Holborn and St Pancras Labour by election candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali, increased its holding of Palantir shares from £276,444 in October 2023 to £3.65m by December 2025 according to Freedom of Information request
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski said today he would unban Palestine Action, call the Genocide in Gaza Genocide, and end support to Israel. You can vote for him on the 8th October in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Since the 'ceasefire' in Gaza, 1400+ Palestinians have been killed. 0 Israelis have been killed. The 'ceasefire' is not a Ceasefire but simply a protection for Israel, while Israel are allowed to go on killing.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You will hear a lot about the violence of protestors in France but little about the violence of the police. Here the officer shoots one lone protestor in the face with a stun grenade launcher, causing him to lose most of his teeth As usual the Police are the MOST violent
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CATL say lithium and sodium aren't in competition - they will coexist. They would say that; they produce both. My prediction is that sodium will take over the vehicle market, not least because of the superior winter performance of sodium-ion batteries.
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New tech should mean: Shorter working weeks. Earlier retirement. More abundance. More time to actually live. If instead it means mass unemployment while a handful of corporations become unimaginably wealthy, that's not technological progress failing. That's ownership working exactly as designed.
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Britain's economy grew faster than expected! Are homes affordable? Are wages secure? Are energy bills falling? Are public services improving? Are people less worried about the future? The magic money line can be rising while millions of people feel poorer. Maybe GDP isn't the fucking point?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cheap electricity is a terrible problem. IF you are the billionaire selling it.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pensioners with paper signs are terrorists, Iran is behind random diesel thieves. How ridiculous, do they believe everyone in the UK has been lobotomised?
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 30/09/2026
Lebanon’s Environmental Defenders Say Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Them Israel has decimated Lebanon’s land — and is also slaughtering the people who protect it. truthout.org/articles/leb...
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Lebanon’s Environmental Defenders Say Israel Is Deliberately Targeting Them
Israel has decimated Lebanon’s land — and is also slaughtering the people who protect it.
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Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Iran has driven the US out of Iraq after 23 years of occupation open.substack.com/pub/councile...
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Iran has driven the US out of Iraq after 23 years of occupation
The US military has completed its withdrawal from Erbil Air Base in Iraq, finally ending Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
youtu.be/jt8EVaBfhGM?...
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Jeremy Corbyn: Donald Trump is Starving Cuba
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/peac... Not one moment too soon. I sincerely hope someone is held responsible for that appalling negligence.
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The Green Vanguard @greenvanguard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The British government is literally committing war crimes.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is excellent. A long read, but the summary will give you the gist. ✌️😎
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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gpaulturner.bsky.social @gpaulturner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another result is that UK has become overnight the terrorist capital of the World.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the end of Louis Theroux's documentary he has to hide from the IDF as they are hunting Palestinians and he suspects they might kill him too. Theroux says, "Can we ring the Police." And the Palestinian laughs, there is no one who will protect them from Israel.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ‘harm’ from immigration is illusionary. The harm from too little immigration is all too real.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meanwhile, violent criminals are being released from prison early because our jails are dangerously overcrowded. Someone please make it make sense.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who really runs the Tory party...?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two Tier Policing. Just Stop Oil got 21 years for planning to block a road. The Far Right block emergency vehicles they don't even get arrested.
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 22/09/2026
Major new report argues that Britain is a "Hostage Nation," trapped by a set of rules we wrote ourselves | North East Bylines
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Hostage Nation: Britain’s escape plan
Major new report argues that Britain is a "Hostage Nation," trapped by a set of rules we wrote ourselves
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Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Four years ago tomorrow was the Truss mini-budget. Every day another news story says Britain is under pressure from global instability. Why can’t we just build homes, and clean energy, with secure jobs? Turns out the answer is even better than I thought. See what you think. HostageNation.com
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HOSTAGE NATION: Britain’s Escape Plan
Britain has the money, the land and the people. What it lost was the nerve. Hostage Nation is the practical plan to escape, ready to implement today
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of all the blueprints I have read on how to redress the long-term damage austerity and financialisation have inflicted upon Britain's society, this one is the most impressive - and hope inspiring. A must read.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
May all fascist schemes sink ... "Remember Danny Tommo's grand plan to “stop the boats” by raising money to buy a boat? The Patriot ... managed one glorious outing before ending up at the bottom of Littlehampton harbour." via Truth Against Hate (but he's conned people out of £67,000 for his mother!)
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember in Schindler's List when the Nazi commander uses a sniper rifle to shoot prisoners in the Concentration Camp. This is a video of Israel using machine guns from a tank to shoot prisoners in a Concentration Camp.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Meanwhile in unrelated news......
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Like Assange, Maduro is a hero, in prison for the sole crime of not bowing to the USA and letting them rob Venezuela.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When people show you who they are, believe them. Especially when they've been showing you for years.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
According to Macklemore Ed Sheeran told him the words “Free Palestine” and the image of the Palestinian flag “hurt” many of the people he spoke with. Then Ed Sheeran said "I don't take sides." But clearly he has. Do you really want to fund this?
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If Hecky can't get a tune out of them, I can't see anyone managing it.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'd boycott them anyway because they support genocide and their coffee is shit.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Help Gaie Delap take on the failing justice system that put her in prison goodlawproject.org/s/aba4aa
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Help Gaie Delap take on the failing justice system that put her in prison | Good Law Project
We helped get Gaie released from jail last year. Now we’re helping her sue the Ministry of Justice for discrimination for not finding a tag that fitted.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In the 1970s,we chased these fascist fuckers off the streets. They are a complete embarrassment and an utter menace. We need rid. The police won't do it. It's down to us again.
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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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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Phew! Made that hard work. I'd be pissed off if I were a Blackburn fan. ✌️🙄⚔️
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jesus! This really is pretty appalling. Phillips and Doherty hopefully can pull this back.
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Question: has anyone ever beaten Sam McCallum in an aerial duel? 🤔
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Filibert @filibert-de-samuel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well, that was a bit weird: two shots, two goals. Under serious pressure for most of that half, but go in leading. ✌️😳
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