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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 5h
EVERY UK MP needs to read this You are all part of a government that is creating a situation so hostile and unsafe that people are leaving the country This is not an isolated case. You have the power to do something about this.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 23h
Honest question… if Polanski’s political hero was Tony Benn, why would your first political affiliation be the Lib Dems? I don’t ever remember the LDs being particularly Tony Benn like
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know a lot of graduates who can’t get a job. The eldest in my life is worried about not being able to get a job. They’re under 25… so the future looks incredibly bleak for them - no financial support, and no jobs. Wonderful
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“I can’t be racist against myself” You can actually, it’s when you internalise the disgust you feel about yourself because of the racist messages you have received throughout your life. There are plenty of good therapists about who could help you accept yourself.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Graham Linehan is a sick, warped and deeply unstable individual. There is simply nothing normal about this behaviour. Nothing at all. It’s sick.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Disgraceful metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/i...
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Inside the protests that threaten to derail Labour conference this weekend
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/09/2026
He’s obviously removing all anti-trump leaders ahead of a ‘national emergency’ so they can halt elections and seize permanent control.
Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing news
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“But if we just appease them they’ll be quiet and go away” That’s working out well isn’t it?
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let’s hope we go all the way because the current treatment of trans people is not going to be a good look now is it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham: UK could ‘go all the way’ by rejoining EU
PM says he is looking at all options and ministers will examine ‘what is doable’ and the ‘pros and cons’
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did Andy Burnham have any words of comfort for the UK’s 10m Black and Asian people who have witnessed the government tacitly nod along to pogroms or the LGBTQ community where trans people face toilet segregation and Section 28 the sequel in schools and cis LGB folk are facing erosion of our rights?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 27/09/2026
Transphobia is genuinely an elite fixation that is much less popular than most politicians and media outlets would have you believe.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been in on holiday for a week. It’s been frankly amazing having limited access to the internet and not having ti hear everyone’s opinions a million times a day. We’d all be better off with less internet time. I’m going to make more effort to not be here. Listening to rants all day is not fun.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m in Norway glad to be away from the UK. Nice to see we’re still allowing thugs a free pass. Pathetic.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The far right? Backing antisemitism? Surely not. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying
Judge said Nina Power and her friend’s social media posts had ‘the whiff of threat and antisemitism’
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 18/09/2026
From Russia and America to Israel and the UAE, Stephen Lennon has built an increasingly powerful international network. As the global far right moves from the streets into parliaments, new doors have opened to Lennon, boosting both his influence and finances. hopenothate.org.uk/tommy-robins...
hopenothate.org.uk
Tommy Robinson: A Global Far-Right Figure
From Russia and America to Israel and the UAE, Lennon has built an increasingly powerful international network. We investigate the foreign politicians, wealthy backers and influence operations helping...
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That’s a crazy Green drop
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Resident of Piddington on Thomas visiting: “It is a closed meeting. We will engage with them and walk them around the village and have a cup of tea,” He’s using you. Disgusting he’s even being welcomed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
‘Outright racist’ activist Daniel Thomas will face ‘full force of law’ over any crimes, says home secretary
Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The NHS continues to have a patriarchal approach to healthcare www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Plan to limit NHS diagnoses of ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Review expected to say patients in England should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Surely if you force the lifeboat station to close, those responsible should be arrested? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
independent.co.uk
RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Burnham committing to net zero…. So he can face and take on culture war issues then
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She is so brave and good. I hope she doesn't get too much grief.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NHS Wales’ Joint Commissioning Committee said it had to suddenly stop trans surgeries for an urgent investigation. Several weeks later and it still hasn’t even started investigating yet. Enough’s enough, it’s time to tell the JCC: give us back our healthcare. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09...
transactual.org.uk
Take Action to Restore Access to Gender‑Affirming Surgeries in Wales – TransActual
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Surveillance capitalism continues www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears
Doorbell firm aims to replace WhatsApp or Facebook groups with platform where people can post about safety or lost pets
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What a ridiculous village. Well, at least I know where not to stop and spend any money. Thanks for the heads up Piddington. We don’t want you either. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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English village votes to leave UK in protest over migrant housing plan
Villagers in Piddington, Oxfordshire, hold symbolic referendum over plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers nearby
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Curiously unreported by mainstream media. Carried by a show of hands with no opposition. labourlist.org/2026/09/tuc-...
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TUC Congress backs motion opposing EHRC guidance and calls for gender self-ID - LabourList
Unions have backed calls to campaign for gender ‘self ID’ and for a change in “discriminatory and unworkable” guidance around transgender rights.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trumpflation is in. Hold on to your hats.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So it was fine to tour a US who supplied the weapons, pays money to far right movements exuding Trump politics (like Orbán), carries out extra judicial killings, hunts people using masked men in front of their traumatised kids & has criminalised trans people?
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Exclusive: Russian intelligence agents are “hijacking” online networks of violence-obsessed children and offering them money, guns and coaching on making explosives and poisons, new research suggests At least two incidents have been claimed by the networks in the UK inews.co.uk/news/russian...
inews.co.uk
Russian spies 'recruiting UK teenagers' to carry out acts of violence and sabotage
Russian intelligence agents are “hijacking” online networks of violence-obsessed children and offering them money, guns and coaching on making explosives and poisons, new research suggests. Law enforc...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Global regulation chat - next year?! How much do we think is going to change in the next few months, let alone another year www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts
First secretary warns of ‘huge risks’ of technology as PM is urged to use next year’s G20 to drive global regulation
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Once they form their own language, forget getting it under control. Absolute lunacy, we don’t need this crap. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For god’s sake. Wake up to the crisis for pity’s sake. A fine mess the unions will be in under a Reform government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Union leaders resist political donations cap after Reform given £72m
General secretaries say union funding is ‘cleanest money in politics’ and different to that from wealthy individual donors
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is incredible stuff. Publicly declaring your right to harass and intimidate other human beings by becoming your own unaccountable CCTV operator with no oversight while acting like you have the right to invade other people’s privacy.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
President Erdogan called LGBTQI a "deviant movement" of "perverts" responsible for the falling birth rate. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
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A propos - 'The very existence of LGBTQI people is seen as obscene', Turkish activist says
Turkish police on Sunday swooped on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, arresting at least 60 people in raids authorities said were aimed at boosting traditional family values, officials and ac...
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sooooo, Saudi oil is being choked off and over in the Panama Canal drought from El Niño is severely reducing shipping. Hold on to your hats. This is going to get bonkers.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lmao. Not even the Telegraph are buying what Reform are selling
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I can entirely see why - people are working their asses off and little income covers costs. The whole country is fed up. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s a surprisingly simple reason for England’s high antidepressant use: lots of people need them | Dean Burnett
The idea that GPs are ignoring guidelines and ‘overprescribing’ doesn’t hold water. Instead, look to our social and economic crises, says doctor of neuroscience Dean Burnett
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And the things is this will have no impact on the racists who will continue to be racist
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The AI will kill us arguments keep developing… at what point are we going to recognise the cost of AI - financially and environmentally, isn’t worth what it can do. This is quite literally Tower of Babel fable stuff www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jenrick pushing crypto as good for the UK economy is so laughably pathetic at this point. Of course corrupt money which is difficult to trace the origins of is going to be good for the average person 🥴 It’ll be good for dodgy Bobby Jenrick and his corrupt mates.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Having just listened to @jonronson.bsky.social talk about his new book, this has taken on a whole new meaning. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Michael Barrymore becomes unlikely TikTok star with nearly 5m followers
Former primetime TV host films himself eating dog biscuits, doing ‘munchie runs’ and addressing pool death case
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Tom Morrison MP @tommorrisonmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Last year I met with officials from the Electoral Commission and warned them that we were just months away from the sort of political donations that we have just seen Reform attract. I warned them that we faced seeing parties being bought like football clubs - as playthings for billionaires.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A reminder that while everyone has been banging on about where people pee, the real problems have been growing apace… and with a Reform party who’s just been given over £70 million, you can guess where some of that is going to be funnelled to… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Number of UK anti-migrant vigilante groups surges in last 18 months
Exclusive: Many ‘use community protection as a cover for racist thuggery’, raising concerns about fresh disorder
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
They are openly saying they are buying the next election. If you were thinking about making plans to leave the country. Now is the time to speed that up. I can’t imagine how this isn’t going to result in Reform buying the next election the way Musk did for Trump www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo
Party leader, Nigel Farage, says he is humbled by the contributions from cryptocurrency billionaires
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“He did not like it that “the official culture of government now forces everyone to be chronically dishonest”, citing expression of views on transgender people.” If Reform win the next election, Labour have done enough to make our lives expendable. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Lazzie BOO!! 😱 @lazzieb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
yes, and, um, some of us keep trying to tell people that this is how the supreme court ruling, and the EHRC guidance, is written. trans men can be excluded from any and all "single-sex" facilities if their appearance distresses someone of hegemonic class, for any reason, arbitrarily.
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