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God @thegodshow.com · 11/10/2026
SLAVA UKRAINE! 🇺🇦
Russian disinformation bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not this c*nt again... After getting the Brexit he pushed for, he shifted chunks of his UK businesses over to the EU - plus himself to low tax Monaco. If everyone damaged the UK like that faketriot, we really would be f*cked. Surprised he's not relocated Man U to Europe yet.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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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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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Elections could once be won by having good policies and campaigning for them on the doorstep and in debates. Now they are more likely to be won by whoever has the most money to spread lies & misinformation www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ben Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire
Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump. Is it legal? Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire What have they been promised? Hate politics funded by the rich.
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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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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Politico: "The latest Private Eye pulls various data together to suggest the Rachel Reeves agricultural inheritance tax changes might be having the intended impact: pushing tax-avoiders out of farmland and making it more affordable for real farmers." (Cont.)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
They openly admit their election crimes & are actively doing everything they can to undermine & outright steal the Midterm Elections. Any surprise he fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission? He knows if he loses he's headed for a 3rd Impeachment & an orange jumpsuit. 🤞 👍
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Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
From today, EU citizens have a legal right to know when they're talking to a bot or looking at a deepfake, backed by fines of up to €15m. Thanks to Brexit, we're missing out on this protection.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Looks Like Cheating to Win an Election…..
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
​Paul Dacre’s legacy is a deeply divided, angry Britain. From "Enemies of the People" to endless xenophobic moral panics, his toxic brand of journalism didn't just report the news—it poisoned our national psyche and paved the way for the self-inflicted damage of Brexit. 🛑🇬🇧 #UKPolitics
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The Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalised
The long read: Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciples
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
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How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
If Jared Kushner paid €110m to buy an island in Albania that has no fresh water from a guy who did not own it, it would help explain why his negotiations with Iran on behalf of the US have not been entirely successful
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
An excellent article, "To become a member of Farage’s court, it seems you have to pay an entry fee", his core supporters could never afford him and the truth is hitting them, he was never one of them. writesbright.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
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Nigel Farage: the fall of a mob boss
Why he’s imploding...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Glorious
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/07/2026
⚠️ Best for Britain CEO, Naomi Smith: “Farage has stopped at nothing in his race to the bottom, including orchestrating a disastrous Brexit that 62% of voters now agree is a failure and normalising a strain of intolerance that risks ushering in a far nastier and more dangerous politics."
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Divisive Farage by-election a reminder our politics badly needs repair - Best for Britain
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he will resign as an MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election which he says he will f
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If your brain is so broken by MAGA that you’re fine with the President meddling in the World Cup to save a player his own immigration politics would’ve kept off Team USA, you don’t get to lecture anyone about patriotism.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hmm. There seems to a theme here… Close Farage aide George Cottrell arrested for crypto and wire fraud in 2016, close Farage aide Nathan Gill arrested en route to a Moscow crypto and politics conference five years later…. It’s not that cryptic in the end
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Here’s a funny thing. I’ve just found a tweet from Jan 2020 asking what quid pro quo was for these peerages? In Part 2 of our series #HarborneReceipts Rupert Lowe alleges Tories offered them to Farage as part of a deal. Farage said he turned the deal down. But did he?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Gutter politics from Kemi Badenoch. She is nasty, charmless and graceless. Well done to Starmer defending his minister Bridget Phillipson, who was born into poverty, so robustly. #pmqs
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 22/06/2026
It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
True but it’s also a country where Jeremy Clarkson gets paid a fortune to describe Gordon Brown as a ‘one-eyed Scottish idiot’ or fantasise about a crowd of thugs hurling excrement at a naked Duchess of Sussex. And where Dick Littlejohn gets called out for cruelty by a coroner at a suicide inquest.
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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/06/2026
"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."
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The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire is beyond sickening. He's a mass murdering tyrant and simultaneously one of the most pathetic and embarrassing people alive. He's literally hoarding all the resources and making all our lives worse, while spending all his time bashing the poor
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If the courts let this stand, the USPS won't just be delivering ballots anymore. It'll help decide who gets one. Trump can only win elections by making it harder for eligible people to vote. Why bother persuading voters? 🙄😡 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/p...
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Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive | CNN Politics
State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🔴 Reform Councillor Who Slammed Angela Rayner on Tax Owed HMRC Over £250,000 Through Failed Firms EXCLUSIVE: Wigan Reform councillor David Bowker railed against the former Deputy Prime Minister, whilst repeatedly leaving taxpayers out of pocket himself bylinetimes.com/2026/06/09/r...
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Reform Councillor Who Slammed Angela Rayner on Tax Owed HMRC Over £250,000 Through Failed Firms
Wigan Reform councillor David Bowker railed against the former Deputy Prime Minister, whilst repeatedly leaving taxpayers out of pocket himself
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Repost from 4th August 2024.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Racist politicians whip up racist outrage. Widespread disorder ensues. The courts treat widespread disorder with the severity that they have always treated widespread disorder. Racist politicians cry “two-tier justice”, whipping up racist outrage. Rinse. Repeat. It’s so fucking tedious.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 01/06/2026
Reform’s Hartlepool horse-trading When Reform UK became the largest party on Hartlepool's council it didn't take long for the horse-trading to start northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform’s Hartlepool horse-trading
When Reform UK became the largest party on Hartlepool's council it didn't take long for the horse-trading to start.
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 28/05/2026
It’s a stupidly high bar but I believe this to be Craig Brown’s finest work
A page of parodic mail online headlines by Craig Brown from the current issue of Private Eye. Buy Private Eye it’s only £2.99.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There’s something rotten in the state of the BBC’s political reporting. And unless it’s fixed soon, they will bring the catastrophe of Trump to the UK.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Racism/ hate crimes rose 57% immediately after Brexit happened. Racism was no longer unacceptable: it was official! So it became normalised again. Brexit didn't invent racism. But those politics validated it. To this day, UK hate crimes are 20% above pre-Brexit levels.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Have to say.. as red flags go, proposing to set up concentration camps and taking a £5M personal bribe would be the top two when deciding who NOT to vote for. It is genuinely insane and extremely troubling that Farage could still be electable despite that… or even because of it. WTAF, UK?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
An absolutely poisonous party run by absolutely poisonous people.
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Does anything sum up today's Tory party better than its leader, Kemi BadEnoch, supporting a ban of peaceful protests in support of Palestine and at the same time refusing to condemn Little Tommeh Ten-Names's planned march on 16th May on Kuenssberg's show,? If so, I'd like to hear about it. 1/2
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A lesson for all: Spain’s investment in renewables pays off, keeping energy bills low even as oil & gas prices soar www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Spain could be the only EU country to beat energy price hikes
Spain spent the last six years investing heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to some of the cheapest power prices in Europe.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Nigel Farage is in Golders Green stirring up tensions. Farage is an anti-semite, he’s on record several times indulging in anti semitic conspiracies. He’s also been accused by over 30 separate people of hideous anti semitism as a late teen. He couldn’t care less about the Jewish community.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19/04/2026
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022. He's now offering to "put things right". Go on then Richard - resign. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Tice ‘happy to put things right’ after ‘he failed to pay £100k in corporation tax’
Mr Tice said last year Angela Rayner would resign if she had “any moral decency” after admitting to underpaying stamp duty
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Reform’s racism, corruption and howling uselessness are being exposed every day. And every day, our mainstream media pretty much universally ignores all of it. If they want to give airtime to Reform for their many attention-seeking press conferences, do the same for their fuck-ups. For balance.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
You'd think this whole bizarre affair would be a far bigger story
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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