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Garret Lee

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Govt set to nationalise Speciality Steel UK, the third-largest steelworks. SSUK has been in administration. Govt paying £3.5m a month to keep it going. Public purse cleaning up the mess left by private enterprise. Story of capitalism: Profits privatised, cost socialised.
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Government set to nationalise troubled steel firm, minister says
Production at SSUK sites in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands was paused earlier this year.
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Garret Lee @garretlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
THIS!
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here. But the solutions exist. Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs #EarthDay Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
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Tara Lai Quinlan @quinlantl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
ICE will not reveal body-camera footage unless in agency’s ‘best interests’. Much-delayed devices to be deployed by end of month after immigration agents involved in deaths or serious injuries | www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE will not reveal body-camera footage unless in agency’s ‘best interests’
Much-delayed devices to be deployed by end of month after immigration agents involved in deaths or serious injuries
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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It is always the oil. American oil companies have no right to be in Greenland and need to leave immediately. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Donald Trump led an attempted coup d’état. The fact that he is in the White House and not rotting in federal prison is a permanent stain on America.
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tammybuday.bsky.social @tammybuday.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
truth matters!!
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/05/2026
Ofcom, after refusing to look into GB News' interview with Donald Trump for months, is finally investigating whether it was materially misleading. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social did a special report in March on GB News and Ofcom: www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...
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Screen scandal: How Ofcom lets GB News get away with it
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A channel constantly breaking the rules has effectively become Reform TV, while our useless state regulator does nothing
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Left: Keir Starmer celebrating NHS waiting lists coming down Right: Keir Starmer's Labour is stopping 1 in 4 NHS waiting list referrals which is bringing down NHS waiting lists
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Nikki @varivergirl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Trump Admin Wants To Fast-Track Executions With Electric Chairs And Firing Squads — HuffPost
The Department of Justice's report is the latest development in the administration’s long campaign to execute as many people as possible.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is a war based on lies
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Sounds like the “mobile phone ban” will simply make statutory what was already guidance to schools in England - no phones during the school day. So appears largely symbolic given almost all schools had this policy in place anyway. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans
Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves” It’s so obvious, it hurts. www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...
desmog.com
Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
NEW | On an odd choice… WHY DID BBC BREAKFAST GIVE REFORM UK A SPECIAL GRAPHIC? A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/why-did-bb...
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Why did BBC Breakfast give Reform UK a special graphic?
A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 18/03/2026
Global crude prices inched up early on Wednesday—after recovering from a dip overnight—as Iraq signed a deal to resume oil exports through Turkey.
forbes.com
National Gas Prices Top $3.84 Per Gallon As Oil Inches Above $104
Global crude prices inched up early on Wednesday—after recovering from a dip overnight—as Iraq signed a deal to resume oil exports through Turkey.
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Garret Lee @garretlee.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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Think Streeting is even slightly left wing? 40 things you should know about Wes…
Streeting is pro-privatisation, pro-Israel and his donors include hedge fund managers, big banks, private health investors and arms firms.
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 28/02/2026
Everything about the empire’s attack on Iran was illegal. There was no UN Security Council vote, no congressional approval, no imminent attack from Iran, no evidence of nukes. It’s Iraq all over again. www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/we-could-s...
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We could soon die in a nuclear holocaust because it was easier than jailing a paedophile ring
Oh shit, so this is how it all ends?
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Garret Lee @garretlee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out #SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL "I was 14" "I was 16" "I was 16" "17" "14" "There are about a thousand of us" "It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows" "It's time to shine a light into the darkness" "Release all of the Epstein files"
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Garret Lee @garretlee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons!
Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Maybe don't get AI to plan your science experiments, unless you're not particularly attached to your eyebrows or being alive www.newscientist.com/article/2511...
newscientist.com
All major AI models risk encouraging dangerous science experiments
Researchers risk fire, explosion or poisoning by allowing AI to design experiments, warn scientists. Some 19 different AI models were tested on hundreds of questions to assess their ability to spot an...
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Trump reverts to form, blaming Zelenskyy for no peace in Ukraine. Makes no reference to the bombardments of Ukraine by Russia in the past few days. Absolute piece of work, this bloke. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Exclusive: Trump says Zelenskiy, not Putin, is holding up a Ukraine peace deal
U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters that Ukraine - not Russia - is holding up a potential peace deal, rhetoric that stands in marked contrast to that of European allies, who have consistently arg...
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Another example of how the Trump regime says it wants a strong Europe, but at every step seeks to weaken Europe. And meanwhile not a peep from the Trump regime about the Putin regime banning almost all social media. The USA is no longer an ally in any meaningful sense.
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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Today Donald Trump called for the execution of six U.S. lawmakers simply because they urged the military to uphold the Constitution. A president threatening death against political opponents for honoring their oath is not “fiery rhetoric” — it’s the language of authoritarian rule.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I’m sure Russia knows what we are going to do before the American people since they have so many people serving in the Trump admin sharing intel with them.
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Trump Class warships. The only warships ever to be named after a draft dodger. This personality cult is becoming very disturbing.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Councils ordered not to adopt four-day week Communities Secretary warns local authorities they may be classed as ‘failing’ if they cut hours but not wages www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
telegraph.co.uk
Councils ordered not to adopt four-day week
Communities Secretary warns local authorities they may be classed as ‘failing’ if they cut hours but not wages
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Strongly urge people to read Jenny Cohn’s posts on the machinations of the progenitors of the Network State, because both Tories and Labour are up to their necks in carving up the UK for Silicon Valley and corporations like Blackrock to drain public money for total privatization. Wake up people!
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Sounds like a criminal racketeering enterprise
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Reformers for Remigration - a group of Reform members campaigning in the party & online fo deport all non-white migrants - explain to a Conservative MP they would exempt Mrs Farage from forcible deportation ("European") but confirm they do want Reform to forcibly deport Akshata Murty (Mrs Sunak)
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
A group of Reform Party members have begun a "Reformers for Remigration" group. It is praised by the extreme Steve Laws, who got 0.4% in Dover Laws was - madly - on the Reform approved candidate list, until June 2023 when Richard Tice threw him out for advocating deporting Rishi Sunak + myself
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
What’s happening with American media, American education, and America’s approach to places like Greenland & Honduras harmonizes with the “network state” movement (backed by Thiel, Lonsdale, Andreessen, etc), which calls for the construction of “parallel institutions” and “parallel societies”. 1/
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Garret Lee @garretlee.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Animals all around the country are being killed using catapults that have been easily bought in shops and online. We need to ban the sale of catapults to those under the age of 18 to stop these horrific killings. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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Ban the sale of catapults to people under the age of 18 NOW
No more animals should have to suffer from this cruelty.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/12/2025
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
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PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic The company linked to the former Conservative peer Michelle Mone, which owes the government almost £150m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during the pandemic, has been put into liquidation. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) applied for PPE Medpro to be wound up at a high court hearing on Thursday, arguing that the company was “hopelessly insolvent” and should not continue in administration. Continue reading...
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Westie @westie1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The law’s an ass. How can PPE Medpro be wound up? They’ve got £148m of our money! Mone and her husband are morally fucking bankrupt, that I do know!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
Meta is encouraging users to verify themselves to unlock more features or engagement with their posts.
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Barry Heard @heardbarry956.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
www.thedailybeast.com/epsteins-bro...
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Epstein’s Brother Blows Up White House’s Story on Trump’s Innocence
“The president was never in his office,” said Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, in July.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Via Press Gazette: Press 'regulator' IPSO ruled that a reporter working on behalf of the Daily Mail website breached the Editors’ Code on privacy and intrusion into grief or shock by *entering a woman’s porch through an external front door*. No fine for the paper, of course.
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Belinda Scott @bycyclebee.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... Another brilliant episode. Russian, or any other foreign interference, in our politics should be recognised, reported and stopped. The @bylinetimes.bsky.social are a voice in the wilderness sadly. Do buy the publication and support them. You will not regret it.
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A Beginners Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 29/11/2025 · 31m
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
There you go. Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Call a public inquiry into Russian
influence on UK politics &
democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from
Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK,
Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must
establish the depth and breadth of possible
Russian influence campaigns in the UK


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Sign this petition


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Parliament will consider this
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be. You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Lucy White - now dispensed from Talk TV because because of her racist statements about a Tory MP - is represented by Gerry Gunster, who worked with Farage on Brexit and other ventures, and is pictured in Trump’s lift to the left of Banks
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“This is part of our wider plans to rebuild Great British Railways the public can be proud of and rely on.” - engagingly on the nose 'this can be read in multiple ways' line, this.
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WIRED @wired.com · 22/11/2025
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
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Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
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Garret Lee @garretlee.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
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