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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Since water services were sold off by Thatcher to be run for private profit, the water companies have: - amassed debts of over £50bn - paid £78bn to shareholders - raised their CEO pay to £1-3 million a year - lose 2.87bn litres of water a day through leaky pipes - polluted EVERY river
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Gary. #Join_a_Union #WokeUp @garyallen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
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Gary. #Join_a_Union #WokeUp @garyallen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
To me, the jury is still out on Burnham, but this is promising.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord
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Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Yup … technology is not all it’s cracked up to be … #cdnpoli
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
So Reform UK is funded by Russia, GB News is owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Mail on Burnham becoming PM without a general election vs. when Tories do it: 🤯
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We have to ask ourselves how we made British (and American!) politics the go-to career for spivs, chancers, hedge fund speculators, money launderers, crypto criminals, anti-vaxx scammers, Nazis, sex trafficking manosphere influencers and of course the whole Johnson coterie of gropers and stalkers
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Ban the billionaire media petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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Dr Owain Connors @owainconnors.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Reform social media outriders are very angry about Binface…. Lads, you can’t paint him as ‘the establishment’. He’s a bloke with a bin on his head. Your fella is a Dulwich College stockbroker who accepts mystery donations from dodgy billionaires.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/07/2026
The Chancellor has the power to stop Farage's cynical ploy. I've written to her this morning urging her to act. Farage should not be allowed to resign until the investigation into his dodgy dealings has concluded. The people of Clacton deserve the facts first.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
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"The noble Lord had stated, that it was unusual to refuse the Chiltern Hundreds, except on account of mental incapacity, or where proceedings were pending for the expulsion of the applicants from their seats. In this case, however, the House had decided that compromises had been entered into, which had the effect of obstructing the investigation of bribery; "
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Facts you won't find in a Reform UK election leaflet ... meme via Robert Thomson
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Amazing work by Reform in picking Robert Jenrick as the man to tour the broadcast studios to portray Nigel Farage and his party as a model of probity
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
If you are worried about Benefit Fraud £0.5bn but not Government Corruption £219bn. Immigration £2bn but not Tax Havens £150bn. Junior Doctors pay rises £1.3bn but not Bankers tax cuts £7.3bn. You‘re buying their lies.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Celebrate ten years of freedom and sovereignty with the Brexit Benefit Loo Roll From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Hilarious video that shows none of the Reform voters know any of Reform's policies.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
First Caerphilly… Then Gorton and Denton Now Makerfield Even with the press and billionaires firmly on your side, you lose We don’t want your division, rage and riots Hope that’s clear now 🇬🇧❤️✌🏽
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Spain’s electricity bills have decreased due to its commitment to renewable energy, reducing the influence of fossil fuels on electricity prices.
euronews.com
Why Spain’s electricity bills have fallen during an energy crisis
Homes and business are benefitting from Spain's commitment to clean energy.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Memo to pretty much (but obviously not quite) everybody in the media…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/06/2026
There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more. You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast.
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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Stories like this about acts of heroism by people who are not white never go viral www.thesun.co.uk/news/3937252...
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Teacher 'stabbed while protecting pupils from knife-wielding girl' is pictured
A HERO teacher who was stabbed in the neck while shielding pupils from a “knife-wielding” girl has been pictured – as his wife reveals the “devastating” call she recei…
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If those racist rioters in Belfast had been holding Palestinian Flags they would all be terrorists and every single one would be jailed for life. Two Tier justice indeed.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/06/2026
90% of countries in the world can own their water but not us. People in England want their water back. But the government is protecting private water profiteers. It’s time to give the public a say. Feargal Sharkey wants you stand up and be counted. Sign the petition: vist.ly/576py
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"We were just surprised he showed up in Parliament for the first time since March. But then he probably thought it would be all about him. You think he’s on your side. But as those cleaning up in Southampton found … He’s not your friend." via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Terrorism" on the left. "Protest" on the right.
People sitting with "I support Palestine Action" placards"STREET FURY Protesters hurl bins & bricks in clash with riot cops injuring 11 as two arrested amid outrage over Henry Nowak murder" Headline and still in The Sun
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This should be the headline story ... "Farage ignores wishes of Henry Nowak’s family by politicising his death" www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/farage-...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
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US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"This Farage parody account on X is more factual and truthful than Farage himself, which is hilarious in itself." via Susan Kovbasyuk
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Brett Shaw @brettshaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Corruption in plain sight. It will take a decade to fix this debacle. #TrumpCorruption
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
With each byelection costing ~£30K that's £3million of council tax payers money Reform UK have wasted, so far ... "Nearly 100 Reform UK councillors have now been kicked out, suspended, disqualified, resigned or defected — including 22 in just TWO WEEKS since local elections" via ReformUK Exposed/X
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Gary. #Join_a_Union #WokeUp @garyallen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Let's do this...
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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Le Pen and Farage are old friends. They were both MEPs together. They took money from the EU, but did no work for it in return. Le Pen has since been convicted for embezzlement. It's time Farage's finances were put under the microscope too. #FarageOut
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New research shows that more people abandoned Labour because they were too tough on immigration - and because of their support for Israel - than because they were too soft on immigration.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Anything you’d like to say, Richard?
Angela Rayner cleared by
HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bidWhen Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, failed to pay stamp duty on the purchase of a second home, Tice said her position was "morally completely indefensible" and that she would resign if she had
"any moral decency".Richard Tice's firm broke law by failing to pay
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The deputy leader of Reform UK owns a property investment company that did not pay tax on dividends before sending profits to a trust registered in JerseyThe total tax Tice's companies are known to have avoided through onshore and offshore entities, or failed to pay, in relation to Quidnet now amounts to almost £800,000.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Katie Hopkins being forced to apologise to Zarah Sultana. Lets save it to laugh at it repeatedly in the future. 🤣
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Wes Streeting would be the final nail in Labour's coffin. More neoliberalism, more privatisation, more austerity, more grovelling to economic power, when we desperately want change.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9
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Gary. #Join_a_Union #WokeUp @garyallen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Where I live, labour lost every council seat. If I hear one more labour person tell me how angry they are with the Greens for 'stealing their votes' I am going to scream. Why do they think left-leaning voters have abandoned them? Because the Labour party has abandoned the left. It's OBVIOUS.
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Gary. #Join_a_Union #WokeUp @garyallen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
All so that we can have AI forced into every app and every website we use, whether we want it or not.
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