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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From France - On immigration. Worth a look.’
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Why are we still sending the King to meet a man who insisted just yesterday he would wage genocide on an entire civilisation?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/01/2026
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
GRIN AND SHARE IT
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Petition: 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 campaig...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share. Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Where’s Nigel? And why won’t he answer our questions? Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐 Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We see something similar in the UK. Most benefits go to people IN WORK. Because there are not enough properly paid jobs. Rather than insisting employers pay decent wages, governments use taxpayers’ money to subsidise employers who don’t. Welfare was not meant to support employers. This is wrong
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
And yet the opposite is true. Only a quarter of tax is income tax. The majority is taxes poor people cannot avoid such as VAT. The upshot is that, as a percentage of income, the poorest pay the most tax & the richest the least, and that does not consider the ability of the rich to hide income abroad
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
British.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/10/2025
“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.” Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/09/2025
New research shows that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less. We must reject the division. Reject the hatred. And build a coalition of progressive voices that represent all. bit.ly/4gFEUCW
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Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Britain is not a country of racist bigots. Time for the decent majority to "take back control". Repost if you agree.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
For me, the BBC’s image choice here is reprehensible… …it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The far right terrorising asylum seekers in hotels love to spread the lie they’re worried about the risk of sexual assault. But here’s the truth: Two in five men arrested for last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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2 in 5 arrested over last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Doctors in Gaza are warning hundreds of babies are at risk of death. Israel is blocking deliveries of baby formula - formula that’s needed because their mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed them. I’m not sure I’ve ever read a worst sentence. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Tax wealth. Not work.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/05/2025
The Liverpool attack wasn’t terrorism. But the far-right didn’t wait for facts – they had a script ready. This piece by The Bear cuts through the noise to show how outrage is manufactured. Read how this works ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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What the Liverpool incident tells us about the new culture war
Forty-seven people were injured. The facts were clear. But the far-right had already written the script
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I can't even. How about removing the cap not because of how it plays politically but because it will bring tens of thousands of children out of poverty? Fucking hell. Winning power should be about helping people not running scared of losing power.
Headline saying "No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship
Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of removing two-child benefit cap will outweigh political benefit"
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Every minister should read this. 👇 If the government actually cared about disabled people being in work, they would reform the chaos of Access to Work.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/05/2025
Foreign states should not be co-owners of UK newspapers | Nils Pratley
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Foreign states should not be co-owners of UK newspapers | Nils Pratley
The definition of an acceptable state stake should be zero if one is serious about protecting press freedom
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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We can’t keep paying for the NHS by cutting everything that might prevent people needing to use it in the first place.👇🏻 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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In Greater Manchester, we have a plan to put prevention at the heart of the health system
Last week, the Health Secretary announced a new drive to ease the 8am rush for a GP appointment. New money is to be made available to expand practi...
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We can stop Reform Here's how you can vote tactically to keep Reform out: - By voting GREEN in these places: stopreformuk.vote/for/greens - By voting LIBDEM in these places: stopreformuk.vote/for/libdems - By voting INDEPENDENT in these places: stopreformuk.vote/for/independ...
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Stop the Tories and Reform
Where you can vote tactically for Green to stop the Tories and Reform
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The conversation on Loose Women about the Supreme Court trans case is so much more sophisticated than anything I've seen from traditional politics programmes youtu.be/dCsJms0TnGA?...
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Supreme Court Ruling on Transgender Women: Our Reaction | Loose Women
YouTube video by Loose Women
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Child poverty is a moral outrage but also costs us, as we all pick up the bill for the personal and social challenges that poverty engenders. If "voters in polls" don't understand that, surely the role of progressive is to try to lead on this, not follow. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Moscow seems pleased. One Russian paper today: “Soviet leaders’ dream of driving a wedge between the European part of Nato & the US has come true.” Another: “Trump is destroying the world created by US liberals…the changes in the global system serve [Russia’s] interests.” #ReadingRussia
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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (16 April 2025)
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is a Wake-Up call, America!!!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/03/2025
This is not efficiency, this is abandonment. Americans deserve health care that works for them — and instead, the Trump administration is wreaking havoc on seniors, people with disabilities, and our most vulnerable. In Illinois, we will stand up against these attacks.
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The Trump administration restructures federal health agencies, cuts 20,000 jobs
The reduction in force comes along with a reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, consolidating 28 divisions to 15.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
*New* campaign action on Marks & Spencer - any help getting the first few signatures going would be greatly appreciated! actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... We're sharing this first on Bluesky as this is so much friendlier (and troll free, so far at least!) than any of the other platforms right now!
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Sign the Petition
Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I think Zelenskyy just played Trump beautifully. Let me explain. Full video here as Bluesky only does 1 min —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNd1pHNqv/
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over. Please keep signing & sharing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
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Boricua405 on X @estadistarebelde1.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Fighting for my life to get a full sentence out with Nick Ferrari on LBC just now. We have to be realistic about safe routes: It’s a small number of people trying to come here & we desperately need people, too. youtube.com/shorts/M1OVO...
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Let’s be realistic about the 3% of immigration made up of small boats
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Who is going to do all of the work for these private companies bringing down NHS waiting lists? Staff who have been poached from the NHS of course. The private health sector in the UK trains almost no staff, takes on NHS work and does so to create a profit for shareholders. 🚨🚨🚨
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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 02/01/2025
The ONLY solution is safe routes. Make the gangs unnecessary. And invest instead in faster processing.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🚨URGENT - PLEASE SHARE Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor. It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏 www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is credible and terrifying. And it began in UK. Election rigging by psychological manipulation.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Please do read the comments under my article on assisted dying. People on both sides of the debate, who've gone through terrible grief talking about their conclusions. Really moving and even inspiring. iandunt.substack.com/p/trying-to-...
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Trying to make a damn bit of sense of the assisted dying debate
Everything you need to know about a profound change in the law
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