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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9h

Kemi Badenoch spent most of PMQs pouring doubt on Andy Burnham's claims about Russian interference in our democracy, yet her spokesman can't tell me whether she has yet read the Russia report, which was published some six years ago during her own time in Government

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

FTR shattering letter about how the Conservative Government ignored the entirely credible threat from Putin in favour of feeding The City (& Tory Party) roubles👇 March 23 2022 Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), UK defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016 www.ft.com/content/857d...

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Letter: A defence attaché despairs at inevitability of conflict

From Carl Scott, Air Commodore (Retired), Oakham, Rutland, UK

[Photo of Sherlock Holmes and Watson monument at the British Embassy in Moscow]

MARCH 23 2022

The recent article by Maria Stepanova "The war of Putin's imagination" (Life & Arts, FT Weekend, March 19) was exemplary. However, one jarring note was the unfounded notion that no one expected this aggression from the Kremlin.

I served as the UK's defence attaché in Moscow for five years, 2011-2016, during which time this long, dark march to war was obvious, the path to conflict lit by the many pronouncements emanating from the dark red walls of Vladimir Putin's palace.

We reported the inevitability of conflict in detail, regularly and with the despair of Cassandra. One of the earliest reports opened with a line from Sherlock Holmes, whose statue stands outside the British Embassy wall: "There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast."

The evidence of Putin's chosen path was never concealed. His many declarations were meant to be heard and understood: the colossal rearmament programme, the demand for more complex, more lethal weaponry; the militarisation of society; the distortion and seizure of the popular narrative; domination of education, the media and the courts to exclude contrasting views and, ultimately, the alienation and destruction of those among the Russian people who understood the folly of his declared ambition.

The list is remorseless, the consequences could not be ignored. But they were.

It was not until I returned to the UK on the eve of our withdrawal from the EU, a manoeuvre which greatly emboldened those in Moscow, that I understood how our society had changed in the years I was serving overseas.

All was subjugated to the City, all served the interests of our lucrative status as a safe haven for corrupt, and corrupting, wealth. The values we were demanding of other nations had long since faded from our own actions.

I despair at the decisions Putin has taken, but even more at the prospect of finding credible leadership at home in the UK among those who have compromised so long with his regime and the wealth it offered.

Carl Scott

Air Commodore (Retired)

Oakham, Rutland, UK

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robin2800.bsky.social @robin2800.bsky.social · 17h

The United States have to get control this man. The rest of the world does not deserve punishment because he was voted in by Americans. I’m fucking sick of it….

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

The Original Sin of politics was the invention of the passive voice, when Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Vague Unaccountability. Wild how all those violent ICE agents just … got hired … and deployed … somehow. Who can possibly say how? It’s all a mystery.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Instead of arguing about what happened 10 years ago, perhaps the British debate should focus on 1) the very real threat emanating from Russia NOW, including but not limited to disinformation 2) Britain‘s future strategy in a geopolitically turbulent world which makes Brexit look even more absurd

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Socialism #jdvance

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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Goat #theworst

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Gary Lewis @seasidegaz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Burnham needs to commission a [thorough] retrospective report on matter, like Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee recommended in 2020. The one that Johnson declared was “unnecessary”.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is exactly why they are proposing public executions.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Trump demanded Zelensky resign because Zelensky refuses to surrender his country and people to the Russians.

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katvet62.bsky.social @katvet62.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Fuck Trump! Zelensky is so much more of a leader than frump will ever be.

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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

America’s Trophy!

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trump’s obeisance to Putin has been established beyond even the vaguest scintilla of doubt; the possibility of another January 6-style assault on US democracy after/during the mid-terms is clearly acute and ‘we’ are still wary of calling fascism fascism. These are the moments…

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Curtis Yarvin is a pro-Russian idiot. Turning off Starlink would not lead to peace in Ukraine

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Zelensky is calling out Trump’s lies

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Russia has been at war with Britain for years and the EU referendum was an open goal which they exploited. That doesn't mean that "Putin made Brexit happen" but his troll farms and media operations certainly played a part Brexiters may hate to hear it but to deny it is to deny a dangerous reality.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 11/10/2026

On Trump's Diesel Deal. Writing this as catharsis because I live in a rental and thus punching walls is off the table.

dmitryopines.substack.com

Trump’s Diesel Deal

Writing So I Don’t Scream.

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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” G. Orwell, “1984”

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A concept Anglo Imperialism cannot abide and that is what is at the root of so many of the problems the UK has. End Imperialism in Britain. #DissolveTheUK.

Gene Roddenberry quote: "Diversity contains as many treasures as those waiting for us on other worlds. We will find it impossible to fear diversity and to enter the future at the same time."

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hopefulme2.bsky.social @hopefulme2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

bsky.app/profile/hope...

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dmitry is too nice for this world. Public executions are not provided for enjoyment. Its about lowering inhibitions to violence. Once society "accepts" this, mass killing (eg killing groups in one go) becomes easier.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026

troy jackson came to play, huh you love to see it

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Steve Wood @steve-wood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The USA cannot be trusted again. Their IT systems will be full of backdoors. Staff will have been compromised. It's not in the DNC interest to change a way they profit from too, so the political/judicial/social systems will remain. The ones that allowed Trump into power twice. It will happen again.

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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

bmti ….. many of The Times readers probably would end up better off under the the Tories (again).

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FJK @franzjaeger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

... certain margin the banks will cancel their loans and Musk's Imperium can collapse. So Musk is like the guy, who drives arround in a leased car and lives in a house, which is de-facto owned by the bank.😏

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FJK @franzjaeger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They also say, that the public numbers of Musk's wealth are massively exagerated. They are derived from Musk's number of shares at their current value. But most of it is Controller by Banks to Cover for Hugh loans of Musk's purchases and investments. The moment the share value drops below a ...

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So many people already dealing with parents/grandparents with the toxic combination of diminishing mental faculties, online radicalisation via social media and AI slop, and chatbot seduction. Unfortunately we are now all getting to see what happens when one of those cases is the president of the USA

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

While Reform tie themselves in knots trying to defend their failed Brexit, Plaid Cymru knows that Wales’ future should be in Europe.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 06/10/2026

Cymru is not an English region. We have our own parliament, government and national identity. Our devolution journey is about empowering a nation to govern itself effectively and deliver for its ✍️Carrie Harper, MS people wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uC0

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What is the middle ground between "trans people must be eradicated for the good of the nation" and "I don't want to be eradicated"? Half eradicated and half kept for experiments? Been trying to convince these people I'm human for 15 years with no success. Don't break bread with Nazis. No point.

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch’s whole shtick is slash and burn, which is red meat for the Westminster-brained, but for the wider electorate… what actually is her vision for what emerges from the ashes? What sort of country does she want us to become? Seemingly just one that’s punitive, uncaring and nasty?

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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

bsky.app/profile/wild...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Anybody else notice how BBC news is massively US centric? US news stories, little from Europe. Convertin £'s into $'s. We know the Right Wing gravitates towards the Anglosphere. We know Johnson put his cronies into Beeb positions. I watch far more Euronews nowdays.

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Bridget 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @bridget1965.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well, if you come and live in Scotland and consider yourself Scottish, you are welcome and considered a Scot. That's because Scotland is a civilised, progressive, modern country, unlike England (and the people they vote in to supposedly represent them).

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 01/10/2026

I wrote a little something about how we should better separate the legitimacy of the challenges people are experiencing from the legitimacy of what they're then holding up as the solution to those problems. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/on-legitim...

dmitryopines.substack.com

On Legitimate Concerns

Problems, Policies and How To Parse Them

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Independent Cymru. A democratic State. Cooperating with the other British nations via a Council of the Isles. Members of the EU. Elections by PR. ECHR enshrined in our written constitution. #DissolveTheUnion

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...

The Law Society
Gazette

In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.

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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is why I've always disagreed with the idea that "art" is purely subjectively defined. Art is a communication. The listener/viewer completes that communication in recieving it, but it is the intentionality of the creator that makes it art. "AI music" is no more music than traffic noise is.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.

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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When it comes to empathy, they're empty.

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