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Richard Coates

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NOT a : 1 Christian, Muslim, Jew 2: NOT a not proud dad/grand-dad (Pappi) 3: NOT a not dog lover 4: etc 😎 BUT I am - a concerned UK citizen 💋 BE INFORMED 👍 youtu.be/_L2-1sXJlQ0?si=5gqAR1lb4Bs…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Avanti West Coast to be renationalised in March
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Avanti West Coast to be renationalised in March
Rail operator which linked London to Birmingham, the north-west and Glasgow had highest number of cancellations across network Avanti West Coast will be renationalised in spring, as prime minister Andy Burnham declares “enough is enough” for passengers who have put up with a rail service “that has failed them time and time again”. The rail operator, which is one of the worst in the country for train delays and cancellations, will come under public ownership from March when its contract ends. Continue reading...
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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WEST PAPUA’S “ETERNAL SNOW” IS DYING — AND AN INDIGENOUS SACRED WORLD IS DISAPPEARING WITH IT
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Indonesia Carstensz Pyramid: Papua's 'eternal snow' on Puncak Jaya is about to disappear forever
Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This has continued to go up in the last 10 days (in favour of the Dems).
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/09/2026
🇪🇺 European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under plans aimed at bringing down housing costs in tourism hotspots put forward by the EU Wednesday. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sjqm
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We don't need to play by Elon Musk's rules. In the Commons yesterday, I commended Lisa Nandy on her decision to leave X and take DCMS off the platform. I left more than a year ago, for reasons that will be familiar to people on BlueSky. I would like to see the whole government follow her lead.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If anyone had told us in 2015 that two Fox News personalities would end up serving as Secretary of Defense and U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., we would have called them insane.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
Signed! Our 🇪🇺🇬🇱🇩🇰 Joint Declaration. It reflects a clear choice by Greenland to strengthen ties with the EU. In order to protect its values, freedom and interests. Europe is making a choice too. To be more present and more engaged in Greenland and in the Arctic.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is fine, right? RIGHT? It’s not even summer yet in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/09/2026
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that the German consulate in St. Petersburg will have to close, a tit-for-tat move that reflected the simmering tensions between the two countries.
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Russia announces the closure of the German consulate in St. Petersburg
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced the closure of the German consulate in St. Petersburg. This move reflects ongoing tensions between the two countries.
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The 99% Organisation @99organisation.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Last week’s headlines were all about Farage. But they largely obscure the real questions about the UK’s far-right. We have been looking under the surface. sh1.sendinblue.com/3gbh81u2bglp...
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What do Farage's problems mean ...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Zia Yusuf of Reform UK launched a disgusting attack on a political opponent who came here as a Somali refugee in the 90s.
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Reform launch 'simply racist' attack on by-election candidate
Zia Yusuf of Reform UK launched a disgusting attack on a political opponent who came here as a Somali refugee in the 90s
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability bit.ly/politicsclea...
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm

Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability 
https://bit.ly/politicscleanup
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 21/08/2026
Breaking: Fannie Mae has been hit by a wave of departures in its executive ranks, raising concerns about stability at the housing agency. on.wsj.com/4hNTfjp
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Exclusive | Fannie Mae Hit by Turmoil in Senior Ranks as at Least 10 Executives Depart
The departures are raising concern in the industry about stability inside the government mortgage giant.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 21/08/2026
🔺 BREAKING: Prince Harry has just seven days to pay an initial £9.5 million legal costs in his failed privacy case Read more ⬇️
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Harry given just a week to pay £9.5m to publisher of Daily Mail
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Zionist nonsense. @economist.com do better.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔴 NEW Andy Burnham’s Government Sues Conservative-Linked VIP Lane PPE Firm for £90 Million By Russell Scott Read below. ↓
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Andy Burnham’s Government Sues Conservative-Linked VIP Lane PPE Firm for £90 Million
Documents obtained by Byline Times reveal how a Conservative MP whose office is housed in a building owned by the firm, lobbied officials to push through the deal
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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Tremendous piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social - not just a must read, it is a must share: substack.com/inbox/post/2...
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A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2026
‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza
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‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza
American Doctor follows three volunteer doctors as they try to save lives on the frontline and then return to the US to become advocates in Congress
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Quite right, Fiona I have to admit I have done a lot of complaints to both BBC and ofcom, but sadly, thus far, just got the brush off
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump-appointed regulator OKs banking license for Trump-linked crypto firm The decision would give new powers and federal credibility to a venture in which the president and his family retain a substantial financial interest. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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Trump-appointed regulator OKs banking license for Trump-linked crypto firm
The decision would give new powers and federal credibility to a venture in which the president and his family retain a substantial financial interest.
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Canaries Caption It @canaries-captionit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Johnson is an inveterate liar - I wouldn't believe a word he says.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Trump administration launched a $300m "Model Cities" policing programme offering grants to just two to four cities conditional on adopting administration priorities, including cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and conservative... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
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Trump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges – with conditions
DoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Trump administration on Monday announced it has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals, claiming violations of the terms of the documents related to criminal activity and calls for violence against U.S. citizens, among other allegations. The State Departmen... TAT: [Nationalism]
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Trump administration revokes more than 175,000 visas
The Trump administration on Monday announced it has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals, claiming violations of the terms of the documents related to criminal activity and calls …
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/08/2026
Poland says it foiled a Russian intelligence plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw — what PM Donald Tusk called the first known Russian attempt to kill a US citizen on NATO soil. The Russian suspect was detained Aug 7.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you don't think this is going to affect you, your rent could go up, your mortgage could become unaffordable, the drug epidemic will rise, and scammers are going to have a field day nationwide.
The move will especially harm US renters and individuals vulnerable to scam operations. Anonymous property deals reach ordinary renters and buyers through price. Close to a third of US home sales are now all-cash, a record share by Redfin's count, and a buyer paying cash through a shell company beats a family that needs a mortgage every time. Nearly half of renters already spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing, the line the government draws to call a household rent-burdened.

Investigators who trace shell company purchases keep finding towers of luxury flats bought as anonymous holdings and left dark. The FACT Coalition counted close to half the units empty in parts of Miami and roughly 40 per cent across stretches of Manhattan, homes bought to store money rather than to live in. Each empty unit is a home taken off the market and a high comparable sale that lifts the asking price on every flat around it, and the first-time buyer bidding against an unnamed cash offer is the one who loses. A New York Times investigation once called such holdings "safe deposit boxes in the sky".

US consumers reported losing $12.5 billion to scams in 2024, a record, and older people bore the worst of it. The Federal Trade Commission put reported losses among them at $2.4 billion and its estimate of the true figure far higher, since shame keeps many victims silent. Imposter scammers who empty a retiree's savings or 401(k) move the money through faceless accounts and shell companies within hours.

FinCEN's 2025 analysis of bank reports tied about $1.4 billion in suspicious transactions to fentanyl trafficking in a single year, much of it moved by Chinese laundering networks that wash cartel cash through trade and front companies before it returns to the traffickers. The drug those profits pay for kills tens of thousands of people in the US a year.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trump signed an executive order (EO) with a plan to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines, also wanted the the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccine to be broken up into separate shots and for vaccines to be administered at sepa... TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
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Trump signs executive order with plan to reduce number of recommended childhood vaccines
MMR vaccine would be broken into separate shots under order, putting a financial and logistical strain on families
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 13/08/2026
The new Texas facility will be about 15 times larger than the Pentagon and 17 times bigger than the world's largest shopping mall.
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Elon Musk’s Terafab: How World’s New Largest Building Compares to Others
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The UK Just Heard America's Ugliest Secret youtu.be/EavYdOBTIWI?... with @therickwilson.bsky.social
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The UK Just Heard America's Ugliest Secret
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Must watch. THE ISRAEL INTERVIEW MEDIA WANT TO BAN: Sangita Myska Doesn’t Hold Back youtu.be/am0vtQu7Srg
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THE ISRAEL INTERVIEW MEDIA WANT TO BAN: Sangita Myska Doesn’t Hold Back
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
SoftBank gave Trump's library $50 million in January. Eight weeks later the administration handed SoftBank 3,700 acres of federal land in Ohio. What perfect timing. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/what-four-...
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When the banks needed help, they called it “stabilizing the economy.” When airlines needed help, they called it “protecting jobs.” When corporations got tax breaks, they called it “pro-growth.” When working people need health care? “SOCIALISM.”
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Questions for Andy Burnham on the cost of living www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/08... Andy Burnham is out and about this week. If you see him, ask these questions.
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Questions for Andy Burnham on the cost of living
A friend sent me an email this afternoon. They said, after the usual social exchanges: Further to Burnham's announcement of a PM progress around the kingdom, one wonders if you could draft some talkin...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/08/2026
For some prisoners in Italy, life behind bars has become a liberating experience. One of the country's oldest jails is allowing theatrical professionals to work with prisoners on performances aimed at rehabilitating them through art.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/08/2026
The Green Party’s breakthrough at the last U.K. general election was driven by its moderates. But a new guard, loyal to leader Zack Polanski, is betting that only a radical turn will push the party forward.
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Polanski gaffes turbocharge the Greens’ moderates vs. radicals fight
A left-wing pressure group is pushing for more radical Green Party candidates at the next election.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Want to know more about Posh George’s Reform connections in his early years? Or why so many Reform types have their businesses registered in a shabby office in Tivat, Montenegro? You read it here first! My July story for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/inside-refor...
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Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro
Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?
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Ewan Sutherland @sutherla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Showing promise of wiping out all life on the planet
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
America’s largest newspaper chain, USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data as search traffic falls “Every visit, every session, and every moment of attention creates a signal. When we connect those signals, they become actionable intelligence." – Chair and CEO Mike Reed
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/08/2026
⚡️ Update: President Volodymyr Zelensky confirms Ukrainian long-range drone strikes on 2 Russian oil refineries.
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Ukraine hits 2 Russian oil refineries in latest deep strike drone attack, Zelensky says
The reported target is the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in Yaroslavl, over 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border. It is one of Russia's five largest refineries, with an annual crude oil ...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They already tried to seize the voter rolls and lost nineteen times. Plan B doesn't need a courtroom. It needs a quiet vote in Congress that nobody's watching. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail and voting machines
Contact Congress today!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 31/07/2026
Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine have reached 1.6 million troops, including about 700,000 killed, President Zelensky said during an interview with Bret Baier from FOX News. #Ukraine
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tell killings: Does the right of self-defence apply only to Jews? - www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/tell-…
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Tell killings: Does the right of self-defence apply only to Jews?
Armed settlers attacked a West Bank village, yet Israeli society blamed Palestinians for the violence. When self-defence depends on nationality, equality before the law ceases to exist
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Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Roger Waters doing the job of every single government in every single country who are NOT doing their job! He is speaking truth to power. He is telling the World what he has seen with his own eyes!. Governments don't care, they are fully in the pocket of Israel. Shameful!.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Good to see mass murder isn't popular.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/07/2026
"This is an existential crisis not just for the ICC but the very idea of international justice," writes @stevebloomfield.bsky.social. The United States "is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice."
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Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield
The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international edito...
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 24/07/2026
🔺 BREAKING: The device containing suspected military grade explosives was intercepted near Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan
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Bomb found in vehicle travelling across border to Northern Ireland
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/07/2026
Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield
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Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield
The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international editor of the Observer
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
British senior politicians, party leaders and Prime Minister’s, are selected by the Israeli lobby. They must pledge an allegiance to design this project or they will not ascend to high office. That isn’t an opinion. We do not have a sovereign parliament, politicians do not work for us.
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