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Retired GP. Woke and proud to be. Empathy for fellow humans. Passionate about the NHS #BLM #FBPE #Rejoin🦋🦋🦋

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 9h
A sad, lonely woman jilted by her brash lover is left to wile away the empty hours in an isolated flat in Dubai. After consuming yet another vodka her mind wanders & she types out far fetched fantasies desperately seeking attention & solace. Please could someone call a doctor.😬
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8h
🚨Britain must rejoin the EU. 👏 It is the only option on the table that makes sense, and the most popular option amongst the public. 📈 If Burnham wants growth in every postcode - there is only one way to do it.
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Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Andy Burnham
The prime minister tells the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10h
This is promising. The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC. 🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Despite all the talk about him being 'Starmer with a Northern accent,' Andy Burnham's conference speech suggests he is set to be a very different prime minister from his predecesssor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Andy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10h
'I am saying that Brexit has caused more harm than good. I think about 6 out of 10 of the public agree with that' says Andy Burnham on Today More a failure than a success 57% More a success thsn a failure 21% New @britishfuture.bsky.social study of what the public think now
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23h
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23h
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 20h
Burnham’s speech is the best from a British politician in yrs. He’s the first leader with policies that I can truly get behind in over a decade. He actually said everything I wish Starmer had said months ago, as per my article below. The similarities are uncanny!!!🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/12/t...
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'The Speech I Wish Keir Starmer Had Given'
Alexandra Hall Hall delivers the big reset speech she wishes the Prime Minister actually had made after Labour's local elections defeats
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Britain has been on the wrong path for a long time." During his speech Andy Burnham pledges to "make a break with the direction of the past 40 years and put Britain on a new path, build a new economy and a new politics."
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Social care. Debrexiting. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Britain’s long road back to the EU
Podcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 28 September · 1hr 2min
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Andy Burnham wants to offer access to free social care services to everyone in England, and will put his plans before voters at the next general election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very top
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Only one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTax
CenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Guardian reports Rayner's continued defence of migrants care workers from in Cabinet. Seems to have won that argument for care workers with No 10 + Home Office Big unknown: will anyone protect 250k non-care workers (chefs, vets, architects) from being thrown out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference
Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Even worse, it's now being claimed that it's the hallmark of the superiority of "our race" to make such speculations. Beyond belief.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...
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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries
Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nigel Farage has staked out a pro-Russia pro-disinformation position. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Nigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation Unit
The Reform UK leader claimed it is “targeted directly” at his party.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If these people were not so very dangerously stupid this would be very funny indeed. Jaymey McIvor of Reform insisting people from Chingford and Woodford are claiming asylum in Ongar.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lethargy in place of strategy. New post on my fortnightly Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at the urgent lessons from the Reform mega-donations, Piddington, and the growth of the far right; reset inertia; and the real lessons from Canada & Carney: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/leth...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Adam Watson Brown @awb58.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘The risk is the emergence of a migration ‘doom loop', in which political pressure to reduce migration leads to policy choices that weaken economic performance and public services, thereby intensifying the very political discontent that fuels anti-immigration sentiment.’
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let’s just have more TRUTH youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
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It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
Brand-new polling by YouGov with Best for Britain 🚨 Labour pledging to rejoin the EU could prevent a Reform UK government Read more here: bestforbritain.org/eu-membership-pl…
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026
The big political issues of the day.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a very alarming 🧵
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gary Lineker called Jim Ratcliffe an ‘unpleasant human being’. Probably the closest thing to a compliment this scumbag billionaire tax dodger has heard in a while.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
A new megapoll shows that EU membership is the most popular UK-EU relations policy in all but four parliamentary seats in Great Britain. Which areas are the most supportive? Which areas aren't? And what are the benefits of membership? ⬇️
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FAQ: Why is EU membership the most popular UK-EU relations policy in 628 seats? - Best for Britain
A new megapoll shows that EU membership is the most popular UK-EU relations policy in all but four (628) parliamentary s
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Imagine looking at ICE… Those unruly, violent, incel thugs, and the chaos, fear and murder they’ve brought to the streets of America, and thinking...that’s what Britain needs. Well, Nigel Farage has.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So, £72million from crypto billionaires to get Reform “ready for government”. Absolutely no chance. They have over 300 candidates to find and this is their track record… They attract total liabilities and Reform is too racist, corrupt and idiotic to recruit anything better.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The powers-to-be are tinkering with minor reform of the UK House of Lords. That won't do. I urged the Govt to replace the House with an elected second chamber, subject to constitutional safeguards. Watch the video.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
👀 "Britain’s most famous populist is becoming increasingly unpopular with the very public he claims to speak for."
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Farage is now as unpopular as Starmer was before he resigned, and Reform has a £72m problem
There’s a 52-point gap between Burnham and Farage.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don't confuse "wealth" with "super-wealth". The wealthy already pay their fair share because their wealth generally comes from earnings. But the super-wealthy pay nothing because they earn very little on paper. They instead make money with their money — which isn't taxed because we only tax earnings
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is so true.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“What’s happening in Gaza”. What IS happening in Gaza? Ed? Who’s dying, who’s killing? Any specifics there? Or, just more “both-siding”.
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We may never have been more back
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Unlike the political right in the UK, which still clings on to the fantasy of the US-UK special relationship, Carney understands that the US has fundamentally changed, and can no longer be fully relied upon.” ✍️ Alexandra Hall Hall
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Why Canada Could End Up With a Better Deal With the EU Than the UK
As the UK continues to hesitate over drawing back towards the EU, Canada has spotted an opportunity, argues former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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God @thegodshow.com · 18/09/2026
lol smite
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