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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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⁸ @mabelsblanket.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Never forget the 14 years of psychological warfare wreaked upon us by the Tories. They Broke everything, took all the money salted the earth & left! No ta.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'Come all the way' back to EU, French finance minister tells UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Come all the way' back to EU, French finance minister tells Britain
Roland Lescure tells the BBC that being in the bloc enables members to better address the challenges facing the world.
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Guru @guru5.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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It’s time for men to speak up - and act | Good Law Project
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember the Tories don’t care about people, they never did and this will never change. All the issue we face started with them forcing Neoliberalism on us. 😡
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch on Kemi Badenoch: “I never make gaffes or need to apologize or clarify my statements, as I think carefully about what I say.” Kemi Badenoch on her ‘Britannia Shield’ ‘plan’….
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Ofwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East Water
The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like I said, Andrew Tate is "an important voice for young men". Oh, and a pedo nonce.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
The hypocrisy 👀 Sarah Pochin MP bought an £800,000 second home on a Welsh island two days after raising concerns in Parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communiti
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just perfect
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thousands of active UK companies may have fraudulent directors. Anyone can form a company in the UK. Companies need one natural person as a director who can be non-UK resident. Too many small companies are fronts for crimes I have long called for companies to have one UK resident director.
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UK companies face scrutiny as identity checks expose possible fraudulent directors
New UK identity rules reveal possible fraudulent company directors as overdue filings surge, raising concerns about the accuracy of corporate records.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seriously… how can a party that insists on scrapping all progress with the EU, binning NetZero and leaving the ECHR, so that it can abuse its power without accountability… how can that party claim “the soul of the nation”. The ruin - maybe. The soul - definitely not.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No matter how weird you think they are, they are even weirder than that
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Guru @guru5.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And don’t forget boatloads of them have gone over to the even more rabid and loonier Reform!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Labour is polling at its highest rate since January 2025, according to a new YouGov voting intention poll for Sky News and The Times
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026
🚨 An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership.
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Blow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five months
EXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are many challenges; a different UK&EU to 2016, a rogue US, 🇫🇷elections, the demands that could be made of us, our own fear of Brexit wars, Farage weakening our negotiating position BUT… At least Burnham “has created the political space to have a conversation” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Does the EU want Britain back?
Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate. That doesn’t mean the UK will be welcomed back on its own terms
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Solarman @solarman55.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Defeat Putin and the Epstein Class. Support the working class & all citizens of the United Kingdom. Re-join the EU. EXIT BREXIT.
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 02/10/2026
Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a week. We've seen the news agenda rescued from the grip of the far-right. We've seen astonishing levels of competence in government communication. And we've seen the outline of a radical policy programme. It's a v.exciting time to be involved in politics iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...
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Some disparate thoughts on a historic speech
For the first time in two years, we freed ourselves from the far-right’s strangle-hold over the news agenda.
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Guru @guru5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At last we have a leader who is leading the nation rather than following the right wing media’s agenda.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More broadly, Burnham’s speech marks first serious effort to confront 🇬🇧 problems in years - not blaming it on foreigners, migrants, the EU etc, but decades of poor choices by our own cowardly politicians. His honesty was refreshing, and merits respect - but it’s a HUGE challenge to deliver.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sure enough, I already heard Andrew Neill on Times radio immed warping the debate: harping on endlessly about the (genuine) difficulties of rebuilding with the EU, but completely overlooking the costs of continuing as we are. No one says it’ll be easy; but we shd at least be more honest about sit’n.
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Guru @guru5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Modest and Misunderstood www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... A great read
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Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'Brexit in its current form has caused more harm than good and I think around 60% of the British public now hold that view' Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU could be among options the government could examine to reshape the UK's long-term relationship with Europe
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
🚨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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
'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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 29/09/2026
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 · 29/09/2026
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 · 29/09/2026
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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Guru @guru5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All these wasted years! How long we have to wait? In 3-4 years time, with further billions lost, we will ask why we didn’t reverse all this nonsense before?
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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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