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Mathew

@havelok.bsky.social
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Retired Clinical Psychologist. Dad, Grandad, Gardener. #RejoinEU #FBPE

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
⚠️ "Labour could see its Scottish seats slashed from 37 to just 3 if they fail to go further on EU relations in their next manifesto, according to analysis of modelling from YouGov" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Rejoining the EU is vital to deliver Scotland the growth it needs.
scotsman.com
Not rejoining EU could lead to Scots Labour MP 'wipeout', poll finds
Labour could see its Scottish seats slashed from 37 to just three if they fail to go further on EU relations in their ne
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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
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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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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
🚨Burnham just said ‘all the options’ for our future relationship with Europe are on the table. The only option he should consider – and that delivers at least £92 billion of growth – is EU membership. ✍️Ask your MP to join the debate, and send them the evidence in two minutes with our quick tool.
bestforbritain.org
Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don't. - Best for Britain
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Why aren't the BBC more widely available on bsky.social? Why can't I comment on BBCQT??
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Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Because Farage's career is built upon division. The opportunity to debate Brexit again is an opportunity for him to be divisive and exploit it again. That's not patriotism.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cheap electricity is a terrible problem. IF you are the billionaire selling it.
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why is this still happening?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday, French president Emmanuel Macron said it would ⁠be “excellent ​news’ ⁠and “a good decision” ⁠if Britain decided to rejoin. Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said Britain would be welcome back to the EU "with ⁠open arms". Let’s go! #RejoinEU 🙂
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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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026
🇪🇺"Until we actually admit to ourselves that leaving the EU massively hit our growth" 📈 "By growth we actually mean our prosperity, you know, our ability to function, our ability to push up our wages, our ability to actually, you know, trade easily with our nearest partners."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026
Our megapoll with YouGov shows that more than 99% of GB constituencies want to rejoin the EU. We spoke with people in Holborn and St Pancras, where a by-election is taking place next week. They confirmed that a party that putting EU membership in its manifesto would win their votes.
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Jim 🔥 @jim.chat · 20/09/2026
Stop. Political. Donations. Full. Stop.
theguardian.com
UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
Exclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals
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Jim 🔥 @jim.chat · 19/09/2026
🇬🇧 Andy Burnham: Pay Attention to Carney. 🇨🇦
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We live in a world where the person committing Genocide has center stage at the UN and a 50 vehicle convoy for protection. While the victim of Genocide was banned from even attending. We are in a far worse state now than we were 80 years ago.
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's this kind of threat that we need to be readying for and standing up to. Genuine patriotism may be required. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/o...
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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."
leftfootforward.org
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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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mind boggling hypocrisy. Freedom to write what Trump and Vance want to read?
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LeslieElleM @leslieellemaria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Joint statement from ABC, CBS, and NBC and Fox 'News'. All five major networks form the official White House TV press pool have unanimously refused to provide replacement camera crews or cover any presidential pool events
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dear electorate - please be careful what you vote for.
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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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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
YES to this: BBC News - UK should 'team up' with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister says - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK should 'team up' with Canada in new Europe alliance, Canadian minister says
It comes after European Commission President proposed "opening the door" for Canada to become an associate member of the EU.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Mark Carney has learnt the lesson that neither Canada nor the UK can rely on the US. The EU is Britain's closest partner. EU membership is a no-brainer.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Mark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision tha
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Almost all of the UK supports ending Brexit. Just the ones in red don't have a majority. Of course Brexit continues because there is no democracy in the UK.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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Howdy @icandie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
that's the kind of reporting that will drive the Turd crazy ...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes, I'm pretty sure everyone can see what's happening. Rich, privately, educated entitled tossers who could not be more part of The Establishment do not think they ought to have to play by the rules.
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Time to be rid of this red line.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.
Independent front page. 

Voters across Britain back rejoining EU
Reversing Brexit is most popular option in 646 of 650 constituencies, finds new electoral survey of 12,000Bar chart showing
Which EU relationship respondents most wanted the Uk government to propose

EU membership 35%
Single market 6%
Customs Union 5%
Uk govt position  18/19%
Starts quo 8/9%
Don’t know 16%
Loosen ties 11%
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Parallels between Tice's 'television tantrum' and Trump's 'presidential frustration'?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Reform UK chairman Richard Tice threw a classic television tantrum by accusing a Sky News journalist of being an "anti-Reform activist," purely because she dared to ask him basic, straightforward questions about his party’s policy promises" via The Poke +1 tinyurl.com/hve9cbjz
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please @10dowingstreet.bsky.social - let's just get on with it. Improve our economy, improve our security, improve our quality of life.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Major opinion poll shows that every constituency in the UK except four would vote to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
Leave and Remain voters alike realise that Brexit has been a failure. It's time to talk about EU membership.
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another billionaire 'patriot' who encouraged people to vote for Brexit, damaging our economy, and then left to pay taxes in another country. BBC News - Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 18/09/2026
The President says he is going to ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House. He’s trampling on our Constitution and the freedom of the press. His corruption is staggering–and his attempts to cover it up won’t work.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026
The people who sold us Brexit said we'd get closer to the Anglosphere instead, but it turns out those countries want to prioritise Europe. Tell Burnham that we don't want to be left out bestforbritain.org/petition/tell-bu…
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A lifeboat crew responds to a call and finds a dingy in distress full of migrant men, women and children. Do they leave or rescue them? No-one with a shred of humanity would turn round and head back.
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Mathew @havelok.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Free speech? Democracy? Sheer hypocrisy!
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HE'S CENSORING THE MEDIA. THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026
Absolutely devastating news. This is the impact of the radical right's hate. People who are saving lives are under attack. Appalling.
mirror.co.uk
RNLI suspends Portsmouth services after volunteers abused for saving migrants
Andy Burnham earlier this month hit out at 'appalling' abuse directed at hero crews after they were labelled as traitors
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"This week Nigel Farage was back in the GB News chair for the first time in around six months. The leader of a political party, and a sitting MP, with his own nightly show in prime time." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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