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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 18h

The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

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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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Helen H@Bluesomeh @helenh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...

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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson

A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻 I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me. Thank you! x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/actor-a...

canncomms.co.uk

Actor and long-standing Patron, Reece Dinsdale fronts new campaign to save Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre

Photo credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write...

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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If they gave out BAFTAs for PIFs, Ken Stott would have one in the bag for his incredible performance in 1988's DRINKING AND DRIVING WRECKS LIVES: A FIREMAN'S TALE...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026

🤔 ICYMI: Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action

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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Right-wing press and ideologues will have you believe that the UK is the most heavily taxed place. They promise the impossible, European/Scandinavian levels of social security with American levels of taxation. This graph puts things in perspective.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/ Maybe we’ve been fighting disinformation backward. Fact-checkers chase lies after they spread. But a growing body of research suggests something more powerful: teach people the manipulation tactics first, and they become harder to fool later. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lancashire: mercury-contaminated sludge left by a chemical firm. Documents suggest leaking between underground storage chambers. Subsidence in the area has led to yawning craters in the ground. Could groundwater be at risk from cavern 107? www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2654827...

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How 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste were buried beneath rural Lancashire

Beneath rural Lancashire lies 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste, raising questions over its long-term safety and what happens if it…

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

How EXCELLENT is this - so good to see a new anti-fossil-fuel disinfo project. I just subscribed and you should too pointsourcenews.org

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Point Source News

Tracing fossil fuel disinformation.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received - and that consequently, this country is at war with Piddington.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy. This is more than that. Politicians are bought by corporations and the super rich. Normal people can't compete in the auction. Must ban all political donations. Let parties be funded by modest membership fees and public money.

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The Guardian view on Reform UK: crypto billionaires must be stopped from undermining democracy | Editorial

Editorial: The vast sums given to Nigel Farage’s party in recent days must lead to action on political funding

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Remember quantitative easing. Bank of England created £895bn, bought gilts/bonds, City speculators profited. Govt could keep them, save interest/redemption costs. NO. It is selling them at £120bn loss, pushing up interest rates. Adding about £47bn to govt debt by 2031, the City profits.

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Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs

Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Step one: stoke the (wrong) fear Step two: tell the world they can deal with the (wrong) fear. All the while avoiding talking about the real problems with AI

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I have an announcement.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Calling all lawyers! Re. Harborne's £36m gift to Reform over the weekend... As I posted yday, he still listed his address as 'Bangkok' in a June legal filing That breaks the March 25 cutoff for overseas donations over £100k, right? Well. He MAY be relying on this carve-out in the elections bill:

4) In relation to a donation received by the registered party before the
commencement day, those provisions and amendments have effect only in
the following cases—
(a)
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where the donation is received on or after 25 March 2026 at a time
when the individual is an overseas contributor by virtue of section
55B(2)(a) of PPERA 2000 (overseas elector);
(b) where—
(i) the donation is received on or after 25 March 2026 at a time
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when the individual is an overseas contributor by virtue of
section 55B(2)(b) of PPERA 2000 (elector previously not UK
resident), and
(ii) the individual was registered in an electoral register in
pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration during all or
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part of the period beginning with 25 March 2026 and ending
when the donation is received;
(c) where—
(i) the donation is received on or after 6 July 2026 at a time
when the individual is an overseas contributor by virtue of
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section 55B(2)(b) of PPERA 2000 (elector previously not UK
resident),
(ii) the condition in paragraph (b)(ii) (registration as overseas
elector) is not met, and
(iii) the individual was, during all or part of the period beginning
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with 6 July 2026 and ending when the donation is received,
not resident in the United Kingdom.
(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(c)(iii), where an individual—
(a) is not resident in the United Kingdom, but
(b) is registered in an electoral register in pursuance of a service
declaration,
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that time.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is "Stormtroops & Freikorps Again!" - our parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on the topic of the emergence of #PatriotPlatform last week & putting it in an outrageous and glam 👠European context. One of us may have made a mistake towards the end 🤨 youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9ao

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"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026

👏 Angela Rayner: "Nigel Farage's sugar daddies made their money in crypto, but there's nothing cryptic about their motives." ⚠️ "They know full well that a Reform government will act in their interests" 💷 "If Farage will do you a cameo for £70, just ask yourself what he'd do for £ 70 million."

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

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You are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following:

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Reform UK’s £105m Crypto Donations Christopher Harborne: £61m Ben Delo: £44m Maria Rost: £125-136k Simon William Smith: £116k Oscar Townsley: £30k That’s approximately £105.46m from crypto-linked donors (that we know of).

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

4,000 years of carbon build up in the soil burned up in a single summer. And this is just the early stages of climate chaos www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Summer wildfires caused 'catastrophic' hidden damage, scientists warn

Bangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026

A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.

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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London

There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Good! West Midlands Police has opened an investigation into five assaults at Reform UK's conference.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I went back to listen to it and it’s genuinely quite shocking.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Justin Webb is doing the ‘you’re not a *proper* Jew, are you?’ thing to Ed Miliband on the Today programme right now.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.

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UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says

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lesleybruce @lesleybruce.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As the RNLI is in the news again I hope more people will show support and buy from their shop or simply donate to a fantastic organisation. Link to both the shop and a donate button. shop.rnli.org

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RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts

We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026

Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here @stephenkb.bsky.social seeks to remind the Labour government, old & new, that the point + purpose of recognising "legitimate concerns" about immigration was to understand how to differentiate these from *illegitimate concerns* rooted in intimidation + xenophobia www.ft.com/content/2279...

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Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery

A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse

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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

💰In this week's Fair Comment, we set out how ending elite influence in politics demands a cap on domestic political donations👇 🔗 www.faircomment.co.uk/p/stripping-...

photo of price tag with text overlay: Fair Comment: Stripping the price tag from politics

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Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 06/09/2026

Police are facing growing questions over how up to 500 masked activists dressed in black brought parts of Dover to a standstill on Saturday. Authorities have been accused of failure to act, intelligence failures and being ‘caught on the hoof’. www.ft.com/content/f244...

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Police face questions over Dover disruption caused by masked protesters

Up to 500 activists dressed in black with their faces covered brought part of UK port town to a standstill on Saturday

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026

Mr Rosenberg is one of the most exceptional journalists alive today. I sincerely hope he ends up in the House Of Lords; if it is to continue as a "meritorious" institution, let that merit be found in a person's actions and words, and not who their mates are. youtu.be/UkxRa1M_x9A?...

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I read some of the new textbooks for Russian schools

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026

"There's no water in the river so half my crop is completely and utterly ruined." - Suffolk farmer. "People assume that it [water] will always be readily available. And we need to wean ourselves off that kind of idea that water will always be there." - Water Resources East Via BBC News

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The race to stop England running out of water

Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026

Google Maps has now capitulated to Donald Trump and changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Apple Maps still uses the correct name.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🔥 The EU 🇪🇺 is banning Brazilian 🇧🇷 beef and chicken after Brazil failed to prove compliance with antibiotic rules. Britain 🇬🇧 has not. NI must follow the EU ban, widening UK divide. Accepting meat rejected by Europe also threatens Burnham’s SPS reset. Shared food safety 👉 or Brexit divergence?

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Ashley @ashleysays.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Chefs kiss

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