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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

'Tom Watson, the owner of recruitment firm Futura Energy Group, is at the centre of a "doxxing" campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), anti-racism activists and business executives who recruit black, Asian and minority ethnic workers.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists

Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nigel Farage is clear on a triple lock on pensions.

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 22/09/2026

A landlord making £100,000 a month says young people have “no excuse to be poor”. Excellent. I love financial advice. Gather round, children, let's examine how he himself stopped being poor. metro.co.uk/2026/09/20/i...

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I’m a landlord making £100,000 a month — young people have no excuse to be poor

Samuel bought his first home aged 17 with a 100% mortgage.

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Dean Craddock @dean5150.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

All that has happened, is that the rich and the violent tell those elected, what is going to happen.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire

Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 05/09/2026

You don't really get the full picture of the walking stick incident until you watch both angles at the same time... (Left via @climate_resist , right via Franceinfo on TikTok) First full speed, then slo-mo and annotated.

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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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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sam - I think you should make this article fully open to all, not just on a trial. It’s important that this issue is fully ventilated and people are equipped to handle the latest tactic.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Trump is going to bomb the bond markets, or at least the high interest parts, maybe in two years time, once the weapons stockpile he used up bombing the Iranian leadership, which is still in place.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is alarming and cretinous from an actual UK MP. But it will ring hollow to the millions who have just struggled through a stiflingly hot summer, and will reveal him even more as an out-of-touch windbag breezing about from one air conditioned place to another.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

On the BBC’s many years of uncritical boosting of Farage/Reform: - the BBC will ultimately lose both number of and vigour in their defenders, who have lost patience with this - Farage would quickly decimate the BBC if it blunderingly helps him into power.

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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"appallingly racist" and "indefensible". See also the doctoring photos to create racist and sexualised images.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

There is absolutely no reason to take this seriously - and every indication from his previous mountain of unmet promises to completely ignore it. This is how he boosts share prices indefinitely. It is known as vapourware.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

John Cleese has spent 2 days ridiculing Khadija Patel for the crime of wearing traditional Islamic dress. Patel won a genuine award for her youth club work, encouraging participation in sports. His racism and Islamophobia blind him to her achievements. [H/T @pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social]

A Bolton woman has been honoured by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for helping more girls get into sport.

Khadija Patel, founder of KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club, is one of 53 women from across England and Wales to be recognised with a purple seat at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

The initiative celebrated women helping to shape the future of cricket at every level.

Khadija Patel

Khadija grew up as one of six sisters in Bolton.

Her love of cricket began through informal family games organised by her father in the open space of his cash and carry.

She went on to found KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club for women and girls from underrepresented communities to take part in sport.

KRIMMZ Girls Youth Club is a community-led organisation based here in Bolton.

The club delivers a wide range of activities designed to promote social inclusion, physical health, emotional wellbeing, and personal development.

While the majority of sessions are girls-only, the club also provides opportunities for boys and children with additional needs to participate.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I now have to declare that I have some “legitimate concerns”. Specifically, the right-wing media uses wife-beater rioters to bolster their anti-woke obsessions and this now appears to be more than a bit evil. The rioters’ tendencies are of course not new. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.

cumulative line chart showing that UK newspapers have published 251 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since the start of 2024

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

People want a tax cut. Andy Burnham wants to deliver a tax cut. Increasing the personal allowance is the wrong tax cut. I've got a better one. Thread:

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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Old saying: you can judge a man by the company he keeps.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Those who question the presence of Palantir in public services have been accused of risking lives and overloading of the NHS. Well, all of that is based on sketchy, unverified data. Whereas, their power over the system is very real. A scandal is gathering here. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Pro-Palantir data has litany of errors, English hospitals admit

Four trusts confirm there were errors in underlying hospital data on discharge delays after FT probe

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Carbon Brief measured the media (editorials) activity on this last year. Are the media leaders or followers here? Or maybe the anti-climate media champions are part of the same aligned ecosystem as the likes of Badenoch and Tice?

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Never mind, and to be honest, I suspect the moment has already passed. It’s either Binface or Binface and a Green Party candidate.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My point is: get whoever needs to decide, with whatever inputs, to do this now as a matter of urgency.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Well, that’s good, but speed is of the essence. From a united front perspective, and for Green Party credibility.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is an issue of national importance and other parties have clearly acted already - to neutralise this stunt. Farage is an odious conman who has a remarkable ability to damage the country. It would be appropriate if the Green Party leadership were involved in something of this gravity.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Calling @iandunt.bsky.social - I think you noted that this investigation can restart after any by-election?

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Bankers reported the £5 million gift to Farage from Harborne over concerns it was a form of money laundering. The Guardian gave Farage until 1pm to respond, he called the by-election at 2pm www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns

Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Are you putting up a candidate in this election?

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

European leaders should say: fine, stick your troops up your ass.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Don’t want to be completely dismissive of all of this noise about the £4.7bn but it is maybe a shade more than a rounding error of total gov spending, isn’t it? That or it’s smaller than the revisions the OBR has made many times before in its forecasts of government revenue.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And no doubt Putin thinks it’s an absolutely brilliant idea

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

But … About 62% over 65s voted for Brexit Under 45s voted remain by a similar amount Almost 20% Brexit voters are now dead Since 2016, 6 mn young people, strongly pro-EU, can now vote There’s a net drift away from Brexit by all who voted Anti-EU view will be a small minority within 10 years

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My experience is that they do not want to be reached. Moreover, they wish to be wilfully ignorant of the ever clearer Brexit drawbacks, while being insulting to opposing views. The old Remoaner dismissal is alive and well. Misunderstandings (and misspelling) of sovereignty still feature prominently.

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

For starters: - Never have a yes-no referendum on a complex issue or one without clear outcomes - Regulate social media harder - not just kids - adults now radicalised - Deepen mandatory civic competence education - Consequences for political corruption - Strong protection for institutions …

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Spent a while today reading replies on Nextdoor to a suggestion it’s time to consider rejoining. Judging from the replies, a BIG reason is that vast swathes of UK voters are pig ignorant about most of the issues and full of misplaced anger and faux nostalgia. We left because we’re fucking stupid.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 26/06/2026

All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Saw him interview some Labour people about the then Streeting challenge rumours, just post cabinet meeting. Other side-by-side journos asked about numbers backing Streeting, possible timing, narratives etc. Chris Mason question: “Did the Prime Minister tell Streeting to put up or shut up?”

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HerbalKOxon @herbalkoxon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We no longer have parties/leaders that have the ideology or strategy to address the world we live in. It’s not clear why. Don’t count Brexit/Faragist ideology - a cynical and fake substitute. But purely reactive and tactical government in the social media age is doomed to fail.

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