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Howard Jones

@hojo64.bsky.social
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Middle-aged dog loving pro-European. North Yorkshire, UK.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is where we are. Live stream executions for Maga porn. Such barbarism is not easily wiped away.
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Howard Jones @hojo64.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The NHS-Palantir contract is up for renewal in a few months. Tell our new Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: NO Palantir in our NHS via this petition www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
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Tell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHS
Palantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We deserve to be told the truth..."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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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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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Annual General Meeting
Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
£72m for Reform over the weekend could be just the tip of the iceberg There's nothing to stop Elon Musk giving, via a UK X subsidiary, £300m to Restore Britain today Or a Trump ally giving £500m to Farage via a UK-registered firm There's a v narrow window to tackle big money in the elections bill
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 12/09/2026
Reform UK have just received £72million from just two men. Just 6 months ago we revealed Ben Delo’s secretive crypto political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in the heart of Westminster. Read more here: investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/the-sanctuary/
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The Sanctuary | HOPE not hate
Funded by a crypto billionaire, this Westminster base supports some of the most controversial figures in politics — including Restore Britain
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
These are just some of the messages we've received from Together Alliance supporters to the RNLI. Thank you for showing that unity is more powerful than hate, and that we're better together.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dismayed by defeat of the assisted dying bill. Nothing was won today – no new palliative care funding, no new disability support. And the suffering that brought this bill to parliament remains.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Truly disgusting social media post from one of Brexit's most influential backers.
Arron Banks 

Going through Heathrow today, there wasn't one
white face in security or airport services. The
Home office is staffed by the type of people we
are trying to keep out! What hope?
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10/09/2026
HOPE not hate can conclusively prove that Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson’s business empire has been built on fraudulent means, tax evasion, and perjury. This is a long one. Strap in.🧵 hopenothate.org.uk/the-grift/
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The Grift
Stephen Lennon, or Tommy Robinson as he is better known, has amassed a multimillion pound fortune by monetising hate and fear. But, as HOPE not hate can conclusively prove, his business empire has bee...
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’d like to know who is on the Anthropic comms team
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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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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/09/2026
Leader of group behind flag campaign in England charged with 14 offences
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Leader of group behind flag campaign in England charged with 14 offences
Ryan Bridge, who co-founded Raise the Colours, to appear in court on charges including racially aggravated harassment The leader of a group responsible for raising union jack and St George’s flags across England has been charged with 14 offences, including racially aggravated harassment, threatening behaviour and assault. Ryan Bridge, 45, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, co-founded Raise the Colours, which describes itself as a “grassroots movement for unity and patriotism”. Seven counts of using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress; Three counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of, or provoke, unlawful violence; Two counts of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress; One count of racially aggravated fear of violence; One count of common assault. Continue reading...
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Really striking how overwhelmingly Brexit is rejected by those who never got a vote on it
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/08/2026
British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands. The museum’s director of development, Charlotte Appleyard, hosted the PayPal founder at a VIP viewing of the tapestry, which is yet to open to the public, on 18 August. Continue reading...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On Meta, why $18bn is petty cash and what has to come next. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland
Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I have the feeling these are the documents Trump is given by his staff to show him how loved and successful he is, which is why he's so delusional about his performance.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 28/08/2026
“Losing a loved one to online harms in 2022, I’ve witnessed firsthand the most devastating impacts of unregulated social media”: @adelewalton.bsky.social on the bittersweet spectacle of Meta’s historic $18bn lawsuit www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
Meta helped destroy my generation’s sense of self. An $18bn settlement is not punishment enough. By Adele Walton. Stylised image of a child looking at a phone, with the logos of Facebook and Instagram floating around, against a light blue and yellow background
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It would be impossible to guess any of this from most media coverage.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/08/2026
We did it! “The Nerd Reich” is a New York Times Instant Bestseller! My book debuts at #3 on the non-fiction list. Thanks to all who pre-ordered /bought the book—or requested it at the public library or promoted it on social. Without you, I’m just an unemployed guy with a laptop. But with you…
Image: Nerd Reich book cover, a New York Times Instant Bestseller
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 27/08/2026
💥 NEW: Before Reform suspended Tim Montgomerie, he warned that the party’s “number one problem” is tactical voting against it. Our research shows why: 43% would be unhappy with a Reform government. We surveyed 8,617 of them to understand who they are and what could make tactical voting work.
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Blocking the path: The anti-Reform voters standing between Farage and No. 10
Our new study of 8,617 of these anti-Reform voters is one of the most detailed investigations into this coalition to date. Anti-Reform voters are not a coherent bloc, but a coalition united by suspici...
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Gordon Brown: "The American president has demonstrated yet again his contempt for every single pillar of the previous US-led order: human rights, multilateral cooperation, humanitarian aid and the rule of law itself." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Around the world, people are rejecting divisive and dangerous politics. We can – and must – build on that | Gordon Brown
The vast majority of the global public supports international cooperation on human rights, climate and AI. Like-minded countries must stand together to deliver, says former UK prime minister Gordon Br...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 25/08/2026
From forecasting the apocalypse to rambling about the Antichrist, these AI billionaires have lost the plot. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more unfiltered journalism.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Old Man Yells At Canada
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Andy Burnham in Kyiv: "Ukraine has been Europe's protector. Not a drain on our security, but a front line of keeping Europe safe. On behalf of everyone in the United Kingdom, днем незалежності україно, Happy Independence Day]... We are with you in this struggle, all the way, heart and soul."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/08/2026
Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England
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Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England
Surge in proposals follows Labour’s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to March Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned the Conservatives’ de facto ban in 2015. About 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Continue reading...
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Truly a fitting punishment for Fraser Nelson. Compelled by his own inner demons to try, vainly, to use facts/evidence to argue with an openly racist Conservative MP, who was probably originally radicalised by Nelson's own Spectator.
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Howard Jones @hojo64.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just finished Gil Duran’s excellent deep dive into US tech fascism. Looking beyond Trump’s obvious role, Gil also warns against any future Democrat administration being similarly captured by Silicon Valley’s billionaire wealth. Sobering stuff and a really great read. @gilduran.com
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
In trial that opened on Tuesday, California and 28 other states accused the company of designing addictive sites and violating laws protecting children’s privacy
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This really is a remarkably positive story - done in the face of massive right wing media opposition too Burnham should take note
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/08/2026
Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins
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Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins
Twenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta’s platforms were addictive by design
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft has completed its first flight out of an airport in upstate New York in a journey that lasted 27 minutes." thedriven.io/2026/08/17/w... via Joshua S. Hill
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World’s largest battery-electric aircraft completes first flight - for the price of a coffee
Flight of largest electric plane to date suggests potential to fundamentally reshape airline economics and, ultimately, lower the cost of air travel for passengers.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
As at April 2026, 67% of Reform’s funding to date has come from "donors with financial interests in fossil fuels, totalling more than £24 million. A further £2.4 million has been donated by individuals who have disputed basic scientific facts about climate change." www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2026
Public in England and Wales wrongly think most killers are minority ethnic
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Public in England and Wales wrongly think most killers are minority ethnic
Research from King’s College London finds that Reform voters’ perceptions were furthest from the truth The public overestimate how many minority ethnic people are killers, as well as how many foreign national offenders there are, a new study has found. The research from King’s College London tested knowledge and perceptions of crime at a time when radical right parties are trying to link offending to ethnicity and nationality to gain votes. Continue reading...
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Howard Jones @hojo64.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 14/08/2026
Netanyahu is unhinged. An Islamophobe and a war criminal, a Butcher of innocents, his downfall can't come too soon. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"
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League Against Cruel Sports @leagueacs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Leaving a shallow bowl of fresh water outside can make a real difference to foxes, birds, hedgehogs, insects and other wildlife. Remember to refresh it regularly and keep it somewhere shaded and safe. Please share, and encourage others to do the same 💧
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/08/2026
And now time for that uniquely British summer tradition: where we castigate ourselves, our education system and most of all our young people for going on to be better educated than ever before.
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Howard Jones @hojo64.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name to make sure Andy Burnham keeps his word. water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/s/AvlgZH
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Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
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Howard Jones @hojo64.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I really do doff my cap to Brian May. One-of-a-kind musician, proper academic, and still has an amazing head of hair. Almost 80 years old. Wow.
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