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Gail

@hotfootgail.bsky.social
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Retired Civil Servant. Powered by coffee and chocolate. Politics. Socialist. Family. Dogs. Sewist and crafter. Travel is life 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Update on the ceasefire Trump announced this morning.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING An hour after Trump threatened both sides "don't break it", Russia has broken the energy ceasefire. A big fire in the suburbs of Kharkiv where officials say energy infrastructure has been hit.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Soon after Putin puppet Trump made up a story about an energy ceasefire between russia and Ukraine, militants of the russian terrorist state attacked a combined heating and power plant in Kharkiv with drones and guided bombs.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Several men have been arrested on explosives charges after a major incident was declared near RAF Fairford which hosts USAF bombers involved in attacks on Iran.
bbc.co.uk
RAF Fairford: Men held under Explosives Act in major incident
A major incident is declared and villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Whelford near RAF Fairford.
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@realjakebroe.bsky.social Have you seen this? www.instagram.com/reel/DdwjDM9...
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The Times and Sunday Times on Instagram: "🔺 EXCLUSIVE: On the side of a remote mountain in the Urals is a gateway. Troops guard it around the clock from a machinegun turret. It is the entrance to one ...
2,737 likes, 77 comments - thetimes on September 26, 2026: "🔺 EXCLUSIVE: On the side of a remote mountain in the Urals is a gateway. Troops guard it around the clock from a machinegun turret. It is th...
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Feeling quite emotional after watching the very last programme in the 7-70 up series, the story of my lifetime. Thank you to all participants for sharing your life stories over the years. Rest in peace to those who didn’t make it to the end. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
70 Up: Curtain falls on documentary that has captivated Brits for six decades
70 Up is the final instalment in a series which began in 1964 and has followed the lives of 14 people.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/09/2026
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab, Iran
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What an absolute disappointment that the ex-deputy leader of the Labour Party and a sitting member of the House of Lords, thinks it right to work for Palantir.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reform leaders in Wales: Mark Reckless: Tory, then UKIP, then Tory (again), then Independent, then Brexit Party, then Abolish the Welsh Assembly (his own job), then Independent (again) and then Reform Nathan Gill: 10 years for accepting pro-Kremlin bribes Dan Thomas: arrested for assault
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yet another massive mysterious donation for Farage from yet another crypto billionaire.
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
French prosecutors investigating the Epstein case have obtained more names of potential recruiters & victims. "The Epstein network, for us, is a labyrinthine network. To get out of it, it is not just a single Ariadne's thread you have to pull on, it is dozens and dozens of threads." #OpDeathEaters
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France's Epstein investigation has obtained the names of more potential Epstein recruiters
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau says investigators have further names of potential Epstein recruiters, have counted 26 victims and had scheduled an interview with Daniel Siad before his death.
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 11/09/2026
25 years after 9/11, al Qaeda remains a threat – even as Washington looks away
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25 years after 9/11, al Qaeda remains a threat – even as Washington looks away
A quarter of a century after the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history, al Qaeda’s various branches have moved away from the global jihad advocated by Osama bin Laden, focusing instead on regional insurgencies. Their actions continue to destabilise swathes of the world, from the Sahel to Afghanistan, neglected by a US administration that critics say has unlearned the lessons of 9/11.
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📽️From the odyssey of a fish finger... 🌾To Russia's astounding dominance of global wheat exports... 🚗And the wave of Chinese imports that threatens the very existence of the Western car industry. 👀Presenting a MEGA screen with charts from my brand new book, Trade World👇 youtu.be/AqBSTqEzVRo?...
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From bread to BYD: The story of global trade told by Ed Conway
YouTube video by Sky News
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The full report is utterly damning. Farage's policy chief James Orr boasts that they can "easily get away with it" because the Electoral Commission are so "dumb and ineffective" youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?...
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well done Channel 4 news!
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Malcolm X-Bluebird-X 🇪🇺 #FBPE 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU @brothermanshaft.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Not at all like that sordid 2016 UK Referendum. Whereas Iceland discounted a possible upgrade to EU Membership, it maintains its status-quo via Schengen, EEA & EFTA mechanisms. The UK, in sharp contrast, ripped-up its entire EU relationship... for absolutely nothing. Brexit is #NationalFailure
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
‼️⚠️ WSJ: Western officials say Russia has captured Ukrainian drones and could potentially use them in false-flag attacks on NATO countries, making the attacks appear to have originated from Ukraine and sowing confusion or political pressure within the alliance.
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Can anyone recommend a good map app? I’ve deleted Google maps because they’ve ceded to the orange one and changed Lake Ontario to Lake America. (Apple Maps still showing Lake America but it’s only a matter of time before they change it)
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rest peacefully Dolly “A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
bbc.co.uk
Dolly Parton, legendary US country singer, dies aged 80
The singer died at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier today, her family confirmed in a statement.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Days after Netanyahu, Trump met: 1. Trump declares an "unprecedented attack" on Iran. 2. Top US officials join Russian disinfo and disruption campaign targeting Spain & EU, instigate "Ceuta invasion". 3. Trump denies $400M aid & Patriot missiles to Ukraine. 4. Musk & Netanyahu turn down Zelenskyy.
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Yorkshire Day! #wentworthwoodhouse #rotherham #southyorkshire
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 28/07/2026
👉NEW -- Revealed: Qatar and Israel top Westminster lobbying league table by Martin Williams Exclusive: MPs have been on 165 overseas trips since general election, either funded by foreign countries concerned or by UK-based "friends" www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-qat...
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Revealed: Qatar and Israel top Westminster lobbying league table
Exclusive: MPs have been on 165 overseas trips since general election, either funded by foreign countries concerned or by UK-based "friends"
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God @thegodshow.com · 23/07/2026
Seen in Cleveland, Ohio.
Overpass sign in Cleveland, Ohio says:
“Mitch McConnell is on eternity leave.” 

Done by the Burning River Brigade (Visibility Brigade)
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Experts say evidence indicates that US forces hit the school, which is next to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound that satellite images show was struck several times.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Imagine that was YOUR home that an unlawful invader had simply taken over, having forced you out? Pirates.
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 22/07/2026
This is true. Putin will rather run Russia into the ground than stop the war. So that is the trajectory we are on.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Official War Crimes announcement.
Donald J. Trump
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From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Kevin Keegan: Liverpool legend and former Newcastle United and England manager dies aged 75
Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan dies at the age of 75, seven weeks after he revealed he had been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well done Spain 🇪🇸 love from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I’m so pleased you won.
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Nothing says you’re guilty like stalling an investigation, so Trump can say ”we’re still looking into it.” The rest of the world knows America killed 150 people, 120 of them children. www.ap.org/news-highlig...
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As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children  | The Associated Press
On the first day of the war with Iran, after the United States and Israel launched their strikes, footage emerged of what looked to be a bombed
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#BBCNews - UK wasted £10bn on PPE that left NHS staff poorly protected, Covid inquiry finds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted £10bn, Covid inquiry finds
Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Free zones do not require acts of Parliament. Enter secondary legislation, which is an insidious form of corporate governance. 🧵 europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-same-t...
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The Same Trick, Twice: How Tata, the Guardian, and Post-Brexit State Aid Are Carving Up Britain
By David Powell | davidpowell.nl | EuropeanPowell on Substack
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just think of that. £10 billion that could have been spent productively on so many other purposeful things in the NHS.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Wow. Keir Starmer has become the first UK PM to be presented with Légion d’honneur by a French president, in recognition of his work on security of Europe www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Keir Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive France’s Légion d’honneur
Exclusive: Emmanuel Macron honours outgoing prime minister for leadership role in supporting Ukraine
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Macron to Starmer, "And I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate how proud we were to work with him, and how much this coalition of volunteers owes him, and how much the commitment of Europeans to stand alongside Ukraine owes him" "Thank you Prime Minister"
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sounds a bit protection rackety ..
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Described as a “rollicking read” and “your reporting on this is brilliant, it has to be said”
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
President Donald Trump led tributes to Graham, a leading Republican voice on defense and foreign policy, describing him as a “true American Patriot.”
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Reuters: JUDGE AUTHORIZES PAYMENT OF $5 MILLION AWARD TO E. JEAN CARROLL IN TRUMP CASE -FILING
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 08/07/2026
Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage are following Donald Trump's playbook: deny wrongdoing, cast themselves as victims of the establishment and turn legal scrutiny into a political asset. The question is whether it will work in Europe.
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Farage and Le Pen try Trump’s trick of turning scandal to their advantage
The godparents of Europe’s populist right seek to brazen their way out of trouble, hoping voters will agree the establishment is conspiring to stitch them up.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🗣️ 'King Charles is an ex of George Cottrell's mother. The King. That's the establishment mate.' Our editor Laura Webster and political editor Xander Elliards have reacted to Nigel Farage's resignation in an emergency podcast 👇
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Nigel Farage RESIGNS - Emergency Podcast
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump is now rigging World Cup soccer like he rigs American elections.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A port is publicly owned. A freeport is privately owned. Upon winning the 2024 election: Labour kept all 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs
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Gail @hotfootgail.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Well said that man.
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