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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12h
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Whilst the shooters are out casually and mindlessly killing and wounding thousands of sentient birds for no reason other than their own entertainment this w/e, it’d be great if you could do this! raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/02/d...
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Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebirds: what exactly is it asking for, and how can you help?
I hope by now that blog readers are aware of Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing and shooting. The Call for Evidence was launched in September 2026, and closes on 1st Nov…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🔴 NEW Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations By Samantha Asumadu Read below. ↓
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest column on healthy ageing: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britons are not ageing healthily – we need to learn from countries that have made it a priority | Devi Sridhar
Although we’re living longer, the data on healthy life expectancy in the UK isn’t good. Andy Burnham must reverse this trend to protect the NHS and social care, says public health academic Prof Devi S...
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hudcrauf.bsky.social @hudcrauf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Disgraceful by Kemi Badenoch. A new low
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In fact, it was so bad that there was a campaign called: "Don't kid yourself. Without consent, it's RAPE" (I know, it seems British men ALSO need to be taught about consent! - who knew 🤷‍♀️) 14/
A woman in a military-style outfit stands close to a man in red military attire, who raises a drink, while another man sits alone, looking distressed.A distressed woman, partially clothed, is seated with her head in her hands, surrounded by empty bottles, emphasizing the serious issue of consent.A woman in a red dress holds a drink, while men in the background are partially visible, highlighting a serious message about consent.A man seated in a dim space and another man with an intense expression highlight consent issues in a bold campaign against sexual assault.
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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Another clear and knowable downstream consequence of letting scammers get rich off crypto was that that money would boomerang back into politics in ways that were highly likely to try to skirt around fundraising laws and distort policy incentives.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If Parliament fails to pass immediate donation caps to stop billionaires buying UK elections, MPs are directly complicit in the collapse of our democracy. Allowing uncapped mega-cash to dictate policy erodes public trust. Why let dark money win? 🤔 #FBPE
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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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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Once again: this shit is not compatible with democracy. Not for Reform. Not for Labour. Not for any party. It has to stop, and the thread below spells out my idea for how to do that. Tell your MP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea - www.middleeasteye.net/news/eu-forei…
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EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea
Kaja Kallas called for European governments to take a 'principled stance' to back a ban on trade from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026
Tree power! On the hottest days, the study's woodland site was a massive 6°C cooler than the nearby built environment, while riverside areas and pocket parks dropped by 3.5°C. Bobby Bascomb reports. #Heatwave
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What green options are best for urban cooling?
Academics have been studying how cities should be designed to protect their inhabitants from extreme heat
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In case this wasn’t clear: this is the correct position
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Russian terrorists attacked the Kyiv-Warsaw train 2 kilometres from the Ukraine-Poland border. The russians wage a genocidal war on Ukraine and global war against the West. The russians demonstrate the complete insanity of the policy of cowardice maintained by NATO and the EU.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This by Helen Miller ( @theifs.bsky.social) makes 2 points: - lower migration (as many of us have long said) will be bad news for public finances - OBR doesn't (directly) assess impact of migration *policy* changes - and it should www.ft.com/content/3efb...
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The OBR needs to give us more clarity on migration
Minor revisions to immigration figures can complicate the government’s fiscal strategy
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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Mark Purchase 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @markpurch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nothing will change unless or until we ditch FPTP It’s so obvious it shouldn’t even be up for any possible debate
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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Mark Lazarowicz @marklazarowicz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
After these massive donations, what more does Labour need to persuade it that it is high time - well past the time - to take big money out of UK politics? Sitting back and doing nothing for fear of offending some trade union leaders, and Labour's own corporate donors, is likely to be suicidal.
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Bob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not content with the RNLI.. there’s a pile-on against the Salvation army now.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
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‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
❗️❗️Russians used Claude to develop software for a swarm of autonomous FPV kamikaze drones, Anthropic reports. The model was trained on real-life footage. The drones could independently recognize targets, including people, and launch an explosion without the involvement of an operator.
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 11/09/2026
As the planet heats up, tundras are thawing, wetlands are fermenting, and forests are succumbing to larger and more frequent wildfires. A new study finds the breakdown of natural systems could amplify human-driven warming by 20 to 30 percent. e360.yale.edu/digest/warming-induce…
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The Breakdown of Natural Systems Could Intensify Warming by 30 Percent
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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#bbcaq This is what 'two-tier policing' really looks like. Be a climate activist and "plan" to block a motorway, and you receive record jail sentences, but dress like a paramilitary force and block the major port of Dover, and diddly squat happens to you. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
National Grid energy bosses warning that rejoining the EU internal electricity market is "absolutely essential" to lower bills exposes another colossal Brexit cost. Severing seamless cross-border power trading forced households to pay higher prices. When will ministers act? 🤔 #FBPE
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump administration response to UK sanctions on West Bank settlers seems muted so far www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Muted US response to UK's West Bank sanctions may reflect simmering frustration
The UK accuses Israel's government of turning a blind eye to the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians by settlers.
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Greymane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greymane54.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well done Sadiq Khan.
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Enthusiastic Standing Ovation at the Oscars
ALT: Enthusiastic Standing Ovation at the Oscars
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I know I shared it before… but it’s worth repeating!
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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Disgusting application of the law. The fascists must be laughing their socks off.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
After James Orr was filmed by undercover reporters, Cambridge University has told the Guardian that it "is looking into these matters". What about the other extensive concerns raised about Orr, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge, by Byline Times?
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Cambridge University examines conduct of academic suspended by Reform UK
James Orr, an associate professor, was shown in Channel 4 News footage apparently trying to sidestep electoral law
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“At 7pm, Channel 4 began broadcasting its undercover investigation into Reform’s political funding. At exactly the same time, a Bylines Network webinar was asking how we clean up politics. We had no idea quite how closely the two would collide.”
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As Channel 4 investigated Reform’s funding, Bylines was debating how to clean up politics
Two simultaneous events revealed an extraordinary overlap between allegations about political funding and proposals for cleaning it up
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!
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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season
This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...
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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Drawn from dozens of verified incidents, figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health, and statements from the IDF. @emmapengelly.bsky.social's work, with me. Help from @benedictgarman.com and @paulybrown.bsky.social. Overseen by @biancabritton.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More than 900 killed in Gaza this year despite ceasefire, Hamas-run health ministry says
The ministry says the total number of people killed in the Strip since 10 October is now more than 1,300, including 301 children.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Free cholesterol tests on the NHS are great – but here’s the five-point health MOT I’d really like to see | Devi Sridhar
You could be walking around symptom-free and not know you’re pre-diabetic, living with hypertension or at a high risk of a heart attack, says public health academic Prof Devi Sridhar
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Kane Korso @godevils2.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Zionist settlers drag donkey to death. You fuckers wonder why the entire world hates you? This inhumane vile atrocity is why. 1/9
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This week a UK ambassador told the UN security council that Israel had deliberately created a "man-made" famine in Gaza and "Children pay the highest price." And yet Andy Burnham just continues Starmer's legacy, of ignoring international law and remaining complicit in genocide!
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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BRICS News 📄 @bricsinfo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇳🇵🇸 UN says it documented over 1,540 Israeli settler attacks in Palestine so far this year.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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