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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Such an ahistorical, geographically illiterate, and all-around dimwitted take from Harwood. He's one of those entitled people who are so imbued with self-confidence that they rattle crap off, and their followers just accept it to be true.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nigel Farage is now a desperate man. Chasing every headline; no low too low; the politics of the gutter, racism and fear embraced. His pronouncement on Fairford trying to link with ZERO evidence to asylum is beyond pathetic.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BBC report fails to mention "Tommo" slashing a dinghy (!) Not beating the Reform Party propaganda allegations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
Protesters gathered in Gosport after initial reports the small boat would be brought further west.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I feel a sea shanty coming on
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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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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good plan, Australia and Canada. Huge sigh, UK. How long do we wait, how much do we lose, how stupid do we have to be?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No evidence at all of crime in Essex being driven by asylum seekers. This Reform use of taxpayers money is all about driving hate and fear against migrants.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 11/09/2026
"Technically Nigel Farage could have lost, not just the UK election on this, but the French election for the far right too." "That's quite a week's work." How Reform blew it with the French www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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The sad, sad story of how Nigel Farage lost his friends in France | The News Agents
Last week, Nigel Farage signed an oversized ‘memorandum of understanding’ with French far-right leader, Jordan Bardella. This week, it could have cost his French pal a chance at becoming president.
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/09/2026
It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Shabana Mahmood's settlement reforms would, if implemented, likely have a very damaging effect on integration. The parents of these children would be subjected to prolonged temporary status, tied to a specific job and financial penalties, all of which are socially and economically damaging.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"We've done nothing wrong but the people who did it have been sacked for (not) doing it," is quite the defence. And is it just me or Does. Farage. Get. Even. More. Comically. Staccato when he's straining his own enormous capacity for lying?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'Farage in 2016: “The worst case scenario, economically, is better than where we are today.” 10 years after 'today'' "98.2% of UK businesses want to rejoin the EU single market" meme via Mina Rodgers
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
They told us Brexit would save lots of money (that would all go to the NHS). In fact it’s costing us a fortune (and constraining our ability to fund everything).
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Priti Patel was responsible for the asylum backlog. It happened on her watch. It must be the most avoidable, expensive, toxic, long-running public policy disaster ever, surely? Particularly when the wholesale diversion of funds from foreign aid is considered.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
He was right about ULEZ He’s right about Brexit. No need to “revisit old arguments”/lies now we know it’s rubbish and costing us a fortune. Moving on means admitting this and asking about how to now join. Not pretending it’s ok in case Farage loses his shit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sad...
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'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq Khan
This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Drama should be a core GCSE subject iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hellbo...
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just to second this. Really dismal. Quotes totally discredited (actually withdrawn I think?) Home Office figure on lifetime costs and claims settlement reforms are “essential” without any explanation of why.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Reform put this crap out for attention and in order to appear like a serious political outfit. They're in fact DEEPLY unserious and should be treated as such. Far too many people start to engage with what is essentially a game of pigeon chess. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens
The move would require renegotiating the UK's Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I see that Toby Young had written about an elite university messing up by elevating someone who may not have been actually qualified to be there. Interesting stuff
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Richard Tice but Dim strikes again www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richar...
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Richard Tice Says He's Been Treated 'Worse Than A Paedophile, A Rapist Or A Murderer'
Reform UK’s deputy leader launched an extraordinary rant when quizzed about his finances.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage
The new Royal Navy presence in the Channel off to
a terrible start...


The gunwhales on the vessels are too high to pick
up migrants, so the RNLI & Border Force are doing
the job instead!


The Navy are then going around picking up the
empty dinghies,


Waste of time and resources!
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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Good!😠 Time he & the rest of ReformUK were put under the microscope!🔬 Scrutiny & accountability is what they hate! They will do anything to avoid the light!🧐🔦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog
Tice says the complaint related to a debate on Israeli influence and whether he should have referenced his register of interests.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Well, they're on their way back to Morocco actually, as they never had any way to reach mainland Spain, let alone the UK, but who needs facts when you're Bobby J the King of Bullshit.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Every single person who rides an ostentatiously noisy motorbike can just fuck off. Those who do so in London or any town or city, and especially those who use chainsaw-volume engine revving as a “warning” can then fuck off all over again.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
In a headline and a leading article we said migrant care workers were each bringing up to 15 family members with them (News, Comment, Jul 6). This was incorrect. The ratio of 15 to 1 was that of new visa approvals for Cameroonian care workers to visa approvals for family members of all Cameroonian care workers already in the UK in 2025-26. The same applies to arrivals from Ghana, Bangladesh and India. There is no connection between new visa approvals for care workers, who are not allowed to bring any dependants at all, and visas issued to the family members of care workers who were here already.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
They respond “it’s all an Establishment stitch up”. Others say this bunch of grasping millionaires ARE the Establishment. In reality they are worse. Their greed is unmoderated by the desire for respectability & their views are too abhorrent even for the Establishment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police investigate donations by Richard Tice company to Reform UK
Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I regret to inform you that we have reached the “Broadmoor is a holiday camp” stage of right-wing discourse.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Farage’s dodgy donor problems just get worse and worse: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 22/07/2026
Stop scrolling!!! A puffling* has been spotted in Purbeck, Dorset for the first time in 30 years! *Baby puffin (yes, they have the cutest name)
A small bird - a young puffin - is seen in the gap between rocks on a cliff ledge
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 20/07/2026
Unless this “honesty” involves the recognition that immigrants are *not* the root cause of the UK’s problems *but* actually a part of the solution to them, this will be completely pointless. I cannot stress this enough. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to say UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PM
Labour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A few token places on safe and legal routes for refugees cannot in any way mitigate or atone for what this government has done and is doing on asylum or immigration policy. A thread trying to be clear-eyed about this.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
He's always been this person. He's just got better at it. A shallow little man driven entirely by envy and greed.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Man of the mortgage-free £4 million property portfolio. www.thetimes.com/article/3590...
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Nigel Farage’s £4m property portfolio — and the transparency question
From ‘skint’ in 2017, the Reform UK leader now owns five mortgage-free homes with his partner Laure Ferrari. Only two have been declared to parliament
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Galloway lives in Russia and has done since last year. Feel this has rather gone under the radar.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And last but not least this man... who promoted a disaster and yet somehow flourishes still as a result
Farage breaking point poster  of migrants
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Earlier today my laptop defaulted to Google AI and it told me something slightly obscure which I knew to be factually wrong. It's a huge problem
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Brexit “quietly fetters access to the €18tn continental economy that lies on the UK's doorstep.” “Each year we are outside the EU is another year in which we are poorer than we need to be” Absolutely not the actions of a country that has got its shit together. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Post-Brexit Britain is still searching for an economic model
The services industries that account for most of the UK’s exports are themselves squeezed by trade barriers
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Nadhim Zahawi describes Nowak as someone "who lost his life because of incompetence". Greg Dyke points out that nobody is saying the mistake by police caused the death. Phillips intervenes with "nobody knows". A lack of basic research on a very sensitive topic. Paragraph 16 of sentencing remarks:
The pathologist, Amanda Jeffrey, found 1200 ml, or over 2 pints, of blood there.
She said that no emergency medical treatment would have permitted access to
the bleeding vein. In simple terms, he would not have survived, however quickly
he received first aid, CPR or expert medical treatment.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“It’s a tragic tale- a once-confident nation making such a fearful, self-harming decision. Our economy…politics… daily lives in 2026 – all of it bears the imprint of that calamitous error” Brexit 10yrs on. Nothing to celebrate. Except the likelihood we’ll rejoin. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain is a swamp of lies and disinformation – and we got here on the Brexit bus | Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/06/2026
Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.
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