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Ian Fraser

@ianafraser.bsky.social
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(he/him), joiner, green woodworker, Canadian born, citizen of Earth first🌍, Canada, UK next 🇨🇦🇬🇧, want 🇪🇺citizenship back. Living in North Yorkshire for now. Passionate about nature recovery for people and planet, trying to be a good ancestor.

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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It’s up to the next administration to prosecute the law-breakers who gave illegal orders. Whoever they are.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Finally. Let’s start holding Farage to account for the relentless shitshow that is Brexit. Because.. “What could be more elementary than asking voters to judge a candidate on their previous assurances? What more basic function of democracy could we ask for?” liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...
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Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it’s time to act
For years now, the economic situation facing this country has been buried in the small print
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Do listen in. It became quite, ahem, heated.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves It’s about time!
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Sarge @oldsarge.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#BlueSkyVets The Trump administration has begun laying off more than 4K federal workers amid the gov’t shutdown, fulfilling a threat from the administration if Congress didn’t pass a government funding bill. The layoffs go beyond the temporary furloughs. #ProudBlue #DemsUnited #DemVoice1
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The insurance industry does not think climate breakdown is a hoax, the greatest con job in history. The greatest con job in history is climate breakdown denial, by the likes of Agent Orange and Reform. #NetStupidReform www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk
Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it. But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention.... leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...
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Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t
Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement. My latest column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'step in' and sponsor care worker visas to get around UK Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced Read more on this: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Scotland will be independent, and will join the family of European nations. #StrengthInUnity #CanadaStrong www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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SNP will introduce network of walk-in GP services, John Swinney tells conference
The first minister tells delegates in Aberdeen that the facilities will be open seven days a week.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 13/10/2025
Which begs the question why anyone in the EU would want to come and work in Labour's "hostile environment", no matter how much we need them.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 13/10/2025
The coffin lid is closed, just a few more nails to be hammered in. The Labour Party and Starmer in particular are, let’s be charitable, unpopular. Incompetence, bad decisions, and U – turns are all adding to the feeling that the Labour Party under Starmer is sinking. @northeastbylines.co.uk
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Starmer is killing the Labour Party
The Labour Party needs to find its soul again
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Trump could not care less about the future. He and his fossil fuel buddies are only interested in making as much money as they can before the fossil fuel party is over. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities "Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US" "The church cannot be silent"
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A former Conservative minister who supported Brexit finally admits Brexit is making us poorer. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
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Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! #CanadaStrong
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a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is flying in the wind
ALT: a canadian flag with a maple leaf on it is flying in the wind
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Trump despises Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, because Khan embodies the greatest quality of leadership i.e. servant leadership. Trump lacks this, cannot understand why a great leader must lead this way. So he lashes out at people who show true leadership. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan
Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instincts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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ACW1234 @acw1234.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
How wonderful and generous of President Putin with his act of aggression against Ukraine to have given his dear friend Agent Orange the opportunity to win the Nobel Peace Prize. No greater love…. #WarpedReality
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Nothing about or from Agent Orange shocks me any more. Thanking war monger Putin.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Bad people can thrive in their lifetimes, but history will (almost) always catch up with them eventually. Trump can preen and pout and posture all he likes, but his only reward will be eventual ignimony. In the meantime, every well-deserved slap in his face should be treasured. #NobelPeacePrize
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Farage's deputy Richard Tice accepted stay at French Riviera home of Lubov Chernukhin, listing the purpose as “discussing gas power in the UK” Reform are wining & dining corporate fossil fuel interests with their pledges to smash climate policy: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Richard Tice accepted stay at French Riviera home of Tory donor
Reform deputy leader’s trip, worth £1,4000, to Lubov Chernukhin’s property was for ‘discussing gas power in UK’
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Patriots don't peddle for Putin. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news. NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I moved some errant voi scooters and a lime bike (with a terrible puncture) from blocking the pavement by Warneford Lane roundabout. People! Don't block pavements with stuff you've hired! Able-bodied people passing! Do move them if you are able. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
Top picture, voi scooters and a Lime bike blocking the pavement.
Bottom picture: pavement cleared, scooters and bike lined up neatly on the side
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Owing to the wars of the previous 150 years, European countries bound together in a *union* so they would never fight again. We do this, among other ways, by have common tariffs and standards at the border, but none within; by having a common visa waiver, but FOM within; and a single currency 1
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Yes, please, with all my heart I want my European citizenship back. #CanadaStrong #BrexitHasFailed #StrengthInUnity #MapleLeafForever 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦🇪🇺
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @adamzyglis)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it. Join us and let's make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk
Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
They all look like competitors in the Upper Class Twit Of The Year contest. Monty Python could be incredibly incisive in the absurdity it embraced. youtu.be/kdFnfcxhNnA?...
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And Now For Something Completely Different... Monty Python Olympics | Upper Class Twit of The Year
YouTube video by Our Nostalgic Memories
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Let’s all hope that is a genuine start to lasting peace with justice for all who live in this troubled part of the world. #GivePeaceAChance #SolidActionForPalestine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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First phase of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas
Donald Trump announces all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed timeline
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Robert Jenrick's "decade of net emigration" entails an implicit target to cut the legal population by about 1.1 million in two parliaments. (Pro-natalist mitigation untested but would have slower impacts if it worked)
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Almost all politicians and commentators on right will intuitively think their slogans mean slowing the recent rapid growth of the population, not shrinking the population Almost nobody knows this re population stability at 110k inflow, probably won't have noticed what their slogans add up to
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
If the Conservatives took power now, taking what they are saying seriously (and saying they could do it) would knock a couple of million off the population in a parliament - remove 600k people without status - refuse to let most of Boris Brexitwave stay (800k+) - annual net emigration
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
They can't shrink the civil service + reduce the deficit + cut taxes by billions + quadruple deportations to 150k/year (& shrink the legal population by 500k+ by going to net zero migration) bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Robert Jenrick is currently more defined on identity, integration and race than on economy, tax, welfare so whether this pivot is made if there is an imminent next leadership - probably next year - depends when and who it is and what they do
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Conservatives have decided economy is their distinct opportunity. Some tensions between presenting the party as pro-market (vs Labour + Reform) and as Small State, living within means (deficit reduction + big tax cuts, so massive spending cuts) with Big State mass deportations & net emigration
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This new book by @cartoonkate.bsky.social is a breath-takingly beautiful thing: I'd go so far as to say a work of genius. It's my privilege to be interviewing her about it at the East Gate Bookshop, Totnes on 23rd October. Please join us if you can: www.totnespulse.co.uk/product/tick...
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Ticket: Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen
Kate Evans is a writer, cartoonist, illustrator and studied English literature at the University of Sussex in Brighton. From 1995 to 1998 Evans dedicated herself to environmental activism, providing c...
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Ian Fraser @ianafraser.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
What a splendid idea!
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 08/10/2025
Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study
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Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study
Experts call for urgent strategy to end overfishing as report shows just 41% of stocks of species such as cod and mackerel considered healthy
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The rantings of a psychopath! Watch what happens next! This is a dog whistle.
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