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Allison Brandes

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"champions of free speech" latest
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janemick @janemick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
the perfect commentary on Farage stepping down! @bearlypolitics.co.uk www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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Nigel Farage And The Five Million Pound Victim Complex
The man of the people, backed by crypto wealth and aristocratic fixers, would very much like you to look somewhere else.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
While you're choosing between groceries and gas, Trump just pocketed $1.2 Billion from his crypto scam. Republicans in Congress watch silently because they're getting their cut too. This isn't governance - it's organized crime…
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The downfall of society can be traced back to rolling bastard news.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 22/06/2026
It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir.
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Allison Brandes @iggsterb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
PLP reveals itself to be just as venal and asinine as other political parties, whilst somehow clinging to the belief it is somehow superior. Pathetic...
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Allison Brandes @iggsterb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social My wise Grandad had a wonderful Tenor voice, I'm not musical in any way. Little me, upset, asked Grandad about this and he said "There as to be them as can't to appreciate them as can."
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Oppressing women is how authoritarianism begins. So listen to what Reform is saying
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Oppressing women is how authoritarianism begins. So listen to what Reform is saying | Zoe Williams
We saw it when Russia jailed members of Pussy Riot, and again when the US overturned Roe v Wade: misogyny is a powerful political weapon. Let’s focus on fighting it, not ‘understanding’ it, writes…
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yet for all those mentions, Reform doesn't actually get held to account. Dodgy £5m gifts? Constant tax evasion? Running the party from Dubai? Inexplicable house purchases? Jailed for kicking your wife? Wall-to-wall racism? Backing Iran war? Scrapping the NHS? Literal concentration camps? Silence.
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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It never ceases to amaze me how many election pundits don’t understand the dynamics of First Past the Post, and how vote-splitting works under the UK’s electoral system. John Curtice does. Listen to John Curtice.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just met a Reform UK voting couple who had no idea that it opposed: Recent rise in the minimum wage End of the two-child benefit cap Expansion of free school meals, free breakfast clubs Help with school uniforms Horrified that they would lose big from Reform How many others voted without knowing?
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Laurette 💙🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇦🐸 @laurette-mamab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Maybe, just maybe if journalists spent the same amount of time highlighting policies, the government has implemented like breakfast clubs, workers rights etc as they do with supposed leadership challenges results might be different.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Lol Farage on BBC already saying "councils don't have enough money, we can't promise miracles!" coz he knows what an absolutely dogshit job Reform does running a council.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Doing what I do best - shutting down a question about the £5 million gift I received, because I can't stand scrutiny and don't think the rules apply to me.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“Labour may be losing seats to Reform, but that is mostly because they are losing actual votes to the Greens.” @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...
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Local Election Results 2026: Morgan McSweeney’s ‘Blue Labour’ Legacy Lives On
Keir Starmer's former adviser's strategy of focusing on Reform-sympathetic 'hero voters', whilst spurning Labour's natural supporters on the left, has led to a disastrous set of local election results...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead? bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...
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#Politics Who gets heard – and who doesn’t – on UK broadcast? | Be Broadcast
New analysis of 1.5m mentions reveals which UK parties are overexposed or underrepresented on broadcast – from Labour and Reform to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
FBI director Kash Patel admits under oath that the FBI is buying location data on Americans from commercial brokers. While law enforcement must get a judge-authorized search warrant to obtain location data directly from telecom companies, gov... TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
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Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans
Admission came during questioning at Senate intelligence committee worldwide threats hearing
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
lol guess who met some commoners today.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 19/02/2026
The arrest is for the courts. Accountability is not. If it is to survive this crisis, the Royal Family must finally answer questions about how it conducts itself. My latest: The Humbling of the House of Windsor open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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The humbling of the House of Windsor
How deference failed the Crown — and why silence is no longer an option
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Allison Brandes @iggsterb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is this going to mess up Mystery Hour again?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 09/02/2026
No. 10 communications were being directed!?
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Allison Brandes @iggsterb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Seriously, amongst all the other stuff going on, Kier Starmer needs to meet with disabilty campaigner Joe Hardy. Perspective gained, problem understood - please get it done?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election “I’ve said it time and time again - we need to leave the ECHR” says Reforms candidate Matt Goodwin The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all. It grants our right to protest, our right to privacy, our right to fair trials. And so much more
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit. Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
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Allison Brandes @iggsterb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
@natashaclark.bsky.social Every credit, you were the first journalist to ask a sensible question of Starmer, rather than going for sensationalism like those who should know better.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/01/2026
ICE is detaining a 5 year old boy. If you get off on this, you’re a monster and don’t you dare pretend to worship God.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot That’s murder
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Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
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Allison Brandes @iggsterb.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social The Board of Peace "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
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Nils Hoppe @hoppe.law · 21/01/2026
This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.
A reader‘s letter in the times which reads as follows: 

Old adversaries
Sir, Your obituary (Jan 19) of Mr Justice Blofeld rightly referred to his fine sense of humour. When he first sat in Winchester a barrister called Richard Bond stood up to open the first case. Mr Justice Blofeld began to stroke the white ermine on the sleeve of his High Court judge's robes as if stroking a cat. He then said with a smile: "We meet at last, Mr Bond."
Sir John Royce Clifton, Bristol
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Farage isn't even Trump’s poodle. He's his novelty toilet brush.
Farage hails Trump
inspiration' at
Reform UK rally
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Gosh. Story has gone from 0 to 60 in the UK. Is leading BBC News this morning. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.
Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime

Feb. 4, 1939

February 4, 1939, Page 1

BERLIN, Feb. 3.—Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five "Aryan" actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich's Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades.” The five include perhaps the best known German stage comedians who survived previous Chamber of Culture purges and still dared to indulge in political witticisms—namely, Werner Finck, Peter Sachse and “The Three Rulands,” represented by Helmuth Buth, Wilhelm Meissner and Manfred Dlugi. Their expulsion means that they are henceforth forbidden to appear before the public in Germany.

Besides motivating this action in an official communiqué, Dr. Goebbels also publishes a long article in the Voelkischer Beobachter in which he denounces them as “brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless" and generally imitators and successors to Jews. Simultaneously he denounces the "society rabble that followed them with thundering applause—parasitic scum, inhabiting our luxury streets, that seems to have only the task of proving with how little brains people can get along and even acquire money and prominence."

As regards the details of the "crimes" of which the five are accused, Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the Four-Year Plan and Chancellor Hitler's monumental building program and one of them even raised the question of whether there was any humor left in Germany today.

What amused the public most, however, and presumably roiled the National Socialist authorities most—although Dr. Goebbels does not mention it—is that they deftly, but unmistakably, caricatured some gestures, poses and physical characteristics of Nat…
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"If you celebrated justice for Hillsborough, you have to support the European Convention on Human Rights Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"
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Without the ECHR justice might never have been served for Hillsborough
Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
. THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . . ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ .
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Leo Greene (if you're nice) @leo-greene.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A brief reminder that not all journalists doorstep celebs or focus on stirring up moral panic. Some sacrifice their lives to bring us the truth
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
UK politicians and media have stirred up so much hatred. Time to say: NO. Time to reclaim British values of fairness, tolerance and compassion
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/08/2025
RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar
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RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar
The avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Puzzling as to how the US Veep can feel safe bringing his family to a riot torn hellhole country without any freedom of speech. Obviously he has security, but could it be just possibly that those claims are on closer inspection almost complete nonsense.
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