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Producer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 5h

America is lost, actually. If members of Congress don’t pull it back from the brink - as Trump goes full bore pro-Russia, and plots martial law to thwart the midterms….we’re gone as a country. It’s little experiment is over.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Almost 30 years ago I was appalled at how the New Labour government was indulging and validating the right wing moral panic against asylum seekers. And every year since then I've seen my fears about where that would lead prove entirely well founded. The "legitimate concerns" debacle continues.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏

theguardian.com

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

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Der letzte Simianer @wilbury.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Heute scheint in Magdeburg die Sonne, die Vögel singen, die Leute gehen zur Arbeit. Alles ist normal.

„Wenn der Faschismus kommt,
scheint noch immer die Sonne.
Die Vögel singen. Sie gehen zur Arbeit.
Alles ist normal.
Nur TransMenschen verlieren ihre Rechte.
Und Asylsuchende. Und Immigranten.
Und Behinderte. Und Muslime. Und Juden.
Und linke Journalisten.
Und dann andere Journalisten.
Und ich. Und Sie!"
Marina Weisband

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙖 @ccaa.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Harald Lesch spricht über die politische und gesellschaftliche Ignoranz gegenüber den unumstößlichen Ergebnissen der Naturwissenschaften.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How the BBC’s latest platforming of the bigoted views of the anti-migrant billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is the sign of a national broadcaster that is increasingly losing its way www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...

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How the BBC Mainstreams the Right’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-British Agenda

The BBC’s platforming of the bigoted views of billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is just the latest sign of a national broadcaster that has lost its way

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.

Reform UK
Follow
@reformparty_uk
Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

Wir sind jetzt wieder bei Gaspreisen von 2022, Strompreisen von vor 3 Jahren und allgemein hohen Spritpreisen. Sprich: Wir sind erneut in einer Energiekrise und in mitten dieser Krise baut die Merz-Regierung neue Hürden für die Erneuerbaren und Elektrifizierung ein.

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Sebastian Bohrn Mena @bohrn-mena.at · 10/09/2026

Die AfD will die Rüstungsindustrie für Massendeportationen nutzen. Das sagt Siegmund heute in einer Pressekonferenz. Wenige Tage nach der Wahl fallen jetzt die letzten Masken. Und ich frage mich: Was muss einer wehrhaften Demokratie noch angetan werden, bis sie beginnt sich zu wehren?

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DER STANDARD @derstandard.at · 10/09/2026

Bei den Internationalen Filmfestspielen von Venedig sorgt ein knapp vierstündiges Doku-Epos für ein politisches Beben. www.derstandard.at/story/3000000339…

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026

A damning indictment of where hate leads. RNLI has to warn its volunteers - people who save lives - not to wear branded clothes for fear of being attacked. Absolutely shameful.

independent.co.uk

RNLI reviews security measures after far-right threats

The charity’s chief executive said the online abuse was ‘wholly unacceptable’

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

B-SIDE OUT NOW! And we’re talking all things German elections with the superb commentator and analyst @annettedittert.bsky.social 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2pkI...

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B-Side: German lessons

Quiet Riot · Episode

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Me trying to explain how the shit hit the fan in Germany this week without despairing. My attempt to end on a lighter note however was eventually undermined by @sturdyalex.bsky.social and rightly so. It was an interesting chat in spite of everything. Tx for having me.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...

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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times

Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...

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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Michel Friedman trifft es. Man hätte die Menschen fragen müssen: "Willst du die Verfassung als Boden, als Ethik, als Wertebasis weiter haben, wie es nach der Schoa und dem Zweiten Weltkrieg formuliert wurde? Oder möchtest du zurückkehren in Zeiten, in denen Menschen entschieden, wer Menschen sind?"

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"Politik bedeutet Kontakt mit den Menschen" Friedman zu den Wahlergebnissen in Sachsen-Anhalt

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/09/2026

Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate.

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Was für ein niederschmetternder Abend. Eine Schande.

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Ralph Ruthe @ruthe.de · 06/09/2026

Jetzt erst recht.

DANKE an alle in Sachsen-Anhalt und ganz Deutschland, die sich in den letzten Wochen und Monaten so sehr eingesetzt haben. Die gekämpft haben für Vernunft und Fakten. An alle, die auf den Straßen waren für Vielfalt und Toleranz. An alle, die den Austausch gesucht haben und Menschen geduldig und sachlich über die Ziele der Rechtsextremen aufgeklärt haben. An alle, die ihre Zeit, Empathie und ihren Verstand investiert haben, um das Richtige zu tun. Nur Liebe für euch!
Und Herr Bundeskanzler: Schämen Sie sich. Ihre "Politik" hat uns mit an diesen Punkt gebracht.

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Internationales Auschwitz Komitee @auschwitz.info · 06/09/2026

„Dieses Wahlergebnis macht uns Angst. Auf welchem Weg ist Deutschland?“ Nach der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt warnt Auschwitz-Überlebende Eva Umlauf: Eine rechtsextreme Partei wird stärkste Fraktion. „Wir werden weiter für Demokratie und Erinnerung kämpfen.“ auschwitz.info/de/aktuelles...

Dr. Eva Umlauf, Auschwitz-Überlebende und Präsidentin des Internationalen Auschwitz Komitees, spricht sichtlich bewegt an einem Rednerpult in ein Mikrofon. Vor ihr stehen eine Wasserkaraffe und ein Glas. Sie trägt dunkle Kleidung und einen gemusterten Schal; der Hintergrund ist dunkel und unscharf. Foto: Eva Oertwig/SCHROEWIG News & Images für IAK Berlin

https://auschwitz.info/de/aktuelles/meldungen/artikel/lesen/dieses-wahlergebnis-macht-uns-angst-auschwitz-ueberlebende-eva-umlauf-warnt-nach-landtagsw.html

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.com

Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent

Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/09/2026

“Make money visible.” Gina Miller’s prescription for cleaning up politics came just as Channel 4 News was broadcasting an undercover investigation into Reform's political funding. Two events. One evening. And the two stories met in Clacton.

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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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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026

So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.

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Omas* gegen Rechts Leipzig 🌈🦄🏳️‍🌈 @omasgegenrechtsle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Warum spricht eigentlich gerade kaum jemand darüber, dass es in ganz Sachsen-Anhalt Woche für Woche Demos gegen Rassismus, für Solidarität & Vielfalt gibt!? 🤯 Von Halle bis Zerbst, von Wittenberg bis Magdeburg gehen Menschen auf die Straße. 🌈 Was wäre, wenn wir alle auf sie 1/2

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This. Is. Not. Journalism. - It's letting Farage shine. I genuinely do not understand why the BBC does not seem to be able to competently challenge Reform and Farage.

bbc.co.uk

Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC

The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I think by now the political culture in so many countries has ossified in its fear that there are no easy answers to the big questions, leaving the way open to those who have the confidence to put forward the simple and wrong.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It is genuinely fascinating working in the midst of a true Public Policy Disaster and seeing it from the inside, but y'know... I'd rather not? www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

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Student visa slump ‘raises serious questions’ on university funding - Research Professional News

Number of student visas granted falls by more than 40 per cent in three years

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In 2025 trade unions gave £4.9 million to Labour. Individual donors gave £16 million to Reform & £9 million to the Tories. In total Labour raised £10 mill, Reform £19 mill & the Tories £21 mill. If the *unions* are blocking a donor cap, they've lost their minds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andy Burnham has dropped his support for capping political donations, causing anger among activists and Labour MPs who have long campaigned for change to the way parties are funded.

The prime minister has decided not to back amendments to the elections bill, which would cap the amount a person or an organisation can give in a single donation, according to government sources.

The decision comes after a lobbying campaign from Labour’s trade union backers, who said amendments to the bill, which returns to parliament for its remaining stages next week, could undermine their ability to donate to the party. It is also a retreat from the support Burnham gave to the idea just a few weeks ago, when he emailed a campaigner for electoral reform to say he would support a donations cap of £500,000.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“Its 2017 report on the impact of Brexit warned that the UK would need to invest in skilled workers in the construction industry, but that has failed to happen.” How Brexit and dumb-arse “red lines” continue to stop us in our tracks and stifle growth. Mad. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.uk

Brexit skills crisis puts Burnham’s council house building pledge under threat

Exclusive: A lack of skilled workers and the impact of millions not being able to work here since Brexit means more than 200,000 EU workers have left the industry

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/08/2026

Farage’s re-election is ultimately a net loss for the people of Clacton. They are left with an MP who doesn’t care about their interests, holds a fundamental contempt for political transparency - and is facing multiple financial sleaze allegations and inquiries.

Stalled investigation into Farage undeclared 5 million can resume after by-election farce

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Number crunching: Compensation Fujitsu has so far paid to victims of the Post Office scandal vs value of contract for police network software awarded to Fujitsu by the Home Office. From the latest Private Eye, out now.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Under no circumstances should this by-election go ahead before the standards investigations are complete and the findings/punishments made public. This isn't a question of Party Politics. I'd say the same if it was Labour, Greens or any other party. People deserve to know who they're voting for.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Something I cut out of this, because it was too much of a digression, is that I think technology adoption suffers from a lot of macroeconomic post-rationalisation. Because some people are always making money, it is presumed it must make sense buttondown.com/justenoughin...

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The Sports Car Theory of LLM Adoption

If LLMs make decision makers feel stupid, maybe they'll stop using them?

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 27/06/2026

Imagine supermarket, hospital and station car parks that: ☀️ Keep cars cooler in summer. ☔ Keep people drier in winter. ⚡ Generate renewable electricity. Britain considered making it happen. It quietly decided not to.

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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

One of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is indeed a key test. The proposals are morally indefensible, legally questionable, economically self-destructive, and politically delusional. No-one with "legitimate concerns" about migration will vote Labour for pledging to deport care workers. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

inews.co.uk

Burnham could ditch tougher settlement rules for migrants already in UK

Shabana Mahmood has been planning to double the time it takes for most migrant workers to qualify for permanent residence

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity. “You are not numbers or case files. “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ignore all the hysterical tabloid bullshit. Ed Miliband is a good choice for chancellor inews.co.uk/opinion/ever...

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