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Will Sebag-Montefiore @wsebag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How to be a right wing grifter

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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The royals only have power through mythology and control. Led By Donkeys co-founder Oliver Knowles on an alternative to royalty. #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 07/10/2026

The Tories want an Iron Dome?

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.

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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Half billion royals. That's what they are - stealing your cash. #AbolishTheMonarchy

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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Of those 71, Lib Dems *took* SIXTY directly from the Conservatives. And since then Kemi hasn’t had a poll lead for even one single week. Why are we reading all this coverage about what she’s going to do when she’s PM?

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here's a parody about the price of gas having soared (with everything else) since the Iran war, called "Gasoline". It's adapted from the classic "Jolene" by the incredible Dolly Parton who sadly died a few weeks ago, but left an incredible legacy of music, generosity & heart ❤️ youtu.be/WhwPBlI4u0A

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"Gasoline" - Marsh Family parody of "Jolene" by Dolly Parton, on the rising cost of fuel & inflation

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026

Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊

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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reform uk party ltd is manifestly a danger to our country.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Miranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh HELL no, #Audible. So you're going to not only steal my characters, infringing my copyright and IP, but you're also going to steal the voices of my brilliant audiobook narrators for your utterly crap AI chatbot? Get - and I say this with my whole heart - IN THE SEA! #NoAI

A headline from an online news article that reads: "Audible will soon let you talk to audiobook characters with a new AI feature."

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

GB News exists only to drive the UK further right and radicalise the elderly and unwary, who get sucked in with 1980s daytime TV stars and nostalgia, and drip fed fear, anger, hate to make them xenophobic enough to vote for a man like Nigel Farage who serves only himself and his rotten backers.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer

Line chart titled 'GB News has lost £142m to date', showing cumulative losses in pounds rising steadily from around £3m in 2020/1 to £142m by 2025. The red line climbs most steeply between 2021/2 and 2023/4, reaching roughly £110m, then flattens as growth slows towards £142m. A note states the latest figures cover the seven-month period to 31 December 2025. Chart by Press Gazette, source: Companies House

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleeced

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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’

Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water

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The Lady Lucy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇬🇱🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐾🐕 @lucyarnold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Well the obvious answer as to why they were arrested and the released on bail is that there wasnt enough evidence to hold them beyond the legal time period. The obvious answer to the UK and US giving different accounts is that the US has dementia riddled maligant narcissist as their leader.

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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham is right about all that. It's gross how we've allowed that part of your life to become some brittle, unknown, risky fucking death bin. People should have dignity. And the people who work in that sector should be shown gratitude and respect.

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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why is Raise The Colours Ryan Bridge asking for lawyer money when he owns A FUCKING LEGAL FIRM

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Sovereign Grant is a scam - why are the billionaire royals getting another £50 million added to their half billion budget? #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I would argue that depending on large government subsidies has become 'endemic' for giant corporations like Serco etc. But the Tax Payers Alliance never look at that side of it. Funny that.

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why is it always ALWAYS "kick the least well off"? It's never "tax the richest to fund defence"

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Being grotesquely rich doesn't mean you're good at anything except taking money off other people and hoarding it. And by definition, that skill cannot work for more than 1 in a million of us. So why the hell do expect wisdom or useful policy from these ghouls? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit

Supporters’ club says billionaire should stand down after ‘completely unacceptable’ comments on the UK and empire

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨🚨 BREAKING: Activists have unveiled a 'Cut the Royal Budget' banner in front of Buckingham Palace after MPs voted to give the royals another £50 million in Sovereign Grant money. It's time to scrap the grant, it's time to get rid of the royals. #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A new era for Byline Times goes to press! @peterjukes.bsky.social & I are proud to have worked on a print redesign with our new art director Sonny Dhamu. With your support, we continue to grow. This issue marks a story no one else can/will. Two Cambridge professors. Two very different narratives...

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Can we make her Home Secretary immediately please and thank you.

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE: AI giants warn their tech could kill us all. Their proposed safety rules could help kill off cheaper competition. Our @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation exposes unproven runaway claims and a looming financial blackhole worth 10% of world GDP 1/20 bylinetimes.com/2026/09/15/b...

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Behind the AI ‘Extinction’ Power Bid: Soaring Costs Could Hit 10% of World GDP

AI firms are invoking unproven extinction warnings to justify restrictions on developments by their smaller rivals whilst seeking greater influence over regulation

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”. Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think it would be incredibly interesting to see a heat map of where people who volunteer for the RNLI live and where these so called "protesters" live. I suspect the black clad fascist c***s don't live a anyway near the sea, and have no appreciation of what RNLI volunteers face.

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Holly 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @mxhollyclara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am still (11 years later) unable to grasp how the images of little Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on a beach wasn’t the final word on treating refugees with compassion and dignity. How we are we having attacks on the RNLI for saving HUMAN lives being encouraged by our media. I weep for our world.

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Particularly apt for MPs representing coastal constituencies.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 10/09/2026

I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work. But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. 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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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses"

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026

Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/09/2026

I wonder how the percentage of asylum seekers with criminal records compares to the percentage of people's patriots with criminal records.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our undercover reporter @scatatkins.bsky.social posed as a far right journalist at the Reform Conference, and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal.

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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

He is actually making a joke of the fact a women is being assaulted. No 'pure, cold rage'? Let's be honest, Reform really don't care about women and girls do they?

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Kevin NOT Kev! Veteran. LGBTQ+ . #Rejoin @polbikers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Every grift you make, Every bung you take, Every promise you break Every step you fake We’ll be watching you! Every single day, Every lie you say, Every game you play Every time you stray, We’ll be watching you! #FagashFührer

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/09/2026

There's a lot here to be sickened by, but for some reason the "do you understand what's happening?" really got me. What's happening, Zia? Explain it to us. Use your words. Say it out loud. No no, not "wink wink, nudge nudge, you know..." Why is it a problem she's nominated? Say it, coward.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Reform.... present themselves as the anti-establishment insurgents, but banning independent journalists like me from party conference isn’t anti-establishment. It’s the establishment playbook.” Am taking being barred from Reform conference as badge of honour! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform UK bans three journalists who have investigated party from its conference

Guardian City editor Anna Isaac, investigative reporter Peter Geoghegan and broadcaster Michael Crick refused entry

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 31/08/2026

How tactical voting could defeat Reform UK.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here's a twist on Canadian legend Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic" (who was amazing when one of us saw her live last month). It's an acoustic version about Trump's #USCanada #tariffs, #tradewar and his attempted renaming of #LakeOntario. It's called "Moronic" 🎶 - lyrics: youtu.be/Y6OGKFQBG7s

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"Moronic" - Marsh Family parody of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" about Trump's Trade War with Canada

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James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I have already replaced some Google apps e.g. Firefox for Chrome, could replace Google Wallet with Samsung. But what is a good replacement for Google Maps? Ideally from a European company.

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