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James Lisney

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British concert pianist - always a European. www.jameslisney.com www.pianowithjameslisney.com

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It would be a shame if people started doing this, and make a small dent in their dodgy £72m fund...
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Rob Jacobs @robjake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are about to hear a concerted effort from the Brexit right about how rejoining the EU is impossible and how the Europeans don't want us back. It's all rubbish. European politicians are overwhelmingly in support of much closer ties with the UK including full membership.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026
Swedish election winner Magdalena Andersson's message to Brits: “We would prefer you to be part of the European Union." So would we. ♥️ www.politico.eu/article/magdalena-a…
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nick Candy and Holly Valance. Britain’s most expensive house. A £265m sale. Usual consequence: £32m of stamp duty. But five small flats were included in the sale. By an extraordinary happy accident, that cut the tax by £18.5m. The curious sale of Nick Candy’s mansion A 🧵:
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Judaism is NOT Zionism. Judaism is a rich and beautiful religious, cultural and ethnic identity that goes back thousands of years. Zionism is a racist, supremacist ideology that has led to decades of ethnic cleansing and apartheid, and culminated in Western supported genocide
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Laura Kuenssberg, "Ben Delo has a conviction for what the US Dept of Justice says he didn't establish an anti-money laundering program alongside his crypto business" "Are you relaxed about taking money from someone who has. conviction like that?" Robert Jenrick, "No individuals were harmed"
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The world has gone mad! Folks getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said "I oppose genocide" 🇬🇧 That is fucked up! The majority of those arrested have been pension aged women, often with disabilities. Do these folks look like terrorists? Shame on you England. #Free 🇵🇸
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/09/2026
🚨 Naomi Smith, Best for Britain CEO: 👏 “Renewed UK membership of the EU – which is wholeheartedly backed by a majority of voters, would see at least a £92bn boost to GDP that delivers growth in every postcode, shields consumers from the impact of tariffs and denies Putin the chaos he yearns for”
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The best way to get closer to Europe? EU membership - Best for Britain
Renewed EU membership would help keep the UK and Europe safe from Russian agression while creating at least £92bn in eco
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/09/2026
The public agrees with the Prime Minister that Brexit was a wrong turn. The government must put EU membership back on the table.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/09/2026
🟠 Lisa Smart MP: "Estimates from the House of Commons Library put the cost to the exchequer as somewhere in the region of £90 billion a year in tax revenue that is simply not there." "That could instead be supporting projects across the country to support our constituents."
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sadiq Khan's 5 Step Plan to Rejoin the EU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Sadiq Khan's 5 Step Plan to Rejoin the EU.
1. Reset the relationship. [DONE]
2. Realign with EU laws. [DONE]
3. + 4. Rejoin the EU Customs Union and Single Market this parliament.
5. Fight the next general election on a manifesto commitment to rejoin the EU – (then no new ref needed following a win).
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 01/09/2026
I've written to the Prime Minister ahead of his first statement later today, with a clear message: Our politics is broken and we can’t fix our country until we fix our politics.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/08/2026
China is producing 89% of the world’s solar panels, 70% of the world’s wind turbines, 83% of the world’s batteries, and 75% of the world’s electric vehicles. And they're not involved in constant wars. Coincidence?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hi @andyburnham.bsky.social the daughter of a Holocaust survivor has been arrested because of a policy Starmer and Cooper rolled out which Labour Baron Hain said in the House of Lords, was shameful, and the UK's High Court initially said was 'unlawful' She says, "It's not what my parents died for"
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brexit is officially a busted flush. With 75% of voters now demanding a reset with Europe, politicians can no longer hide behind 2016 red lines. Geopolitical chaos and economic reality have exposed the "Global Britain" myth. It is time for Westminster to brave a new European future.
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Brexit isn’t working: British voters are ready for a European future – European Council on Foreign Relations
Ten years on from the referendum, the British electorate has moved on from its old divisions and—in a world of crisis—is embracing an ambitious move back toward
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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James Lisney @jameslisney.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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The UK and international law – Palestine is the test | Letter
Letters: Peers, former ambassadors and senior lawyers say Israel must be held to account for its actions in the Gaza and the West Bank
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Adam Smith @adamlsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The people of Clacton and Count Binface have the chance to do something unbelievably funny here.
a screenshot of a guardian news story saying Labour, Tories and Lib Dems refuse to stand in byelection with Farage's resignation labelled 'desperate stunt' above a picture of a self-serving cunt in a blue jacket surrounded by union jacks that he probably shags when no one is looking
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/07/2026
The days of relying on the US are long over. Leaving the EU left us poorer and less safe. EU membership is the only way forward. inews.co.uk/news/politics/trump-bur…
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'Trump will go for him': Burnham urged to choose EU over volatile White House
Foreign Office insider warns him not to make the same mistake as Keir Starmer by 'backing the wrong horse'
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Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The BBC radio news bulletins lead with Reform's defence of Farage's dodgy dealings. Not the dodginess itself. Is that a normal way to report things?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Keir Starmer, "The biggest impact on the cost of living.. The Ukraine conflict.. The Iran conflict" The shame of not even mentioning Brexit making the country poorer with over £40 billion a year lost in tax revenue every year
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 01/07/2026
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has reportedly told friends that he fears he'll face a by-election if he's found to have broken rules over his £5m undeclared gift
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sir John Major, "Brexit has been very damaging" "Most people think of the economic damage, but that's only part of the argument" "It has as a country made us weaker, more isolated"
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The sums involved in the MPs expenses scandal were chicken feed compared to the Farage £5m. HIs reaction - mind your own business - suggests he may not be cut out for this democracy thing app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73952/...
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We must learn the truth about Nigel Farage’s £5m donation
The Reform leader should be made to understand that transparency is part of standing for high office
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
2026: On the 10th anniversary of Brexit Boris Johnson repeats the lie that we got the covid vaccine first because of Brexit 2020: Dr June Raine (CEO of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) explains we still were following EU rules at the time
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here's David Cameron in 2016 explaining that if we leave the EU we'll be economically worse off and so have less money for public services Here we are in 2026, worse off, and with less money for public services
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
10 Years of Brexit 🇬🇧🇪🇺 The rumours of Russian interference in the Brexit ref were so strong that the Johnson government was finally forced to address the issue. Yet rather than looking for evidence, they decided to play the public for fools by sweeping the whole thing under the rug. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/06/2026
New independent economic research reveals EU membership could add up to 3.6% GDP growth in the long run, equivalent to more than £92bn. www.bestforbritain.org/eu_membershi…
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Neil Kinnock has a message for our next Prime Minister, "We after 10 years after loss and cost and decline, must make the argument, incessantly and continually, to rejoin the European Union" "It. Is. Our. Imperative."
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19/06/2026
Whoever is Prime Minister when the jostling is done, one thing is clear: Labour must drop their harmful red lines on Brexit. Times have changed. It’s time to forge a bold new relationship with Europe.
Graphic showing descending red lines with the phrase 'Labour must drop their red lines and fix our relationship with Europe.'
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ten years of solitude: why it’s time to take our seat at the European table again
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Ten years of solitude: why it’s time to take our seat at the European table again
Going it alone hasn't made us stronger; it has simply made us smaller
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/06/2026
David Dimbleby: "As for the benefits of leaving, 10 years have passed – and we are still waiting." www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel-…
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I broke the news of Brexit to Britain – we still haven’t seen a single benefit
I’m more convinced than ever that EU membership was far too fraught an issue to put to a simple referendum – and looking
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James Lisney @jameslisney.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Can we please not call these barbarians ‘settlers’?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Yet another reason not to bother with the world cup
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Why isn't Nigel Farage in police custody being questioned? Does someone have to die in a Reform incited riot before the police take action? meme via Expose Racism
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20/05/2026
Trump & Vance need to stop meddling in British politics and sort out the mess they have created in their own country. Here’s a message back: we don’t want your division, conspiracy politics or MAGA culture wars. And we don’t want unarmed civilians shot in our streets. Britain is better than that.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
oh gr8 more months of politicians humming & hawing over whether Brexit has been disastrous for the UK rather than treating the public like adults and saying it’s been a disaster inflicted by Farage
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
How can it be betrayal to reverse a policy that actively damages the UK economy? How can it be betrayal at reverse a policy that serves the political interests of Putin's Russia? How can it be betrayal to reverse a policy that makes the UK more vulnerable to oligarchs? Brexit is the betrayal.
Daily Mail headline 18th May 2026 "Backlash over Brexit 'betrayal'"
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Did you see this latest Farage development yet?
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 12/05/2026
The UK Treasury is losing £90bn a year due to Brexit, and UK GDP has fallen by 6-8%. Farage was happy to claim credit for Brexit. He should also claim credit for the economic damage.
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Farage wants to dodge the blame for Brexit. We can’t let him. The New World, 10 May.
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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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aeneasist.bsky.social @aeneasist.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If uk democracy is compromised by a Reform GE win, the BBC will bear a huge responsibility
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"Small boat crossings are still increasing" reports the BBC's flagship Radio 4 Today programme. Editors could check BBC Verify, which reports they are down 35% year on year. The trend began Sept 2025, though crossings rose before that, but falling for over 6 months now if compared like with like.
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