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Janet

@jan-xin58.bsky.social
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British & European. Loves literature, history, gardening and Beagles.

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Janet @jan-xin58.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...
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The Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal - urge your MP to stop them
An action to write to MPs urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' attempts to takeover the utility, signing off on pollution till 2030
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim" Zack Polanski, "Yes it is" And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
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Anna from Ukraine @annafromukraine.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Ukraine’s drones just took out another oil refinery in Dagestan, a munitions plant in Mordovia, and a chemical plant in Bryansk. Meanwhile, Russia targets kindergartens. 🚀🎯 It's not hard to pick a side when you see the difference. Spread the truth and watch the collapse of the Kremlin.
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 11/10/2025
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding. Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social
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Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues. Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.
Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Two people in balaclavas torched a mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex. This is not far from where I live. Fascists are in an open war with Muslims and people of colour in the UK. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Tbh, the whole anti-migrant rhetoric is already making my friends on ILR look at moving. Of course, they’re all the ones with the money and talent *to* move. Which isn’t what politicians are selling as the consequence of ILR-bashing. But it’s what will happen.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Leaving the ECHR is just another "cause" that right-wing lunatics can latch onto. It's Brexit 2. And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
One of the things I always find telling is the idea that we have to judge past people by the standards of their time, as if the fact that they did bad things means that everyone thought it was okay. They didn't. Pretty much every obviously evil act had people saying that it was, in fact, bad.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of "emboldening" anti-semites. This Nigel Farage
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Reform means broken councils — and broken lives youtu.be/JfK4u0DO_l4?...
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Reform means broken councils — and broken lives
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Arthritis Action @arthritisaction.org.uk · 18/09/2025
Arthritis Action is seeking to appoint up to three new Trustees to join our Board and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. To find out more and download an information pack visit www.arthritisaction.org.uk/jobs/trustees/. #Trustees #Volunteers #NowHiring
Poster advertising Trustee vacancies
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Arthritis Action @arthritisaction.org.uk · 01/10/2025
Our October podcast is out now. Marc is joined by Physiotherapist & Researcher Mercy Joy who talks about the importance of exercise and activity on mental and physical health and explores how to implement movement into daily life. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQv...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This country made significant progress against racism in my lifetime - but we did not do so by chance. There is a visible visceral regression in experiencing of overt racism because the toxic fringe with the most extreme views have a sense of permission & impunity www.easterneye.biz/racism-in-uk...
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Comment: Why are we going backwards on racism in Britain?
Black and Asian people have increasingly equal opportunities to reach the top, but a viscerally and unacceptably unequal experience of public space
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 02/10/2025
Horrified and appalled by the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. My thoughts are with the victims, our brave emergency services and the entire Jewish community.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/10/2025
Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 01/10/2025
Farage says it’s about “the boats”. A Dutch migrant’s farewell in this letter to the editor proves even legal residents aren’t safe.
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Letter to the editor: Settled Status was never really secure
Farage’s rhetoric confirms what many migrants feared: Settled Status offers no real security in today’s Britain
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 02/10/2025
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I think a lot of this is primarily about what many of us in the media now rewards. I chaired quite a few fringes at Labour conference, and at all of them I walked away impressed by the quality of all the MPs and their contributions.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thoughts with our Jewish brothers and sisters, following the awful stabbing incident in Manchester. Sending love, strength and solidarity to the entire community at this time ❤️
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"'As Long As It Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine's security?" We are delighted to be welcoming Sir Lawrence Freedman to the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social on 8 Oct, 18:30, for this term's distinguished Hennessy Lecture. Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/as-long-as...
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'As Long As It Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine's security?
Join the Mile End Institute for our fourth distinguished Hennessy Lecture by the legendary Professor of War Studies, Sir Lawrence Freedman!
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Congrats to Moldova!!! Russia threw everything to destabilize the election and failed spectacularly. Democracy won 🙌🏼
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 28/09/2025
It is very little, and more or less within the margin of error, but after Reform's figures have stalled, this week they fall by three points, while Labour’s have risen by the same three points. @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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Pecksniff: Nuremberg Rally or teddy bears’ picnic? Will the real LibDems please stand up…
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2025
Can't we just get healthcare
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 29/09/2025
PFIs were pitched as “smart” funding. In reality: ✔️ Private consortia built hospitals ✔️ NHS trusts paid for 25–30 yrs ✔️ Investors got guaranteed profit ❌ NHS stuck with massive debt. We can’t afford to repeat this mistake. 👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Graphic that depicts the NHS alongside logos for banks and builders.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
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Janet @jan-xin58.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Millions spent on Trump visit. Red carpets, Royals in coronets and golden dining services too. And all he offers in return are petulant racist insults about our capital city and our mayor. What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
GB News revealing who their real masters are as their presenter salutes the Americans. This is an absolute disgrace they should rename themselves US News.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
One of "Tommy Robinson"s most ridiculous lies was that the Met said 3 million people were on his far-Right march in #London. Thanks to @fullfact.org for confirming his claim was ridiculously false: fullfact.org/culture-and-....
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Did police estimate three million people attended the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march? – Full Fact
Organisers of the event and multiple social media users are quoting this figure, but the actual Metropolitan Police estimate is much lower.
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tarasworld.bsky.social @tarasworld.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
WE ARE NOT THE SAME! Stephen Miller said that Kirk's last message to him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the US and he will make this happen in Kirk's name. Right extremists were responsible for 75% of all extremist murders in the US from 2013 till now. 🤨
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
🔴Russell Jones's Week Moment: Do the Maths, Nigel The media's obsession with Farage's monomaniacal immigration demands ignores the truth that we actually need more immigration, not less, argues @russincheshire.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
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Russell Jones's Week Moment: Do the Maths, Nigel
The media's obsession with Farage's monomaniacal immigration demands ignores the truth that we actually need more immigration, not less, argues Russell Jones
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FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Just saying!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I may have said it before, but my God, I hate that man. Unable to visit my Alzheimer's ridden mother - telling my young children that we needed to abide by all the rules not just for ourselves but for our neighbours and friends too. Meanwhile that arrogant tosser did what the fuck he wanted.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 09/09/2025
"Reform is more popular now than Labour or The Tories, but when you dig into their policies the public will be absolutely horrified by what comes out of their mouths." Why platforming anti-vaxxers and Lucy Connolly was a 'disaster' for Farage and co www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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‘The conference was disastrous for Reform. It's easily their biggest misstep’ | The News Agents
Reform UK’s 2025 conference was a horror show of misinformation, with a celebration of admitted racist Lucy Connolly and lies about vaccines spread by a conspiracy theorist – both greeted with rounds…
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 09/09/2025
Canada, Australia, even Japan are competing for migrants. Britain built a “hostile environment” – and wonders why we’re falling behind. The Bear reports
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Nan’s not bankrupting Britain (but politicians might be)
Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration
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Dr Jon Ackroyd @drjonackroyd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
If you’re thinking of voting Reform and you’re wondering what their policies are for the NHS and healthcare generally, look at what’s happening now in the US with RFK.
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Bossmang Drumma aka GraveRobyn @graver0byn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Last November Farage told Sky News: “I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough?… *I’ve bought a house in Clacton* What more do you want me to do?” Oh, I dunno Nigel. Tell the truth? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton
Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Being watched . . . thank you to @voomoo.bsky.social #FoxOfTheDay
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Bullshit and lies about immigrants exposed by @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Good Morning Britain on Friday achieved the highest figures of the week with a share of 23.1%. Thank you. In the show we spoke to Rachael Moses a Gaza medic and covered anti Muslim hate crime. But it won’t silence the clickbait journos who insist viewers are switching off and quote sources from X!
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