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John Bosworth

@jbosworth46.bsky.social
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Elderly, long-retired university administrator; pro-EU leftie; Green Party member and (mostly) voter since it most nearly reflects my views. Gave up on X long before discovering this site.

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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Never Forget #StopFarage #GetFarageOut
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hello little one. 😍
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Video below:
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Big-money donations poison British politics. We can stop the mega-rich buying access and influence | Gordon Brown
I’ve seen how imbalances in campaign spending can distort democracy. The multimillion-pound gifts to Reform must act as a final wake-up call, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/09/2026
This voter in Birmingham gets it 👏 Immigration enriches our country ♥️
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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.
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RNLI reviews security measures after far-right threats
The charity’s chief executive said the online abuse was ‘wholly unacceptable’
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I just signed the campaign calling on the Government to save Freeview TV from being scrapped - will you join me?
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Reform donations story is obviously exploding right now, and it just so happened that on Thursday I spoke to Ben Habib, Reform's former deputy leader, about what he knew and what he thinks of Farage now. It's worth a watch, it's pretty excoriating. Some key bits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_L...
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Ben Habib reveals the truth behind Farage's by-election battle
YouTube video by Politics Uncensored
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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The Grumpy Nihilist (@thegrumpynihilist1)
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London. Apparently the knight is Count Binface’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. Family resemblance is uncanny.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
With Keir Starmer resigning, a new PM is moving into No.10 soon. Let's make sure a message from us is waiting on their desk on day one! We need a wealth tax on the super-rich to fund housing, health, and our communities. Add your name so they can't ignore us you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
With Keir Starmer stepping down, a new PM will be taking over soon. Let's make sure they hear from us on day one. Sign the petition demanding a wealth tax on the ultra-rich to fund our communities, he...
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We are now moving from the chronic to the acute phase of the university crisis. The next few months will be vital in seeing what can be saved and what is too far gone. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I just signed this petition to stop private firms from draining the NHS, by demanding the Government introduce a cap on private profit. Can you add your name too?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another investigation into Royal Mail failure to deliver post. Previous ones achieved higher prices, lower post delivery targets. RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, or for 2nd-class mail since 2020. Prices still go up. Another failed privatisation. Nationalise.
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Royal Mail under investigation after first-class post delays
Royal Mail announced last week that it had missed targets for another year running
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The Angry Bartender @theangrybartender.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
To my dog’s original owner: Fuck you. Fuck you for surrendering them because they ended up having special needs. Fuck you because taking my belt off scares them. Fuck you for giving them a reason to not trust humans. But, guess what? They do trust humans and have one who won’t give up on them.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Why the Green party must run in every seat – including Makerfield – and ignore Labour demands to stand aside | Ben Smoke
Only the Greens can actually counter Reform UK – Labour is out of touch, says the freelance journalist Ben Smoke
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I just signed the campaign calling on the new Health Secretary to get Palantir out of our NHS!
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Net migration falls to 171,000 — down 48 per cent in a year The immigration figures from the Office for National Statistics are at the lowest level since early 2021 Won't hear a peep out of Nigel Farage and Reform UK www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Net migration falls to 171,000 — down 48 per cent in a year
The immigration figures from the Office for National Statistics are at the lowest level since early 2021
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 20/05/2026
Apparently there have been no boats across the Channel in the last 7 days. No word from Deform UK Ltd or Tommy Ten Names yet.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Millions of us are straightforward and honest with our financial affairs. The very least we should demand is that our members of parliament do the same. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Farage facing new questions over home purchase funding
Reform UK has insisted the £5m party leader Nigel Farage received in April 2024 from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne was a gift.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Utterly the wrong call. Weak. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise
The waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik
‘Concern’ about immigration has now morphed into policing how ethnic minorities exist in our communities, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Farage doesn't think the usual rules apply to him. He thinks he's a special case and that the world needs to stand around clapping as some Thai dwelling crypto billionaire hands him £5 million for making Brexit happen. This is NOT normal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property in cash shortly after receiving £5m gift
Standards watchdog investigating money from crypto billionaire which Reform UK leader now says was ‘reward’ for Brexit
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Turned on the Today programme for perhaps the first time this year. Instantly presented with three minutes of Chris Mason: glib, inane, uninformative, utterly banal. Turned it off again.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
They have zero ideas. There's just nothing there.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...
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Make Pet Care Affordable: Weeks left to act
Corporate vets are trying to derail new plans for affordable pet care. Sign the petition to cap fees and save our pets!
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The difference between a politician of substance and a lightweight conman.
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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'Nigel Farage Is the Architect of the UK’s Decline and It’s Time for the Rest of Us to Rebuild Our Home in Europe'
The damaging Brexit experiment imposed on us must now be reversed, argues former Green MP Caroline Lucas
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A thousand times, yes. Passionate, brilliant article, deriding Farage for the snake oil salesman that he is, and the damage he’s done; and making the case for being back in Europe where we belong. bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/n...
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'Nigel Farage Is the Architect of the UK’s Decline and It’s Time for the Rest of Us to Rebuild Our Home in Europe'
The damaging Brexit experiment imposed on us must now be reversed, argues former Green MP Caroline Lucas
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
We deserve better: let's get it done on 7 May www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-deserve...
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We deserve better: let's get it done on 7 May
We need to win big across England and Wales. Every donation is a message to Starmer, Farage and their powerful backers: we deserve better.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2025
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 30/04/2026
Every paragraph in this story is wilder than the last. The level of assumed impunity is wild. It's hard to pick just one but I think I was most enraged by the part where senior officers invent one bogus reason to detain her after another, as their subordinates point out how flimsy each is.
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nigel Farage is already involved in countless dodgy dealings and scams. He remains unscrutinised by the media. If he were to get to No10 we would get a repeat of Trump in the US - Farage enriching himself & his pals and the media continuing to ignore it.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This would be an absolutely vile thing to do. We are so much better than this. Please don’t ever vote for Reform!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Not for the first time, and not just with Starmer, I remain depressed and amazed at the same time that people with so little political nouse or forethought end up being Prime Minister.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Revealed: Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double - despite cost of living crisis Coupled with Reform’s policies to import US chlorinated chicken & frack rural areas, it’s clear that Farage would be a disaster for the countryside: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double
Exclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: This week alone, Russia used more than 3,000 strike drones against our cities and communities.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
As the police find no evidence whatsoever of illegal family voting or voter coercion in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the BBC should ask themselves why, on the morning of the result, they gave so much airtime to these absurd and obviously racist claims from Nigel Farage
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No evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-election
An investigation into alleged
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle. We won’t fall for scapegoating & division. Let's build a fairer future ✍️ Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sh...
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Tax the super-rich: Spread wealth, not hate.
We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle. We won’t fall for scapegoating & division. Let's build a fairer future ✍️ Sign the petition:
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I just signed the petition to Keir Starmer demanding he stands firm against Trump’s pressures to pull us into another war in the middle east. Will you add your name?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills. The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables. Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Compare and contrast Starmer calling Green's "extremists", "divisive" and "sectarian" with Mahmood repeating false Reform claims about "legitimate concerns" and "strain on public services". It isn't a choice between Reform and Labour when end result is the same. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Speaking to the Guardian on the day before the byelection result, Mahmood urged her colleagues to acknowledge that the UK public had “legitimate grievances” about the unfairness of allowing people to arrive in small boats and the strain on public services from excessive immigration.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back on the Gorton and Denton result in this interview with ITV
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John Bosworth @jbosworth46.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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