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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
🤔 Last night Farage used his GB News slot to again attack Burnham and side with Donald Trump over Chagos. 👇 Sign our petition calling for an investigation into his programme today. bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
British sovereignty means nothing if big tech firms lead and influence our government www.uglypolitix.com/p/big-tech-i...
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Big Tech is failing our democracy. America wants us to leave it alone.
Deepfakes are targeting British elections meanwhile Washington is pressing Britain over the rules meant to hold American tech giants to account.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good article about #Farage and his relationship to corporate donors. Open democracy coined the term #crypto-bro-puppet to describe his relationship to these wealth donors. Britain deserves better than a crypto bro puppet as its prime minister (or a fossil fuel giants' puppet). #Reform
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Notable point, employment opportunities from #datacentres are temporary www.opendemocracy.net/ais-data-cen...
opendemocracy.net
AI’s data centre construction boom is crushing workers
As data centre companies rake in business, workers say they are being pushed to the limit.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NEW CASE: Foxglove and housing campaigners appeal against Cape Town hyperscale data centre after US #BigTech firm leaves huge gaps in critical planning information www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/09/13/a...
foxglove.org.uk
NEW CASE: Foxglove and housing campaigners appeal against Cape Town hyperscale data centre after US Big Tech firm leaves huge gaps in critical planning information
Equinix refuses to provide even the most basic information required for the community to consent to the data centre's construction.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/09/2026
🇸🇪 Hjort added: “We need to step up our game. We need to find better ways of safeguarding our democracies." "We need to work together with European country counterparts, and we need to find a way of much more effectively having a good dialogue with the platforms.”
politico.eu
Putin’s bot army is targeting German and French elections, Sweden warns
The country’s Psychological Defence Agency chief told POLITICO that platforms like X, TikTok and Facebook need to do mor
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Gary Gilligan @garygilligan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Crypto investors and overseas businessmen continue to fuel Reform UK – HOPE not hate
Last week, the Electoral Commission published new data on donations to political parties covering the second quarter of this year. They reveal that, from April...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/09/2026
📈"Rising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels are transforming the world’s forests, wetlands and tundra to the point they are releasing emissions that could further worsen global heating by as much as 30%, a new study has found." 🚨We must act on climate change - and quickly.
theguardian.com
Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Burnham knew this would be the result of dropping his pledge to cap political donations, but he did it anyway. Labour are determined to midwife a Reform government, like plenty of other centrist parties before them whose weakness paved the way for right wing extremists.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Vote for #Reform and what do you get - a government which has been bought by dodgy #crypto millionaires who are making none other than a business deal. Should not be allowed. This is cheating. news.sky.com/story/reform...
news.sky.com
Reform UK given record £36m donation from crypto billionaire Ben Delo
The sum comes after a summer dominated by scrutiny of Nigel Farage's party, including an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations it breached rules on political donations.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hamish Falconer in Brussels to meet Sefocvic. Will he bring up case of Brits being deported from Sweden because of late applications for residency including this 78 year old widow who has been told to get out of her home of 21 years by Wednesday www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
British widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 years
Authorities say application to stay was made too late, as UK officials say Sweden takes ‘stricter approach’ than other EU countries
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good example of why having legislation guarantees from Europe helps ordinary citizens when a country's own government's policies do not respect citizens' rights.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Chanvellor mentions #BorisJohnson's hard #Brexit as damaging for goods trade. Johnson's disastrous #Brexit deal was also a hard Brexit for trade in #services, wiping out mobility frameworks. Labour needs to rectify that one to re-instate lost revenues www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAy9...
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IN FULL: John Healey vows to ‘rebuild confidence in UK economy’ in first MAJOR speech as Chancellor
YouTube video by The Mirror
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is politics for profit or the people? “The public won’t forgive us [Labour] if we miss this chance” - even those within Labour can see it's shocking that Burnham is rowing back on another key promise. Democracy should not be for sale www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New petition after data centre construction approved in #Blyth #Northumberland. It is within close proximity to a primary school and will destroy wildlife habitats. @northeastbylines.co.uk c.org/ggjdXtWfSx
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Sign the Petition
Stop North East Data Centre
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Words from the heart from a truly creative superstar who has inspired many and given the world so much pleasure and education with her music. #DollyParton
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I was a midwife for 30 years. Now I earn £86.45-a-week to care for my mum open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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I was a midwife for 30 years. Now I earn £86.45-a-week to care for my mum
The government wants unpaid carers to work more. Jacqui Hylton, a former midwife who now cares for her mum full-time, explains why the system makes that nearly impossible.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating #wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Swedish MP intervenes in row over removals of Brits from Sweden. Left party's Häkan Svenneling says it is "damaging" to relations with the UK just as the EU and the UK are trying to get closer. He has written to the migration minister www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Swedish MP intervenes in ‘damaging’ Brexit row over elderly Britons ordered to leave
Migration minister asked how he intends to stop deportations of people ‘who had lived in Sweden for decades’
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 17/08/2026
People need to know that their elected representatives are serious in their intentions to work for them and just what they are voting for | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk
More chaos in Reform-run South Tyneside Council
People need to know that their elected representatives are serious in their intentions to work for them and just what they are voting for
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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just a thought, but is it perhaps time for a responsible news media to stop reporting the dribbling arseblurts of these fools? Seriously, this is on a par with “Bloke down the pub says it’s a well-known fact that there’s no actual evidence that smoking is bad for you.”
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Another major problem for #AndyBurham to sort out - gynaecological procedures without pain relief. This is barbaric and unacceptable, purely to save money. uk.yahoo.com/news/barbari...
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‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?
There are more than 70,000 hysteroscopies every year in England alone. The NHS calls them ‘low complexity’ – yet a shocking number of patients complain of inadequate pain relief and medical staff who ...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/08/2026
Nigel Farage: Net Zero "could be the next Brexit." Andrea Jenkyns: "Do I believe that climate change exists? No." Richard Tice: "There's no evidence that man-made CO2 is going to change climate change." The reality, during what's on course to be the hottest summer on record in the UK 👇
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#Reform's policies to allow oil & gas exploitation (backed by fossil fuel companies), ignoring renewables, will costing people more money for air conditioning systems, fire prevention measures and will cause more fatalities. @bbcnewsunofficial.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform proposes £50bn welfare bill cut with changes to disability payments system Pip
The party's proposed changes were they to come to power include a replacement for the disability payments system Pip.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC World Service doing piece on Sweden's deportations of Brits in Sweden before Brexit. 1.30pm London time. They'll be looking at case of George Mason, told to leave Sweden next week. He's suffers dementia, parkinsonsism and cannot make decisions for himself. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
British man with dementia told to leave Sweden after losing migration case
Horace Mason, 74, who has lived in Sweden for 25 years, faces being deported after court ruling
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Labour is right to call #Reform's savings claim of £50bn "fantasy economics, built on stripping support from disabled people and shifting costs onto employers". Remember the 350 million funds for the #NHS on the red #VoteLeave bus. These never materialized. news.sky.com/story/politi...
news.sky.com
Politics latest: Reform attack welfare system - and propose £50bn of cuts
Up to three million people could see disability and sickness payments withdrawn or modified, in what Reform have described as the biggest shake-up in a generation. Follow below.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴 I worked with @georgegreenwood.bsky.social & Tom Ball at the Times to expose how Farage’s “personal friend” John Mappin was a member of a far right conspiracist crypto scheme later accused of scamming investors www.opendemocracy.net/nigel-farage...
opendemocracy.net
Nigel Farage denies link to crypto conspiracist John Mappin
New investigation into Scientologist and QAnon enthusiast John Mappin raises fresh questions about Farage's allies
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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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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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#Brexit the mess that keeps impacting lives and livelihoods, tearing families apart. This is disgraceful and those who peddled lies about everything being fine post #Brexit should face serious consequences. #Farage www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘This is hell’: British widow ‘sick’ with worry after losing Brexit deportation appeal
Joyce Thomas, 78, faces being forced to leave Sweden after 21 years in growing row over country’s approach to EU withdrawal
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
An innovative floating offshore solar project that generates electricity and converts seawater into drinking water. The farm near Gran Canaria produces 85 MW of renewable electricity while using that same power to operate reverse osmosis systems that desalinate seawater #ActOnClimate #renewables
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People of #Clacton + entire UK should watch this short explainer about #NaughtyNigel #NigelFarage Billionaire bungs to promote #crypto. #ChristopherHarbourne #Tether platform is dodgy. #Farage lobbied bank of England in favour of Harbourne's business interests. www.youtube.com/shorts/3reC0...
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Why is Farage lobbying for crypto?
YouTube video by 38 Degrees
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 10/08/2026
Labour’s Health Bill will tear up protections that keep patients safe. Scrapping vital safeguards and letting the NHS mark its own homework is a catastrophic step backwards. Andy Burnham must fix it so modernising the NHS never means losing transparency or accountability.
bbc.co.uk
Risk of patient safety 'bonfire' with Health Bill changes, Lib Dems say
The party says the government's plans to modernise the NHS risk another major hospital scandal.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/08/2026
Brexit has held our economy back. I welcome steps to strengthen our relationship with the EU that help businesses grow and create jobs. From architects and engineers to tech firms and creatives, London thrives when talent and expertise can work across borders.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/08/2026
Liberal Democrats are leading the fight to protect patients Andy Burnham must urgently fix the Health Bill - which will take an axe to safeguards that keep people safe.
Elderly male hospital patient propped on pillows, looking worried; BBC News headline warns "Risk of patient safety 'bonfire' with health bill changes, Lib Dems say."
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 09/08/2026
Through my work, I hope to share the joy, beauty and richness of African-inspired design with others  | Dr Jayne Hamilton and Yvonne Wancke
northeastbylines.co.uk
Basket weaving is serious business: African crafts meet fashion
Through my work, I hope to share the joy, beauty and richness of African-inspired design with others
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The #Netherlands is finding creative ways to expand #solarpower without sacrificing large amounts of valuable land. Solar panels on buildings and combining electricity generation with surfaces that already serve another purpose. Rooftops are an important part of this strategy #ActOnClimate
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Britain's constitutional strategy? Fingers crossed. open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...
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Britain's constitutional strategy? Fingers crossed.
Britain has spent years watching democracies fail. It's time we started taking notes.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A reality check to the Government on the climate crisis. Heatwaves this year estimated to have killed thousands of people. The BBC didn't stream this emergency conference at all despite the urgency & their constant coverage of Reform - thank you to Sky. www.youtube.com/live/QnygX67...
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Green leader Polanski delivers 'urgent message to Burnham'
YouTube video by Sky News
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wildfires. Floods. Droughts. This is not the new normal - it's the beginning of what will get worse. We need to invest now to protect people from future years of even more extreme weather. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
standard.co.uk
Invest in climate defence rather than heed Trump on military spend – Polanski
The Green Party leader was appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Lead Untangles: How extreme heat is impacting our health service #climatechange #nhs #globalwarming open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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The Lead Untangles: How extreme heat is impacting our health service
Clinicians and healthcare professionals saw the human cost of the heatwave last month – but risk suspension for climate protests
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Earth Overshoot Day marks the exact date when humanity's total demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that same year, and in 2026, it falls on 30 July | Julie Ward
northeastbylines.co.uk
Earth Overshoot Day: how many Earths do we need?
Earth Overshoot Day marks the exact date when humanity's total demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that same year, and in 2026, it falls on 30 July
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
When #wildfires are in the news in England & Scotland, #Reform councils scrap environmental protection polices in local councils. #ClimateChange www.localgov.co.uk/South-Tynesi...
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South Tyneside prepares to abandon climate declaration | LocalGov
Reform-led South Tyneside Council is voting this week on a proposal to rescind its Climate Emergency declaration.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Ten days in to Andy Burnham's government, and we've seen policies on social care, the cost of living and the Middle East, but what about Europe? Read more here: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/ten_days_no_...
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
HISTORIC DAY EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN Hundreds and Hundreds of records pulverized allover Europe in Spain,France,Switzerland,Austria,Liechtenstein,Germany,Denmark,Poland,Czechia,etc... 30 July 2026 marks the history of European climatic history. Wait for MANY UPDATES
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remember #ElonMusk funds & backs #Reform. Any political organisation which fails to prevent abuse of #women via technology platforms/tooling does not care about their safety. Should #Reform gain office, #Musk & his tech titan friends have massive influence on the UK & policy.
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jhne2.bsky.social @jhne2.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Please sign & share in solidarity with MP #JessAsato who is taking #X #ElonMusk to court. AI tools facilitated production of a video in which the MP was gang raped; it was sent to her phone. She is just one of many women. #WomensRights #OnlineSafety secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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She's taking on Elon Musk
Jess Asato opened her phone to horrific, AI-generated videos depicting her about to be brutally raped. Now, she is bravely taking Elon Musk's company to court. But she is up against a billionaire empi...
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 26/07/2026
You see everything is connected. The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions. Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.
eu-space.europa.eu
Ongoing marine heatwave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | EU Space Support Office
In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average ...
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
One of the greatest ironies of modern times will be that the anti-immigration far-right, by also denying climate-change for so long, will bring about the largest mass migration in the history of our species by making large parts of our planet uninhabitable. #NetZero
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 22/07/2026
This could very well be the most important story in politics for the last decade and a half. Please read and share this equally harrowing and illuminating account by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of just how dark the money in politics pit really goes. Absolutely mind blowing.
thenerve.news
Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial
The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh...
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