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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧

@joeyfurtado.bsky.social
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Keen follower of global politics. Loves travel, science & nature. Humanist & atheist but borrows from other philosophies to remain sane. Lifts weights & practices aikijujitsu. We're all on some kind of spectrum, a middle way is often a good path.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My son just told me is favourite sentence is: “I didn’t say we should kill him” because if you emphasise each different word it changes the entire meaning
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 23/12/2025
What kind of world do humanists want?

Humanists believe responsibility for building a better and fairer world falls on human beings alone.
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One Life, One Planet

Wrongs won’t be put right
in another life after this one, so we need to work for justice and happiness for all in the here and now.
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Democracy, human rights, freedom, equality, and education
provide the best means to support human beings to live full and flourishing lives.
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Humanists UK
humanists.uk
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Most distant image of Earth, taken by NASA’s Voyager spacecraft on 14 February 1990. How about remembering that we are all on this dot together?
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🔥🔥 In case you missed it… Munya nailed it on Newsnight. 🔥🔥 The root of Britain's problems is inequality, not immigration. And the only minority responsible are the greedy, selfish super-rich.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Autonomy Institute: "A new report calls for a ban on political donors being considered for public contracts after finding 373 companies made a total of over £60 billion following their donations." 29 firms donated £11m+ to the Tories & were then awarded contracts worth £2.3 billion from 2015-2024
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Nigel Farage on Russia Today.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs. Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights. archive.ph/eMg3O
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Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration
Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t... Traitors, all four of them, in my humble opinion
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
So that 3 fingered salute appears to be a fascist thing linked to Serbian neo-nazis. Clearly they think it's a brilliant subtle gesture which nobody is going to bother fact checking
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Rachel Taylor MP @racheltaylormp.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Farage called misogynist influencer Andrew Tate an "important voice for men" and wants to scrap the online safety law that protects children from extreme pornography and women from revenge porn. Reform have no plan to keep people safe online.
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I've reposted my response to a post discussing where things started to go wrong. They emphasize Brexit and Blair. I think it started way before those. My response was in 6 parts...
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Replace the word, "American" with any nationality of the world. ...
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GaboMJ @gabrielmj1.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This photograph shows us the other side of the Moon, which we usually do not see. It was captured by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft.
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring Tuesday 29th April, 6pm BST / 1pm EST Join online carolecadwalla.bsky.social, peterjukes.bsky.social and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about our chart-topping spy thriller citizensreunited.substack.com/p/substack-l...
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Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring - April 29th
Join Carole Cadwalladr, Peter Jukes and Sergei Cristo and ask them questions about the making of this 10-part spy thriller that went to No. 1 in the Apple charts
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 25/04/2025
The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act. I've put in a complaint. So can you.
Her remarks come after a Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

The Welsh government said it was "carefully considering" the court's decision.
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 25/04/2025
Beneath all the tariff craziness, seven truths about trade: on.ft.com/42MtRkK
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Seven truths about trade
[FREE TO READ] Answering the questions Trump’s Tariff Men haven’t asked
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
You would have to be insane to put concerns about immigration above everything else they want.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Nigel Farage has told ITV News the first thing he would do as prime minister if he won a general election would be to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK. THIS IS WHY youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
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Nigel Farage says first thing he would do as PM if he won a GE would be to remove UK from the ECHR
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The World seems to be heading in this direction. Unfortunately there are a lot of bullies to choose from...
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
www.ted.com/talks/carole... Carole Cadwalladr is an incredibly brave journalist for speaking out. You can read her Wikipedia page for more about her or do a search including the terms Aaron Banks & Russia. This isn't high on the news agenda but crucially important.
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This is what a digital coup looks like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “bro...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
40% of the world's dirty money is laundered through the UK and its crown dependencies and overseas territories. Laws passed to create impression but not enforced. 49,521 UK registered companies have not provided details of persons of significant control. Companies not struck off.
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Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 13/04/2025
🇫🇷 President Macron: “Russia alone started this war. And Russia alone chooses to continue it — with blatant disregard for human lives, international law, and diplomatic efforts.” Following the deadly missile strike on Sumy, Macron calls for strong measures to impose a ceasefire.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is good.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 03/04/2025
Humanists are non-religious people who shape their own lives in the here and now because we believe it's the only life we have. A lot of people share humanist values without even knowing the term. Maybe you're a humanist! Find out by taking our quiz! humanists.uk/humanism/how...
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How humanist are you?
Take our quiz and find out. Many people are humanists without even knowing it. If you are non-religious and look to science, reason, empathy, and compassion in order to live an ethical and meaningful ...
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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Trump’s Tariffs impact on the UK. £30bn short term £74bn long term Our self-inflicted Brexit? £100bn just in lost trade every damn year. Trump’s tariffs still aren’t as costly to the UK as the barriers we put up ourselves with Brexit. If only there was something we could do? 🤔 #RejoinEU
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/04/2025
Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct." Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
“Race does not provide an accurate representation of human biological variation,” the statement reads. “Humans are not divided biologically into distinct continental types or racial genetic clusters. Instead, the Western concept of race must be understood as a classification system that emerged from, and in support of, European colonialism, oppression, and discrimination.”

“It thus does not have its roots in biological reality, but in policies of discrimination,” the statement says. “Because of that, over the last five centuries, race has become a social reality that structures societies and how we experience the world. In this regard, race is real, as is racism, and both have real biological consequences.”
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22/03/2025
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 17/03/2025
A quick little introduction to what it means to be a humanist😊
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Stop Musk! Change the law on political donations On 31st March, MPs will debate the petition that 140,000 of us signed - to stop overseas billionaires polluting our politics: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Make sure your MP attends - email them now: www.writetothem.com
Poster depicts Elon Musk donating money to Nigel Farage. Text reads 'Stop Musk! Change the law on political donations. Parliamentary debate 31st March - email your MP now!'. Design inspired by the artist John Heartfield.
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A massive positive in a newsfeed of hate & insanity...
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I'm calling on the Speaker to block Trump from addressing Parliament during his unprecedented second State Visit. Will you join me actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
actionstorm.org
Sign the Petition
Keep Trump out of Parliament
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 04/03/2025
That’s right. 🇺🇦
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
So, the UK military swears their allegiance to the Monarch; I guess avoiding the changing tides of politics. I'd worry if I was an American citizen right now as the US military swears their allegiance to the President...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Absolutely
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚨BREAKING CROSSPOST AFTER DDOS ATTACK Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman www.bylinesupplement.com/p/breaking-c...
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BREAKING CROSSPOST: Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
Byline Times has crashed due to a DDOS attack and the original story blocked: a former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Those 3% of Brits are clearly misinformed traitorous morons
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 20/02/2025
What more evidence do we need? Privatisation has been a disaster. ✉️ Mail - pay more, get less 🚰 Water - pay more, get less ⚡️Energy - pay more, get less 🚌 Transport - pay more, get less The only people who get more are the fat cats at the top. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Royal Mail service ‘worst I’ve known’, say people who rely on postal deliveries
Experiences shared with the Guardian include stories of late medical letters, small business disruption and more
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We now know we gave our enemies a victory, we should be making every effort to reverse it.
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
So, Farage is a spokesperson for Trump and Trump is a spokesperson for Putin. It’s, quite ironically, like a game of Russian dolls. Except instead of dolls they’re ugly treacherous cunts.
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Definitely a podcast worth following
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
In 1995, Trump's income tax returns said he'd lost $916 million, but despite this crisis, he negotiated $300 million of investments in Moscow during the week of 6 November 1996. Russian Interference: Recruiting Donald Trump – the Early Years @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2019/11/13/r...
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Russian Interference: Recruiting Donald Trump – the Early Years
Russian Intelligence expert Zarina Zabrisky tracks back the decades-long dossier on the US President.
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Of course he does. After all Putin helped bring him to power in the 2016 election.
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Rob Devonshire 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 @joeyfurtado.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@therestpolitics.bsky.social Dictatorships often use the police and military to maintain power. Who are the US police & military loyal to, their country, their leadership or their president?
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