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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026

Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is *not* the result of "the success of Mahmood's reforms", but of earlier measures/other factors. Her proposals could make it considerably *worse* in future years. A few other points linked below.. archive.ph/0psJ8

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.

Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration significantly undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana Mahmood’s reforms, which have seen net migration cut to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

Labour sources familiar with the budget process, however, said that the figure was now closer to £6.5bn. The OBR’s migration forecasts have been consistently higher than real numbers in recent years.

Treasury officials, who have long expected Mahmood’s reforms to cause a hit to headroom, described the number as “pure speculation” but did not deny that Healey would have to contend with a larger funding gap than expected because of falling migration

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

THIS 👇 HERE.......

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

💯👏👏👏👏 I was just watching a huge electrical storm and found myself thinking about similar discharges of friction and violent energy in the incredible cognitive dissonance engine that is Shabana Mahmood.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"It was at this point that an oyster went down the wrong way and blocked my ear canals, meaning I missed the whole conversation where I agreed to a foreign donor illegally giving us £500,000..."

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just Nadine Dorries digging a hole so cavenous and wide as to be visible from Pluto. youtu.be/9Et3igGEKUs?...

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Nadine Dorries quizzed over Reform’s secret donations plot

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cunningham’s hunted, darting glances and increasingly tired, stammered lies suggest she’s wondering if the bitcoins and roubles are really enough for this relentless humiliation.

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's the interview they all wanted

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

James Orr is a former lawyer now working as an ethics professor. It seems unfortunate he doesn’t appear to know much about obeying laws or, for that matter, ethics.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 03/09/2026

man can you imagine the VIBES at Reform's conference right now, the AMBIENCE, hahahahahahaha

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/09/2026

Cambridge university was ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to a former PhD student who was found to have been bullied by Professor James Orr, who is also Reform UK's head of policy as.ft.com/r/c0b319f3-2...

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@cam.ac.uk response to this latest revelation about corrupt liar and friend of white supremacists, James Orr ?

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@cam.ac.uk seems you have yet another reason to get rid of corrupt liar James Orr

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In a now deleted tweet, Brain of Britain, Adam Brooks, criticises Andy Burnham's performance at PMQs, even though it doesn't take place until tomorrow.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.

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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Amazing to live in a country where the secret police are handling inter-chud beefs. It's like the Night of Long Knives playing out in the parking lot of a Dollar General.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

F-gases, used in data centre cooling systems, degrade to form forever chemicals TFA - classed as likely to harm fertility & child development by the EU - & PFPrA - linked to liver toxicity. Data centres are not only water hungry, they're a vast water pollution risk: www.nrdc.org/media/chemou...

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Chemours and Data Centers: A Love Story

Recently, Chemours has seen tremendous growth in the “product groups” responsible for manufacturing forever chemicals for use at data centers.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 25/08/2026

"The US is subsidizing Canadian defense! They'd be overrun if not for us!" By whom? How? Why? The US is the only country this century that: 1. Has so much as joked about threatening Canadian territorial integrity 2. Has the logistics/proximity to even theoretically contemplate doing so.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I mean… this is a painful watch. Here we are, Brexit Britain, in our not-so-splendid isolation, being battered on trade, less secure, less reliable, less trusted… just so much less… Canada wants in and we still can’t admit what arrogant, clueless fools we were for throwing it all away.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thinking about the UK gov report "National Security Assessment on Global Ecosystems", Feb 2026. The language is incredibly stark. And it's *national security*, not exactly from tree-huggers: "Global ecosystem degradation & collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity... (high confidence)"

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National security assessment on global ecosystems (accessible version)

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's obviously false to claim that he was suspended solely for criticism of Arday's appointment, as some people purport to believe

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/08/2026

Thesis: There is no cause so obviously vile and stupid that we can't find ~200 academics to sign a letter of support, provided we frame it as an "academic freedom" or "anti-censorship" campaign.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fascism under the rule of law.

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Rob Bulnes 🍁 @rbulnes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Perhaps. In the meantime, one of the best articles I've read, so far: ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I cannot see a dead fish as a "conservation success". Bluefin tuna are still rare - they only avoid being technically endangered cos they stabilised at a tiny number. That's not a healthy population, just a stable one. Let them breed and really do well before you fish for them if you have to.

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First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation

Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Under current government Israel is a rogue state

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Every single article should include Nathan Cofnas’ name as the instigator of this.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I started my new stint as MP for Clacton the way I mean to go on - with a massive lie. I said I was advised not to attend the count by Essex Police, which they then confirmed is bollocks. In fact I just chickened out because I didn't want photos of me next to Count Binface.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Farage has properly lost his touch. Old confident Farage would have known to play along with the Binface gag. New insecure Farage can't bring himself to do it. And that's why the headlines are about him staying away from the vote rather than the fact that he won it.

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

British band Massive Attack used its Melbourne concert to voice support for Palestinians, as Gaza messages filled the screens and “Free Palestine” chants echoed through the venue.

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John Holborow @johnholborow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So the first thing Clacton’s corrupt racist MP did on being re-elected was…tell yet another blatant lie.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Farage has relied on younger advisors like Raheem Kassam and George Cottrell. Though both are more bent than any Yuri Geller spoon, neither are the sharpest knives in the drawer. Their idiocy and corruption attract him. Their idiocy and corruption will overwhelm him

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The gap between corporate profits and worker wages is the largest it's ever been. Wondering why people are fed up with the system? [Source: KPMG]

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