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Just Arsenal ❤️ A wealth tax is a very generous offer. Limited time only.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14h
Robert Jenrick confronts a 'shoplifter' and tells her she should go to prison In 2020 Robert Jenrick broke the rules and tried to rush through planning permission to save a billionaire donor £40,000,000 and cost you £40m. How long does Jenrick think Jenrick should get for that?
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 21h
Graham gets it #wealthtax #fairtaxation
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 21h
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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Samantha @msspydasam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wonder why Farage is still so opposed to re-joining the EU, if only there was something...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's important to understand that before Margaret Thatcher Social Care in the UK was basically nationalised. 100% of children and 64% of Pensioners were in Nationalised Social Care. And that it was destroyed by FORCING Councils to sell it off by freezing their budgets.
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The combination of profound mediocrity and delusions of brilliance is what makes Badenoch so annoying. Not mad like Truss or ruthless like Jenrick, just a vacuous bullshitter with a cruel streak conservativehome.com/2026/10/01/k...
conservativehome.com
Kemi Badenoch tells ConHome - 'It's a new team to face a new opponent. We're ready, you'll see it at Conference, but prepare for hard work' | Conservative Home
Kemi Badenochs talks to our Editor about Conference, her 'new generation, new team, new party' vibe, and tackling Burnham not Starmer. She takes on criticisms from our readers, both Conservative and R...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
9 years after Grenfell fire killed 72 people, Police pass files to the Crown Prosecution Service for possible charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies. How many will be prosecuted? Years of litigation will follow. Justice delayed is justice denied.
bbc.co.uk
Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Qatar has said Hamas told Israel they would give them all the hostages on October 8th in return for no invasion. Israel refused, 38 more of the Israeli Hostages died, killed by Israel's own actions. They could all have lived.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Danny Tommo refused bail he will be in prison until his provisional trial on March 1 2027.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
A Minnesota Star Tribune analysis shows the state has lost 20 hospital-based obstetrics units in the past dozen years. As a result, roughly 67,000 women of childbearing age now live more than a half-hour from a hospital obstetrics unit, a figure that has increased by more than 30%.
bit.ly
Minnesota’s disappearing delivery wards leave pregnant patients far from care
As rural hospitals struggle to make childbirth services financially sustainable, doctors warn that mothers and babies are bearing the risk.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Over 2,000 people are backing the call for IKEA to pull its ads from toxic Talk Radio - sign here to add your voice: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik...
Quote from a petition supporter: "Values are non-negotiable. You either follow them or you lose your integrity. Time for IKEA to decide if profit takes priority over everything else. - Martin"
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Jo @jopoole1964.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sorry Jeremy Love, the Labour Party xxx
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage. They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary. Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Have they tried living on minimum wage? archive.ph/h0pVc
ft.com
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
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Jo @jopoole1964.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Does this utter plank not have a responsibility as an MP not to undermine a police investigation? When he does just that, what are the sanctions? He's surely using his position to attempt to pervert the course of justice.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pope Leo has ended his four-day trip to France with a speech in Metz. He focused on Europe and migration, saying that the continent is "entering a new stage in its long history" and that "human dignity demands legal and safe pathways, rescue, and assistance."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.
living.insidehousing.co.uk
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolio
A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.
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Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To illustrate Man City's intimidatory approach to journalists asking Qs, here's a piece from last Dec, paywalled then, now free. Docs & legal letters show process. REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-m...
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REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
In 2023, I wrote an investigative feature for the Mail on Sunday about the behaviour of multi-club ownership groups, focussing on Man City's owners. They didn't like it!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.
babelfish.news
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The capitalist injustice system has created incredibly powerful men who will never see the inside of jails or prisons. Sad truth.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009. "My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead." "My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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Jo @jopoole1964.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Te "reunite progressive voters" before the next election, Labour first has to convince us that it is in fact progressive. #labourconference
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interested to read just how well the left did in ‘other’ elections in Germany. Apparently 54% of young women voted left. Completely under reported and considered of no consequence to the Media. The media only offer biased reporting seemingly. Who knew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And the FOI asking Dorset Police for the number of men charged with sexual offences in Dorset living in asylum accommodation? The answer was.... ONE
Dorset Police document detailing migrant sexual offences, highlighting one charge against a male in asylum accommodation.
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Jo @jopoole1964.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sick of hearing "there's no money" when there are more billionaires than ever, owning a greater number of billions. This is not sustainable.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"This is where the rhetoric ends up. On Tuesday night, hundreds of anti-migrant protesters gathered in Gosport after social-media reports that a small boat carrying people across the Channel was going to be brought ashore there. Among the crowd were children ..." www.facebook.com/TruthAgainst...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Blaming migrants achieves nothing Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ... "Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life" via The UK Against Hate
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Holding Govts to Ransom. Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London. None complained about bailouts, £100bn UK subsidy in last 3 years. Banks profiteering, higher interest rates/charges, measley return to savers, speculation on price of energy/food. archive.ph/gQKNT
ft.com
Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London
Chancellor John Healey is looking for revenues in next month’s Budget to compensate for hit from higher borrowing costs due to Iran war
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Matriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 24/09/2026
Woman: "No."
1600s: Witch
1800s: Unladylike
1900s: Hysterical
1950s: Emotional
1970s: Frigid
1990s: Bitch
2010s: Bossy
2026: Difficult
MY VOICE MY CHOICE
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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