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Jo Wright

@jowright1305.bsky.social
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Architect, European, politics junkie, optimist 🇪🇺🇺🇦 🕷️

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Marina Hyde nails it again
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To the people voting for Nigel Farage: is this really the finger you want on the red button? | Marina Hyde
The Reform leader’s reaction to the RAF Fairford affair is again revealing. If what’s needed is a steady hand and cool head, he’s not the guy, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just back from two weeks in a series of lovely parts of France - a tourist tax is charged in every location, it’s a small addition to the bill and with room rates and busyness it’s hard to see it’s a significant deterrent - any more than it will be in London. www.thetimes.com/article/4f4c...
thetimes.com
London tourist tax ‘would deter majority of visitors’
Polling suggests that the proposal by the mayor of London to impose a levy on hotel stays could backfire
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Andy Burnham ‘risks trade war’ with Trump over Israel sanctions He should take the risk. The US gov has a blind spot re Israel’s war crimes - Burnham should do the right thing not kowtow to Trump and his amoral cabal
thetimes.com
Andy Burnham ‘risks trade war’ with Trump over Israel sanctions
Labour MPs fear the White House could retaliate over Britain’s plans to boycott goods and services linked to settlements in the West Bank
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/08/2026
👏 Khan gets it. Britain must rejoin the EU. 💷 Membership of the EU will deliver a £92bn boost to our economy. British businesses will see a £43bn boost to their exports too. 🧠 It really is a no brainer.
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'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq Khan
This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as i
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Funny how ever-so-patriotic Reform UK Ltd is completely reliant on foreign based millionaires for funding ... "The Murky Reform donors all expecting favours for their back-handers. All of them not even from the UK" via Kat Penn
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 07/08/2026
$4 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill. Yes, you heard that right: they are PAYING to keep more energy off the grid and your bills higher.
nytimes.com
Trump Administration to Pay RWE to Cancel Wind Leases
It was the fifth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to drop offshore wind projects.
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Follow the money - why assume it belonged to posh George? What chance it emanated from an even darker source? The Electoral Commission hold the future of a fair democracy in their hands - I really hope they are up to the job.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s also exactly why MAGA types hate multilateralism, because it protects smaller countries against bigger ones, gives everyone a vote. (O/C, these can sometimes be bought, as Infantino probably hopes to do with some poorer FIFA members - hopefully underestimating that they love the sport too).
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Can we possibly make this trend please? Repost 🙏🏼 #TrumpRapedEJeanCarroll #Blues
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Dr Negrin's Victory Pills @dr-negrin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Burnham needs to have the US Ambassador round for a chat.
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... blatant interference in UK politics, funding fascism whilst failing to provide universal healthcare and defunding USAid - what a time to be alive
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Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham on Gaza: "Just flatten it, like we flattened Tokyo and Berlin." Lindsey Graham on the Iran War: "We are going to make tons of money." Lindsey Graham on Renée Nicole Good: "She deserved what happened. She provoked ICE." As grandma used to say: GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Q: You've called for repealing women's right to vote, which is protected by the 19th Amendment. Why? Pete Hegseth's Pastor, Doug Wilson: Because it's a good idea. A lot of women wouldn't agree. I don't want women voting as individuals WHAT A PRICK 🤬
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump made $636 million from his crypto memecoin in 2025. He got a cut any time someone traded the coin, which he frequently encouraged his supporters to do. The one million of them who bought it ended up losing $3.81 BILLION. Trump will grift his own supporters to enrich himself.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/07/2026
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.
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Displaced Gaza farmers turn to dirt near tents to grow crops
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Of all the epically stupid shit this administration has done, this will ultimately end up in the top 10.
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
If only we’d warned them what a catastrophe it would be to make Trump president…… www.thetimes.com/article/cc02...
thetimes.com
Making Ed Miliband chancellor would be a mistake, Trump team warns
The energy secretary’s opposition to North Sea drilling means appointing him to No 11 would concern White House officials
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
NEW: Boris Johnson failed to declare to parliament a gift of private jet flights from the same cryptobillionaire, Christopher Harborne who gave £5m to Nigel Farage, leaked documents reveal. New #HarborneReceipts investigation from @thenerve.news. 🔗 below 1/
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I’m not saying the debate in the U.K. has moved to the right, but Ed Miliband is basically seen as Pol Pot for aiming for a climate target first agreed to by…I think Theresa May’s government? Definitely Johnson’s. And this chat is going on during the middle of a record-breaking heatwave
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#Pinks #ClimateChange🌲
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Belfast knife suspect won asylum in Britain under 'fast-track' scheme introduced by UK Tory govt. Then home secretary Suella Braverman and immigration minister Robert Jenrick – who have both since defected to Reform - oversaw the introduction of the scheme. They have a few questions to answer.
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Belfast knife suspect won asylum in Britain under 'fast-track' scheme
Hadi Alodid was given permission to stay in Britain after completing a 10-page Home Office questionnaire rather than undergoing the standard face-to-face interview process.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is Sam Fahd Abu Haikal. A 7-month-old Palestinian baby killed by Israel. If this were an Israeli baby or a Western baby, his face would be splashed across front pages. Western leaders would condemn the perpetrator's evil. Here? Silence.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
NYT reports the researchers, including the editor of the ADA’s journal, were ordered by the ADA not to distribute copies of its editorial criticizing Trump admin cuts to science funding. NIH director Bhattacharya had been sched to speak. Researchers think ADA feared govt retaliation.
nytimes.com
Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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paddymendez.bsky.social @paddymendez.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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Vote to Stop Reform @stopreform.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The tactical vote to stop Reform in Makerfield on 18th June is: 🔴 Labour - Andy Burnham
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/05/2026
Farage has devastated our country. His Brexit campaign has crippled our growth, our businesses, and our opportunities. His rhetoric on immigration has poisoned our political debate and sowed deep division in our nation. He can never be allowed to enter Number 10.
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Nothing sums up the death of accountability like the prospect of Nigel Farage in No 10 | George Monbiot
You’d expect the public face of Brexit to be punished by voters. But history shows that such leaders often profit from t
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Paul 🍂 @zenzi10zi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
DoGE "accidentally" cancelled Ebola protection whilst raiding voter data.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“The little Man” This is exactly Farage’s attitude too: The little man who pays more for everything since Brexit while he gets a £5mn reward The little man who follows rules when he doesn’t The little fishermen he pretends to defend but skipped 42 meetings when he was on the EU fisheries committee
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why is the bbc not covering the Farrage foreign bribery scandal? It’s every bit as significant to the UKs future as Burnham and Streeting or Trump and Xi: Another failure to serve the public interest
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Honest Bob Jenrick helped his mate avoid £40m in tax Richard Tice is being investigated for tax avoidance Farage didn’t declare his £5m “security”, I mean “thanks for Brexit” cash. They’re all so SHITLY corrupt🤣
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Nigel Farage tells The Sun's Harry Cole that Elon Musk offered to give Reform loads of money "if we said certain things" and he refused. "I can't be bought." Two things: 1. This is an allegation of attempted bribery. Very serious. 2. It shows the obvious: donors expect something for their money.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Maybe the government should do something about corrupt foreign influence in British politics?
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georgesson.bsky.social @georgesson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
An avoid stamp duty at a higher rate?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nigel Farage’s partner, a former waitress not known to have any private money, bought a £1 million house for cash shortly after he secretly received £5 million from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire - the same house that he claimed, months previously, that he was about to pay for himself.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Jo Wright @jowright1305.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Nigel Farrago is ‘repellant’, Chris Mason’s glee as he pours petrol on flames is repellant. Starmer lacks the game show host charisma of the populists - but he’s an honorable, principled man trying to make the best of a very tough situation. A new leader can’t change the fundamentals.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Dear Reform-voting ladies… Do you know you’re voting for a party that wants to: ❌ Scrap the Equality Act - your legal protection against workplace discrimination & unequal pay ❌ Kill the Online Safety Act - the law protecting you from revenge porn
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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The only vetting #Reform do of their candidates is to ask if they're #racist, just look at their application form: 🙄 #FarRight #Farage
Mock application form to apply to be a candidate for Reform UK asking for name & address & asking if you are racist. There is only one checkbox that says "Yes".
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/05/2026
🚨 Ben Judah: "Rejoin is a unique promise that can reunite liberals with a radicalised left and win back those Labour votes that are going to the Greens, 79 per cent of whom back Rejoin." "Not to mention polls that say 37 per cent of Tories would back Rejoin, as would 22 per cent of Reform voters."
thetimes.com
Labour has one path to election victory: rejoining the EU
Steering Britain back to Europe would reunite progressives, boost growth and turn Tories and Reform into defenders of th
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Trump just said that he and Bill Lee are determined to eliminate our representation in Congress. District 9 is the ONLY Democratic and ONLY Black-majority congressional district in Tennessee. This is a direct attack on Black political power and our community in Memphis. We’re not backing down!
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Shosh🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 WokeAF💥GreenAF💚 Powered by Fury,Disbelief&Determination @shoshanade.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
For the more visually inclined, let me put this pie chart here: And after you looked at this, kindly explain to me, if you can, why a group of imbeciles in the country AND in the media (et tu, Andrew Marr😡) scream “Starmer must resign” and worse even “FascistFrogFace will be the next PM!”🤨😱🤨
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 08/05/2026
Reform plans threaten maternity leave and job security for half a million pregnant women, analysis shows
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Reform plans ‘threaten maternity leave and job security for 500,000 pregnant women’
Exclusive: As many as half a million pregnant women could be left without protection each year, new analysis shows
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Reform UK are refusing to explain why Nigel Farage posed for a "Christmas drink" with far-right activists, some of whom took part in a violent attack at a church. One of the men pictured with Farage was convicted of assault by beating last month, after storming an anti-racism meeting at the church
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Reform UK Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For a year-and-a-half, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper's findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s...
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This £5m donation thing could lead to a recall petition. It's more serious than most things which have lead to 10+ day suspensions, so could easily see the petition started!
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