Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out. 11340701383
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29469622160
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19/07/2026NEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇 331513799
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026James Taylor honored Carole King at the Kennedy Center by performing “Up on the Roof,” a song written in 1962 by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. King also wrote “You’ve Got a Friend,” which became Taylor’s only No. 1 single and earned Grammy Awards for both of them. 1554625820
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Paul Evans @pauliewaulie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We'll soon know if Starmer's replacement has learned the lesson that the outgoing PM didn't. medium.com/@pauliewauli...medium.comThe Most Important Number in Politics Might Be the Wrong OnePublic opinion may be less important than public opinion about public opinion 131
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The closer you look, the shadier he becomes. 48989329
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 04/06/2026😠 1.6 million Ukrainian children have lived under Russian occupation since 2014, with 742,000 forcibly relocated or deported to Russia between Feb and Dec 2022 alone, Ukraine's ombudsman says. 17262182
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026How we elect our MPs impacts everything. Our healthcare. Education. Defence. Our safety. Our rights. What laws and passed and not passed. Whose voices are heard and whose interests are represented in Parliament. Electoral reform it's not a "fringe issue" - it's a priority. 24922
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Open Britain @openbritain.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Our new report 'Russian Interference in British Politics' warns UK is dangerously unprepared for foreign interference in elections. We’re calling for a public inquiry into foreign interference in UK politics & stronger democratic safeguards. Full report: tinyurl.com/OB-RI-Report 32518
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Max Wilkinson MP @maxwilkinson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026It was kind of Robert Jenrick to set me up for an obvious joke at his expense. 2143045873
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026Immigration make Britain brilliant 510139204209
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics. This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions 19625761560
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 11/05/2026My latest Guardian piece. Plaid won 35.4% of the vote last week while Starmer’s Labour picked up 33.7% of the 2024 GE. Yet Starmer has 63% of the seats in Westminster while ap Iorwerth has 45% of the seats in Wales. Electoral systems matter. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWales has been hit by a political earthquake – and the UK government is in a very tricky position | Will HaywardIf Starmer’s Labour refuses to concede more powers to Plaid Cymru, the triumphant independence party, it will only accelerate its own decline, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward 914854
Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him) @julianb77.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I'm afraid Jane Dodds needs to take responsibility for yet another poor performance by @libdems.org.uk in Wales. It's time for a change of guard. 110
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 11083071811075
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026When Viktor Orbán changed Hungary's voting system - making it easier for the biggest party to win supermajorities with a minority of votes - it was understandably criticised as authoritarian. So why is it that in the UK we accept an even more disproportional system as the norm? 36540
Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him) @julianb77.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Come on #Wales. You know what to do at the #seneddelection2026. 020
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now. 978275956653
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026How does the new Senedd election voting system work? I tried to do 2 impossible things: 1. Explain it simply. 2. Explain it in one take. This election really matters so please share to help as many people as possible exercise their right to have a say over their futures. 115228
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 08/04/20261/ This Yanis Varoufakis screed made me so angry the only way I can salvage my day is to go through it line by line as catharsis. You are welcome to come on the journey toward my aneurism with me. An angry h/t to @sianushka.bsky.social for bringing this into my life. unherd.com/2026/04/why-...unherd.comWhy I went to Moscow 951375433
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 31/03/2026The Anglican Church was officially disestablished in Wales #OnThisDay 1920 – a victory nearly a century in the making, and one of the most significant wins for secularism in British history. #HumanistHeritage #Secularism🧵 heritage.humanists.uk/wales/heritage.humanists.ukHumanist Heritage: WalesWales has long been a nation of nonconformists, with a history of challenging the power and influence of the established […] 1297
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/03/2026So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...adambienkov.co.ukHow the BBC and Daily Mail Spread Reform's ‘Family Voting’ LiesThe real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election 14037631490
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Reform candidate for Swansea in the upcoming Welsh elections steps down. Very strong statement. "Politics is a dirty game, but Reform has sunk deep into the sewer when it should have been a beacon of decency." 1/2 57143
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/03/2026Farage hasn’t learnt a thing from the Nathan Gill Russian bribery scandal. Reform accepting untraceable, anonymous crypto from across the globe is a direct threat to our national security. He must return the cash or admit he’s happy to let foreign money poison British politics. 33758217
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Some new polling has just dropped for Wales. It would see the First Minister lose her seat, Plaid be the biggest party, just one Welsh Conservative MS and the Lib Dems getting wiped out. Full details here: willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/breaking-m... 48530
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 24/03/2026Our posters are designed for schools, teachers, and educators to introduce pupils to the humanist approach to life – but they're free to download for everyone. Visit the @humanismedu.bsky.social website and download/print yours today. understandinghumanism.org.uk/what-is-huma... 02516
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Enemies of Europe always target EU regulation first. They know that without those collective rules, we have no defense against their influence. We need to remember that the bureaucracy they criticize is often the only shield we have left 724864
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Septic twat Farage hates foreign-born voters - but is delighted to accept millions in foreign money... 081
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 22/02/2026This is really interesting. These word clouds from a recent @moreincommonuk.bsky.social looking at Wales. It lists the 16 words most associated with Labour, Plaid, the Tories and Reform. There is a lot to say on this. For the full analysis see the link in comments. 106630
Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him) @julianb77.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Replace MAGA with Reform and their ilk! Same Kremlin playbook www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...theguardian.comSystems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is realIf everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help 010
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)charley1915.bsky.social @charley1915.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Read and share all over..he nails it 413201448455
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Powerful stuff. 8520165
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Here is former Tory James Evans (who has just joined Reform) saying he would never join Reform... 21233119
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026We are now 366 days into Trump "ending the war in Ukraine within 24 hours". We are also 1,427 days into Putin's "3-day special operation". Turns out tyrannical narcissists are full of shit. 522250
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The Ex-Tory MPs joining Reform U.K. has stopped being a trickle and it’s now a flood. Reform UK: the only political party where the fastest way to become "anti-establishment” is to spend a decade running the actual establishment first, then have a dramatic mid-life crisis. 12111
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🚨Just look at this poll. No party has over 25%. It's never been more clear that the two-party system is dead and buried. Under First Past the Post, this means complete chaos. It's time to move on from our winner-takes-all politics. We need Proportional Representation - now. 14626
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 15/01/2026Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward 692356608
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy. It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour. The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were: Plaid 37% (+7) Reform 23 (-6) Green 13 (+7) Labour 10 (-4) Conservatives 10 (-1) Lib Dem 5 (-1) Other 2 (-2) 1/3 1819180
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Here's Palantir's co-founder (JTLonsdale) advocating for a return to white supremacy: So when I post, dismayed, about a senior leader of Palantir UK (the grandson of Britain's most notable white supremacist/fascist) appearing on the BBC's flagship show, you can kinda see why. #BBCLauraK 0168
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Ofcom may take decisive action against X, like requiring it to apologise in eight months on a webpage so buried that nobody will read it. 18779128
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Susan Campbell @susancampbell.bsky.social · 11/01/2026There’s a bitter irony in these headlines. 1427123623130
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/01/2026It’s becoming increasingly hard to tell the difference between ICE operating in Minnesota and the FSB operating in Russia. It all makes much more sense when you think about it. Here is the FSB in Russia: 31574603198
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/01/2026This is essential: a democracy *must* know who is paying its politicians and where that money is coming from. Cryptocurrency is *designed* to make that impossible. The whole point is to lift payments outside the scrutiny of the state. 9888289
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public. 35557822111
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/01/2026New to Bluesky? Looking for some good accounts follow? Try this Starter Pack full of scientists, journalists, human rights campaigners, entertainers, humanist organisations, and some of our friends and allies. go.bsky.app/PTC4j2d 12910
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/01/2026Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling. Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path. 31725167
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Saw this on X. Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one. I'm sure it's just a coincidence. 531659750
Reposted by Julian B 🏴 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🔶(He/Him)Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Reform UK's director for Wales has been removed from Cwmbran Community Council for failing to attend meetings. David Thomas is also goes by the names "DJ Dowster" and "Dr Squeegees" (I am not joking). Find out more about Dr Squeegees here: willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...willhaywardwales.substack.comSpecial report: Who are Reform in Wales?We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru 1814885