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Juniper Juices

@juniperjuices.bsky.social
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Drinker of coffee, occasional runner 🏃‍♀️ hater of inequality. Body in the South, heart in the North.

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 09/10/2026
I can't remember: when Thatcher wrote The Right Approach in 1976, did she also do this?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Support for Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service, by 2024 vote All Brits: 48% support / 28% oppose Lab voters: 66% / 14% LD voters: 67% / 19% Grn voters: 58% / 19% Con voters: 37% / 48% Ref voters: 27% / 54% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The reality of Britain’s food poverty crisis: ‘Everything is so expensive, I only eat one meal a day’. 14m people face food insecurity. High rents, water, energy, food prices & low incomes create a crisis. No curbs on profiteering 50 families have more wealth than 34m people. Must redistribute.
independent.co.uk
Inside Britain’s food poverty crisis: ‘ I only eat one meal a day’
Millions of Britons are worrying about the cost of food as prices continue to rise. Albert Toth reports
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Means-testing even though people have paid for it. Proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains tax; cut corporation tax. Enrich the wealthiest. No means-testing. Chaos and cruelty inevitable.
theguardian.com
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
A new megapoll shows that EU membership is the most popular UK-EU relations policy in all but four parliamentary seats in Great Britain. Which areas are the most supportive? Which areas aren't? And what are the benefits of membership? ⬇️
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FAQ: Why is EU membership the most popular UK-EU relations policy in 628 seats? - Best for Britain
A new megapoll shows that EU membership is the most popular UK-EU relations policy in all but four (628) parliamentary s
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
On the £36m donation to Reform UK from Ben Delo... Lib Dems: "Farage wants to bring Trump's America to our shores by buying his way into power. He's trying to get into No 10 as if it's a stop on a monopoly board" The PM "needs to introduce a cap on political donations. Our democracy depends on it"
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wow. That C4 Dispatches on SYL/Robinson was DARK. I mean, the grift was always obvious, but the amounts are staggering and the treatment of that poor grooming gang victim is utterly heartbreaking. Really worth watching. www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
channel4.com
Tommy Robinson: Where's the Money Gone?
For Dispatches, Matt Shea examines the complex finances of Tommy Robinson
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The RNLI’s volunteers head out in any conditions. They don’t question who. They save strangers at sea. People, helping people. Your Christmas shop can help support people who’ll drop everything to save people. shop.rnli.org
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RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts
We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Perfect description of what's going on.
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IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy @davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
BBC NEWS NOW ' Nigel Farage says Reform UK has broken no laws ' may I suggest a different version? ' despite video evidence showing the contrary Nigel Farage says Reform UK has broken no laws '
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'Bring back premature death, lung damage in children and more hospital admissions' is quite the bold campaign slogan.
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The 99% Organisation @99organisation.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
‘Tough decisions’ has become almost synonymous with decisions which harm the UK, to enrich a tiny few. And yet there are ever-greater calls for more. We have been analysing the rhetoric and its impact. sh1.sendinblue.com/3gbd0ci2bglp...
An image illustrating the damage done to the UK population, to key public services and to the environment
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Iceland is not in the EU, but it is a member of the Schengen area. It’s also a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and is part of the Single Market, meaning it enjoys freedom of movement with the EU. Good to know that doesn’t impact their independence. Maybe we should try it, Nige.
Nigel Farage 
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Congratulations to Iceland on voting to keep their independence.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s Lake Ontario.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is down by 50%. And the backlog of people who have claimed asylum is down from 175,000 to 40,000, the lowest since 2019. But we mustn’t let facts get in the way of spreading fear and hatred and coming up with crackpot policies.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Welders, Sunderland shipyards, 1943.
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Closer ties "could provide a £92bn GDP boost" & give us back our freedom of movement. What's not to like?
independent.co.uk
What rejoining the EU single market would mean for the UK economy
The prime minister has been urged to bring the UK back into the European Union’s single market. But would it bring economic boosts? Dan Haygarth, Athena Stavrou and Karl Matchett find out.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 23/08/2026
Shocking living conditions. Wretched food. Suicide attempts. Life on the USS Lincoln, eight months after it sailed for Iran, is horrific, say families of officers on board. So why is Trump saying it's great, and deployment should last even longer? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why is Trump lying about the US sailors trapped at sea by his war with Iran? | The News Agents
Families of US naval officers deployed to the Strait of Hormuz in December 2025 have begun to expose the shocking conditions onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, eight months after leaving port. Trump…
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Ian @huddersfieldian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Taxpayer-funded accommodation in Westminster, occupied by someone born abroad, you say?
It's Boris Johnson of course, his old boss!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Reform are furious about LGBT books invading Warwick libraries. Reform leader George Finch said he was acting on “a number” of complaints from local people. So Labour MP Rachel Taylor asked the council for the actual figures. There have been zero complaints. via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end
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Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
‘If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” says FIFA Peace Prize winner.
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Oh look, another stupid, damaging, pointless U-turn by "Labour". WTAF is WRONG with these people? Or have they had a few more "donations" and promises of directorships when they're kicked out of power? Not a squeak about it in any of the billionaire/establishment-owned media, obviously.
cpre.org.uk
Government drops plans for solar on new car parks
We are CPRE, the countryside charity. Learn how we're working for a beautiful and thriving countryside that's accessible to everyone - and how to get involved.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
England water companies want dynamic pricing. Charge more for drinking water, cleaning, showering, flushing toilet during drought. Health epidemics would follow. They lose over a trillion litres a year to leaks; paid dividends, neglected investment. Putting profits before people archive.ph/9oSCf
inews.co.uk
How water companies could charge you more during drought
Rule changes being proposed by the regulator could allow a new regime of dynamic pricing creating higher bills when water is scarce
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Not hard to see why Reform did not announce their plan to abolish Personal Independence Payment until *after* the by-election..
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis? Good piece by Sandra Laville I hope the PM breaks his climate silence soon and levels with the country about how bad things are, & what his plan is to tackle climate impacts and fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?
Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage cannot be allowed to get away with this lie. It's the politics of the absolute gutter. And invoking the two world wars in his grubby little game is an insult to the people who actually fought and died in them.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned… By Byline Times raising The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious…
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Reform UK and Big Tech Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel’s ‘Political Pipeline’ Recruitment Project at the World-Renowned University Revealed
The academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and hard-right and foreign influence at Cambridge…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK. An example of the super rich using wealth to silence the press, dissent, debate, accountability. Wealth not used to persuade Reform UK to come clean about its foreign funders.
theguardian.com
Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
EU wants to wean itself off the teat of Thiel. So should the UK. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
politico.eu
Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit
The U.S.-based data crunching firm is deeply embedded in the most sensitive European workflows, from policing to intelligence to health care. Finding alternatives won’t be easy.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Dear Diary The launch of our scheme to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats has gone exactly to plan. It is so patently absurd that it is all anyone can talk about, providing the perfect distraction from all our dodgy financial dealings"
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/08/2026
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
londoncentric.media
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Map showing the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.Screengrab from Politico piece that explains, citing Reuters, that 48,300 of the 50,000 recent crossings have already been expelled or voluntarily returned to Morocco.BBC report on Friday, still echoing the RW disinformation - or at the very least not challengning it sufficiently.

"Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
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What triggered the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta?
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Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media."Daily Mail and Daily Express from this weekend, with front page headlines "Ministers MUST stop the Spanish border invaders reaching UK" and "SPANISH BORDER CRISIS IS 'WAKE-UP CALL' FOR UK", respectively.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration" Reform plan to make next week Immigration Week It could finally be the moment for broadcast media to notice the > 75% drop in net migration since 2024. There is also a 42% drop in boat crossings
Bloomberg: Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration

Reform UK party is planning to hold multiple press conferences on immigration to turn public attention to the issue, despite the number of migrants arriving in the country nearly halving from the same time last year.
A total of 14,200 immigrants have arrived in the UK via small boats so far this year, down 44% compared to the same period last year, with the Home Office and National Crime Agency increasing seizures of small-boat engines and improving enforcement cooperation with the French.
The issue of immigration threatens to be riskier territory for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is already facing disquiet from backbench colleagues over reforms proposed during his predecessor's tenure.
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petercracknell.bsky.social @petercracknell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you're a #British citizen, or a #UK resident, consider signing & sharing this UK Parliament petition, created by Chris Packham, which calls for the UK Government to hold a UK-wide briefing on climate & nature risks. #climate & #nature petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Bees are tiny creatures with a huge impact on our planet. Protecting pollinators means protecting our food, our flowers, and our future.
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Farage in The Telegraph: ‘If voters think I’m a crook, they can get rid of me.’ It’s not how the law works but, even so, I’m assuming if Farage is serious he’ll allow the voters of Clacton to look at all his finances, speak to all his donors, and put himself up for rigorous questioning?
Front page headline in Telegraph : Farage quoted as saying ‘If voters think I’m a crook they can get rid of me.
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George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Reform UK has instructed its thousands of councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up. Latest from Insight and me 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Reform tells councillors to say donation inquiry is a ‘smear’ and ‘hit job’
The Metropolitan Police are investigating donations made to the party by Fiona Cottrell, mother of the fraudster ‘Posh George’, who has been funding Nigel Farage
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Important announcement.
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