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Karen Vera

@karen-e6.bsky.social
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Socialist. Dismayed at the state of our prison and justice system. Shorter sentences, decent living conditions and a focus on rehabilitation will reduce crime.

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Farage says Burnham’s National Centre for Information Defence will “clamp down on free speech”. The government says it will target hostile foreign information attacks. Farage’s Brexit Party voted against stronger action on Russian propaganda in 2019.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
🚨Theresa May: "Crypto assets are used by people who want to avoid anybody knowing what they are doing." "And in terms of our democracy and political parties, donations to parties or candidates, we actually want the transparency of knowing who is doing that donation, who is making those donations."
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SE16mss @se16mss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As is now routine, BBC News leading the app with uncritical, verbatim propaganda from Reform. WHEN is #OFCOM going to stop this ludicrous bias?
Lead story from BBC News app: “Tice says government trying to ‘retrospectively change rules’ as Reform receives £72m…”
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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lesleyak.bsky.social @lesleyak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I had never thought of myself as above average intelligence. I had thought most people were like me, until the advent of Social Media. Now I think I'm a veritable genius!!!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We need to normalize union organizing in every sector of American life.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Police launch investigation into five assaults at Reform conference after clips shared online www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Two tier policing. Arrest retired folk peacefully protesting genocide in Gaza. Allow right wing thugs to block streets and ports. I know which group presents the real threat to democracy and the so-called “British way of life”, which these vigilante bullies preposterously claim to be defending.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just Stop Oil planned to block a road, they got 21 years. Far Right masked thugs actually blocked roads. Not one arrest, nothing.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Can't remember a graphic having such a visual impact as this one with regard to speed of change in public health that has been managed by a politician You might have to go back to changes in water supply in the 19th Century and vaccinations will have had similar impact, but this is pure politics
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners are very unhappy that Nigel Farage used their music at the Reform party conference.
Tweet from the official Dexy's Midnight Runners account

I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our song to make his entrance for his party conference. Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics.

@ByDonkeys .
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"She stood behind the seal of the White House wearing her little cross around her neck and became the glossy public mouth of an administration marinating in brutality, corruption, retribution, greed, deceit, autocracy, and spiritual putrefaction..." jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/goodbye-yo...
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Goodbye, You Poisonous Fucking Fraud
Karoline Leavitt Is Leaving, but There Isn’t Enough Febreze on Earth for This Rebrand.
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Aunt Patty @auntpatty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“Are you a communist?” “No I am an anti-fascist” “For a long time?” “Since I have understood fascism.” – Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ask Yourself Bunky… Why No Legal Response To THIS?!?!👇🏽
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenot.bsky.social Huge kudos to all involved for doing the job the UK police & CPS failed to do: naming the alleged spymaster & clearly showing Kremlin’s role. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists Amnesty opposes the use of terrorism powers in this case. The defendants in today’s case were sentenced as terrorists because prosecutors want to make an example of them. Today's decision shows how direct action protesters could be treated in the future
Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists, use of terrorism laws against protesters must end
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Evans Donnell @evansd.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/elon-mu...
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'Trillionaires Shouldn't Exist': Obscene Musk Milestone Spurs Calls for Aggressive Wealth Tax | Common Dreams
"The level of wealth that Mr. Musk has reached requires human exploitation, wage theft, wage suppression, anti-competitive markets, monopolistic control, price collusion, inadequate tax systems, and c...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
People forgot what the economy was like after Covid.
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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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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This transition will affect roughly 2.5 million civil servants as part of a 2026 strategy to achieve "digital sovereignty." France already has a successful precedent; the national police force has operated 100,000 computers on Linux since 2008, proving that such a massive shift is feasible.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The government must treat this as the emergency it is. Our sovereignty, democracy, and the lives of some of those who live here are threatened by a deadly combination of US billionaires, Russian interests and homegrown fascists. Step 1: Get the money out of politics.🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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European News @eunews.social · 07/06/2026
Speaking in Madrid yesterday, Pope Leo XIV stated: "I encourage you to nurture the process of the European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity."
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Mark Roberts @robertsmark.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Good morning everyone. He was right. ✊ #r4today #bbcbreakfast
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
VOTE REFORM, GET MISOGYNY
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Not sure anything symbolises the mind-crushing tedium of Brexit more than these queues whenever we try to get away in the summer. What an utterly pointless waste of everyone’s time. “Nimble global trading nation” What horseshit. 1970s backwater more like. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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‘Total gridlock’ at Dover as 8,000 travellers face new EU border checks
Travellers are facing long queues on what is expected to be one of the hottest days of the year so far
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era. A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
SHE WAS DEMOTED, UNDERPAID, AND IGNORED FOR 40 YEARS. HER
UNIVERSITY TOLD HER MRNA RESEARCH WAS WORTHLESS. HER COLLEAGUES STOPPED TAKING HER SERIOUSLY. SHE EARNED $50,000 A YEAR FOR FOUR DECADES. THEN COVID ARRIVED - AND, SHE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is what Farage, Reform and Brexit have done. This is where a very ugly obsession with immigration leads. To this. To “appalling levels of racism and unfair treatment.” To ordinary people being made miserable, day in, day out, at work. What a shameful place to be. www.tuc.org.uk/news/shockin...
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“Shocking” increase in explicit racism at work in recent years – new TUC research reveals
Black and ethnic minority workers are facing “appalling levels” of racism, bullying and unfair treatment at work, according to new TUC research published today.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“It's against the law for the president to in effect sue himself—and then settle for a huge sum. The court has the power to put a stop to these shenanigans and should do so. We are proud to represent over 90 members of Congress in making that request,” said Matt Platkin and Norm Eisen, Democracy Defenders Action, co-counsel for amici.
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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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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Nigel Farage is a GRIFTER - pass it on.
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Mr Bumpton 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @ivorbumpton.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
CALL TO ACTION!!! Please support the decent journalists actually holding Farage to account. Please share far and wide! 👊💥👍
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns, says he has lost confidence in PM's leadership after pledging loyalty. He shouldn't be allowed to become PM without a proper contest and policies. Streeting has thrived on corporate money, handed NHS contracts to private equity, pushed Labour to the right
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Wes Streeting resigns as health secretary, saying he has lost confidence in PM's leadership
In a letter to Keir Starmer, Streeting says it would be
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Scottish Reform candidate who backed deporting all Muslims elected MSP
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Scottish Reform candidate who backed deporting all Muslims wins seat as MSP
A REFORM UK candidate who supported deporting all Muslim people from the UK has been elected an MSP ...
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Peter The Pensioner @peter1952.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is the racist prick that 1900 people voted for in the Hulton Ward in Bolton and is now my councillor. The left and centre was split between Lab and Greens but would have still fallen short by 10 votes. Hulton is not a deprived ward. 67% of housing is detached,30% are hgh educated. Why?
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Make it make sense @makeitmakesense9.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina has a message for tonight's Met Gala chair Jeff Bezos
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Starmer got free glasses = media outrage Farage gets £5m = very little fuss Something terribly wrong with UK media.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I’ve seen an excerpt from an interview on radio Sussex and Surrey with Nigel Farage and the interviewer was excellent. She would not be silenced by his aggressive, sarcastic tone to deflect from Reform UK’s lack of policy on social care. Why can’t the national news broadcasters do this?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat. That won't cleanse UK politics. Must ban all political donations and second jobs for MPs. They must not receive personal benefit from any political bribe. Anything less won't free politics from the clutches of super-rich.
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Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat
Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Oh dear ... ex-Tory crooks like Robert Jenrick are very welcome in Reform Ltd but only if they've gotten away with it ... meme via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/04/2026
The oligarch-owned media victim blaming the opposition party. How can they not see it?
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Cartoon by @mygumsarebleeding.bsky.social
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rockpaperresisters✂️ @lifeismilaniful.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Just exactly like she said he would do. He’s in it for himself. He’s already made $9 billion being president from his grifting. And that’s just the money we know about. He doesn’t give a shit about the rest of this country.
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Replace Chris Mason with a neutral voice - Sign the Petition! c.org/WZDb9FbWGq via Change.org
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Sign the Petition
Replace Chris Mason with a neutral voice
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Labour publish dossier of evidence revealling the truth behind Reform. They look into 20 Reform candidates in the upcoming local elections, with evidence of their abhorrent and wrong views all provided - just on the webpage. But down load the full dossier and it cover almost 50 candidates!
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Conspiracy theories. Racsim. Misogyny.
A new dossier on Farage's candidates.
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