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Kath Ross

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h
Zelenskyy rejected Rubio’s comments that Ukraine faces a strategic stalemate; questioned why the US discusses economic deals with Russia while trying to act as a negotiation intermediary. He demanded tougher sanctions, an end to trade supporting Russia and expanded Starlink access for Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy rejects Rubio claims of war stalemate, demands US stop funding Russia’s war through trade
Zelenskyy rejected US claims that the war in Ukraine has reached a stalemate, accusing Washington of discussing economic deals with Russia while declaring diplomacy stalled. He demanded an end to trad...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 17h
🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😥 Already 33 dead in Donetsk region due to strike on transport. As a result of the strike, a fire broke out in 2 buses and in an open area. Rescuers provided assistance to the victims and extinguished the fire.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Farage is hugely concerned that the Treasury isn’t getting taxes he claims are lost because tax dodging super rich are leaving UK Farage & Tice are passionate about tax going to HMRC Fun fact — both of them used off shore tax schemes to avoid huge sums of tax, they don’t see why they should pay it
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
The Plague is back? Released by accident, apparently.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/10/2026
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
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Russian Plague Lab Researcher Dies As Nearly 200 Monitored—Here’s What We Know
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
❗️Russians could have sprayed a harmful substance into the air in the Zaporizhzhia region: people are massively complaining of a sore throat and burning in the nose, — local channels
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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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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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Putin ordered Russian troops to disregard the rules of war, Zelenskyy tells the FT. ​Ukrainian intelligence intercepted information indicating that in September, Putin ordered the Russian military to intensify strikes on civilian infrastructure. Since then,
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
❗️Ukraine will receive €2.9 billion under the Ukraine Facility, Zelenskyy says. The president thanked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU member states for the decision to disburse the funds to Ukraine.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The government’s youth inactivity adviser called Disability News Service’s editor a f***ing w**ker after being challenged about his failure to discuss the safeguarding risks involved in forcing tens of thousands of young disabled people into jobs. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-inac...
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Labour’s inactivity adviser swears at DNS editor after being challenged on safety of young claimants
The government’s youth inactivity adviser swore at Disability News Service’s editor after being challenged about his failure to discuss the safeguarding risks involved in forcing tens of thousands …
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Only Reform will take £5 million bribes, accept illegal foreign donations, let convicted fraudsters bankroll them, buy houses in their girlfriend's name to avoid tax, help crypto billionaires get richer and do fuck all for ordinary people. 😊
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration. www.wired.com/story/health...
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Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spitballing here, but might it be because it was a hugely expensive exercise in inhumanity which helped fuel human trafficking and abuse against people seeking safety, saw children removed without proper checks, undermined international law and caused untold harm? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Why is the UK-France ‘one in, one out’ migration deal being scrapped?
Agreement expected to end on Thursday after running for 423 days, during which it has been beset by problems
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
File this under shocking but not surprising
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today, Russia struck a school in Kyiv with a drone during the morning hours. At the time of the strike, about 100 schoolchildren and 60 staff members were in the shelter; fortunately, no one was hurt. Who does that? What kind of barbarians attack children on a school day?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don’t ever get immune to the inhumanity and dehumanization of what the Trump/Miller project is doing to children and families,” said one advocate. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we allow this injustice to continue? The Trump administration's fast-tracked deport...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At what environmental cost? "Spacecraft is being landed in the sea with no plan to recover and recycle it...exploded in a huge fireball once it had hit the water" #PlanetaryBoundaries www.independent.co.uk/tech/spacex-...
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SpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital trip
Mission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(The Atlantic) Terribly sad acticle about the children left behind as their parents are deported by Trump. Some things never change as long as Trump has any power or position of influence. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cheers, Nigel Farage is crying now
Headline: men arrested near RAF airbase are UK citizens from London
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BBC Security Expert Rejects Donald Trump's RAF Fairford Terror Plot Claims www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-se...
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BBC Security Expert Rejects Donald Trump's RAF Fairford Terror Plot Claims
Frank Gardner said there was “a clear inconsistency” between the US president and Whitehall.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 27/09/2026
One of the things that links Farage and Trumpism is the complete disregard for the seriousness of government, and restraint Vs making everything content.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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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.
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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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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chris Philp's new job title just dropped
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held “off-site meetings” with the billionaire media mogul in August bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/r...
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Morning everyone. Three words. Just THREE WORDS would do it: "Reform. Led. Council." Do better, BBC. You're fully complicit. ⬇️
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 25/09/2026
All he had to do was walk 6ft in a straight line. Not only could King Donald the Mad not manage that, he even managed to push Melania off the red carpet!
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“In spite of the words of the US President, the Russian President does not, in fact, 'want to do a deal.' Unless, of course, that deal is one in which Ukraine simply capitulates.” ✍️ Paul Niland
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Ukraine Comes Under Assault From Putin's Terror and Trump's Delusions
Paul Niland reports from Kyiv as the city comes under attack from Putin’s new strategy of ‘psychological terrorism’
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Am hearing rumours Danny Tommo will plead that he slashed and stabbed the dingy in self defence because he feared it was armed with a gun, and a grenade, and a rocket launcher ohh and maybe mortar
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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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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most British people’s idea of the real crime rate is enormously out of whack with reality… but extreme politicians and rightwing newspapers have zero interest in enlightening them. This is a brilliant edition that you really should share with any Reform-curious or Daily-Mail-afflicted relatives.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‼️ Middle Eastern countries are in contact with Russia regarding a ceasefire in the Black Sea, - Zelensky Ukraine has proposed to partner countries an initiative for a mirror ceasefire. Egypt, India, Turkey and Middle Eastern countries have positively received such a proposal.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Marine Le Pen’s sudden concern for French public debt is entirely fake. Her party is drowning in debt, and her platform adds tens of billions in new deficits. Cutting aid to Ukraine is not a budgetary decision. She just chooses to side with Moscow
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seems dozens of #TommosMaskedGimps are marching through Basingstoke tonight demanding the release of #CaptainThugwash so I guess we better give in to them and get the Police to let him go.. Because it’s only breaking the law using a knife #StopTheScrotes
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Russia is stepping up its campaign to weaken Europe and undermine its support for Ukraine. @hannanotte.bsky.social provides an informed and lucid assessment of what Putin is put to, how far he might go, and how European countries should respond. (£/free trial). samf.substack.com/p/putins-cam...?
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Putin’s campaign against Europe
How far will he go?
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have the BBC forgotten how to do proper reporting? The arrest isn't "over video", it's over the dinghy slashing.
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Loving Ed Milliband. Guts and conviction
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😵‍💫 Russian Presidential Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev flew to the United States for talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, - Reuters.
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Kath Ross @kathross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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