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Karen Kniveton

@kniveton.bsky.social
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Lovin’ my life. Happily retired from the world of work. Love family, friends, travel, art - wonderfully woke. Andalucía and West Yorkshire are home.

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Karen Kniveton @kniveton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Interesting that Farage and Johnson jumped to deny Russia involved. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Russia did try to interfere in Brexit referendum, head of MI5 confirms
Ken McCallum says Kremlin attempted to influence vote through social media and TV reports but had little impact
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Karen Kniveton @kniveton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.
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Eric Rosen @erosen1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The immigrants aren’t eating the pets, but the homegrown frat boys are gang raping the girls.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To the people voting for Nigel Farage: is this really the finger you want on the red button? 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 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Emma Goldman said this 130 years ago. Then was jailed in the USA for over a year for saying "Ask for work, ask for bread, then take bread." Because they claimed she was trying to start a riot. Nothing has change since.
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I was on a Torrance Transit bus where the driver was getting trained and when the trainer saw a bike rider on the road ahead, she said "You have to give the biker four feet no matter what. If you don't think you have four feet, you need to wait to pass until you do." Wanted to hug that lady so bad.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is what Farage and Johnson’s xenophobic Reform and Conservative Brexit campaigns actually did to UK migration. At every point they use their failures as an excuse for the next disaster
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It’s just depressing. Further education has been cut to ribbons. Higher education is in crisis. Labour turns its eyes to the bit of the education system which is turning out the highest literacy rates in the western world and goes “that’s the bit that needs to change”
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Quotes: "during our period of study (1993-2024), mechanisms designed to regulate spending tended towards input control and short-term decision-making, struggled to support strategic investment and often failed to deliver sustained improvements in outcomes."
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
As a proud northerner I’ve been depressed but not surprised by ridiculous and patronising responses to the idea of moving parts of our painfully centralised government out of Westminster People are talking about powerhouse global cities as if they are parochial villages in middle earth A rant 👇
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Response to Burnham's northern plans is depressingly predictable
Hysterical and patronising reactions to putative Prime Minister's plans to move parts of government up north show exactly why such changes are needed, writes Liam Thorp
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 21/06/2026
This sums up the immigration debate neatly in a way you won't hear it spelled out in the British media. A media which seems to have given up on any commitment to educate many years ago.
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Karen Kniveton @kniveton.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Russia set Britain on fire. Demand an inquiry.
The men who tried to set fire to Kier Starmer’s house were taking orders from Russia. Our research shows this was not an isolated plot. It was part of a wider Russian operation on British soil. Add yo...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Killed someone with a sword, got only 9 years. This two tier justice is always letting immigrants off easy.* *Glad I got your attention, he isn't an immigrant.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Cocaine fuelled knife attacker jailed for life after murdering student in Cambridge. www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Nigel_Farage you asked for "pure cold rage." Here you go. Henry's father begged for unity. You demanded division. That's not leadership. That's incitement. And history won't be kind to those who lit the match and called it passion. 🔥
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Colin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE @maestroc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
How many of us feel in a cold rage today? Mine is directed at Farage & this comment on yesterday's Guardian piece by John Crace is spot on. The writer uses a pseudonym or I would credit them but, to whomever he or she is, I say bravo.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Starmer accused Nigel Farage yesterday of “whipping up” division over his reaction to the murder of Henry Nowak. Words are not enough Mr Starmer. Farage’s comments should be referred to the police as an attempt to incite racial hatred.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Should Nigel Farage be arrested for inciting riots? Like - Yes RT - Instantly
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 02/06/2026
Statements made to persuade voters in Makerfield to vote for a politician or party don't always prove to be accurate at close scrutiny | North West Bylines
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Fact-checking Makerfield by-election campaign statements
Statements made to persuade voters in Makerfield to vote for a politician or party don't always prove to be accurate at close scrutiny
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AG @troyella.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is one of the most uplifting things I've read for ages.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated James Sidlow has resigned as a councillor. That’s 30 in 3 weeks.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 26/05/2026
Social media posts claiming that Dorset Police said 44% of sex offences are carried out by asylum seekers living in asylum hotels are false. We could find no evidence this is true. Dorset Police told us the figure is “incorrect” and was not issued by them.
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Dorset police didn’t say 44% of sex offences are carried out by asylum seekers – Full Fact
Dorset Police said the figure is “incorrect” and was not issued by them. We could find no evidence it was true.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Reform's media circus ruins event to celebrate achievements of people with learning difficulties. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Community cafe demands apology from Farage for ‘intimidating’ uninvited visit
Reform UK Makerfield team reportedly arrived as cafe run by people with special needs was holding celebration event
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I'm ambivalent about Labour. They 100% deserve the kicking they're getting from challengers on the left. But Makerfield feels like a Martin Bell in Tatton moment, when Green/LD should stand aside to let Burnham defeat Reform. Fight it out after. But don't split the progressive vote and help Farage.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Farage almost never talks about brexit any more. He's pivoted entirely to the issue of "illegal" migration which I a bit ironic because one of the main planks of his own leave campaign was that Brexit would stop "illegal" immigration...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote
theguardian.com
Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to Burnham
Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Karen Kniveton @kniveton.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Journalists are a big part of the problems we are facing.
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political-economy.bsky.social @political-economy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This. Hold the line.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12/05/2026
Can a Prime Minister be competent, serious and still fundamentally fail as a political leader? I think Keir Starmer may be proving the answer is yes.
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I Don’t Think Starmer Should Be Removed. I Also Think Labour Has Earned This Revolt.
Britain cannot keep replacing Prime Ministers every five minutes, but Labour’s slow political collapse is now becoming impossible to ignore.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.🧵
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
His closest aide sentenced to 10.5 years for spying for the Russians. Failing to disclose £5m donation and how he bought a house in Clacton. A decade of school antisemitism and racism. Cavorting with Neo Nazis and planning mass deportations. What is the media love about Farage?
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 06/05/2026
Many cis women don’t want a possible ban of trans women from single-sex spaces, and fear wider consequences of judging on appearance | Sophie Molly
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Do all cis women support single-sex spaces being based on ‘biological sex’?
Many cis women don’t want a possible ban of trans women from single-sex spaces, and fear wider consequences of judging on appearance
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“The Iran War was lost because Trump and Miller and Hegseth simply couldn’t believe that White people wouldn’t be triumphant. That notion was truly incredible to them.”
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One Nation Under A Racist
Trump’s prejudice lost the Iran War — and that’s only the start
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Karen Kniveton @kniveton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
act.labour.org.uk/p/reform-rev... - PEB - 25022026
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Watch Labour's Party Election Broadcast
Too shocking to be shown in full on television.
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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Really important read. I had no idea and am stunned at the bravery and demonstrable goodness of so many people, in direct opposition to and showing the Trump gang as the hatred filled liars they are! Where are you MSM? @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
At a time of growing political instability and jeopardy, rejoining the EU isn’t an academic issue or one borne of nostalgia. It’s a matter of political necessity. From Dominic Grieve and me 👇
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Karen Kniveton @kniveton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Big mistake!
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 09/01/2026
Of course they do. All truth must be manipulated.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/12/2025
My heart bleeds. Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right? Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
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Sir James Dyson: Reeves has put my family business at risk
Billionaire founder 'unable to pass firm to his children' because of Chancellor's inheritance tax
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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