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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12h
Jenrick on #r4today trying to downplay the raging racism of Reform… by saying “Farage has done more than anyone else to stand up against racism and the far right”. Farage the schoolboy Nazi. Farage the ‘breaking point’ Brexiter. Farage the mass-deportations champion. Farage the far right racist.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"It is not our lack of guts that stops us threatening to kill unarmed men for the crime of being on a boat. It is Jenrick’s lack of humanity that means he can." Back in @theipaper.com, where I really need to ask for a new byline pic
inews.co.uk
Robert Jenrick has confused cruelty with courage
Jonn Elledge: The Reform politician thinks he's brave to say what he does – he's actually just got no humanity
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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reform’s Zia Yusuf is sounding more and more like Trump every day | Zoe Williams
On the Today programme, his comments were disconnected, cliche-riddled and unremittingly stupid. But to clog the collective consciousness with nonsense is exactly the point, writes Zoe Williams
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 08/10/2026
Please submit your small ideas for fixing Britain to the Small-Ideas.org website. It’s a new charitable initiative I’ve set up to try and make sure life’s potholes don’t get ignored. Working with two charities and a cross party panel to turn your ideas into policy then try and make it happen.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is your semi-regular reminder that pensioner poverty: a) is real b) is significantly less prevalent than working-age poverty and half the rate of child poverty, and c) is such that a pensioner is statistically more likely to live in a household worth over £1 million than to live in poverty
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That thug sabotaging rescue efforts, racist riots, flags on lampposts, pink ladies wanting to burn down hotels, doxxing charity workers, ICE-style deportation plans, threats to scrap the Equality Act and leave the ECHR… “legitimate concerns” No. A tornado of hate and prejudice set off by Farage.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
Reform UK
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@reformparty_uk
Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'Facism thrives when you let it.' Portsmouth RNLI temporarily suspended services after volunteers received abuse following an anti-migration protest. @mrjamesob.bsky.social says it's one of the most 'disgusting' stories he's heard throughout his career.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Do BBC news work for Reform?" via Harry Eccles
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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
These are utterly repulsive, amoral people. No doubt the tech kids that assembled this 'game' think themselves clever, and Farage and co think it's a great laugh, but it's a moral sinkhole. And anybody 'playing' it has thrown away any moral compass they may have ever had...
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just when you think Farage & Reform can’t sink lower, they show there’s no limit to how low they’ll go by releasing a Small Boats Game App with £5,000 price to the highest scorer Turning women, children & men losing their lives drowning into fun in a game for sick, cruel, evil, racist b*stards 😡
independent.co.uk
Fury as Reform UK launch small boats mobile ‘game’
Reform launches mobile game amid questions over party’s £72 million donations
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 13/09/2026
This is a very disappointing response that does little to help the millions of students already struggling with student loans! My view on the govt's reponse today to the Treasury Committee student loan report...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 08/09/2026
"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 08/09/2026
The lies about the RNLI aren’t new. Publishing and circulating images of individual volunteers to an already-radicalised audience is. That is where online hatred starts becoming a real-world safety issue. In today's post I address four of the most pervasive myths surrounding the RNLI.
bearlypolitics.co.uk
The Far Right Has Put RNLI Volunteers In The Crosshairs
Online misinformation about Channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, it’s putting real people at risk.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How much trouble is Nigel Farage in?
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 04/09/2026
Hey Zia. We're confused...
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 31/08/2026
Reform politicians need an urgent intervention. They have become tragically addicted to ChatGPT. Their habit has become a problem, and here are some of the worst examples…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026
Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🔴 Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by media outlets running on monetised hate and cruelty. Journalism cannot operate without scrutiny, writes @iainoverton.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com
Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty
The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Should those who don’t benefit from a university education be made to pay for others? I’ll leave you my thoughts on this. JonathanPie.com
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 03/08/2026
Really wonder how 'Are Nige was allowed to call a political press conference in the middle of a by-election. And it looks like the entire UK MSM has decided that Purdah can go fuck itself!
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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?
Sofia Ferreira Santos and Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe
correspondent
31 July 2026
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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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The outcome was inevitable. But like "2-Tier", "De-Banking", "Family Voting" - the grandstanding was never designed to highlight an actual issue. It was to bolster conspiracy theories & gobble up column inches. Col inches that might otherwise have been populated with Qs about George Cottrell.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Good framing from the BBC "George Cottrell: Who is the aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?" Although see it's already been changed to "'Posh George': Who is aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?" Click through and keep it up the rankings
bbc.co.uk
George Cottrell: Who is the aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?
The 32-year-old reported crypto entrepreneur, once convicted of fraud in the US, is a long-time Farage ally.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 28/07/2026
Opinion | After well under a fortnight in power, the Prime Minister has achieved something that – and this is where that hope can become quite painful – will be almost impossible to undo 🖋 @mrjamesob.bsky.social: trib.al/nEZPaIc
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
So rare that someone treats political parties with the suspicion they richly deserve, but @mikebraddick.bsky.social does it here. Particularly like this dry opening paragraph open.substack.com/pub/jlefsgho...
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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Hey @the-independent.com FYI: this woman has had 3 kids and a double mastectomy ~ both can result in a stomach. Grow the fuck up you penny a liner hacks. This isn’t the 1950s Disgusting . You should have spiked this vile piece of misogynistic crap. .
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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lowe is a scumbag . He has no consideration for the parents of the children that were shot. He is an absolute bloody disgrace. My daughter was only 2 when those beautiful little children were shot dead in cold blood and it broke my heart seeing what had happened. Shame on you Rupert Lowe .
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 08/07/2026
As mentioned in what now feels like my live coverage of Nigel Farage finally getting what he wants (all the media scrutiny in the world), I made the point that it would extremely unlikely that Rachel Reeves would decline his resignation. What I did not expect is this level of shade. Bra. Vo.
Rachel Reeves:

I will accept Nigel Farage's request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. 

It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. 

But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Far from "seizing the initiative" Nigel Farage's desperate decision to call a back-me-or sack-me by-election is the sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he has always been bylinetimes.com/2026/07/08/n...
bylinetimes.com
Nigel Farage’s 'Pro-Sleaze' By-Election Is A Sign Of Terminal Weakness
The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So, a joke MP with 5 houses bought for cash, links to criminality and a £5Mill ‘gift’ in his bank… is so enraged at being held to account… that he resigns from the MP role he never did anyway…and demands a “people v the establishment” by-election to vote him back in. What an insufferable wanker.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And of course the Steel sector matters, but it employs around 37,000 people. The university sector employs around 410,000, and gets nowhere near this level of attention or per capita financial support.
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🇪🇺😡🇪🇺😡 Why we EU citizens/dual nationals are not rejoicing at the Burnham putsch One step more along the road to a GE and PMFarage And before you jump in: my German jewish grandparents always said Germans were sensible people and would never vote for a loudmouth like Hitler They died in Auschwitz
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Kemi lost her head at PMQs - and afterwards too. It's not the first time. She's compared me to a Gestapo officer. I wonder what it is about a working class woman driving record investment in state schools by ending private schools' tax breaks that the Tories hate so much.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If anybody cares (you shouldn't): what I'd do to revitalise Britain: 1. Randomly selected people's assemblies of 299 people (like a jury) to decide media regulation/complaints. They hear expert witnesses, and then decide. Depoliticise it, and abolish Ofcom (too open to abuse and political pressure)
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer this morning accused his Labour predecessors of "moral bankruptcy" yet in truth it was his own moral failure to stand up against the forces of far-right hate targeting this country that ultimately led to his downfall bylinetimes.com/2026/06/22/k...
bylinetimes.com
The Real 'Moral Bankruptcy' That Brought Down Keir Starmer's Premiership
The Prime Minister promised to restore morality to our politics, but ended up falling far short of his own standards, argues Adam Bienkov
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Alright, listen up - here's what's happened Donald Trump described Keir Starmer as a tough negotiator & his friend Then Putin texted "Agent Krasnov" like "WTF are u doing Help bring him down, u bubonic paedophile" & so began a series of unhinged, factless posts about Chagos, Iran & Free Speech...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22/06/2026
did at least manage to compare Lisa Nandy to a lobotomised rabbit in my Keir obit so it's not all bad, I guess www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 19/06/2026
An image shared before the Makerfield by-election seemed to show Reform councillors next to a banner mentioning Jimmy Savile, but some said it was a fake version of another picture. Here’s what we now know about the images (and what an AI expert told us).
fullfact.org
Row over ‘Jimmy Savile’ banner images in Makerfield by-election - were pictures shared online real or fake? – Full Fact
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson claimed an image of a man holding a sign referencing Jimmy Savile was a “fake” version of another picture—but the other picture he shared appears to be AI-edited.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is TRULY next level shocking
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 18/06/2026
This bad take keeps getting worse. Reform have a problem with women. Even Reform women have a problem with women. Domestic abuse is not on the players of the match, it’s on the perpetrator.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Nothing about this story is funny
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