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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo)

@laurafranchi.bsky.social
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Married childless cat woman of a certain age. Animals, music, politics, football and books #AdoptDontShop

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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dinner time 🦊🦊
Two foxes in a garden waiting patiently to see what they are getting today.
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Pissport to Piddington”
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
YO! Fashi
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Welcome to WTAF Is Wrong With Roughly One-Third Of People, Episode 4,629
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Farage, a man who was doing Cameo videos for £70 a pop as late as March 2026, apparently turned up to a meeting to discuss a half-million donation and "wasn't really listening". What utter contempt he has for the very democracy, country, and people that he claims to love.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...
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A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
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Jessica Goetia Brooking @transskinmedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Nigel Farage struck £1m Reform comeback deal long before election www.thetimes.com/article/9221...
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Nigel Farage struck £1m Reform comeback deal long before election
Supervised by the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, the agreement undermines Farage’s claim about when he decided to return to politics
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote this 👇 open.substack.com/pub/vicderby...
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
These books are fantastic. Erin Callahan is brave, totally chaotic and justifiably determined and I’m here for a hero like her. Very well written, can make you laugh, angry and sad. Highly recommend them.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How conventient for political journalists, to all be gathered in Downing Street once more, so they can interview each other, to ask "how did this happen?", without ever acknowledging that, at least in part, they themselves are how this happened.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Dumb and Plumber.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Can we get more signatures for my petition calling for better regulation of the news media? It is currently out of control and needs stronger powers to hold it to account! We are almost at 2500! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Establish a single, powerful, independent statutory regulator for all news media
The Government must create a single, independent statutory regulator covering print, broadcast, and digital news media. This regulator should have the legal power to enforce truth and factual reportin...
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
10 million That is how many free breakfasts have been served to over 300,000 children across 1250 schools, saving families moneuy and ensuring kids are well fed and settle in school so they are ready to learn when lessons start. 5 million The number of hours of free child care... 1/4
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Timeline cleanse. Watch until the end.
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Shane @shane11.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This now is an open and cut close case against Farage. He incited this… the division and hatred he thrives on, is alive and well because of him, because of our press. They are all guilty. He should be prosecuted
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Bee watching 🐝
Two cats sat at the window watching bees buzzing around the rhododendrons
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The babies are getting big 🦊 We now see this little family every day (there are 2 cubs, but 1 just dived in the hedges). Beginning to suspect their den is under the garden room or behind the garage. My neighbours love wildlife, so they are safe in all the our gardens.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@southlanarkshire.gov.uk the pedestrian crossings at Redwood Drive next to Queensway, East Kilbride are not working. Just had to play chicken with speeding traffic to get across.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is amazing! Over 400 signatures in the first hour, covering every region and nation. --- Petition: Establish a single, powerful, independent statutory regulator for all news media petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Michael Shanks MP @michaelshanksmp.co.uk · 15/05/2026
We have now approved enough clean energy projects to power the equivalent of over 18 million homes across the UK. We are driving further and faster for clean homegrown power that we control to protect the British people and bring down bills for good. renews.biz/111634/uk-gr...
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Loving 81 year old Kathleen on @mrjamesob.bsky.social She’s a gem.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Can you imagine the volume and shrillness of condemnation we would be hearing, if environmental protesters or BLM activists were doing this?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
To me, these small moments are more revealing than any long essay on impartiality. Every gov't has released official PM photos for decades. Since 2010 there's been a dedicated 10DS photographer. Several Tory PMs controversially employed personal ones on top. Only a Lab PM would be treated this way.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Coates is such a despicable little lying runt.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I actually can't believe that Farage and his party of xenophobic shitbags are running and polling so high and that the media are just treating it like it's normal. It's nightmarish to watch.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Just saw the most beautiful sight in our back garden. Mummy fox brought her little cubs to play and get a drink of water. Not the best photo, as had to go get my phone after my initial excitement and they were on their way next door. That’s made my week 🦊
Fox in garden with cubs, which are not very visible.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Fraud's Prayer: Our Father, who art in the White House, hallowed be thy combover; thy blingdom come; thy will be dumb; In Washington as you are in Florida. Give us this day our daily round of golf. And forgive us our insider trading, as we refuse to forgive those who investigate against us...
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Pretty sure that’s Smirnoff in Offords glass. He’s slurring like a pub bore #bbcdn
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Farage's Britain - 🇬🇧 Far right extremist Paul Golding exposed in a secret recording: "I want this country to become a shithole. I want this country to descend into a fucking nightmare" British far right don't care about the country. They thrive off discord.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Will be heartbroken if the fire destroys any of the beautiful historic Glasgow Central building. Hopefully no one hurt and the SFRS can contain it soon. The economic impact would also be huge. Weirdly not big enough news to UK (London based) media.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Such a beautiful orator. Words with depth and clarity that stir the soul.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Pointless waffle from Peston on ITV news (no change there). Everything that’s going on in the world and all he can do is sit there and gossip about what people think of SKS. Give it a rest Peston and let the real journalists get on with it.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/03/2026
"Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences. Every headline, every clip, every click adds weight. This is how the line gets crossed." "And how some media are no longer just covering the far right but helping it speak."
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Media must stop normalizing the far right
Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
If only it was curtains for him
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Less than two hours to go in Gorton and Denton. If you’re looking for a sign to go and vote Labour, this is it.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Who did this?
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/02/2026
"Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment," writes Clare Duffy. | Analysis cnn.it/4s7SDHp
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Laura F (Atticus & Arturo) @laurafranchi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This Women’s Freeski Big Air is mesmerising #WinterOlympics
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The Guardian supported Lib Dems in 2010. And what happened when they got a hold of the Treasury in bed with the Tories? They imposed austerity and decimated public services. They think the public have forgotten this.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Then and now! 👏👏👏👏👏
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The main argument against rejoining the EU is that it would "embolden Farage". Bullshit. It would expose Farage. It would force him to oppose the majority of voters, remind them that his last "Great Crusader" left us poor and powerless, and force him to admit he wants us to remain that way.
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Rick Johansen @eclecticblue.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I wrote this about The Guardian.
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Sad sweet dreamers
The editorial stance of The Guardian newspaper, as well as the opinions of its columnists, is of little relevance to The Great British Public. Certainly not compared to that of the Mail, Sun and the r...
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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A superb speech from our Prime Minister. The world order is changing and Europe must respond.
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PM speech during the Munich Security Conference: 14 February
Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave a speech during the Munich Security Conference.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This should be headline news in the UK for several weeks, if not longer...until we know exactly WHO in the UK was involved in this and we see them brought to account! No one should bring down a UK government unless they are part of the UK parliament. No one in the media. No one from abroad!
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