Reposted by Lesley DunlopSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Jenrick’s been on quite the journey from a one nation, Remain-voting Tory, through to frothing Brexiter and on to demanding that Royal Marines murder people at sea for daring to seek refuge here. All to impress the country’s racist losers and maybe get a few more votes. Christ he’s repulsive. 1111309371
Reposted by Lesley Dunlopderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed 43181731124
Reposted by Lesley DunlopParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ... 401262455
Reposted by Lesley DunlopCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab... 261055348
Reposted by Lesley DunlopGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In these challenging times someone might need these: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: SHOUT to 85258 Please share x 23337
Reposted by Lesley DunlopRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The 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. 541904772
Reposted by Lesley DunlopParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence. 1131766478
Reposted by Lesley DunlopBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026something has gone very, very wrong with the UK 1143332750
Reposted by Lesley DunlopLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it 392972547
Reposted by Lesley DunlopThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🇬🇧 🗣️ @marinapurkiss.bsky.social: “His nice guy image has collapsed — It’s not that Ed Sheeran didn’t speak up on 🇵🇸, it’s that he allowed the silencing of someone who did… If you don’t have a position on this now you’re going to lose respect. He has F.U. money to take a stand.” 1424182906
Reposted by Lesley DunlopAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Most housing benefit goes to private landlords. A big chunk of universal credit subsidises underpayed workers. The so-called welfare bill could be seriously reduced by fixing these underlying issues, not cutting actual welfare. 1344280
Reposted by Lesley DunlopHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So much this. Here’s a classic example. At no point in this piece from yesterday is anyone wringing their hands over what social media is doing to pensioners’ brains. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scannersSensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ group 2226
Reposted by Lesley DunlopPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 3582653907
Reposted by Lesley DunlopPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jim Ratcliffe and James Dyson - plenty of representation with bugger all taxation. 425857
Reposted by Lesley DunlopSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This 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. 1171828728
Reposted by Lesley DunlopNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026NEW MRP JUST DROPPED: All but four constituencies in GB support UK membership of the EU. In those four, the most popular option was 'Don't Know' (Ashfield, Clacton, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness). 37572197
Reposted by Lesley DunlopDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 163169544748
Reposted by Lesley DunlopPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery. 351381332
Reposted by Lesley DunlopAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc...... 481140256
Reposted by Lesley DunlopLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lord give me the arrogance of a tax exile who feels the right to comment on the tax policies and general running of a country who you have deprived of billions by registering yourself in Monacobbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 721181326
Reposted by Lesley DunlopDoug Belshaw @dougbelshaw.com · 19/09/2026Despite all our accomplishments we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains 212029
Reposted by Lesley DunlopJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6528171174
Reposted by Lesley DunlopAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026PabloReports: Donald Trump says we’re in a golden age. Do you agree? Frost: Yeah, if you’re a billionaire, you’re in the golden age. They’re taking all of our money and giving it to them. 11552101489
Reposted by Lesley DunlopAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5943728413398
Reposted by Lesley DunlopRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 12/09/2026Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage. 26926233
Reposted by Lesley DunlopPie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We remember 2019 #RejoinEU 185
Reposted by Lesley DunlopThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 10/09/2026I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work. But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose. 65980371
Reposted by Lesley DunlopDr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Heard a BBC vox pop (truly the bottom feeding of broadcast journalism) complain that the RNLI might not be able to get to ‘genuine people’ because they were busy rescuing from small boats. ‘GENUINE PEOPLE’. Imagine being that level of soulless d**k. 531374254
Reposted by Lesley DunlopNewsThump @newsthump.com · 10/09/2026Whenever we see someone post that they're stopping their donation to the RNLI, like some right-wing virtue-signalling flex, we can't help but think of this. You can donate to the RNLI here: buff.ly/bsku22S 18400185
Reposted by Lesley DunlopPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK healthcare. All part of Tory plan to hike waiting list, under investment and privatisation of healthcare. Profiteering means less available for frontline services. Higher taxes for lower public value. Ban private equity from all public servicescityam.comHow the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health marketThe latest Spire Healthcare deal showed that private equity interest in the private healthcare market has continued. 13410199
Reposted by Lesley DunlopMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one 1688244028464
Reposted by Lesley DunlopCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige. 13353371298
Reposted by Lesley DunlopRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We completely wiped out Iran’s military capabilities like 38 different times in the last 7 months but somehow they keep firing missiles and drones at things. 33687741877
Reposted by Lesley DunlopGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Once more for the bigots and stupids. Jewish people are no more responsible for the actions of the Israeli government than Muslims are for the actions of Hamas. 2937878
Reposted by Lesley DunlopOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 11616286
Reposted by Lesley DunlopPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Farage should attend a park run, a game of football, a Primary School in Clacton, a Prom concert before he goes all "Broken Britain" The country is NOT broken. It's millions of people, born without Farage's privilege, trying cheerfully trying their best for their families and communities. 35887190
Reposted by Lesley DunlopDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok. 10436881044
Reposted by Lesley DunlopSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March 252249246964
Reposted by Lesley DunlopHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 01/09/2026'Today matters. This moment matters.' Humanists UK President Janet Ellis on the humanist approach to life. ❤️ 2379
Reposted by Lesley DunlopHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 31/08/2026And the biggest howler: Reform’s geniuses in Kent were apparently able to repaint a fence, trim the verge, plant grass seed (and get it to grow instantly), redo the pavement and repave the road all so quickly that the car in the top-right corner didn’t move an inch! Amazing! 29774207
Reposted by Lesley DunlopAlistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher. 31168841707
Reposted by Lesley DunlopSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Brexit has taken up so much time, energy and resource to achieve the square root of fuck all. And now we’re trapped by it because no one has the guts to say how shit it is and how we need to get over ourselves and engage effectively with the EU again. It’s unforgivably tedious. 23489130
Reposted by Lesley DunlopMarcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Why the f**k do we not classify the social media companies as “publishers”? They would then be subject to the existing law that makes a publisher responsible for what it publishes. It should not make any difference that what the social media companies publish is digital rather than ink on paper 36806223
Reposted by Lesley DunlopGeorge The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday If today needs a purpose, make it this: Be living evidence that there are still good people in the world. For some people make a room louder when they enter it. Others make it kinder. Try & be one of the latter. ❤️ 11976112
Reposted by Lesley DunlopGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Here are a few actual facts about welfare payments in the UK in response to fairly nasty, baseless headlines like the below, which are numerous and unfortunately widely believed by the UK population. 🧵 1115894
Reposted by Lesley DunlopAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end 922804921
Reposted by Lesley DunlopSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Hahaha. We need so much more of this Private Eye style ridicule when it comes to Farage. No one should be taking him seriously any more. 251581571
Reposted by Lesley DunlopGhislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 19/08/2026“Reform will end ‘something for nothing’ Britain.” - Nigel Farage. He receives £98,599 a year as an MP, yet for more than three months this year he didn't cast a single parliamentary vote or make a single written contribution or speech in Parliament either. But yes, let’s shout at poor people 541775609
Reposted by Lesley DunlopGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUlez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findsResearchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone 352263801