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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
moon eye
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Nigel Farage has built a career demanding scrutiny of everyone else. Funny how stories about his own connections keep making that look like a one-way street.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'Nigel Farage wanted a "people versus the establishment" showdown. The people have delivered their verdict. They think he is a waste of time and money. New polling shows that a majority of British voters believe Farage's by-election gambit is a pointless exercise' www.politico.eu/article/new-...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/06/2026
10 years ago, the air outside Aldgate School didn’t meet legal limits. Children were breathing polluted air every day. I made it my mission to change that. Here’s the difference our bold policies have made ⬇️
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why does Farage keep getting away with it??? 👇👇👇 youtu.be/BuVgqWG8Ucs?...
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Why Does Nigel Farage Keep Getting A Free Pass?
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/04/2026
Experts are saying it: SUVs damage our roads more than ordinary passenger cars. I’ve asked TfL to look into the effect of supersized SUVs in London as more of these vehicles take up space on London’s roads.
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SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists
Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces
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BobWossamottaU. @heneryhawk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Can you choose click-and-collect or swap a car journey today? That's the Day 2 challenge for our #CleanAirCrowd. There are now 1 million more vans on UK roads than in 2014, and 25% of car trips are under a mile. Click-and-collect and rethinking car journeys are simple ways to cut #AirPollution.
Yellow background. Pink logo says "Clean Air Crowd". The text says "Day 2. Choose click and collect for your next deliver OR walk/wheel/take public transport somewhere you would have driven".
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Don Lemon: US civil rights leader on arrest of former CNN host www.channel4.com/news/don-lem...
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Don Lemon: US civil rights leader on arrest of former CNN host
We spoke to the American civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton and began by asking him what more he knows about the arrest.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This makes no sense… An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto… No thanks If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote Sign the petition & help make that law. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 19/12/2025
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
She’s just asking questions.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack on Bold Politics podium
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Jeffy 🌿 @jeffreon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We must, and we can! Let's do it.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Why indeed?
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
In a functioning democracy with a decent press, these would be wall-to-wall headlines: Fury as Farage Urges U.S. to Punish Britain Farage Accused of Undermining UK Sovereignty But no... "The stamp duty receipt that ended Angela Rayner’s career" FML
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh… Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population) Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK Immigration isn’t draining us Inequality is.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey explains why he is boycotting the state banquet with President Donald Trump over inaction on Gaza "If Donald Trump chose to act the killing would stop"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
2025: Nigel Farage, "Our proposals will save tens of billions" 2016: Nigel Farage, "Brexit will save us £10 billion a year"
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Only 29% would back Brexit now
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Ursula von der Leyen, "We're using the windfall profits from immobilised Russian assets. So Russia is paying for the weapons Ukraine is using"
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Climate change makes dangerous 32°C days in England 100 times more likely. Scientists warn that extreme heat is an “overlooked threat” in UK, which impacts impacting human health, NHS and economy.
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Climate change makes dangerous 32°C days in England 100 times more likely
Extreme heat an “overlooked threat” in UK impacting human health, NHS and economy, scientists warn
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12/06/2025
Sizewell C is a colossal waste of £40 billion. The same money could fund a rooftop revolution - putting solar panels on 20 million homes - making 25% of all the electricity Britain needs and knocking around 500 quid a year off our energy bills. Let’s bring Energy Independence home.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract. Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal. Here’s how they got it completely wrong. 👇👇
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Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Who saw that coming birminghamunison.co.uk/2025/06/03/r...
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Reform to axe Local Government Pensions
Richard Tice has announced that new employees in the 10 councils now controlled by Reform UK will not be allowed to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
It's 3 years today since Shell was given the go-ahead to drill for new gas at Jackdaw field. It was later ruled unlawful, but self-styled "green" chancellor Rachel Reeves made clear she doesn't care 👇 Repost if you agree Govt should make a break with fossil fuel polluters to make a safer future
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Some required weekend reading for you all. 🫶
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The silencing of Sangita Myska matters
Why has Sangita Myska (LBC) not been on the air since interviewing Israeli Government spokesman, Avi Hyman, in April?
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear: The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here. Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead. This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 23/05/2025
"One of the single worst examples of journalism I've ever seen in a British newspaper." @mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe what he's reading.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Extraordinarily chilling. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
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Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
When will Starmer learn that no matter how good his Nigel Farage impression gets, it won't save him from wipeout at the hands of Reform? Here's another idea - how about doing the work that's needed to actually make people's lives better? 🧵
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
C'mon , let's get fossil fuel ads banned . . . first step , a debate in Parliament . Will you be the 100,000th signature on my petition ? Sign at govpetition.uk/700024 – almost there !
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds
Trade data analysis shows British firms have exported items including munitions since suspension of key licences
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This is shameful. Via today's Observer: In just one year, the UK exported nearly 8,500 tonnes of pesticides banned on our farms.

The UK's toxic pesticide exports

In just one year, the UK exported nearly 8,500 tonnes of pesticides banned on farms.

While France and Belgium prohibit the export of banned pesticides, the UK still allows them to be made here and sold to foreign markets.

In 2020, Baskut Tuncak, then a UN special rapporteur, warned of the "double standards" of countries that allow the trade in chemicals banned in their territories. An investigation by Greenpeace Unearthed and the NGO Public Eye in December found 8,489 tonnes of pesticide banned on British farms were exported from the UK in 2023.

The export of hazardous chemicals is regulated by the Health and Safety Executive under the Prior Informed Consent Regulation. A government spokesperson said: "We take our trade and international obligations for human health and the environment very seriously. The UK goes beyond international standards for paraquat exports, requiring explicit consent from the importing country."
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Funny old world isn't it...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
President Macron, "The reality is that you have 2 million people trapped in Gaza" "The legitimate right of the Palestinian people to have a State, a territory, and to live in peace"
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Mine with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk earlier today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSsv...
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‘American democracy died this weekend’, says US expert | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 15/03/2025
As the ultra-rich get even richer, the calls for a wealth tax will only grow louder too…
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
So there are now equal numbers of Reform and @greenparty.org.uk MPs. Will we now get equal media time? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP Rupert Lowe hits back at party leadership after losing whip
MP accused of threatening party chair says dealing with leadership is like smashing his head against a brick wall
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linmelody.bsky.social @linmelody.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
George Monibot criticises Jacqui Smith for Labour's refusal to open safe and legal routes for asylum seekers and so avoid small boat crossings #BBCQT
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
From this week's @privateeyenews.bsky.social 0.43% potential increase in GDP from new third runway at Heathrow (figures by erm, Heathrow airport 🤔) 12% estimated fall in world GDP for every 1 degree C rise in global temperature
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Please repeat after me: the flood-plain is not _beside_ the river. The flood plain is part of the river www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones
Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years
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