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@lizalaw.bsky.social
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47yrs in nursing, end of life care educator, long suffering Wolves fan, read a lot, worried for my grandchildren's future

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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Surely this abysmal Reform record should be more widely publicized.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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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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SE16mss @se16mss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As is now routine, BBC News leading the app with uncritical, verbatim propaganda from Reform. WHEN is #OFCOM going to stop this ludicrous bias?
Lead story from BBC News app: “Tice says government trying to ‘retrospectively change rules’ as Reform receives £72m…”
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yet another Reform UK speech earns a speedy backlash with thousands of people pointing out that Nigel Farage getting £98,599 as an MP whilst guilty of chronic absenteeism from both Parliament & constituency is part of the 'something for nothing' problem, not the solution meme via Shelagh Taylor
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’m 60+ and can’t recall another time when BBC/MSM headlined the “look at me” policies of a minority Political Party plummeting in polls, with just 8 MPs.. The LibDems have 71 MPs, when was the last time they got this coverage❓🤬 Yet Reform’s every racist, flawed utterance gets reported religiously
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Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing
Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Refuks are getting the start of the week headlines on their own terms again with politicians and media folks starting to talk about how it could be delivered/ not delivered. 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing
Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are 71 Lib Dem MPs in Westminster. There are 8 Reform MPs. When was the last time a Lib Dem press release led the BBC News headlines or was the main story on the BBC News website? (Rhetorical question)
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Front page news. I’m not one for conspiracies but it’s hard not to feel like the BBC has been captured by a far-right political ideology, certainly when it comes to people seeking asylum and exercising their human right to migrate.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The BBC has now had to revise this headline 3 times to try and get something approaching impartiality I am incredulous as to what is going on there
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Already Kuenssberg has her claws into Burnham with her headline “Ruthless plotter? Flip flopper? Dad dancer? Insiders reveal the real Andy Burnham.” Three derogatory, demeaning names intended to paint a dismissive, negative opinion of him She gets paid £400,000 for this pro right wing shit❗️😡
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lizalaw.bsky.social @lizalaw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Amol Rajan #R4today: 'Football's always coming home but it never seems to'. Think you'll find the women brought it home, Amol
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Of the £14.9bn spent by the govt on PPE, nearly two thirds – almost £10bn – was wasted, the report concluded. Inquiry chair, Baroness Hallett, described the waste of taxpayers' money as "vast"+said an overreliance on China to manufacture equipment left the UK "dangerously overexposed". 1/
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PPE failures left NHS staff poorly protected and wasted billions, Covid inquiry finds
Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/07/2026
🚨 "If we had stayed in the EU, the Treasury would have had an extra £90 billion per year to spend on welfare, defence, education etc. without creating new taxes or raising tax rates. No nation in living memory has acted so foolishly in peacetime."
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'Greatest political folly since Second World War was Brexit- it's cost us billions'
'Greatest political folly since the Second World War was Brexit' says our letter writer. What is your view?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Almost £10 billion of the £15 billion that Boris Johnson's Government spent on PPE during the pandemic was wasted, the Covid Inquiry has concluded. The Inquiry found money was wasted on a "vast" scale, with companies with "connections to government" given first preference for contracts
theguardian.com
Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yes, I pay myself rent in order to avoid tax, but it is coincidentally £1 less than the level at which I would have to declare it under Parliament's transparency rules.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Standing up against the establishment on behalf of *checks notes* "a very successful aristocratic family".
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"This Farage parody account on X is more factual and truthful than Farage himself, which is hilarious in itself." via Susan Kovbasyuk
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK "Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner
A poster with a colorful stack of books on the left and this text on the right:
“Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.”
~ Jeff Zentner
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
All quiet on the UK’s lies industry front. #UKPolitics
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social "It’s the tax Tice failed to pay on profits from his property firm deposited in 4 shell entities: Tisun 1, 2, 3, 4.Their parent then donated to Reform."Just checked #BBCNews #website no sign UK, Home, Politics. Why? #BBCiplayer Laura Kuenssberg asked about it on her show.
@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social "It’s the tax Tice failed to pay on profits from his property firm deposited in 4 shell entities: Tisun 1, 2, 3, 4.Their parent then donated to Reform."Just checked #BBCNews #website no sign UK, Home, Politics. Why?
#BBCiplayer Laura Kuenssberg asked about it on her show. Please excuse me for not being able to reproduce all of a very long piece. I  posted important clips yesterday on Bluesky.
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Has the BBC missed the fact that Tice owes nearly 100k in tax only all I'm hearing atm is the same old about Mandelson
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
With the local elections fast approaching this deserves revisiting: Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant". Please share as widely as possible. The news media have a convenient habit of forgetting about Farage's service to Russia.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size? The bias is so obviously blatant. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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‘The tide is turning’, Green party leader tells crowd at march against far right – as it happened
Organisers claim half a million people are marching through central London, protesting against the rise of the far right
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This is perfect. Honest Bob too stupid to sustain his own insincerity
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
news.sky.com/story/number... The far right lies exploded
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Number of homicides in London falls to lowest in over a decade, says Met Police
The 2025 number of 97 homicides is the lowest recorded since 2014 when there were 95, new figures suggest.
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Well said Gary
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
As we approach 2026 a good time to remember that Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Here is a convicted sexual predator sat next to a king at a banquet . Here is a peaceful pensioner protesting against genocide being arrested. Just working on the words for the learning to read series I am developing for children (reading words and reading a society’s priorities)
Trump and King C Pensioner and police
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any gov’t to say who those rights should & should not apply to. If that happens than none of us has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
2025 has been a speed competition in normalising racism. And as Toni Morrison said, the serious function of racism is distraction. So 2025 has topped the charts in distraction from the real work to achieve societal progress. Wishing you a less distracted 2026. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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The normalisation of far-right rhetoric on immigration
People who have escaped the unimaginable horror of torture are increasingly being targeted by far-right violence in the UK
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 19/12/2025
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
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The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
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Kate Moore @oscarwoofs.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"The narrative that Badenoch is trying to spin is nothing more than a comforting fiction that allows men in our own culture to avoid responsibility." "It is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men who are known to the victim - partners, ex-partners, husbands, boyfriends, colleagues, classmates."
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 17/12/2025
I've written this open letter to Keir Starmer & @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social because, though I am desperately worried about NHS patients over the next 5 days, I know this strike by resident doctors is a desperate act of last resort. Please read.
An Open Letter to Keir Starmer & Wes Streeting as NHS Resident Doctors Commence Their 5-day Strike

17/12/25

Dear both,

In 2016, when junior doctors (as we were then called) went on strike against Jeremy Hunt’s reviled new contract, he deployed exactly the same tactics as you do today. He tried to divide and rule BMA leaders from their members, to turn public opinion against striking doctors, to smear us to the press at every opportunity. His favourite term of abuse was “militants”, though you favour words like “self-indulgent”, “irresponsible”, “dangerous”, “reckless,” “abandoning patients in their hour of greatest need.”

Jeremy Hunt learned from his mistakes. He has spoken publicly about bitterly regretting his bullying tactics. You, on the other hand, appear to have learned nothing from 2016. You assume the worst of the young doctors out on strike today – that they care only about self-enrichment, that they don’t give a damn about their patients. 

You could not be more wrong. They hate striking, which is a desperate act of last resort. But what choice do they have? 

Today’s young doctors face something beyond ludicrous - the modern farce that is NHS doctor unemployment. You, Wes Streeting, the man responsible for NHS workforce planning, lead a system so broken that there are doctors today literally unable to find jobs in the NHS you claim to be rebuilding. What a travesty in a country so desperately short of psychiatrists, GPs, radiologists, acute medics and NHS doctors of every kind. 

You offer the creation of some (not enough) new training posts to striking doctors as though this is benevolent, gracious. Well it’s not. It is frankly grotesque to say, “I won’t pay you more, but I am willing to decrease (though not eradicate) the chances of you being unemployed next year.” Small wonder we’re losing resident doctors to Australia in droves. 

Every attack and smear you deploy against resident doctors over the next five days only exacerbates their despair. Slo…
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear Reform UK has become the most referenced oppositional party on the BBC and ITV’s major news coverage, new research has found www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
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Reform become most referenced oppositional party on BBC and ITV News at Ten coverage
Reform UK was the most referenced oppositional party on the BBC and ITV's major news coverage in September 2025, new research has found.
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Fun fact - The Daily Mail has not favoured a party other than the Tories since its support for the British Union of Fascists - a pattern that would end with an endorsement of Reform UK.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Not sure how long Farage is going to get away with this sort of thing…. Long enough to get into No.10 where he can fully screw the country over? Or could he (for love of god) be investigated before then? Racism aside (which should end his career), he’s just so bloody corrupt… (Private Eye)
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"REFORM UK's •Britannia card' idea looks more like a sales pitch to potential donors than serious fiscal policy," said Eye 1653 when Nigel Farage unveiled it in July. And so it now seems.
The plan to re-introduce non-dom tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy who are resident in the
UK but have allegiance, assets and income abroad is drawing them to the party like bees to a honeypot.
The latest release of big party donors shows the party's largest ever donor, crypto investor Christopher Harborne, making a transformational £9m donation in August.

This follows the £10m he gave in 2019 and 2020, when the Eye revealed his network of offshore companies and a dual Thai identity, Chakrit Sakunkrit.
With extensive offshore interests, Harborne might stand to benefit from a Britannia card. He must currently be UK tax resident (as opposed to just domiciled) to be an eligible donor at this level - although Reform didn't respond to the Eye's request for confirmation of this, and declarations at Companies House give his residence as Thailand. He would also of course benefit from Farage's love-in with crypto - shown by his recent plugging of the digital token Tether, in which Harborne has a big stake, and his arguing for far more relaxed regulation of the crypto world.
NUMBER CRUNCHING
£500,00 Donation by
US-based George Soros to an anti-Brexit group in 2018, prompting Richard Tice of Leave Means Leave (and now a Reform UK MP) to say: 'He doesn't live here... What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?'

£9m Donation by Thai-based crypto investor Lord Harborne to Reform, announced last week
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
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