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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

if true this is bonkers for a party supposedly committed to defending free speech

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James @northamptonian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A poem about National Poetry Day. From the time when Cockburns Port was sponsoring a poetry competition.

I saw the best wines of my generation
Drunk by some other bugger.
I’ve read Ginsburg; put down Kathy Acker
Knackered. I’ve
Given it a lot of thought
I’d rather have a glass of port
Than watch the same vague familiar faces
With gaping expressions all enthusing,
Proclaim on the behalf of the petty
That this specific art’s for the many.
This is all beyond me.
Like the stuff in Saatchi’s cold art gallery.
Self indulgence is not true poetry.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mum had dementia. 2 years of care home fees took every last penny of her savings and then her house was sold. When she asked who was paying I would lie and say it came free for over 90s now. It would have broken her heart to know everything she scraped n crimped to save was gone

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The infamous 1990s voucher privatisation scheme, designed to privatise the former Soviet businesses in Russia and give ordinary people a stake in the process, turbo-charged the emergence of the oligarchs.

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As someone has already pointed out this will hit those on carers allowance, many caring for elderly parents. Or disabled children. Discouraging carers of course will in the long run prove far more expensive.

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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In August this year, for 1 month, the Government made bus journeys free for children in England. Now, new figures show that the scheme enabled more than 14 million free child journeys. One bus service in the North East had 710% more child passengers than last summer. Our reaction 👇

Photo of Michael Solomon Williams with the quote, "As well as saving families money on millions of journeys, free child bus fares encouraged people to give the bus a try, inspiring a new generation of bus users. It's great to see this efficient, sustainable form of transport being given such a boost. But even with free fares, access to buses is not equal. One in seven people live in places without a decent bus service. The Government needs to do more to reconnect these transport deserts."

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Blessed are the Cracked, 2018 by UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Plate with patterned floral border and central motif of a woman holding up a sign with text ' Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light'

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Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country.

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did u know?Painting insects in a scientifically accurate way,for 15 yrs has given me a gift that helps me get through life-it's the art of noticing.All small souls display an unsullied disdain for man-made fripperies,as they go about their lives,which is liberating to witness.Celebrate the small 🪲🌍🎨

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'The Condemned House', Poplar (1985) by Doreen Fletcher doreenfletcherartist.com

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote about Ben Delo back in July... was obvious something like this was about to happen. Also, further evidence that Starmer was completely asleep. Donations reform should have been a priority as soon as Labour got in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm feeling very burned out at the moment. Sick of my own voice trying to chaperone this book into the world, never more conscious of closed doors, keen to move on, tired from a long battle after my ex-publisher imploded & stole my earnings. But I can't pretend it's not nice to see stuff like this.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power

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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire

Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.

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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry

As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In normal circumstances, he’d be referred to as “His Worship the Mayor”, but fine fine.

"The 1st sod' (pictured)”

A mayor turns the first sod on a construction project.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yes exactly right. A statement solidly rooted in British history, calling on longstanding precedent while directly confronting present day transgressions. It isn't that hard, is it? So you begin to wonder about the calibre of today's politicians

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.

‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fellow travellers of the far right Media normalising fascism bsky.app/profile/thet...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That's HILARIOUS. And I totally know that scene from The Sopranos. It's my favorite TV show of all-time.

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I honestly think the proportion of voters who are not horrified by sight of paramilitary on our streets is tiny. I'm sure even most Reform voters find it repugnant. To think otherwise is a real disservice to the British public in general

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Important thread.

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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fucking hell I knew he was a git but he’s proved it without doubt here Robert Jenrick responded with 'boo hoo' when questioned about a female protester being hit with a walking stick and dragged by her hair at the Reform Conference. This is outrageous from an MP!

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The suggestion that if a women speaks out in public she should accept being met with male violence is disgusting and totally unacceptable. From anyone, let alone an MP He needs to apologise to all women

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I think the British public need some kind of assurance from our Gov that the ongoing organisation of paramilitary groups will not be tolerated. That those involved will be held responsible. Burnham needs to step up or many of us will lose faith him

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

UK man starts potential right wing terrorist group, amplified by Russian / Israeli networks, Home Office asleep at the wheel. In follow up posts the agitator states “we are not voting our way out of this” implying violent uprising.

Potential terrorist group bragging about memberships

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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is not patriotism. It is intimidation. Hundreds of masked men in black storming Dover Port, blocking nationally critical infrastructure and chanting “I’m England until I die” is a disgrace.

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thank you for posting this. I was on verge of writing to you about how intimidating I found this even from hundreds of miles away The Gov needs to speak out loud and clear.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Surprise! The outfit blocking roads and the port in Dover includes seriously violent thugs

Description of the criminal record of one of the thugs (there are more) from the article

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/09/2026

“It’s crucial to remember that Farage is a symptom, not a cause. He’s the beneficiary of forces that are upending systems across the world.” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on why it all comes back to the cash trail… www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...

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Follow the money: the Farage funding timeline

As the revelations around donations to Reform and its leader multiply, we’re keeping the receipts. Carole Cadwalladr introduces a master timeline of our investigation into Farage’s biggest funder, cry...

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One dodgy donation from foreign billionaires might be forgiven, but this is beginning to look like we are being sold to highest bidder.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The polling company JL Partners is unwilling to follow the rules, so should not be in the polling council. Also the Telegraph appears to have lied about the provenance of the poll it published. Even if they didn't know that Reform commissioned it, it was dishonest to suggest it was a Telegraph poll.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've just submitted the manuscript for my next book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY. It's about the loss of England's chalk downland - a tale of flowers, fertility, fascism and freedom. Published by William Collins on 22nd April 2027; pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Photo shows the printed manuscript for my book, The Ghosts of Chalk Country, by Guy Shrubsole. Background shows a cork board covered in old postcards, photos and paintings of chalk landscapes, including some Eric Ravilious watercolours, and a postcard of the Cerne Giant wearing underpants.

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Imagine completing 30 marathons in 35 days in 2010 , then in 2026 the entire British press declaring to the world that you are lying, making it up. What does that do to your mind? To anyone's mind, your grip on reality? This is the most shameful episode in journalism ever

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Here‘s the real story from @nafeez.bsky.social The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Why doesn't the media scrutinize Farage's lies as ferociously as Arday's fantasies?

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Listen to yourself. Trying to justify the wholly unhinged response of our media to a story about a man who may have exaggerated his past achievements. 200+ stories in national newspapers! That's not a reasonable or even sane response. But it's where racism leads you. Into totally vile mad places

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lizbot3.bsky.social @lizbot3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Racism really is a mental disease, isn't it. A man hounded to death over his alleged plagiarism! Sane people do not respond to such misdemeanors with the savagery displayed by the right wing media.

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