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Barbara Penny

@lizziedrip.bsky.social
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Yorkshire Christian Buddhist, Mother, Nana, Auntie, Great Auntie, Friend, Tree hugger, Friend and Defender of the Planet and its beings, Peace Campaigner

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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just signed the petition calling for Nigel Farage to keep his hands off our favourite TV shows!
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jess Craven (@jesscraven101)
This courage— from the woman who witnessed and filmed Alex Pretti’s murder—is like nothing I’ve ever seen OMG 😭 Thank you to Senator Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia for giving Stella an opportunity to fina...
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The public wants public OWNERSHIP, not public CONTROL. We Own It's new report explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership. I have just sent the report to my MP. Can you take 2 mins now to send it to your MP too? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/burn...
weownit.org.uk
Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: Share our NEW report with your MP
Your MP can be one of the MPs telling the Prime Minister that he has to deliver public ownership.
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We finally have a chance to fix the unfair tax system so taxes on wealth match taxes on income. Sign the petition now!
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/water-bi...
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The People’s Sewage Refund
💷🌊 We pay for sewage to be properly treated. Yet our waterways are still being polluted. If the service isn’t being delivered, why should we keep paying for it? Demand The People’s Refund. Add your na...
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/water-bi...
act.38degrees.org.uk
The People’s Sewage Refund
💷🌊 We pay for sewage to be properly treated. Yet our waterways are still being polluted. If the service isn’t being delivered, why should we keep paying for it? Demand The People’s Refund. Add your na...
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Vast data centres are using up massive amounts of resources and disrupting local communities. And the government doesn’t have a plan for how to deal with them. Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social foe.uk/38h0y
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
via The Unheard Majority
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Vast data centres are using up massive amounts of resources and disrupting local communities. And the government doesn’t have a plan for how to deal with them. Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social foe.uk/38h0y
foe.uk
Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This kind-hearted rescuer visits the dog he saved in its forever home every year, and their bond couldn’t be more pure.. ❤️
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
substack.com/@harryblebow...
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EPLURIBUSUNUM18 (@harryblebowitz387977)
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We don’t know why Rokos left the UK. But we do know only extractors chase bargain basement tax rates. Real wealth creators & community builders want a decent country—strong public services, good transport & healthy, happy, highly skilled people. That starts with fair taxes.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thames Water has long passed its notice period. Labour can use its massive majority to nationalise it right now.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Six-year-old Chinese girl ‘sets new women’s Rubik’s Cube world record’
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Six-year-old Chinese girl ‘sets new women’s Rubik’s Cube world record’
Lian Yunzhi solves 3x3 puzzle on several occasions in average time of under 4.5 seconds, according to state media
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Britain needs to see real change from Burnham's first Budget! It's time to tax the super-rich, and back our communities with the investment they need to thrive. I wrote to the PM to demand better. Will you add your name? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Britain needs to see real change from Burnham's first Budget! It's time to tax the super-rich, and back our communities with the investment they need to thrive. I wrote to the PM to demand better. Wil...
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Spain stands with the #NuclearBan. 80% of people, 132 cities, and the PM want in. As the Foreign Affairs committee votes on PNL 161/001673, they must choose the TPNW for disarmament and justice for victims. It is time to say yes. app.sosha.ai/s/Msetn20j
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌍 11,000+ signatures, one message: Andy Burnham, it’s time to Secure Our Future. We're calling for him to: 🌐 Deliver the UK’s climate and nature commitments 🌿 Pass the Nature + National Security Bill 🔥 No new oil and gas licenses 💚 Join our campaign: zerohour.uk/join youtu.be/GC4e4SHapPQ
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🌿 🌍 Andy Burnham: it’s time to SECURE OUR FUTURE!
YouTube video by Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature
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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Minister Torches Billionaire Who Claimed Britain Is 'On The Slide' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bridge...
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Minister Torches Billionaire Man Utd Owner Who Claimed Britain Is 'On The Slide'
Bridget Phillipson dubbed Jim Ratcliffe a “tax exile” who has “lost the moral high ground”.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 20/09/2026
We have no choice but to use our water company. Abtisam Mohamed is absolutely spot on This monopoly has failed for years, yet the government allows them to keep our water It's time for this to change. Bring water into public ownership
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he hosts his own primetime show on GB News. We believe Ofcom should investigate whether he broke impartiality rules on 15 September 2026. Use our template to write a letter to Ofcom's CEO:
bestforbritain.org
Tell Ofcom's CEO: How can Farage be impartial presenting a programme on party donations? - Best for Britain
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Urgent: the government is soon to decide whether to give the green light to Rosebank, a move that would lock us into decades more climate-wrecking oil. @friends-earth.bsky.social tool helped me ask my MP to say no to new oil and gas – will you do the same? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/deman...
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Demand an end to climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects
Take action The fight to stop new oil and gas is heating up. And it’s a fight we can’t afford to lose. After a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, climate breakdown is impossible to ignore. Yet Prime...
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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Billionaire Man Utd owner and Monaco resident Jim Ratcliffe says he's lost confidence in the UK, and people think that's a bit rich coming from him www.thepoke.com/2026/09/20/b...
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Billionaire Man Utd owner and Monaco resident Jim Ratcliffe says he’s lost confidence in the UK, and people think that’s a bit rich coming from him
You know who we don’t hear from half enough these days? Billionaires. Poor dears are being silenced left, (far) right and centre. So, over to you Sir Jim Ratcliffe, petrochemical billionaire and part ...
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 20/09/2026
My nan has dementia, and every day she meets my dog for the first time and falls in love with him over and over again.
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
substack.com/@vilniusscho...
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Edmond Bertrand (@vilniusschoolmaster)
Stock trades by President while in office Bill Clinton: 0 (8 years) George W Bush: 0 (8 years) Barack Obama: 0 (8 years) Donald Trump: 54 (4 years) Joe Biden: 0 (4 years) Donald Trump: 3,624 (1...
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
💰Hoarded wealth is holding us all back. That's why we've sent Burnham a message in a bottle from 150,000 of you, with a treasure map to track it down. We can turn the UK around, but we have to end the failed austerity experiment & finally invest properly in our country.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Streisand Effect. Congrats, Robert Kraft and pro genocide supporters. You've just made Macklemore and his speech mentioning "Free Palestine" into a global issue, galvanizing the majority.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And if he can be in command of the armed services and the largest arsenal in the world, but can’t own a firearm, let’s do away with that rule as well.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 15/09/2026
This would end careers BT.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We stand with Macklemore against censorship and the suppression of artists speaking out against Israel's war crimes and genocide in Gaza. ✍️Add your name: thecorbynproject.com/macklemore
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The only thing better than the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of mail-in ballots is the #CryBaby-In-Chief's predictable, but oh-so tiresome meltdown when he loses. #Waaahhh 😭 😩
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox @revdrmatthewfox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If there is such a force as the Antichrist, & I believe there is, I believe animating this dark presence requires a rising collective atmosphere of fear, lawlessness, entitlement, hatred, prejudice, panic, [&] growing social, political, economic & environmental crises. ~CarolineMyss bit.ly/4yq4dk7
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump Spirals as Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Mail-In Voting 👍 newrepublic.com/post/215421/...
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Trump Spirals as Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Mail-In Voting
Donald Trump also freaked out about the other major losses the Supreme Court has dealt him.
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Nancy and Lottie @nancyandlottie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The toddler is ill. Nurse Nancy is keeping her under constant observation.
A very worried black labrador stands guard at the feet of a coughing toddler
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From pedophilia to bestiality, the GOP has become a party my grandparents wouldn’t recognize…
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"So, what should really worry us all, though, is what this story tells us about inequality in the UK, the gap between the very wealthiest and everyone else, and the scare tactics being used to maintain the status quo." 👏 Thanks to Stephen Kinsella OBE for pushing back on the panic.
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 Breaking 🚨 We just delivered the first petition to No10 North in Manchester. With partners @38degrees.bsky.social, @oxfamgb.bsky.social and @patmillsuk.bsky.social, over 150k people are calling on Andy Burnham to tax the extreme hoarded wealth of the super-rich.
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200648/...
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House of Lords reform
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please si...
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🐬📢 We're taking action against destructive bottom trawling in Italy📢🐬 With our partners Legambiente and the support of @bluemarinef.bsky.social, we’re urging the authorities to take steps to avoid the destruction of MPAs and protect their vitally important marine habitats and species. 1/5
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Police are investigating Reform UK over allegations that it broke foreign funding laws. It's clearly time to kick big money out of our politics. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200435/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Reform UK under Police investigation
The Police are investigating Reform UK over allegations that it broke foreign funding laws. It's clearly time to kick big money out of our politics. Please sign the letter.
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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
38d.gs/jpcf
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The dog at the shelter holds the reporter's hand and refuses to let go. In the end, the reporter adopts the dog. Original post
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Who'd have thought it? inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Inside Restore's links to the far right and the AfD
The victory in Germany of the far-right AfD was welcomed by Rupert Lowe
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Barbara Penny @lizziedrip.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’ll always believe that disgraceful treasonous fraud John Fetterman was a plant by fascist republicans from the very beginning. He should be removed from office and charged with defrauding voters.
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