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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4h

Farage/Johnson/Brexiters hate the Brexit Russia connection… this is why… “Isolation from the rest of Europe is the result that Britain’s enemies wanted in 2016. Sticking to that path is the route they would choose for Britain again today if they had a vote.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on | Rafael Behr

Russian meddling probably didn’t affect the referendum result – but the Kremlin’s motives for wanting to undermine the EU still matter, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ukraine has hit a huge Russian data centre linked to bot farms. In unrelated news, does anyone know why every Reform account on Twitter is getting hardly any likes and shares?

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hmmm… who to believe… Andy Burnham or the compulsive liar who got sacked twice for lying, lied to Parliament, lied to The Queen, cheated on two wives and ignored the Ministerial Code. Tricky one.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm grateful to Justin Webb on Radio 4 this morning for letting Zia Yusuf repeatedly blame all the problems of the NHS on asylum seekers without challenge, as if it is an accepted fact.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

some of us worked this out a decade ago but it’s refreshing to see a prime minister say it out loud

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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Mason is an over promoted, overpaid odious jerk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Times from ten years ago this week. They were wrong. In fact Brexit is costing the UK economy roughly £100 billion a year. #ProjectFear

Hard Brexit
could cost
£66bn a year

Leaked Treasury papers reveal lost revenue

Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor
Ollver Wright Policy Editor

Cabinet ministers are being warned
that the Treasury could lose up_to
£66 billion a year in tax revenues under
"hard Brexit", according to leaked
government papers.

GDP.could fall by as much as 9.5 per
cent if Britain leaves the single market
and hastorely on WorldTrade Organi-
sation rules for trading with the conti-
nent, compared with ifit stayed within
the EU,theforecasts show.Such a steep
drop in revenue would force ministers
to slash public spending or raise taxes.
The £66 billion drop, contained in a
draft cabinet committee paper seen by
The Times, is nearly a tenth of the
£716 billion that the government is pro-
jected to collect in taxes this year,and is
equivalent to 65 per cent of the annual
budget of NHS England.

Business leaders are_increasingly
worried that the UK could fail to nego-
tiate a deal with the 27 remaining EU
members by the time it leaves the
union, and will face a "cliff edge" of
trade tariffs and barriers,

Several cabinet ministers who sup-
ported Remain are stepping up efforts
to prioritise business concerns and the
economy in Brexit discussions, fearing
that Leave supporters fail to realise the
scale of potential damage, It comes as:;
○ Theresa May faces a potential legal
challenge by a group of Conservative
MPs over the decision to begin Brexit
negotiations without parliament's
approval. The prime minister's spokes-
man ruledoutgiving MPs a voteyester-
day,saying thatitwould"second guess'
the will of the British people.
○ Dominic Grieve, the former attor-
ney-general, said that unless the gov,
ernment could agree,a deal supported
by parliament it would not survive.
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A Tory backbencher suggested that
British companies should hire disabled

Tuesday October 11 2016 | thetimes.co.uk | No 72038

people to do the work of EU migrants
after Brexit.

Mrs May visited Denmark and the
Nethe…

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report

Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch

Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fascinated by the Jack Smith/Eric Schmitt thing because I can’t grasp how desperate you would need to be to ‘own’ an opponent to end up in such a humiliating mess. I ‘think’ it’s because Trump loyalists have been so grossly dishonest that they have to convince themselves that the other lot are too.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mike Clancy @prospectunion.bsky.social - #Brexit the greatest disaster to befall the UK short of war. We need to go back into the EU #RejoinEU

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Stephen Boswell @longtonian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

britmap · 27 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 89 ● 99 ● 84 ● 100 Total: 939/1000 · www.britm.app

britm.app

britmap

The daily British history map puzzle.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nigel Farage is now a desperate man. Chasing every headline; no low too low; the politics of the gutter, racism and fear embraced. His pronouncement on Fairford trying to link with ZERO evidence to asylum is beyond pathetic.

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

www.gofundme.com/f/buy-a-new-...

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you for this, @privateeyenews.bsky.social Farage needs ridiculing far more. It’s a form of scrutiny he can’t cope with and one he so richly - yes pun intended - deserves.

TV HIGHLIGHTS
72 Up
The award-winning documentary series continues, charting the progress of one posh little boy, Nigel, over the years.
The last time we saw him was over a week ago in 36
Up when he had been given £36 million out of the blue.
In the latest instalment Nigel is given another £36 million, making the total donation a jaw-dropping £72 million.
This is a life changing moment for the former prep school boy who was recorded in the first episode singing the Horst Wessel song and coming up with charming but embarrassing comments about admiring Hitler.
As the clock moves forward
to 72 Up, viewers now see a completely different Nigel from the one we have come to know so well over the years
- from Europe-hating MEP to Brexit-promoting campaigner to the triumphant bin-defeating statesman of today. It's been a roller-coaster ride for Nigel
- and indeed the viewer - and this remarkable series ends with a poignant and moving climax in a Clacton oyster bar, where the older but no wiser Nigel faces the prospect of being Prime Minister and/or going to jail after criminal proceedings.
EYE VERDICT: "Boring, boring, Boring! Nothing to see here
- put a sock in it, love."

(Insert photo of him slurping up oysters)

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband

Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage

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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.

adviserservices.fidelity.co.uk

How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?

A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving

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Christopher 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪 @christophert42.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Notice the Welsh Reform members don't get a vote for who their leader is, so the one member who has one vote is Nigel Farage #bbcwato #wato

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jacob Rees-Mogg has put out a video about how everyone needs to "grow up" and put childhood things behind them and show a bit more backbone and be prepared to do things fir themselves. That's Jacob Rees-Mogg who as an adult ... quite literally went canvassing with his nanny.

Rees mogg and and an AI image of a man in a bowler hat

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Quite remarkable for a party leader to say this of a man arrested on suspicion of assault & coercive control. Or should be... Farage: “I am sorry for his personal difficulties that he is going through. No one’s life is ever seamless and I am quite sure he will come out of these before too long."

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Helen Jenner unveiled as Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after arrest of Dan Thomas

Nigel Farage dismisses loss of previous leader as ‘bump in the road’ and says party will ‘carry on as if nothing has happened’

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Billionaire 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?

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good letters in The Times on Canada’s moves towards the EU. Seems we’re far happier to discuss the strategic sense of Canada rethinking its allies and trade arrangements, than we are to discuss our own not-so splendid Brexit isolation. Looking very foolish again, UK.

EU suggestion of Canadian membership

2 of the letters

Sir, Gerard Baker is right ("Grin and bear it, Andy, and stick with Trump", comment, Sep 18)……

….The problem is that the US is neither as reliable nor as reliably friendly as it once was. If it is willing to impose tariffs on friends, that economy becomes rather less reassuring. If the US prevents the UK regulating to protect our children, those new industries are not as positively transformative as we may have thought. And if Washington no longer thinks European security is its concern, then all that military might counts for little as far as we re concerned. Ultimately, the UK has little choice but to try and limit its dependence on a partner that is far less reliable than it was, and to do so, in part, by working more closely with its European neighbours. Managing this without further irritating the US president must be the ambition.
Anand Menon
Professor of European, KCL; director, the UK in a Changing Europe

Sir, Mark Carney's address to the European parliament was
extraordinarily impressive. It was a vision of what politics can be when it looks beyond the next poll, election or headline. Carney spoke of Europe and Canada building something together based on democracy, freedom, sovereignty and resilience. He offered both a dream and a practical route towards it: co-operation in defence. energy, critical minerals, technology, Al, trade and education. What struck me most was the clarity and scale of his thinking. He spoke of the challenges confronting western democracies but did not simply complain about them: he asked what could be built in response.
His metaphor of the forest was particularly memorable: a single tree mav be brought down by the storm. but a forest will endure because its roots are interconnected. I am 80 and I cannot remember recently hearing a western political leader speak with quite this combination of ambition, seriousness and intellectual clarity.
Thomas Kendall

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If 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.

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a blatant threat to the RNLI, who are currently out of action in Portsmouth - ergo not saving lives, because staff are being terrorised. When will Mahmood take domestic terrorism of this nature seriously.

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Steff Ap Cennydd @steffapcennydd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Off duty (they're never off duty) RNLI volunteers are being advised to stop wearing apparel bearing the RNLI logo to avoid being abused by vile ignorant knuckledraggers. We should all wear RNLI caps etc to show solidarity with these bravest of brave volunteers. #RNLI shop.rnli.org/products/adj...

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Our exclusive RNLI baseball cap in navy and has an adjustable band at the back that fastens using a metal clasp embossed with the RNLI flag logo.

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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The £36m donations are legal and to change the law retrospectively would be outrageous! Yes, it was announced in Parliament on 25 March that the legislation would apply to any donations from that day onwards, but that was the day all Reform MPs staged a walk-out, so we missed it.

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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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From a party that plans to *retrospectively* remove basic human rights from those already granted asylum and leave to remain *and* demands we flounce out of the ECHR to control immigration, this is some next level arseholery from Jenrick, Tice and Reform.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Jenrick doesn't do self-awareness does he

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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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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Amazing. The BBC just led with the £36m donation to Farage without mentioning that the donor is a convicted criminal.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Annie Kenney was born on this day 1879.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”. Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.

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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The RNLI volunteer has told us that donations usually run at £20,000 per day. Currently running at £100,000 per day! Bloody brilliant!

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Deal with the cost of energy crisis, #RejoinEU

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026

A damning indictment of where hate leads. RNLI has to warn its volunteers - people who save lives - not to wear branded clothes for fear of being attacked. Absolutely shameful.

independent.co.uk

RNLI reviews security measures after far-right threats

The charity’s chief executive said the online abuse was ‘wholly unacceptable’

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Guardian view on UK-EU relations: voters would reward greater ambition The architects of Brexit know it has failed. That presents Andy Burnham with an opportunity to set a bolder new agenda. #RejoinEU #BrexitFail www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The Guardian view on UK-EU relations: voters would reward greater ambition | Editorial

Editorial: The architects of Brexit know it has failed. That presents Andy Burnham with an opportunity to set a bolder new agenda

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