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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 21/06/2026

Brexit alone certainly didn't do for Starmer, but it's a major aggravating factor. If his position on the EU had been very different these last two years, he would not now be Googling removals firms. When it comes to prime ministers, Brexit's the closest thing to a guaranteed job-killer.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

What Burnham and Streeting have done in splitting the Labour Party and causing infighting, all to further their own personal ambitions and careers means I will NEVER forgive either of them. I will never support either of them and will never personally vote for anyone who gives backing to either.

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Shelly Wilson @shellywilson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Utter bloody madness. Who knows where Burnham stands or where the money will come from for his grandiose schemes. He cannot simply waltz in unopposed.

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Marlowe_UK @irishdreamer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

How could they not have understood the implications? They were QUITE LITERALLY putting a massive barrier in between them and their biggest customers. They did it because they believed French fishermen would be bankrupted. It was always about racism.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Farage argues that the mainstream media constantly distorts what he has to say. This is the guy who has built his brand on uncritical coverage in the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and - sadly - the BBC.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is why the mainstream media is in such trouble all over the western world. This hypocrisy, deception and manipulation is repeated across the press and broadcasters in Europe and America - yet we ask why nobody trusts us anymore. To fix democracy we must fix the media. It’s a simple truth.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is Farage’s Britain. A hellscape of racism and riots. Decency cast aside. No responsible media platform should have given him this opportunity. A disgraceful, disrespectful day. Yet another warning to us all that all Farage will ever do is hurt and ruin and divide.

Family's plea for calm ignored

Photo of protesters gathered in Southampton with their flags

Henry Nowak protesters accused of 'hijacking' tragedy after pelting police with bricks

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Ian Martin @democritus3.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

There could not be more obvious Russian asset than Farage. A regular on RTNews, admirer of Putin, co-architect of pro-Russian Brexit, & a rabble-rouser using racism to destabilise the UK. The media have propelled him into mainstream politics & must bear responsibility for the violence he engenders.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Many thanks to Laura Kuenssberg for not asking Robert Jenrick about my £5 million gift or dodgy house purchases and for not interrupting him while he spread our propaganda.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Farage's Reform UK handed £15m by offshore millionaires, while patriotic Brits pay taxes Wealthy people, big business, foreign-linked money funding Reform, shaping UK politics. What have they been promised in return? End political corruption. Criminalise receipt/payment of all political donations

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Farage's Reform handed near £15m by offshore millionaires while Brits pay taxes

Analysis of Electoral Commission records shows that 18 Reform donors with offshore links gave the party almost £15million in 2025 — out of a total £18.6million in registered donations

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Andrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The govt introduced new sanctions. Some of those come fully into force immediately, some will be phased in over several months. All existing sanctions remain in place. Nothing has been relaxed. The govt’s actions have been officially announced & were prominently addressed at PMQs on Wednesday.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 23/05/2026

Personally: Concentrate regulation of media & publishing in one place Declare social media companies as publishers Disallow owners that don’t live and pay tax in the UK Give the regulator f*uk-off fangs Fire the BBC board and senior mgrs in BBC news For starters.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11/05/2026

Starmer says “We will put Britain at the heart of Europe” The Prime Minister championed restoring the UK back to the 'heart' of Europe. While that resonates with the majority of the country, where is the path that drives over his red lines to get us there? northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...

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Starmer says “We will put Britain at the heart of Europe”

The Prime Minister championed restoring the UK back to the 'heart' of Europe. While that is the right sentiment that resonates with the majority of the country, where is the path that drives over his ...

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Say what you like about the British press, but I find it reassuring that they spend months ripping apart a Labour PM for properly declaring some glasses and football tickets, then all but ignore someone who wants to be PM when he tries to cover up a £5 million gift.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 10/05/2026

Someone should replace Starmer and reboot Labour with a "Think Big, Act Bold" slogan (or similar) and huge ideas like introducing PR, rejoining the EU and so on. That will slice through the wall of noise around politics put up by the RW media.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Just embarrassing to see the Lib Dems limit themselves to demanding a customs union. Would take years to negotiate and achieve very little. Party policy currently serving to restrain European demands rather than encourage them.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 09/05/2026

The obvious way for Labour to survive and even thrive against Britain's insanely biased right wing press: Have policies so loud and so brash that the RW media can never drown the message out. Like rejoining the EU. Like implementing PR.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Be fair. Everyone makes a slip of the tongue. Only yesterday, I accidentally told someone I was secretary general of NATO.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If there’s one thing I hope comes out of the antisemitism crisis in the Green Party, it’s that more people on the left finally sit up and take note of what is happening. There is a nasty, extremist faction on the left that thrives on self-righteousness, intimidation and lies. 1/7

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Correction: almost no fuss

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat. That won't cleanse UK politics. Must ban all political donations and second jobs for MPs. They must not receive personal benefit from any political bribe. Anything less won't free politics from the clutches of super-rich.

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Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat

Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Interesting reference just now to "the left-leaning Daily Mirror" on the Today Programme. I hope this practice is going to become routine, & that we'll be reminded of the political affiliations of The Daily Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun, The Express & The Times. It would actually be quite healthy.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Westminster chatterers really need to get out of the bubble and discover their viewers and readers real concerns. Mason, Kuenssberg, Coates and the rest of them have an unhealthy obsession with who's up and who's down. More like court correspondents.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Thrust of Alicia Kearns' rant was that the PM ought to have been more curious, spotted red flags, demanded more vetting. All of which is very true, but still quite funny from a China hawk who, when her researcher was charged with spying for China, responded: 🤷🏽‍♂️ I trusted him and trusted the vetting.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Curse of Private Equity. Claire’s to close remaining UK stores, 1,000+ job losses. Unsecured creditors to lose £10.6m. Same PE owner to close 100 TG Jones (WH Smith) shops, plans to use insolvency procedure to avoid paying creditors. The same firm gutted The Original Factory Shop and Hobbycraft.

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Claire’s to close remaining UK stores on Tuesday with more than 1,000 job losses

Sources say staff have been asked to pack up final stock and equipment after waves of closures

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M & S @steinmd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

No. A Starmer resignation will simply embolden the right-wing MSM to push harder. A GE is their goal.

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I think most of us are bored to death of this #Mandelson stuff. We know that after the craziness of the last 10 years journalists have become crisis junkies. We also know the far-right are going to go after Starmer continually because he's blocking their crypto game. UK politics is becoming tedious.

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Ruth @ruthr1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Labour MPs need to realise this isn’t about getting rid of Starmer it’s about destabilising the Labour govt and getting rid of all of you .. for Nigel and his mates ! The media have been on overdrive on this since July 24 .. it’s the latest attempt but not the last !

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Emma-Jane @e-jc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary. The media must have missed that one.

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Marlowe_UK @irishdreamer.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Guardian putting the boot into Starmer again in its relentless campaign to put Farage into power. My hatred for assholes like Freedland for this enablement is endless.

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MrMirth @mrmirth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This is boring. Are we back here again. One can tell their are elections near. The media start whipping up old stories again. They are so desperate to get rid of Starmer and replace him with a Corbyn style figure. We all know where that leads.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 14/04/2026

The best thing Labour can do is introduce PR. That would all but assure them a role in UK government long into the future. And that in turn would finally bring a desperately needed element of long-termism to our woefully short-termist political system.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

“Brexit betrayal” - oh for god’s sake.. Every day, we’re paying to be poorer. We’re paying to be second class citizens on our own continent. We’re paying to queue. We’re paying for more red tape. We’re paying to be less secure and less trusted. Brexit IS the betrayal. And so is defending it.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Good luck to my friend Viktor Orban with the election in Hungary. I hope that one day I get the chance to emulate his good work of controlling the media, undermining the independence of courts, rigging the electoral system, politicising the civil service and surveilling political opponents.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A 🇺🇦 “drone is believed to have struck Vladimir Putin's lead frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the Black Sea port in a fresh blow to the Russian leader.” Damage as yet unknown but the vessel, has been used to pummel Ukraine with deadly Kalibr cruise missiles apple.news/AenNE6O8-QcW...

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Putin humiliated as prized warship 'attacked by Ukraine in Russian port' — The Mirror

A drone struck Vladimir Putin's frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the Black Sea port, according to Kyiv's drone forces commander Robert Brovdi

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 26/03/2026

Campaigners warn East Anglia faces industrialisation as pylons, solar farms and mega-projects threaten farmland and historic landscapes | Rosie Pearson

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East Anglia under siege: the battle to save our countryside

Campaigners warn East Anglia faces industrialisation as pylons, solar farms and mega-projects threaten farmland and historic landscapes

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Bloody hell. From secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as ‘think tanks’ (who continue to dominate our discourse despite Liz Truss demonstrating the dangers) to a secretly-funded political party. Should have seen that coming.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

If they haven’t got journalists who are knowledgable enough and competent enough to challenge him ON THE SPOT with factual rebuttals, don’t give Farage a slot until they do. THe NHS is broken: Immigration Inflation: Immigration Crime: Immigration Food: Immigration

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/03/2026

Chancellor Rachel Reeves argued that where it was in the national interest, the UK should be “prepared to align with EU regulation, including in further areas of the single market”. Reeves is right. Deeper alignment is the quickest way to deliver economic growth and unlock Britain's potential...

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All the signs that Labour wants to undo Brexit

The Government says it will not rejoin the customs union or single market, but senior figures have been pushing for clos

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 17/03/2026

I'd like to see the practice abolished whereby the managers or directors of a failing business can bankrupt it, buy up the assets for a song, and continue exactly as before only minus the debt. It incentivises poor behaviour, especially when the firm's finances are looking shaky.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Typical Times doing its overbearing brexity parent act. Telling Reeves she can try to improve market access with the EU but nothing more. Because then we’d be “supplicants”. Ffs. The endless tedium of it. Get over yourselves. Look at our geopolitical insecurity and the actual numbers (Private Eye).

Closer EUlinks are sensible but proceed with caution

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Rachel Reeves’s Mais lecture in the City of London this week is expected to be a milestone in the gradual recalibration of Britain’s relationship with Europe. Almost a decade after the referendum, there is a sense that the bitter political warfare that polarised the country during the Brexit debate is fading. Businesses, particularly the smaller ones, are now much more focused on practical measures such as how to smooth trade.

Speaking to The Times, the chancellor said Brexit had adversely affected economic growth but “there’s an awful lot we can do to improve our trading relations.

Where that requires alignment in our national interest, we should absolutely align.” Her central point is difficult to dispute.

It surely makes sense for Britain to pursue more bilateral arrangements with the EU where they improve access to the single market. On that front, closer ties with our neighbour and largest trading partner seem both sensible and overdue.
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Equally, Britain should not sell itself short during negotiations. Only yesterday a new possible demand emerged over university tuition fees. These must be treated on merit. In addition the chancellor must not allow the many committed Europhiles in her party to see these limited steps as a staging post on the way to rejoining the customs union. Handing back control of Britain’s trade policy to Brussels would be a retrograde step. The UK would have to align with EU trade rules and unpick some agreements already struck with other countries. It would once again become a supplicant, dependent on the consent of 27 states.

Indeed some believe those who support rejoining the customs union see the trade deals as a way back to full membership.

That ship has sailed. But the chancellor should keep asking the question on market access.

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0.08% Expected growth by
2038 from 'Brexit win' of Trans-Pacific
CPTPP trade deal
0.08% Expected growth by
2035 from Australia trade deal
0.07% Expected growth by 2035 from CEPA trade deal with Japan 0.03% Expected growth by
2035 from New Zealand trade deal
-4% Long-term loss of growth caused by the Brexit that enabled these 'wins'

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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This is how messed up our media is. The same papers who vilified Blair over Iraq suddenly now worship the ground he walks on because he disagrees with Starmer. Please just stop buying this stuff. Stop your media subscriptions. Find genuine impartial news. There are plenty of other outlets.

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Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The default assumption that "the right is brilliant at politics" is undermined by their stance on Iran. Twice as many Brits oppose action against Iran as support it. Starmer's initial reluctance was the only sane response to a war that makes Iraq 2003 look like a masterpiece of strategic planning.

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midlander @ukbygaslight.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The point is to topple this govt. Oligarchs own the media for a reason. Those people that ‘Broke Britain’ are anti NHS/public sector, anti new employment laws, anti renters rights, anti green energy, anti EU, anti tech regulation, & anti international law. They want their people in government.

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