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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.
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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂 @andychester.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 02/05/2025
Because good information isn’t reaching the vast majority of politically unengaged voters any more.
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Oh yes. Thank Head for Private eye!
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨🚨 Things can always get worse: last hideous move by #Trump admin is a plan to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with #Russia potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
💥 We’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 …to rapidly build Canada & Europe closer together on all fronts. Video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/ Please share!
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Please read and repost … so important
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Oh yeah, I forgot: rich people are too poor to pay tax, whereas poor people are so rich that we can always cut a few of their benefits. That sounds plausible and rational, which is why it's the basis of our entire tax and benefits system.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump to Zelenskyy: "You’re either going to make a deal or we are out and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out [with Russia]. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty" Textbook racketeering.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Farage couldn’t be more disconnected from the lives of his voters without changing his surname to Antoinette." My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on this week's spatter of omnidirectional bullshit from Nigel Farage, Trump's final friend in Europe www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
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Russell Jones's Week Moment: Nigel Farage Launches His 'Vapid Response Unit' for Donald Trump
The Reform UK leader had a tough time defending the indefensible this week, reports Russell Jones
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The leaders of France, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Norway, Ireland and Spain have all tweeted support for Zelenskyy and Ukraine over Trump. Putin thought he could divide Europe, and a victory for Trump would weaken the west. Wrong on both counts.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The EU's foreign policy chief has just said "the free world needs a new leader" after Trump's behaviour today. In case you're in the USA and your news outlets aren't making you aware: Trump is turning your country from the Number 1 power on the planet into a complete irrelevance.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Weirdly, I wrote about yesterday's events in the Oval Office ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY HAPPENED. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
It seems to me senseless to remain as we are, locked in nostalgia for a unipolar world, clinging to the false hope that an increasingly isolationist, divided, deranged, and debt-burdened nation 3000 miles away is our only saviour. Europe and the UK now stand at a crossroads. One path leaves us guessing what new spasm of insanity will emerge from an egotistical, sullen, and potentially demented old man. Will we be left undefended against threats from the East? Will we remain weak in the face of currency speculation? Will our sovereign territory be invaded by US troops? Or will we merely face Trumpism’s gangster demands that we hand over half or our mineral wealth in return for peace?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/02/2025
Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’
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Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’
Lauded former editor ‘appalled’ by billionaire newspaper owner’s overhaul of opinion section to narrow focus * Don’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting. Marty Baron, a highly regarded…
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This man is truly terrifying for the entire world.
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Incredible scoop here from Hope not Hate:
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
If Trump had any history of consistency, honesty or keeping his word then you’d have to say that Starmer has played a blinder.
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is so important and indeed why it was originally formed
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Ann (she/her) @agvbergin.net · 21/02/2025
Just been reminded that neither Thames Water or Southern Water have complete maps of their sewers.
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Two UK water companies lack complete maps of sewage networks
Shortage of data raises questions over condition of infrastructure as groups seek sharp increases in bills
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/02/2025
📢While Sky posts shiny videos claiming to be “proud of who we are”, they keep funding anti-LGBTQ+ hate by placing ads on GB News. Join over 15,000 people and tell Sky: Stop funding hate on GB News 👇 action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...
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Sky must stop funding hate speech
CW: Homophobia, hate speech Sky launched its programme for Pride 2024 with a ringing declaration the company was “proud to celebrate LGBTQ+ stories”. But while it was posting shiny videos claiming to ...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Despite claiming to love his country, Nigel Farage’s silence on Trump, Putin and Ukraine shows where his loyalties really lie www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/agent-farage
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Agent Farage
Despite claiming to love his country, Nigel Farage’s silence on Trump, Putin and Ukraine shows where his loyalties really lie
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Interesting, horribly visual and valid perspective
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Claire Young MP 🔶 @claireyoungmp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Donald Trump’s latest rant against President Zelensky could have been written by the Kremlin - spewing ludicrous and false attacks, seeking to divide the alliance that has helped Ukraine stand strong. Shameful.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
In other words, a group of law-abiding citizens had their doors smashed in by the Border Force at night, because the Prime Minister wanted some "man of action" pictures for the telly. And this is regarded as a political "F-up", not an abuse of state power. It's like we learned nothing from Windrush
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The gap in time in between the US administration attacking and undermining the UK, and the leader of His Majesty's supposedly opposition parroting their words wholesale, is getting shorter and shorter www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-collab...
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Appalling. We are marching headlong into the terrible parts of our past
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Shocking … absolutely shocking
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maddsfrench.bsky.social @maddsfrench.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
There goes Free Speech right there
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: "Why does Elon Musk and his minions need access to the names, social security numbers, addresses, birth dates and bank account info of millions of Americans? ...Why aren't House Republicans stopping them? ...They're simply following far-right extreme orders."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms and businesses. U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Proud that the #LibDems are highlighting the scale of the online crime epidemic. With more than 70,000 cases in 23/24 and victims robbed of an average of £827 - it is clearer than ever that we need a new, dedicated Online Crime Agency to protect consumers.
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Online shopping fraud losses up 20 to £56 million
Consumers reported 68,000 cases of online shopping fraud in the 2023-24 financial year.
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Sodham Hall Jackie 🏏 @jackiecarroll.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Me (to hubby): oh Kay Burley is retiring from Sky News Hubby: is she off to GB News? Says it all… news.sky.com/story/kay-bu...
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Kay Burley retires from Sky News after 36 years
Kay Burley has announced she is retiring from Sky News after 36 years at the broadcaster.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Brass Monkeys @brassmonkeys.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Americans in a land-grab, wiping out the native population to build cities? Where have we heard that before? They'll probably call it 'pioneering'...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Senator Chuck Schumer sums it up
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 04/02/2025
✍️ Trump 2.0 is already proving chaotic and vindictive. What next? Trump’s early moves have been to destabilise parts of US governance and to ramp up the threat of trade wars, even against the United States’ allies | Jane Thomas
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Trump 2.0 is already proving chaotic and vindictive. What next?
Trump’s early moves have been to destabilise parts of US governance and to ramp up the threat of trade wars, even against the United States’ allies
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The announcement to shut five further Lloyds bank branches and Halifax building society offices in the North East... ...has caused outrage from customers, local businesses and MPs warning of a ‘banking desert’ and harm to rural communities.
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Outrage after further bank closures are announced in Northumberland
Lloyds' plan to shut five more North East branches sparks outrage, with MP warning of a ‘banking desert’ and harm to rural communities
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I think we are all searching in vain for evidence that Donald Trump or Elon Musk are serving America rather than other interests. Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thou shalt not kill' also means 'thou shalt not let profit margins decide who lives and who dies.'
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
👇👇👇👇
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/02/2025
We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
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