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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
12 asylum seekers. 12! Despicable xenophobic nimbyism. Some councillors in Llandudno should be ashamed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Plans to house asylum seeker in Llandudno opposed by Conwy County Council
Councillors said they had been informed of the plans but prohibited from speaking on the matter.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And here we go. Didn't take long. A predictable response. How low can you go? Now we know. Rupert Lowe.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
carbonbrief.org
Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon Brief
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing…
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Seriously concerned that certain scumbags in black balaclavas will have a meltdown at the sight of a strong, confident woman of colour striding forward on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
'Everywoman' statue unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth
Tschabalala Self's Lady in Blue will sit atop the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square for the next two years.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another Reform Uk political titan leaves the battlefield. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Sunderland City Council deputy leader steps down
Daniel Cowie is expected to continue representing Sunderland's Grangetown ward as a councillor.
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
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Colin Payne🇬🇧💛💙💚🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱 @minophis.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026
Small boat crossing are down by 43% from this time last year. it is not getting worse, it is getting better. Net UK migration is down 80% in the last 3 years. We don't have a migration problem, we have a migration obsession problem. A right wing narrative problem.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve. It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives It will make us worse off and remove our rights. Just like Brexit. The ECHR belongs to us all. It’s not theirs to take. Please sign www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
europeanmovement.co.uk
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
16.35 BST Today Richard Tice is now speaking and, during the address, a banner has appeared behind him reading “Collect £5 million, burn the planet”. The banner, which also depicted Nigel Farage in a top hat and carrying a bag of money, remained visible for several minutes before being taken down.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Orr and Jukes "step down" for now, while Farage squirms and rants about being set up in a hoax sting operation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Farage aides step down after undercover report on Reform UK donations
James Orr and Dan Jukes have stepped down from positions pending outcome of party investigation, says Reform UK
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I assume Zia is referring to the Tories who shafted the country for 14 years, like Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Nadhim Zahawi, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrew Rosindell, Andrea Jenkyns...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Brexit is costing the UK £11.7bn a year in lost exports according to findings by Logistics UK. And a business survey by the European Movement UK has revealed that 73% of firms say that Brexit has had a negative impact on their businesses - with 98% wanting the UK to rejoin the EU’s single market.
independent.co.uk
True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It would be impossible to guess any of this from most media coverage.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yet again msm and social media goes into a frenzy because Reform suggest they may, possibly, if they are elected, consider a proposal of an idea they may implement. Could be almost 3 years til a GE. Farage & Reform are losing support and credibility. A very long way from No.10. Ignore 'em.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Much of this reflects deliberate seasonal burning. Across sub-Saharan Africa, fire is a long-standing tool for clearing land, managing pasture, and preparing fields for planting. The DRC leads all countries with 13.6 million hectares burned, an area roughly the size of England.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Mail blames Labour. The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries. About 6% of the UK is defined as wilderness. Rewilding schemes in England only cover few thousand hectares and generally aimed at making the local environment wetter, so less likely to burn. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
dailymail.com
Eco-dogma is blamed for turning Britain into a tinderbox
With temperatures forecast to hit 38C today, campaigners say the Government has ignored warnings that its policies have turned swathes of countryside into tinderboxes.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🔴 NEW 🔴 Campaigners are now demanding a parliamentary investigation into Reform MP Sarah Pochin following a donation to her office by food industry millionaires. 📝 @desmog.com & @goodlawproject.org report 👇🏻
desmog.com
Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning.  According to an investigation ...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We have released an updated and more accurate version of Operation Fortress.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Finally a glimmer of humanitarian compassion from Zia Yusuf. Or maybe not. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Former navy officer criticises Reform plan to use military to stop small boats
Retired commander says policy lacks substance as party accused of trying to distract from Nigel Farage’s scandals
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The BBC is a big part of the problem.
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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Diane Abbott here speaking at a Stop Some Wars rally, calling Putin's continuing brutal war against Ukraine "the NATO campaign against Russia". FFS. youtu.be/SMBjoiMskxA?...
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Diane Abbott MP
YouTube video by StoptheWarCoalition
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The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @fritzbischoff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As suspected, the "millionaire exodus from the 🇬🇧 UK" turned out to be yet another right-wing media myth. The data suggest that millionaire emigration is, in reality, negligible close to 0% rather than the mass flight so confidently proclaimed.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Nigel Farage: the controversies A chronology of claims, contradictions and crookedness.
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Johann S 🇨🇮🇺🇦 ⬅️ @johannshiel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Anyone watched BBC TV’s show ’Play School’? Here’s an unsolved mystery… She first appeared in 1964, and last appeared in 1986. She appeared in perhaps 6,000 episodes. She is, of course, the doll ‘Hamble’! Can anyone tell me where she is? (This is worse than Paul McCartney’s lost bass guitar)
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 21/07/2026
NEW: How a small network of high-profile, right wing accounts systematically floods the digital landscape with coordinated, manufactured and often inaccurate, misleading narratives. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/21/f...
hopenothate.org.uk
Flood warning - How manufactured outrage on social media travels faster than facts – HOPE not hate
Today, more people consume news through social media than through traditional journalism. Therefore, the information that influences public opinion is increasingly shaped by algorithms, engagement, an...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I strongly believe in giving the man a chance. But keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary suggests the vicious attacks on immigrants and refugees, and self-defeating attempts to outrun the far right, are likely to continue. Which is pretty damn depressing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot
Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I meet people every week when out vox popping who are completely convinced that small boat crossings are rising exponentially. They aren’t - they are falling substantially. Journalists and politicians have a duty to get this message across. Some are mendacious, others just incompetent.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Some welcome and gratifying news, for a change. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrested in US after more UK charges laid
The Crown Prosecution Service says it has requested their extradition from the US, while their lawyer says they are innocent.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A welcome U-turn. Quite right too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Government drops plans to stop paying Coastguard volunteers
UK transport minister Keir Mather said he had listened to the views of coastguard rescue officers.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not bin a good few weeks for Farage. leftfootforward.org/2026/07/coun...
leftfootforward.org
Count Binface has 12-point lead over Nigel Farage, according to latest head-to-head poll
Could it happen?! Could Nigel Farage’s publicity stunt backfire and result in him losing his seat to novelty candidate Count Binface? According to a poll carried out by IPSOS, Count Binface has a 1...
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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reform UK ~ funded by Russia Restore - bought and paid for by an American trillionaire GB News - owned by a hedge fund in Dubai The Daily Mail - registered in Bermuda. Is that Patriotism? #NotOnOurSide ⤵️ #ReformUKLtd 🇷🇺 #RupertLowe 🇺🇸 #GBNews 🔥🇬🇧 #DailyMail 🔥🇬🇧 www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1z...
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David__Osland @David_Osland:
So Reform UK is funded by Russia, Restore bought and paid for by an American trillionaire, GB News owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"More Reform corruption uncovered in [today's] Sunday Times...... Why don't they just admit the grift is over. It's finished, jail the bastards......." via We Demand UK
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Drac 🇪🇺 🕉️ 🏵️ @dracnoiseperson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
38d.gs/sh54
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Save Our Coastguards: Scrap plans to strip rescue heroes of their pay!
This is so outrageous. The Government wants to reclassify Coastguard Rescue Officers as "volunteers" so they can get out of paying them an hourly wage when they go out to save lives. Join me and sign...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Poster promoting Count Binface, in the famous Obama style
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 07/07/2026
How do you resign from a job you weren't actually doing? Asking for a friend
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"In what must rank as one of the most self-pitying, self-obsessed pieces of political rhetoric we’ve heard from a politician since Boris Johnson’s myriad attempts to justify himself back in 2022, Nigel Farage surprised absolutely no-one..." Me for @uk.theconversation.com this arvo.
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Why Nigel Farage is resigning as an MP, only to stand again – expert analysis
Nigel Farage is triggering a by-election, appearing to be pitting people against ‘the establishment’.
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Tim the Guitarist @tim-guitar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Whatever the hell that statement from Farage was meant to be, it wasn't Prime Ministerial.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is Reform UK’s Leader of Warwickshire Council, George Finch. Frankly embarrassing to watch.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 04/07/2026
Adolf Sniffler says what now?
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Andy Burnham should introduce a cap on all political donations as prime minister, @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social says leftfootforward.org/2026/07/chri...
leftfootforward.org
Christopher Harborne has exposed the flaw in Labour’s political donation policy
A universal cap on political donations is simpler, fairer and far harder to sidestep.
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It's not "just weather". It's verified scientific evidence, confirmed by 95 - 97 % of all climate experts and scientists worldwide. And it's bloody terrifying, especially for future generations. youtube.com/shorts/xt8kI...
youtube.com
NASA's Climate Spiral: Visualizing Global Warming #nasa #shorts
YouTube video by Lifeverse
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MattB@Bluesky. @mattb3993.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
'The party said its plans for Staffordshire County Council would be a blueprint for other authorities it controls across the country.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform plan to scrap 'woke' diversity schemes in Staffordshire
Reform UK says plans in Staffordshire are a blueprint for all its councils, but issues few details.
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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Calls for proportional representation are growing among Labour MPs
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Over 80 Labour MPs sign electoral reform amendment
The demands for electoral reform are growing, with more than 80 Labour MPs, 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party, now signing an amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Refor...
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 23/06/2026
It’s far too hot, far too early, and it’s only getting worse. Thankfully, Jerry on Twitter is on hand to explain that 1976 was hotter, his nan wore a bikini for three months straight, he inhaled fifteen ice lollies and everything was fine. Jerry is, unfortunately, also talking out of his bum.
open.substack.com
“Remember ’76?” Isn’t a Climate Argument
Britain is boiling, but some people still think a hot summer in 1976 disproves climate change. It doesn’t.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
And this is before we get to support for a government committing genocide, ever more deranged attacks on the right to protest, ripping down planning and environmental protections, kowtowing to corporate lobbyists and treating the left of the Labour Party as the real enemy to be crushed.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice. Nothing. Literally nothing.
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