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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 6h

Boris Johnson’s claims about asking whether Russia interfered in Brexit are misleading. He didn’t ask for any formal assessment and nor did he receive a categorical response. Anyone printing a notorious liar’s disingenuous comments is engaged in deliberate obfuscation.

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Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Farage's Reform are nothing but a Trump tribute act now. Out of desperation. Not strength. Today Farage has used the same words as Trump in 2016 to dismiss Russian state interference calling it a "Russia hoax." While Zia Yusuf wants a UK ICE: state sponsored thuggery & brutalism.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19h

Was that the same security services you dumped to visit ‘ex’ KGB colonel Alexander Lebedev and party in Umbria just after the Novichok Salisbury attack? Or the same security services whose advice you defied to put his son Evgeny in the House of Lords? Those security services?

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Eight years ago

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Jenrick’s been on quite the journey from a one nation, Remain-voting Tory, through to frothing Brexiter and on to demanding that Royal Marines murder people at sea for daring to seek refuge here. All to impress the country’s racist losers and maybe get a few more votes. Christ he’s repulsive.

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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

From The Archives #492 That time in October 2019 when Farage got all his Brexit Party MEPs to vote against EU plans to tackle Russian propaganda. 7 years later, almost to the day, he accuses Burnham of lying that there was Russian interference in Brexit...

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Nigel Farage, "The Prime Minister is a liar. Yes, a liar" "Boris asked was there seen to be Russian interference in the Brexit referendum campaign, and the answer was no" But Stewart Hosie, who sat on the UK's Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament said no evidence as gov didn't look

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Jen @jennyflower.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Reform are NOT in power, they may NEVER be in power. Why is this considered "news" BBC? It has not happened, cannot happen at the moment and may never happen. Report on actual news please.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Note once again that there is not one pro-refugee included view here - no politician from the Greens or SNP or even the Labour left, no activist or lawyer, and certainly no actual asylum seeker - and "balance" consists of presenting a choice of exactly how vile we should be to people

bbc.co.uk

Reform pledges to suspend asylum system for up to five years and deport claimants

All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's been Reform's policy to "suspend" the asylum system for at least a year, and you'd expect, given their puppyish enthusiasm for reporting everything Nigel Farage says, that someone at the BBC would point this out rather than suggesting this is a new "announcement"

bbc.co.uk

Reform pledges to suspend asylum system for up to five years and deport claimants

All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

British Conservatives: "Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections." Also British Conservatives: "What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory."

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Reform spokesman Zia Yusuf is currently on the Today Programme. He seems to be arguing that asylum seekers are to blame for ambulance waiting times, youth unemployment and exam results in Wales. You couldn't satirise this. It's its own parody - which is a source of its strength.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I know that people that shout at the radio when it’s Justin Webb but him saying “there’s no evidence” of Russian interference in 2016 is so enraging. There were online ads. This is not in doubt. Even the Torygraph has reported it… www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2...

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Gentle reminder: Brexit isn’t shit just because the Russians backed it. It’s shit, and that’s why the Russians backed it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026

Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Reform announcements are reported by BBC News as though the party is a government in waiting. Reform has 8 MPs. Do they report Hartlepool United's plans for their victory parade in May after winning the FA Cup?

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lest we forget... Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage both supported Donald Trump's war of choice against Iran. A war that is not only illegal but which has resulted in needless suffering and instability, as well as undermining the UK's economic recovery. #bbclaurak www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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'Farage and Badenoch back Trump after Labour MPs say Iran strikes illegal.'

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Everybody knew Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum - the evidence was there - but people were too afraid of Farage’s mob to say it. So it’s good to see Burnham finally speaking the truth.

observer.co.uk

From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...

The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This seems like a very bad idea

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trump is the great destroyer. Killing 500 healthy trees.

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/10/2026

For those playing along at home: To give the appearance of action on the impacts of his humiliating blunder on the world stage, the President of the United States is making a humiliating blunder on the world stage by bailing the Russian president out of a humiliating blunder on the world stage.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"

Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We will not forget, US, that you inflicted Trump on the world.

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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

New Episode: Elections Called in Spain Amid Ongoing Housing Protests We analyse the prospects for a left-wing comeback as far-right Vox surges in the polls with @joehas.bsky.social Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/688L...

podcasts.apple.com

Elections Called in Spain!!

Podcast Episode · The Sobremesa Podcast · 9 October · 53min

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026

just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump is a Russian asset. For shame America! He’s helping Russia’s murder of Ukrainians.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, massively overreaching for someone with tiny arms: “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC. “And we expect our allies, many of whom are part of the ICC, and that rely on American service members for their defence, to rein in this rogue court.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes.

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wirralexpat.bsky.social @wirralexpat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The problem here isn’t the double counting It’s why it wasn’t spotted Any analysis of Net Zero should be compared to an alternative fossil based pathway That would show up the error That didn’t happen This was just give me a big number for a speech “Engineers” usually have a grip on numbers

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Accidentally”.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'Remember when Nigel Farage described Andrew Tate as an "important voice" for men?' via Truth Against Hate

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When people say the Conservatives play politics on easy mode this is what it means

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And they voted for him anyway 😕

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/10/2026

If your election-security plan begins by removing independent observers, the optics department has already called in sick.

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TiePig @tiepig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is the front page of the BBC Politics section atm. The first article that is actually about a member of the current government is SEVENTEEN articles down (past two articles slagging off the Greens). And it's about Burnham's opinions on some football thing. Defund the BBC.

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