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Mervyn Winger

@mewing.bsky.social
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Brit, pro-democracy, pro-decency, concerned about wannabe tyrants taking away our hard won freedoms, the media who enable it and the voters who lap it up

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 20h
I find it difficult to express my disgust and contempt for Trump, and for all the Americans who support and allow him to betray allies and Ukraine. If the deal with Putin is not stopped this will be a stain on America forever. Trump is the enemy.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20h
Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ukraine responds to Trump’s deal with Putin by striking russian fuel export terminal in Rostov.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 19h
Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...
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Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit
Exclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A blatant betrayal
theguardian.com
Zelenskyy denounces Trump’s decision to lift diesel sanctions on Russia as ‘weak’ – US politics live
Ukrainian president says ‘peace never comes through weakness’ after Trump signs deal with Putin to release 300,000 tons of Russian diesel
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)
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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This seems the most objectionable aspect of the House of Lords to me. An official legislature, with a pass to all the inside conversation, staffed by paid lobbyists. Just awful. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts
Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They must be absolutely knackered.
One migrant crossed Channel every six minutes in first week of October
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just imagine if the UK had some sort of national broadcaster that had a duty to act in the public interest.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/10/2026
Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show? Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE-Gestapo shot a man in NYC with his 5 year old son in the back seat, then they rammed through protesters who were trying to block their vehicle from leaving the scene. I’ll say it again and again, ICE aren’t agents or law enforcement, they are terrorists, murderers and white supremacists.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” @wsj.com 🇬🇷 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000 Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second home ownership on rural communities www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a critical interview with a former UN chief who spent his career in Israel and Gaza. We each have an obligation to watch it youtu.be/9pVbqwnmSuM?...
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Former UN Chief DEMOLISHES October 7 Lies
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 06/10/2026
🚨The government is looking for UK alternatives to Palantir to run the NHS data platform, the FT reports. This follows a week of protests in 40+ places across England and a rally of hundreds at Palantir's London HQ. Help keep the pressue up: nopalantirinthenhs.com
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
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The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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lowprofile2021.bsky.social @lowprofile2021.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How messed up must you be to see a guy with a sign calling for people to love each other and to respond by flying into a rage?!
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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am proud to stand with the Epstein Survivor Sisters in their fight for justice and dignity this time through the Epstein-Trump Memorial Bookmobile containing the Epstein Documents produced so far. @meidastouch.com
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift
Reform UK leader was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from crypto billionaire
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We should ask WHY the council leader (ReformUK) said he couldn’t remember meeting the Council’s newly appointed CEO prior to appointing him. If he’s telling the truth then he must have severe memory loss problems and probably shouldn’t be leader of a council. If not, then he’s got something to hide.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Hmmmm... Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring Via BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Norfolk council leader dined at CEO's hotel before £215k hiring
Reform UK's David Bick says he cannot recall meeting Dennis Bacon at the luxury venue.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Robert Jenrick’s handling of donations to his failed 2024 Tory leadership campaign has come under fresh scrutiny, after the UK donor at the centre of the row claimed that the politician and his senior campaign staff knew about the involvement of an overseas donor. www.ft.com/content/38a5...
ft.com
Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick faces fresh accusation from campaign donor
British businessman Phillip Ullmann says the politician was aware of his relationship with potentially illicit US donor
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
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National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Brexit - President Macron is spot on here. Brexit has been an utter disaster. #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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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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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch: ''Banning reporters is wrong" Also Kemi Badenoch: "You're banned from our conference" #ToryConference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban Pathetic bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/kemi-bad…
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
Shocking.
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their confer
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference • www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We urge the Conservative Party to explain why Byline Times journalists have been denied accreditation and to rethink its decision. Once again, the union calls on all political parties to uphold press freedom, freedom of expression and the public's right to be informed.” ✍️ NUJ responds
nuj.org.uk
NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@bylinetimes.bsky.social has been blocked from attending the Conservative Party conference, just weeks after leader Kemi Badenoch called Reform’s decision to bar several journalists from their own conference “authoritarian” and an attack on the “free press” bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives have blocked Byline Times from attending their party conference, just weeks after she condemned Reform UK for banning critical journalists. Byline Times chief reporter Josiah Mortimer says his application was rejected without a specific reason.
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Lilly Evans 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇷🇸 @alherix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Solidarity seems to have evaporated with right wing majority ownership of U.K. media - one of the reasons I subscribe to Byline Times
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We will be able to say the Right has fixed itself when 'mainstream' Rightists stop giving Liz Truss air time. We are still quite some way from that.
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