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Still trying to make sense of everything and avoid getting too confused! Slightly unhinged, wide range of interests. RIP Boo Boo 2009-2024

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 6h
AP: The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the US formally notified it a day earlier that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — Russia and Belarus. This comes as a surprise to no one. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year. The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts. Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model. Enriched by public money. How many have politicians on payroll?
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£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last year
We need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 14h
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“In past years, you have voted twice to support electoral reform. I hear you. I agree with you. And today I am announcing a new National Commission on Electoral Reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work.” GET IT DONE THEN #BURNHAM ⏰️ makevotesmatter.org.uk/donate/
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Donate - Make Votes Matter
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At this point I would like to show you some of David Miller's posts on X. You can decide for yourselves whether this is someone who is "anti-Zionist" or is instead something else. Something far more insidious.
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the AFD won just 39.5% of votes but would have gained 61.1% of seats under Westminster-style First Past the Post. This is what happens when election systems turn slight leads into overwhelming mandates. buff.ly/6tybc8T
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In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, First Past the Post would have turned a slight lead into a huge majority for the AFD
Germany is made up of 16 federal states, each with a slightly different version of proportional representation – making it a reliable source of news for us if nothing else! As per the
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Relatedly v excited at the prospect of getting to go fully to war with the Electoral Reform Society which just refuses to acknowledge that under STV parties stand as many candidates as they think they can get elected and therefore it's not actually the magical Maximum Voter Choice system they claim
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A.S.L. @16leiba.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
As always with buses, cheaper fares won't help people if there's no buses to get. I want the Birmingham / Watford to Lille and Brussels Flixbus back. (That probably isn't a route which would go under any fare cap.)
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, Burnham will disappoint in many ways but today he did something that no leader from any party has done for many years - he set out a positive, coherent vision for what he wants this country to be and he did not pretend it would be easy. He showed political bravery. That is a huge step forward.
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mikeinsdevon.bsky.social @mikeinsdevon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Latest YouGov. Changes look outlier-ish though last week's Green figure looked too high too. Ref 25% (+ 4!) Lab 24% (+ 1) Con 19% (- 2) LD 12% (n/c) Green 11% (- 3) Rest. 🤮 3% (- 1) SNP 2% (n/c) Plaid 1% (n/c) Your Party 0% (n/c) ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Vo...
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Racism is a very expensive hobby. When 30% of the electorate indulges in it collectively, we all pay.
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Kev🇬🇧🍺 @splootman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now that Manchester City have been found guilty,on 114 charges, the Premier League has a huge problem. Anything less than a draconian punishment will totally destroy the leagues credibility and that's terrible news for the club.The PL can survive without City,not sure City can survive without the PL
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“There is a systemic issue with Labour’s governing style since 2024. It seems nervous about wielding power. The party has failed to recognise that the far-right will be infuriated regardless of its policies, so it may as well implement genuinely left-wing ones” open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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Labour’s indecision has cost us all
Farage is trying to create an oligarchy...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
First page of 18th century Basque-Icelandic dictionary. A Basque-Icelandic pidgin was spoken between locals and Basque whalers from ~1600 including the well-known expression "Fenicha for ju" meaning F**k you! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque%...
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mikeinsdevon.bsky.social @mikeinsdevon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He's been a massive disappointment
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Britain isn’t experiencing a migration crisis. We’re experiencing a racism crisis….
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Renato Santos @dracontes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As a general palate cleanser, good recent news about Iberia's once critically endangered, now vulnerable wild cat.
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The Iberian lynx population grew by 95% in four years to 2.663 individuals.
The Iberian lynx population has grown by 95% in four years, reaching 2.663 individuals, the highest number since the start of Iberian monitoring, with 129 cubs born in Portugal in 2025 alone, the Mini...
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i really do think the inability of the UK elite to leave X, both political and journalist, can clearly be seen dragging the common sense of the UK well to the radical right like i don't think Rosie would be posting about how bi men facing issues coming out during 2019-2020
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Think it shows both the confused position of the govt and the relative powers of new/old media that the PM won't speak to The Sun but still uses the CSAM & disinformation app owned by the guy who advocates for the overthrow of the government.
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mikeinsdevon.bsky.social @mikeinsdevon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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A new venomous British snake? Why there’s no need to panic
Why the smooth snake is in far more need of protection than humans.
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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Greens have gained Queen's Park in Brighton from Labour. Congratulations to Mark Strong, who is the new councillor. With a huge swing from the 2023 city election (+28). This seat was also gained by the Greens from Labour in the 2024 by-election.
Bar chart of Queen’s Park (Brighton) election results: Green leads with 50.13%, Labour 35.3%, Reform 7.04%, Conservatives 4.2%, and Lib Dems 3.2%. Green gain from Labour.
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency), parliament election: for the first time since it began contesting elections in 2006, the Liberal Vannin Party (LVP-*) has failed to win any seats. The party's sole MP, Lawrie Hooper, finished fourth in the constituency of Ramsey with 9.2% of the vote.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is what happens when you don’t nip things in the bud. Rampant paramilitarism.
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A.S.L. @16leiba.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
The Tories made many mistakes in May-June 2024, but Hemel Conservatives looking at McIvor and eventually deciding he shouldn't be a candidate wasn't one of them.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Andrew Bridgen - once a high profile MP - now a basement dwelling conspiracy theorist who trots out garbage like this. www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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No, this video doesn't disprove the 9/11 attack on the south tower of the World Trade Center
A former British member of parliament implied that a video filmed from a helicopter on September 11, 2001 shows that no planes actually hit the World Trade Center's south tower, but this claim would…
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Jessica Goetia Brooking @transskinmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
“the english are a mongrel people (laudatory)”
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Extremely irresponsible and in my view frankly offensive to the very many people killed and injured in those conflicts, which were fundamentally ethno-religious in nature, and involved a significant amount of othering and dehumanisation of people because of their ethnicity and/or religion.
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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wu Zetian (624–705) was not a consort ruling from the shadows, but the only woman in Chinese history to sit on the imperial throne as emperor. Founder of her own Zhou dynasty (690–705), she strengthened merit-based appointments, restrained corruption, and helped 1/2
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What’s really peculiar about the “rapture” theology is that it’s based on a really convoluted and selective reading of scripture, dates back no further than the 19th C, is rejected by the Orthodox, Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed, and is basically contradicted by the Apostle’s Creed. But…
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Murmuration @murmeration.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He’s now polluting far more than our British values….
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In comparative historic context, on ready to be PM, Farage is polling 4 points above IDS when he was culled as Tory leader, but is behind where Corbyn was, and marginally behind William Hague as Opposition leader. Trails heavily those who did make it.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Sun is dying, help it on its way. Don't buy it, don't read it. Tell everyone you know to do the same. If they do buy it tell them its a load of lies, don't spread any rumors they create. Kill it.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A 1000 times this.
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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am the local LD councillor and I have not supported this campaign. No one asked me to, presumably because they knew what I'd say. This just absolutely, categorically untrue.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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mikeinsdevon.bsky.social @mikeinsdevon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Galloway managing to humiliate himself even more than *that* incident on Big Brother... www.facebook.com/GeorgeGallow...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Could govt explain to the majority of liberal, progressive voters in this country why our genuinely legitimate concerns - about the rise in racism and flag-waving thuggery on our streets, are repeatedly brushed aside while they pathetically pander to the racist angst of a nasty, uninformed minority?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Because, a judge quashed Ofcom's attempt to regulate this area, deciding that when the symbol on the top of the screen goes from "GB News" to "GBN" - I kid you not - it ceases to be a news channel and becomes a more loosely regulated current affairs channel. 🤡 www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
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Ofcom statement in response to High Court Judgment: GB News v Ofcom
Response to today's High Court Judgement
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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Labour should be going out and getting the Reformers and the Badenochs of this world to own this. Getting the to unconditionally condemn it. No ifs, not buts, no "but they have legitimate concerns" Just: "do you condemn this or not."
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
While rightwing media nods approvingly at the prejudiced outcry in Piddington, a RNLI station has to close because of white British thuggery and threats. This is where the constantly toxic obsession with immigration leads. To racist, flag-wielding vigilantism that ruins this country for everyone.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/09/2026
🇨🇦 First Canada, now potentially New Zealand and Australia? ❓ Where is Britain? Isolated and vulnerable in a multipolar world. Burnham must go for full EU membership and put us back at the top table of this new and exciting European project.
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Metsola: Australia, New Zealand could be next EU 'associated members'
Metsola tells Euronews pitch for “associate membership” with Canada will strengthen cooperation with like-minded countri
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Joe1973 @nefeerr2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington
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