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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23h
It’s almost irrelevant whether Russia interfered in the Brexit campaign. Putin still cheered the result. When a geopolitical decision delights one of Britain’s principal adversaries, you don’t need a report to tell you Brexit wasn’t good for Britain.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 12/10/2026
Andy Burnham is so confident the Fairford incident was an Iranian terror plot that he has sanctioned Iran. Police are so confident it was not an Iranian terror plot that they let all seven suspects out on bail. This is not adding up, is it?
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 12/10/2026
If there are millions of Jews that aren't Zionists and millions of Zionists that aren't Jews, then Zionism can't be Judaism and anti-Zionism can't be antisemitism
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KarenFrancoK @karenfrancok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Euro dead" (because we don't use it) reminds me of: "Fog on the Channel, Europe is isolated."
static.klipy.com
Hedgehog In The Fog: Let The Light Guide You!
ALT: Hedgehog In The Fog: Let The Light Guide You!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Labour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining the EU, poll shows www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Labour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll shows
Exclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister
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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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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"From Aberdeen to Lambeth, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Holborn & St Pancras, Reform contested five by-elections yesterday. They lost all five… Five contests. Five defeats. That’s eleven out of eleven lost in a fortnight. Reform are not inevitable. Have a great weekend!" via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Record crowds in Brazil for Lula. Fascism is going to get smashed.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
2026: Zarah Sultana, "Under our sell-out Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, pensioners continue to be arrested for holding placards opposing genocide" 2014: Shabana Mahmood at a 'Free Palestine' protest before she became Labour's enforcer for arresting thousands of pensioners for non violent protest
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duckduckdo.bsky.social @duckduckdo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When are world leaders going to stop appeasing this lunatic and stand up against the US Nerd Reich fascist regime? The US is now fully under the control of Russ Vought and a cabal of sociopathic oligarchs.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The United States are not the champions of freedom they pretend to be, but rather the main culprits of the oppression and misery of the world's peoples." - Che Guevara, UN, 1964.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Gazan children know all about the Holocaust, they are trying to survive one.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Many voters in Brazil are reporting that the website says they didn't vote even though they did. Brazil elections are entirely done on electronic voting machines, was it rigged?
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If the US doesn’t decimate the GoP at these midterms the country is lost and can only blame itself, not Trump.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m happy for the UK to use the Euro as a condition of rejoining. My worth and patriotism is not dependent on a currency. Those that say otherwise have a fragile identity.
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Waving European Union Flag
ALT: Waving European Union Flag
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rachel Millward calls for the re-nationalisation of water without compensation as water companies are insolvent and we ought to own our crucial water infrastructure.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It seems very clear to me that all the anti-Iran stuff is being pushed purposefully to make the US/UK accept an Iraq style invasion. Be aware that there is a purpose behind all this BS.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can try to dress it up however you like. But the people need control back of the essential services so they can use them without being ripped off. And these thieves have already stolen far too much, they do not need any more rewards.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reminder Corporation tax in the UK is 25%. The actual average amount paid is just 13.1%. Because they use a million tax breaks, it costs £80bn a year. But they NEVER talk about this unaffordable tax avoidance by billionaires.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can you imagine if you owed 40% in Income Tax and you just paid 21%, and nothing happened. Year after year after year. Would never happen, but if you are a billionaire it's just normal.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2021, UK income tax personal allowance frozen at £12,570, 26.6m paid income tax at the basic rate of 20%. 2026-27: 31.4m liable to pay income tax at 20%. In 2021, 6.47m pensioners paid income tax. 2026-27: 9.58m pensioners liable to income tax. Govt must relieve poverty. End stealth tax.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Broken Politics 🌍 @landofbritain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The #EU isn't having any of Thiel's #Palantir nonsense, so why should we? Kick it out of our #NHS and police forces now, or we'll regret it later. #ukpolitics #fascistcontrol #r4today #bbcnews #wato #PoliticsLive
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Serious as a heart 😡
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The record shows that Blanche appears to have abused his office to bribe a witness (Ghislaine) and hide evidence in the only live criminal investigation covering Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. His conduct was intended to abuse his role as Dep AG to unlawfully act in the personal interest of the president.
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How an Obscure New Mexico Law Can Put Todd Blanche in Front of a Grand Jury Over the Epstein Files, in Dozens of Counties at Once
Citizens can convene one in any, or even every, county to charge him with bribing a witness and hiding evidence.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A legend who was brave enough to say No to Genocide. It's a shame the world is filled with people too weak and too corrupt to do the same.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again. A Trumpian policy started by Keir Starmer. Burnham can't make a fresh start without getting rid of the previous advisers. Democracy means accepting scrutiny, even when it is uncomfortable.
declassifieduk.org
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What? The "If Britain falls as far down as it was back in the 60s & 70s" reasoning for joining with Europe 🤔 That would be the worst possible reason for changing tack... We need to do it willingly, for the right reasons, not out of pure desperation... #JustSaying
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🇨🇵 Clare Price-Jones 🇪🇺 @clucksky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bring UK state pensions in line with say France, Germany or Belgium, then by all means remove the triple lock.
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You should look at this shit and think WTF? WTF indeed, what kind of an army can't build anything, can't even repair things, RENTS Nuclear Weapons, from Donald Trump of all people. It is a joke, a massive scam, with billionaires taking almost all the money in profit.
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REMALONE @ipasa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
more true than life
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump floundering in wars, economy, polls, courts and global politics bans CNN, MS NOW, Politico from the White House. New York Times and Washington Post next? Fox News, Breibart and sychophantic outlets masquerading as press not banned. Dictators don't like scrutiny by the press or the courts.
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Trump says he’s ‘banning’ CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House | CNN Business
President Donald Trump claimed Friday that he is “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House,” though there was no immediate indication his administration had taken steps to follow throug...
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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Polling in Britain also shows that most people want closer ties with Europe. From being part of the SM & CU through to full rejoining. Unfortunately our govt isn’t listening! Their preference is to hide behind red lines!😔
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
. US marks Constitution Day . . . ... here is a friendly reminder. 💠 🧐 💠
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fascinating
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £354m a year tax free from the tax payer including £132m personal spending money and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mark Carney, "A strong economy is not an end in itself, but a means to a just society" "We believe our prosperity grows when it is shared" "Canada and Europe are each strong" "Canada and Europe are stronger together"
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HAL #FBPE ReJoin the EU NOW @sperrympe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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pastajoe.bsky.social @pastajoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
While average pay grows by 3.9% FTSE100 bosses see 10.9% rise to top £5 million a year average.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bank of England created £895bn quantitative easing, bought gilts/bonds, speculators profited. Govt could keep them, save interest/redemption costs. NO. It is selling them at £120bn loss. Pushing up interest rates Adding £47bn to govt debt The City profits again. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What neoliberalism did to the UK. 25.3m people, including 14.9m working adults and 7.7m children, live below minimum income standard. Richest 1% has more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 families hold more wealth than 34m people. Can't grow economy on mass poverty.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK healthcare. All part of Tory plan to hike waiting list, under investment and privatisation of healthcare. Profiteering means less available for frontline services. Higher taxes for lower public value. Ban private equity from all public services
cityam.com
How the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health market
The latest Spire Healthcare deal showed that private equity interest in the private healthcare market has continued.
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JCMartinofBA @jcmartinofba.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There is a serious water crisis in Israel after they bombed Gaza's sewage system. The untreated sewage fed a massive algae bloom that has crippled 5 or Israel's 6 water desalination plants. It's like Israel is shitting in their own water.
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