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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 16h
Feeling old and out of touch - why is this funny? @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/10/2026
It's not just the endless bill increases. It's not just that 1/3 of your bill goes to paying shareholder dividends and servicing debt. It's not just the 1/2 million sewage discharges in one year. It's the corrupt system, which rewards water bosses for failure, that people can't stand.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This prompted me to go back and check the claim that "On current DWP forecasts, from the 2024 election until 2030, Labour will have increased working-age benefit spending by a further £51.6 bn/year." It appears to be equally fictional/spreadsheet error. Correct figure is maybe £36bn..
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“They shall not pass.” 90 years ago today, as antisemitism and fascism were on the rise throughout Europe, Oswald Mosley’s racist British Union of Fascists planned a provocative march through the Jewish community of East London.
A placard that reads "every street is cable street" in front of the Cable Street mural Someone holding a sign that reads "no pasaran"
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Last year, China installed more solar panels than the U.S. did in the last 20 years. China’s total installed solar energy capacity is now 600 GW. There is no time to waste. Time for every country to dump fossil fuels and embrace the renewable revolution. #ActOnClimate
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SIXTEEN HOURS IN THE COLD Mike Higgins, who’s blind and uses a wheelchair, attempted to leave after five hours in the cold, but was blocked by Mersey Police and subsequently left in the cold for a further 11 hours before police simply left the scene without arresting him. (post attempted 28/09/26)
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Incredible scenes as @novaramedia.com’s Michael Walker questions Yvette Cooper over her decision to proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. To date, her policy has led to nearly 4,000 arrests of peaceful protesters under the UK Terrorism Act. (29/09/26)
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🍕Ed Miliband said on Sunday that he is “happy to have a chat” with us. He told Andrew Marr he doesn’t think “anyone intended to have those people [Lift The Ban signholders] criminalised.” Well, Ed Miliband, it’s time to turn your words into deeds. Deproscribe Palestine Action.
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We have internment or concentrated detention camps. But not enough people care. Regime Change is coming Nov 3. #iceout #iceOutforGood #usDrmocracy #dv1 #voicra4victory
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage. They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary. Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Have they tried living on minimum wage? archive.ph/h0pVc
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Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Agricultural destruction is an active part of ethnic cleansing which is a crime against humanity. No country doing this deserves the support of any other country.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"I'm a mom -- an anti-drone radar. Life doesn't stop. But how can I let my child go out alone?" a Ukrainian mom says as she escorts her son to his training session during a Russian drone attack on Kyiv. @ Gerashchenko_en
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You have to get a very long way through this BBC report before you learn which party runs the council which took the decision to close all these nurseries www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'
Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.
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I Love Animals @petsanimals.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She spent so long waiting for someone to choose her… and when that day finally came, she simply couldn’t contain her happiness.
A brindle shelter dog sits upright on its hind legs with both front paws raised in the air beside a smiling woman and boy posing for an adoption photo indoors.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik...
Image of a Talk Radio commentator alongside the image of an IKEA logo and the Talk logo, with the text "The vermin that is washing up on our shores".
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SteveH @sghendricks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The petition that follows this news story: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Act on UN Commission findings of Genocide of Palestinian Children
The UN Commission of Inquiry found Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian children. We urge the UK Government to formally recognise these findings and act on its legal obligations under int...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cody Dahler has a way with words 😂 TT: @ mrcodydahler
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Male Cabot's tragopans go through a dramatic glow-up during courtship. They raise bright blue fleshy horns from their heads and inflate their colorful throat lappets to attract females. IG: @legable_grace www.instagram.com/legable_grac...
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/09/2026
When Margaret Thatcher privatised our water, she told MPs to wait and see before judging. Well, we've waited. We've seen (we've arguably seen too much). Now we are judging. Water privatisation has been a monumental failure. Public ownership now
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is from the newsletter which has done most to uncover what's going on.
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wish this was unbelievable. Such nasty, stupid, clueless people. Yes, worrying that they feel no need to hide their worthlessness.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of A. profit and B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love. So yes, demonic is the right word.
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Don’t know whether to 😆 or 😤. Whatever, it’s totally 🤪. They’re totally 🤪.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
2020: Ben Delo, "Last year I signed The Giving Pledge, pledging to give the majority of my wealth to good causes over my lifetime" 2026: Ben Delo donates £36 million to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
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FabPaule @fabpaule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Again, I'm reminded of this chilling article by Douglas Rushkoff, written back in 2018, about wealthy industrialists wanting advice on how to keep their staff under control when climate collapse was total. archive.rushkoff.com/articles/109...
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Survival of the Richest — Douglas Rushkoff
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is for real??!!?! Can he hear himself?
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ben Delo — the British billionaire who’s handed £36m to Farage’s Reform UK — pleaded guilty in Feb 2022 to failing to implement anti-money laundering controls on his crypto trading platform BitMEX but was later pardoned by Trump. Presumably he welcomes Farage's plan to turn the UK into a crypto hub.
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Crypto billionaire donates record £36m to Reform UK
Ben Delo is giving Nigel Farage’s party the largest donation in the history of British politics, saying he wants to ensure a ‘fair fight’ at the polls
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Geneorisity”!?!?! “Strong Christian message “??!!!!?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Environmental journalist @stuartspray.bsky.social asked Reform UK delegates for their thoughts on climate change. Here's what they had to say.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wonder why Arron Banks deleted this unambiguously racist tweet. The repugnant face of Farage & Reform as they lurch further rightwards.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
2.5 mins on the Cult of Trump - an arcade game, a throne, a ballroom youtube.com/shorts/k3pVJ...
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A video game, a throne, and a ballroom: the cult of Trump
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Miranda A @mirandastrong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why does the woman from Twitter defending AI development on @channel4news.bsky.social look like she’s had an AI makeover? Not reassuring. @channel4news.bsky.social
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Of the 1,601,645 that live in Lancashire, the 754 refugees being housed equates to 0.047% of the total. Four out of five of them, 80%, are Afghans who assisted British military operations in their home country. Also, Lancashire council don't pay for it, the Home Office does. Performative politics
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What i particularly appreciate about this piece is that we’re so consistently soaked in rightwing media, both pro/con, that we cease to see alternatives. Other possibilities. Ones filled with awe & appreciation for the diversity of people & complimentary genius that can make life better for all!
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026
Every time the Labour government does this, it not only suggests that the broad thrust of these direct far-right actions – led by thugs with convictions for violence – are legitimate, they explicitly suggest they are *more* legitimate than left-wing protests. It is as contemptible as it is stupid.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026
If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't.
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