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@moddieboomer.bsky.social
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Former civil servant & PCS branch rep. Current Unite the Union branch rep. Social Democrat.

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moddieboomer.bsky.social @moddieboomer.bsky.social · 3h
No cost of living crisis for the royals leftfootforward.org/2026/10/roya...
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Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together
This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h
The core Sovereign Grant for King Charles from public purse will rise to £99.9m (from 2027/28). 93% increase from £51.8m in 2024/25. 65% higher in real terms than in 2016/17. Did your income rise at that rate? 25.3m people live below minimum income standard. We are in it all together, aren't we
leftfootforward.org
Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together
This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Game recognises game.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Hundreds of family members of USS Arizona sailors who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are expected to be on hand in Hawaii later this year when the first caskets of 86 unknowns associated with the sunken ship are exhumed. From Stars and Stripes' Matthew M. Burke:
stripes.com
Hundreds of USS Arizona families expected for Dec. 7 disinterment of WWII unknowns
On Dec. 7, the Defense Department will begin exhuming the caskets of 86 unknown sailors associated with the USS Arizona.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
What are trade unions doing about the climate crisis? www.labourstart.org/climate/
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Climate Crisis - LabourStart
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Read all about 'Operation Simplistic Bollocks', our latest attempt to appeal to racist numbskulls while distracting attention from my £5m dodgy gift. parodypm.substack.com/p/our-plan-t...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
63% of voters back wealth tax for mega-rich. Wealth tax can be: Tax on accumulated wealth Higher rates on dividends & capital gains Mansion tax Investment income surcharge Cap tax relief on pension contributions by the mega rich What will Chancellor get-off his bended-knees?
mirror.co.uk
More than 60% of voters back wealth tax for mega-rich, Healey told before Budget
Polling released ahead of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget found that 63% of voters want increased taxes on people with over £10million in assets - a move campaigners believe would pay ...
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
He’s not an elected official. He never has been. He could have stood in Holborn but he’s too 🐔… So why are the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social giving Zia Yusuf a platform to tell the country that Reform would instruct the Navy use “lethal force” against people in the channel? 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The archbishop who oversees the U.S military's Catholic community has condemned plans to livestream the execution of former Army officer Nidal Hasan and urged any Catholic service members assigned to carry out the sentence to seek exemption. From Stars and Stripes' Phillip Walter Wellman:
stripes.com
Catholic archbishop opposes livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s execution
Broadcasting Nidal Hasan’s execution would undermine human dignity and risk turning his death into a spectacle, Archbishop Timothy Broglio said.
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I was on the telly.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.
commondreams.org
Newsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams
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moddieboomer.bsky.social @moddieboomer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I do not understand why anyone would repost a video of a young man’s death, (may he rest in peace), least of all the President of the US. His family has asked people not to & yet it is still being reposted. Remember to turn off video autoplay so you are not shocked.
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NaffNaffBobFace @naffnaffbobface.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It was pretty suspect when it was reported Farage had combined Twitter video views total of 39 billion - 5.5 times the population of the earth, so many every man, woman and child in the UK would have had to have watched every single one of them 650+ times. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Farage amasses 39 billion video views as Reform dominate social media election battle
Facebook is the right-wing party’s biggest stronghold, while Farage and Labour both rack up billions of views on X videos
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ukraine has hit a huge Russian data centre linked to bot farms. In unrelated news, does anyone know why every Reform account on Twitter is getting hardly any likes and shares?
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Private equity puts PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu up for sale. All devoured and declining brands, asset-stripped. PE has no long-term commitment to any product, people or place. Chances are another PE group will see opportunity for scavenging. archive.ph/DFYPq
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Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale
Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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moddieboomer.bsky.social @moddieboomer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Isn’t this similar to Netanyahu’s way of dodging court appearances? It’s slightly more bizarre as his it’s his legal team that filed the lawsuit?
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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Jesus H, people, if you're going to mock/criticize Trump for posting that horrible video of a man getting killed by a tiger, DON'T ALSO POST THE VIDEO OF A MAN GETTING KILLED BY A TIGER!
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge indefinitely reverses the Trump White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO and restores the "hard passes" and press credentials of the reporters from each outlet in a ruling Tuesday night. #LastWord
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MS NOW @ms.now · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge indefinitely restored White House access for MS NOW, CNN and Politico, which were banned by President Donald Trump, in a victory for press freedom. www.ms.now/news/trump-w...
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Federal judge indefinitely reverses White House ban on national news organizations in victory for press
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sided with MS NOW, CNN and Politico in their bid for access to the White House under the Trump administration.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Well, that settles that. I'm confident we will hear no more about this from Badenoch and Farage. 🙄 'MI5 chief Ken McCallum said he agreed strongly with what the prime minister said on Sunday and Monday, when he raised the issue of attempted Russian interference.' www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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MI5 chief Ken McCallum confirms Russia did interfere in Brexit referendum but says it had little impact – UK politics live
He argued there was no evidence to suggest the result of the Brexit vote had been swayed as a result of the effort
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Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜 @stephmu00mls.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🇺🇸💪☮️🎉❤️‼️ kennedyhumanrights.org/press/stephe...
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Stephen Colbert to Receive 2025 Ripple of Hope Award from RFK Human Rights - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights, today announced that Stephen Colbert, Host, Executive Producer, and Writer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been named a 2025...
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Upstart Crow @unwashedrepublic3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#Nature Before it's all gone
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Did Russia interfere in the 2016 EU referendum? Theresa May: No comment Boris Johnson: No comment Liz Truss: No comment Rishi Sunak: No comment Keir Starmer: No comment Andy Burnham: "Clearly." The first time a PM has confirmed Kremlin meddling in Brexit. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Burnham confirms Russia 'clearly' interfered in Brexit referendum
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moddieboomer.bsky.social @moddieboomer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Solidarity ✊🏽💪🏽❤️
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire press... 'When the Sunday Times broke the news that David Reuben, one of the richest men in the UK, had fled to Monaco, Labour’s tax regime was blamed. However, research by TaxWatch has found that Reuben has been a tax resident in Monaco since 2014.' www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
theguardian.com
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If the UAE is really threatening billions over Manchester City, that’s exactly the kind of political influence that demands scrutiny. When wealth and power get special access, ordinary people deserve accountability.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Reform-run Derbyshire County Council blacklisted a journalist after he exposed its £50,000 fence fiasco. Its deputy leader justified the move with a claim he later admitted was wrong. This is Reform’s answer to scrutiny. Attack the press." via Reform Watch
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
top cartoon, signed Robby, is the modern adaptation of the 1953 Soviet cartoon by Yuliy Ganf titled "In America: This Restaurant Serves Only One"
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Man City’s fraud, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for protection from threats, Exclusive by Miguel Dantas for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Manchester City whistleblower ready to help UK authorities in return for protection
Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for pr...
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
SPAIN: Álvarez (UGT) supports a day of struggle with labor improvements and does not close the door to a general strike www.democrata.es/en/economy/a...
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Álvarez (UGT) does not rule out a general strike
Pepe Álvarez bets on a day of struggle with labor improvements, keeps the option of a general strike open, and criticizes the PP for housing policy.
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Susan 🐝🐓🪴🌻🇪🇺🇺🇦 @susanf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
BBC Breakfast airing Farage again as ’most attacked politician’ and his lies about being ‘refused’ protection - all without challenge. No politician should fear for their life, but sick of BBC pushing Refuk narrative without fact checking
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Richard Tice is trying to use Anne Widdecombe's death to stop legitimate scrutiny of Nigel Farage's £5m donation. Surprise!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Entitled freeloader
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you have a few minutes this weekend, do check out my new article in 'Nigel's Notebook'. It's partly about the many benefits of Brexit, so it's quite short. parodypm.substack.com/p/brexit-epi...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chinese Govt owned Syngenta to cease operations at Grangemouth, 400 jobs at risk. Previously oil refinery closed. England-based British Steel rescued. What would govt do now? UK govts oppose state ownership but let foreign govts own infrastructure. Why? Any industrial strategy?
independent.co.uk
Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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SATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We are at the #SanAntonio March for Freedom and Justice protesting the #ICEdetentioncenter concentration camp proposed on the East Side. @50501satx.bsky.social
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
PORTUGAL: Schools closed, services slowed and flights cancelled: strikes hit Portugal www.euronews.com/2026/10/02/s...
euronews.com
Schools closed, services slowed and flights cancelled: strikes hit Portugal
Three CGTP unions have called a strike for Friday, disrupting schools, public services, councils and rubbish collection. An easyJet cabin crew walkout is also causing flight delays nationwide.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre. Record profits for oil companies and tax take by govt. Also tells story of deindustrialization: In the 1970s the UK had 18 oil refineries, now 4. We are rightly moving to renewables but economy still left vulnerable. Any national planning?
bbc.co.uk
UK diesel prices top £2 a litre for first time, RAC says
The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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