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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Do something." Front page of NYT, 9/10/26 — credit Jeff Roberson, AP.
Photo of person holding a sign that says "Read 'On Tyranny' by Timothy Snyder. Do Something." There is a government building in the background.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 01/10/2026
The far right thrives on lies and disinformation. We’re debunking some of the most common myths they peddle, exposing the harm they cause, and showing why their claims don’t stand up to scrutiny. Read our new report: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/01/f...
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Far Right Fact Check
Disinformation Debunked - What the data actually says.
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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Labour are delivering hope again 🌹
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham’s speech is the best from a British politician in yrs. He’s the first leader with policies that I can truly get behind in over a decade. He actually said everything I wish Starmer had said months ago, as per my article below. The similarities are uncanny!!!🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/12/t...
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'The Speech I Wish Keir Starmer Had Given'
Alexandra Hall Hall delivers the big reset speech she wishes the Prime Minister actually had made after Labour's local elections defeats
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DanMygind @mygind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the few UK publications talking truth to power is effectively banned from covering UK Conservatives conference in a move that confirms conservatives' Trumpian aspirations.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Etienne Cloche @valentinabass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Between @peterjukes.bsky.social reporting for @bylinetimes.bsky.social and @gilduran.com excellent The Nerd Reich I’m starting to get a handle on Peter Thiel’s techno fascist influence network and how its tendrils have infected the UK via Cambridge Uni- James Orr-Reform and beyond. Vital writing!
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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Help to Buy is back! Or rather, a new version - more tightly targeted and less likely to overinflate the housing market. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian
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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s not a silver bullet but bringing more empty homes back into use can help solve the housing crisis. Today, we’re announcing strengthened powers for councils to take control of long-term empty homes and use them to house families in need.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We should come down like a ton of bricks on those who are violent against women – whatever their background. Yet today, you only ever hear women's safety mentioned by right-wing politicians when they are discussing immigration. It's weaponisation. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Farage and Badenoch have ‘weaponised’ violence against women, Phillipson claims
Exclusive: Labour chair tells The Independent that the Tories and Reform are ignoring ‘the national emergency’ of women’s safety
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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’re acting to support those who can’t rely on help from the bank of Mum and Dad. Our Your First Home scheme will help more families get their first rung on the housing ladder with a deposit of just 2.5%. Less to save upfront and lower monthly costs. Help is on the way for first-time buyers.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Guardian will stream NAZA on its website for free >>> www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is good...
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UK must ‘electrify now’, says energy secretary
Miatta Fahnbulleh promises ‘pragmatic’ approach on North Sea oil and gas, as decisions on Rosebank and Jackdaw fields loom
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
President Trump berated a CNN reporter, days after barring the network from the White House. “I’m surprised that CNN is here covering me,” he said. Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s White House correspondent, responded, “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.”
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Trump berates CNN’s Kaitlan Collins after ban: ‘You shouldn’t be covering me’
The terse interaction came during the president’s visit to the United Nations.
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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sleepless last couple of nights because of this heartbreaking, tender, impeccably reported new book by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social LONDON FALLING is fascinating and utterly gobsmacking -- and that's just the footnotes. Best not read before bed!
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I always look forward to the Baillie Gifford nominations because the prize spotlights so much great nonfiction, so it's a thrill to see London Falling on this year's longlist, alongside my brilliant colleague Anand Gopal and so many other fantastic books. 🙏 🙏 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award
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Gillian de Nooijer @gilliandn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Billionaire Ben Delo, known for funding a wide range of British rightwing-conservative events like Battle of Ideas and political parties like Farage's ReformUK, also funded Hitler fans.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine ‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity By @nafeez.bsky.social As scrutiny continues of Nigel Farage’s finances, Nafeez Ahmed investigates an assumed identity used by his right-hand-man George Cottrell – and how the convicted aristocrat’s former…
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity
As scrutiny continues of Nigel Farage’s finances, Nafeez Ahmed investigates an assumed identity used by his right-hand-man George Cottrell – and how the convicted aristocrat’s former boss in the City became the…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 12/09/2026
Astounding story. Reform receives a *second* £36m donation from a crypto billionaire in 48 hours. Christopher Harborne- the £5m benefactor- has matched Ben Delo's money pound for pound. £72m in total. Approaching US politics sort of money. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Am on @lbc with @lewisgoodall.com shortly talking about how two crypto billionaires have given £72m to Reform and why British democracy is for sale.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ban us from your conference, this is what happens 😉
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cambridge's only response (which it said we couldn't publish) to our James Orr investigation: "Byline Times has sent a slew of unsubstantiated allegations, wilful mischaracterisations & falsehoods, which we strongly reject... we are unable to engage with the approach as a legitimate media enquiry"
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here is the full investigation published by Byline Times on 9 July 2026 👇
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Ingrid Ivarsen @ingridfi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This was in the Byline Times article on him from a few weeks ago
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Snufkin's Harmonica 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🍉🌻 @snufkins-harmonica.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"When Byline Times contacted Cambridge University’s press office with confidential enquiries relating to its own standards and policies, the queries were not merely ignored but forwarded on in full without notice to James Orr and his representatives at Addleshaw Goddard"
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oi, @ftweekend.com you have a bit of explaining to do re your overly generous Life + Arts read on Orr, published just yesterday...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Unions have launched a campaign to defend the “freedom of libraries and librarians” from anti-LGBT+ political interference following a spate of clampdowns by Reform-run councils
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Reform Councils Accused of Seeking to Hide LGBT+ Books in Libraries as Unions Fight to Keep Pride on the Shelves
TUC report says restrictions on Pride displays and rainbow lanyards are spreading across a growing number of Reform-controlled authorities
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🔴 Reform Councils Accused of Seeking to Hide LGBT+ Books in Libraries as Unions Fight to Keep Pride on the Shelves Excl: TUC report says restrictions on Pride displays and rainbow lanyards are spreading across a growing number of Reform-controlled authorities bylinetimes.com/2026/08/21/r...
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Reform Councils Accused of Seeking to Hide LGBT+ Books in Libraries as Unions Fight to Keep Pride on the Shelves
TUC report says restrictions on Pride displays and rainbow lanyards are spreading across a growing number of Reform-controlled authorities
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I don't believe Byline Times' extensive reporting on Cambridge academic - and Reform policy chief - James Orr has received a single piece of pick-up by other outlets
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party, on polls closing in the Clacton by-election: “Nigel Farage spent 38 days fighting a bin in his most desperate attempt yet to deflect attention from the sleaze and scandals engulfing him and his Party... “He can’t run from the truth forever."
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I tried to interview Andre Walker after the verdict, but he ran into a shop and shut the door (I obviously left him be)
Walker hiding in a shop staring at the camera
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Trees for Cities: "Heat maps from Friends of the Earth show that across five major English cities, areas with more trees and green spaces are up to 5°C cooler. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations states that strategically planted urban trees can cool the air by up to 8°C."
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How Urban Trees Cool Cities and Reduce Urban Heat | Trees for Cities
Discover how urban trees reduce heat, cool cities and tackle the urban heat island effect while creating healthier communities.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Blimey. They're not messing about.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bev Craig's manifesto to be Labour's G. Manchester mayor includes a pledge to request powers for rent controls: "The UK has not devolved powers for rent controls. I will call for national powers & in the meantime set up a Commission on Rents to look at how rent limits, caps or controls would work."
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New campaign leaflet from Reform UK in Clacton. Weirdly, Farage's 'promises to Clacton' don't appear to contain any, umm, actual promises...
MY PROMISES TO CLACTON

ALWAYS ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU
It has been an honour to serve as your MP and defend your interests in Parliament.

TAKING ON WESTMINSTER FOR YOU
This contest is a fight between the people of Clacton and the entire political establishment.

FIXING BROKEN BRITAIN FOR YOU
I have spent 30 years fighting for the British people, our sovereignty and our values.

Promoted by Adam Rawlinson on behalf of Nigel Farage, both of Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP. Printed by Solopress, 9 Stock Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 5QF.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🔴 New from Byline Times Green Leader Zack Polanski Calls for ‘Reset’ in Relations With the Labour Party Under Andy Burnham By Josiah Mortimer bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/green-le…
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Green Leader Zack Polanski Calls for ‘Reset’ in Relations With the Labour Party Under Andy Burnham
Polanski says he is open to working with Labour's more "left" wing leader in Andy Burnham, following years of "toxic" relations between the two parties under Keir Starmer
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Farage has repeatedly claimed he would "put Clacton on the map". Again this framing actually helps Count Binface. Clacton would be globally famous if it elected the intergalactic space warrior. And who knows, Binface might even visit occasionally.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I think Count Binface's chances are undersold I don't necessarily (yet) think he'll win it, but I reckon he could do v well in Clacton: 1. He's the main opposition to Farage 2. It's funny. People like a good laugh 3. It would mean no 2nd byelection in a few months 4. Tourism boom & global fame
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fake passports. A money laundering conviction. A mystery casino fortune in Montenegro... There's yet more revelations about who Farage chooses to surround himself with. Let’s start with George Cottrell. A man Farage describes as "like a son," and his former chief of staff 👇
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
YouGov: Andy Burnham’s first net approval rating as PM is six points higher than Keir Starmer’s initial rating after the 2024 general election (which was -3), and he is also significantly more popular than Boris Johnson (-18), Rishi Sunak (-19) and Liz Truss (-31) when they entered Downing Street
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🔴 Elections Watchdog Assesses Reform UK’s £30,000 Private Flights Donation Exclusive: Watchdog escalates inquiry into Nigel Farage’s party amid questions over whether the true source of the money was concealed bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/e...
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Elections Watchdog Assesses Reform UK's £30,000 Private Flights Donation
Exclusive: Watchdog escalates inquiry into Nigel Farage's party amid questions over whether the true source of the money was concealed
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Do I have any followers who live in Clacton? We'd be very keen @bylinetimes.bsky.social to see what leaflets are going around for the by-election...
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not to point out the obvious, but Ann Widdecombe was not an MP, hadn't been an elected official in nearly 6 years, or a Reform spox in 3, and it's incredibly unclear why either side would be building policy around such a broad definition of politician.
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