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@motherhen49.bsky.social
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Eclectic mix of things I find interesting, beautiful, funny or intriguing in amongst rants about Brexit or Trump. FBPE.

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another shining moment for Reform UK Durham… Volunteers threatened with legal action for restoring parks freedomineverydaylife.org/volunteers-t...
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Volunteers threatened with legal action for restoring parks – Freedom in Everyday Life
Since 2017, volunteers from Hemp Garden Community Association have worked to transform a neglected green space into a thriving community park. Elvet Green in Durham has been transformed from a…
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missthesmith.bsky.social @missthesmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There have been black people in the UK for over 2000 years. On Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, to Nelson's HMS Victory and every battle since. The black community in Toxteth can trace its roots back over 400 years.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THIS is why an independent prosecutor is essential in the Cornell case. How could the Tompkins County DA's Office refuse to consider additional evidence before deciding not to pursue criminal charges?? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
nytimes.com
D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Full marks to Bobby J for not bothering to mention that this was entirely due to being given £45 million from the Labour government and told to do it. Even a Reform council couldn't fuck that up.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wife and I are about to cough up her second round of visa and NHS surcharges. £4,000. She works full time, paying into the system twice over. The application process is, once again, extraordinarily demanding and overtly hostile. This must be an extremely stressful burden on lower income households
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolute state of BBC News ragebait. This is not a ban on St George flags, but an injunction stopping people from putting any flag on street furniture, which is NOT designed to support a flag! It's also a dumb headline because people have be installing Union and football flags
Headline reads: St George flag raisers could face fines under new council rules
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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that?
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Mickey Rottinghaus @golfsobad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Iran has offered us an off-ramp from this War in Iran! If we remove the president from office, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened. I am all for it. How about you? #EpicFailure
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘We cannot allow race to be reintroduced into our politics. We cannot allow Briton to be set against Briton.’ Bravo Rishi Sunak www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...
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Rishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA test
I worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Once again: this shit is not compatible with democracy. Not for Reform. Not for Labour. Not for any party. It has to stop, and the thread below spells out my idea for how to do that. Tell your MP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
Exclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”. Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...
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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“As a campaigner living with terminal illness put it: for politicians there may be another vote, but for people like her, there is no time. Heartbreaking that she endured false hope, only for progress to be stalled by undemocratic manoeuvres in the Lords, and now this.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Like I said yesterday, the situation in the region is getting worse every day not better. Trump threatened multiple times to stop the Houthis if they attempted to do this. The Saudis asked for help. Now not only Hormuz but the Red Sea is a choke point. We will all pay for it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump on MBS, a murderer who had a journalist living in the United States dismembered: "He's a very good friend of mine." Trump on Jeff Epstein, an evil child sex trafficker: "A terrific guy. A lot of fun to be with. Likes beautiful women as much as I do and many of them are on the younger side."
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Dear Diary, £72 million in 48 hours! It sounds a lot, but it's peanuts compared to what they'll make when I keep my promise to slash capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026
This is what Trump is excusing when he says of Xi that “we spy on them too” — “Before Iran carried out its attack that killed 3 US troops, Tehran acquired images of the base in Jordan from China … It’s clearest evidence so far that Chinese support for Iran has had lethal consequences for US forces”
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Exclusive | U.S. Links Chinese Satellite Imagery to Iranian Strike That Killed Three Troops
The finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships.
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Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE @barheys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Call to action ? Change the bloomin law and make sure no one can buy influence in this way. The Representation of the People Bill is making its way through Parliament right now - amend it and fix this. Thats all the action thats needed. #UKLabour
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
The “tax the rich and they’ll all leave” crowd might want to take a seat. Tax the rich opponents keep that narrative going even though data shows it’s false. NY raised taxes on the wealthy in 2021. We were told the millionaires would flee. 2021: 90,579 2022: 86,211 2023: 86,710 2024: 99,404 RECORD
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN NORTH AFRICA Absolute insanity going on with thousands of records every day for months allover North and Central Africa Today 45.2C Bima HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER RECORDED IN NIGER 44C in Morocco The heat will just get worse. 45C North Africa,40C Spain.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politics for Sale Reform UK received a second £36m donation in as many days, as Thailand-based crypto billionaire matches £36m from another billionaire. Billionaires with criminal record or living abroad buying influence. Normal people people can't compete. Get ready for Farage propaganda blitz.
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Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy @davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
BBC NEWS NOW ' Nigel Farage says Reform UK has broken no laws ' may I suggest a different version? ' despite video evidence showing the contrary Nigel Farage says Reform UK has broken no laws '
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
His wife, his staff, and Jennings should all face legal consequences. 😠😡
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They are also stopping road traffic - we are told that this is a serious act of "terrorism", entailing long prison sentences, when done for environmental reasons?
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Finally! That's what I'm talking about! #politics
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When do you think they're all going to notice Farage's favourability polling is -44%? He's already incredibly unpopular!
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Telegraph's righteousness about people allegedly passing off other people's work as their own doesn't apply when the Telegraph does it itself
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If tonight's incredible Channel 4 exposé is the first time you've heard of James Orr, let me introduce you It is impossible to overstate how great his influence has been on the right of British politics, for years He chaired this conference in 2023 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The ultra-conservative American radicals infiltrating the Tory party
The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More ethics and philosophy lessons from the Associate Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University. No, it's not about transubstantiation or the Last Supper, but how much a foreign money man needs to pay to lunch with Nigel Farage
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s not just the timing. Remember this is also in the context of 17 separate failures to make parliamentary disclosure (Can’t get the staff” sort of excuse AND all the Posh George Cottrell financial support that he *forgot* to report AND the Harbourne £1 million he *forgot* and…in this instance
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More Leaders Like Mayor Mamdani Please.......🙏
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The hardest part of campaigning is having to spend so much time in fucking Clacton. The prospect of having to do it all again in a few weeks time is SO depressing. At this rate I’ll have spent more time in Clacton than the US, which would be absurd!
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A striking climate-model result suggests AMOC may have a rate-induced tipping point. 👉 Slow CO₂ increase: AMOC stable to +5.5°C 👉 Faster increase: collapse around +2°C Same climate system. Very different outcome. The rate of warming matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change - Nature Climate Change
Climate change is expected to alter oceanic circulation, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at risk of collapse. This work shows that the stability of the AMOC is dependent on...
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I guess he's just lucky there's no record of him supporting Net Zero
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Senator John McCain warned us about Rand Paul when he said, “The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.”
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/07/2026
When the president is so dumb the infectious disease doctor touches his own face.
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