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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3h

🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 15h

Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic

Sunset with giant mystery cones Prototaxites https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prototaxites-fossil-explained-why-this-prehistoric-colossus-still-baffles-scientists-1773173

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23h

Two countries voted against making food a human right at the UN, Israel and the USA. The vote would have mandated the UN to prevent starvation, and the US and Israel didn't want to fund preventing starvation.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10h

Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation…

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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations

The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 9h

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7h

Mark Butcher is Reform UK's candidate in Claremont, Blackpool, standing tomorrow. He's seen here with a group intimidating a council worker taking flags down. A worker, just doing his job. That's him climbing the ladder. Just think how a he would treat council staff if he was a councillor.

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Bob of Bobington @mrweekender.bsky.social · 10h

I’d like gyms to ban people who film themselves working out. Just outright ban them for fucks sake. Let’s get a bit of privacy back please. Also, ban the cretins who wear nonce glasses.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Danny Tommo denied bail and remanded in custody as Tommy Robinson jets off on another luxury holiday searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

The Fairford incident is dominating the news cycle - and the right-wing. Over the past 48 hours we’ve seen speculation, insinuation and implication attempt turn a serious story about security into one about immigration. This is a long one. Make some tea.

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A Dissection: The Fairford Fannywobble

How the right-wing commentariat turned an ongoing investigation into a migrant story before the facts were known.

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Loz @lozq76.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Brexiters continue to be ‘furious’ - Their anger is all they have now…

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Explaining to my mum why Danny Tommo is like Winston Churchill. Come see me on tour: rosieholt.seetickets.com/tour/rosie-h...

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Bob of Bobington @mrweekender.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whether you follow football or not, the situation with Man City should give everyone pause for thought. The blatant cheating, coverups and outright lying is despicable on so many levels. The damage to reputations, careers etc is horrendous. If the punishment isn’t harsh then football is dead.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We don't have a "climate problem." We have a greed problem. The planet isn't dying. It's being killed. And the killers have names, logos, and boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

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Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
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reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@jonesycartoons3.bsky.social was on fire this weekend. The Farage Tapestry "STOP THE BOATS!" "ISN'T HIS SURNAME FRENCH?"

A cartoon image of the Bayeux Tapestry showing Nigel Farage as knight shouting "Stop the boats!"

Behind his back, two other knights talk: "Isn't his surname French?"

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If Farage really hates 'small boats', why does he never call Putin out?

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...

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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson

A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We can now look forward to a long appeal process, I know. But we can also say, now, "Manchester City, who were found guilty of 114 charges..." every time we mention the club's name; and I believe we should. No more "allegations". They were found guilty, and that is a fact.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”

Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026

Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've stopped using Booking dot com and the other travel platforms for this reason They are rife with scammers and the platforms are often incredibly slow to act, if at all Booking dot com's own 'AI trip planner' was also shown to give flat out wrong information What are we doing?

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Scam booking sent Loughborough family to Wetherspoon pub near Tower Bridge

Which? says staff are turning away up to 20 tourists a day after scammers used the pub's address.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We live in a world where the person committing Genocide has center stage at the UN and a 50 vehicle convoy for protection. While the victim of Genocide was banned from even attending. We are in a far worse state now than we were 80 years ago.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Blaming migrants achieves nothing Demanding an end to profiteering by millionaire bosses could end poverty, hunger, homelessness with £billions to spare for our NHS, social care ... "Every person working a 40 hour week should earn enough money for a decent life" via The UK Against Hate

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Does this look familiar?

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Johanna Saunders @johannasaunders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every single person on the planet has ancient DNA in their genome that belongs to a combination of Neanderthals, Denisovans or even earlier hominids. We are ALL descendants of immigrants. Our ancestors were ALL dark skinned and probably furry. Our ancestors ALL hooked up.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good. FarRight yob #DanielThomas is dangerous and a threat to the lives of others. Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel

Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Holding Govts to Ransom. Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London. None complained about bailouts, £100bn UK subsidy in last 3 years. Banks profiteering, higher interest rates/charges, measley return to savers, speculation on price of energy/food. archive.ph/gQKNT

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Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London

Chancellor John Healey is looking for revenues in next month’s Budget to compensate for hit from higher borrowing costs due to Iran war

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Paddy Power founder accuses Betfred billionaire of ‘scaremongering’ over tax rises. Scaremongering is used to squeeze concessions from govt. The industry should not be allowed to book profits offshore. Need higher taxes, the industry does not bear the social cost of profits. archive.ph/3ZCmq

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Paddy Power founder accuses Betfred billionaire of ‘scaremongering’ over tax rises

Stewart Kenny hits back at warnings over UK job losses, saying he used ‘the same script’ when he was in the industry

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Farage says Burnham’s National Centre for Information Defence will “clamp down on free speech”. The government says it will target hostile foreign information attacks. Farage’s Brexit Party voted against stronger action on Russian propaganda in 2019.

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Bob of Bobington @mrweekender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is insane and just shows that Facebook have completely lost control of their platform. The impact on the UK, US and Australia is devastating.

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How to rage bait Americans

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Considering Burnham's attack on Russian disinformation at the UN, maybe we should take another look at this damning verdict on the (old) government's corrupt investigation into Russian influence during the Brexit ref. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Interesting speech by Burnham at the UN where he announced a new National Centre for Information Defence to counter, mainly, Russian disinformation. Oddly, Reform and GB News are already angry about it.

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UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says

The UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN.

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D Marie @gypsysoul1968.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Humiliated

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026

1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.

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WIRED @wired.com · 22/09/2026

When Andy Burnham served as the Manchester regional mayor, he did so in the only region of England that refused Palantir access to its data. Now, as British prime minister, Palantir could be his first major test in office.

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The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir

Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026

Another day, another cis male coach abusing children [Belfast Telegraph] Don't hold your breath waiting for any of the 'protect our girls' crowd condemning this. They don't even condemn it when it happens to people they know.

Former youth football coach facing prison term for child sex offences
Belfast Telegraph23 Sep 2026CHRISTOPHER WOODHOUSE
A former youth football coach from Co Down has pleaded guilty to a string of child sex offences.

Paul Allen faced 18 charges, including sex assault, attempted sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are dated between January 2020 and February 2024 and involve two complainants.

Allen (38), who has an address in Dundonald, stood in the dock of Downpatrick Crown Court where he was formally re-arraigned.

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"The rise of anti-migration neo-fascism is more threatening than anything I have seen in my lifetime". It must be challenged, it must be stopped. The UK, & its people, are so much better than this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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There is a racism and cohesion crisis in Britain, and someone needs to lead us out of it. His name is Andy Burnham | Polly Toynbee

I want him to start the fightback next week against extremists who peddle hate and those who despise this country. That would be true patriotism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Right fuck this. I have reported Danny Tommo’s YouTube video and I implore others to do the same. They are platforming a man who live streamed himself essentially committing a crime and he will be making money off of it as well. Please please report the video www.youtube.com/live/lkeZbk8...

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