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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a very concerning development. Hegseth has also appointed Musk to the military!
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Someone should tell Burnham Starmer's government was already planning regional devolution!
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Andrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The govt introduced new sanctions. Some of those come fully into force immediately, some will be phased in over several months. All existing sanctions remain in place. Nothing has been relaxed. The govt’s actions have been officially announced & were prominently addressed at PMQs on Wednesday.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Burnham being economical with the truth about those Manchester buses👇🏾 😉 While a Labour govt (under Starmer) has given LA's the power to bring buses back under their control (Bus Services Act 2025). They've also capped fares at £3 countrywide.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Ouch! Internet receipts are a b*tch aren't they? #Burnham hypocrite
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trump has all the money, all the power, all the attention, and all the bombs in the world. But were he to live for a thousand years, he'd never have this. And it must eat him up.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Reform Watch launches today - Reform Watch www.reformwatch.org/news/reform-...
reformwatch.org
Reform Watch - Independent watchdog monitoring Reform UK
Independent watchdog monitoring Reform UK officials and holding them accountable for their actions.
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Contact your MP to stand firm - Hold the Line holdtheline.org.uk
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Hold the Line - Tell Your Labour MP to Stand Firm
Email your Labour MP to support stable government. In a world where Trump tears up international rules and Reform waits in the wings, Britain cannot afford political paralysis.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
You can always rely on Larry the cat to deliver the receipts. #Zahawi
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
His deals aren't worth the paper they're printed on but world leaders have little choice but to pursue them. Another example of how completely he has destroyed the network of obligation that holds everything together.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What hell is going on in the US when its president can call for the arrest & execution of political opponents! Trump needs to be removed as president asap!
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This year, Labour increased the minimum wage for all workers at well above inflation. But they increased it even MORE for younger workers. They aim to get the rates the same for all ages. But Reform want the opposite - to reduce the minimum wage for younger people. Support Labour. Oppose Reform.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
He couldn't care less! Cold as ice
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Labour are delivering actions, not words. Here is PM telling you just a little bit of what they've done in the last week.
Action not words. This week we have:
Secured 20,000 jobs across our country through our deal with Türkiye.
Strengthened renters’ rights through Awaab’s Law.
Increased support for 6 million households by extending the Warm Home Discount.
Carried out the largest crackdown on illegal workers in British history.
That's national renewal.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/10/2025
Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies: "I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close." Shots fired. ~AA

Rupert Lowe MP
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I have received A LOT of questions about Nathan Gill, having sat as a Brexit Party MEP alongside him in Brussels and Strasbourg. He was also the Reform leader in Wales. For those who don’t know, he has pleaded guilty to taking pro-Russian bribes over a number of months.

Obviously, I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close. He was the head of the delegation of our MEPs, so with the whip ran the day-to-day affairs of our grouping and organised activity in Brussels/Strasbourg. He was one of just two MEPs from the previous term Farage allowed to stand again.

He seemed particularly interested in Russian/Ukrainian developments which I found peculiar. There was one event, right at the beginning of our term, which he asked me and other MEPs to attend. Due to his position in the grouping, I agreed. It had a very pro-Russian slant, with individuals who claimed to be close to Putin there. For obvious reasons, I did not attend another such event.

I thought his obsession with that part of the world was strange, but given his years in the Parliament and position in the party, I didn’t think there was more to it. Other MEPs also found it unusual, but we just got on with job.

So to journalists asking, there is my response.

It is disgraceful behaviour, treasonous behaviour.

I am ashamed to have ever sat alongside him.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Let's make sure everyone knows about the activities that senior Reform members have gotten up to. These are not people we can trust to run out country. Make sure people never forget! (Originally posted by the Labour Party on Instagram)
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
"Lots done. Lots more to do." As Parliament is set to return tomorrow, here is a video the Labour government have put out to show us some of the things they have achieved in the first year. And it's a LOOOOOOONG list.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Nigel Farage should tell the people of #Caerphilly about how he wants to abolish the Senedd. Actually, no need, we have a video of him saying it. (Also about how Fox Hunting turns him on).
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
@lbc.co.uk Listening to that misogynistic caller(John) disparage women as leaders 😡Sheila Forgarty how could you just let him drone on about how Andy Burnham is the only one to lead Labour like that? #sheilaforgarty
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Starmer ravages Farage: "The honourable member for Clacton is not here... he's flown to America to badmouth and talkdown our country. And worse than that... he's gone there to lobby the Americans to impose sanctions. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. It's a disgrace."
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 03/09/2025
‘He was almost urging the US government to impose worse trading relations on the UK.’ Iain Dale and Imran Ahmed react to Nigel Farage’s ‘treacherous’ comments in Congress, claiming free speech is under threat.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Senator Raskin tearing that traitor Farage a new one. Enjoy 😊 www.tiktok.com/@theipaper/v...
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Farage branded a “Putin-loving free speech imposter” by US Democrat. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, accused Nigel Farage of being a “Putin-loving imposter” as the Ref...
TikTok video by The i Paper
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Adrian Monck @amonck.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
🧵 THREAD: What the leaked Alaska summit documents really reveal (excellent scoop by @NPR) 1/ NPR just broke some big news: US government documents were accidentally left in a hotel printer in Anchorage, revealing the actual plan for the Trump-Putin summit. They show exactly what Trump intended.
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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
This clip from a manonledge article just about sums things up for me 👍
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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A message to Labour members from the PM:
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Starmer and the UK government are dealing with the world as it is not as they or we would like it to be. For me, a proper appreciation of who is in the White House, his mental fragility and the devastating power he wields are essential to have a chance of getting through the next few years.
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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I have always loved this clip of Sly and the Family Stone's medley on Ed Sullivan. Simply because Ed's strait laced audience cannot resist the enthusiasm of Sly and the band. What made Sly Stone good,was not only his enthusiasm, but his energy and always thinking what was best for the greater good.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2025
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The media again unleashing a frenzied attack on Starmer & the govt because of toe EU summit. Looks like the govt were wise not mention the word Brexit after all. Even when the economy significantly impacted. Can you imagine the unhinged onslaught on Starmer had he said we were rejoining the EU?
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social that fishing guy mentioned Chlorinated chicken!; This is not part of the US tariff/trade deal. The Govt has said many times that UK food standards are to be changed for US trade. Facts matter.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
www.economist.com/britain/2025... This needs to be reported by every single journalist in the country. Every news outlet and all political parties. Reform U.K. Ltd are political frauds.
economist.com
Nigel Farage’s economic plans are a disaster
Three choices: fiscal implosion, deep austerity or a hasty U-turn
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
For anyone who thinks the NHS will be safe in the hands of Farage & Reform. You have been warned youtube.com/shorts/TN3lG...
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Farage / Reform wants to privatise the NHS
YouTube video by National Rejoin March
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Well said! America needs to choose democracy or dictatorship under Trump.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
If you are wondering, the UKs biggest export partners are: EU US China Switzerland Hong Kong Canada India Singapore Australia Japan UEA Saudi Arabia The PM / cabinet ministers have had contact (last month or so) with most of these to talk about trade - trade visits, trade talks, phone calls.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The government's welfare reform consultation has officially started its 12 week period today, as accessible versions have now been fully made available. The minister said 'Welfare reforms must be shaped by and for disabled people' as he announced the government would 'listen' and 'learn'.
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Government to listen, learn and deliver as consultation on transformational welfare reforms begins
Welfare reforms must be shaped by and for disabled people, the Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms said today [Monday 07 April], as the official consultation on the governmen...
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
He's right. Trump doesn't care about America or its people. It's all about enriching himself & his billionaire buddies.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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Maryanne Chisholm 🌊 💙 @maryannechisholm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
So proud of American Resisters today! #Handsoff
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wow! That is a MASSIVE crowd in Boston, Massachusetts for the Hands Off! protest! 🔥
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Politico @politico.com · 02/04/2025
Breaking: National security adviser Mike Waltz's team set up at least 20 Signal chats to discuss official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza and more, according to sources who've been personally added to the chats.
politico.com
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Quelle surprise!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Economic Suicide by Dipshittery
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Booker's team just told MSNBC they’ve gotten 14,000 voicemails from people supporting Cory’s filibuster and sharing their stories—and another 280 million people have liked his speech on TikTok alone. A masterclass in capturing attention. Well done.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 01/04/2025
Was able to speak for a while this morning as @booker.senate.gov enters Hour 13 of holding the Senate floor. With two glasses of water and sheer determination, he’s telling the world that America is fighting back against this President. Go Cory!
Photo of Sen. Cory Booker at a lectern on the Senate floor.Photo of Sen. Tina Smith at a lectern on the Senate floor.
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MyrtleP @myrtlep.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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