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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
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PickyNick @nickcgjcdws.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Interesting' to watch the dynamic pricing on the West End production of Hay Fever. The seats we sat in last week are now more than twice the price we paid. Front stalls and front circle are £230 per ticket 🤯
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🔥 “With a major debate on rejoining the EU set to take place in parliament on 12 October, a letter writing campaign coordinated by the European Movement UK supporting the petition behind the debate has passed 20,000.” Yup, we’ve passed 20,000 emails to MPs in just 5 days. (Link in comments)
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Britain should rejoin EU within 10 years, Tony Blair tells Andy Burnham
A report by the Tony Blair Institute has also called for Keir Starmer’s Brexit red lines against rejoining the single market and customs union to be ditched immediately, while another influential thin...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While waiting for Trump to enter the signing of the US-Denmark-Greenland agreement at the UN, they chose “Send in the Clowns” as the background music. Yes, it’s real.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
🚨 NEW BEST FOR BRITAIN RESEARCH 🚨 If Labour commit to rejoining the EU in the next manifesto they will be the party most likely to form a government. If Burnham wants to stop Farage, grow our economy and bring Britain to the top table, he must commit to EU membership.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@deadder.bsky.social 😢😢😢
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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is really, really quite disturbing.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Alex Bellars 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱 @alexbellars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If your MP needs a little nudge about the forthcoming EU debate, show them this:
Pictorial representation of the enormous swing back towards EU membership, among English constituencies
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW MRP JUST DROPPED: All but four constituencies in GB support UK membership of the EU. In those four, the most popular option was 'Don't Know' (Ashfield, Clacton, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness).
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 18/09/2026
@lbc.co.uk and @mrjamesob.bsky.social thank you for the time and the coverage of the story as well as listening to the stories. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The same people who were rending their garments when Lord Alli bought a dress for Starmer's wife, screeching 'WHAT INFLUENCE IS HE BUYING?' now look voters in the eyes and insist the crypto bros giving them £72m want nothing in return. By all means, take the donation, but stop taking the piss."
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bonnie Greer making a fool of Nick Griffin on *that* Question Time. RIP Bonnie. youtu.be/afE05e6n4Zk?...
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Bonnie Greer OBE & Nick Griffin, BNP on Question Time 22.10.09
YouTube video by I'mPOSSIBLE.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wandsworth’s half-century era of ultra-low council tax came to an end as the borough’s Conservative administration announced plans for a 94 per cent rise, Britain’s biggest ever annual increase www.ft.com/content/6851...
ft.com
End of an era as Thatcher’s favourite council backs 94% tax rise
Wandsworth local authority in London accuses Labour government of ‘deliberately targeting’ it
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All the money in the world cannot save them FROM WHO THEY ARE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Gwent Police said he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
Leader of Reform UK in Wales stands down after arrest on suspicion of assault
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Leader of Reform UK in Wales stands down after arrest on suspicion of assault
Dan Thomas, a former Tory councillor, was elected to Senedd as leader of the opposition in May The leader of Reform UK in Wales is standing down after he was arrested and bailed on suspicion of assault. Dan Thomas, a former Tory councillor, was announced as Reform UK’s Welsh leader by Nigel Farage in February. He was elected to the Senedd as leader of the opposition in May’s election. Continue reading...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Russian businessman bankrolled the after-party to Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas, raising questions about the relationship between a figure with reported ties to Vladimir Putin and the US president’s eldest son www.ft.com/content/3de6...
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Russian businessman bankrolls Donald Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding after-party
President’s son and his wife confirm Umar Kremlev, who is reportedly close to Vladimir Putin, paid for part of celebration
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PickyNick @nickcgjcdws.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Outstanding pronunciation of the Welsh First Minister's name by Matt Hewitt on the news!
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm old enough to remember Farage saying "raising huge money has not been easy" and Reform was a grassroots movement that depended entirely on small donations. And only now have I clicked that this "appeal" was May 2024 - six weeks AFTER he got his £5m quid "unconditional gift". Man of the Paypal.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Actual headline: “Farage sold himself to one foreign based crypto millionaire & has now sold his party to yet another one”. What a surprise that a party with little concrete policy has very specific policies on… crypto tax cuts
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
nothing says “party of the ordinary workers” than taking a £36m donation from a crypto tycoon convicted in the US in 2022 for failings in an anti-money laundering programme before being pardoned by Donald Trump
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Metropolitan Police has expanded an investigation into the financing of Reform UK after an undercover TV sting operation that alleged the rightwing populist party sought illegal funding from overseas www.ft.com/content/73c6...
ft.com
Police investigate Reform UK over donor sting
Probe follows Channel 4 broadcast that showed footage of alleged attempts by the party to seek illegal overseas funding
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 09/09/2026
EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...
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Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/09/2026
It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our undercover reporter @scatatkins.bsky.social posed as a far right journalist at the Reform Conference, and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
there are now no fewer than five separate financial scandals engulfing Reform UK www.ft.com/content/0426...
ft.com
The five financing scandals facing Reform
Nigel Farage and his party are facing growing scrutiny over transparency and the source of donations
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Apparently it’s because this popped up behind Tice on a timer while he was speaking. So, now they are checking for other protests.
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dino121.bsky.social @dino121.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What - like this?
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Michael Drummond @drummond-bass.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Stuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A full video is available by the investigative team who exposed the scandal may be worth your time watching it… www.verbatiminvestigations.com/full-investi...
verbatiminvestigations.com
Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
50 journalists banned, including these. Farage is a blatant liar.
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Zia Yusuf: "The people who broke Britain won't be the ones to fix it." Robert Jenrick - Tory MP 2014-26 Suella Braverman - Tory MP 2015-26 Andrew Rosindell - Tory MP 2001-26 Danny Kruger - Tory MP 2019-25 Lee Anderson MP - Tory MP 2019-24
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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social tell the story of Section 28, the 1988 legislation that cast a chilling shadow over the lives of gay men and lesbians in the UK for the next 15 years ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Drama should be a core GCSE subject iandunt.substack.com/p/the-hellbo...
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ULEZ was never a crack down on people driving, always a push for better respiratory health. 🚗 💨 “Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity […] stunted by exposure to pollution”.
Image of a bus speeding past and headline “Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children study finds” 

“Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra low emission zone.”

Red text: Damian Gayle Env correspondent.
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PickyNick @nickcgjcdws.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Dear God. Reform’s Laila Cunningham utterly utterly clueless on climate change on LBC. Terrifyingly beyond utterly clueless. @lbc.co.uk
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026
Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Five have commissioned an ITN documentary examining Nigel Farage’s finances: Nigel Farage: Where Does the Money Come From? airs Saturday 22nd August, 9.30pm
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/08/2026
Standards watchdog resumes investigation into Nigel Farage over financial gifts
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Standards watchdog resumes investigation into Nigel Farage over financial gifts
Reform UK leader’s return to Clacton restarts inquiry into £5m gift from cyrpto-billionaire and support from fraudster The suspended parliamentary standards investigation into Nigel Farage over accusations he failed to declare gifts and donations has resumed after the Reform UK leader’s re-election as the MP for Clacton. The twofold investigation by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, was paused after Farage resigned from his seat and called a byelection in protest at what he said was unfair scrutiny of his finances. Continue reading...
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