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Olwenmcg

@olwenmcg.bsky.social
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Retired teacher. Loathe Tories and Reform and unimpressed by Starmer's Labour. Independence is normal even for Scotland. America...oh ffs.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seriously 💥
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone
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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Meet the National Rebirth Party. If this is what British Fascism looks like, the greatest threat from it is that people might die laughing.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Twice divorced Richard Tice, currently in a relationship with a divorcee, speaking for a party led by twice-divorced Farage, tells us unmarried people should be deprioritised for social housing.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New York magazine calls Israeli genocide genocide. nymag.com/article/comm...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I googled her name and she’s a health policy researcher who writes think tank reports about gambling harms, we have found the patron saint of UK Bluesky
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026
Newsom: "That $400m Qatari plane? That's not a $400m gift. It cost you $936m. That was what was appropriated as he's cutting food stamps and cutting your Medicaid. He put a billion dollars in the Pentagon budget to retrofit his private plane because that's going with him after the presidency ... "
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 01/08/2026
This is what happens when the government is run by a felon reality TV personality, Fox News hosts and right-wing podcasters.
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Tony Dauphinee @oldstoney1957.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
SLAVA UKRAINI
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Stand with Ukraine
ALT: Stand with Ukraine
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
See, it's funny because it's true. #Sad
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Love this. The people's choice: Binface versus Farage in Clacton.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Waiting for BBC Scotland to tell us in its reporting on Anas Sarwar's peerage that a couple of months ago he said he'd never accept a peerage and in 2022 said: "The House of Lords has no place in 21st century politics. It is unacceptable…to have unelected representatives wielding such power."
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Mr Bean: Rowan Atkinson Waiting
Alt: Mr Bean: Rowan Atkinson Waiting
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Nigel Farage: Andrew Tate is an "important voice" for young men: June 2024.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I strongly believe in giving the man a chance. But keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary suggests the vicious attacks on immigrants and refugees, and self-defeating attempts to outrun the far right, are likely to continue. Which is pretty damn depressing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot
Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Proof that @ofcom.bsky.social is simply not functioning and needs the most massive shakeup. This is a factual matter. Clear error. Yet it cannot bring itself to act because ….GB News. What is the point of an @Ofcom like this?
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The toxic influencer who has made "hyper-masculinity" his brand was arresting wearing Doris Day clam-digger slacks and a kicky purple blouse.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 10/07/2026
What’s the thinking behind Reform’s going after Binface? Farage could simply chuckle and say that eccentric candidates are a thoroughly British tradition and he wouldn’t change it for the world. Instead, by cooking up elite conspiracies Reform come across as genuinely rattled.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Seemingly Cottrell's mum has donated £1.5m to Refuk / Refuk-linked entities. Which seems a lot for a 'retired stylist' whose deceased husband left her a £1.5m estate. Reminds me of how Farage's gf could fund that Clacton house... There is no suggestion of any wrong-doing though. Or right-doing.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I despised Ann Widdicombe but no one deserves what happened to her. Yet it says so much about the hate and division far right politicians like her have created I was relieved to hear the suspect police are looking for is a white man and the "protecting women and girls" crowd won't be out rioting.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Matt Goodwin has missed some key facts: 1. Andy Burnham was not already an MP. 2. Nigel Farage was already an MP. 3. Burnham wasn't under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and the National Crime Agency whereas Farage is.
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Dr Nigel Fletcher @nigelfletcher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I’m sure this is well-meant, but if I had just called a by-election after facing allegations of financial impropriety, I’m not absolutely sure the first thing I’d do would be… offering the returning officer thousands of pounds in cash.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Never before has a politician announced their intention to run for re-election on an explicitly pro-sleaze, anti-transparency ticket. Never before has a politician gloried in having enriched themselves by breaking the rules, and then demanded a mandate to continue doing so indefinitely
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Nigel Farage’s 'Pro-Sleaze' By-Election Is A Sign Of Terminal Weakness
The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov
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Alan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Too many democratic socialists and anti genocide types here. Why would a Labour politician, particularly a minister, associate with that?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Dog rescued in Venezuela after 6 days in rubble! Such goodness all around 😍
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Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is quite something. Kudos to Major Watson. Genuinely brave.
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Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
And there are ordinary people who persist in thinking that Reform is intended to benefit them! There's a reason billionaires pay for the politics that suit billionaires.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A bit more of Mahmood’s performative cruel stupidity here Most asylum seekers have no control over where they are housed or for how long or how long it will take the H.O. to make a decision and for appeals to be heard AND, meanwhile, THEY‘RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Asylum seekers to pay £10,000 towards living costs under new UK law
Means-tested scheme included in immigration and asylum bill condemned by charities for placing tax on refugees
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Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy 80th birthday to the Vespa. Here's one I made before...
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15/06/2026
In a disastrous ruling, the Court of Appeal in London has overruled the High Court and upheld the government's decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group. Defining a protest group as terrorists has created an absurd situation where thousands have been arrested for holding up signs.
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Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This:
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Nigel Farage thinks calling women sluts, saying they can’t drive, saying they don’t deserve equal pension rights and making disgusting comments about them online is “laddish behaviour”. Reform UK has a misogyny problem, and it goes to the top.
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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A view very clearly developed in London and not Belfast. ~86% of Northern Ireland's population were born there. A further ~7% are immigrants from the rest of the UK and ROI. ~6.5% are immigrants from outside the UK & ROI, many from the EU. The uncontrolled immigration argument is nonsense.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. Here's my hot take from last year on why all the money in the world won't ever make him great.
Instead of whipping up hate in midnight
rants on X, Musk could be helping the
world's most vulnerable children or
funding vaccination and education
programmes in the developing world
where his money is needed most. He has
the potential to go down in history as the
greatest benefactor the world has ever
seen - but he has chosen to facilitate an
egregious billionaire felon on his journey
to the White House, while posting
pathetic memes to garner 'likes' from
basement-dwelling crypto bros.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
When I rule the world a written application justifying ownership of a stupidly big car. Almost all current owners will have them confiscated if they're not approved - and they're unlikely to be approved.
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
SP leaves CBS after 37 years. “New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. Good people were fired because they stood up for our audience. I pray for a day when when sanity, competence, and courage return.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting
Veteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews
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