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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Striking trend in today’s news: -Canada says it wants a deep partnership with the EU -Australia says it wants same - UK opinion polls show record number wanting to Rejoin EU -TUC calls for govt red lines to be scrapped -Leaders of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & N.IRL say they want to be inside EU
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
£72 million is more than every UK political party combined accepted in donations and public funds throughout the whole of 2025. It’s more than twice what a party contesting every seat may spend nationally in the year before a general election. This is NOT normal! www.uglypolitix.com/p/two-men-48...
uglypolitix.com
Two men, 48 hours, £72m - What’s the Problem?
Two men gave Reform more in 48 hours than every British party raised in 2025. The Government's answer is a working group with no members, no remit and no timetable.
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Sadiq Khan @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The evidence is overwhelming: Brexit has been a disaster for London and the UK. Rejoining the EU is now clearly in our national interest. The option to rejoin should be on the ballot at the next General Election. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Sadiq Khan urges Labour to campaign on rejoining EU at next election
Mayor of London says returning to EU now more desirable because of economic instability caused by Donald Trump
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
BREAKING: “you know what we were promised in the Brexit referendum which was incidentally a pack of lies .. frictionless trade. Give me frictionless trade however you want it and do it fast” Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 19/03/2026
The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, discussing Brexit at Chatham House: "We really miss you guys". Can someone let him know that the majority of the UK public miss them too?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“The evidence is overwhelming: Brexit has been a disaster for London and the UK. Rejoining the EU is now clearly in our national interest. The option to rejoin should be on the ballot at the next General Election” Sir Sadiq Khan
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
We must stop pretending that Brexit was just a domestic choice. It was a successful Russian hybrid operation designed to shatter Western cooperation. This betrayal has left both the UK and the EU more vulnerable to aggression. Those who still defend it are idiots or traitors
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone. By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions. They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced. None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?
leftfootforward.org
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Seems like a good video for his trial
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military. How much appeasement will the world do? What territories and wealth would the Felon grab next? A template for other strong nations to do the same. Decades of unrest would follow.
bbc.co.uk
US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House
It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark, which is pushing back against Trump's ambitions for the Arctic island.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/12/2025
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files. Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out. See for yourself.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight! If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes. The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns. Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company. Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
theguardian.com
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 21/09/2025
Peace starts with us. The European Union was created to turn a divided continent into one of dialogue between 🇪🇺 countries, cooperation, and solidarity. Peace is not just part of our past — it remains our mission. Today and every day. #PeaceDay
A portrait photo of Robert Schuman, a balding man with glasses, wearing a dark suit and a striped tie, holding papers. Beside him, a quote reads: "World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it." The quote is attributed to Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950. The European Commission logo is in the top right corner.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Corruption Inc Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals. Used publicly funded office to manage commercial deals. Secret meetings with Palantir, handed NHS data. Secret Dinners during COVID lockdown to secure refurbishment of his flat. £200,000 from a hedge fund.
theguardian.com
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 15/08/2025
More than 450 million Europeans. 29 countries. 1 shared freedom. This year, we mark 40 years of Schengen! The Schengen Agreement has reshaped how over 450 million Europeans live, work and travel.
Lake Konigsee on German-Austrian border © Adobe Stock, Michal Rezny Lake at the border between Norway and Sweden © Adobe Stock, WirestockMountain landscape in the Pieniny National Park at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. Pieniny Park is located on the border of Poland and Slovakia © Adobe Stock, proslgn Flock of sheeps moving down a valley in the French Alps on border with Switzerland © Adobe Stock, Aide
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 06/08/2025
"The way to see off the populist right isn’t to cower in its shadow; it’s to step up and offer a compelling, positive alternative." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk calling for a new, positive relationship with Europe including a UK-EU customs union.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
France is launching a criminal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over alleged instances of algorithm manipulation for foreign interference purposes. The national gendarmerie will be tasked with the investigation, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/f...
techcrunch.com
France is investigating X over foreign interference, while a MP also criticizes Grok | TechCrunch
France is investigating Elon Musk’s X and a member of parliament, Éric Bothorel, is criticizing Grok's content.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
UK Minister says govt stepping up preparations for temporary nationalisation of Thames Water. Must not be temporary, no return to private sector. Water companies have stolen plenty, dumped sewage, unplugged leaks. No compensation, as was the case with Railtrack and Northern Rock.
theguardian.com
Thames Water renationalisation plans being stepped up, says minister
Environment secretary indicates that calls from creditors for leniency from fines and penalties will be rejected
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"Other industries such as rail and energy have also struggled in the face of privatisation. But, nowhere illustrates the failure more acutely than the water sector. Left unaddressed, it could easily become a major obstacle to meeting the UK’s climate objectives."
northwestbylines.co.uk
Is privatised water undermining the UK’s green goals
The water industry is unpopular but more seriously, is it fit for purpose as the nation tries to meet the challenges of climate change
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The premise on which Nigel Farage bases his argument for leaving the ECHR wholly fails under scrutiny
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Water companies routine use of emergency overflows ‘illegal’, says environment secretary www.channel4.com/news/water-c...
channel4.com
Water companies routine use of emergency overflows ‘illegal’, says environment secretary
We spoke to the Environment Secretary Steve Reed and began by asking him if he thought that the seemingly routine use of emergency overflows by water companies across the country was illegal.
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat." www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
seattletimes.com
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Trump Pressures Ukraine to Accept Peace Plan Favoring Russia. Russia gets land, US gets minerals. Akin to Germany and Russia carve-up of Poland in the 1930s Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in return for worthless security guarantees from US, UK, Russia More states will go nuclear archive.ph/iK5ww
nytimes.com
Trump Pressures Ukraine to Accept a Peace Plan That Sharply Favors Russia
The U.S. proposal would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which Ukraine has rejected.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“Britain is in the grip of an economic and social crisis. Corporate greed, the relentless pursuit of unsustainable growth, and the misguided attempt to replicate the economic model of the United States have driven inequality to new extremes.” 👏👏👏 💯
bylines.scot
The broken British economy: a call for urgent reform
An open letter to politicians calling for reform and what is needed to save British economy
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Legislators for Hire. 236 UK MPs declared some outside earnings. Is £93,904+exp not enough? Some spend a day a week on second jobs. Nigel Farage the worst culprit. MPs hired to serve their paymasters - access to policymakers, govt contracts. End political corruption. No second jobs for MPs.
theguardian.com
Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs
Guardian analysis finds seven MPs have worked at least 300 hours since July in outside employment
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary. Must not sacrifice the NHS; food/environment standards, worker rights. Any deal must be approved by parliament in a free vote. Trade deal with the EU preferable to US. Can't trust Trump. Our future lies with Europe.
theguardian.com
Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary
Chancellor will push for deal that protects British car, steel and pharmaceutical industries amid tariff uncertainty
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Trump suggests UK state visit set for September. A felon, dictator, liar, violator of treaties and court judgements, opponent of civil liberties, threat to global peace with delusions of extending US borders rewarded with state visit. Shameful. Mass demonstrations are certain.
bbc.co.uk
Donald Trump suggests UK state visit set for September
Earlier this year, King Charles III invited Donald Trump for an unprecedented second state visit.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
England water pollution at 10-year high as sewage dumping in rivers, lakes and seas accelerates. Higher bills, more abuse. Water industry is 90% foreign owned. Shareholders have no contact with the consequences of cash extraction. Only nationalisation offers hope
bbc.co.uk
England's serious water pollution incidents at 10-year high
Campaigners release official data showing the most serious pollution incidents in England are double the target.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Economist urges Reeves to hike basic rate of income tax. NO Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. End tax perks of the rich. Align tax on capital gains & dividends with wages, charge NIC. End partnership NIC loopholes. Wealth tax. FTT. End corporate welfare.
independent.co.uk
Reeves urged to raise basic rate of income tax for first time in 50 years
Institute for Fiscal Studies boss Paul Johnson warned Donald Trump’s trade war is ‘badly buffeting’ the UK economy
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/04/2025
COMMENTARY: The Baltic Sea nations and Britain can call on the owners and crews of shadow vessels to obey the rules; they can inspect insurance certificates all they want. But if someone has their mind set on subverting the maritime order, no agency can stop them.
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We started checking Russian shadow vessel insurance. Now what?
As these rules-busting, dangerous ships keep sailing our waters, posing enormous risks to other vessels and the environment, it’s time to focus on finding the shady operators behind them.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Sir Alan Bates urges victims of Post Office scandal to take govt to court over compensation delays. Wronged people browbeaten to accept lower compensation. Some died whilst waiting for compensation. No contribution to compensation from Fujitsu, PO directors, lawyers, auditors.
news.sky.com
Sir Alan Bates urges victims of Post Office scandal to take govt to court over compensation delays
Sir Alan Bates suggested victims of the Horizon scandal could be waiting until 2027 for all their claims to be settled - a forecast the government disputed - and told them it was time to go to court.
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A divide and conquer strategy to weaken the West by splintering alliances and undermining democratic unity. The UK and EU have every incentive to rekindle their partnership. Not just for prosperity, but for peace, democracy, and geopolitical strength.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/04/2025
Tech billionaire and Donald Trump administration adviser Elon Musk has won the admiration of another president: Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
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Vladimir Putin lauds Elon Musk as rare pioneer
Russian president praises the space entrepreneur (and Donald Trump adviser) as a great visionary.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The premise on which Nigel Farage bases his argument for leaving the ECHR wholly fails under scrutiny
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Starmer told UK must repeal hate speech laws to protect LGBT+ people or lose Trump trade deal. Plus sacrifice the NHS, food and environmental standards, worker rights. Who governs? No thank you. Don't want to be the 51st state, or US slaves. Better to join the EU and Single Market.
independent.co.uk
Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal
‘Good chance’ of agreement, says JD Vance – but sources say his concerns over Britain’s hate speech laws ‘are still a red line’
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“I hope the Govt sees through that. “I think even without Brussels ‘telling the Brits’, they would know things like hormone-treated beef, chlorinated chicken are not going to be compatible with any rapprochement with the EU.”
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS. It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate. That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
thecanary.co
A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS
Assura has sold NHS buildings to a US private equity giant, making £1.61 billion from infrastructure that we should own
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs. No impact assessment produced. A Wes Streeting recipe for privatisation dressed up as efficiency drive. NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to the private sector. 30% -40% of money will vanish in profits. Money will buy less. Must resist.
theguardian.com
Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders
Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Starmer: I'll only sign US tariffs deal if it suits UK. It will be a terrible deal. NHS will vanish. Expensive branded drugs instead of generic drugs. Hormone injected beef, chlorinated chicken, becoming the 51st state. Far better to join the EU.
bbc.co.uk
PM: I'll only sign US tariffs deal if it suits UK
The UK hopes to limit the impact of President Trump's tariffs in an economic agreement with the US.
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palmertim1.bsky.social @palmertim1.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Here I am on Bluesky!
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