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Christine P

@patient57.bsky.social
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Book lover, theatre goer, not interested in fawning over Farage and his ilk , mum to 3, 2 with additional needs. Permanently exhausted but still functioning...just!

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@nickharkaway.com really enjoyed the chat with Mark Dunton tonight. I should have bought my copy of Karla's Choice to grab a quick sign from you. Had to dash off before I had a chance to say how much I loved it.
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Video below:
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have an announcement.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
🚨Theresa May: "Crypto assets are used by people who want to avoid anybody knowing what they are doing." "And in terms of our democracy and political parties, donations to parties or candidates, we actually want the transparency of knowing who is doing that donation, who is making those donations."
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is completely on Andy Burnham Last week Labour could have stopped this. Now we have a single person giving more money than the entire general election spending limit for a political party www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Andrew Scott is pure class in Pressure. All the acting is great but his performance took you on the emotional ride the character must have been going through. What a true story and what a brilliant film.
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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And signing the open letter of thanks. 80k people have signed so far.
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Decided to make a donation to show the heroes of the RNLI that most of us value everything they do. Fancy joining me if you can? rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Netanyahu to i24: “Who would have believed on October 7 that we would change the face of the Middle East? I did. “My intention was that eventually we would clash with Iran.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
West Midlands Police: “We’re aware of a video circulating from the Reform UK Conference showing an incident with a protester. We haven’t received a complaint but would ask the woman to come forward. Anyone with any information should contact us on 101 quoting log number 924-050926”
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Chris Mason
Political editor

"Counter terror won’t let him on stage yet” a senior Reform figure says, explaining the delay in Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform UK conference.20:08 4 September

Jack Fenwick
Political correspondent

West Midlands Police say the decision to delay Nigel Farage's conference speech "was made by Reform UK".

A senior Reform figure earlier told the BBC that Farage's speech was delayed because "counter terror won't let him on stage yet".

But West Midlands Police say: "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement in the delivery of the Reform UK Party Conference 2026."
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why I was banned from Reform UK's conference www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/why-i-was-...
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Why I Was Banned From Reform UK’s Conference
The truth about the trend of political parties banning critical journalists from covering their events is even worse than it appears
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Margaret Thatcher did not 'regenerate the British economy'. She devastated the UK's industrial base, put three million people on the dole and plunged entire communities into the kind of poverty they still haven't recovered from four decades later.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The wonderfully talented Marsh Family has a new parody of Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic." This will piss off Crybaby Caligula yugely. Isn't he moronic? Don't you think?😅
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh great, so now not only has poor old Mrs Ashworth lost her arthritis PIP payments and is facing eviction for not being able to pull up a few dandelions... she can't even visit her grandkids in France during an election without forfeiting her vote. What a bunch of cunts.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The world has been feeling a bit pants lately (ok not a bit) but just been to listen to beautiful music, played wonderfully, at St Martins In The Field. It was enough to lift me again for a little bit longer.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Looks like Ukraine used the UK’s Storm Shadow missiles to hit a Russian base in Donetsk. Putin will be stepping up his threats to Britain.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What is so important to the ultra-rich that they must seize and destroy the world's resources, hold down wages and crush organised labour, capture politics to reduce the tax they pay, fund the far right to stifle democracy? Here's an answer. A Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Bag. On sale for £449,555.68
Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Blanc Himalaya Matte Crocodile Limited Edition Bag
£449,555.68
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When you are lucky enough to see something really special. Midnight at the Never Get at Menier Chocolate Factory is truly breathtaking. Well deserved standing ovation.
Poster for Midnight at the Never Get at the Menier Chocolate Factory
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Please read this thread. It is really important.
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Of the 33 peer reviewed and highly successful papers Jason Arday produced, only two have been challenged. They were cleared once. They will be cleared again. But of those two only 3% has been cited as problematic. So 3% of 7% of his output. Can anyone do the math that makes Arday a plagiarist?
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Have any of these so called journalists, commentators etc, who are still writing vicious things about Jason Arday paused for one second to consider his children and wider family? You hounded him relentlessly but he isn't here to read what you're writing now, but they are. Just stop
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George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nigel Farage’s two biggest personal donors, Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell, can both be linked to a betting platform implicated in potentially illegal gambling in the UK. With Venetia Menzies @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social @manumidolo.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Nigel Farage donors’ links to betting service implicated in potential illegal gambling
Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell have both been connected to the unlicensed platform Tether.bet, which shut last week
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 16/08/2026
Mahmoud Darwish and Tamar Ben Ami: The impossible love of a Palestinian poet and an Israeli dancer
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Mahmoud Darwish and Tamar Ben Ami: The impossible love of a Palestinian poet and an Israeli dancer
In the early 1960s, in Haifa, Israel, the young Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish fell in love with Tamar Ben Ami, a Jewish Israeli dancer. Their romance was intense but brief. From this forbidden love, the writer composed a poignant poem, 'Rita and the Rifle,' which is still sung throughout the Arab world.
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Christine P @patient57.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I wish media outlets would describe Nathan Cofnas as a racist rather than a "self-defined race realist" which doesn't mean anything to most people. His writing meets any definition of racism however narrowly and cautiously drawn.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit Indonesia, east of Bali. At least 14 reported dead.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A hugely embarrassing win for Farage in the Clacton by-election. Reform had been touting a 79% victory. Instead he got 63% against Count Binface who pulled in nearly 27%. Petulantly Farage didn’t turn up for the count to give a speech. The investigation into his finances begins again.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Unregulated power and insatiable greed come in tailored suits ... via Truth Against Hate
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat. Is UK ever prepared for emergencies? Covid Flu epidemics Annual water shortages Floods Policing Self-imposed fiscal rules, austerity and inadequate spending has consequences.
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‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I imagine there were Victorians who said “we can’t afford sewers”, knowing that deaths from poor sanitation happened mostly to people they didn’t know. This is much more serious, of course.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Since water services were sold off by Thatcher to be run for private profit, the water companies have: - amassed debts of over £50bn - paid £78bn to shareholders - raised their CEO pay to £1-3 million a year - lose 2.87bn litres of water a day through leaky pipes - polluted EVERY river
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