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@patrickbaines.bsky.social
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Born in Europe, still living in Europe but in the UK. Voted left all my life. I play the flute badly. Worked for the NHS for 40 years. Brexit has been a disaster. Tyneside!! Scantily dressed followers will be blocked.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
1) making countries accept returns 2) problems finding third country hosts 3) building enough detention centres 4) legal obstacles Oh and the unforgivable inhumanity… Farage’s hateful fever dreams need to be torn down like this - with the contempt they deserve. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/482...
liveapp.inews.co.uk
The four major flaws in Reform’s plan to shut down asylum system
Farage’s proposal would void existing asylum applications and reject any new ones – but the scheme features some serious pitfalls
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patrickbaines.bsky.social @patrickbaines.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@thepolyorchid.bsky.social I hope you get good news today
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Towns in England at risk of running out of water until 2027. Over one trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. No new reservoirs since privatisation. Record customer bills. Polluted rivers. No national planning. No national grid. Crisis deepened by privatisation. archive.ph/0XI5H
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The UK towns at risk of running out of water until 2027
Extreme dry conditions are set to stay through the winter, experts warn
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 13/10/2026
For years Britain’s argument about Europe has largely been: what’s in it for us? Perhaps we’ve been asking the wrong question, writes Anna Damski. What could Britain bring to Europe – and what could we achieve together that we can’t achieve alone?
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Joining Europe again: first, we need durable consent
Britain is reopening the question of Europe. This time, we need an honest debate before choosing again
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hmmm… who to believe… Andy Burnham or the compulsive liar who got sacked twice for lying, lied to Parliament, lied to The Queen, cheated on two wives and ignored the Ministerial Code. Tricky one.
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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Unsurprisingly, Iran is now at war with the the UK. Why is our Labour Govt still supporting the military actions of a demented & stupid American President? A man who unilaterally declares ceasefires, without involving the actual parties to wars?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/10/2026
Vladimir Putin wants a divided Europe to weaken us. We cannot let him win. For the sake of our own security, we need to rejoin the EU.
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Monty Dodge @montyofdodgington.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Farage lies and lies and lies..
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... NO! YOU are the liar Farage! Not Andy Burnham! Everyone (who isn’t an ignorant idiot) KNOWS that there was Russian interference. Ppl known for 10 years. The security services told Theresa May.
theguardian.com
Burnham a ‘liar’ over Russian interference in Brexit campaign, says Farage – UK politics live
Reform UK leader claims there was no interference, saying ‘the Russia hoax has run all the way through this’
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franceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 12/10/2026
"Si la Russie veut que nous arrêtions nos frappes de longue portée contre ses raffineries pétrolières et ses exportations de pétrole", elle "doit cesser ses frappes contre notre système énergétique", a déclaré le président ukrainien.
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L'Ukraine "répondra" si la Russie ne respecte pas une trêve énergétique, avertit Volodymyr Zelensky
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nigel Farage calls Andy Burnham a liar after Burnham states that there was indeed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum. He’s fully there isn’t he, Farage, actively working to undermine western democracy, Europe and the U.K. Farage is an actual traitor.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am pleased with this evolution of our energy policy. Renewables remain our top priority. This isn’t about fast-tracking new nuclear, but about recognising that in a climate emergency we should be using all the existing infrastructure we have to move off fossil fuels.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#ThisIsAmerica
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11/10/2026
⚡️Russia behind Britain's Brexit vote, UK prime minister admits for first time.
kyivindependent.com
Russia behind Britain's Brexit vote, UK prime minister admits for first time
"These things are important now to put clearly on the record and, I believe, help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia," medi...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Tom O’Kane @tomokane053.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You mean the diesel that the US doesn’t need to import because it’s the largest exporter of diesel in the World… bsky.app/profile/gene...
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Alanwino @alanwino.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Daily Express. Cunts. Anyone disagree?
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.
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patrickbaines.bsky.social @patrickbaines.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity
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Animal Defenders International @animaldefenders.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🐙 TODAY IS WORLD OCTOPUS DAY 🐙 Octopuses are intelligent, mysterious & vital to our oceans. Yet many suffer from overfishing, bycatch & cruel octopus farms. Protecting them means protecting ocean biodiversity. #FriendsNotFood #SaveTheEarth
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Average UK households are now almost £3,000 worse off than they would have been without the inflation shocks [since 2020]" Energy bills up 70%. Water bills up 61%. Food prices up 38% And that's on top of wages falling in real terms from 2008-18
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
100% 🤣 #BookSky
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The UK is in danger of losing any remaining humanity " via The UK Against Hate ... but the surge of donations to the RNLI shows we're not there yet!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The super-power of Nigel Farage ... "AbsenteeMan" meme via Stephen Fisher
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Liz Truss? Liz fucking Truss!?
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump is declining international election monitors in the United States for first time in over two decades, aligning the country with Russia. Trump will instead deploy his own election monitors to polling sites across the country. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Farage is hugely concerned that the Treasury isn’t getting taxes he claims are lost because tax dodging super rich are leaving UK Farage & Tice are passionate about tax going to HMRC Fun fact — both of them used off shore tax schemes to avoid huge sums of tax, they don’t see why they should pay it
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/10/2026
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the site of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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Ebola Death Toll in DRC Tops 4,000; Trump USAID Cuts Fuel Outbreak
We go to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the site of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. Health authorities believe the outbreak first began in January but was not detected until May,...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
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The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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Jackie Nicholson @jax1712.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Do love a Bear rant, eloquent rants too 😅 If you havent yet, def worth a follow. Keep up the rants Bear 💪
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Sébastien Nadeau @sebastiennadeau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quand on dit qu'on devrait mettre un terme à la peine de mort... www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-...
ledevoir.com
Une Américaine mise à mort survit au protocole d’injection létale dans le Tennessee
Une enquête est ouverte et les exécutions sont suspendues dans l’État après cet échec sans précédent aux États-Unis.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Freedom of Movement to allow EU citizens to work, rest and play in Britain. Filling jobs, paying taxes, learning English. Bringing their charm and warmth to Britain. Giving us diversity and different cultures. It’ll be so good to have them back again.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
It’s been a while since I had a proper Brexit rant. Then GB News’s US Political Editor declared Britain “is not a European country”, completely rewriting reality, and my restraint promptly left the fucking building. How many excuses do Brexit’s champions get before they answer for the mess?
bearlypolitics.co.uk
The Brexit Multiverse of Madness
What happens when reality refuses to cooperate? Simple - you just rewrite it wholesale.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Russian Treasury Yields hit a new decade high of 16.88%. Russia is now issuing record levels of state debt at credit card rates. Global investors are unwilling to loan Putin money because they do not think Russia will survive this war to pay it back.
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Johnny @johnnyhatesjazz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now we're talking. Get it done Andy😎👌
theguardian.com
No 10 gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The inexorable logic for the UK since 1945 is to need to engage with European integration even while the romantic / little Englanders insist this is intolerable because of history / aesthetics/ whatever. And so it continues to be.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm less sure about Burnham's intentions and still think he hopes to find a way through the EU issue that isn't politically painful. But his team have heard the message that such a path isn't there, narrowing the choice to status quo (now ruled out), drop red lines, or rejoin.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026
As a side note to this: The best thing that Andy Burnham’s Labour Party can do right now is reach out to both Ed Davey and Zack Polanski. Whether he needs them for a coalition after the next GE or not, now is the time to get both the Lib Dems and Greens on board - especially around care.
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l'Humanité @humanite.fr · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump déclare sa flamme à la voiture essence et détricote le pacte vert de Biden ➡️ l.humanite.fr/2zF
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 28/09/2026
This morning, 99% of delegates polled at Labour Conference said that Thames Water should be brought into public ownership. It's SO obvious what the public want. Now it's time for Andy Burnham to do it. #labour26
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The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial
strongEditorial:/strong Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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