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Pete Masterman

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Retired and living in Spain

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 15h
It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h
It just keeps coming, their anti-Iran propaganda.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 16h
By Braverman’s definition: I am not English (half Armenian) nor is the mother of my kids (parents Welsh). In fact of my kids’ great grandparents — only one is English What do to do, Suella? There are probably 80 or so descendants of my great grandparents which by your benchmark aren’t English
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h
The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
By Suella Braverman's definition of Englishness as being "a lineage, an ancestry, a connection to the heritage of this country which dates back a few generations," I'm no longer English. So where shall I go and live when Reform comes knocking?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
It's a bit strange because I'm often told "how English" I am. But there you go. Sue has spoken and I'm out. I have strong ancestral connections to Lanarkshire and Wales.. maybe I should chose one
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
Farage has German great grandparents so it'll be problematic for him too
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22h
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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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 21h
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23h
Wow what a wonderful benefit of recognising Palestine.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to Suella Braverman for her Question Time appearance - I didn't think it was possible for her to come across as any more deranged and stupid than usual, but she somehow managed it.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yesterday, French president Emmanuel Macron said it would ⁠be “excellent ​news’ ⁠and “a good decision” ⁠if Britain decided to rejoin. Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said Britain would be welcome back to the EU "with ⁠open arms". Let’s go! #RejoinEU 🙂
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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Menacing 92 year olds in the middle of the night, whose side do these people think they’re on? #Fascism #Crowborough
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Pete Masterman @pedallerpedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well seeing he was born in 1984, presumably books - not from personal experience obviously!
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The combination of profound mediocrity and delusions of brilliance is what makes Badenoch so annoying. Not mad like Truss or ruthless like Jenrick, just a vacuous bullshitter with a cruel streak conservativehome.com/2026/10/01/k...
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Kemi Badenoch tells ConHome - 'It's a new team to face a new opponent. We're ready, you'll see it at Conference, but prepare for hard work' | Conservative Home
Kemi Badenochs talks to our Editor about Conference, her 'new generation, new team, new party' vibe, and tackling Burnham not Starmer. She takes on criticisms from our readers, both Conservative and R...
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….
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Pete Masterman @pedallerpedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spot on and the Tories will be the first to criticise!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The logic of the death penalty is so twisted: "Killing is wrong - so we the state will kill you if you do it."
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The whole "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" which the principles of the death penalty stem back to... originate on the 4,000 year Code of Hammurabi... alongside other progressive ideas - like cutting off your son's hand if he lashed out at you.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔥 Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don’t. A great Write-To-Your-MP tool for the upcoming parliamentary debate on UK applying to join the EU. Send an email - and share the link!
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Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don't. - Best for Britain
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Pete Masterman @pedallerpedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As the party moves further to the right and excludes the centre right from its membership it really is no surprise.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reading the details of the US execution story from last night and it is absolute barbarism. Like reading a history of the medieval period.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Heartless bastards…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're constantly hearing that EU countries wouldn't want the UK back in the EU after all the trouble we've caused. That's simply not true. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge UK to rejoin EU
Britain would be welcomed back into the EU ‘with open arms’, Spain’s prime minister says
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The reality behind the BS of Reform in power👇 Family's fears as autistic son with severe learning disabilities loses college place because Reform Kent County Council cut funding KCC plans to cut adult care funding for 18,804 But spent £600,000 on just 8 parking spaces for Reform Councillors 🤬🤬
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Kent family fears SEND son will lose skills without college
Family says autistic son's progress is at risk after specialist college funding ended.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's 2026. And this is happening in Tennessee. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emmanuel Macron, French president, and Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, both say the UK would be welcomed back into the EU 👍
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This illustrates not just the hypocrisy but the self-defeating nature of Trump's policies. Under MAGA doctrine, he enacts protectionism, trashes the alliance with Europe, and demands Europe take more responsibility for its own defence, and then finds it has consequences the US dislikes.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Free speech news
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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
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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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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maximum monthly State Pension. Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997 Guess which is unaffordable?
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump is the one person that no Canadian will ever say "sorry" to
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Is Rejoining the European Union an option?" Lisa Nandy, "Yes of course." "And I think Andy Burnham is right to say that we've got to be honest, Brexit has not worked for us" "A lot of the public I think have come to that view as well"
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh god yes. The naysaying on this… and in fact on anything hopeful… is beyond tedious. Where does anything start? With persuasion. Not the end product. We can’t know all the answers now but we can enthuse about the campaign, the idea, the hope… Why stamp so pedantically on that?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ah, Farage’s pic-‘n’-mix bag of ‘truth’ again. Let’s start with you, Nigel… Let’s have the truth about your multi-million donations and gifts and what you have to do for them, about your links to Russia and to Trump’s christofascist crowd, about your real motives for Brexit and leaving the ECHR… Go…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The one nation, Remainer, Tory Robert Jenrick would think the shit-stirring, pro-racist-riots, brexity, Reform Robert Jenrick was a right dick.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do sometimes wonder if the political history of this period, when written, will mainly conclude: “Many people lost their way simply by spending too long on X.”
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If @andyburnham.bsky.social or @shabanamahmood.bsky.social or @wesstreeting.bsky.social were looking for threats to British national security, those like Farage and Musk who constantly try to provoke ethnic civil strife in this wonderful tolerant country should come high up on their list
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Pete Masterman @pedallerpedro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What a ridiculous decision!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meanwhile, the hare is up and running, in both the US & UK, that 'terrorists have been released on bail' (with a side order of 'two-tier justice, what about 'Tommo'?' nonsense) and will no doubt lodge in section of public memory (along with e.g. 'cat prevents deportation' that still does the rounds)
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never knew three van full's of explosives could evaporate, but it did and in less than 24 hours. Donald Trump, all the Media, and even the Police were spreading this BS. What jokes we have in charge.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...
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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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