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Centre left, hates Brexit

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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 4h
Today, Lifeboat Saturday, I’d like to pay tribute to the many brave men and women who volunteer for the #RNLI, risking their lives to save others in grave danger. I’m appalled at the abuse and intimidation faced by RNLI crews in recent weeks. Let’s support and celebrate this incredible charity.
Tessa Munt MP with Marie Goldman MP and Sarah Gibson MP visiting the Brighton Lifeboat Station.
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Mr. RB (UK) 💚🌹🔶🇪🇺🇺🇳🇺🇦 @chascroker.bsky.social · 8h
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 4h
The answer is, of course, to go to Whitby next year.
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Your rights if a hotel refuses to serve English food on a foreign holiday
A consumer rights champion has explained the rules after one woman had to eat Greek food every day on her Greek holiday
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7h
The Bjg Time Chatlie account seeking to identify & incite vs RNLI staff as traitors was run by a recruitment consultant in Worcestershire who is a Restore donor & Cromwell Club member. He hss now deactivated the anon troll account after being publicly identifird www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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Joshua Murray-Nevill @joshuamurraynevill.bsky.social · 4h
"Let's make sure that stable door is now firmly shut. Thoughts and prayers are with the horse." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Green Party wants to make sure it is 'not vulnerable to extremists'
The party's Westminster leader Ellie Chowns made the comments after ex-leader Caroline Lucas said some members had joined to vote in the Zionism motion.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 4h
Police in Bristol said they asked organisers of a far-right protest in city centre to move it or reschedule, because the big Shine Night Walk big cancer charity 10K fundraising walk of 2,000 people - mainly women - was planned for Friday night. Police confirmed the group refused, so walk postponed.
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Far right 'were asked to move' protest for cancer charity fundraiser
Police say they asked far-right Bristol Rises protesters to change their plans but 'an agreement could not be reached' so now the big Cancer Research event has been postponed
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 21h
This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19h
Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They definitely are gaining huge momentum, towards cult-like conspiracy and electoral oblivion.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If I worked for Andy Burnham I'd reply "Yes, Prime Minister" to most of his remarks but every so often I'd say "Don't be disgusting, Jerry" to keep him on his toes.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How high does this thing go?
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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 09/10/2026
Anonymous sources are bad, says an anonymous source.
Greens do 'things differently', says source over former deputy's criticism
A Green Party source has responded to earlier comments from Caroline Lucas on the party's motion at its conference over the weekend.
They say: "There are ups and downs in politics and when people are passionate they disagree in the heat of a campaign."
The source adds: "We do things differently, unlike Labour who use anonymous sources and resort to factionalism."
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Labour's tax policies were blamed by the press for one of the UK's richest men reportedly moving out of London to Monaco - but it turns out he'd actually ditched the UK when David Cameron was PM.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hm. Conversations I’ve had with insiders at Netflix are all about how any menu system can’t remotely compete with linear TV - so many disadvantages - and that plenty of programmes and whole genres can only survive on a platform that doesn’t rely on an algorithmic / front page priority system.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The last legal public execution in the United States took place on August 14, 1936. 20,000 people turned up to watch it. Hegseth's horror show will be watched by millions. What has become of America?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
United States of America brings back public executions courtesy of Pete Hegseth. The sort of tyrannical behaviour that ISIS and the Taliban engage in. baynews9.com/fl/tampa/mil...
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Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the execution would be "public"
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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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MrMirth @mrmirth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Who walks like that???
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfectly put.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's more whitewash in this report than at your local B&Q. Nothing in it exonerates Reform UK or Nigel Farage. They're not above the rules. The sleaze, scandal & police investigations aren’t going away. It’s time to stop the cover ups and come clean to the public. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I never watch the speeches anymore, I only read them and what's funny about Badenoch's speech is when you're reading it the lack of a throughline is even more clear. Conference, our tax code is too long... [a few paragraphs later'] ...we are going to add more complexity to it
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch speech: The Tory leader is having an argument with herself and she's losing inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Obviously laughable. But a reminder of how these people would behave in power: Financially benefiting the journalists and pollsters who do their bidding, legally pursuing those who do not.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Britain's Iron Dome crumbled in less than 18 hours. Another triumph for Semi Goodenough www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release
Tory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence system
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Katy Brand on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DeJq9Xvo-o...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Badenoch would do a deal with Reform in a heartbeat, no matters what she says.
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Tom Hayes @tomhayes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think this confirms what I said in my post last Sunday. How can the EU negotiate any sort of deal with the UK when the major opposition party threatens to tear it up if it gets back into government? www.ft.com/content/f923...
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Tory plan to rip up UK-EU food deal risks ‘huge uncertainty’, producers warn
Food and drink industry fears it may be forced to comply with different regulatory regimes every few years
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dame Angela Eagle MP, Labour's Environment Secretary, on Kemi Badenoch claiming water privatisation has been a "success": "Kemi Badenoch is living in an alternate reality. How anybody can look at the Tory record on water and call it a success is baffling."
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Steve Richards @steverichards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Latest podcast: Is Kemi Badenoch the leader who is returning to the past? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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Is Kemi Badenoch the leader returning to the past?
Podcast Episode · Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards · 6 October · 40min
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hmm, seems like the kind of thing Head of Money would say
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“We are not calling for violence. We are not calling for Civil War." Yeah, that's something a totally normal group of people have to point out.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Go go, Tim.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tim Stanley deserves credit for continuing to try and make Conservatism sane again. We've recently heard similar sane-ish moments from Rees-Mogg, Hannan and even Allister Heath, but they are not (yet?) as consistent as Tim Stanley who seems to be growing into this role.
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Sean Kemp @seankemp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yep, when I catch up with other former Lib Dem Spads we just sit around cackling about how we destroyed the Tories by making them compromise on key issues. ‘Wow we totally screwed their electoral chances for a decade’ we say as we laugh into our drinks.
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is very good from Rob Rinder. The comments are a complete binfire, not sure why there are so many horseshoe Greens on a Nazi's site, but there we are.
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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 06/10/2026
"Polanski likes message telling people to ‘move on’ from complaining about ‘Zionism is Racism’ vote "A Green party member who despaired at what had happened was told 'If you’d prefer to be with genocidal Labour, maybe just go'"
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Polanski likes message telling people to 'move on' from complaining about 'Zionism is Racism' vote - Jewish News
A Green party member who despaired at what had happened was told 'If you’d prefer to be with genocidal Labour, maybe just go'
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Iron Dome largely protects against large volumes of short range missile attacks. Does Kemi think.... France is about to go for us? Or Ireland? A sudden upsurge in violent Welsh nationalism?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Tories will scrap solar panels on new build homes. That means more solar will need to be built elsewhere, including on farmland. Labour’s Future Homes Plan puts panels on roofs first, helping protect farmland for food production. bylinetimes.com/2026/10/05/c... @bylinetimes.bsky.social
A photo of a new build home with solar panels on the roof being torn down. Text reads: Conservative Party plan to scrap solar panels on new homes. Less green energy, higher bills. More solar on land. A step back for Britain.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If anything screams, 'we are the party that doesn't care' this is it This nihilist approach to our environment stinks and in the true sense of nihilism suggests the Tory party has lost its way on beliefs and values...but I think we probably knew that already 🫤 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Experts estimate the cost for a state of the art system for the UK is much higher than the Conservatives’ plan ..."The cost of an Iron Dome..is probably £80bn over 10 years” said General Sir Richard Barrons" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... When will the Tories get serious on spending restraint
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Tories pledge ‘Britannia Shield’ to protect UK from drone attacks
A planned network of radar, command and control systems and interceptor missiles would strengthen defences against aerial threats
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'I counted them all out of RAF Fairford, and they didn't come back.'
Brian Hanrahan reporting from the Falklands
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pisspoor response from a pisspoor leader, who clearly does not have the moral clarity or the conviction to prevent racism in his party greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/05/z...
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Zack Polanski reaction to Zionism is racism motion - Green Party
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: “Antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct – blurring the line between the two is not only wrong but antisemit...
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John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Controlling a plague is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman”
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