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Dorset Man 💚

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Old socialist geezer who now wonders What the F*ck is Going On?

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
via Zurainee Tehek
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18h
Thank you Holborn & St Pancras. Our second best byelection result ever. 💚
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wow. What a campaign. Thank you to the 1000+ volunteers today and everyone throughout the campaign. The Green Party got 10% last time. Whatever happens tonight - we made Labour work like they never have before. I'm so proud of you all. 💚🙏🏽
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 08/10/2026
The 2024–2025 #cholera outbreak in #Sudan, the deadliest in the country’s modern history, was driven by conflict, not seasonal weather. Attacks on infrastructure, blackouts affecting treatment plants and hospitals and funding cuts fueled the outbreak. #TalkAboutSudan
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Dorset Eye @dorseteye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
John Chapman’s Family Deserve Justice: Poole Man Killed In Gaza As Israel Refuses Criminal Investigation dorseteye.com/john-chapman...
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John Chapman’s Family Deserve Justice: Poole Man Killed In Gaza As Israel Refuses Criminal Investigation - Dorset Eye
A Poole man who went to Gaza to help protect humanitarian workers was killed by an Israeli military strike. More than two years later, Israeli military prosecutors have decided there will be no crimin...
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Gaza Genocide Center @gazagenocidecenter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Satellite images leave no room for denial: Israel is committing genocide. 199,500 structures across Gaza damaged or destroyed since Sept 2023. Homes, schools, hospitals, places of worship, erased on record.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 05/10/2026
#ThisIsGenocideNotACeasefire: Israel continues to kill Palestinians, attack hospitals and block access to aid and healthcare. Meanwhile, world leaders are failing to stop it. We call for the protection of civilians in #Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on aid.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wonderful to visit New Horizon Youth Centre this morning in Holborn & St Pancras. They're doing incredible work in such a difficult background of youth homelessness. Brilliant to hear directly from young people how I can best advocate for change including a rent freeze.
Zack with 3 members of staff outside the New Horizons Youth Centre
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/10/2026
Dreams need opportunities. Our Youth Jobs Guarantee would deliver them.
Graphic featuring Mothin Ali speaking at Green Party Conference, with the quote: “Working class kids should be able to dream. But more than dream, they should have a genuine chance of making it a reality. That’s why, I’m proud to introduce our Youth Jobs Guarantee.” The Green Party logo appears at the bottom.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 29/09/2026
“#Ebola is a disease that causes a lot of fear and a lot of miscomprehensions.” – Jack Latour, Canadian Nurse Activity Manager in #DRC. At the start of the outbreak in Nia Nia, more people were dying in the community than arriving at the centre due to fear. Watch her update:
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... They have had their chance. They have blown it. We need a real alternative in this country now. They will never be it again.
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It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour
As I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth.  Everyone knew exactly what they were doing!  A crime more confessed to as it happened than any other in history. A crime more documented as it happened than any other in history. There are no excuses. None at all
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
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Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
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reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bugger. This really stinks: it was an opportunity to build something in Frome with real community input. Very disappointing from Somerset @libdems.org.uk www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company
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Gaza Genocide Center @gazagenocidecenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
22 killed this week. An 11-year-old shot in the chest. A mother shot walking her kids to school. That same week, Gaza's children went back to school in tents and rubble, for the first time in three years. Gaza This Week → www.gazagenocide.org/updates/gaza...
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Gaza This Week: September 19–September 25, 2026 | Gaza Genocide Center
At least 22 Palestinians were killed the week of September 19–25 as Gaza's children returned to school in tents and ruins. A weekly record of strikes, West Bank violence, and UN warnings from the Gaza...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gaza: Nappies and sanitary towels among vital items Israel blocks Gaza is being "illegally denied" ordinary and everyday essential items by Israel, columnist Colin Sheridan wrote to raise awareness By @skwawkbox.org
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Wheelchairs, nappies and cancer drugs among vital items Israel blocks from Gaza
Gaza is being "illegally denied" ordinary and everyday essential items by Israel, columnist Colin Sheridan wrote to raise awareness
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Gaza Genocide Center @gazagenocidecenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Introducing GazaIndex. A living record of the genocide in Gaza, held in numbers. Casualties. Destruction. Displacement. Prices. Aid. Every figure is tied to its original source, so it can be cited and defended. GazaIndex is a project of the Gaza Genocide Center.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our Green Party is people powered. We have the energy and the momentum to win in Holborn & St Pancras. We're about to go up a gear. We'll be out every day and evening and we need you! 🫵🏽 Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with lots of people with Vote Green signsZack with a group of women and a young man all smiling on the streetZack and Hannah with lots of people waving vote green signs
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Gaza Genocide Center @gazagenocidecenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gaza This Week is our new series documenting key moments impacting Gaza and the West Bank that are verifiable and sourced. This week's record includes an airstrike in Tel al-Hawa, a building collapse in Gaza City and a new $2.8 billion US arms package.
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Freezing housing allowance under successive governments has resulted in the social cleansing of many parts of many cities. Yes, rates need to be unfrozen, but the state also needs to impose a rent freeze and rent caps until council housing is being built at scale www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent rises
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18/09/2026
“Inequality has got worse and worse and worse. Wealth is hoarded in the tiny top percentage, and most people are really, really struggling.” Deputy Leader Rachel Millward on why the UK needs a wealth tax, on Cathy Newman.
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Why do the media and many politicians allow Tommy Twatto and Tommy Ten Names to demonise all asylum seekers as a danger to women. Instead of calling it out as the bollocks it is we're told there are legitimate concerns. There aren't, there's zero evidence to substantiate these claims.
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Inflation hits 3.1%. Energy price cap about to go up to £1723. And some scary predictions of where energy costs might go next year (see next tweet). Foodbanks already see too many people pushed to the brink. We’ll need targeted support to protect people already facing hunger.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From France - On immigration. Worth a look.’
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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Imagine the good you could do with £72 million pounds. Now imagine what Reform will do with it. Shocking and depressing AF that two Labour Prime Ministers have allowed this to happen. The short sightedness is unforgivable
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14/09/2026
On Sept. 13, an MSF bus carrying 10 humanitarian staff in #Gaza City was damaged by an Israeli airstrike on a targeted vehicle just two metres away. One MSF staff member was injured in the strike.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 13/09/2026
Imagine spending Christmas and your 78th birthday in prison - just because the authorities couldn't find an electronic tag that fit you That’s what happened to Gaie Delap. Now, she’s taking the Ministry of Justice to court to demand accountability Help fund her fight ⬇️ goodlaw.social/9np5
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Help Gaie Delap take on the failing justice system that put her in prison | Good Law Project
We helped get Gaie released from jail last year. Now we’re helping her sue the Ministry of Justice for discrimination for not finding a tag that fitted.
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Dorset Man 💚 @philw12.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FFS !
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform have made £72m from two donors in a single day. Absolutely obscene. And Labour refuse to cap political donations. The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today! donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
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Donate to the Green Party - Green Party
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/09/2026
Democracy for sale: Billionaires should not be able to bankroll British politics and buy political influence. It is time this government introduced a cap on donations.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"It is chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis making British Jews less safe, not Ed Miliband" Mirvis confirms antisemites’ worst assumptions when he keeps confusing Jews with Israel & using his influence to protect Israel from ever being held accountable for its crimes' jonathancook.substack.com/p/british-je...
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It is chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis making British Jews less safe, not Ed Miliband
Mirvis confirms the antisemites’ worst assumptions when he keeps confusing Jews with Israel and using his influence to protect Israel from ever being held accountable for its crimes
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 10/09/2026
Anyone venturing onto toxic platforms like Facebook and Twitter at the moment will see an endless wave of abuse of the RNLI. But on the plus side. The RNLI are reporting a "significant increase" in donations this week. Let's be part of it..... 👇
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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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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The RNLI is the best of us. Any Blackshorts who think volunteers saving lives at sea are somehow bad people is at best an sad idiot and a dupe. At worst …. (Suggestions welcome)
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10/09/2026
HOPE not hate can conclusively prove that Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson’s business empire has been built on fraudulent means, tax evasion, and perjury. This is a long one. Strap in.🧵 hopenothate.org.uk/the-grift/
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The Grift
Stephen Lennon, or Tommy Robinson as he is better known, has amassed a multimillion pound fortune by monetising hate and fear. But, as HOPE not hate can conclusively prove, his business empire has bee...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026
A joint statement from our Green MPs on being banned from entering Israel
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Britain needed to see a genuine new vision of economic prosperity from the Chancellor, not continuity Reeves. With families across the country struggling with cost-of-living, the UK simply can't afford any more inaction on public ownership of water, wealth inequality, or the climate crisis.
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War Child UK @warchilduk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
War Child UK welcomes the Foreign Secretary’s announcement to ban trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank as a positive step towards strengthening the UK’s compliance with international law and protecting children from harm. 1/2
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/09/2026
On Emergency Services Day, the Green Party stands in solidarity with the incredible work of the RNLI. They are true patriots who selflessly risk their own lives to save others at sea.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our Green MPs have consistently spoken out and voted on the right side of history. Standing up against ethnic cleansing, occupation and genocide, as all MPs should be doing. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Israel bans 12 British MPs from entering country after West Bank sanctions row
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar unveiled the counter-measures in response to sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I shed a tear when the government said that the occupation is illegal. I welcome the Foreign Secretary's commitment to banning all illegal settlements. Today I asked him how the government intends to work cross-party, so that we can all play our part to ensure the future of a Palestinian State.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Today the UK government announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. A critical and overdue step that the Green Party has long fought for. However, the government must go further and introduce an arms embargo, wide-ranging sanctions and end military and intelligence cooperation.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We need a government that will be upfront with the public, not parrot fossil fuel talking points. A Prime Minister who will protect our national security and long-term prosperity. He must say NO to more drilling in the North Sea.
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North Sea oil and gas is a test of leadership for Labour and they’re already failing
This summer we reached an inflection point. From now on, people living in the UK will only become more familiar with the real-world consequences of...
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
After months of wildfires, drought, and record heat, the UN is now warning El Niño will ramp up temperatures even further, to disastrous effect. Climate breakdown is here, and it's only getting worse. The govt must focus all its efforts on reducing emissions and mitigating existing impacts.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More Palestinians have been killed (1,300) since the so-called ceasefire began in Gaza on 10th October 2025 than Israelis were killed on 7th October 2023 - including ten times as many children (300!) as were killed on 10/7. This is what a 'ceasefire' looks like for Palestinians.
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