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Jon Thompson

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Ex-language teacher. Progressive, anti-Tory/Far right. 🏉⚽️📽🇨🇵🇩🇪🇪🇺☕️. Centrist dad jokes.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dolly Parton’s sister:
Stella Parton @StellaParton
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I'm here to sound the alarm again today as l've been doing since 2016.
We are in a dire situation when a performer is pulled from a tour for simply calling out genocide in Gaza.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
well sure when u put it that way it sounds bad
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We need leaders who stop pandering pathetically to the bullshit “legitimate concerns” of racists, extremist agitators and cynical far right politicians. Time to stand up strongly for the very real and genuine concerns of the non-racist majority who deserve to be safe and deserve to be heard.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.
We must not allow the tragic murder of a
young woman turn into attacks on men
and attacks on the police
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The core question is whether zero-sum approaches to ethnic conflict become inevitable as diversity rises. The antidote: a coherent approach to common citizenship, fairness & equal opportunities that can command confidence across majority + minority groups thenewworld.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
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Nigel Farage and the politics of murder
The brutal killing of Henry Nowak has been seized upon by Farage for political self-promotion. But the idea of an inter-ethnic conflict could crack apart the basis of British society
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📌 ICYMI — The Neo-Nazi and Far-Right Coalition that Converged on Southampton Over Henry Nowak’s Murder — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social There were Nazi salutes and 'White Power' chants on the streets of Southampton, after the Reform UK leader called for "pure cold rage" in response to Nowak's death
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The Neo-Nazi and Far-Right Coalition that Converged on Southampton Over Henry Nowak’s Murder
There were Nazi salutes and 'White Power' chants on the streets of Southampton, after the Reform UK leader called for "pure cold rage" in response to Nowak's death
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Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Italy has suspended its defence agreement with Israel. It's been a long time coming. Now will the UK do likewise? #Italy #Israel #Defence
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
To be clear, we totally can pretend it's not our war on the simple basis that it isn't.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The Brexit press got their knickers in a twist over marmalade! 😂 www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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Government confirms marmalade will not be renamed in post-Brexit trade deal
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"The danger with a malignant narcissist like Trump is they end up destroying not just themselves but everyone around them. So, the real question is whether Republicans will finally realize, 'We have to get rid of him too' and 'We have to help the Democrats get rid of him before he destroys us all."
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Today’s GB News TV advertisers include *AllClearTravel *CandlelightUK *TheNest *Belgica *LeathersofaCompany *Citymoves *Sky *IdealHomeShow *Boxt *PSPIT *Madisonandmayfair *WNLPrinting *ChristopheDuchamp *TheCarWarehouse *Love2Stay *ThomasPaineHotel *GoldReserves *StoneProductions
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
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Tradwife movement ‘attracts men who are hostile to women’
The strongest predictor of support for women staying at home and deferring to their husband is not, as researchers expected, chivalry but ‘hostile sexism’
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Samantha Wathen @samanthajwathen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Do you ever start writing a post, realise you can't sufficiently put into words the level of hurt, anger and injustice you feel, and then abandon it? That's how I feel about the government's attitude towards our Residents. 2020 anyone?? I am so done. share.google/SEsg1BoHyvz1...
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Resident doctors lose jobs package and will strike next week
The medics will strike for six days from 7 April, just after the Easter bank holiday weekend. It will be their 15th walkout since 2023.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We don't want a closer relationship WITH the EU, we want to be back IN the EU – first Single Market then CU and full EU – but that's impossible with Starmer's red lines.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Raise the Colours claim 'violent physical attacks by left-wing mob'🤣 That's a group of nice people from South Oxford, mostly women, who were abused and harrassed. When Bridge films himself being challenged he moves towards people and then leaps back yelling 'DON'T TOUCH ME!' to pretend he's been hit
Screenshot from GB News saying 'council now threatens to prosecute patriotic flag-raisers who were subjected to "violent physical attacks by left-wing mob'."
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Ian Pearce 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 💙 @pearcee.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In this time of higher energy prices, please consider car sharing…
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"Why should people who do not pay taxes here, do not live here be able to have an effect in our democracy?" Exploring overseas funding of UK politics @peterjukes.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...
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Crypto, Foreign Donations - and the Threat to Democracy
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ELANA MCDOUGALL 🇨🇦 @elanamcdougall.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Who knew a reality TV star who bankrupted 6 times would be unable to run the world’s largest economy? So he inherited money and couldn’t manage it properly. It can’t be his fault the US is now insolvent, the stock market has tanked, and a war he alone started threatens the global economy?
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a woman wearing glasses and a black dress is sitting on a stage and making a face .
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a black dress is sitting on a stage and making a face .
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
"If you wanted to meddle in British politics from abroad, it would be very easy to hide the source of those donations." Crypto political donations explained @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4dhM...
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Crypto, Foreign Donations - and the Threat to Democracy
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I wrote about how right-wing media figures are looking for scapegoats as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran spirals out of control. Two leading candidates: NATO countries who won't open the Strait of Hormuz, and the Iranian people who haven't overthrown the government. There will be more.
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As Iran war drags on, right-wing media lash out at NATO and Iranians who haven’t overthrown their government
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *TrailFinders *FasterPropertySolutions *Staysure *ArdenParks *WeFixLondon *PinkSandGroup *AllClearTravel *TheChapelJewellers *Boxt *DrHoVitadora *TheKitchenCompany *Love2Stay *TechnicalDrive *MadisonandMayfair *EKOSGroup *SlaterAndGordon *OakhouseFoods
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump has just held up a model of a B2 fighter plane and declared these are dropping the biggest bombs on Iran you’ll ever see. B2s are reportedly taking off from British bases. Keir Starmer must answer my simple question. Are these planes attacking Iran?
Donald trump with a model plane
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
‪Europeans when asked to unblock the Strait of Hormuz 😎
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz
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Sioned Williams AS/MS @sionedplaid.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Good to discuss Plaid Cymru’s vision of hope and the need to stand together against division ywith Leanne Wood, Zack Polanski and many others at yesterday’s launch of Together Cymru. Great also to have the company of Plaid Cymru candidates and sisters Sarah Rees and Zaynub Akbar.
Sioned Williams MS standing behind a table speaking into a mic. Sat alongside her listening are Zack Polanski, Sumayya Ahmed, Leanne Wood and Anthony Slaughter. There are posters along the front of the table which read “Love is Back”, “March for love for unity for hope Together.” Sioned Williams MS standing with, Leanne Wood holding posters which read “Hope is Back”, “March for love for unity for hope Together.” Sioned Williams MS sitting behind a table speaking into a mic.Sioned Williams MS standing inside a meeting room smiling with Leanne Wood, Sarah Rees and Zaynub Akbar.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Reform is too thick to hide their real motive for power. It’s not to make us wealthier. It’s not to improve our public services. It’s not even to manage immigration. It’s to wildly enrich themselves by dumping the rules and regulations that protect us from exploitation, discrimination and risk.
Tice 'avoided
£600,000 in tax'
Gabriel Pogrund - Whitehall Editor

Tice sits in front of a tacky Reform football shirt designed for utter saps and losers, grinning about his tax dodging and wealth
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🚨ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT Contact your MP NOW and ask them to attend and support the petition youtu.be/LPO_ZWlyb7Q?...
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🚨PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
5 March 1945 | Shlomo Dragon, former Sonderkommando prisoner, recovered the manuscript of Załmen Gradowski near the ruins of gas chamber & crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. This unique account is published based on a new translation: E-book: bit.ly/4ucs9WP
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Caroline Spector @cspector.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Okay, so I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories, but I have no problem believing this at all.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If Scotland were to design a modern democratic constitution &, with it, return to the EU, then perhaps England would find a way to follow. My piece for @scotnational.bsky.social ahead of public meetings in Edinburgh & Glasgow next week - makehopepossible.org/tickets
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Caroline Lucas: Scotland, we need to talk about how we can take on the far right
I’ll be discussing what I learned while campaigning in the Gorton and Denton by-election, and how we can take on the far right together
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This is important to help you understand how some news outlets intrumentalise wording to help support the far-right agenda. We've had it for 10 years now with their promotion of MAGA, Farage and other fascists.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 27/02/2026
One quick point - nearly 66% of the voters in Gorton and Denton cast their vote for parties nominally on the left. There is a lesson here.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Staysure *JCB *Sky *EmeraldCruises *WeFixLondon *AllClearTravel *MustHaveIdeas *StiltzLifts *Dormeo *CPMcoins *Hattonlondon *ReclaimNation *Boxt *CandlelightUK *Droylsdenglass *SimplyFactoring *its.co.uk *WorldOfCruising *Belgicaweb *Haltonlifts
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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
To everyone that doubted.... Cheers 🍻
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
“On a misty February morning midway between Britain & France, we watch tankers carrying Russian oil worth around $100m (£74.1m) cruise past in defiance of Western sanctions, embargoes, & price caps.” Even tho’ sanctioned they pass thro’ the waters of sanctioning states news.sky.com/story/flatpl...
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Putin's war weapons hiding in plain sight - in the English Channel
As tankers carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Russian oil pass through British waters, a Sky News expert warns we are heading for "militarised confrontation at sea".
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
If anyone still thinks Reform would be anything other than a bitter flailing mess of ego-clashing blame, grotesque nastiness and utter incompetence in government… I give them exhibit 24563 in a mountain range of evidence that begs to differ… (The Times)
Jenrick 'was locked in bitter spat with Yusuf'
Daisy Eastlake
Robert Jenrick sought to access the private information of Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesman, six months before he defected to Nigel Farage's party.
In leaked messages seen by The Times,
Jenrick, now the party's
economic spokesman, asked a senior Conservative Party figure for the details provided by Yusuf when he applied to be a Tory candidate, saying that "we should destroy him".
At the time, Jenrick had accused Yusuf of antisemitism after his account liked an antisemitic X post attacking Jenrick's wife. Yusuf claimed a member of his team had "accidentally" liked the post, but Jenrick called for Yusuf to be given "the boot" from Reform.
In the messages, Jenrick was advised to be careful about sharing Yusuf's details but said it was "dog eat dog".
A Tory party source said Jenrick and his team were "obsessed" with undermining Yusuf and called him "Zia Use-less". They said: "Zia should watch his back, he'll be first out of the door when Rob takes over from Nigel."
Jenrick's team have denied claims that they were investigating Yusuf.
After Jenrick's defection in January, Yusuf said that Jenrick had been
"clear-eyed" about how Conservatives had "betrayed" voters and the pair now had a "great working relationship".
A source close to Jenrick said: "Rob is sorry that some of his former colleagues are still so upset about him leaving the party, and hopes they can move on in time.”
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Fantastic interview. Everyone should read it:
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John Davidson Gives First Interview and Explains Tourette’s Tics After Shouting N-Word and Other Slurs at BAFTAs: ‘I Felt a Wave of Shame’ (EXCLUSIVE)
John Davidson's explains Tourette's tics and the BAFTA N-word incident in his first exclusive interview with Variety.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The Guardian/UCL have conducted an in-depth study of all of the immigration debates in parliament over a century. It shows sentiment more mixed, more negative today than in the past. (Though also that parliamentary sentiment historically is more pro than con) www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis
In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Just Daily Mail 'journalist' Sarah Vine comparing the UK's only Jewish leader of a political party to Adolf Hitler. #politicslive
Screencap of Sarah Vine tweet: "I always wondered to myself how Hitler managed to persuade the German people to turn against the Jews. If you tell enough lies and spread enough poison eventually people will start believing them. Hateful divisive of little man."

She's responding to this tweet by Zack Polanski: "For years we've seen an ongoing genocide. It's been backed by right-wing papers, the US President and this Labour government."
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 22/02/2026
#MilanoCortina2026 highlighted our shared commitment to inclusion, diversity and sustainability. Europe is proud to have hosted this global celebration of talent, tenacity and teamwork. The flame may have gone out, but the spirit of unity shines on across Europe and beyond.
A stadium stage illuminated in blue during an Olympic ceremony, with the Olympic rings above a curved central platform, audience seating on both sides, and European Union flags shown on large screens.
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KitKat 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇦🇺🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @uk501.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Let's go! 💚🎉 youtu.be/sWIdfmWBYjU?...
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Huge New Poll BOOST For The Greens
YouTube video by Turn Left
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Saying “I don’t like the Tories, Labour etc so I’m going to vote Reform“ is like saying “I don’t like burgers so I’m going to eat a toxic waste tip instead”. Admittedly, for many years, we have had to vote for the least bad Party. But there is no reality in which Reform is the least bad Party.
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
"When Musk & Hegseth argue that a racially diverse nation is inherently weak, they're not returning us to some long-established American tradition from which we've recently strayed. They are, instead, parroting the exact same propaganda that Nazi Germany promoted against America during World War II"
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Zohran Mamdani is putting a 2% Wealth Tax on the richest 1%. A wealth tax, in the USA of all places. It can be done.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/02/2026
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
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