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Peter Podkin

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A lifelong loathing of those who choose not to care.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1h
It is beyond baffling to understand that the Tories think cutting back on heat pumps and solar panels on new homes is a vote winner. What next? Cars without power steering, engine management systems, door mirrors, rear wash wipes......
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 3h
Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 3h
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stefaniabarutta.bsky.social @stefaniabarutta.bsky.social · 6h
He still cannot read the room. Andrew the choice is splendid isolation in Norfolk or jail (he should be in jail). If I were his lawyers I wd advise him to keep his head down and his name off the papers, but the arrogance and entitlement is so ingrained that he just doesn’t get it.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#BrexitFail #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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For Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John Crace
The Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 9h
Robert De Niro, Yesterday.......👏🏻
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 8h
‘We are different from Reform. Totes’ Kemi’s Conservatives. Also Kemi’s Conservatives - ‘we want to completely deregulate everything, stop people talking or doing anything about climate change and if you claim from the welfare state you’re a lazy loser and we’re coming for the little you have’.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13h
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Iranian backed diesel thieves stole my socks! 🇵🇸 🖖‧🌈 @calvinandhobbes69.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As a child, I used to watch the Wizard Of Oz and wonder how someone could talk if they didn’t have a brain. Now that I’m older and I have social media… I wonder no longer…
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s not nearly as advanced as they want you to think….
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Lizzy Tish @lizzy-tish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Silvercat31 @silvercat31.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Make sense.
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Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If I was ever minded to vote for The Greens, that thought has now been completely dispelled. What a bunch of morons.
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Denisovian @denisovian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let's see. Who was Home Secretary in 2023 ? That would be the lovely Suella Braverman
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 04/10/2026
. How the new Great British Grid could help households benefit from abundant and cheap renewable power Find out more: theconversation.com/how-the... #ClimateAction
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How the new Great British Grid could help households benefit from abundant and cheap renewable power
As Britain builds more renewable energy, it will need to get better at encouraging people to use electricity when it’s plentiful.
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Ross B @frednurkthinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There are genuinely held conservative views on a range of subjects that can be grounds for political debate. Arguments over the size, the role of free markets in the economy, for example. But instead we keep hearing 'dog whistle' themes designed to appeal various prejudices out in the electorate.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 04/10/2026
We should be incredibly proud that trial by one’s peers is seen as a cornerstone of a civilised democracy, dating back 800 years in England.
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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Lady Penny @penny235.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
bestforbritain.org/go/mqOnmbB
bestforbritain.org
Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don't. - Best for Britain
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Tory party has killed itself with Brexit. It’s lost its mind chasing Farage into the gutter, saying unserious things, promoting unserious people who stand around in suits, arms folded, talking utter dribble to get a headline. It’s pathetic. We deserve a better opposition. This lot are shite.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Badenoch and Polanski have one thing in common - they both have ignored their natural voters. #bbclaurak
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Anniversary to my favorite First Couple! 💕
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Andy Squibb @squibbmeisteruk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank goodness for the protection afforded to the British public by the Nolan Principles. What? Ohh!
The Seven Principles
• Selflessness: Act solely in the public interest rather than for personal financial gain or other benefits.
• Integrity: Avoid outside obligations that might improperly influence your work, declare any private interests, and do not gain financial benefits for family or friends. 
• Objectivity: Make choices impartially, fairly, and on merit using the best available evidence.
• Accountability: Remain answerable to the public and submit to proper scrutiny for your actions and decisions.
• Openness: Act transparently and keep information public unless there are clear, lawful reasons to withhold it.
• Honesty: Be truthful and clear in all public dealings.
• Leadership: Exhibit respectful behavior, actively promote these ethical principles, and challenge poor conduct in others

Read the official guidance provided by the UK government on The Seven Principles of Public Life.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There is a quote I want to share… “Beating your chest in blind pride for the dirt you happen to be born on makes you a parasite. Nationalism is the pathetic vanity of a tick bragging about the dog it infests” via Ian Almond www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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M Dv-us @drdvus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A reminder of this ... #Gaza.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A National Care Service based on NHS principles, where everyone contributes and everyone is covered.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Energy. Housing. Water. Back under stronger public control.
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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Suella Braverman was left red-faced by Fiona Bruce after complaining that the Question Time audience was very 'Conservative-Labour.' www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sue...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Funny how Farage & the far right keep lying about the ratio of non-white & Muslim rapist & paedophiles and never mentioning horrific abuse by all white gangs ... memes via Chris Payne
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Simon @simoninparis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My father was the only remaining member of his family when he was liberated from a concentration camp, the rest murdered by Nazis. This is just one tiny reason that Zack Polanski can fucking fuck off.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Going from Chess to FRIGGIN Finger paints....
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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ditto those anti-immigrant thugs in the UK.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OTD in 1938 Nazi Germany started occupying the Sudetenland. The west tried to appease Hitler by giving him bits of someone else's country without asking the owners. It didnt work & led to a terrible war. Imagine it happening today....
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Might you have been dropped on your head repeatedly as a child?
Bizarre speculation from Isabel Oakeshott, speculating that UK national suspects re the RAF base somehow have diplomatic immunity
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Monstrous in every respect. www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
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Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Pike survives lethal injection attempt | CBC News
Christa Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate three decades ago, survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, prison officials said, foiling the state'...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This 👇
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James Chapman @jamesmchapman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One interesting consequence of Burnham’s truth-telling today on Brexit, and plan to set out what I hope will be a path to rejoin, is that Farage will be forced back onto what is now - funnily enough - his least favourite subject. Let’s see him defend his inheritance in detail.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmuck - GOP jackass of the day
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place."
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The grown ups are in charge, thank goodness.
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