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Steve Green

@prasino.bsky.social
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Culture, Cricket, Birdwatching, Spain, Nature, and other things including European politics and stuff. Former chair European Capitals of Culture Selection Panel. Blocks all crypto. Blogs from time to time at www.prasino.eu

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Marverde🌴 @marverde.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#España En 1936, el #fascismo entró por golpe de Estado y requirió tres años de guerra civil para hacerse con el país. En 2026 sería trágico que entrara por las urnas, como el nazismo alemán. El #PP ni se avergüenza de aliarse con #Vox. El #29-N, VOTA #PSOE y pon fin a esta locura.
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 18h
Paul Foot (1995) on Jeffrey Archer the serial liar wp.me/p15p2Q-hN8
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Paul Foot on Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer who has died aged 86 was not a lovable rogue but a serial liar who ended up being sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury. Even The Times lengthy obituary gives full details. Befo…
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 20h
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 05/10/2026
We are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com].
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 01/10/2026
As the famous Al Capone saying goes, "you eventually get the mafia by focussing on their failure to make the monthly NICs payments to HMRC Cumbernauld".
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Steve Green @prasino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Time for George Osborne and Nicholas Cullinan to resign from @britishmuseum.bsky.social after another fiasco at the #BayeuxTapestry
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2.9 million people aged 50 to state pension age are NETERs – people aged between 50 and state pension currently not in employment, training, education or retirement. And a growing number of organisations believe they should be more visible in our labour market statistics.
2.9 million people aged 50 to state pension age are NETERs
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Steve Green @prasino.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"You can speculate on watches, jewels, cryptobros and Ferraris. But not on our fucking homes.”‘ > the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘It keeps growing’: the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis
An encampment is sprawling across Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid in protest against the ‘rentier economy’
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Alex M @thealexm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The media is full of Farage will do this, Farage will do that. Who gives a fuck? He is leader of a tiny party that is 3rd in the polls and slipping. Totally crass political propaganda
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Lorna the Sloven @duffycaramole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RNLI Christmas cards ordered. Shall be posting one to Reform, at their Freepost address.
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unless he’s raising an army in the Spanish Netherlands and claim the throne for himself with support of France and the Habsburg powers, this should not be leading the BBC headlines for the third day in a row. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Earl Spencer tells BBC Harry and Meghan's media treatment echoes what happened to Diana
Princess Diana's brother says she was "really brought low by all that criticism" and he saw her in "tears of despair".
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Steve Green @prasino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In 2025, the country that received the most UK aid was the UK itself –18.3% www.bond.org.uk/press-releas...
bond.org.uk
As UK aid fell by almost £1bn in 2025, bilateral funding for least-developed countries fell while increasing to middle-income countries | Bond
Today, 17th September 2026, the FCDO has published final figures on its UK ODA budget spend for 2025: revealing that funding for middle- and upper-middle
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Tories have attacked appointment of TUC chief Paul Nowak as a director of Bank of England, saying: "The last thing our country needs is a trade union leader helping to run the BofE." And yet it was a Tory government that in 2019 appointed the then TUC chief Frances O'Grady to the same role
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump. Is it legal? Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire What have they been promised? Hate politics funded by the rich.
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A man in a face covering talks to another man who is looking disappointedly at a small box he is holding. Man 1 “What's that?”. Man 2 “Baklava. I misread the WhatsApp”
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RNLI staff have faced "unacceptable" online & physical abuse since anti-migrant protests. "Deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding" by thugs hiding behind "balaclava or a keyboard". Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They do a great job in saving lives, must be respected.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A third of nurses and a third of doctors were born overseas. Without immigrants the NHS would collapse. You are more likely to be treated by an immigrant than to be behind one in a queue. Massive underfunding of our NHS and lack of social housing were a political choice.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.”
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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If in London for the #BayeuxTapestry, drop into the Museum Tavern opposite to see the "Beer Tapestry", 8 metre long embroidered history of British beer from 1066. Clever celebration of the moment & heritage by Greene King.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My naive expectations for the 21st century didn’t involve nearly as many Nazi parties garnering popular support, careful parsings of whether this or that policy or group was really Nazi, or powerful figures in this country exhibiting Nazi sympathies.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 07/09/2026
Yes. Really disappointed so far that there is not loud and wide condemnation of these masked thugs. Let's face it, if it were Stop Oil or support for Palestine blocking roads and ports, there would be screams to do something about it from all the right-wing shills. Being quiet is how we got herw!
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Highway Code update.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
bbc.co.uk
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
BBC report on the radio makes a point of saying the mood was “intimidating but not hostile” in Dover this morning, right before describing the massed men wearing balaclavas and blocking key infrastructure as shouting “Whose streets? Our streets.” I dunno, lads: sounds intimidating AND hostile to me
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Chris Mason
Political editor

"Counter terror won’t let him on stage yet” a senior Reform figure says, explaining the delay in Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform UK conference.20:08 4 September

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Political correspondent

West Midlands Police say the decision to delay Nigel Farage's conference speech "was made by Reform UK".

A senior Reform figure earlier told the BBC that Farage's speech was delayed because "counter terror won't let him on stage yet".

But West Midlands Police say: "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement in the delivery of the Reform UK Party Conference 2026."
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sweden confirms 458 Britons deported or forcibly removed since Brexit www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Sweden confirms 458 Britons deported or forcibly removed since Brexit
Scale of deportations made public for first time amid criticism of hardline approach to UK citizens
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Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries
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Comparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestries
Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o...
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Plans to stop foreign money influencing our politics must be stronger. That's why I am tabling amendments to the Representation of the People Bill A £100k cap on overseas donations does not go far enough. My clause would ban overseas donations altogether, writes @emilythornberry.bsky.social
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We can stop foreign-based millionaires influencing our politics. Why don’t we?
The government's plan to stop foreign money influencing our politics is welcome but must go further.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Iceland is not in the EU, but it is a member of the Schengen area. It’s also a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and is part of the Single Market, meaning it enjoys freedom of movement with the EU. Good to know that doesn’t impact their independence. Maybe we should try it, Nige.
Nigel Farage 
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Congratulations to Iceland on voting to keep their independence.
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Steve Green @prasino.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Vaduz cathedral. The most uninspiring capital in Europe. #stainedglasssunday
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If Serbia insists on burying Maladić with state honours, that is its sovereign prerogative. However such a move would be entirely inconsistent with being a candidate for EU membership, and the accession process should be formally suspended as a result.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Academic freedom is when a foreign government dictates how and even whether a university investigates misconduct
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Seriously, Burnham had two easy ‘wins’ he’s just blown, on Thames Water and major donors. How does he think this looks?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Horrific
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From now on, Canadians will refer to the United States as Epstein Island.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 21/08/2026
An expert’s take on Reform proposal to take benefits from EU migrants protected under the withdrawal agreement and possible EU retaliation. The EU cannot respond to the breach by taking UK citizens’ reciprocal rights away. Instead, Article 178 refers to possible retaliation under other agreements
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What happens if a UK government removes benefits from EU citizens in breach of the withdrawal agreement?
Professor Steve Peers , Law School, Royal Holloway University of London   Photo credit : Martin Robson , via Wikimedia Commons  ...
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