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Martin Phillp

@primenetflix.bsky.social
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Liberal Democrat Europhile Londoner. Human rights and politics is my main chat with a dash of media industry. 1/4 French. He/Him. Trans ally. Carer. Centrist.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Men Explain Rape to Me.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If Burnham is actually able to carry through everything he promised today and is allowed to build on them (eg eventually nationalise water completely, actually increase the housing stock significantly etc) he could end up being the most consequential PM since Thatcher.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Poor, sad, stupid orange white man. He would sell his soul—and country—for a few hollow words of praise."
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 25/09/2026
Writer E. Jean Carroll, the only person to successfully sue Donald Trump for sexual assault, tells AFP she is finally free to spend the damages awarded to her from the US president. But she won't be splurging on herself u.afp.com/S9N4
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EXC - We *also* have an MRP out today - which has some very striking findings. Progressives who vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage’s Reform UK could push his party into FOURTH place. The poll also shows Burnham’s Labour is winning back left-leaning voters. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Everyone, stop what you are doing. I've discovered there is a politician called Teresa May running for city council in British Columbia. And this is from one of her campaign videos. Never have two people with the same name had such different vibes.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026
A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why have so few British front pages?
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Haha @primenetflix.bsky.social
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Love this @primenetflix.bsky.social @lsaclassof2000.bsky.social
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump: "I’m surprised CNN is here is covering me. You shouldn’t be here.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Actress Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death confirmed as fentanyl overdose
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Actress Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death confirmed as fentanyl overdose
South Carolina medical examiner says ‘no signs of trauma’ and ‘the manner of death has been ruled accident’ Hayden Panettiere died from a fentanyl overdose, according to the Greenville county coroner’s office. Medical examiners in South Carolina confirmed the 36-year old actress’s cause of death on Tuesday, saying: “The cause of death has been ruled as toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, Alprazolam, Methocarbamol and Quetiapine.” Continue reading...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/09/2026
Breaking News: The New York City Marathon’s route is changing for the first time in 15 years. Here’s how. nyti.ms/3V6xHFt
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Most Liberal Democrat exchange ever.
Matt Chorley Roz Savage, Lib Dem MP, has written an essay. 

Ed Davey I love essays. 

Matt Chorley Saying... 

Ed Davey How long was it?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔴 Reform Council Leader Denies Climate Change Crisis After Record Heat Deaths Leader of Kent County Council dismisses recent surge of wildfires and heat deaths as a “scare” and suggests the world is merely emerging from a “mini ice age” bylinetimes.com/2026/09/21/r...
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Reform Council Leader Denies Climate Change Crisis After Record Heat Deaths
Leader of Kent County Council dismisses recent surge of wildfires and heat deaths as a "scare" and suggests the world is merely emerging from a "mini ice age"
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Rob Judge @robjj73.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Are we still awaiting to hear about the Police arresting those assaulting the woman? Seems like there were enough camera crews present to provide the necessary evidence … Oh wait… Reform are part of the Establishment. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Police appeal to woman after Reform UK audience incident
A video circulating online has shown a protester's head being pulled during the Birmingham event.
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Miko.The.Cat @mikothecat2025.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From the boss.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The UK is really behind on electrification of railways - however, any move away from diesel toward electric trains is a welcome step in reducing levels of nitrogen oxide - a pollutant linked to lung & heart disease & increased hospital admissions: share.google/cCYovH2vvSiI...
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UK's first long-distance battery-powered trains announced
The government has revealed plans to invest £1 billion in 29 new battery-powered trains, but why use batteries over diesel trains?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greenland has been forced into submission, now the USA has complete control over it, meaning it can send as many troops as it wants and setup as many bases as it likes. Donald Trump won't stop, Fascists never do, giving in to them only encourages them, this is a terrible decision.
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#signsilliness @rozatd.bsky.social @lsaclassof2000.bsky.social @ghostlyverse.bsky.social @primenetflix.bsky.social
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@ratlimit @ratlimit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think this was ultimately the right move.
The passengers (excluding the hijackers) and crew on board Flight 93 were nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal on September 19, 2001.
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#9/11 #cdnpoli @primenetflix.bsky.social @gander22h.bsky.social @lsaclassof2000.bsky.social They were strangers when grounded in Newfoundland on 9/11. But they soon fell in love www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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They were strangers when grounded in Newfoundland on 9/11. But they soon fell in love
A real life inspiration for the ‘Come From Away’ musical, one couple told CTV News Channel how they fell in love in the midst of one of America’s worst terrorist attacks.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Or course, Charlie Kirk fans think Hitler is in Heaven. Of course, they do . . .
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's great that there's new information about the dangerous air in lower Manhattan after 9/11, covered up by Giuliani and the Bush Admin. But we knew about the dangers and the lies long ago. I published this in 2009:
Afterward, many immediately recognized the terrible toxicity of the
air from the pulverized buildings. Asbestos, heavy metals, burning PCBs,
and plastics were all fueling a deadly miasma that those on and around
the site would breathe for months. The Bush administration edited the
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contamination, few fully followed those guidelines, and the city did not
press for enforcement or other safety standards. Wall Street reopened six
days after the attack, though the air quality there as well was terrible.
When journalist Juan Gonzalez reported on some of the atmospheric
dangers of lower Manhattan in the Daily News, six weeks after the attack,
a deputy mayor called the newspaper’s editors to denounce the story.
The firefighters were lauded as heroes again and again, but they were
not protected, beforehand by a workable system and good equipment, or
after, by sane health standards (and today they remain shockingly under-
paid, so much so that many work second jobs and most live far from the
places they serve). Many of the firemen and other workers on- site devel-
oped what was known as “Trade Center cough,” and for some it would
worsen into serious lung disease and damage and a host of other health
problems. Seven years later, more than ten thousand exposed people had sought treatment just at New York City’s designated treatment centers
and the total number affected remain unknown.
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Miko.The.Cat @mikothecat2025.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump gave $45,000 in cash gifts to Natalie Harp, Margo Martin and Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide who serves as Trump’s executive assistant. Trump in February appointed Harris to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which oversees his ballroom construction. wapo.st/4xM3pq0
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Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/09/2026
Germany’s Merz cancels phone call with Trump after social media post celebrating AfD win – Europe live
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Germany’s Merz cancels phone call with Trump after social media post celebrating AfD win – Europe live
Spokesperson for Merz declines to give a reason for cancellation, but notes that it was not due to scheduling Back to Oslo, the funeral procession for King Harald is about the begin, and the 1.2km route to the Oslo Cathedral is lined up with 1,900 soldiers from all branches of the Norwegian defence forces. The procession is expected to walk very slowly – at around 60 steps per minute – and will include the royal family, including King Haakon, followed by a royal car with the widow, Queen Sonja. Continue reading...
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
British TV is in the doldrums for various factors: weak advertising, commercial revenues internationally not as high, licence fee contributors cuts, cost of living... ...plus our changing viewing habits, rise of streamers and youtube having more of the pie.
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This era in british broadcasting: Sky buying ITV. Channel 5 being bought by Paramount. BBC making £500m of cuts. and now C4 making biggest workforce cuts in its history. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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Channel 4 to axe about 300 jobs in biggest layoffs in its history
Exclusive: Staff expect ‘brutal’ cutbacks as broadcaster seeks to reduce costs amid advertising slowdown
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✨ˢᵗᵒⁿᵉᵈ // STAR WARS✨ @stonedstarwars.com · 07/09/2026
South Park so far is one of the only mainstream globally huge shows to utterly roast Trump. Last year's episodes were a revelation. An Emmy win was clearly incredibly well deserved. My favourite of all of it is the way they portrayed Vance. No words needed. Masterful satirical television. 💯
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So, we're allowing conditions for development of antibiotic resistant bugs +, at the same time, not putting enough effort into developing new antibiotics. As this report puts it, if antibiotics stop working effectively, we 'lose modern medicine as we know it'. share.google/hGwU5OnqvNHD...
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What If Antibiotics Stopped Working? | NHS If | The King's Fund
Professor Dame Sally Davies and Rebecca Sugden consider the future of modern medicine in the light of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In England, a lot of our sewage treatment plants are operating with equipment that doesn't treat sewage enough to destroy all pathogens, or medications - so, even treated sewage can contain bacteria + antibiotics.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Raw sewage can contain harmful bacteria + antibiotics - and when it enters our waterways without being treated enough to destroy both, you get perfect conditions for bacteria resistant to treatment with antibiotics to develop. youtu.be/zQQIrFMO5AU?...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Farage, a man who was doing Cameo videos for £70 a pop as late as March 2026, apparently turned up to a meeting to discuss a half-million donation and "wasn't really listening". What utter contempt he has for the very democracy, country, and people that he claims to love.
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Ranked News @rankednews.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🇺🇦 Footage of massive lines at Metro supermarkets in Odessa and Kie For daily global news videos, please visit Ranked.News/videos
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jenrick’s reaction to the assaults? It was this.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In 24 hours, we have learned from Reform that they don’t think people from abroad should stand in politics but their money is most welcome, “thank you”.
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Jeremy Vine faces calls for his shows to be axed over ‘hostile’ and ‘divisive’ content on disability benefits #BlockedByVine www.disabilitynewsservice.com/jeremy-vine-...
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Jeremy Vine faces calls for his shows to be axed over ‘hostile’ and ‘divisive’ content on disability benefits
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine is facing calls to have his high-profile radio and television shows axed, after years of failing to challenge content that fuels hostility towards disabled people. So far, m…
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/09/2026
He thought he’d never see his 1985 Greek vacation romance again. Then he felt a tap on the shoulder: cnn.it/4gKl8qs
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
There were three senior Reform men involved in those conversations. Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage. Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/09/2026
Reform UK's popularity has fallen fast. 👏 From consistently scoring over 30% in polls a year ago, to now scoring just over 20%. ❌ Farage is toxic, and people are starting to see through his grifting.
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Farage is loved by some but hated by more – now even Reform can see it
In an astonishing admission, Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has admitted that the party needs to get the country to
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don't want to endlessly factcheck Mr Farage because what would be the point but: the UK criminalised money laundering in 1988. the first EU anti-money-laundering directive was in 1991. so...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Andy Burnham said that Margaret Thatcher's privatisation has destroyed Britain. It can be undone, price caps, rent controls, fines for pollution. And soon those unaffordable Water Companies, Energy Companies and Landlord Empires will be easily affordable. Get it done
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Martin Phillp @primenetflix.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I've finally got around to watching four episodes of Ann Droid on BBC iPlayer. It's excellent. Better than Amandaland IMHO.
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 27/08/2026
It’s still Lake Ontario. Much love, the world.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/08/2026
I DECLARE TRUMP TOWER SHALL HENCEFORTH BE RENAMED PEDOPHILE TOWER. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#dollyparton this is a pleasant surprise ! @primenetflix.bsky.social
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