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Richard Hassall PhD

@rhassall.bsky.social
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Ret'd clinical psychologist and Honorary Research Fellow, Philosophy Dept, University of Nottingham. Lifelong anti-Tory. Left of centre. #KTTO. REJOIN EU. Live in North Yorkshire.

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fgump-777.bsky.social @fgump-777.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19/09/2026
We are taking the fight to the Conservatives and Reform. Farage has two routes to No.10: Crypto billionaires buying his way in or Kemi Badenoch handing him the keys. We’re determined to stop him. @lisasmartmp.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Watching extreme weather devastate Nepal, India, and the Caribbean shows developing nations bearing the brunt of heating they didn't cause. Leaving vulnerable communities to face climate chaos without financial backing is a moral failure. When will polluters pay up? 🌧️ #ClimateAction
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The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all | Nesrine Malik
Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Oh my god what TF is wrong with #BBC #BroadcastingHouse? They have got KATHLEEN STOCK on to do the review, SPECIFICALLY to talk about Jason Arday. When she was one of the most egregious examples of the pile on, just days ago. I have turned the radio off. Shame on you BBC.
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Richard Hassall PhD @rhassall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Sign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!
Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b...
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dismissing institutional rules-checking as a "kangaroo court" simply undermines public accountability. Every single MP must be subject to the same transparent standards process regarding funding. Dodging an inquiry via a byelection doesn't erase the core questions—due process must matter.
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Investigation of Nigel Farage over undeclared gifts is ‘kangaroo court’, says Reform MP
Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin says parliament mounting ‘vicious and desperate campaign to stop Reform UK’
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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Richard Hassall PhD @rhassall.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
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Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Which part of UK has outperformed the rest since Brexit? Northern Ireland of course, as it has effectively stayed in the EU’s single market!
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
EU adopts legislation to implement trade "deal" with Trump www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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EU-US trade: Council gives final approval for the tariff commitments under Joint Statement
The Council adopted two regulations enacting the EU's tariff reductions set out in the EU-US Joint Statement, while ensuring robust safeguards and preserving the necessary flexibility.
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The one thing that would reset the whole political debate would be if Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he wanted to rejoin the EU. Reform would have a field day, but he would unite the left and make politics a binary choice between the two.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Dear Reform-voting ladies… Do you know you’re voting for a party that wants to: ❌ Scrap the Equality Act - your legal protection against workplace discrimination & unequal pay ❌ Kill the Online Safety Act - the law protecting you from revenge porn
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A wall of crypto money is powering Nigel Farage, both politically and personally. And much of the British media just shrugs app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73421/...
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Big news today as Labour Movement for Europe launches a campaign for the government to scrap their red lines on Europe. Watch my video to see why this matters (and then share it with your MP) youtu.be/JYA3gVGxlnw
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Andrew Hesselden: Unlocking the Brexit Impasse with Freedom of Movement
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
'Reform UK are a limited company backed by millionaires, but we have been backed by the ordinary, wonderful people of Wales' Delyth Jewell MS, Deputy Leader of Plaid Cymru, spoke to #BBCBreakfast after the party won the elections for the Welsh Parliament with Reform UK in second
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It doesn't feel great today admittedly, but nothing is inevitable. Reform is beatable. inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
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Don't be fooled by Farage's tricks, Reform is beatable
One of his most effective tricks is to make his victory feel inevitable. It is anything but
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Just as an FYI: Reform stood known extreme racists, Neo Nazis, men who applauded rape, vicious domestic abusers and Holocaust deniers in the local elections, many won. This is what we mean when we say that they rely on people’s ignorance. All it takes is a fucking Google.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A feast of clichés and nothingness. Almost totally devoid of meaning. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These election results don’t mean tacking left or right, but delivering for the whole country | Keir Starmer
In the coming days I will be setting out our path to break with the status quo once and for all by building a stronger and fairer UK, says the prime minister, Keir Starmer
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, the United States had spent that money helping the people of the United States
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There was no good way to organise this visit and nothing gained by sending him. A severe risk to national dignity, undertaken for no advantage whatsoever.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
You need to read this. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been warning us since 2016 about Trump. He knows: he’s one of world’s leading experts on authoritarianism & always ahead of the game. V proud to publish him in @thenerve.news. He’s an essential voice. www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...
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If Trump intends to attempt a coup, here are five ways he could do it
Despite the debacle in Iran, a president at war has several pressure points at his disposal to postpone, restrict and ultimately cancel democracy, writes the historian
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 12/04/2026
People in Westminster aren’t talking about the food price rises Trump’s reckless war will bring for families across the country. That’s why we’re calling for urgent action to cut costs for British farmers, as part of a proper food security plan.
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That will be because they come from a very small gene pool!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Home Office' anti-immigration agenda is strangling growth across the economy. It prevents a closer relationship with Europe, deprives us of the workers we need and undermines universities. getting-out-of-the-hole.uk/labours-red-...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Pope’s response to being threatened by the Pentagon? - Cancelled his July 4th US visit. - Spending our 250th birthday on an island where African migrants wash ashore. - Told Catholics to call their reps and demand an end to the Iran war. The first American pope. He will NOT be bullied by Trump!
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The only president stupid enough to do it.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
'It can afford to do it, it's getting a lot of money from the high oil and gas prices' Ed Davey tells #BBCBreakfast the Chancellor should intervene to support people with an emergency 10p cut to fuel duty as well as 10% off rail fares and a £1 cap on bus tickets
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Trump has managed to alienate his own base with his blind obedience to Netanyahu: this is hard right populism now eating itself before our eyes.
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
⭕ #TODAY Hundreds march through the streets of downtown #Chicago chanting, “U.S. out of the #MiddleEast!”
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is. This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple. April 8. Never forget.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is a crucial report, shining a spotlight on the funding links between Russia, Hungary and the British mainstream right
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Rep. John Garamendi @repgaramendi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I said what I said. We need to look at all options for removal immediately, including impeachment and invoking the 25th amendment.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A reminder that Yanis Varoufakis, the idiot's intellectual, is another of Putin's little blogger-puppets. Hand-maidens for imperialism.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BREAKING NEWS USA has surrendered to Iran #TACO www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Donald Trump says two-week US-Iran ceasefire agreed
US president says on social media he agreed to suspend attack for two weeks ahead of self-imposed deadline
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.
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Richard Hassall PhD @rhassall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Is Trump now threatening to use nuclear weapons against Iran? He is quite literally a madman and I'm not sure we can assume he won't do so. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
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Trump says 'a whole civilisation will die tonight' if Iran doesn't make deal, as US hits Kharg Island
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Matt Goodwin labelled ‘chicken’ after pulling out of first by-election hustings www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mat...
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Matt Goodwin labelled 'chicken' after pulling out of first by-election hustings
Matt Goodwin has been accused of 'chickening out' of the first hustings for the Gorton and Denton by-election, citing "concerns about impartiality."
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