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Richard Hernaman Allen

@rhernamanallen.bsky.social
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Fortunate husband of 55 years, father of 2 amazing daughters, grandfather of two wonderful grandsons. Writer, mostly of detective stories. Former Commissioner of HM Customs & Excise. Born in the East Midlands, now a Londoner of 55 years.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026
Russian drones have filled the skies over Kyiv, striking at the city around the clock, making it feel increasingly like there is nowhere safe to hide. Using newer jet-powered versions of Shahed-type drones, Russian forces have launched strikes almost nonstop.
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In pictures: A week of Russian jet drone terror in Kyiv
Editor's note: The Kyiv residents quoted in the story asked to be identified only by their first names. Russian drones have filled the skies over Kyiv, striking at the city around the clock, making i...
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Collins Nails Jennings.......👏🏻
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
⚠️ He might want a fight on Brexit. Bring it on. Farage and his fellow Brexiteers have been proved wrong time and time again. 👏 This is a fight we will win.
politico.eu
Farage spoils for a Brexit brawl with Burnham
Reform UK leader will attack the prime minister’s turn towards Europe in a major speech Thursday.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌊 The concerning thing isn’t just that global SST is at a record-breaking +0.75°C above the 1991–2020 baseline. It’s the trajectory 🤯
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pappas: It’s a golden age if you’re Don Jr. getting a Russian oligarch to pay for a wedding reception, but for the rest of us, it doesn’t feel like that. They can put out whatever numbers they want. The American people know that this is a totally incompetent president who is estranged from reality.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Youngy @mancversusfood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just further proof of the bent nature of the sponsorships. No regular sponsor would threaten to sue the Prem for the reputational damage of a report they arent even named in. They would just cut ties with the club www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rui Pinto, the man behind the Football Leaks website, has posted a detailed allegation about Gianni Infantino’s role in UEFA’s handling of Manchester City and PSG in 2014, citing material revealed through Football Leaks. These are Pinto’s claims, and they’re worth reading in full below.
Screenshot of a post by verified account Rui Pinto (@RuiPinto_FL), dated 30 September 2026. Pinto alleges that Gianni Infantino, while UEFA General Secretary in 2014, improperly intervened in investigations into Manchester City and PSG, sharing confidential documents and helping both clubs avoid potentially harsher sanctions. He says the details were revealed through Football Leaks and concludes that Infantino has become “a cancer on football” who should have no place in the game’s future. The post shows 2.2 million views.
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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chris Dixon posted this on LI and I had to share it here. It’s just too good, the @jonronson.bsky.social twist is superb…
The image shows a film poster “The men who stare at Boats” featuring, Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson, Danny Tommo, Ruper Lowe and Angry Balaclava man.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Daniel Hannan has been spectacularly wrong about everything to do with Brexit, so this is hugely encouraging for all #RejoinEU voters. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns" 'Our planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim ...' www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns
Our planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim. Despite breached planetary boundaries, however, scientists argue that Earth can still have a safe and sustainable future.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This 👇
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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
According to #Ukrenergo, Russian strikes on energy infrastructure caused new power outages in Kyiv and the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Kyiv Oblasts. Emergency repair work is underway where safety allows. Air raid alerts and attacks continue.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/09/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: 365 million Hiroshimas. "The explosive addition of thermal energy, which was almost 40 times greater than all the energy humanity used that year, comes amid far-reaching changes to the deep water bodies fundamental to life on Earth."
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/09/2026
This is the person who first hacked and released all the documents that lead to Manchester City being found guilty of perhaps the biggest case of cheating in football on the planet bsky.app/profile/annb...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/09/2026
Breaking News! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly for Sept. 29th came in at 3.18°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This marks yet another record all-time high and the 123rd consecutive record daily high at 1.1°C above the previous daily record set in 1997.
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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Congress is hiding Trump’s $45 billion Iran war bill until after you vote (Washington Examiner)
On Nov. 3, voters will decide who controls Congress while the war with Iranis still underway. What they will not decide is how that war gets paid for. Congre...
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ukraine once had the world’s 3rd-largest nuclear arsenal. In 1994, Ukraine gave it up in exchange for security assurances - including from russia. In 2014, russia invaded Ukraine. In 2022, it launched a full-scale invasion.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🕯️💔🇺🇦Kyiv. People are planting chrysanthemums in memory of a 14-year-old boy who died in a Russian drone strike on September 25. Neighbors, family friends and city workers created a memorial at the site.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She escaped her Nazi husband (disguising herself as her own maid became a Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology. BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017)
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Faytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia has launched several ballistic missiles towards Kyiv, prompting the deployment of interceptors from two defence systems. The extent of damage and the precise impact locations remain undetermined. The threat persists, as drones continue to approach the capital.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
See what I mean when I say the system is rigged?
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 30/09/2026
❗️NATO says it has responded to Russia after Moscow accused the Alliance of escalating tensions around Kaliningrad. NATO rejected the accusations, condemned Russian threats of force and nuclear rhetoric, and said it can defend every inch of Allied territory. #NATO
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia again threatens NATO with nuclear strikes, this time if NATO "attempts to cut off Kaliningrad," which translates into normal English as "if they dare to defend the Baltic states from Russian aggression." They are an unhinged mad beast, and wht do we do with a mad beast?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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L. M. @standswithfist2025.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vote out every “do nothing” politician supporting Trump’s lawless cruelty, violence, and OVERT corruption. Spread the word! Vote.org
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE POLICE GAVE UP At 5am this morning, after over 150 arrests on terrorism charges and a stand off that lasted over 16 hours, Mersey Police left a group of eight people outside the Labour Party Conference still displaying their “terrorist” signs. defendourjuries.net/press-releases (27/09/26)
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🕯 Today, the entire Dnipropetrovsk region is in mourning. Synelnykove is in deep sorrow. "They had peaceful professions. They went to work and didn't return home because of a Russian attack. An enemy drone struck a civilian enterprise, taking three lives.
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Wolf-man main bastard Nafo @wolf-man.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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putin hides the real state of russia’s economy from russians | Центр протидії дезінформації
russian dictator vladimir putin once again confirms that he has no intention of stopping the war. All the kremlin’s statements about its “readiness for nego ...
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🖕🐽❌⛽️🇦🇲 putin is again using russian gas supply as a weapon, this time against Armenia. ❌⛽️russia suddenly cut Armenia's gas supply last week, and threatened to permanently halt it November 1st if Armenia doesn't agree to russian demands. 👀This will likely backfire as with the EU in 2022.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#NigelFarage has been named Terrorists’ PR Professional of the Year after once again demonstrating that people can be made to #fear a terrorist attack without terrorists even having to organise one. #ReformPanic
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.. bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russian strikes are incoming from all sides onto Kyiv, in broad daylight. Markets, gas stations, a hospital, office, kindergartens, residential buildings. Russian scum cannot push through on the front line, so they are staging genocide in Ukrainian cities.
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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can’t wait for this day.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How much I would love to have a normal night's sleep again, instead of staring at the ceiling and thinking about how russia struck a school today during the day, and an animal shelter at night, where poor dogs and cats had no chance of escaping their cages. How a private house in Kyiv is
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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