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Richard B 🔶🐕‍🦺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@richardjb.bsky.social
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Left wing, Liberal Democrat. Pro EU advocate of re-join and PR. British and happily married. I Love Dogs and all animals. Keen on Re-Wilding Enjoys real science and science fiction. No DM's, porn or crypto

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 21h
I’ve happily joined @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social in signing this and would very much appreciate friends on here signing and passing it on for maximum visibility. #LetsGo 😀👍🇪🇺 #RejoinEU www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join_eu_by_2...
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Add your name - Let's join the EU by 2036
Add your name to back the ambition for the UK to join the European Union by 2036. Join thousands calling for a confident future at the heart of Europe.
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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Correctly blaming Putin & Farage for the demise of the UK in one day. G'wan lad.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20h
Yes…about time! Let’s take the fight directly back to Farage. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK's miserable decade says PM
Andy Burnham launched a rare personal attack on Nigel Farage as he tore into Brexit 'lies' over migration and accused the Reform UK chief of giving Britain a 'decade of division and drift'
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This 👇
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 21h
I’ve happily signed this and would very much appreciate friends on here signing and passing it on for maximum visibility. #LetsGo 😀👍🇪🇺 #RejoinEU
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h
You don't fix one security crisis by creating another. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'Poor Uncle Rupert. The sour grapes are coming in by the truckload. Restore Britain managed a magnificent 692 votes in Holborn and St Pancras. That's 2.54% of the vote, although Rupert prefers to call it “hundreds and hundreds”, which sounds rather more impress ...' www.facebook.com/TruthAgainst...
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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Support for rejoining the EU at its highest level since Brexit vote. #europeanunion #brexit #vote #scotland
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In any company in the real world in which you and I live and work, if you made a £500 error on a spreadsheet for the business you’d be shown the door.. But in Tory Party, as demonstrated so often during 14 years they were in Govt it’s an achievement which leads to promotion They relish mediocrity❗️
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Reform UK are trying to buy the next election, by flooding Britain with hate, fear & lies ... meme via Joshua ABD
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Peregrine Falcon the fastest animal on the planet, capable of reaching hunting dive speeds over 240 mph the world's most widespread raptor, found on every continent except Antarctica 📷: James Sengul Photography #birds
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 10/10/2026
russia once again attacked Zaporizhzhia, killing 7 people, including 3 children, and wounding 10 more. russia is a terrorist state. Help protect people from it: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🇺🇸 Trump thanked putin for 300,000 tons of russian diesel. “This is exactly what we need,” he said. Asked about Zelenskyy’s criticism that the deal could prolong the war, Trump replied: “The world needs oil.” Meanwhile, Ukraine needs this war to end.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/10/2026
Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show? Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Huh. I guess having a convicted sexual assaulter and all around piece of shit as a president has consequences.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?
THE TIMES

Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
'The independent survey of school leaders who had undergone the revised inspections since last year found that 88% said it had “negatively affected” the mental wellbeing of school staff, including 29% who said it affected them “a lot”.'
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New Ofsted inspection regime damaging teachers, survey says
Nine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff mental health
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Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I miss having a president. I mean a REAL president -- someone who works and lives the position. Someone who doesn't shame us but instead is always a person to respect and be proud of. Someone like Barack Obama.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 08/10/2026
Michael Ian Black had to write a satire column to point out that a sitting president suggested Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego, which by his math are nearly 6 percent of US GDP. The president then doubled down. Satirists can't compete with that.
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The Real Threat to America’s Cities Isn’t Iran—It’s Our President
And not just because he keeps inviting Tehran to attack the West Coast.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“There’s nothing so powerful in 🇬🇧politics as the rightwing unreality machine... It’s a place where Brexit will be cost free, Ed Miliband is a Marxist, Liz Truss was a serious political figure”…and Badenoch is shielded from her own X-fuelled mediocrity. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
Why does she have the best press in politics?
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember the Tories don’t care about people, they never did and this will never change. All the issue we face started with them forcing Neoliberalism on us. 😡
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Dawn❌👑Ocean Harmony🎶🌴☀️♿️🐕‍🦺🦮👩‍🦽🚶🏻‍♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. President Trump allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl who was trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein, according to documents released… Since the initial release…2 important developments have bolstered the credibility of the alleged victim. open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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Trump’s alleged sexual assault of a minor: what we know and what’s still being hidden
President Trump allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl who was trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein, according to documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last Thursday.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This needs to happen 👇
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If @andyburnham.bsky.social ‘s domestic agenda for a 10 year radical reform (including the care system) is to get off the ground it has to be funded. Rejoining the EU would give the necessary boost to the economy. #RejoinEU is no longer an option for Labour, it is a necessity.
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Waving European Union Flag
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists say
A landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ignorance was shown the door!
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🇬🇧🇨🇦 @richard-breakfast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s new Tory plan appears to be to give welfare benefits to those earning more than £100k and to scrap inheritance tax so they can pass on the extra welfare payments to their children when they die. And to pay for this by cutting welfare benefits to poor people and disabled people.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pre Brexit UK was better in every way. Since 2016 EVERYTHING has got worse. Any government NOT actively seeking to reverse Brexit is doing us harm. #RejoinEU
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Waving European Union Flag
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nothing to see here...just the President of the United States inviting the country he illegally declared war on to "take out" 2 major American cities. If that's not treason, what is? 🤬 Law enforcement won't hold him accountable, but we WILL! The beginning of the end is on November 3rd. #VOTE-BLUE 🌊
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leader of party - that sold its own shrivelled soul to the devils of austerity and Brexit - will use her conference speech to slag off Labour (yawn) and make the only promise the Tories ever make - cutting taxes… They have nothing new or credible… or just plain nice… to say any more.
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TIMES
Wednesday October 7 2026

Badenoch promises tax cuts in 'battle for the soul of this nation'
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are multiple reasons that could have led to the Trump cult withdrawing their bombers. What is clear however is that we cannot trust or rely on Trump’s administration. Our future lies with Europe. Let’s just get on with it. #LetsGo news.sky.com/story/us-rem...
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'Reported threat of possible Iranian drone attack' led US to remove bombers from RAF Fairford
The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that all its bombers at Fairford had returned to bases in America.
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Omg Really Facepalm
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HAL @sperrympe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brexit has been a Tory masterclass in ideological madness. It’s widely accepted by the country as a barrelling shitshow but *still* their entitled little reps strut about insisting we can’t be allowed to vote on it again. Who TF does this person think she is? And why TF should she decide anything?
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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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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Man arrested over North East waste dumping he arrest forms part of a wider investigation into three separate sites – these in Peterlee and Hartlepool and a third near Newcastle Airport at Callerton in Newcastle, said the EA northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Man arrested over North East waste dumping
he arrest forms part of a wider investigation into three separate sites – these in Peterlee and Hartlepool and a third near Newcastle Airport at Callerton in Newcastle, said the EA
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ruffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant.
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brexit can and must be reversed soon.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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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🇬🇧🇨🇦 @richard-breakfast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Andrew Griffith was Liz Truss’s Treasury Minister during her disastrous budget, but I guess that’s OK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andrew Griffith to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are many challenges; a different UK&EU to 2016, a rogue US, 🇫🇷elections, the demands that could be made of us, our own fear of Brexit wars, Farage weakening our negotiating position BUT… At least Burnham “has created the political space to have a conversation” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Does the EU want Britain back?
Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate. That doesn’t mean the UK will be welcomed back on its own terms
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.
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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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