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RichardTh #FBPE

@richardth.bsky.social
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We are now in a straight fight against fascism. Ex Armed Forces. Ex aerospace CEO. Retired. Hates Brexit. Rejoin EU. Anti fascist. Slava Ukraini. Loves F1, politics & good wine. No DMs

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Brexit is forever tainted with disinformation, foreign interference, murky vested interests, ugly prejudice, unforgivable costs and now deep unpopularity. If you really cared about our country and wanted to fix its problems, you’d admit this… Good that Burnham is finally doing so…
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026
Andy Burnham “tore into Brexit "lies" and questioned whether Farage still has the appetite to lead. The PM accused him of giving Britain "a decade of division and drift" - and accused Russia of interfering with the 2016 referendum.” Spot on @andyburnham.bsky.social 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
Truth 👇
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 23h
Andy Burnham is trying to get us back in the EU, no doubt about that. Every single (normal) person in this country should get behind him.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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aprilblue57.bsky.social @aprilblue57.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Who's going to jump on this?
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nigel Farage is on the side of Vladimir Putin. The same Vladimir Putin who has invaded a sovereign nation, killed thousands there and in the Middle East and wants to take over Eastern Europe. Keep saying it because it’s shocking.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The BBC to their credit on the lunchtime news have not held back in their condemnation of the traitors in the White House. Watching families in Ukraine suffer during this segment was even more powerful. We must rejoin the EU and Canada asap and never ever forgive the USA.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Imagine younger people hearing this? “You can’t get a house but people with mansions aren’t going to pay inheritance tax on their huge wealth “ Woo hoo!!!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All these glowing write up’s by the usual suspects, Peston, Rigby, Mason, regarding Badenoch’s speech. Not one asking where the money is going to come from for her ridiculous defence dome & billions upon billions of tax giveaways? Considering what Truss did, not pointing this out, is a disgrace.
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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😂🥹🥹
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ignorance was shown the door!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love this
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seriously 👇
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026
“He got rich here and then made off to Monaco to save himself money…He avoided giving back to the economy that made him a billionaire…He and anyone else who leaves here to not pay tax should be stripped of their honours.” Bravo @dalevince.com #TaxTheRich www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
theguardian.com
Apparent exodus of super-rich suggests UK is no longer billionaires’ playground
If recent complaints are believed, London and the UK are no longer welcoming for ultra-high net worth individuals
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So we needed to start another war in Middle East because of a fictitious claim that a country possessed a weapon of mass destruction? At least we’ve never made that mistake before. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's Natalie
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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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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Proudly Blue @proudlyblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If we Dems take the Senate, Dems will hopefully never allow Trump to replace Alito with another deplorable, Trump-sycophantic MAGAT judge, just like Mitch wouldn't allow Obama his pick. Vote Straight Ticket BLUE!
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ajmpol #FBPE @ajmpolite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Brexit has done immense harm and absolutely no good”would have been nearer the mark. #Brexit #Burnham
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026
“Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants. Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants
Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
No 10 gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit Senior Downing Street officials have been reaching out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test public support for the UK rejoining the EU. Aides to Andy Burnham have been talking to EU experts in a range of organisations about how the public would view a promise to rejoin, as momentum builds behind including such a pledge in the next Labour manifesto. Continue reading...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm sure the decision to hold Danny Tommo on remand will soon be reversed, now that a couple of dozen knobbly-kneed wife beaters in nonce bonnets have walked under an arch.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Emmanuel Macron says “welcome back” if the UK wants to rejoin the EU Pedro Sanchez says Spain would have “open arms” if Britain wants to reverse Brexit While this is lovely to hear there would be arduous negotiations ahead.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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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...
The Law Society
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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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UK household energy bills forecast to rise 16%, or £276, in January. Household energy debt expected to hit £7bn soon. Heating v Eating dilemma. 120,000 a year die in poverty. Companies profiteer, fuelling costs, inflation, poverty. Public ownership gives govt more policy options.
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Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Security services are still trying to gather information on a potential huge terrorist incident. This is a critical time for them. Nigel Farage is publicly criticising them for not releasing information. He knows the law, he knows they cannot. He is palpably unfit for public office.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.
living.insidehousing.co.uk
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolio
A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Healey mentions the heroes of the RNLI when talking about patriotism. Huge applause from the audience. #labconference
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seeing that number at the gas pump is the difference between being able to afford your groceries or not. All because of an insane war that we had no business fighting.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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