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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 06/10/2026
Jon unpacks AI’s promise of a better future, from the fate of our jobs to an "age of abundance"
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
If journalists were doing their job properly, it would simply not be possible for the public to be labouring under this degree of ignorance when it comes to immigration. inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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richvivv.bsky.social @richvivv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Here's another 'ordinary person' upset with the state of the country. The state of him, more like. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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British crypto billionaire Ben Delo says he has given £4m to Reform UK
Delo, pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, describes himself as champion of free speech
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/03/2026
❌ "Reform UK’s manifesto sets out ... redirecting public finances to private healthcare providers – continuing a trajectory that successive Conservative Party governments have pursued, but going significantly further." Reform UK are a threat to our NHS - we must not let them anywhere near power...
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Reform UK Promised ‘17 Billion in New Healthcare Spending’ but None of It Is for the NHS
New analysis reveals Nigel Farage's healthcare plans involve funnelling public money and tax cuts towards private health
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cdog62.bsky.social @cdog62.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Reform are on the decline... That does not mean we should be complacent, quite the opposite we need to work together to ensure they become just a footnote in the historical record.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 03/03/2026
“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
From the French equivalent of The Onion Seeking revenge, Dubai parachutes 3000 influencers on Tehran.
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Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Starmer is coming across as shrill and petulant. Equating the Greens with Reform as two extremes is just absurd.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Look. People get divorced for all manner of reasons, and it's nobody else's business. However. When a politician is using the slogan: Family. Community. Country. It's perfectly reasonable to point out that they are recently divorced and live in the SE of England miles from Gorton and Denton.
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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 11/02/2026
Two men at a car dealership.
Man: Cargo space?
Car seller: Car no do that. Car go road.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
What kind of person endures 14 yrs of Tory incompetence & corruption, votes to oust them, & is then hoodwinked by a master grifter to vote the very worst of them back in again for more of the same. It’d be lunacy on a grand scale. Turquoise Tories. Careful what you wish for.
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🇺🇦 BlueRidgeHippy AKA Aunt Arctica 🥶 @blueridgehippy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The Truth about Venezuela.
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richvivv.bsky.social @richvivv.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Maybe don't chase Starc outside the off stump? Just a thought...
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research has published a paper on the impact of Brexit siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I fully appreciate this is quite an open ended question, but what the actual f**k is wrong with the Home Office? How devoid of the most basic humanity do you have to be to do this? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
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richvivv.bsky.social @richvivv.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130
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X is not above the law
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Simon Opher @simonforstroud.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel. Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans. (Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form). www.worldofmoose.com
worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country. It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
Headline: Elon Musk is booting the British right- and this shows how
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax? The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Just had time to properly read this brilliant piece by @benansell.bsky.social. It left me even more convinced than I already was that what he calls Labour's (and indeed the Conservative's) "prole-whisperers" are horribly mistaken if they genuinely think chasing after Reform voters is the way to go.
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British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Uggh I can here Fartage now : "Don't be ridiculous! A huge poll in the Express showed that over 90% of people don't think our plans are remotely racist" Get on it guys!! 👇
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2025
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
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Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more The privatisation of the UK’s key industries is driving the cost of living crisis, damaging critical public services and making life harder for millions of people, the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski, has said. Speaking after the Guardian revealed the British public have been paying a “privatisation premium” of £250 per household per year since 2010, he described the mass privatisation of UK industry as a “failed experiment”. Continue reading...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
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Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor
EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Look, this is not a new issue, but people really need to get a grip and grow up. If you think an additional 73 people per 10,000 are why services are fecked you are living in a fantasy world. It isn't people coming to the UK seeking safety who are the issue. news.sky.com/story/home-o...
Table showing numbers of people seeking asylum by highest for councils - also makes it sounds as if "accomodation" only includes hotels, which is just not true by any means
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Immigration is absolutely plunging, falling off a cliff to the extent I think policy will overcorrect and the UK may end up with very little inflow at all. Yet the public are being told, and seem to think, they're being hit with endless higher 'waves' of migrants. In those circs you can't do much.
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richvivv.bsky.social @richvivv.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Every time I'm offered a new improved version of something or other with a whizzy built-in AI assistant my heart sinks... I'd much rather rely on CH. (Competent Humans).
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/07/2025
There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
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There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Daniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Couldn’t have said it better
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Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
When a government designates groups as terrorists when they are clearly not and have never participated in anything remotely resembling terrorism, then the legitimacy of that government has to be seriously questioned. We are reaching an inflection point.
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richvivv.bsky.social @richvivv.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Shouldn't 'Show Less Like This' be 'Show Fewer Like This?'
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MidwestHedonist @midwesthedonist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
As widely predicted. These poorly thought through populist moves by centrist governments do more damage to liberal democracies than anything else. I sincerely hope Merz and his ministers will learn from this.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Media - ‘we are in no way exaggerating Farage and Reform’s popularity, we just keep platforming them endlessly because the public like them’. The polls -
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richvivv.bsky.social @richvivv.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The thing about tenderstem broccoli is, you mustn’t expect the stems to be tender.
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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
now that's a Chart of the Week (from @gelliottmorris.com):
changed in hh income from Republican budget bill: more than 380k for the top 0.1%, 20k for the top 95-99%, negative for the first and second quintiles.
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@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Tories are In danger of irrelevance. My @newstatesman.com piece on the local election results. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
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The Tories are in danger of irrelevance
A fourth-place finish in the local elections has deepened the party’s existential crisis.
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FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
STARMER’S RED LINES, JUST SO STUPID. Five years of hard Labour. Not much fun, is it?
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 30/04/2025
LOCAL & MAYORAL ELECTIONS: If you'd like to vote tactically, the Movement Forward @mvtfwd.bsky.social have published their advice for all councils and regions at stopreformuk.vote
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Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I love him I must marry him.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...
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Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
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