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Rob Shorrock #FPBE

@robshorrock.bsky.social
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Labour & Co-op Cllr for Grantham Springfield. Socialist, European, stoic and rationalist. I also like sharks.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
500,000 choose hope as they take to London streets against the far right www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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'I was one of the 500,000 who marched in London - it's clear Brits have hope'
Protesters carrying placards saying "No to racism, no to Trump", and "Refugees welcome" marched through the capital to Whitehall amid a heavy police presence, with officers lining the streets
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
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Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/10/2025
Now more than ever, I urge Londoners to stand united in our rejection of hatred.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 07/10/2025
'If you want to live here, you need to be able to speak the language'
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 02/10/2025
Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate | Ben Dickenson
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Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism
Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 01/10/2025
Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government. Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums. bit.ly/46RjgY4
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The PPE scandal is far from over | Good Law Project
The Tory VIP lane was a high road to cronyism, says Henry Marsh.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Rob Shorrock #FPBE @robshorrock.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
BBC News - Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Have uncovered incontrovertable proof of immigrants repeatedly eating spit roasted swans: The offenders are called Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, son of a German immigrant and his Danish wife Alexandra. More on this breaking news story as I get it www.royal-menus.com/kings-britai...
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Edward VII
King of Great Britain
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
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Rob Shorrock #FPBE @robshorrock.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Sultana Doctrine: recipe for an ultra-left fiasco open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/t... Sometimes they just can't help themselves.
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The Sultana Doctrine: recipe for an ultra-left fiasco
Far left leader can't decide whether Labour or fascism is the biggest enemy
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
That noise you can hear is Labour running to shove cotton wool in its ears. @labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @tandhesi.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
That's a lot of solar panels for a Reform activist... Spotted in Doncaster by a reader:
Reform party trailer in front of a house plastered in solar panels
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
It's about time pro EU Labour MPs found their balls. labourlist.org/2025/07/uk-r...
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'The growth strategy no one will say out loud: rejoin the European Union' - LabourList
By the time the next election manifestoes are written, it might be an idea whose time has come.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
. Well, I'm with Bruce Springsteen ! 💠 👊 💠
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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 13/07/2025
inventing a robot that suffers from ennui call that a sighborg
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Sharing my favorite hate mail as it comes in: "When I google you the only thing that comes up is articles you've written attacking Ocean Ramsey." I've written over 300 popular press articles and hundreds of blog posts. Two of them are about her. Google harder.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 29/06/2025
“Stop defending #Brexit fantasy & start telling the truth…many who led the charge for Brexit have pivoted without pause. Some now appear on GB News decrying the unfairness of being undercut — ignoring their role in creating the very conditions they now condemn.” www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Opinion: Stop defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth - Farmers Weekly
In the years since Brexit, British agriculture has become caught in a peculiar double bind. We’re told to look forward, not back. To embrace change. To
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Rob Shorrock #FPBE @robshorrock.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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Building Communities and Tackling Hate in Lincolnshire
Join us in Lincoln on 3rd July to discuss what Reform UK’s rise means for local communities and how to respond. Join us to discuss how we tackle their divisive politics and rhetoric and how we orga...
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Whether Pakistani or White, the problem is MEN!! - Baroness Louise Casey Race wars don't protect girls from grooming gangs! #GroomingGangInquiry
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Nonce Report: Race wars don't protect girls - Louise Casey
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Rob Shorrock #FPBE @robshorrock.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/173187/... Live in Lincolnshire and hate the idea of Reform running things? Worrying isn't it. Find out how you can be part of the fight back. Sign up here. You are not alone.
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Building Communities and Tackling Hate in Lincolnshire
Join us in Lincoln on 3rd July to discuss what Reform UK’s rise means for local communities and how to respond. Join us to discuss how we tackle their divisive politics and rhetoric and how we orga...
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
➡️ @unitetheunion.bsky.social stands with these Alpla workers 100% as they fight against these attacks. #FireAndRehire is the worst kind of worker exploitation and should be made illegal in all circumstances. NO WAY!
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16/06/2025
No-one takes the decision to flee their home from persecution, with little more than the clothes on their back, unless their life depends on it. That’s why our approach to refugees must be rooted in compassion, empathy and humanity. Not division, prejudice or scaremongering.
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
📢 Fair funding now for local #government! Local councils are being run into the ground and workers and communities keep being asked to pay the price. Local services keep getting worse while council workers keep being hit with real terms pay cuts. 1️⃣/2️⃣
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J Keen @jkeen1213.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I think we need some humor today!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics. This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
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TRIUMPH FOR REFORM AS IT SWEEPS INTO THIRD PLACE

by Our Political Correspondent
Hugh Kip

In the most seismic upheaval in the history of politics, Nigel Farage's Reform party continued its inevitable
march to Number 10 by spectacularly coming third in the Hamilton by-election.
After a disastrous night for Labour which saw the party only come first and win the election, it was clear that Starmer's days are numbered. If this result were replicated in a General Election, Reform would win a massive no seats, while labour would be consigned to the dustbin of history with another massive majority.
The records will show that our prediction that it would be a two horse race between the SNP and Reform became a reality - as the Scots rejected the discredited SNP and consigning them to second place. This proved, as we said, that Reform is the only option north of the border, apart from Labour.
A bruised and battered Starmer was clearly on the ropes as he addressed cheering crowds, and he must now only be days away from resigning - thus paving the way for Nigel Farage and his four MPs to sweep to power.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Rob Shorrock #FPBE @robshorrock.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social .. instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness." Hannah Arendt 1951
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Rob Shorrock #FPBE @robshorrock.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social This is whatyou were looking for. 'Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow.......
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Ern400 @ern400.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
As Housing Minister, he pushed through paperwork to help Tory Donor, Richard Desmond, avoid millions in tax.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Group photo of Sesame Street workers holding their firsts high with graphics showing the logo of their new union and the winning vote tally, 55-19
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
CEO of Homecare Association responding to Labour cutting visas for care workers, "If we have shortages it will mean that more people end up in hospital unnecessarily" "This ends up increasing NHS waiting lists"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Fixed the chart on Laura Kuenssberg Added Brexit Pointing out that with Freedom of Movement we have lower net migation
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
CULT!!!
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 01/05/2025
After the election of our lifetime, it is now time to share some lighthearted humour with our southern neighbours 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Watching Dr Strangelove again. Had forgotten that the cigar chomping, square jawed crazy all American general who starts WW3 had a head full of John Birch society ideas and thought that flouride in water was a commie plot... Now where have I heard that recently?
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a man in a suit and tie is giving a peace sign with the words it 's happening behind him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a peace sign with the words it 's happening behind him
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Professor Christopher Painter @prfchrispainter.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
All Donald Trump's doing! The tide is already turning against him on multiple fronts (including declarations taking shape between London and Brussels). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune
Party written off months ago secures fourth term in stunning comeback after Donald Trump’s threats boosted campaign
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
As Trump tries to give away chunks Ukraine to Russia, rewarding Putin for his war crimes, it is worth remembering that this war started in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea…which Putin then used as a staging ground for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/not-just-a-b...
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'US tells Russia crimes it commits are acceptable' — What recognition of Russia's occupation of Crimea would mean for Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars
The U.S. is reportedly considering officially recognizing Russian control over occupied Crimea as part of a potential peace agreement — a territorial concession that would kill the existing world orde...
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