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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 2h

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4h

Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h

The President of the United States saying its perfectly fine for Iran to kill 5 million Americans on US soil

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quelle surprise... And her Glorious Leader, Nigel Farage, has at least 5 homes in the UK

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"You can see what kind of government Reform UK Ltd will be: authoritarian and using state power actually to pursue opponents is what they've effectively been threatening" Says leader of party that has banned journalists they find threatening

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Doomscrolling break... Was too fascinated to take a photo or video but saw what looked like a hummingbird a couple of days ago - hovering over flowers while sucking up nectar Which turned out to be a hummingbird hawk-moth

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Hummingbird hawk-moth | The Wildlife Trusts

The hummingbird hawk-moth migrates to the UK from Southern Europe each year. It can be seen hovering over flowers, feeding with its long proboscis; its wings move so quickly that it 'hums'.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Gasoline" to the tune of "Jolene" Another classic from the Marsh Family

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Remarkable the impact a disorganised, impoverished terror state can have on a supposedly secure military installation in one nuclear armed state operated by the world's most powerful country. Hybrid war in action. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...

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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats (Gift Article)

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The irony that the ECHR was drafted by a British Tory MP - Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe and the UK was the first to ratify it

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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.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..

Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Apply now! Guardian Digital Journalist Scheme - for journalists who wish to gain skills across video, audio, pictures, text, social or audience at the Guardian workwithus.theguardian.com/digital-jour...

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Digital Journalist Scheme

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block 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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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Brexiters : "We aren't giving up the GREAT BRITISH POUND!!!" Also Brexiters : "Ooh, Crypto?"

Photo of Farage holding a book titled "Crypto Revolution"

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hilarious Helen Jenner, Reform UK Ltd's new leader in Wales Helps migrants get work visas in the UK 🤷

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Breaking: WNBA credits Caitlin Clark with Assist of the Year.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Peak Idiocracy Trump and all his American tech bros discussing "Super Intelligence" And they can't even spell the name of their own country

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Classic MAGA Trump signed an agreement on "Super Intelligence" with all the tech bros including Musk, Zuckerberg, Brockman - the White House and Trump then posted the agreement And not one single individual checked the spelling "President of the Unites States"

Post from Trump on Truth Social of the Super Intelligence accord with all the tech bro signatures

Close up of Trump's signature, printed underneath is "President of the Unites States"

The same agreement posted by the White House on Twitter "White House Accord on Super Intelligence"

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cartoon by Ed Hall (halltoons) in 2018

Cartoon of Hitler saying Lügenpresse next to a cartoon if Trump saying Lyin' Press

The caption says "What if I told you that your rhetoric was exactly the same"

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New Mystic Meg prediction by Daniel Hannan who famously predicted the ‘blue eyed Sheikhs’ of Iceland Banking would would save us in 2004, Brexit Britain would be booming in 2026, and that Covid wouldn’t kill anyone in 2020 In other words, we will be rejoining the EU

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...

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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year

Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.

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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thinking about the impact of the triple lock on the state pension can be confusing as there's a number of interacting moving parts (earnings, inflation, 2.5%). 🤷‍♂️❓ But here's a visualisation that hopefully might help...1/5

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Video clip of Human Rights Barrister, Margaret Owen OBE Being arrested for terrorism For holding a piece of cardboard protesting against Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

you broke it, you fix it

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The US has withdrawn from the anti-corruption watchdog GRECO (Group of States against Corruption) Because they wanted to send observers to the US mid term elections in November Russia and Belarus are the only other countries that have withdrawn Created in 1999, the US has been a member since 2000

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I was not prepared for how much of adulting is trying to figure out" - what to have for dinner / lunch

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Don't believe the Europeans when they say the UK is no longer interesting, a priority etc etc Every senior EU official I've met today in Brussels has spent 20 mins talking about @andyburnham.bsky.social speech. The EU is paying attention and interested - even if it pretends otherwise

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏

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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans

Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Quelle surprise... Rabid free speech advocates don't like free speech

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Senator Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury and being a "dirtbag" for meeting public prosecutor Fani Willis at a game in Atlanta, Georgia Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Iowa not Atlanta Hawks in Georgia

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Danny Tommo" crying in court as he learns he'll be locked up until his hearing in March Tommy 10 names Robinson's ex-wife under investigation for the missing millions in donations So brave Tommy does what he does best and scarpers, claiming the incident at RAF Fairford is putting his life at risk

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation" - Jack Smith, Former Special Counsel investigating the Jan 6 insurrection, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026

Estonian authorities say that an arson attack carried out last month on a defense company that provides military vehicles to Ukraine was an act of sabotage commissioned by Russian security services.

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Russia accused of sabotage by Estonia after arson at Ukraine supplier

Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that “such actions are absolutely unacceptable” and that Russia’s charge d’affaires in Tallinn was being summoned to his ministry.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Andy Burnham will set out process to identify a replacement for the First Past the Post voting system as part of his platform for fixing politics, according to the Guardian Earlier this month almost 200 MPs supported an elections bill amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026

The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.

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