Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 1h"Councillor Dan Bradley has left Reform UK. ... And his resignation statement makes pretty uncomfortable reading for Reform..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends 36539
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1hTom Watson on phone hacking "Consumer boycotts do impact [and] it's up to the public to decide whether they want to put up with that kind of nonsense" www.abc.net.au/pm/archive/a... So it's legitimate for the public to want boycotts when it's The Sun, but "mob rule" when it's Palantir. 109538
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.social@AlanWalter @alanwalter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m an RNLI volunteer crew member and I invite her to get on a plane from her hideout in Dubai and say that to my face here in the UK 106974271
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4hWell ...this is just horrifying on any number of levels and shows just how sick and twisted Trump's regime is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 26310
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 07/10/2026youtube.com/shorts/8F3Zr... Andy Burnham has made a fantastic short video on his proposals to the triple lock to fund a National Care Service. Please share far and wide. The media must not win.youtube.comAndy Burnham explains how his changes to the triple lock will impact pensions and whyYouTube video by Andy Burnham 912393
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialNorth West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 3hWhat do we lose when education is reduced to economic value? And does AI reveal what we are in danger of losing? Is neoliberalism really killing the humanities? | Albert Strang northwestbylines.co.ukHow neoliberalism is killing the humanitiesWhat do we lose when education is reduced to economic value? And does AI reveal what we are in danger of losing? Is neoliberalism really killing the humanities? 02417
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Royal Mail since privatisation in 2013 - stamp prices up 107% 💰 - failing to deliver letters, missing statutory targets 📮 - now wants to cut 2500 jobs ⁉️ Absolutely disgraceful Andy Burnham must step in and TAKE BACK OUR ROYAL MAIL www.theguardian.com/business/liv...theguardian.comRoyal Mail to cut up to 2,500 head office and support jobs by end of next year – as it happenedIMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns energy shock, public debt and AI boom threaten global growth, as Brent crude rises above $101 a barrel and government bond yields rise 1619391
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 33mHolborn and St Pancras by-election A lot of people like the Greens’ values. The Holborn and St Pancras result shows that. They know we care northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...northeastbylines.co.ukHolborn and St Pancras by-electionA lot of people like the Greens’ values. The Holborn and St Pancras result shows that. They know we care 192
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 3h"To congratulate Labour Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali - who secured 45% of the vote to clearly win the Holborn and St Pancras by-election with the Green Party finishing second and Reform annihilated" via The UK Against Hate 718452
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 2h🚨 It's all gone BONKERS.. 🦠 Pneumonic plague in Russia. 🪖 Hegseth's rules for the armed forces: “no fatties, no beardos, no weirdos”… 🤦 Trump’s DELULU Time interview transcript …but hey, at least the polls look good! 🎧 NEW Trawl episode - out now 👇🏽 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comTrump, Hegseth & the Apocalypse: It's All Gone BonkersPodcast Episode · The Trawl · 8 October · 43min 36212
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 20h“Targeting water infrastructure is new. Crossing that line represents an escalation that could have broader global implications.” ✍️ Brynn Tannehillbylinetimes.comRussia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous PrecedentAn attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran 22316
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 58mOh look, another Tory spreadsheet error that leads to disaster. I wrote a thing about that. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-spread... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 77323
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 1hGood morning sunshines 🌞 916616
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1hDelo and his fellow crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne have now given Reform £100m+ Reform has pledged to deregulate crypto. Delo and Harborne say there is no quid-pro-quo. But should crypto money buy British democracy? 🔴Read the full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...democracyforsale.substack.comReform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuitExclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm 37330
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1hIt's not the first time Delo's BitMEX record has been in court. In 2022 Delo pleaded guilty to a Bank Secrecy Act violation over BitMEX's failure to have anti-money laundering controls. Trump pardoned Delo and BitMEX in 2025. 2479
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1hThe lawsuit alleges Delo and BitMEX ran an 'Insider Trading Desk' with 'God access' to customers' positions and liquidation points, and liquidated customer’s accounts when profitable. The plaintiffs are demanding the return of $40m worth of Bitcoin. 1436
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1hWe spoke exclusively to their lawyer, Daniel Charest, who says there was “something illegal, unethical and immoral” about Delo and BitMEX's BitMEX says it has successfully defended more than 20 'spurious claims' and will 'vigorously' fight this 1466
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1hThe class action, filed in New York in July, accuses Delo and BitMEX of “theft” and says wants to hold them “accountable for the fraudulent conduct” BitMEX closed down in September, a few weeks after Delo announced he was giving Reform £36m. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...democracyforsale.substack.comReform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuitExclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm 15418
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1hThat meme comes from a lawsuit against Delo and BitMEX. The case was dropped but Delo is named in a new US class action accusing his BitMEX of trading against its own customers – and keeping $40MILLION worth of Bitcoin that should have gone back to them 1447
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1h🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵) 9216153
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2hFiring squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says. Lost for words at the insanity in Trumpistan, a truly sick dictatorship. Like medieval times, executions offered as a public spectacle in a country that claims to be Christian. What next?bbc.co.ukFort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysPete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain". 125484176
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 34mMine water energy heats Seaham homes The Seaham project builds on successful mine water heating schemes already operating in Gateshead and Wales, demonstrating how former mining regions can lead the transition to clean energy northeastbylines.co.uk/business/tec...northeastbylines.co.ukMine water energy heats Seaham homesThe Seaham project builds on successful mine water heating schemes already operating in Gateshead and Wales, demonstrating how former mining regions can lead the transition to clean energy 0145
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2hNo, competitive tendering and transparency in the award of public contracts would do. 12481113
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 44m£233 million. Gone in six hours. That's how quickly the latest farming support was allocated. Farmers need long-term certainty, writes Martin Lines. Not funding schemes that operate like ticket sales for Glastonbury.eastangliabylines.co.ukFood security and resilience vital after extreme summer droughtAfter this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient 053
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 1hvia Anti Reform Hub 6372123
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2hSagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelectionVictory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics 521353281
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15hClare Turlay Newberry (1903-1970): Cat Napping, before 1940 51216265
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialSouth-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 7h#RejoinEU #JoinEU #BrexitFail 1183
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Declaring war on welfare while splashing billions on a wealthfare privileged elite is immoral. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.uk'Declaring war on welfare while splashing billions on elite is immoral'Kevin Maguire writes the Conservatives 'are for the wealthiest few while kicking the young and struggling in the benefits' after Kemi Badenoch's conference speech 1325672
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialtofu & tesla! (& krisko) 🐈 📚 🎲 ♿ @krisko.bsky.social · 7hmy project supervisor 022215
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2hNew Middlesbrough youth clubs will ‘create opportunities for all’ More children and young people in Middlesbrough will get access to youth club activities thanks to new Council funding northeastbylines.co.uk/news/educati...northeastbylines.co.ukNew Middlesbrough youth clubs will ‘create opportunities for all’More children and young people in Middlesbrough will get access to youth club activities thanks to new Council funding 2256
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18hThe Times has published her fag packet numbers as if this is a credible and serious proposition… all paid for by cutting welfare and the civil service apparently… with money left over to pay off debt. As fucking if… 8829
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 9hMelanie is Right, don’t bother with Bezos…. 912362638
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialcheesecakebunny🍀🤝🌻🍉 @cheesecakebunny.bsky.social · 9hhappy octopus day everyone🐙🌊💝static.klipy.comNational Geographic: Swimming Octopuses101Alt: National Geographic: Swimming Octopuses101 330435
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialSouth-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 4h'Some things in politics can’t be said with a straight face, and "we’ve investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong" should be right up there, alongside "the Clacton by-election fought between the leader of a national party and a bin, wasn’t a publicity stunt".' 04215
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 19hLatest forensic debunk from the indefatigable @monkemma.bsky.social 16724
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2hThoughts on the Labour Party Conference 2026 Party conferences are opportunities for the leadership to interact with the members and the country, both to show leadership and to set out ideas northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...northeastbylines.co.ukThoughts on the Labour Party Conference 2026Party conferences are opportunities for the leadership to interact with the members and the country, both to show leadership and to set out ideas. 051
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4h🟣 SUBSTACK No Hiding Place for War Crimes: Bringing Torturers to Justice with The Reckoning Project By Aliide Naylor Read below. ↓bylinesupplement.comNo Hiding Place for War Crimes: Bringing Torturers to Justice with The Reckoning ProjectEpisode Three of the Reckoning Project Podcast presented by Janine di Giovanni 02611
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2h“Boys will be boys” has excused harmful behaviour for generations. New safeguarding guidance makes clear that harassment and humiliation shouldn’t be dismissed as banter – and puts responsibility back where it belongs: with adults. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...eastangliabylines.co.ukWhen ‘banter’ becomes bullying: new safeguarding guidance for schoolsNew government guidance offers hope. ‘Banter’ is often treated as casual and harmless, when the reality can be different 0124
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 3hThe Sutton Hoo purse lid which was discovered in 1939 as part of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Dating to the early 7th century, the purse lid is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own #FindsFriday #SuttonHoo 313424
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 2hMore Reform attacks on RNLI, mean more donations to volunteer heroes, faster Reform falls in polls "Tice, Oakshott (his GF) and Farage attacking the charities that save lives.Tice and Oakshot from the safety of their tax haven in Dubai where they avoid paying tax on their earnings" via Barry James 28317136
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialMatthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 23hOut on patrol nice and early. Pleased to report no fascists spotted on the beach again. Happy days x 2475269
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12hReminds me that Hannan has an obsessive hatred of child car seats, and blocked me for making a point about thalidomide 4481
Reposted by @samillian.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Reform says its inquiry has cleared Dan Jukes and James Orr over the Channel 4 donations sting. Case closed, apparently. So who was the impartial figure trusted to get to the truth? Barrister Adam Richardson, alongside Reform’s own general secretary. 👨⚖️ Surely ..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... 86135
