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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

No wonder Badenoch and Farage are shitting bricks at the suggestion that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum. Their whole business model relies on Brexit and the racist anti- immigration bomb that it detonated. Their next bright idea - to leave the ECHR - would delight Putin too.

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ECHR withdrawal 'gift to Putin'
By Jonathan Rayner | 22 March 2012

Britain’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights in favour of a British bill of rights would be Vladimir Putin's
'best present ever', an East European delegate at a Council of Europe event for lawyers told the Gazette last weekend.

The source, who asked not be named, said that Putin, just re-elected as president of Russia, has always said that the Strasbourg court's policing of human rights was ‘meaningless'.
Another unnamed source, a former north European government lawyer, described the UK government's attitude to the Strasbourg court as 'Britain shooting itself in the foot. If the British don't engage with Europe, they'll lose influence and shouldn't be surprised if
Germany and France fill the vacuum?

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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 22h

The President of the United States taking the piss out of a mentally ill man who died just a couple of days before. Frankly, I expected nothing less from this sociopathic arsehole.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam” “A country without a language is a country without a soul” A crucial tool of the ‘muscular unionism’ employed by the british state, was to try to make the people of Ireland, Cymru & Scotland forget who they were, by crushing their languages & culture They failed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☘️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“Reform has to take ever more extreme positions to keep winning headlines. As horrific as Jenrick’s comments are, they should be understood less as a policy proposal than as the political equivalent of a toddler acting out for attention.” Cruelty is weakness. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/482...

liveapp.inews.co.uk

Robert Jenrick has confused cruelty with courage

Jonn Elledge: The Reform politician thinks he’s brave to say what he does – he’s actually just got no humanity

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is part of a methodology I’m going to call Fascist Edging. It’s deliberate, to move the Overton Window. It’s speculative. Can we go this far yet? What’s the backlash? From whom? Did anyone support/excuse? It’s seeding the idea. Get it talked about. Absorb the initial shock. Normalise.

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I’ve been around long enough to remember the 'good cop, bad cop' routine that characterized the Lega Nord and Lega dei Ticinesi under the leadership of the late Umberto Bossi and Giuliano Bignasca. Now it is the turn of the most European of UK leaders: Farage: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Farage denies Reform would let troops shoot small boats after Jenrick’s ‘lethal force’ claim

Party leader says Jenrick’s comments ‘misconstrued’, after MP said Royal Marines would be allowed to fire at those on boats

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🇳🇴 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 If only we’d had Oslo running our affairs, instead of uk westminster 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 12/10/2026

Plaid Cymru has urged the UK Government to give Wales’ proposed £10-a-week child payment the ‘green light’, after a minister failed to confirm whether families would receive it without deductions from their benefits

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Plaid demands UK Government ‘green light’ for Welsh child payment

Mark Mansfield Plaid Cymru has called on the UK Government to give Wales’ proposed £10-a-week child payment the “green light”, after a minister failed to confirm whether families would receive it…

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Julia Curlee @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“If they don’t attack us—kill our children, we won’t attack their diesel.” - Volodymr Zelenskyy The leader of a democratic nation shouldn’t have to beg America to not fund the war killing its children. The time is long past to choose good over evil. We should be ashamed of our leaders.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Is it now a feature of failed Tory PMs that well after leaving office, they keep going on about the main thing they pushed as PM despite it not working at the time? Sunak: Rwanda. Truss: Mini budget.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Free weekend out. The big story is that Donald Trump is now free to be what he always was--strong supporter of Vladimir Putin and an agent pushing for Russian victory. He no longer has to pretend he cares at all about Ukrainian dead or Russian War crimes. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

phillipspobrien.substack.com

Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been

Russian Strikes Against Civilians; Do Ukraine And Europe Understand What They Must Do?

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In his report on Israels response to Pillay winning the Nobel peace prize Parsons reports "she is a divisive figure" You mean a regime (& its enablers) thats spent 3yrs bombing hospitals, murdering journalists, starving families & slaughtering thousands of kids doesnt like her?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Reminder of those in British politics who supported Trump. • Boris Johnson • Liz Truss • Suella Braverman • Andrea Jenkyns • Jacob Rees-Mogg • Nigel Farage • Lord Frost • John Hayes • Robert Jenrick • Sammy Wilson • Ian Paisley • Jake Berry • Kwasi Kwarteng • Tim Montgomerie

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Sian Beidas @sb234327.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Iechyd da! Mwynha'r penwsos! 🍷

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is EXACTLY why we should not work with Palantir.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And *still* Trump chunters on about how he’s owed the Nobel Peace Prize. The whole regime just reeks of rottenness. Pure evil. Demented. Repulsive. Unbearable to be an American right now.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?

THE TIMES

Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

AI might be a little less repellent if its advocates weren’t such utter inhuman shits.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Perfectly put.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.

bbc.co.uk

Kemi Badenoch: I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK

The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not an accident. Hegseth is a disgrace to every American who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the Nazis and fascism.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thread. We could – and probably will – still see these threads in ten years' time.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Just as the words of Judge Edelman provide us a picture of the kind of America we should demand, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump provide us a picture of the kind of future we will have if Americans fail to stand up and curb their power.” www.americaamerica.news/p/fighting-f...

americaamerica.news

Fighting for the Future We Want

Listen to the words of Trump, Hegseth and a federal judge. They are a warning of two different fates for America after the midterms.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

youtu.be

If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Sian Beidas @sb234327.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bore da! Wrth fy modd yn gweld y fideos bach ‘ma 🙂

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why might that be, Telegraph?

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Sian Beidas @sb234327.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

> Anwybodaeth ynteu cynhyrfu’r dyfroedd? > Ignorance or mischief-making?

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Sian Beidas @sb234327.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did they have to join the queue to reach the trig point?

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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Dav Raye @davraye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That's how this big government bureaucracy is going to keep millions of eligible voters from voting, nearly all because they have foreign or black sounding names. By the time they can prove they are citizens the election will be over. This is all very well planned, no accidents in US politics.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.

Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
X.com
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?

theguardian.com

Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis

When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So Trump has decided he can label everything he wants as a national security necessity: his ballroom, his arch, his banning of journalists and a free press. Don't doubt that he will try to undermine or even stop midterm voting as a national security risk. Note: It's all a lie.

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Erik Ten Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Eric Cantona has slammed Jim Ratcliffe following his latest comments on immigration. The United legend says he wouldn't have signed if Ratcliffe had been a co-owner of the club in 1992. #MUFC

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s quite hard for Shabana Mahmood to take action over Daniel Thomas given that she’s been running a ‘migrants are evil’ agenda for quite some time.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Scotland is a nation, and we have the right to decide our own future. On Tuesday, I’ll ask MSPs in the Scottish Parliament to back that simple principle. Whatever your view on independence, that should be something we can all agree on.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Christ alive, make it stop. Make. It. Stop.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“There can be no more trying to pretend there’s a respectable anti-immigration position which is meaningfully distinguishable from far right thuggery” We must actively make racism shameful again. Because this is where it has led and it’s unforgivable. No more indulging ignorance and hate.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

25 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What on earth is happening?

This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.

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