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Sheila @she6.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Speaking to a volunteer in the RNLI shop in Yarmouth IOW and delighted to hear they have been overwhelmed with donations and support in the last 3 weeks.

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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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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our undercover reporter @scatatkins.bsky.social posed as a far right journalist at the Reform Conference, and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.

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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You would never get the "£50 doesn't even buy a meal quote if the topic was the benefit system, then you would have a guy going "sack of potatoes and a carrot, and you can feed a child for a month at just 3.2 pence per meal"

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Tax us more" That's the simple message from more than 120 UK millionaires calling for a tax on extreme wealth. PMUK member Brian Eno joined Sky News this morning to explain why those with the greatest wealth should contribute more to build a fairer Britain. #ProudToPay #TaxTheSuperRich

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Sad story but worth reading about how racism quietly manifests in the Netherlands. Swimming pool attendants asked non white kids for ID and didn’t let them in without it, but didn’t ask white children. The father then received hate messages for speaking out www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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Race discrimination case over child’s swim puts ‘Dutch paradox’ in focus

Father of boy refused entry to pool says case is reminder that some Dutch do not acknowledge reality of racism

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What does a wealth tax actually look like? We sent Brighty Buoy and his tiny balls to Wimbledon to chat to fans 🎾

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

They are all very deliberately ignoring the express wishes of Henry Nowak's family; the judge's sentencing report & the obvious, albeit brief, consequences of a crime being reported exclusively by a lying associate of the perpetrator. It may feel futile but this has to be repeated again & again.

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Sheila @she6.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Sublime production of The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui at the RSC today. Outstanding from everyone & a hugely powerful lead from Mark Gatiss. “Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again"

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sometimes the poems I write aren’t the ones I intend to write.

This is Not the Poem I Had Hoped to Write

This is not the poem I had hoped to write
when I sat at my desk and the page was white.
You see, there were other words I’d had in mind,
yet this is what I leave behind.

I thought it was a poem to eradicate war;
one of such power, it would heal all the sores
of a world torn apart by conflict and schism.
But it isn’t.

Lovers, I’d imagined, would quote from it daily,
Mothers would sing it to soothe crying babies.
And whole generations would be given new hope.
Nope.

I had grand aspirations. Believe me, I tried.
Humanity examined with lessons applied.
But the right words escaped me; so often they do.
Have these in lieu.

Brian Bilston

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Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

“It’s a totally different situation today than it was just yesterday” Watch our Chief Executive, @bentwomeyuk.bsky.social, talk about the Renters’ Rights Act, which comes into force today, on ITV News this afternoon:

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/05/2026

Today the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force. It means: • Rents can only go up once a year, and must be fair • No more no-fault evictions • Landlords can’t discriminate against parents • More rights for pet owners

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Renters' Rights in London

Find out about the new rights for private renters being introduced from May 2026.

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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Today life changes for anyone in the private rented sector in Walthamstow thanks to Labours Renters Rights Act - please share this video and help us ensure we don’t lose anymore of our neighbours because they don’t realise the law has changed to protect them. www.generationrent.org/your-rights/

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Today’s poem is called ‘I Did Not Tell Death Where I Lived’.

I Did Not Tell Death Where I Lived

I did not tell Death where I lived –
But he has found me all the same.
I hear his knock upon my door
And the calling of my name.

My Snapchat settings kept him out.
On Instagram I blocked him.
Facebook friend requests were spurned –
Yet still he keeps on knocking.

A court injunction freshly filed,
But still I sit in fear.
Oh, my mistake. It is not Death –
I think my pizza’s here.

Brian Bilston

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

To everyone celebrating Easter, Michelle and I wish you a joyful holiday filled with reminders of the enduring power of faith and hope.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.

The Caveman’s Lament

me think about her when sun rises
me think about her when sun sets
me say to her how much me love her
she tell me love invent not yet

me make cave all warm and cosy
me lie bearskin on cave floor
me play song of love on bone flute
she choose cave of Tim next door

me no more go out hunt mammoth
me throw spear too short or long
me sit in cave me paint her picture
she say me got perspective wrong

me cook meal to show me love her —
diplodocus with fried beans —
she say food anachronistic
me not know what this means

stone age mighty hard for lovers
yet rub two flints look what you get
small sparks lead to big inferno
but she say love invent not yet

homo unrequitus

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

for many, it will be the space left by those no longer with us that can be felt most intensely today. Here is a poem for my dad and one for my mum. Hope the ghosts bring happy memories too .

WE'RE STILL BROWSING
I still buy books for you In West Kirby I found two
I'd have brought them to your chair With a little cake and tea
You'd have said
"Not too much for me"
Then complain "That's measly"
This was our weekly ceremony
Today I'd have made a call To tell you of all The possibilities on the Oxfam shelf
A book of stamp designs
By an artist who delighted you He illustrated books by Darwin And Maupassant too
Your fondness for Ravilious
Would have meant another buy
Chalk giants, drift boats
And a camouflaged ship under a rainbow sky
But I'm eating cake alone
A slice big enough for two
And creating the bookish conversation
I'd have had with you You are not gone
Because the ritual remains
We're still browsing

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences. The modern American right in 2025, folks.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

English Roundabouts

They’re making the roundabouts great again
by painting the flag of St George
to keep our circular road systems safe
from the dark, satanic hordes.

What do they want? Patriotic junctions!
When do they want them? Before it’s too late.
Good old-fashioned English roundabouts,
as decreed by Alfred the Great.

Behold the sacred intersection,
this blessed plot, this septic isle.
English roundabouts for English people,
draped in red and white and bile.

St George is cross, as well he may be –
whipped-up hate, he’s seen before.
Give way to the right, the road signs rage,
and the far right most of all.

Brian Bilston

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Great to be on @lbc.co.uk with @lewisgoodall.com discussing whether Musk is fit and proper to supply energy in the UK. Nearly 14000 have written to Ofgem now. You can too: www.bestforbritain.org/ElonMusk

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Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab

Change Minds → Change Politics

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Sheila @she6.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@mrjamesob.bsky.social If you haven’t already, I really recommend watching Chris Van Tulleken’s programme (on BBC iPlayer) about why we find ultra-processed foods irresistible. Highly relevant to the obesity problems…

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Natalie Fleet MP @natalie-fleet-mp.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

“At 15, she began seeing an older man and conceived her beloved daughter. It was years before she properly understood it as abuse. Now she is working tirelessly in parliament for other survivors.” Thanks Anna Moore for telling my story so sensitively. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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‘He just told me lies to have sex with a teenage girl’: Natalie Fleet MP on grooming, statutory rape and fighting back

At 15, she began seeing an older man and conceived her beloved daughter. It was years before she properly understood it as abuse. Now she is working tirelessly in parliament for other survivors

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Happy 14th June to all those (except one) who celebrate.

Unhappy Birthday to Me

It’s important to share, or so I’ve been taught,
to show kindness to others, to be a good sport.
But all of those teachings have taken a bump –
for I share my birthday with Donald Trump.

For years I knew not of this dark, dreadful fate,
and with ignorant bliss I honoured the date –
but then it got hijacked, sullied, gazumped
by a self-serving bigot, a foul gibberlump.

With him, I would share an infectious disease,
a mouldy bread roll, an infestation of fleas,
a romantic weekend at a toxic waste dump –
but please, not my birthday, Mr. Tangerine Chump.

Alternative dates he’s welcome to try –
12th Febtember, 33rd July.
But 14th June? In a lake, take a jump
and find a new date, you deranged sewage pump.

Brian Bilston

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU6B... Here's what we will be singing outside the Houses of Parliament between 12 and 1pm today #BigSing #WorldParkinsonsDay

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Movers & Shakers – We Will Survive (the Parky mix)

YouTube video by Movers & Shakers

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Meta have stolen the work of 1000s of writers to train their AI. All of my books were included in their illegal action. Today UK authors are protesting against this theft. Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment. #DoTheWriteThing

A poster proclaiming “META BOOK THIEVES: They must #DoTheWriteThing”

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“I can tell you that if you have wealth of £10 million plus, then you can afford to contribute a bit more in tax.” Our member Julia Davies speaks to @BBCRadioScot this morning. 📻 Listen to the interview in full from 0:38: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our response to the Spring Statement