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@skilaface.bsky.social
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Levi Anthony Luckenbach @lluck002.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
More than ever…
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“We will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes because this is the struggle of a democratic nation versus an authoritarian regime led by Vladimir Putin who clearly has imperialistic designs not just on Ukraine but throughout that region” Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia👏
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Why are so few people talking about this? Either they don’t know, or they’re pretending not to know …and I don’t know which is worse.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The hubris of the US. How the world's richest country turned to destruction of itself and everything around. Is the article I'm interested to read. Because that's where we are.
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We don't have to tiptoe around an unhinged toddler. There is an alternative. An alliance we can join with our real friends. Rejoin the EU!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This weeks cover from @theneweuropean.bsky.social was spot on as always
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 01/03/2025
Zelenskyy has 'fallen into a trap’ set up by Trump, argues Matt Frei.
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skilaface.bsky.social @skilaface.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
European leaders are stepping forward to tonight to show their support for President Zelensky 👏
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The UK is going to have to make a choice. Do we stand with Ukraine and Europe? Or are we with Trump's America and Putin's Russia? That's what it comes down to. We must choose Europe.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The Guardian reporting a dozen Reform UK councillors have given notice of their intention to resign en masse in protest at Nigel Farage’s leadership www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Twelve Reform UK councillors to resign over Nigel Farage’s leadership
Exclusive: Departures will add to pressure on party leader after Elon Musk said he was ‘not up to the job’
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Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I'm looking for small mercies this week so I'll pat myself on the back for the fact that I just successfully folded a fitted sheet for the first time.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Sarah Champion, "I just reflect. If it was Putin making those comments rather than Elon Musk, would the response be exactly the same?"
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 06/01/2025
Starmer: "I think only a few months ago it would have been unthinkable for the things that have been said about Jess Philips without all political parties and the leader of the opposition to call it out in terms...to condemn it..."
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
BBC News, "What happened to the 20 recommendations from the child abuse inquiry that were given to the Conservative government?" Sarah Champion, "Nothing happened"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Keir Starmer, "I'm very concerned about where the Tory party are going on this" "Because if you're not prepared to stand up as a Tory MP and denounce what's been said about Jess Philips, who has now had threats made to her" "Then you seriously need to consider why you're in politics"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed” Prime minister Keir Starmer
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Literally all they had to do was calmly condemn Musk’s dishonest & inciteful attack on their parliamentary colleague, Jess Phillips. And they couldn’t even manage that. Absolutely shameful.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the right to sit in the House of Lords by birth is "indefensible" and his government has started the process to end it👏 news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
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'It's a smash and grab raid on the constitution': The last of the hereditary peers
Sir Keir Starmer says the right to sit in the Lords by birth is "indefensible" and his government has started the process to end it.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/01/2025
NEW: Last of our News Agents Christmas/New Year counterfactual specials. This time you asked us what if… 🇪🇺 Boris Johnson had backed Remain? 🇭🇰 The UK had refused to hand over Hong Kong? 🇬🇧 Rishi Sunak had waited til the winter for the election? 👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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What if...Boris Johnson had backed remain during the Brexit referendum?
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 02/01/2025 · 35m
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 02/01/2025
Just unbelievable, we all need to club together to buy a world map for the Conservative MP's and teach them how to use it
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Suella Braverman tells LBC that Italy have "built a wall" on the "land border between Italy and Turkey" and insists that "I've been to see it"
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
So Suella Braverman's husband Rael Braverman (proudly "Anti-Woke" in his bio = attitude of a spoiled little 7 year old🙄) ..has DELETED his tweet saying he's bought SEVERAL Reform memberships! What a delightful couple!!! The far right in all their muddy antics eh? Expand pic below ⏬️
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Suella Braverman has "seen the wall on the land border between Italy and Turkey..." Gosh I think she's been visited by more right wing fairies Minor detail - Italy and Turkey don't have a land border!!! God these right wingers are doing my head in It's like debating with stroppy 5 year olds
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Jon Danzig FBPE @jondanzig.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
→ It was never ‘just about trade’ 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗨, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗪𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 It was 52 years ago – on 1 January 1973 – that Britain joined the European Community. My video explains why we joined – and why we might join again for the same reasons. #Brexit #EU youtu.be/9DWTJpfLH44
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WHY WE JOINED THE EU
YouTube video by Jon Danzig
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Steve Bray @stevebraysodem.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Better late than never. Happy New Year to you all. May this year be better than the last!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Farage would have us believe that he's hugely popular with young men. Seems that young people have a rather different view on the matter. Hilarious stuff from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Belinda @beli-nda.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Bloody #ElonMusk interfering in our politics, telling us what should be done and who should be in prison. That miscreant is making my blood boil. He should shut up & mind his own business. He's a Tommy Robinson supporter 😡🤬
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Four major Romanian political parties formed a coalition on Wednesday night, vowing to keep Romania on a pro-EU and pro-NATO path👏 www.politico.eu/article/roma...
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Romanian pro-EU parties unite to crowd out far-right candidate Georgescu
Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu threw his support behind reformist Elena Lasconi for president.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Man in yellow, "As we've got a Cabinet made up of mainly public sector workers with no private sector experience, how are they going to hope to complete all of the things that they've laid out today" #BBCQT You mean the way Boris Johnson, Lis Truss and Rishi Sunak achieved great things 🤦‍♂️
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 05/12/2024
“Labour have seen that over the hill are coming the populists, whether it be Farage, Trumpism or Le Pen. But they're still firing the same weapons back, even though the enemy has fundamentally changed." articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq1VoM3pfz...
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Keir Starmer responds to rise in populism in 'plan for change' speech
As Keir Starmer sets out his ‘plans for change’, The News Agents ask if this speech was really a response to the rise in populism in the western world.
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norfolkforeurope.bsky.social @norfolkforeurope.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We are now on Blue Sky 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #Rejoin
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Jacqui Smith humiliates Kevin Hollindrake by pointing out that the Conservatives over 14 years neither processed asylum seekers fast enough nor sent those who were unsuccessful back fast enough #BBCQT
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 03/12/2024
Tickets to The News Agents Live On Stage with HSBC UK are out NOW. Emily, Jon and Lewis can't wait to see you there. 🎟️ Get your tickets here 👇 articles.globalplayer.com/7giHoMavXLgd...
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Tickets for The News Agents Live on Stage with HSBC UK 2025 tour on sale now
Emily, Jon and Lewis are bringing The News Agents Live On Stage with HSBC UK to Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh in 2025.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Wow. MPs back proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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MPs back proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote
Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to 135 with some Labour backbench support but is unlikely to become law
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Left: Keir Starmer, "We're creating a climate for growth.. Making the UK the best place to invest, to trade with.. Deepening trade with allies.. In the gulf, the Pacific and beyond" Right: "Britain on way to long-term decline without EU, warns Bank of England"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Meanwhile….Journalists flock to @bsky.app as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Rachel Reeves, "Today I have appointed Tom Hayhoe as our new Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner" "As Chair of an NHS trust during the pandemic, he saw the urgency of getting PPE to NHS staff when they needed it" "He will investigate the billions lost to fraud and underperforming contracts"
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/12/2024
It certainly feels that way. We are loving the freedom of expressing liberal thoughts that is Bluesky at the moment.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
‘"The EU went from being the easiest market in the world to quite literally the most difficult to get food into," he said.’
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'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year
British food sales to the EU have fallen by more than 16% on average across the three years since Brexit, a new report found, with businesses blaming new border checks.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Another must-follow. The women who were deceived by spycops and are seeking justice, against the entire bloody establishment. @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
"If the US president-elect means what he says about slapping 10%-20% tariffs on all goods imported into the US, the UK’s fragile economy could take a big hit... Britain would thus face a stark choice: seek a bilateral trade deal with the US or align with the large market at its doorstep."
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Trump tariffs could upend Brexit calculus: Peacock
Brexit crept back into the headlines last week after Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey suggested British policymakers should consider partially mending the United Kingdom’s frayed ties with the European Union.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Please follow @copscampaign.bsky.social, who did so much to expose the truly jaw-dropping scandal I discuss in this week's column.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Pretty dark, but yup.
Picture of Trump at table with 4 other characters. In the middle on a plate is (map of) America. Trump says “dig in” and the 4 characters are: someone with a Nazi band, another in a KKK uniform, Putin, and an archetypal capitalist/big corp CEO.
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