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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a positive development, full stop. Anti-racism norms matter, elite cues on anti-racism norms matter, a broad political consensus on anti-racism norms matter so a strong signal from the leader of a party which has been blurring red lines lately is good news.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No graphic yet from Ukraine to show Russian losses for the last 24 hours. But I can tell you another 1,690 invaders lost their lives, body parts or liberty. That's another entry into the all-time Top 20. Also +577 logistics vehicles, +2 air defence and +51 artillery systems.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/10/2026
Europe is monitoring “very closely” a suspected case of pneumonic plague in eastern Russia, following the death of a lab worker, a European Commission spokesperson said today.
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Suspected plague in Russia puts EU on alert
“We are aware of the reports concerning the laboratory incident in Russia, seemingly involving a pathogen-causing plague,” says European Commission spokesperson.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gotta say until you read the actual motion it's not clear just how rabid the Greens' positioning is. The motion calls for the end of the State of Israel.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What does it mean to be a member-led party when the Greens have 230,000 members but only 1835 voted on the Zionism Is Racism motion? Doesn't seem like you can claim the result as the iron-clad democratic will of the membership while dismissing the concerns of actual democratically elected MPs
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You might hate the Environment Agency and Natural England - but am not sure how good your evidence base is that there is a latent majority for poorer air quality, more pollution and (even more) destruction of nature #CPC2026 - and homes that are going to require big retrofits
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N Von Ho @sisbromcdudeho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“You must get @bylinetimes.bsky.social . They’ve been banned by 💩tin, Reform AND the Tories !” is my favourite way to tell people to get Byline Times. 😄
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are people calling this conviction "two tier policing." Er - no. If you set off a politically motivated bomb in a public area and if shrapnel flies about that is terrorism. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...
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Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion
Kevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October.
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A good video emerged showing the extent of damage caused by Ukraine's drone strikes on the Samara oil pumping station. One estimate puts Russia's losses from this strike at $200m. It receives, stores and blends oil coming from Tatarstan and Western Siberia.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me on the Brexit debate second time round ukandeu.ac.uk/here-we-go-a...
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
British travel industry says yes to EU membership. Boss asks Brexiters if we rejoined which “Brexit freedom” they’d miss most? 😂 www.ttgmedia.com/travel-indus...
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Steven Freudmann: 'Travel would love to rejoin the EU after misery of Brexit'
Having attended many political party conferences, ITT chair Steven Freudmann believes prime minister Andy Burnham 's speech was one of the best he'd seen
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great to chat through the options on @lbc.co.uk with @benkentish.bsky.social
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Things like this make the bad side of social media worthwhile. ps Keep an eye out for “clear” - invariably the greatest of tells.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yup.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 30/09/2026
#Brexit - President Macron is spot on - Brexit has been an utter disaster for the UK.
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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 30/09/2026
Wow!!
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
such a good eg of why political argument matters - polling previously showed over 60% support for keeping triple lock. Argue to unlock it *for something people also want* & numbers can change. (Obv can change back again if someone makes a good argument against, but either way, politics=argument)
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
Finally, a Prime Minister has admitted Brexit has done 'more harm than good'. Burnham has promised to lay out "the different options" for what a new UK-EU relationship would look like. EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. Help us ensure Andy takes that option. 👇
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Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Welcome to my daily life, always having to battle tedious doom mongers on our own side, and who get proven wrong again and again. Politics is about the art of the possible, and we campaign day in, day out for something they tell us can’t happen. It will. Believe it, and make it reality. Join me! 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ok, so my phone is blowing up somewhat since the PM’s Today interview… Let’s do this! #rejoin bestforbritain.org/fundraising/...
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Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A majority has for years believed the UK was wrong to leave the EU. 57% of adults surveyed by YouGov in early June 2026 said that with hindsight they thought the UK was wrong to vote to leave the EU. This figure has remained above 50% in every YG poll since 2022 bestforbritain.org/fundraising/...
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Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Actually pretty funny when you consider that they could benefit significantly from this.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Full of all the usual nonsense of course, but this is nevertheless a crucial moment. By far the most positive a Tory leader has been about EU anything since 2016.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Braverman should be asked if she rejects Ed Miliband being English (Jewish European parents). It would be highly racialised to say "no, Jews can't be Englieh for 5-6 generations" which is her logic. But perhaos even more racist to say "Miliband yes, Sunak no" (on visible skin colour, not ancestry)
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Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Tony Blair thinks that Britain should rejoin the EU. No, hang on, he thinks we should join a ‘reformed’ EU. Which does the things that the TBI is advocating for. And that we can, from outside the EU, get the reforms we want. 1/2
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
99.9% of DNA is shared by all humans, which obviously means difference exists only in the remaining 0.1%. Yes, it's another 'Edge Case War'... rolandmcs.substack.com/p/edge-case-...
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The Edge Case Wars
Have the culture wars been misnamed?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let’s just have more TRUTH youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
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It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good to hear Daniel Thomas has finally been arrested. Tommy Robinson is already appealing for money. Well of course he is.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
⚠️ Brexit has left us poorer and more isolated on the world stage. 💪 Burnham must go for EU membership. Not only will it deliver £92bn to our economy but will restore our standing in the world.
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Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
🇪🇺 Judah: "During my time as a Foreign Office special adviser, I saw Rachel Reeves eventually conclude that breaking Labour’s red lines on Europe was necessary to achieve higher economic growth."
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Burnham should call a Europe election
The PM needs a political and economic escape route
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
🇸🇪Her message to Brits: “We would prefer you to be part of [the] European Union — Sweden is the country who has lost our closest ally in European Union when you left. No country is as sad and miss[es] you as much as we do.”
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‘Sweden is back’: Magdalena Andersson has big plans for Europe 
In an interview with POLITICO, Sweden’s election winner reveals her unfinished business with Russia, Trump — and the far
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
😉 Oh no!! What a shame... Hopefully further to fall for Reform UK and Farage.
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Tories leapfrog Reform UK as Nigel Farage’s party slumps to third in latest poll
Reform has suffered blows in the new poll, falling to its joint lowest position in 18 months
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 Fantastic work everyone! And if you’ve not sent one yet, here’s the link —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Clare @sochs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It was 8.42am and SK and Thangham Debonnaire landed their points strongly- well done!
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ukrainians forces have recently announced a successful counterattack in the Lyman area. Operation Vivaldi weakens Russia’s ability to take Donetsk In this post I ask if this is a turning point and what it tells us about this stage of the land war. samf.substack.com/p/operation-...?
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Operation Vivaldi and the Battle for Donetsk
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has three distinctive components.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the Ukrainian Magura V11 naval drone, armed with interceptor drones.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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All but four constituencies would support reversing Brexit and rejoining the EU
New in-depth polling finds 35 per cent of voters would choose to rejoin the EU – with just 11 per cent wanting looser ties with the bloc
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW MRP JUST DROPPED: All but four constituencies in GB support UK membership of the EU. In those four, the most popular option was 'Don't Know' (Ashfield, Clacton, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness).
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
Leave and Remain voters alike realise that Brexit has been a failure. It's time to talk about EU membership.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Taking photos I get, because many gigs are visual spectacles now. The obsessive filming seems strange and pointless and distracting. One song should be enough for your video archive
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Clare @sochs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Of course he supported Brexit, a selfish faux patriot who talks the country down and lives abroad. BBC resources should not be wasted on platforming his thoughts
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026
I do fundraising for london youth club and there’s a lot of rich people - low level millionaires - who will anonymously give £5k without any questions and expect nothing but a quick thank you note in return. The ultra rich blank you or demand things done as they wish.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
While on the subject of billionaires spouting nonsense, I would honestly like to read a good study on why as some people get old and rich, they also become mean and wrong. Or is all best insight already out there in great novels?
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Andy Haldane almost Truss like in his wrongness. Where's the evidence that 'doing something on one of the big spending departments' would 'almost pay for itself as a growth dividend'? This is just economics by a hunch.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reform in Wales having quite a bad day. Announced in the last 5 mins: • Leader Dan Thomas steps down due to "personal reasons" (he was arrested). • Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd defects to Plaid, saying Reform are "far more interested in division, opposition and headlines than finding solutions"
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's the crypto aspect (as well as size of the donations/ concentration of donation to a couple of individuals) which is of particular concern: regardless of the currency of the donation, what is the origin of all this money? What are the underlying activities upon which these fortunes are built?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ukraine has announced the first recorded robot v robot naval battle. A Ukrainian Sargan-3000 USV armed with a Norwegian 12.7mm remote turret hunted down and sank a Russian USV in the Black Sea.
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