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mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Music Champion Award thank you Music Week Women in Music Awards i used the stage-time to talk about how we support & Mentor the new generation.. what it means to extend a hand of friendship and ask, can i help?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Doctor Of Music @doctorofmusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here you go George. With thanks for the good work which you do ;-)
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When roots of corruption are ignored, lazy policing kicks in and authorities wait for a neat media sting to hand them evidence instead of doing the hard work of investigating complex corruption. That’s the steep price of being right too early and democracy is the price we pay. #Brexit
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Also, like King Penda himself, it appears to have risen again because the nation needs it. So much that - first time I watched it - seemed like concerns of the far past, railing against moral conservatism and rigid national identity, the bullying of the other - but now will feel far more urgent.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reform UK are feeling vulnerable as Farage is exposed on national TV, and the Far Right are marching - make no mistake this is an escalation. substack.com/@harryeccles...
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The Far right are marching
Terrifying scenes
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Acidgrandads @acidgrandads.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
So when did you start having legitimate concerns, Father?
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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The greatest irony of the Reform party: A party almost entirely funded by foreign millionaires...yet voted for by nostalgic older Brits convinced it wants to bring back the good times for the native masses.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opinion
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Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s a big allegation but a fair one.
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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jason Arday was (literally) hounded to death for a matter that ultimately affected one university. Boris Johnson lied to us all at the despatch box, funnelled tax payers money to his mistress & mates & shook off security to party with a KGB spy… yet gets a column in the Daily Mail.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Haywain 2026
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Danny Kelly @dannykelly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hi All, My friend @heidinisaint.bsky.social is walking the Great Wall of China in a few weeks in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness. She’s one in a million and after going through it herself wants to give back. If you can chip in or share this it’s appreciated 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/heidi-s...
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Great Wall of China trek for CoppaFeel!
Help Heidi St Hill raise money to support CoppaFeel!
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Two of these people around Farage were in and out of the Russian Embassy discussing Gold and Diamond deals. The third has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for taking Kremlin Gold. How does anyone believe Nigel didn’t know?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Home Office Secretary Chris Philp, in high-vis police jackets enjoy a photo opportunity.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I cannot tell you how much you should listen to Josiah talk about his investigations into Reform UK on today’s BSide 🎧👇
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you’re ever looking for actions to take so that democracy is something you do, not something done to you, we always have plenty for you @bestforbritain.org 👇 bestforbritain.org/take-action/
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Take Action - Best for Britain
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Boris sharing articles referring to Ed Miliband as the worst possible choice for Foreign Secretary. A reminder that when Johnson was foreign sec he was busted getting a blow-job under his desk, had Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe jailed in Iran & got drunk & "accidentally" attended a KGB house party
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extempufo.bsky.social @extempufo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED MUSIC BY ACADEMICS umbrog.bandcamp.com/album/a-pain...
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A PAINTING OF MY DAUGHTER, by A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE
40 track album
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Laura Kuenssberg, Andrew Neil, and the BBC apparatus which gave Cambridge Analytica a chance to undermine @carolecadwalla.bsky.social’s investigation before it was published, called law breaking ‘rule breaking’, demeaned her as a mad cat lady, and fluffed Farage, deserve all the ignominy of history
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 16/07/2026
Canvassers out in force in Clacton.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There's a simple, fair and effective means of funding politics, which ensures that voters count and money doesn't. MPs: please stop messing about with proposals for donation caps, and press for a proper, democratic funding system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The interview with Stephen Morris on BBC 6 Music about Ian Curtis’s death and birth of new order is incredible. Worth the licence fee alone
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🧵 So Farage is preemptively attacking the Commons standards committee in what's a great example of the weaponisation of the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt against institutional authority to avoid accountability. The sort of thing Russia did against the OPCW, or Trump does with "fake news media"

In his Daily Mail interview, Nigel Farage also claimed that the Commons standards committee, which will impose a punishment if Farage is found to have broken Commons rules, was biased against him.

He said:

There are people on that standards committee who will judge me, who have reported me for Islamophobia. It is going to be a completely subjective judgment. There’s no objectivity in this.

According to Christian Calgie, who interviewed Farage for the Mail, Reform UK sources are describing the committee as a “kangaroo court”.

Allegations about MPs breaking parliamentary rules are investigated by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards. He has confirmed that he is investigating the £5m donation. On Tuesday Farage implied undeclared donations from George Cottrell were also being investigated, and Greenberg is also being urged to investigate claims Farage broke lobbying rules.

In his speech on Tuesday Farage implied the standards inquiry was evidence of the establishment using “foul means” to defeat him.

But this is his most explicit attack on the standards committee – and it implies that Farage now believes he will be found guilty of a serious breach of Commons rules.

It is also a move that could see him facing a harsher penalty. The committee regularly imposes harsher punishments on MPs who have not cooperated with or respected the disciplinary process.

In a case with some parallels, Boris Johnson condemned the privileges committee as a “kangaroo court” before it published its final report into him. The committee (comprised of MPs who also serve on the standards committee) said Johnson’s criticism amounted to “a further significant contempt” and this contributed to it proposing a 90-day suspension – which it was not able to enforce because Johnson resigned as an MP first.
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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Having failed to interest any papers in this story, I resorted to writing a letter to The Times, like in olden times. So when all that's left to watch is NASCAR racing sponsored by Cheetos, I can at least say I tried. #ITV #Sky #Comcast
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nigel Farage has put corruption on the ballot in Clacton Now we need to make sure that the by-election is fought on a single issue: cleaning up the rot in British politics New by me on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/farage-cor...
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Farage has done us all a favour
Now we need a modern day Martin Bell
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Judge them by the company they keep. And always, ALWAYS, follow the money 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The King has, for the first time, published a document setting how how much "tax" he pays. It's not actual tax - the Crown can't pay tax - but a funny kind of maybe-almost-not-really tax. A quick thread on what the document tells us (not much) and what it doesn't tell us (lots).
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Would you buy a pint of milk if you knew it came from a cow kept indoors 24/7?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage is breaking British company law
Farage’s personal company has almost £2m in cash but has not filed key documents
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
We need more rich people with normal interests like "your movie sounds neat" instead of, like, white fertility rates.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Imagine if you had a (e.g.) Belgian national living in Clapham, taking £5m secret bribes, neglecting his official job, refusing to answer questions from the authorities, and regularly agitating for race riots. He'd be in prison, right? Or thrown out of the country. Nigel Farage would insist on it.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Farage busy promoting race riots - Protesters clash with police in Southampton over Henry Nowak murder www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Protesters clash with police in Southampton over Henry Nowak murder
Demonstration follows family’s plea for death not to be used to create division
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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
So Nigel Farage, was this the response you were looking for? It doesn’t take away from the fact that you’re a money laundering scum bag, it just adds to it. You despicable vile human being.
Screenshot from bbc news showing violent thugs.
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Acidgrandads @acidgrandads.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
True Other than Brexit, all current uk problems stem from thatcher!! Privatisation has failed Economy broken Inequity leading to breakdown in society and division Lack of housing Lack of wealth fund because oil was sold off for pittens A truly terrible prime minister Reform would repeat it
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Please repost this so others can rip me off all day. Amazon were supposed to put this back to full price on Friday. They haven't. Still £1.99 on Kindle. Might end any second. So get a wriggle on. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I couldn't put it down” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A must-read” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Blistering" amzn.eu/d/0aCQ0oAE
Baby's Breath paperback cover
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 23/05/2026
NEW The Harborne Receipts: Follow the Money Billionaire Christopher Harborne gave millions to Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson & their parties. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. We mapped a timeline of Harborne's £30m political donations and crypto-friendly announcements by Farage & Johnson 1/
Pic of Harborne with headline Farage Johnson and the Crypto King
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So we have full 2025 immigration stats - Total net down by 2/3rds in 2025 (3/4 from peak) - Small boat arrivals in 2026 down 40%. Asylum backlog down 48%; returns up 9% - Asylum seekers in hotels down 35% (down 48% from peak) YET PUBLIC PERCEPTION 49% think 2025 saw increase; only 16% know it fell
Graph showing total net migration fell by two thirds in 2025. Graph showing use of supported accommodation lowest since 2022. Use of hotels halved from 2022 peak.Asylum applications, January 2025 to December 2025
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4% over 12 months
Home Office data, as of 26 February 2026
Returns and deportations from the UK, January 2025 to December 2025
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Home Office data, as of 26 February 2026
Arrivals by small boat, 1 January 2026 to 14 May 2026
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Home Office data, as of 15 May 2026Across the political spectrum, people mistakenly believe that migration is increasing
Perception net migration was higher in 2025 than 2024, by party respondent is likely to vote for
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Con
53%
Lib Dems
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Green
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Lab
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Guardian graphic. Source: British future. Note: 3,003 adults in Great Britain surveyed online, 19-30 Mar 2026
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's time to move to other search engines if you haven't already done so. There is Duck Duck Go, obviously, but in terms of accuracy and exhaustivity, brave.com is just as efficient as the "old" Google. And no, this is not a sponsored post!
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The browser that puts you first | Brave
The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking sof...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🔴 NEW: Morgan McSweeney - Keir Starmer's chief of staff until three months ago, and reportedly back advising him - was briefed on Labour Together's controversial investigation into journalists more than two years ago Scoop on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-m...
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BREAKING: Starmer's inner circle knew about APCO's Labour Together investigation
New documents show Morgan McSweeney and Paul Ovenden were briefed on PR firm's investigation into journalists as calls for a parliamentary inquiry grow
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
If you think the new Star Wars sounds like crap for 10 year olds, it's probably because you were 10 when you fell in love with the old Star Wars. In which case, drop everything and watch Andor. It'll give you the same tingle in your dingle, but it's for discerning adults who like John leCarre
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Andor Kino Loy: Just Another Day, Another Shift
ALT: Andor Kino Loy: Just Another Day, Another Shift
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 01/05/2026
Winston Marshall is calling for a mine-laden wall to prevent Channel crossings and it's astonishing to me that his political views still aren't as offensive as his music. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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GB News owner’s son calls for mine-laden ‘floating wall’ to stop Channel crossings
Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons, says people crossing are ‘economic migrants’ not refugees
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