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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A gold statue depicting Donald Trump fully naked and perched on the shoulders of a much smaller man has been unveiled in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
More than 9,600 have already taken action and called on Ofcom to investigate Nigel Farage's GB News show. A party leader and sitting MP should not be allowed to host their own news show. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026
Reform UK’s ‘Small Boat Watch’ app is in flagrant violation of both Google Play and the Apple Store’s rules. Send an email to the Apple’s Head of the UK App Store and the General Manager of Games on Google Play to demand that this app is removed immediately.
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Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"It is hard enough to be a carer for your own loved ones. The tenderness I dispensed to my mother, came from a battery she had charged with five decades of love. Being able to muster the energy and patience it takes to care for a complete stranger... Well, it's magical. It's a sort of superpower."
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Scott M @scottm-sig-vet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A rebuke is a sharp, stern expression of disapproval or criticism directed at someone for their actions or behavior You're going to SCOLD him? Not nearly f-ing enough....we want trials and consequences Take power and go soft and you're next You can't shame a group that clearly has no conscience
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Kir @southernbell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Straight to jail/death penalty. I'd be really keen for a media campaign/assault (TV, tiktok, influencers, sportspeople, public transport) on *public selfishness*: littering, spitting in public spaces, playing your music/show without headphones. These are spaces we share. Just be considerate.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026
📉 Every day we stay out of the EU our businesses lose money - that is fewer jobs and less money in our pockets...
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UK ‘losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade’ without post-Brexit product deal
IPPR finds failure to align testing standards costing 0.18% of national income and has seen companies abandon exporting
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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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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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Mark Carney has learnt the lesson that neither Canada nor the UK can rely on the US. The EU is Britain's closest partner. EU membership is a no-brainer.
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The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Mark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision tha
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he hosts his own primetime show on GB News. We believe Ofcom should investigate whether he broke impartiality rules on 15 September 2026. Use our template to write a letter to Ofcom's CEO:
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Tell Ofcom's CEO: How can Farage be impartial presenting a programme on party donations? - Best for Britain
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyone know why a newspaper owned by the Fourth Lord Rothermere, who inherited a fortune from the Third Lord Rothermere, who inherited his money from the Second Lord Rothermere, who inherited it from the First Lord Rothermere, is so strongly opposed to inheritance tax?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
His original post. There should be consequences for a councillor sharing potentially harmful disinformation like this.
Cllr Kieran Mishchuk is at Milton Regis
14 hours ago Sittingbourne
I've just been sent a video showing 2 buses full of migrants parked in Asda car park, Milton Regis,
today.
These are the kinds of scenes you see from up and down the country. They are being ferried
around destination unknown, and now they're here in our town.
This isn't the first time this has happened. I've seen buses full in Morrisons car park before as well.
It is all incredibly suspicious,
The state is funding an invasion and ferrying them around to all corners of the country.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
🇬🇧 It was always a risk that Brexit would lead to the breakup of the UK. 🇪🇺 One of the best ways to avoid that would be EU membership. 📊 It isn't just the people of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland who want membership - our polling shows the majority of people in England want it too.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 14/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr says Putin ally paid for two nights of his wedding celebrations as 'generous gift'
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Donald Trump Jr says Putin ally paid for two nights of his wedding celebrations as 'generous gift'
Donald Trump Jr and his wife have said a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin paid for two nights of their wedding celebrations as an "extraordinarily generous gift".
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/09/2026
"You're an old king from some vanished country." !
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
10,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland.
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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 11/09/2026
Tom Gordon shares stories of those who were denied, or who want the choice of a safe and compassionate assisted dying law @tomgordonld.bsky.social
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just The Spectator channeling the Reform/Restore line that they're hiding their faces because they fear retribution from the establishment. Next up, why do criminals routinely wear masks and hoodies?
The Spectator 

A balaclava on a British street is a small declaration: I do not want you to know who I am.

Last weekend, that declaration was made in Dover and Portsmouth, where hundreds of men, many dressed head-to-toe in black, turned out against the arrival of migrants by small boat: road blockades, walkie-talkies, faces covered.

That should worry us. There is no democratic entitlement to intimidate the public, assault police officers or obstruct emergency services.

But Westminster should be interested in something beyond the spectacle: why do these men believe they need to hide their faces in the first place?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So Kent Police knew about the fash mobilising 24 hours prior to the event? nicklowles.substack.com/p/did-kent-p...
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Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026
Yes, but there's a key difference. Biden needed Republican support in the Senate (and to a lesser extent, House) to pass his legislative agenda. Burnham has a huge majority in Parliament and the House of Lords can't stop him the way a Senate filibuster can. He could do both but he's vibing.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Prison?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollster JL Partners' slogan - "giving you the conviction to lead" - has really taken on a new meaning tonight...
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conviction to lead.
We are a global stakeholder research firm. We listen to those who matter to your organisation, learn what moves them, advise on how you lead them. 

We specialise in combining rigorous research with strategic insight, helping governments, companies and institutions navigate moments of complexity – giving you the conviction to make decisions.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Data centers
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I can't remember a clearer smoking gun than that Channel 4 News footage. Nigel Farage and his senior aides all filmed discussing apparent plans to break the law by funnelling foreign money into British politics, plans which at least partly went ahead. A criminal investigation surely must follow
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The rule of law doesn’t reboot after Trump. We must demand investigations and prosecutions for corrupt officials who got rich while Americans paid the price. Letting Trump’s crew walk tells the next crew they can loot, lie, and hurt people without consequences. #CostOfCorruption #Pinks
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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AMF @anitafellows4.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Israel cause more than 10 children per day lose a limb; at least 21,000 children have been disabled and around 44,000 children have suffered “new war-related injuries.” Gaza now has the largest number of child amputees in history—a generation without limbs made by Israel.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/08/2026
I'm sorry but it's clearly newsworthy that the President's decisions are being unduly influenced by a mentally unstable obsessive no one voted for who has attached themselves to him in an effort to live out weird fantasies they've had for decades. Something has to be done about Stephen Miller.
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BlueKansas @bluekansas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why are we still supporting Israel? These people are depraved. 🤬 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians
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Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians
Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We shouldn't discount the fact that at least part of the data center backlash (and by extension the broader techlash) is because people feel like the tech industry has not given them anything cool, inspiring, beautiful, or useful in a long time
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I mean… aside from the sprawling ugliness of desalination plants, tell us the cost of that, Ticey… you ridiculous fool.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 15/08/2026
Stephen Miller deserves to spend the rest of his natural life fighting a legal system charging him of crimes he didn't commit in a language he does not speak, alone, and without counsel: publicnotice.co/p/stephen-miller…
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Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We were sick of the Kylie Jenner ads for pervert glasses on the tube by Meta + Ray-Ban so here’s a more accurate one x
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Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Suggested this in the podcast today, but from now on, whenever you see Farage in the street you have to say "Ooo, I beat a bin" at him in a mocking tone. For the rest of his charmed life.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage has properly lost his touch. Old confident Farage would have known to play along with the Binface gag. New insecure Farage can't bring himself to do it. And that's why the headlines are about him staying away from the vote rather than the fact that he won it.
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