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Stella

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NZ/UK national 🇳🇿🇬🇧🇭🇲🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 Unite member, CKD survivor, renal transplant recipient, interested in helping people understand kidney disease as a patient. Mum to a cat. Live in UK. She/her DM's earn instant block.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 06/10/2026
The Conservative Party has quietly been losing touch with reality, writes James O'Brien. Read more: trib.al/ZMoqhjG
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And here it is…
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 📺: youtu.be/7eltBhn7WV4?...
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Trump suggests he'd let Iran 'take out' Los Angeles or San Diego
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sensational. Can’t believe it dropped just after I filed a column about her epic ridiculousness, though.
Kemi Badenoch describes herself as captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'll never forgive the media for how they handled Trump
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ruffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not sure if the point of Angela Paxton’s video was to cause people to search Angela Paxton’s name only to find out that she helped facilitate Ken Paxton’s corruption for many years before ultimately filing to divorce him on “biblical grounds”, but that’s what happened.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 05/10/2026
Concerns are growing that the power abuses witnessed during President Donald Trump's administration may become a lasting feature of American governance....
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Democrats Risk Cementing Trumps Power Abuses For Years To Come
Concerns are growing that the power abuses witnessed during President Donald Trump's administration may become a lasting feature of American governance. Experts indicate that if Democrats regain power, they risk perpetuating many of the very practices they currently criticize. Tiffany Justice, executive vice president of the conservative group Heritage Action, expressed her doubts about potential reforms proposed by Democrats. She argued that the current regime is simply following a pattern established by previous Democratic administrations and suggested that any reform efforts would ultimately stall without a Democrat in the White House.
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Any other Party would be under intense scrutiny with a record like this, and the ones who left before 5 months ago haven’t been counted, every 3 days the Clown Show loses another clown. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Blow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five months
EXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Today we are able to see the contradiction of oil pricing as a result of the new systems created by #TheHormuzCrisis. More oil is moving and futures have eased. Yet petrol and diesel prices at the pump remain high. This is a sign of things to come in the new global systems if not fixed.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 04/10/2026
UKMTO just put up two alerts. A tanker has been attacked in Hormuz and another vessel in the Bab al’Mandeb reports explosions in the water nearby as it transited. This is further escalation after 5 days of near continuous attacks on merchant shipping. #TheHormuzCrisis #MerchantShipSafety
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm furious about the two Iranians who came across as part of the surge in small boats created by my Brexit and under a Home Office run by my MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick.
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Stella @starkiakaha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@ashoro.co.uk If ever there was a reason to 'encourage' a USA/Iran peace deal
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Saturday 3 October 2026 and welcome to today's daily thread with all the Ukraine news, verified, all day, every day. We are on Day 1683 of Russia's attempt to remove Ukraine from the map. Having failed to take Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Putin is now reduced to bombing bridges in Kyiv
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you have a few minutes this weekend, do check out my new article in 'Nigel's Notebook'. It's partly about the many benefits of Brexit, so it's quite short. parodypm.substack.com/p/brexit-epi...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump could nominate the worst person with a law degree in America and this Republican senate will confirm that person. That includes Susan Collins, who always confirms Trump’s justices. The only chance you have to keep that person off the court is to elect Democratic senators.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a week. We've seen the news agenda rescued from the grip of the far-right. We've seen astonishing levels of competence in government communication. And we've seen the outline of a radical policy programme. It's a v.exciting time to be involved in politics iandunt.substack.com/p/some-dispa...
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Some disparate thoughts on a historic speech
For the first time in two years, we freed ourselves from the far-right’s strangle-hold over the news agenda.
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Clean Observer @hammbear2024.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Before she got fired, this was always the kind of day Bartiromo would have conveniently taken off.
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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chortle 🤭 Cr…found in the wild
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who radicalised him? 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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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly 😤😡
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to Suella Braverman for her Question Time appearance - I didn't think it was possible for her to come across as any more deranged and stupid than usual, but she somehow managed it.
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Chris Hewitt @chrishewitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just noticed this lovely touch — all of Channel 4’s programme guide info for today is written in rhyme to mark #NationalPoetryDay.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Owning the libs.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Well that makes it all a bit clearer. Iran finally admit they are targeting merchant sailors in the Strait of Hormuz to prove the USA has no control of it. So seafarers are expendable pawns to them? I keep saying they are a brutal regime. But there needs to be an end other than war.
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Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Where will the public land on Andy Burnham’s Triple Lock changes and National Care Service plans? Initial reactions to the PM’s speech in a poll of 1,548 adults in the UK interviewed in the hours after the speech on 29 September on behalf of Mandate Research 🧵1/9
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Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Support outnumbers opposition in every age group, including those most affected: -> 55-64: 61% support, 16% oppose -> 65+: 55% support, 27% oppose 8/9
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 30/09/2026
Behind the stories we're told about hate and despair, is the truth we all recognise. A Britain of hope, solidarity, co-operation and pride. Our Interim General Secretary Cait Prowle delivers our Sororal Greetings at Labour Party Conference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Lo...
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Cait Prowle delivers the Co-operative Party's annual Sororal Greetings to Labour Conference 2026
Our movement is one of radical optimism. party.coop/join
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote this without noticing that Burnham had used the line about utilities on the Monopoly board that I’ve been wanging on about lately. Flattering but potentially a little awkward stylistically. I think the intro still works, though… liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/478...
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I loved Andy Burnham’s speech, but one part of it was shameful
James O’Brien: The PM was brilliant, except for when he talked about immigration
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our response to Andy Burnham's Labour Party Conference speech 💬 #TaxTheSuperRich
We welcome the Prime Minister's vision to bring hope back to our country and communities.
And we repeat our longstanding message: we're ready to play our part by paying our fair share, so Britain gets the investment it needs to make that vision a reality. 
This country helped to build our success. So millionaires like us must be taxed more. It's our turn to step up first and help build a better future for everyone.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After years of cross-party inaction, Burnham deserves huge credit for scrapping the triple lock just 10 weeks into his premiership. The fairest and most fiscally responsible choice.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide".
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Late alert from the UKMTO. At some point overnight a vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire. This was extinguished by the crew and the vessel is still underway. This comes on the eve of the supposed decision by #Trump to end or escalate #TheHormuzCrisis.-
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s a cult. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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