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Steve Battersby

@stevebatts.bsky.social
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Retired EHP - well almost; still writing & series editor of Routledge Focus on Environmental Health

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration stripped tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from European and Middle Eastern countries. The funds will instead go to right-wing governments in Latin America including Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. ... TAT: [Foreign policy | Undermining democracy]
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Trump defies Democrats, diverts aid for Europe to Latin America instead
The diverted funds include tens of millions of dollars that Congress approved for countries affected by the war in Ukraine.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So that guy who live streamed himself trying to drown someone by stabbing their boat with a knife and who has been continually blocking ports and intimidating communities with a band of masked thugs. He’s surely just going to be arrested right? Right?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nigel Farage is posting this morning “More small boats in the Channel this morning. They will keep coming. Open Borders Burnham won’t stop them” Lets remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - the BREXIT he championed 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!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The public support placing an overall cap on political donations. Why hasn’t this happened yet? news.sky.com/story/reform...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation from crypto billionaire Ben Delo
The sum comes after a summer dominated by scrutiny of Nigel Farage's party, including an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations it breached rules on political donations.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Neoliberalism has ravaged the UK Workers’ share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975, to 59.7%. 1.23m workers are on zero-hour contracts. 4.4m jobs pay less than the real living wage. Poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I now have a standing order with the RNLI cos of all the crap Farage came out with a few years back. You can either set one up or make a donation here: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Bettina Struff #Woke #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If these were pensioners holding signs opposing genocide in Palestine, the police would have rounded them all up and read them their rights by now. Why the hell is this being tolerated? @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK is funded by Russia, Restore bought and paid for by an American trillionaire, GB News owned by a hedge fund in Dubai. Daily Mail registered in Bermuda.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW: French researcher Stephanie Lamy exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey, and the media that fell into his trap. If you think the news cycle has “moved on” from this story, ask yourself why? broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...
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The killing of a black man
A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you want to understand the many tragedies of the Jason Arday case, including the pivotal role of “race realists” and the UK media in his death, @stephlamy.bsky.social’s article for @mediapart.fr is surely a must read.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Net migration is at its lowest level, outside of the pandemic, for fourteen years, small boat numbers are collapsing and yet you still can't move for 'migrant crisis' stories in the British media
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A former EA employee told me an extra problem was that the 2015 Deregulation Act gave regulators an "obligation to support economic growth", which would then be quoted by managers any time the tiny remaining cohort of enforcement officers suggested bringing proceedings against polluters.
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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It appears that plagiarism only matters to The Times if it’s done by black professors
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Of the 33 peer reviewed and highly successful papers Jason Arday produced, only two have been challenged. They were cleared once. They will be cleared again. But of those two only 3% has been cited as problematic. So 3% of 7% of his output. Can anyone do the math that makes Arday a plagiarist?
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...
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A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/08/2026
George Washington rejected the idea of a massive presidential palace. The White House was deliberately scaled back because the president of the United States should not live like a king. 234 years later, Trump is posting Versailles fan fiction starring himself.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The Invisible Women
We're here. You just can't see us. And that's a problem for you, not us
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is excellent.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
BBC website leading with small boats I see, despite numbers down 43%. Just unacceptable.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Arron Banks is smack bang in middle of latest Farage scandal, threatening & surveillance journalists & the absence of reporting on his previous form in this area is…well, what? Answers on a postcard, please. It’s not me who’s being gaslit here. It’s anyone with eyes.
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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ukraine intercepted only one ballistic missile last night because the country has run out of missiles for its Patriot systems. In Kyiv, nine people were killed and 30 injured. Every delayed decision eventually arrives in Ukraine in the form of death and destruction.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A sitting FBI Director. Hosted by Russia's spy service. Agenda: blank. Timing: weeks before the midterms. I did the deep dive. It's worse than the headline. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Few politicians have done more to push the cause of devolution and the spreading of power out of Westminster than Lord Michael Heseltine I spoke to the man dubbed the 'Minister for Merseyside' this week to ask about his views on Andy Burnham's plan to tear up the way Whitehall operates...
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Heseltine backs Burnham's plan to change the way the country works
Exclusive: Tory Grandee credited with turning around Liverpool's fortune backs incoming Prime Minister's bid to restructure country's power networks
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Debunking Rupert Lowe’s claims on Rogan’s podcast. Please share as widely as you can open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...
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Debunked! 9 False Claims Made by Rupert Lowe to Joe Rogan About Muslims, Migrants and More
The Restore Britain MP's description of the Dunblane massacre as 'one murder' has been widely and rightly condemned. But at Zeteo UK, we call out his many other offensive and ridiculous claims.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage is not the most verbally and physically attacked MP ever. Jo Cox and David Amiss would have something to say about that but they’re DEAD Oh and Sadiq Khan is the politician who has had the most threats against his life
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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Analysts at the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social argue Washington is using market access as leverage to shape how other countries regulate & tax US firms, the CER wrote that such measures "represent a dramatic attempt to intervene in other countries’ internal regulation and taxation." buff.ly/mSq4W2T
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Trump Targets EU Digital Taxes With 100% Tariff Threat, Raising Stakes For Transatlantic Trade - Amazon.c
President Donald Trump has opened a new front in the transatlantic trade fight, warning that any European digital tax targeting US tech giants will trigger a 100% tariff on all goods shipped to the…
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So who bought all the houses?
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"So that's Theft, Fraud, Financial Misconduct, Political Misconduct and Misconduct in a public office. That's just the EU. In the UK, all of the above plus Treason, Money Laundering and Tax Evasion. The list probably goes on but that's enough of a start. Criminal Filth." via Timothy O'sullivan
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cricket, warm beer and excess mortality are the markers of national character. This week's column is about the ignorance, snobbery and cruelty in the billionaire press, triggered by last week's heatwave. And about the grim condtions children now face in schools. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When the right promotes heat-stress denial, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot
The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
NEW: Boris Johnson failed to declare to parliament a gift of private jet flights from the same cryptobillionaire, Christopher Harborne who gave £5m to Nigel Farage, leaked documents reveal. New #HarborneReceipts investigation from @thenerve.news. 🔗 below 1/
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Vote Reform for mass unemployment. If Farage and Tice win, they'll destroy a million jobs, while offering nothing in return. Spread the word: for the sake of their billionaire funders, they will throw you out of work. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nothing says stupidity like Reform's obsession with destroying British jobs | George Monbiot
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Mariana Mazzucato has gone viral after calling Brexit “a crime,” arguing that Britain has underinvested by £500 billion compared with OECD averages and that Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have never really been held accountable.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Why isn't Nigel Farage in police custody being questioned? Does someone have to die in a Reform incited riot before the police take action? meme via Expose Racism
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The worst possible way to honour the memory of Henry Nowak, victim of a horrible murder and a grave misjudgement by the police, is to do what Nigel Farage appears to want: turn it into an excuse for racial conflict.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
‘Catastrophic for creative industries’: Brexit barriers shut UK actors out of EU jobs Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Catastrophic for creative industries’: Brexit barriers shut UK actors out of EU jobs
Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
We need to educate those that are thinking about voting for the fraudulent liars & thieving millionaires in the Reform party. Repost please.
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Lest we forgot: Less funding for public services with Reform in charge 🚫 #WellDoneTradeUnionsLGBTQPride
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A Reform Party MP is being investigated by the police and the Electoral Comission over illegal foreign donations but this time it’s Robert Jenrick and potentially his wife may be involved too but this hasn’t had much coverage in the UK due to the news cycle being dominated by the media news 👇
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
nbcnews.com
Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
With each byelection costing ~£30K that's £3million of council tax payers money Reform UK have wasted, so far ... "Nearly 100 Reform UK councillors have now been kicked out, suspended, disqualified, resigned or defected — including 22 in just TWO WEEKS since local elections" via ReformUK Exposed/X
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The FACTS one trick pony Nigel Farage does not want you to know
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Adrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Pay a fortune to attend matches, but instead end up as a foreigner in ICE detention without trial. Or stay at home for nothing and watch them on TV. That's a pretty simple choice. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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2026 World Cup: Empty rooms & Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear washout
The 2026 Fifa World Cup was supposed to provide a tourism boom for the United States, but now the fear is that may never materialise.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Breaking: Net migration nearly HALVED in the year to December 2025, falling to 171,000
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21/05/2026
So, migration is at its lowest point since 2021 (a pretty low year already, because COVID). Does this mean we can stop blaming migrants for long NHS waiting lists, housing shortages, falling wages and a stagnant economy? Oh, no, wait, never mind- looks like we’re still in the crosshairs.
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Net migration to UK fell to lowest point since Covid - but half of Britons still think it's rising
British Future said politicians "need to take responsibility" for the growing disconnect between the true migration figures and public perception of immigration
Holly Bancroft Home Affairs Correspondent
Thursday 21 May 2026 00:00 BST
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Mark 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦 @miestro78.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Damn shame usa doesn't live in a real democracy anymore.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Under a mechanism known as the Dublin Convention, the British government could previously ask fellow EU nations to take people back if they had passed through safe countries en route to the UK -that ended with Brexit & no alternative was agreed making it far more difficult to return any new arrivals
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