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Rev Steve Openshaw

@steveopenshaw.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, grandad, priest, trade unionist, socialist, descendent of Irish immigrants & lover of jazz, funk & soul. Boltonian living in Chorley. Views are my own & don't necessarily reflect the views of the Church. Not always able to chat I'm afraid.

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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 5h
Policy flip flop, political opportunity, or hypocrisy & deceit from Nigel Farage & Richard Rice of Reform UK on the pension triple lock? #UKPolitics #PensionTripleLock #ReformUK #NigelFarage #RichardTice www.facebook.com/share/r/1DEH...
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Billykaren Beaufort 🎶 @billykaren.com · 28/09/2026
The White House is airing taxpayer-funded ads that recycle 47's campaign video weeks before the midterms, and warning about communists in the same week Xi Jinping got a state dinner. thedemocracyadvocate.com/trump-watch/... #TaxpayerFundedAds #Midterms2026 #47Watch
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Taxpayer-Funded Ads Put 47's Campaign Pitch on the Public's Tab | The Democracy Advocate
The White House is running taxpayer-funded ads that recycle 47's campaign pitch weeks before the midterms, warning of communists while Xi gets a state dinner.
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Six council elections yesterday. Reform won NOT ONE of THEM! 😂 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 #ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu 👿 at the United Nations General Assembly 🥱 😴 🥱 😴 🥱 😴 🥱😡 Same old lame excuses for racism, genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid & war crimes against the Palestinians! Netanyahu is a #WarCriminal! #Israel 🇮🇱 #UNGA #UnitedNations
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Israel 🇮🇱... "The only democracy in the Middle East" But woe betide you if you're a Jewish citizen who produces a factual documentary critical of the State! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 12/09/2026
UK politics is moving towards the US model where government is available to the highest bidder. Labour urgently needs to legislate on this, but the Reform horse has already bolted. #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why is @skynewsrss.bsky.social talking to & quoting Trump's son,Eric, when he hold no position at all in Trump's administration & has never been elected to any position by the US people. In fact the only position he holds is vice president of Trump's businesses! news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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Trump arrives in Ireland as major security operation under way
Among his engagements, the US president is attending a series of events at Deerfield, the residence of the US ambassador to Ireland.
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Is this what Farage mean when he says he's anti-establishment? #Farage #ReformUK #Delo #CryptoBillionaire #ConvictedCriminal www.reuters.com/world/uk/cry...
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Crypto investor pardoned by Trump donates £36 million to Farage's Reform UK
Crypto investor Ben Delo said on Friday he would donate a ‌record £36 million ($48.7 million), or £1 million a month before the next national election, to Britain's populist Reform UK to help the part...
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
- Crypto billionaire. - Convicted in the US in 2022 for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls in his crypto business. - Granted a pardon by Donald Trump. This says it all about Nigel Farage & Reform UK. #Farage #ReformUK #UKPolitics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Senator Mike Rogers... Michigan Republican Candidate 😡 #Michigan #Senate #GOP www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Republican seeking to implicate Abdul El-Sayed over 9/11 voted twice against benefits for first responders
Mike Rogers has also helped kill other bills that would have provided healthcare to responders and survivors
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Did Trump really say "Cheat like hell"? Let's hope the BBC doesn't take those words & make it sound like he was telling his supporters to "Cheat like hell"! 😂😂😂😡 #Trump #GOP #BBC #USPolitics
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/09/2026
NEW: U.S. diesel prices have hit an ALL-TIME HIGH of $5.97/gallon. Remember: higher diesel prices mean higher delivery and heating costs. Your energy bill, your groceries, packages at your door— all of it will cost more. Donald Trump’s war with Iran did this.
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Nate Bowling @natebowling.com · 10/09/2026
The US President collected billions in illegal tariffs, the cost of which were passed on to consumers. Then when the tariffs were ruled illegal he refunded $166 billion to corporations. That's wealth transfer equivalent to the total GDP of Slovakia. And it's not even a scandal.
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democracy4u.bsky.social @democracy4u.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
USA... You can't believe Trump and the $5,000! Trump makes promise but never delivers. He doesn't care about the man or woman on the street. He only cares about himself. Don't be taken in by this fraudster,he's playing you for a fool. #USPolitics #MAGA #GOP #Trump
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reform UK spokesperson on BBC Radio 4s 'World at One' just tried to justify the disgraceful racist cowards from Portsmouth. 😡😡😡 #Pakistan #Cricket #ReformUK #Portsmouth #Racism BBC News - Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants
Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Chief Rabbi doesn't speak for all Jewish people in the UK. Many Jewish people support the sanctions on illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank & are against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population taking place. #Israel #Palestine www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements
Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Morally & ethically this is the right thing to do. It's a bit late in coming & it's not enough but.... This is the right & just thing to do. #Israel 🇮🇱 #Palestine 🇵🇸 #WestBank #Sanctions ##LabourParty #EthnicCleansing #UKPolitics BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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UK announces sanctions on Israeli settlements and accuses settlers of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accuses "settler terrorists" of driving Palestinians from their land in the illegally occupied West Bank.
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Patricia Pino @patriciapino.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I saw Reform’s official statement refers to climate activists as “foreign funded”. I think Politicians should refer to Reform Uk as “the foreign-funded Reform Party”
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Alastair @as-j.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I'm generally happy to give someone like Burnham a bit of time to get things in order but I'm already pretty impatient for an explanation why an octogenarian holding a small protest placard gets a criminal record but 200 people dressed as paramilitaries blockading Dover can just get the train home.
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scotfi1.bsky.social @scotfi1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Where is Andy Burnham? Where is our Prime Minister, so full of hope and positivity? Far right thugs rampaging across the country unchecked, Reform voters physically assaulting protesters. Has anyone actually seen our PM? Where is Mahmood? Sarah Jones, minister of policing? Where are they?
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nigel Farage... Reform UK 😂 #UKPolitics #ReformUK @reformukscotland.bsky.social @reformuk.bsky.social @reformuk-official.bsky.social #Farage
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Robert Jenrick ... Reform UK 😂 #UKPolitics #ReformUK @reformuk.bsky.social @reformukscotland.bsky.social @reformuk-official.bsky.social
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
That's Donald Trump responsible for a £2,400 hit on UK households!!! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 #UKPolitics #Trump @whitehouse.senate.gov www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK households will take £2,400 financial hit from Iran war, analysis shows
Centre for Economics and Business Research calculates effect of inflation and wage stagnation to end of 2027
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
BREAKING NEWS ... #Google in a tiz as it is rumoured Trump is about to make an order that 'black is white' , & 'up is down' . 😂😂😂 #Trump #LakeOntario #USPolitics
This is a Google Maps logo.
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Smashing jazz funk & soul set, last night, from British band The Real Thing, at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2026. Great atmosphere, brill songs, wonderful musicians & lots of fun. Thanks Bolton Council!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Be Careful What You Wish For Dept. You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot. The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th. You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️ #AccountabilityIsComing...Soon
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated Lawrence Davies (Swindon C), has quit Reform UK and is now an Independent.
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If Trump wants us to be distracted from the war, the high fuel prices, and the high cost of groceries. He can simply release all the unredacted Epstein documents. But we all know why he won’t, don’t we? 🔄
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What a very little, frightened man Donald Trump is. This 'order' will be ignored by everyone...seen what it is...Trump's distraction from all his failures incl Iran; tariffs; the US cost of living & national debt; the US standing in the world; & more. Very sad man. @whitehouse.senate.gov #USPolitics
Trump holding up his signed order renaming the Lake of Onterio as the Lake of America 😂😂😂
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Israel 🇮🇱 attacks United Nations 🇺🇳 compound in occupied Palestine 🇵🇸 & the world stands by to watch 😡 #Israel #Palestine #WestBank #Netanyahu is a #WarCriminal
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Very sad to hear that Dolly Parton has died. Strong, caring & generous woman of faith, as well as talented song writer & performer. The world could do with more people like Dolly. Rest in peace, rise in glory. #DollyParton www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Literally unable to organise a p*** up in a brewery 😂😂😂 #Clacton#ReformUK #ReformUK #NigelFarage #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Presumably Shabana Mahmood & the Home Office will pursuing Reform UK for this illegal use of the government's insignia. @labouruk.bsky.social @reformuk.bsky.social #NigelFarage #UKPolitics #Farage #ReformUK
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#Trump is such a cheapskate in business & government $725m would be less than 20% of the $4bn plus that the UN🇺🇳 is owed by the USA🇺🇲 If the USA won't pay what it owes it should be kicked off the Security Council #UN #USA #USPolitics @whitehouse.senate.gov www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration begins transfer of $725m to UN, amid billions owed
UN secretary general has said UN faces ‘imminent financial collapse’ due to unpaid contributions from member states
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Channel 5 will be airing a one off special 60-minute documentary on Saturday at 9:30 pm about the finances of Nigel Farage & Reform UK. Love Reform & Farage, or otherwise, this is a must watch documentary. @reformuk.bsky.social #ReformUK #NigelFarage #Farage #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Channel 5 will be airing a one off special 60-minute documentary on Saturday at 9:30 pm about the finances of Nigel Farage & Reform UK. Love Reform & Farage, or otherwise, this is a must watch documentary. @reformuk.bsky.social #ReformUK #NigelFarage #Farage #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Channel 5 will be airing a one off special 60-minute documentary on Saturday at 9:30 pm about the finances of Nigel Farage & Reform UK. Love Reform & Farage, or otherwise, this is a must watch documentary. @reformuk.bsky.social #ReformUK #NigelFarage #Farage #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Iran🇮🇷 is playing Trump 🤡 as the fool, & Israel🇮🇱 is very much the tail wagging the dog🐕 when it comes to it's relationship with the USA🇺🇸 . So much for Trump being the best deal maker. 😂😂😂 @whitehouse.senate.gov #Trump #MAGA #GOP #USPolitics #Iran #Israel #USA
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
😂😂😂😂 😂 😂 #Farage #ReformUK #ClactonByElection #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Refusing to attend the by-election count, & instead heading off to 'the country' for a private 'Glastonbury like' celebration, that's the last Clacton will see of Nigel Farage til the next election. #Farage #ReformUK #ClactonByElection #UKPolitics #Clacton
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Just 29% of the people eligible to vote in Clacton voted for Nigel Farage when he was standing against a Bin 😂🤣😂 #Clacton #ClactonByElection #Farage #UKPolitics
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Clacton by-election result as expected. But despite all the money & resources Reform UK have thrown at this by-election 9,455 folk in Clacton voted for a Bin instead of Nigel Farage as their MP! 😂😂😂 #Clacton #ReformUK #ClactonByElection #UKPolitics
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BREAKING: Police have said they did not warn Nigel Farage not to attend the Clacton by-election count, the Press Association has said Farage had claimed he wouldn't be attending due to 'advice from police'
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage is playing the victim card by lying that he was advised by Essex Police not attend the Count due to security issues. Instead he is having an invite only FarageFest in the countryside with a ferris wheel & all. #Clacton #ClactonByElection #Farage #UKPolitics
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Go on Clacton, you can do it!!!
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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Come on you good folk of Clacton. Do yourselves & the nation a favour tomorrow in the by-election. No matter who you would usually vote for, Labour, Green, Conservative, LibDem... go & vote Bin tomorrow. #Clacton #ClactonByElection #Labour #GreenParty #Conservatives #LibDems
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