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@stuartbladen.bsky.social
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Retired CEO, Flyfisher & Tyer, Artist, Computer Nerd, crap guitar player, Stroke Survivor #FBPE

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday Spread kindness around like cat hair, everywhere, on everything, and impossible to get rid of. No surface should remain untouched.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔥 HUGE NEWS - Exclusive with The Independent.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Karmic chickens come home to roost
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 23/09/2026
Here in Valdez, the price at the pump is $5.25 for gas and $6.75 for diesel. Hardworking Alaskans simply can’t afford the war in Iran jacking up our gas prices - a war that Dan Sullivan has voted for 12 times.
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This week’s satire
Cartoon showing trump demanding extra money to play with the US economy, then Carney and Von Der Leyen announcing EU Associate status for Canada
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stolen from FB
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We’re going to need a bigger graph…
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Canada and Australia too are now considering Associate membership of the EU. Are you Brexiteers feeling stupid yet? www.politico.eu/article/aust...
politico.eu
Australia ‘on the same page’ as Canada on deepening EU ties, says key minister
Australia’s trade minister said his country will “take great interest” in what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues with Brussels.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Observer announced another share issue today for an additional £10m funding as print circulation drops from 114k to 90k. It’s notable that in the same time period I have built a circulation of 124k for my personal Substack..having set it up amid fears I would lose my job (as I in fact did).
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Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social TL/DL - the single killer line: “Any major donor is a bad donor, as their economic power undermines democracy.”
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today I supported the Assisted Dying Bill because I want those in the final few months of life to have the agency to shorten their suffering if they wish Last year I supported many positive amendments to ensure this bill had robust safeguards. I am disappointed it did not pass🧵
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Robots out of control is not a new idea. Asimov came up with three laws of robotics in a short story RUNAROUND in 1942. (See thread). What is new is that we’ve now reached the point where these Laws needs to be enforced by global regulation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over
AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried
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Oxford For Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
£11Bn in lost exports. Brexit continues to destroy the uk economy. 98% of Uk business want to rejoin the single market. For growth in every post code, Burnham must erase the destructive red lines. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Entirely predictable. The key question, as mentioned in the report, is what Labour's policy will be in its next GE manifesto. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Blow to hopes of rejoining EU as Burnham commits to Starmer red lines
The prime minister has promised to be ‘bolder’ than his predecessor in taking the UK back to the heart of Europe but Downing Street refused to provide a ‘running commentary’ on discussions
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Steve Hughes 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 - Remember better? #RejoinEU @steven-hughes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UK National Debt of 2.98Tn is lower than the French (3.03Tn) Yet we pay a whopping ~80% higher interest rate? We are the smoker with lung cancer, who will not give up smoking that Brexit crack. We do nothing to help ourselves. The world sees. And charges a premium. #UKPol #RejoinEU
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UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget
July data shows total public debt was £2.98tn, or 94% of GDP – up £96bn on a year earlier
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Racist Zero under investigation by his current employer www.thenational.scot/news/2648073...
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Academic who sparked Jason Arday pile on under investigation by university
The academic who sparked the pile on which preceded a black British professor’s suicide has said he is under investigation by his university
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Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb @scobb.net · 20/08/2026
Yes, 100% - I've been telling American friends that since the late seventies. germanculture.com.ua/german-facts...
This appears to be a historic hand-colored photograph features children playing on a cobblestone street in front of a traditional half-timbered (Fachwerk) house in Germany, with a sign reading "Kirche, Küche, Kinder" (Church, Kitchen, Children) mounted on the wall. Published in a German web page but with no attribution.
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When will you finally take action and ban the fascist X-platform in the entire EU? What are you afraid of? Do you fear the fascist in the White House? He has already abandoned Europe and will not defend it if one of you is attacked! @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
kajakallas.bsky.social
Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas.bsky.social)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice-President of the European Commission
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Dr Oddman - #AntiFa @droddman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It’s not socialism, just better accounting skills
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Happy Inquiry Restart Day!
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Eye Witness Testimony: El Salvadore Prisons
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Paul Connell @paulpauly.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #JuneKnowWhatIMean 25 Hawkwind - What Are We Going To Do While We're Here www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qy...
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What Are We Going To Do While We're Here
YouTube video by Hawkwind - Topic
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The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @kexpmusicbot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix Hawkwind: 🎵 Levitation #Hawkwind ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
hawkwindofficial.bandcamp.com
Levitation, by Hawkwind
from the album Live At The Royal Albert Hall
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Peadar Morgan @peadarmorgan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
'Hawkwind Friends and Relations', Morecambe, Sasainn ~ England, 8 & 9 Lùnastal ~ August
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The more people delete their Twitter accounts, the sooner Musk and his business interests will go down the drain. #BanX #LeaveX #FineX
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Super El Niño forecast to exceed 4°C from this Autumn with damaging severe weather effects. We may be in for a rough patch. Will this be the point people finally wake up? #climatechange #FBPE www.rawstory.com/weather-2677...
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Meteorologists predict horrific 'Super El Niño' in 2026
Weather scientists are tracking an unprecedented "Super El Niño" forecasted to shatter all modern records.On Wednesday, The Washington Post's global weather writer and meteorologist, Ben Noll, reporte...
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Let’s never forget that Trump still wants to take over Greenland! That’s why I’m posting this song, which is meant as a show of support for Denmark and Greenland. He must keep his hands off it! The language is Old Icelandic, which is derived fom Old Norse.
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🇬🇱 VINIR Í GRŒNLANDI (To Our Friends in Greenland) 🇬🇱 | Nordic Folk Rock | Female Old Icelandic
YouTube video by VOICES of MIDGARD
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Oof….. Read this and understand that immigration is hard, and realise that the Poles STILL treat the Brits better than the Brits treat its own immigrants. They aren’t threatening to deport us to Rwanda for example.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 03/08/2026
It absolutely boggles my mind as a South African that I am living through a drought in the United Kingdom. Like, how? We have what feels like pretty much non-stop rain most of the year - the country is rather known for it. Yet here we are, with the countryside looking like the Free State in (1)
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Infantino! Outfantino!
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It's clear now that the political battle is not between right and left in traditional economic terms it's between the Educated and the Uneducated. Between those who can analyse a political policy and decide if it works for them or not, and those whose bigotry can be manipulated by criminals.
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
PLEASE SHARE THIS To the young person (longish dark hair, patterned waistcoat, chinos & DM boots) who left this scroll of papers on the Piccadilly Line train at South Kensington station at about 4.25pm today, I’ve handed it to the station staff at Hammersmith.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 26/07/2026
“Police 'probe donations to Reform UK by Richard Tice's company' as allegations pile up” #DodgyDick www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Police 'probe donations to Reform UK by Richard Tice's company'
The Met Police is reported to be probing two donations of £250,000 by Britain Means Business in 2024, amid questions about money given to the company by donor Fiona Cottrell, whose fraudster son is a ...
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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This from @stuartbladen.bsky.social sums it up nicely! This is a chance for the people of Clacton to go into the history books, I hope they don't pass it up! I might add as @andrewbod.bsky.social said, Ich bin ein bin liner!
Vote for the bin, not the rubbish forage faces off against a bin liner as the anti-farage movements screams. I'm not voting for you again, not necessary while other voters stare at Farage saying why am I here? Clacton could go into the history books by tossing farage in favor of the bin!
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Ov Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@countbinface.bsky.social - the bin to clean the mess.
An Obama style Yes we can campaigning image but reading Yes we tin can in preparation for the by-elections in Clacton UK
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This is worth reading
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Today we are all Belgian!!
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Sometimes these satires just write themselves !!
Cartoon of Trump calling Infantino to reverse the USA’s red card.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The time has come for proportional representation. Together with cross-party leadership, I have written to Andy Burnham calling on him to commit to rebuilding public trust in politics and bringing in proportional representation before the next general election.
Dear Andy,  
“There is nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come, and proportional 
representation’s time has come”. This is what you told Labour conference last year – and, as a cross
party group of MPs, we could not agree more.  
As you have recognised, we have a responsibility to rebuild the public’s trust in politics. As people 
struggle to pay their bills, fight to provide a home for their family, and watch as the world becomes yet 
more unstable, too many people have little belief that politicians are working for them. Sadly, 46% of 
people “almost never” trust British governments of any colour to place the needs of the nation before 
the interests of their own political party. In 1986, this figure was just 12%. This growing 
disillusionment is driving division and unrest in our communities.  
Specifically, voters now feel there is little connection between the paper they place in a ballot box and 
decisions made in Westminster. And they would be right. Almost three quarters of votes did not 
directly affect the outcome of the 2024 election, according to the Electoral Reform Society. How can 
we ask the public to trust our political system when so often their voice doesn’t count? 
Yet there is a remedy for this – one we know you support. Introducing proportional representation can 
ensure every vote matters at the next election.  
When you enter Downing Street, we call on you to: 
• Introduce proportional representation ahead of the next general election: We know you 
have committed in recent months to making proportional representation a future Labour 
manifesto commitment, but there is no time to lose. If we want to ensure our politics is not 
hijacked by those who seek to divide us, rebuilding trust through a more representative voting 
system is vital. 
• Set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform: We welcome the backing you have 
given to a national commission and urge you to set this up swiftly so it can report back to 
parliament i…Less than two months ago, you said you remained committed to proportional representation. You must 
make clear as Prime Minister that this remains an immediate priority and is front and centre of your 
plans to restore trust in politics.  
There is consistent support for electoral reform from a majority of the public. As you set out on your 
mission to deliver “the biggest rebalancing of power this country has ever seen”, it’s critical there’s no 
delay in making sure proportional representation is part of your agenda.  
Yours sincerely, 
Ellie Chowns MP, Leader of the Parliamentary Green Party 
Lisa Smart MP, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson 
Dave Doogan MP, Leader of Scottish National Party in the House of Commons 
Liz Saville Roberts MP, Leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons 
Sorcha Eastwood MP, Alliance Party
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Topical satire this week…
Cartoon of Burnham asking for the old EU re-entry terms. Von Der Leyen says Nein. Burnham replies - Can we choose which Nine?
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The European Commission has announced a new European Technological Sovereignty Package, designed to further reduce its reliance on US tech. The EU wants to focus on building out Europe's capacity in areas such as semiconductors, AI, cloud computing and open-source projects.
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The European Union reveals details of its tech sovereignty package - Engadget
New proposals will see the EU further invest in European startups and companies as it looks to strengthen its homegrown tech footprint.
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Emily Darlington MP @emily4mk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Today marks 10 years since Jo was murdered. She was on her way to help her constituents. Jo inspired me in so many ways and her drive to make change lives on. It was honour to speak about her as an incredible friend, mother and public servant last week alongside so many other MPs.
A picture of the coat of arms in the House of Commons Chamber to honour Jo Cox. Emily speaking about Jo during the debate on her legacy surrounded by other MPs including Kim Leadbeater, Jo’s sister, and the MP for Spen Valley.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Just sent out my free midweek update. If you thought things were shocking for US weakness on Monday, the last two days were worse. We are faced with one question--How Low Can The US Go? This applies both to Trump and the US military. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Midweek Update #14: How Low Can The US Go?
Another Worrying Sign For The US Military
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Trevor Lloyd @trevorglloyd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The trouble with Thatcherism is that eventually you run out of national assets to sell
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/05/2026
Our trans rights lead, Jess O’Thomson, discussed the EHRC’s new code of practice on Sky News. Support our appeal against their transphobic guidance: goodlaw.social/3ege
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This is an artefact of FPTP voting. Bring on PR.
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Sir Tom (never had a blue tick)🐧🇪🇺🇬🇧 @sirtomnobluetick.eurosky.social · 23/05/2026
Separate Church and State, as in France.
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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Afternoon🚶🏻‍♂️- Norfolk First of the year - male Banded Demoiselle
The male has translucent wings with bluish green body.
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