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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4h

YEAH, GUYS, COME ON! If you continue to expose what the people Nigel recruited and got elected actually say and do, then everyone will know what the people Nigel recruited and got elected actually say and do. NOT ON! Such exquisite victimhood. Everyone is to blame, except the big man in charge.

Nigel Farage
@Nigel_Farage

My thoughts are with Charlie Latchford. This is awful but now part of a pattern - every underhanded media ploy to paint the party as evil makes these dangers worse.
Unsurprisingly the mainstream media doesn't seem to want to cover this vile incident.

The Mercian
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BREAKING: Birmingham Reform UK councillor was sent suspected asbestos package in the post.
Dr Charlie Latchford, the Reform UK councillor for Longbridge and West Heath, reported receiving a package containing suspected ...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4h

About four people got the joke and I am delighted.

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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

As well as being a proper science enthusiast, Michael's also pretty handy behind a mic. Which is useful in a show covering everything from Nobel winners to AI slop and university meltdowns. I should have asked him a Star Trek-themed question though ... next time :-)

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026

Zelensky smiled when asked by Sky News whether Trump was trying to make him a “scapegoat” for problems including low ratings, high diesel prices and the war in the Middle East. Zelenskyy initially stayed silent, then said: “That is my answer.” #Ukraine

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

I am very aware of a comment a guest made a while ago about Trump doing irrational stuff and everyone then trying to build outlandish rational scaffolding around it. If there is any strategy to this, it ain't his. I think he is in a vulnerable state and being manipulated.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10h

Wait. Isn't that Allison Pearson who got two-year's worth of columns from the OUTRAGE of being merely questioned by police as a journalist? They seem to think that the UK is the USA, Farage is already President, so he can follow the example of their icon Trump and "prosecute" all their enemies.

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 15h

If you’re looking for a weekend listen, I had an invigorating chat with @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social about all things science.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11h

Someone joked on WhatsApp about Trump appointing Liz Truss as his new Press Sec and, for just a flash, just a millisecond, I actually believed it. Because that is the timeline we are living.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20h

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

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Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias

A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

We were just recording bits of @quietriotpod.bsky.social Sunday School with @pimlicat.bsky.social and speculating whether she would even last a whole Scaramucci. Back in the studio tomorrow, I guess.

A black-and-white photo of Katie Zacharia, with "IN MEMORIAM; Tuesday-Friday".

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Quiet Riot Science Special! ⚛️ Is Britain a science superpower? 🔭 Is the future bright or bleak? 📰 How is tech changing a journo's job? With FT Science Editor @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1QAo... 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The politics of science

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

No more Friday B-Sides cos they’re switching to Tuesdays. So instead today, a bonus interview on the politics of science. Enjoy! 🎧👇

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

A huge pleasure to appear on @quietriotpod.bsky.social to talk science with @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social! Thanks to @pimlicat.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/1QAo... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The politics of science

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

And yes we will be doing one on the Arts very soon! Plus if you’re a Kofi backer we will see you online this lunchtime! Xx

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

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The politics of science

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Do tune in if you get a moment, lots of good intel about what's happening and when with regards to UK EU options.

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Ben Bradford @benbrad4d.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

See what they did there ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️🤣👀 🚀 (Warning high levels of positivity included in this episode)

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Remember? I put out that video.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

“I think the idea is to 'goldilocks' this; secure just enough in-principle agreement from the EU, so that one of the options can be in the next Labour manifesto and secure a mandate, but not so much detail that opponents can unpick it.” Bonus Karmic Irony: It is the exact technique Brexiters used.

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Back to the fEUture

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 15 October · 1hr 3min

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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Great Call to Action in this fab ep to get rid of that hateful stop the boats app! Easy to follow link in the show notes and only takes a few moments to get an email to who needs to see it !! James Goodrum at Apple has a great name but has been taking his eye off the fash game with this app!

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

NEW EPISODE and we’re going back to the fEUture, discussing what we know about the summit, how the debate in Westminster panned out, as well as fathoming the extent of 🇷🇺 interference in our elections! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2vvL... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The Greens (and the Lib Dems) falling apart are the most significant factors. But I insist, almost three years with a massive majority, is too much to waste.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/10/2026

"The social media engagement on posts from Reform UK figures appears to have dropped in the wake of Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres," according to The London Economics.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

OMG she is brutally bad at this

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This is so moving to read, in light of where we are now.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It was a pleasure and an honour to speak to @lukeharding1968.bsky.social about his new book 'Betrayal' and the globalisation of the Trump-Putin alliance. In the days following the treacherous diesel deal, no better time to hear from Luke. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Luke Harding on Trump's Betrayal of the West

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 13 October · 41min

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh, we have a special coming up.

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mitch Benn presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s DRACULA Lost for 120 years, restored, recreated and completely made up by MITCH BENN STRICTLY LIMITED RUN - FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY 24/25 October www.tickettailor.com/events/circl... #dracula #gilbertandsullivan #operetta #mitchbenn

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What a pile of horse manure. "You can't be offended by anything less bad than genocide" is idiotic. There is no hierarchy allowing offensive things, provided they're not the worst things going on. You say Israel's right to exist is academic and no one can decide it, yet that was exactly the motion.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Nope. He did pronounce it the right way, later when interviewing someone else, so clearly there were words in his ear.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I hope so. It has been SO healthy, having something to the left of Labour making them at least THINK about their endless rightward drift.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

But that is the in-principle problem. Processes need to be changed so something *can* be done. Like, if a couple of thousand former RefUK fans had become members, organised themselves, and passed a motion that "All asylum seekers must be deported" you wouldn't be relaxed.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yup. He loves Reform, does our Justin.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What's to check? Just say what you see, without inventing syllables and changing letters.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm sure former UN ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi will be delighted to have been introduced, very crisply, as "Abdullah al Mussolini" by Justin Webb. Seriously, how does this man still have a six-figure job at the BBC? When he is not busy being biased, he is busy being useless.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I am v worried about it. As I say in the podcast, I think what happened is a symptom of an underlying problem, which is that the Greens have lost control of the party to a very well organised group of new entrants.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

As I said, you have to show at least a little willing to help yourself. Nobody has a duty to remedy what isn't there. Now that you have a place to start, I would be interested to know whether you get to a stage where you understand why your starting premise is so flawed as to be offensive.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Yes. That two-parter was really excellent.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's not everyone else's responsibility to educate you.

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Parody Zack Polanski @parodyzackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Outstanding analysis of the Polanski mayhem here. Hats off to @sturdyalex.bsky.social

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If your starting point is simply "European Jews were given permission to colonise Palestine," you have predetermined the result of your inquiry by misunderstanding the issue at such a basic level, that only a decision by you to go back and do quite a lot more research and thinking can possibly fix.

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