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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Sarah’s reaction isn’t surprising. We all know the criteria she uses & that Reform’s constant two-tier refrain reveals rather more about how they see the world than how our police & courts do This incident should have been a much bigger wake-up call to all of us. Instead it was too often downplayed
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/09/2026
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston: "That's what the lifeboat does. It saves lives at sea. That's its job." "And this is an international duty. Everyone who goes to sea knows, in the event of someone being in difficulty, you go to their assistance." The abuse the RNLI have faced is a disgrace.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 12/09/2026
As well as being wrong about Britain “taking them over” regarding the Falklands in 1982, when we liberated them from an invasion, the BBC might like to note Trump was 35 at the time He’s stretching the definition of young boy way, way past breaking point His memory of the time clearly is very off
Screenshot of BBC article about Donald Trump’s comments about the Falklands, which he said on his visit to Dublin. Both the claim he was a boy at the time of the Falklands War and that the British “took it over” rather than liberate them from an illegal invasion are false

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“Earlier, while answering questions about a Iran, Gaza and a potential united Ireland, Donald Trump was also asked if he spoke to the British Prime Minister Andy Burnham about the Falkland Islands.
"Here we go again," says Trump as he recalls being a young boy when the Falklands War happened.
He says the UK was "a different country at that time" and claims "they went in and they took it over".”
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."
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Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Chucked the RNLI a small donation today. I hope they're getting a good surge of much-needed support right now.
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Sue @suerossiter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It seems like an exaggeration but I was massively affected by the death of Dolly Parton. She has been a friend to the downtrodden and left behind. She lifted people up. So to honour her humanitarianism I made a donation to her Imagination Library. Here is the link imaginationlibrary.com/uk/
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Eileen @eileenmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good night friends. I hope you enjoy your evening. I’ll see you tomorrow. RIP Dolly Parton.💔
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Sue @suerossiter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au.... I am sure these lovely people have done a ton of work. But can they honestly say they EARNED this money. Could they take a little less & paid everyone a little more. A quid an hour for the lowest paid would benefit the national economy massively
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Jamie and Jools Oliver pay themselves £1.5m dividend as profits almost halve
Pre-tax earnings slump at chef’s food and media group after one-off costs including for a new cookery school
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 21/08/2026
Since being elected, I’ve been campaigning to get the Power Station Road fly-tip cleared, working with the Government and Environment Agency to get results. Today, that clearance is happening. I’ll keep pushing for stronger powers so fly-tippers pay for their mess.
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 21/08/2026
That said it’s been a real problem for local nature reserves like Elmley and others on the freshwater marshes here. Ecosystem has been struggling, especially impacting the top of the food chain, the birds of prey Elmley has been so impressive at restoring the numbers of over the last few years
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Sue @suerossiter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
youtu.be/b0l3QWUXVho?.... Cruel To Be Kind came up in my random music feed and suddenly I feel happier
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NICK LOWE - CRUEL TO BE KIND - HQ Best Version. New Audio.
YouTube video by StiffRecordsLtd
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Well it has only taken Capita six months since I provided them with an online code to activate the power of attorney for Mum’s civil service pension to tell me the code’s expired (of course it has: they last 30 days) and I need to fill in a bunch more forms. I despair.
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Dave @davel1001.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ban on sale of disposable BBQs - Petitions share.google/sZVpkzkTvboq...
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Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs
We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to pu...
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 13/08/2026
Lots of attention on disposable BBQs starting wildfires today. That’s not the only reason to consider a ban Repeated horror stories of third degree burns to adults, children, pets + wildlife caused by using them on sandy beaches should already have been enough to get the public behind stopping them
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Carmarthenshire man gets third-degree burns after using disposable beach BBQ
Sam Knight was left with severely blistered feet from hot sand after using a disposable barbecue.
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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Elise Burns was one of the last people I spoke to before I reintroduced the assisted dying Bill. She spoke with warmth, humour and moral clarity. I’m grateful to KentOnline for sharing her story and the campaign she cared so deeply about. She will be greatly missed. Read here: buff.ly/GXMmn83
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
FACT CHECK: In none of the occasions below from 1945 did the United Kingdom actually go "bankrupt." Not ONCE. The right should stop peddling the Thatcherite myth of the UK economy being the same as "household economics."
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I'm absolutely furious that facts and information like this are allowed on social media while every Reform MP is working so hard to spread misinformation and lies and stir up our gullible supporters who will believe any old bollocks.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔴 Reform UK’s £30,000 Donation in Private Flights was Secretly Funded by Owner’s ‘Credit’ Exclusive: A @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation raises questions about whether the true source of the money went undeclared by Nigel Farage’s party bylinetimes.com/2026/07/21/r...
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Reform UK's £30,000 Donation in Private Flights was Secretly Funded by Owner's 'Credit'
A Byline Times investigation raises questions about whether the true source of the money went undeclared by Nigel Farage's party
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
FACT CHECK: Andy Burnham's Cabinet is 61% Oxbridge. Thatcher's 1979 Cabinet was 81% Oxbridge educated. John Major's 1992 Cabinet was 71% Oxbridge educated. David Cameron's 2010 Cabinet was 69% Oxbridge educated. All more Oxbridge dominated than Andy Burnham's Cabinet.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21/07/2026
Hop on. Hop off. Pay once. From Saturday 25 July to 31 August, the Weekend Hopper gives Londoners unlimited bus journeys on weekends for the cost of a single fare.
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TFL's Weekend Hopper scheme starts this weekend - how does it work?
Here’s everything you need to know about the Weekend Hopper scheme launching this weekend
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VictoriaQOTD @victoriaqotd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If I was Prime Minister - and thank goodness I'm not, because I've been the length and breadth of Downing Street and never spotted a decent wool shop.
Kitty getting hammered on sweet sherries.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dolly Parton Has A Great Big Heart. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘 ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 28/06/2026
Ex-Treasury official Sharon White says on BBC One that Britain has "the highest debt, the highest overdraft if you like, across any of the developed countries". Erm, no we don't?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A thousand times this. The BBC would also benefit from not giving a shit what the Daily Mail has to say about anything.
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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 26/06/2026
Tesco is extending its Kids Eat Free scheme to 7 days a week over the summer, where children get a free meal with an adult purchase, but honestly, this detail about how small the adult purchase can be broke my heart.
The Café and The Coffee Shop in Tesco will be offering one free Kids Hot Meal Deal, Kids Breakfast or Kids Pick ‘n’ Mix deal with any full price adult purchase when they scan their Tesco Clubcard. **The adult purchase could be something as small as an apple costing just 65 pence.** And with no limit to the number of Kid’s meals you can redeem, families of all sizes can benefit too.
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Sue @suerossiter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i.... Why did the UK police and judicial system surrender sovereignty to the US military? Where is the outrage that a foreign men of fighting age can come over here and rape British women and escape UK justice?
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‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England?
Jacob Wulfson’s fellow airmen decided his fate after a court martial at RAF Lakenheath – a distressing week for Sarah Steele, the academic he assaulted
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Barry James @barryjames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If the £5 million secret payment influenced Farage’s actions as a sitting MP, that raises extremely serious questions. Potential issues could include parliamentary standards breaches, tax issues etc. Under the Bribery Act 2010, bribery offences carry a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hello Nigel this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Conducting a coup": the shameless chancerism of Farage & Reform. No one elected Farage Reform leader. Farage appointed Malcolm Offord Scottish leader. Farage appointed Dan Thomas Welsh leader. Not one Tory MP defecting to Reform called a by-election.
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Sue @suerossiter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
metro.co.uk/video/nigel-... I care
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Nigel Farage tells Sally Nugent 'no one cares' about his £5,000,000 crypto gift
The Reform UK boss is under investigation by Parliament's standards watchdog following revelations he received an undisclosed £5million gift from British cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne i...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Strange that Reform ex-Tory Suella Braverman chooses to ignore that Nigel Farage never bothered with the inconvenience of a leadership election when he became leader of Reform. Or when Malcolm Offord was imposed as leader of Reform Scotland & Dan Thomas in Wales by Farage.
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 17/06/2026
I joined BBC Breakfast to make the case for catapults to be listed as offensive weapons. The evidence is clear: misuse is causing harm, and modern catapults can cause serious injuries. We need stronger powers to prevent crime while protecting legitimate uses.
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 17/06/2026
Communities shouldn't have to fight for their fair share. A Neighbourhood Spending Lock would guarantee investment in the places too often left behind bringing good jobs, stronger public services and renewed pride to towns and communities across Britain. Change must be felt where it's needed most.
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 16/06/2026
Brutal, brilliant watching. Perfectly timed to the way things are heading if people across the bulk of society, me and other MPs included, don’t step up our fight further the corrosive headwinds battering our communities I enjoyed it, even if it was another uncomfortable look at us all from RTD+co
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 16/06/2026
Following the serious incident on the Sheppey Crossing, I raised concerns with the Government about the disruption faced by local residents and the coordination between agencies.
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
There's been some official parliamentary confirmation that the UK-France deal has been extended to 1 October. An exchange of letters has been published, setting out the extension and also one edit to the agreement assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2ace...
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Sue @suerossiter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I would like to say that I am boycotting the World Cup because it is mainly in Trump's America and FIFA are venal bastards. But the truth is I can't be bothered and the home teams aren't inspiring
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Remember when Remainers warned that Brexit might cause Irish border problems – 'Project Fear!'? And remember, later, when Brexiters wailed at the EU that 'we're not putting up a hard border between NI and Ireland; it's on you if you put one up'? Now Lord Frost calls for a hard border.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A reminder that Brazil banned Twitter for failing to stop the spreading of disinformation. There is nothing stopping the British government from doing the same.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It seems obvious but needs saying that most of Labour's core vote is fundamentally opposed to the far right. Failing to fight back against it rioting on Britain's streets will leave many of those supporters wondering what the point of having a Labour government is.
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Kevin McKenna MP @kevinmckenna.co.uk · 10/06/2026
Yesterday the Chair and Chief Executive of the EHRC appeared before the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The government needs to leave X. EVERYONE needs to leave X.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Convictions for far right terrorism and incidents, are far higher than convictions for any other terror incidents in this country, but if we only ever listen to politicians, mainstream media and right wing pundits, we would never know.
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