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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 22/09/2026

This story is about so much more than one man and one company. It’s about the corruption of our British democracy through the subtle intermingling of the financial and political interests of our political class and the world’s most powerful corporations. open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

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Why Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy?

Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. The intermingling of politicians and corporations corrupts our democracy.

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Suggested ground rules for the ‘debate’ on 'bad' cycling 🧵: 1) Cyclists or cycling advocates are not collectively responsible for the bad behaviour of individuals. What’s your actual point? You want less cycling or rules that have that effect? Be clear.

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unsurprising people are irritated. Cyclists are not responsible for the bad behaviour of other cyclists any more than drivers are. But they do feel exasperated by the endless ‘othering’ & media attacks on a mode that is incredibly low risk, in the context of 29,000 annual UK motor vehicle casualties

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don't like anyone breaking road law or behaving dangerously towards other road users, be they on foot, bike, motorcycle (regardless of energy source) or motor vehicle. They are all individuals though, and if you're painting cyclists as the major risk then you're not serious about road danger

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

BBC News - Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after being arrested on suspicion of assault www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Surprise, surprise... They are all wrong 'uns.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am honoured and humbled that crypto billionaire Ben Delo has given me £36 million without any expectation that if I get into power I will change the rules on crypto to make him even richer.

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Gareth Hooper @garethhooper.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

11 plus assessment day in Kings Heath. King Edward VI School. An combination of: Years of failed transport policy Car drivers who don't give a toss about community, residents or the law

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...

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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry

As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Not shocked given driver self entitlement and stupidity appears to know no bounds ... Plus nobody in authority seems to want to enforce the laws.

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A reminder of the urgent need for change to UK driving laws. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Very reassuring to learn that a blind man who drunk drove 150 miles to Scotland, without a licence or insurance, has been banned from driving for 12 months. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Blind Huddersfield man sentenced for 150-mile drive while drunk

Anthony Hall, 50, took his partner's car and drove at night from Huddersfield to near Carlisle.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

According to a column in the Times, gangs of masked vigilantes blocking roads have demands which "represent a consensus view across the country". This is very patently utter bollocks. Daniel Thomas, the organiser, is a far-right racist thug. His views are not in any way mainstream.

Should anyone wonder that groups of angry white men in balaclavas have now started occupying Dover and blockading coaches sent to ship more and more men into this utterly negligent system? It’s astonishing it hasn’t happened sooner. I don’t mean I want to see gangs of masked bricklayers marauding around ports. I don’t. But I do think that if you have spent three years allowing masked Gaza activists to take over the streets because police are too scared to stop them, and five years blocking policies such as Rwanda that would actually stop the boats, you cannot start hyperventilating the moment working-class British men take to the streets non-violently, as in Dover if not Portsmouth, to make their feelings known.

The non-violence is obviously critical. This was not a riot, as we saw in 2024. It was not a campaign of harassment. It did not target random people. And unlike the Gaza marches or “stop oil” stunts, its demands represent a consensus view across the country and relate to something under the government’s direct control. They amount to: “Can the government please do what it promised and stop ferry-loads of undocumented foreign men arriving on our beaches to fill up regional hotels and roam around town centres?” They might reasonably also ask for the Home Office to stop handing out asylum to the thousands who falsely claim it while visiting on student or work visas.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026

If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So the USA is stealing Venezuelan oil and entrenching a new dictator in power to oppress the Venezuelan people. There needs to be a reckoning for all this.

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Same in UK ... 🤦‍♂️

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We keep trying the same old shite that doesn't work time and time again.

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Having Ted Lasso's Alice Chilton's ENGLISH character pronouncing clique incorrectly as click rather than cleek has already spoiled S04E04 for me! Don't dumb down for viewers! #priorities

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Urbanist Philomena Cunk. Some shop owners are terrified of bike lanes because they believe a person on a bicycle is physically incapable of holding currency. They assume that if you can't park a massive metal box right outside their door, the local economy will instantly collapse.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

UK govt to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants. Continuation of policy started by Thatcher; opened the door to privatisation, PFI, outsourcing, deregulation, consultancy cult. Firms mired in scandals get govt contracts, inside access to ministers, policy makers. archive.ph/hTdhS

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UK government to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants

Deal marks largest contract awarded to Big Four firms in at least a decade

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them

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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis

More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 'The concerts come as West tries to rehabilitate his image after years of antisemitic and pro-Nazi remarks.' Not trying very hard is he? Moron.

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Kanye West announces tour dates in Russia

The musician would be the first major Western artist to play Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nigel Farage regained his seat after a tough campaign against... a bin. A waste of everyone’s time, effort and money – all to run away from scrutiny. The investigation into Farage’s finances will now resume and only when that’s concluded will we get full transparency.

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David Brennan @magnatom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

These #bloodycyclists and their red light, red light, red light...jumping... 🙄 #DNRPoliceScotland SG24ETA SH26TVK SN23DBA

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Very disappointed in Clacton voters failing the UK. Binface was by far the better candidate. Obviously, given an actual bin would do a better job than Farage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Count Binface gets almost 10,000 votes in Clacton by-election

The self-styled intergalactic space warrior finished second to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

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Dr Tony Kainth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s a mystery, Zack. What could possibly be making the Labour Party drag their feet on this? Guess we’ll never know… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How many times will the system ignore the warning signs. "Renshaw had previous driving convictions dating back to 1997, including for dangerous driving and driving while disqualified." Drivers who drive badly, will continue to do so. And he'll be back behind the wheel in two months 🤬

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Right now Andy Burnham is on a cost-of-living tour 16 million households are being forced to waste their hard earned cash on Thames Water's shenanigans It went bust two years ago Shareholders don't need compensation Debt can be slashed TAKE IT BACK NOW www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Thames Water’s £1m payout to finance chief is ‘unacceptable’, says government department

Utility firm’s payment criticised by Defra and campaign groups, with some urging Andy Burnham to nationalise it

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'd love it if @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social would narrow our road. Also stop people pavement parking. It is rightly 20mph but if they are not going to get the 97% who are illegal drivers to conform via enforcement (they should) then other measures are needed.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Reform UK tells its activists "don't drink and Tweet" because "the biggest threat to Reform is the people in it". “If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the internal training course, leaked to Byline Times, warns

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Reform UK Tells Its Activists ‘Don’t Drink and Tweet’' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It'

EXCLUSIVE: "If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the leaked internal training course warn its members

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Major oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.

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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Do I enjoy travelling Ryanair? No - I resent it with every part of my being. Am I going to pay three times as much to fly with an airline that will treat me with basic respect? No I am not.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Your regular reminder that there ISN’T a “war on cars.” Any objective observation in most cities however, would conclude that for 60+ years there’s been a war on every mobility choice EXCEPT cars. And that’s been bad for EVERYONE, including drivers. Poster via @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

“The Highway Lobby spends millions to make sure we spend billions.” – Union of Concerned Scientists.

Background image is a highway jammed with car congestion, and good luck, thanks to car dependency by design.

Tag line at the bottom says “Their profit, your cost.” All via the Urban Truth Collective. #UrbanTruth @UCS.org

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

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Chris @sullyc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yesterday we had our first 'normal' Summer's day in Cardiff for over a month.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“3/4ths of disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.” — @nondriver.bsky.social in collaboration with @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth Worth repeating. #UrbanTruth

Same quote as in post. Tagline is “Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices.”

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

' “Every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous, and our world less secure,” Guterres said' FFS @andyburnham.bsky.social Pay attention. As I have said - the climate doesn't recognise - or reward - pragmatism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling

Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This is a fact I bring up often when people wield ableism in bad faith to argue against active transportation infrastructure. Creating safe and efficient mobility options for disabled nondrivers does not take away options from disabled folks who do need to drive.

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Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Honestly, I’m professionally embarrassed we’re still calling for action on road safety. There’s evidence of progress but it’s slow, and nowhere near ambitious enough. Meanwhile, people keep dying needlessly. That’s why I’m running for Brake. More on why 👇 www.northants.police.uk/news/northan...

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Andy Cox takes on 200km challenge for road safety charity Brake

Andy Cox is nearing the halfway point of a gruelling 200km running challenge to raise awareness of road danger and support the road safety charity, Brake.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's noticeable, too, that there wasn't a single question on the climate, at a time when Europe is experiencing catastrophic wild-fires & record-breaking heat. It's astonishing how low down the political agenda this remains in Britain, when all the environmental indicators are signalling disaster.

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