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Susan Wilkin

@susanwilkin.bsky.social
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Oxford-based linguist/early modernist into (horti/cultural history of late Stuart England, works on fruit/vegetable cultivation). Reviving Dutch language skills to extend research across North Sea.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Andy Burnham says there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote, but Nigel Farage has called him a liar, so now, gosh, I don't know who to believe.
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Susan Wilkin @susanwilkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I've just added my name to back the UK joining the EU by 2036. It takes 30 seconds. Will you join me? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join_eu_by_2...
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Add your name - Let's join the EU by 2036
Add your name to back the ambition for the UK to join the European Union by 2036. Join thousands calling for a confident future at the heart of Europe.
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Oxford For Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Poorer, more isolated and insecure, Brexit has done only harm to this country. Britons would vote by nearly two to one to become part of the EU again in another referendum. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Labour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll shows
Exclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It sure helps having a Cabinet full of Friends of Israel "Palantir promised to revolutionise the NHS. But does the evidence stack up? Sources shed new light on Peter Mandelson’s role in landing £330m contract for software that is slow, subject to frequent crashes and little .." via Good Law Project
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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Kemi Badenoch is the most rightwing leader in Tory history. Isn’t it time she got some actual scrutiny? | Owen Jones
Farage’s scandals have allowed Badenoch to get her party back in the race. But her programme would be no less ruinous for our country, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We've stood up to them before. We can do it again.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026
Nottingham today. Everywhere tomorrow. 2,700 staff put at risk. 600+ jobs targeted. At least 48 courses facing closure. What happens here sets the template for the sector. Stand with Nottingham.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The only foreign actors so far known to be involved are Trump and Rubio, who seem to be making it up as they go. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford latest: Incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of state
The secretary of state, who did not provide further details, was speaking to US media after five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on bail.
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to scrap secret corporate courts that let polluters sue over climate action.... action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Stop secret corporate courts rewarding climate wreckers
Community action stopped the climate-wrecking Whitehaven coal mine. Now, its backers are suing the government in a secret corporate court – and UK taxpayers could pay millions. Polluters should never ...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it's that time again when the Fascism scene returns to London and this year black is very much in vogue. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is this one-dimensional chess?
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/09/2026
“These anti-migrant vigilante groups claim that their intention is to protect women and children. This is manifestly false”: why we need to act now against far-right disorder By @hopenothate.org.uk’s @nicklowles.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/britain-fa...
Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform. Stylised image of men in black clothing and balaclavas, with a Union Jack in the background and a rubber dinghy
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I do want him to be prosecuted (how isn’t he being arrested?!) but if I’m honest, I also slightly want the kraken to emerge and then drag him to the depths.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Jacob Rees-Mogg has put out a video about how everyone needs to "grow up" and put childhood things behind them and show a bit more backbone and be prepared to do things fir themselves. That's Jacob Rees-Mogg who as an adult ... quite literally went canvassing with his nanny.
Rees mogg and and an AI image of a man in a bowler hat
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unless he’s raising an army in the Spanish Netherlands and claim the throne for himself with support of France and the Habsburg powers, this should not be leading the BBC headlines for the third day in a row. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Earl Spencer tells BBC Harry and Meghan's media treatment echoes what happened to Diana
Princess Diana's brother says she was "really brought low by all that criticism" and he saw her in "tears of despair".
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/09/2026
One of the truly remarkable things about the british heritage sector is that the people working in it and the people who brag about it have, by and large, completely opposite politics
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 19/09/2026
Five police forces who’ve been trying a Palantir surveillance tool are set to drop it: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/rev…
democracyforsale.substack.com
Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
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Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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Katie @katieest1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Such a shame the Prime Minister isn't calling the thug abuse out in the same way. Silence is complicity.
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DOSGy @dosgy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And Ineous relocated to Switzerland to avoid paying tax, also got a cob on because the U.K. government made him pay £350 million in VAT that units collected He’s the dirt of person that should be ridiculed not listened to
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They’ve just been given £72million to “get themselves ready for govt”… If this is what they spend their money and time on, the return on that investment will be the square root of fuck all. They’re all idiots. Nasty pathetic idiots.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform have launched an app & game for real-time tracking of boats crossing the channel. But some supporters have said it is boring because so little happens. There were 3 boats in last 7 days www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Fury as Reform UK launch small boats mobile ‘game’
Reform launches mobile game amid questions over party’s £72 million donations
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Aran Ward Sell @aranws.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same (but three-time alumnus and several-times past employee). So sad for former colleagues and today's students that an institution we're all desperate to be proud of is behaving so abysmally.
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peteferg @peteferg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the wuss who went berserk over a milkshake.
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That’s the closest Farage gets to Parliament, sitting in front of a picture of it as he issues threats and is paid £1m/year. RNLI would have to watch people drown unless they could prove citizenship. How long before Farage would jail doctors for saving migrants’ lives? He’s a fascist monster.
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a blatant threat to the RNLI, who are currently out of action in Portsmouth - ergo not saving lives, because staff are being terrorised. When will Mahmood take domestic terrorism of this nature seriously.
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
To whit bsky.app/profile/nial...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Perhaps it's time to listen to reason, values and evidence?
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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
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Christian harrup @charrup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So hes basically paid off and completely corrupt.
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Former student of suspended Reform official ‘reopens case’ against University of Cambridge
Cambridge previously paid £5,000 compensation after an investigation partially upheld allegations against Dr James Orr
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Shirley @ztarfizh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘If you’re taking money from a company what are they getting out of it? At least print the contract. Tell us what you are being employed for” Ian Hislop, Committee on Standards 2022. Tom Watson is not being paid for his wisdom or insight. He has sold his House of Lords vote to #Palantir
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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Can you imagine the press reaction if Palestine Action were forcing Ambulance Stations to close? Or the Socialist Workers Party were shutting Fire Stations? No, of course not, cos it wouldn't fucking happen. These people are terrorists and should be treated as such. Ban, arrest, imprison.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"This week Nigel Farage was back in the GB News chair for the first time in around six months. The leader of a political party, and a sitting MP, with his own nightly show in prime time." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hearing a lot of 'what can be done?' to stop mega donors buying British democracy So I asked a real expert- former Electoral Commissioner David Howarth - to explain how we can fix our broken system Would recommend reading his piece: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/stop-billi...
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Stop billionaires buying our politics
Ex-Electoral Commissioner David Howarth on Reform's £72m crypto donation, the loopholes that allow big money to buy our democracy – and three ways to close them
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘The recent donation of £72 million to Reform UK from two crypto billionaires brings into sharp relief growing concerns about the potential for mega donors to create undue political influence,’ says Eliza Lockhart, @cfs-rusi.bsky.social. Read about our Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics project.
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Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics
Our work examines the risk of opaque, foreign or malign influence entering UK politics via cryptocurrency donations.
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usagitomusashi.bsky.social @usagitomusashi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Canada has been a great friend to the U.S. in our times of need. I am ashamed of the treatment of Canada by this unhinged, criminal administration. My hope is that, one day, we can regain the trust and friendship of Canada.
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Susan Wilkin @susanwilkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Thomas/Thom @thomasfein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
September 12, Dublin. Thousands of “vicious Irish bastards” show up to unwelcome America’s warmongering-genocidal-rapist- paedophile President in Dublin.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Irish people understand the assignment.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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