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Sussex up on the downs riding my mountain bike. Absolutely European, UK needs to rejoin. Hate populists. Left Twatter behind

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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NY Strands talking about the state of US democracy this morning I see .. Strands #942 “Things fall apart” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it resets the discussion. Saying it's a failure, he's changing terms of reference. He's giving rejoiners hope. He's putting Brexiteers on the back foot - they now have to defend why it isn't a failure. Direction of travel now is undoing the failure rather than worrying about red lines
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"actually"
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
FFS, Labour had the chance to be ahead of the fight by capping political donations, and they've totally borked it. That's a lot of 3 quid they'll need, but they could have been so much further in front of this. Starmer and Burnham asleep at the wheel
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Using a Canadian VPN location Google maps still has Lake Ontario Using a US VPN location it's Lake America Come on google
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We've been watching Person of Interest, Jonathan Nolan series about an AI guardian....seems very prescient right now, probably more so than back in 2015. The danger of ceding control to private orgs outside govt control the worst outcome. If only sci-fi authors had written more hopeful stories......
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We've been watching Person of Interest, Jonathan Nolan series about an AI guardian....seems very prescient right now, probably more so than back in 2015. The danger of ceding control to private orgs outside govt control the worst outcome. If only sci-fi authors had written more hopeful stories......
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Tragically, Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the rotten culture of the press, and any role it had in his death. Add your name: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-press
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Demand an inquiry into the culture of the press
Jason Arday died after being relentlessly hounded by the press. Demand an inquiry into press culture now.
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Inadvertently clicked on a Mail link.....and thought this juxtaposition of headline and Mr Farage was quite apt....... Mail usually not so honest about his failings
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now it's facing pointless funding cuts. Withdrawing funds won't save much money, but it will seriously hurt UK science. I’ve added my name to help stop this—please join me and sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Jodrell Bank
For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now its funding is being threatened. Add your name to help stop these short-sighted cuts and protect UK science:
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Signed .. for all those saying too soon....not soon enough....Farage is on the back foot....time to turn the tables and go for real meaningful growth and hope
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is excellent
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The new dawn of UK politics..... @fesshole.bsky.social becomes a barometer of doorstep canvassing success.....
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Done
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@dreadships.bsky.social fyi
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think you're looking at HMS Howe, laid up in Plymouth Sound by 1953 @cageyratfish.bsky.social
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Glad to see that the University of Sussex has overturned the ridiculous fine imposed by the Office for Students. Sussex has always been an inclusive space, and this confirms the university's philosophy of openness and inclusion www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim
Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights views
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Farage jumping on Nick Timothy's dog whistle bandwagon, clearly jealous timothy got there first
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Data published in the FT last week show that there is not a Europe wide issue for grads - it is quite clearly a UK issue
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 06/02/2026
Very important! If you support the #AssistedDyingBill and are frustrated with the Lords running down the clock, thereby subverting the democratic will of the elected chamber... The most important thing you can do right now is sign this parliamentary petition. Sign! 👇 humanists.uk/2026/02/06/p...
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TAKE ACTION: Sign petition to tell the Lords not to block Assisted Dying Bill
Sophie Blake, a 52-year-old mother with stage four breast cancer, has launched a petition calling on ‘the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the ...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The world as we knew it has gone.  But we can influence what comes next.  Rejoining the EU is no longer an academic issue nor a decision borne of nostalgia.  It’s a matter of political necessity Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk ▶️ buff.ly/YvqAyV8
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
When the US acquired the US Virgin Islands from Denmark, it did so through a negotiated treaty and purchase with congressionally appropriated funds. It was not/not done unilaterally by the US President. And the US Secretary of State included this declaration when signing the treaty.
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
@octopus.energy You installed smart meters last October. In March I reported that my smart meters aren't reading.........I am still waiting for resolution. Every time I get some kind of support messaging it takes more than a month for nothing to happen. This is not the customer service you advertise
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
...How are they ever going to assemble a majority for a second Trump Presidency in the face of actual knowledge?... ...amazing what a bit of jerrymandering, voter disenfrachisement and rightwing thinktank money can do... We can't be complacent - have to reform electoral system &political donations
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
and errr.... Keir Starmer as well. Holding the 2028 Open at Turnberry - nah that isn't gonna do @teamlabouruk.bsky.social any good at all next time round
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
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Sign the Petition
Keep Trump out of Parliament
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Trump has also banned the CDC sharing public health information - like useful data that helps in times of oandemic etc.... so properly anti-science, and anti-public health www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... @iandunt.bsky.social @lemoustier.bsky.social
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Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I've just filled this survey, because I don't want non-doms, big corps and assholes like Musk dictating/distorting our domestic political agenda democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
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Democracy For Sale - Safeguard Democracy
A survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The third and final part of my little Tolkien triptych this winter is up at @washingtonpost.com: "The lesson of J.R.R. Tolkien’s abandoned Lord of the Rings sequel" www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
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Review | The lesson of J.R.R. Tolkien’s abandoned Lord of the Rings sequel
‘The New Shadow,’ which Tolkien left unfinished at his death, has a chilling warning about the dangers of historical amnesia and peacetime rot.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/01/2025
❌ Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. If we stay silent, he wins. But together, we can push back and demand stronger laws to protect our democracy. Join us and make your voice heard: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
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Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌
Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.
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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
📢 "The APPG for Fair Elections – backed by over 100 parliamentarians – is calling for a National Commission for Electoral Reform. Keir Starmer would do well to lead this push." 🖊️ Great article by @josiah.writes.news setting out new research on #GE2024 by @electoralreform.bsky.social
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'Britain's Deeply Unfair Two-Party Electoral System is Dying and MPs Know It'
Startling new research reveals that this year's General Election was the 'most disproportionate ever' with millions of votes wasted
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Please retweet if you want the Labour government to do its utmost to restore the Freedom of Movement that was robbed from us by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"My parents live in a rural seat in the East Midlands. No one in that village has ever been canvassed, not once. Their votes don't matter." Our CEO Emma Harrison recently spoke at the Cambridge Union about the way FPTP is failing millions of voters. We need PR so that no community is ignored.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The psycho billionaires are seeing this moment as their time to go for the takeover. As in the US, also in the UK.
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
If the idea of Musk giving Farage £100m fills you with dread, please take the time to fill out this survey on political funding in the UK.
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thirsty @bisonbeer #bisonbeachbar
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It's sunny today #Brightonpier #sussexbythesea #brighton #sussex #sunny
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Nick Tyrone @nicktyrone.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
All these petitioners complaining that Labour haven’t delivered on their promises, so we should have another general election. We were promised during the EU referendum that “no one is threatening our place in the single market”, so should we re-run that vote too?
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@mrjamesob.bsky.social listening to the assisted dying discussion with one ear and appreciate some of the concerns being voiced. But it is assisted dying not euthanasia that we are legislating on surely. It is a request from people to end their own life, not to end someone else's. Isn't it?
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Last month, NFU president Tom Bradshaw revealed it was their lobbying that blocked Labour’s right to roam plans. This denies millions access to nature while empowering antisocial landowners. NFU, we’re calling you out—let’s debate access reform openly. It’s time for change. #RightToRoam
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#notmycat but #proofofdog but not #proofofcat
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
An orientation post - who'dathunkit! Users have choice! Looks like this is a more chilled place to spend time 👍
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