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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 13h
📢A new megapoll has found that 53.4% of people in the UK want to stay in the ECHR versus 24.2% of people against👇 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... via @theguardian.com The ECHR is on the side of the people, and vice versa.
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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 15h
"Do not Trust Reform They will stop all our Benefits" via Mark Holyer
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 14h
The door has - finally - been opened. The taboo has been smashed. EU membership is back on the table. It’s time to make it the closing paragraph of this new chapter in UK-EU relations. encompass-europe.com/comment/a-pi...
encompass-europe.com
A pivotal moment for UK-EU relations
When the sun rose on June 24, 2016, one thing was clear: the relationship between the UK and the EU had entered a new, arduous chapter. As Boris Johnson and Michael Gove blinked into the cameras,…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11h
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brexit can and must be reversed soon.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026
🚨 An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership.
mirror.co.uk
Blow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five months
EXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What "terror threat" was made against NIgel Farage by the Widdecombe accused, #BBCLauraK? That simply isn't what has been announced over the weekend.
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why is Nigel Farage back on air? Ofcom bans politicians from presenting news programmes, but GB News claims Farage's show is just 'current affairs' despite him using it to defend Reform's £72m in donations. Close the loophole now.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026
Reform UK’s ‘Small Boat Watch’ app is in flagrant violation of both Google Play and the Apple Store’s rules. Send an email to the Apple’s Head of the UK App Store and the General Manager of Games on Google Play to demand that this app is removed immediately.
bestforbritain.org
Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Swinney: “I urge the UK Government to be bold and recognise the benefits of European Union membership and to work towards returning to the EU as swiftly as possible.” www.thenational.scot/news/2660433...
thenational.scot
'Scotland's best future lies within the EU', John Swinney says
John Swinney has urged the UK Government to work towards returning to the EU as swiftly as possible
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stella Creasy is correct -our enemies want to see us fragmented. Brexit only made them stronger. For what is coming our way, we need to be at the centre of a united EU once again. #RejoinEU
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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Want the UK to join the EU? Then join hundreds of thousands of people on the European Movement UK mailing list... We're mobilising. Info, news, events, local groups - everything you need about what's going on. Make sure you're in the know. And share! --> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/signup-newsl...
The EMUK email sign-up screen
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Calls grow for investigation into Reform UK’s ‘extensive’ links with UAE" 'FairSquare wants the relationship examined by the government’s Defending Democracy Taskforce. It has also called for the UAE to be placed alongside Russia and Iran ...' thedailybritain.co.uk/reform-uk-ua...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026
A must-read ⬇️ Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain: “It’s on us, now, to seize the moment to make that possibility a reality. "To turn an abstract promise of a better future someday, into an actual fact of a measurably improved today.”
bestforbritain.substack.com
Our country has a choice to make. We need to give it everything we’ve got
“The ten-year silence is broken. The genie is firmly out of the bottle. And crucially, the majority supporting EU member
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a reminder... #BrexitFail #RejoinEU
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Reform-run Derbyshire County Council blacklisted a journalist after he exposed its £50,000 fence fiasco. Its deputy leader justified the move with a claim he later admitted was wrong. This is Reform’s answer to scrutiny. Attack the press. #NoAccountability
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember that Farage deifies Thatcher and wants even more privatisation designed to make the super-rich wealthier and the rest of us poorer or destitute 'Absolutely everything rotten in the UK can be traced back to Thatcher' via St Helens Resistance
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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CosyGapko @cosygapko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So UAE threatening the UK by saying investment will be affected in future if Man City charges are upheld…. Basically “let us cheat”. Integrity not a thing then. Laughable, if they’re not expelled then the games done with.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Only Reform will take £5 million bribes, accept illegal foreign donations, let convicted fraudsters bankroll them, buy houses in their girlfriend's name to avoid tax, help crypto billionaires get richer and do fuck all for ordinary people. 😊
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
youtu.be
If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
We need the EU, and they need us. We are stronger together. ♥️ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
theguardian.com
Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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DamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Few Highlights from 1980s Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
French President Emmanuel Macron: "If the British want to come back and if the Prime Minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans." ♥️
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After the Brexit referendum in 2016, Nigel Farage predicted that the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Italy. 2016 to 2025: each country has become more pro EU 🇳🇱 Netherlands - from 72% to 81% 🇩🇰 Denmark - from 62% to 85% 🇸🇪 Sweden - from 64% to 85% 🇦🇹 Austria - 37% to 51% 🇮🇹 Italy - 33% to 52%
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🤣🤣 EMBARRASSING!!🤣🤣 Farage just gave an "Exclusive Interview" TO HIMSELF!!! This is the tantrum he's throwing over Andy Burnham saying he might reverse Brexit and Rejoin the EU!
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Farage throws PATHETIC tantrum over re-joining the EU - Brexit
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain: "When the facts change, the environment changes, and the geopolitical situation changes, it is also normal for voters to change their minds."
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham: We must go further to undo the damage of Brexit and we must change the voting system so everyone's vote counts! Do we FINALLY have the right Prime Minister?! #LabourConference
youtu.be
Is Andy Burnham about to scrap Brexit and FPTP? - Labour Conference 2026
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It never stops being important that, no matter what the subject, politicians like Farage, Trump & Rubio are entirely untethered from the most basic requirements of honest discourse. They might turn out to be telling the truth sometimes but only ever in the spirit of stopped clocks.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm hugely looking forward to this webinar with Robin Wall Kimmerer on Weds 30th September. What happens when Braiding Sweetgrass meets Doughnut Economics meets The Serviceberry? Join us online, hosted by the Centre for Climate Psychology. climatepsychologycentre.org/events/the-h...
climatepsychologycentre.org
An Economy of Right Relationship: Robin Wall Kimmerer in Conversation with Kate Raworth — Centre for Climate Psychology
What would an economy look like that's inspired by the abundant generosity of a serviceberry tree: giving freely, circulating gifts, leaving enough for all? This September, two of the most compelling...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.
The Independent front page headline: 

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifestoThere is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
A new YouGov poll commissioned by Best for Britain found that restoring EU membership is the most popular option for the UK’s relationship with Europe in 628 of GB’s 632 constituencies. The polling suggests that full membership itself is becoming a mainstream preference across the country.
leftfootforward.org
Brexit’s last strongholds? Only Reform and Restore constituencies reject rejoining the EU
The polling suggests that full membership itself is becoming a mainstream preference across the country.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
Our polling with YouGov shows that 99% of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. And Labour promising to rejoin the EU could stop a Reform UK government. Now is the time to talk about EU membership. www.ft.com/content/a1614884-7c8c-43…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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