Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialRen Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Theresa May ‘knew’ Boris Johnson ‘knew’ They were told at the time by MI5 and US intelligence. 29348
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialHenry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 02/10/2026Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference. 14315126
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer 39811294
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social 20639213
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 661092548
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.bestforbritain.orgFarage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain 351034439
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here’s the moment @labourlewis.bsky.social read out the letter at a fringe event at Labour conference hosted by @the-citizens.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/the-... 10331126
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen. 311193626
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This morning, #r4today is reporting that dropping the pension triple lock would be "electoral suicide" for Labour. It's stated as a fact. No evidence offered. So let's look at what the evidence actually says. 🧵 1196
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd. 29459105
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 28/09/2026"Too often, centre-left governments force themselves into the role of defender of the status quo, taking the blame for failures that often aren’t even their fault, being the one to explain why things are bad, instead of being the people making them better."thenewworld.co.ukMemo to Burnham: this is how you beat the populistsCarney, Mamdani and Ossoff are all showing you can take on the raging right and win. But there’s one crucial lesson from them that Andy Burnham must learn 1612228
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 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. 18672073000
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yet again Farage goes absent from Parliament absent from his Clacton constitueny this time to campaign for an imminent general election which isn't going to happen ... "Anything to avoid doing his taxpayer funded job… " via Reform Are Not Your Friends 63503227
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23032751210
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you would like to help me help #SaveSquareChapelArts, then click on the link on the post below and scroll to the bottom. There you will find a list of all the useful things you can do. Let’s make some noise! Thank you. 910657
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...brokenbottleboy.substack.comBBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappearedWhile the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. 72972426
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not to harp on this, but one man has now coordinated the disruption of a port, two separate attacks on the RNLI, and interference with the border force and the police have no further questions? And the Home Secretary has not noticed? 28640236
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia 791342380
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not 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.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentUsually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025. 44949317
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is absolute madness Labour - and I’d say what’s left of the centre right - is an existential battle against oligarchy But it hasn’t a clue that it is 61708211
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now 14623521203
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10/09/2026HOPE not hate can conclusively prove that Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson’s business empire has been built on fraudulent means, tax evasion, and perjury. This is a long one. Strap in.🧵 hopenothate.org.uk/the-grift/hopenothate.org.ukThe GriftStephen Lennon, or Tommy Robinson as he is better known, has amassed a multimillion pound fortune by monetising hate and fear. But, as HOPE not hate can conclusively prove, his business empire has bee... 10481268
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 10/09/2026What is this comment from the Labour MP? No, the issue here isn't that the attempted pogrom had the wrong targets! 44850303
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145181509
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/09/2026Not BREAKING NEWS because the Trump admin has been deleting and altering federal datasets for over a year. You can argue about policy. But when the government starts eliminating the data we use to determine whether those policies are actually working, that deserves a hell of a lot more attention. 15430911785
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports 8743331048
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I plead with people not to propagate their "it won't make a difference; his supporters love him" gloom. Actually, Farage is on the ropes and he didn't get there by himself. He's there because people continue to believe resistance does make a difference. It's also wrong on the facts. 1/3 521160316
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer. 1343243849
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Reform UK, which promises to "defend free speech" at all costs, has again banned Byline Times from its conference 771400525
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialGarvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 25/08/2026There’s something Italy is in that has given the country a lot of money, and access to a market of 450 million people. I really can’t think what it is. No, it’s not NATO, or the OECD, or the council of Europe. I’m stumped. Please help. 34574122
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243893711283
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On the very day Sam published this, one of the most empathetic people of the last century died. And the response among every side of the political spectrum to her death suggests to me that empathy still has some miles left in it. 5630112
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/08/2026The images of groups targeting homes they believe are housing asylum seekers are extremely disturbing. Asylum seekers - like everyone else - should not have to live in fear. The violence has to end.mirror.co.ukPolice escort residents to safety after homes targeted in Thetford disorderTwo men were arrested during three nights of disorder in Thetford, Norfolk, after people attempted to storm homes linked 31364106
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026🎯 17045315410300
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comNorfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plansHomes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford 13623061011
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialNettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week. 17270882919
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Any 16-18 year old posting this stuff about "fight back or die" + white genocide would be on the Prevent radar. But Musk gets a unique pass 317242
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialIan @ianpatterson.com · 20/07/2026As always, people with nothing to hide don’t mess up in the consistency of their answers. People making it up as they go tend to have a consistency problem. Guess which group Farage belongs to…. bsky.app/profile/writ... 14010
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Finding this quite hard to stomach from a country that is bombing the shit out of other countries… 1172415464
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45... 18383624295
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is currently delivering a speech accusing his party's critics of using language that will put his colleagues' lives at risk. In other news, here's Zia Yusuf two months ago 641204468
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This headline is misleading. Not in the usual way I cover - but language matters. I suspect this is lazy headline writing, but who knows? The figures will and should shock people! And I will also cover one of the pervasive retorts - "yes, but what about army veterans..." 🧵 1/23 314975
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/07/2026A 10-foot-tall “Iran War Participation Trophy” dedicated to President Trump has popped up on the National Mall, the latest installment by a secret group of artists that criticizes the president. wapo.st/4vZXHj7 12617191
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialReform Political Advertising @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social · 19/06/202610 years on from Brexit, there are still no rules to stop lies in election ads. We’ve tabled amendments to prevent ads like the Brexit bus misleading voters again. Email your MP and ask them to sponsor them. 16 MPs have so far. It takes 30 seconds 👇 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/take-action/... 59641292
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23 16531861761
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialPaul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I’m going to focus most of my social media posts on Bluesky and Instagram. I feel increasingly that X is no longer valuable as a journalist. You can follow me on insta @paulbrandtv - join me there too! www.instagram.com/paulbrandtv?...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 821815226
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 21/06/2026The names linked to the men jailed for attacks on Keir Starmer’s properties are disturbingly familiar to those of us who warned against Putin’s efforts to disrupt Britain 10 years ago, writes Sergei Cristo www.thenerve.news/p/sergei-cri...thenerve.newsFrom interference in Brexit to arson attacks on Starmer – then as now, Russia is playing with usThe names linked to the men jailed for attacks on Keir Starmer’s properties are disturbingly familiar to those of us who warned against Putin’s efforts to disrupt Britain 10 years ago, writes Sergei C... 311664
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Today is World Refugee Day. Here’s a poem called ‘Refugees’. 381047459
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such. 21169672242
Reposted by @themanicbuddha.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent. 18062121894
