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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 2h

I'm old enough to remember the 'free trade with Trump will save us' phase of Brexity derangement (enjoy your coffee, tea and bananas while you can, US friends 😀)

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026

🇪🇺"Until we actually admit to ourselves that leaving the EU massively hit our growth" 📈 "By growth we actually mean our prosperity, you know, our ability to function, our ability to push up our wages, our ability to actually, you know, trade easily with our nearest partners."

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026

🚨 Apple and Google’s rules explicitly prohibit apps from including content that targets marginalised groups. Write to Apple and Google to demand that Reform UK's app is removed immediately. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/take-action/tell…

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You'll be amazed to hear that the Reform Party is making false claims about migration numbers

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

United Healthcare is supposed to provide healthcare cover for 50 million Americans. UnitedHealth Group brought in $447bn in 2025, Makes the £258 bn (€345 bn) we spent on the NHS in 2025 for 67 million patients look like rather good value, doesn’t it?

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 20/09/2026

This is an actual public service ad created by the Norwegian government regarding this problem. If you think the Internet sucks now, you're not alone.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone

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ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

PS we all remember the "Hurrah for the Blackshirts" bit but in fact Harmsworth went off Mosley pretty quickly. The much bigger issue was that he and his star columnists continued to praise Hitler for his "superhuman work" right up until the dawn of WW2

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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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026

🎯 by @ellabaron.bsky.social The abuse directed towards RNLI volunteers is horrendous. Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They are doing incredible work.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"We had the deployed military style Black and Tan and Oswald Mosley yobs marching at Dover, while at the Reform conference we had full on violent hysteria towards a female protester calling out Nigel Farage’s far right illegal donations" via Robert Bryson

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Will Forster, "RNLI lifeboats were turned away from Portsmouth and Southampton" "The brave RNLI volunteers had to face angry anti-migrant demonstrators" Alan Campbell, "The government takes these matters very seriously and will be looking at what has happened"

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/09/2026

A damning indictment of where hate leads. RNLI has to warn its volunteers - people who save lives - not to wear branded clothes for fear of being attacked. Absolutely shameful.

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RNLI reviews security measures after far-right threats

The charity’s chief executive said the online abuse was ‘wholly unacceptable’

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Politicians so often ignore the way Brexit has destroyed people's lives. They have no empathy. 》“Quite frankly, we have been holding our tongues too long. I am very well aware that different countries have different rules on immigration, but none of this would have happened were it not for Brexit.”

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Channel 4 investigation into secret foreign funding of polling for Reform is explosive. JL Partners are cooked IMO. The Times and Telegraph will be livid with Reform over it. And Farage will almost certainly face police, Standards and/or EC investigations over it. youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?...

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wow. Watch Channel 4 News now Nigel Farage discussing elicit funding for reform U.K. from a foreign donor All on secret camera

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s a crowded field, but the jaw-dropping moment for me is when Orr reels off all the other illicit donors who have illicitly donated one to Reform via illicit means, like this is helpful

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover filming shows Nigel Farage celebrating illegal foreign donations Footage shows a plan to break electoral law by funnelling money from a US ‘businessman’ through a UK donor The donations funded a series of widely reported polls secretly commissioned by Reform

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An episode of simultaneous untruthfulness not only from the Reform Party, but also from a RW pollster, a RW newspaper, and an RW academic says nothing good about the populist right in the UK

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I can't remember a clearer smoking gun than that Channel 4 News footage. Nigel Farage and his senior aides all filmed discussing apparent plans to break the law by funnelling foreign money into British politics, plans which at least partly went ahead. A criminal investigation surely must follow

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One person dead and more than 200 ill in UK salmonella outbreak UKHSA rules out British produce as source of infections and says evidence points to consumption of imported eggs 34 so I’ll they required admission to hospital. 2 with blood infections www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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One person dead and more than 200 ill in UK salmonella outbreak

UKHSA rules out British produce as source of infections and says evidence points to consumption of imported eggs

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453

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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The beautiful soul of Jason Arday.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Charlie Stayt, "Is it true that Mr Farage was notified by Essex police of a security threat?" Lee Anderson, "He said he'd been told not to turn up." Charlie Stayt, "Essex police said they didn't advise anyone not to attend" Lee Anderson, "Er... er.."

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Gail Ess @thenorth4theeu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Anybody else fed up of finally getting past the faq's, the chatbot, the AI 'person' to be then told how 'unusually busy' they are so they can't take your phone call within a decent amount of time, but they can take your money on time!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Farage has properly lost his touch. Old confident Farage would have known to play along with the Binface gag. New insecure Farage can't bring himself to do it. And that's why the headlines are about him staying away from the vote rather than the fact that he won it.

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R1ch1e5 @r1ch1e5.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Please heed the fact it is never safe to look at The Sun. #Eclipse

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"Anthropic’s commitments under the EU AI Act’s Code of Practice" A reminder that these things are not really that complicated. We are not the serfs of tech billionaires. We can regulate to get the world we want to live in. And it is easier to regulate if you operate at scale, as the EU does.

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Reform received more than Labour and the Tories combined last year - and £22,799,565.40 more than Count Binface did!

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Farage & Clacton….It isn’t really about whether Count BinFace will win. It’s whether, in a self inflicted election, Farage will be forced to shake hands with the one who came a strong second, a satirical character, Count BinFace. The embarrassment! Humiliation! Every photo/TV video exquisite

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We could have had this 10 years ago and avoided the disaster of Brexit if the media had done its job right. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Analaysis of NHS data by the Lib Dems reveals it would cost £263,000 to ensure children in Clacton who have not had a dental check-up get one - around the same as the cost of Farage's by-election 'circus' But, for Farage “It’s all about ME. ME. ME” apple.news/AHPpi_2gBQki...

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Nigel Farage's costly stunt could have paid for thousands of kids to see dentist — The Mirror

EXCLUSIVE: Analaysis of NHS data by the Lib Dems reveals it would cost £263,000 to ensure children in Clacton who have not had a dental check-up get one - around the same as the cost of Farage's by-el...

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

1989: Margaret Thatcher, "Water privatisation I believe will go very successfully indeed. It will go very successfully indeed" 2026: BBC News, "Both terminals at the UK's second busiest airport, Gatwick, are without running water.. Toilets can't be flushed"

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Woah ‼️. SCOOP 🔥 “George Cottrell carried a fraudulent Swiss passport in the name of ‘Oscar Drewitt’ – the identity under which he was hired into a City corporate finance network by the future Reform UK treasurer, Mehrtash A’zami.“

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

All you can do with the right-wing press is ignore it and get on with the job. Never try to appease these ghouls and their sundowning readership. They’re the people who thought Liz Truss was a good idea

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The BBC and other broadcasters have swallowed the right's small boat invasion narrative hook, line and sinker. They have no interest in reporting a fall in crossings - especially as the weather cannot be blamed. Normal service will be resumed if numbers start rising again.

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Gail Ess @thenorth4theeu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

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Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19/07/2026

2/ This essential read lays out the story of how Carole has been tracking Nigel Farage since Brexit, how our institutions – including the media – went missing in action, and how being personally sued seemed to have a chilling effect on further scrutiny www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...

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Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial

The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh...

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The thing about ReFuk and Farage’s campaign is that it lacks joy, humour and positive energy. Just sourness, anger and ego. It’s going to have to compete with the likes of this 👇😁😉

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