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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 15m
.....and it will travel back in time and give Vladimir Putin's mother a headache on the day he was conceived...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
🔥 WATCH: “The IDF is a military that constantly lies, and gets caught lying. It’s total bullshit.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social shreds Israel’s unsupported claims that hundreds of journalists they’ve killed were actually militants.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 3h
California and New York alone sent the federal government $352 billion more than they received in fiscal 2024. Kentucky took in $2.28 for every dollar it sent in fiscal 2023. Blue states are funding their own oppression. The solution is
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1h
Diane Abbott and Charles Kennedy were slaughtered by the media for comparable gaffes. Badenoch gets a free pass.
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 22h
🚨 NEW POLLING: Nigel Farage has suffered another slide in his personal ratings as Reform struggles to maintain the polling advantage it enjoyed earlier this year. The Independent's latest poll tracker says Farage's favourability has fallen to -36, compared with a previous high of -27 last summer.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 2h
"Can it crack someone's skull open and feast on the goo inside, Kemi?" "Yes it can, Nick"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3h
A newly elected Reform UK councillor has been arrested on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers. Reform UK is haemorrhaging the people it recruits. We keep track of all of them: bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defect…
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Reform councillor arrested over election paperwork
Elected representative for Nigel Farage’s party arrested on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6h
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h
"The prosecution case is that Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate used and threatened physical and sexual violence in order to maintain control and compliance." Where are the voices from the self appointed defenders of women and young girls who would usually be on this? www.reuters.com/world/uk/tat...
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Tate brothers used 'lover boy' model to exploit women, Britain says
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate used a "lover boy" model to lure women with the ‌promise of romantic relationships before coercing them to create online pornography, British law enfor...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 5h
Labour's polling lead grows ever bigger by the day
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 3h
Britain's Iron Dome crumbled in less than 18 hours. Another triumph for Semi Goodenough www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release
Tory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence system
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 6h
An antidote to the gushing and sick making obituaries of Jeffrey Archer.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 7h
"Ryan Coogan — leader of the Reform group at the Huntingdonshire District Council who claims he was an international toy exporter at AGE TWELVE — has been ARRESTED on suspicion of making false statements on his election nomination papers!" www.facebook.com/politicsinth...
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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 12h
The president of the United States saying Los Angeles and San Diego being taken out would be a 'small price to pay'. How fucking much is enough? Honestly???
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
psst, hey BBC Politics webpages - you seem to have forgotten to publish anything about Farage being investigated by the Standards Committee. I'm sure this is just an accident.. maybe your reporters are all off sick today?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h
As Nick later says he "WAS" the Tory Mayoral candidate and indeed it was as a result of running for the gig that he was ultimately brought to justice. This wasn't "a thing that happened"
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 7h
"Farage is using people whipping up hate to protect himself and his Brexit ..... that's all it's about." via We Demand UK
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17h
"How dare you ... a schoolboy... question me the former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative party." We all left and were a little chastened and then Slater rang the Independent and gave the story to the diary column.
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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 20h
Musician Charles Manson, who led a religious revival in Los Angeles during the counterculture era of the 1960s and later became embroiled in controversy, has died.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
El-Sayed on Fox: "There is this argument you try to make often is that the best way to take this problem on is more war. How has that worked out for us? The war in Iraq which this channel spent years and years pressing -- has that made us safer? Are we more safe because of the war in Iran?"
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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MidnightMinute @midnightminute.bsky.social · 19h
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Wallace's Wrong Trousers Panic
ALT: Wallace's Wrong Trousers Panic
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More & more people are realising Reform Councillors are unvetted incompetent racists Reform UK policies designed to enrich the wealthy Farage is a fraudster not a man-of-the-people "Labour wins two Northumberland council seats back from Reform UK" www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2660579...,
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Labour takes two North East council seats back from Reform in double by-election win
Two council by-elections in Northumberland saw a double win for Labour as the party regained two seats lost to Reform in 2025.
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God @thegodshow.com · 22h
Dennis Hastert died. Who's that? He was the longest serving Republican Speaker in history, a registered sex offender and a serial child molester. But somehow most Americans don't know about him. Anyway, he's in hell now.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick faces fresh accusation from campaign donor www.ft.com/content/38a5...
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 21h
I have heard rumours that Richard Tice heads a company called Britain Means Business, that has no employees and sells no products but takes in very large donations from foreign based people and forwards them to Reform UK Ltd. I can't believe this is true, but if it is it should bring down Reform.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎 @capeacadia.bsky.social · 20h
Nip it in the bud Canada! Or the invasive crazy south of the border will grow out of control here! Call it out! Weed it out now! #CanadaStrong🇨🇦 @mark-carney.bsky.social charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
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This Is How the City Falls
The fabled ancient cities were not destroyed by the power of the siege engines, but by trickery and traitors on the inside.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 20h
For the next two weeks Dark Yellow Dot and a host of black women designers are showcasing their work at 1B Window Gallery at the top of Coppermill lane- open 9am -6pm with a special meet the artist event on Saturday 10th October. Spread the word! #lovewalthamstow
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20h
"There are parts of Luton – and the police will tell you this – that are no-go areas where white people won't go" Police say that's false But this Tory shadow-minister still uses false claims to justify "a consensus on the right" that immigration is a disaster www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’
Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It seems that Reform UK are so dependent upon having migrants to blame and stigmatise they're making sure there is an infinite flow ... via Reform Sunderland Watch
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State Rep. Gene Wu @genefortexas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texans!! It’s the last day to register to vote! Check your voter registration & make sure you are set for this November! Let’s go!! #txlege
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Suella Braverman too proud for benefits... Went to university for free Studied in Europe using the heavily subsidised Erasmus program Claimed ALL her rent, energy, council tax bills for at least 5 years Millions of pounds in expenses claims She just doesn't call them benefits
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Way too suspicious and convenient: “He said the retaliation had already wrecked his life, and that he was about to publish more,” wrote German author and former financial journalist Oliver Janich in a social media post on X. “Then he was dead at 57. They called it suicide. I don’t buy it.”
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Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces
The final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Robert Jenrick’s handling of donations to his failed 2024 Tory leadership campaign has come under fresh scrutiny, after the UK donor at the centre of the row claimed that the politician and his senior campaign staff knew about the involvement of an overseas donor. www.ft.com/content/38a5...
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Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick faces fresh accusation from campaign donor
British businessman Phillip Ullmann says the politician was aware of his relationship with potentially illicit US donor
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera"
Misleading statement by "journalist" Andrew Pierce
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/10/2026
Abu Dhabi want you all to know that they absolutely don't own Manchester City but if Manchester City are sanctioned for their industrial scale cheating, then the UAE could pull all investment from Britain.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026
Reform UK is using the Trump handbook ⬇️ "The ban essentially means that Reform UK, through withdrawn engagement, cannot be questioned on their statements and actions. I can continue reporting and attending meetings, but I am not allowed to scrutinise elected officials wearing turquoise rosettes."
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Reform blacklisted me for doing my job as a local reporter
Eddie Bisknell, a local democracy reporter for Reform-led Derbyshire county council was told it would no longer engage w
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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David @zero-4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So Badenoch doesn’t have the figures but is insistent that she’s completely right Her phenomenal arrogance blinds her to her overwhelming incompetence #bbclaurak
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Tories subjected us to 14 years of austerity 'to get the national debt under control' - but more than doubled the debt. They now say they must impose more austerity (welfare cuts) to fund defence - but their track record is of spending less on defence as a % of GDP over their time in power. 🤔
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 05/10/2026
This happened in March. Where is the Benghazi-like demand for an investigation from Congress? apnews.com/article/iran...
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether comm...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Another Reform council leader under investigation… Reform UK’s group leader on Huntingdonshire District Council, Ryan Coogan, has been arrested on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers. He was elected in May ..." via Reform Are Not Your Friends www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More lying-by-omission right-wing outrage exposed meme via FascinatingAvocados
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Old Joe didn't get credit for a frick'n thing:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 05/10/2026
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today
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Polish man who provided Famine relief to be honoured
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Am I missing something? The Man City scandal and the papers are trying to somehow implicate Burnham and accuse him of being corrupt? Shock horror...a mayor encouraging investment to grow the local economy? Where’s the scandal? This is getting desperate.
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