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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:
channel4news.substack.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
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.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 03/09/2026
El Nino is set to intensify into one of the strongest events on record over the coming months, raising the risk of floods, drought, and extreme heat well into 2027, experts have warned. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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UN says ‘no time to lose’ as record ‘supersized’ El Nino approaches
Forecasts suggest El Nino will raise risk of floods, drought, and extreme heat well into 2027, experts have warned.
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Over the last 3 years, 81 NHS trusts paid nearly £300M to private equity-backed firms to treat patients inside NHS hospitals using NHS staff. Is insourcing actually helping, or draining resources away from permanent NHS services? Read our full report: everydoctor.org.uk/reports/prof...
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I mean *YES* Reform's James Orr comes off as detached, corrupt & illegally dealing in undeclared donations but possibly the worst thing about him is still *when he drops his Ts* That posh guy tic. He's well spoken, oxbridge; He thinks if he makes Ts sound like Ds it mutes the "toff".
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As the climate emergency rages & our extinction grows ever more certain by the hour... Every single UK newspaper splashes with the story that a man and a woman are moving back to England.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bankers' trade association, backed by UK's biggest banks, warns govt against higher tax on the industry. Shows how banks cooperate to advance common interests Silence on profiteering, branch closures, not investigating frauds, bailouts, subsidies, mega bonuses, dividends. Must tax obscene profits
news.sky.com
British banking giants deliver tax rise warning to new chancellor
The influential trade association UK Finance has told John Healey that industry tax rises in his autumn Budget would risk damaging Britain's international competitiveness in a letter obtained by Sky N...
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Paul Muad'Dib @paulmuaddib.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The more Trump thinks the more the world stinks. #Blues www.wsj.com/world/middle...
wsj.com
Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans.
Tehran’s new demands for major concessions come days after the White House had signaled a deal to clear commercial passage was within reach.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/08/2026
Wow! So Trump’s gone from “unconditional surrender” to “semi-negotiating.” That escalated… backwards.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/08/2026
the republican party under donald trump starting the iran war is going to go down in history as the biggest blunders for the US ever committed by an american president it's kind of incredible. it's a shame iranians are suffering due to this imperialist regime
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A TV talkshow host running the Pentagon? A podcaster running the FBI? A kook with no medical background running the National Institute of Health? A home builder with no intelligence as Director of National Intelligence? Gamers as air traffic controllers? This is not a serious administration.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Bosses of UK’s largest listed companies are being handed pay packages of up to £28m a year. Median pay of employees is £31,500. Workers create wealth, have no say on exec pay. Rich buy political parties, legislators, think-tanks, hijack democracy.
thisismoney.co.uk
The best paid FTSE 100 bosses revealed as top pay smashes through £20M
Boardroom pay has risen steadily since the pandemic, while real wage growth more broadly has flatlined.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Wouldn't it be easier & far less time consuming to just report when he actually tells the truth?
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 10/08/2026
The European Union has condemned Belarus’ decision to designate Euronews as an “extremist” media organisation, saying it forms part of a "broader pattern of repression targeting independent media. #Euronews www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
euronews.com
EU stands in 'solidarity' with Euronews following ban in Belarus
The European Union and various leading press freedom organisations have condemned Belarus’ designation of Euronews as “extremist”, calling it part of a broader crackdown on independent media. #EuropeN...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Arron Banks is helping us send a nice clear message - if you scrutinise the dodgy finances of Reform, you will be sued or put under surveillance. Perfectly normal behaviour from people who want to govern a democracy.
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Maybe petrol pumps should have cigarette pack style warnings on them. “Petrol Causes Apocalypse” Instead of a pic of a fucked up mouth or a dead heart it’s an exploding planet and a laughing Esso executive.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Thames Water breached pensions regulations, didn't value pension scheme as required. TW breaches laws/rules Dumps raw sewage in rivers Numerous criminal convictions Breaches terms of its licence Pays exec bonuses forbidden by law Still allowed to trade, fleece customers.
cityam.com
Thames Water faces fresh threat to survival after pensions regulation breach
Thames Water, which could run out of cash as soon as December, failed to complete a valuation of its pension scheme by the statutory deadline
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We need to talk about Richard Tice In May 2024, Tice told me he didn't expect to fund Reform through his companies any more. So why did £1m from 'Posh' George Cottrell's mother move through a company he controls, then to Reform weeks later? New by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/richard-ti...
democracyforsale.substack.com
Richard Tice and Reform’s money - the new unanswered question
Before the 2024 election, Farage's deputy told me he'd stop donating to Reform - so why did £1m from George Cottrell's mother go to one of his companies weeks later?
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 08/08/2026
This is the chilling face of the new political elite. In an unprecedented & truly sinister assault on the freedom of our press, multi-millionaire Brexit tycoon Arron Banks has arrogantly admitted to hiring private detectives to target a senior Sunday Times journalist
open.substack.com
REVEALED: The Grotesque Reality of the Brexit Elite! Arron Banks Plunges British Politics to a Sickening New Low by Unleashing Private Investigators to Stalk and Intimidate an Award-Winning Journalist
This is the chilling face of the new political elite.
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Jay Russell @jayrussell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hannan is a living weathervane of wrong. None of them have any sense of humour. All of them are pissed off and embarrassed that Farage has made a total tit of himself and Reform, but daren't say so.
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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Binface epitomises our very traditional sense of humour and mockery of the establishment. Farage and other right wingers hate having their greed and nastiness exposed. Binface has integrity and isn’t Russian funded. Just saying…
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James Wildman @jameswildman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Exactly! Under normal circumstances, it's just a bit of levity that punctures the pomposity of the election a bit. This one is hilarious only because Farage has put himself in a position of running head to head against the joke. He has made Binface front page news, and he only has himself to blame.
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Jim Tomlinson @jimtomjazz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fixed it
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OperaBunny @operabunny.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Top editing.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
As for you, Dan Hannan, you ermined tosser… Your idiotic Brexit led to this moment. That’s why we’re in this mess. Because you lot cynically promised people better and lied to them about what could be delivered. None of you have been held to account and trust in politics has understandably collapsed
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Jeezus… they haven’t got the wit to realise that they’re the clowns. Why TF should we take them seriously? They lie. They cheat. They dodge the rules. They preen and they lecture us. But everything they do stinks of privilege, hypocrisy and personal inadequacy. I’ll keep laughing at them thanks.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I don't think I've ever seen a group of people take a joke quite as badly to heart as this lot have this week
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Politico @politico.com · 10/07/2026
Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. 🔗 politi.co/4vSW46T
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to voluntarily retrain staff in AI. How would this be enforced? City and social responsibility? How many bank branches have been closed, people ripped-off by profiteering, scandals? Why not tax them to fund a training programme?
theguardian.com
Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI
Exclusive: Plan to improve skills of thousands of financial sector workers to keep pace with tech revolution
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Every time Farage gets questioned about any of his dodgey dealings, it’s always oh look over there a boat or migrants this, migrants that. He’s just a joke at this point. #NigelFarage
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
DELIGHTED to hear of the Crayola Right’s new commitment to respecting the dead… Let’s hope they can extend it to Jacob Rees Mogg who said he & Nick Ferrari would be smart enough to ignore the firemen and get out of Grenfell 1/n
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 11/07/2026
He just can’t help himself. It’s all about personal greed with Farage.
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Andy Heppelle🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇬🇱🇺🇳🏳️‍⚧️ @andyheppelle.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Renee Good, Alex Pretti and now Lorenzo Salgado Araujo murdered by the U.S. government. Call your Senators and your Representative in the House at the U.S. Capitol (202) 224-3121 and ask them to do more to stop the horrific actions of the Executive branch, before it’s too late to keep the Republic 🇺🇸
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Wendy Lindstocking @lindstocking.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
She is a true leader. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
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Irish-Seanchai @irish-seanchai.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I wish we had a real President like Ms. Sheinbaum who defends her people and not just the Epstein-class billionaires!
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kalr123.bsky.social @kalr123.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
You would like to think that these people will live in torment for the rest of their lives over having murdered an innocent person, but I wonder if they do…
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One Veteran’s Oath 👊 @oneveteransoath.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
They shot the wrong man. He wasn't even their target. Araujo, 52, father of 3, no record, seeking a work permit, was picking up his construction crew on his way to work. ICE gunned him down and called it self-defense. He was a working man and he is now d-e-a-d because of #ICElawlessness.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that Mexico is taking legal action against the United States in regards to the cold blooded murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE killer in Texas. They’ll pursue justice for the mistreatment of Mexican nationals. Good. 💙👊
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Daily Mail poll going hilariously south for Nigel Farage.. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Who would you vote for in the
Clacton by-election?


Nigel Farage


17%
1546 votes


Count Binface


72%
6391 votes


It's all a waste of time and
money


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8878 votes. 72% of others agreed with you.
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papillonjaune77.bsky.social @papillonjaune77.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just put him out to pasture already. This guy is an idiotic clown!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"Farage Stunt Flops as Reform Cash Questions Multiply" 'Nigel Farage is certainly no friend of the working class. A privately educated former banker who moved from trading in the City to trading in fear' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fara...
morningstaronline.co.uk
Farage Stunt Flops as Reform Cash Questions Multiply
NIGEL FARAGE’S desperate by-election gambit has descended into farce as his Reform party was rocked by fresh funding revelations.It emerged that the Reform boss’s £5 million donation from crypto billi...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Average UK renter spent 41% of take-home pay on rent. Rocketing costs of energy, water, food, essentials. Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Median take-home pay £26,208. 39% of Briton have £1,000 or less in savings. Can't get economic growth without curbing profiteering, ending poverty.
leftfootforward.org
We need to abolish state-sanctioned poverty
No one is ever born poor. They are condemned to poverty by societal policies which prevent millions from realising their full physical, mental, and intellectual capacities potentialities.
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JD @jd007ifonly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Wow! "Unrelated to day to day activities" That sounds like the sort of orders someone would give to concentration camp guards - make sure they don't have any fun or enjoyment and don't learn what's going on in the world. Whoever created that should be called out and sacked
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Bugsy @bugsy70.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
How dare anyone tell a librarian how to set up their library. Watch the librarians wriggle around these rules like champions.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 10/07/2026
A taste of what a Reform led govt will be like. It’s almost about grievances and hate In Essex, the Reform-led administration had said last month its libraries could not promote any events unrelated to day-to-day activities, including Pride, Black History Month and International Women's Day.
bbc.com
Reform bans Pride events or displays at Norfolk libraries
Reform says the directive does not single out Pride but creates a "neutral safe space" in libraries.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage resigns as MP and will fight a by-election. Blames media and establishment. Clings to foreign money. If he wins by-election, parliamentary investigation can be still be resurrected.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 07/07/2026
Nobody likes a cheater … Well done Belgium
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage should easily win a by-election in Clacton, which he already won with a large majority in 2024 when polls were much less favourable for Reform than they are now. A complete waste of public money, designed solely to serve himself
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