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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14h
“fter fear-mongering for years about Ukrainian biolabs, Russia is now the culprit behind a possible plague outbreak that has left at least one person dead and hundreds of others being monitored for the deadly disease.” ✍️ Caroline Orr Bueno
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite it
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10h
Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show? Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14h
“Between 05:00 and 06:00 UTC on 28 February, large volumes of money flowed into Polymarket bets predicting imminent US and Israeli attacks on Iran. The strikes began at 06:15 UTC, just 15 minutes after that trading window ended.” ✍️ Iain Overton, Pan Jie
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#BlameMillionairesNotMigrants via Stephen Fisher
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 16h
The Death video is the second in the series. This is the first one 😅 ...👇
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h
This is brilliant. Norwegians do humour well and here to make a serious point.
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD (@luizajarovsky)
Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @Cory Doctorow's concept of 'enshittification':
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...
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THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17h
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure on the UK rejoining the European Union tells the BBC, "Come back. Anytime" My view: Across Europe, the message to Britain is increasingly simple: come back. We are stronger working with our closest neighbours — economically and in our shared defence.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 13h
Danish artist Jens Galschiøt unveiling an 8-foot, 23-karat gold statue of a naked Donald Trump crushing a worker at the European Parliament highlights the grotesque weight of economic inequality. Satire exposes political power dynamics. #FBPE #FBR
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Golden naked Trump statue displayed at European Parliament
The 8.5 feet tall statue depicts a naked and golden Donald Trump sitting on the back of a man.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 22h
Need reasons to be cheerful? We’ve got them for you… Burnham highs, Braverman lows and Reform’s luck seemingly running out Plus a touch of class from Jűrgen Klopp Get this brand new ep of The Trawl podcast in your ears now… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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A Hopeful Trawl: Burnham Highs & Braverman Lows
Podcast Episode · The Trawl · 7 October · 43min
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
REFORM SLIDE CONTINUES: Over the the latest 10 BPC registered polls out, Labour now has a clear 4 to 6% point lead over Reform U.K. with every polling company. Labour is now ahead with all these pollsters. Reform is only second or third.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All these glowing write up’s by the usual suspects, Peston, Rigby, Mason, regarding Badenoch’s speech. Not one asking where the money is going to come from for her ridiculous defence dome & billions upon billions of tax giveaways? Considering what Truss did, not pointing this out, is a disgrace.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reform UK hiring staff to build its own "national newsroom" while simultaneously banning actual journalists from party events reveals a blatant assault on press freedom. Blurring political propaganda with independent reporting harms democratic accountability.
pressgazette.co.uk
Reform hiring journalists to build national newsroom
At least 12 jobs on offer via new Reform content operation.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Imagine younger people hearing this? “You can’t get a house but people with mansions aren’t going to pay inheritance tax on their huge wealth “ Woo hoo!!!
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 07/10/2026
The Tories want an Iron Dome?
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Badenoch has spent half her conference making unfunded promises, and half lecturing the country on fiscal responsibility. We’re all still paying the price for Conservative financial mismanagement. Liberal Democrats will act as the firewall stopping her handing No 10 to Farage.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Whether policies, polls or performances, the gulf between the reality I think I inhabit and the world according to Kemi seems almost inconceivably enormous, and yet so complete is her belief in her own brilliance that I frequently find myself checking whether my own memory of events is accurate.”
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Britain has so much to contribute to Europe and so much to gain by helping shape its future. We share Alastair Campbell’s belief that our country should play a strong, leading role in our continent. It’s time to be ambitious about what we can achieve together. #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben claiming he quit Britain for Monaco over potential wealth taxes—when records show he already moved years ago—exposes the myth of the "super-rich exodus." Threats to flee are just economic blackmail to block fair taxation.
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For the sake of a slogan achieving nothing except great concern and distress to British Jews, Green members have probably destroyed any hope that a party - their party - which consistently and clearly opposes the #genocide will join the next government. Genius. 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
Minister says they could not see parties cooperating, while official says coalition should be formally ruled out
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SMR 🎧 Rejoin Radio @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW! This week on SMR, we ask if Andy Burnham is about to do us all the BIGGEST solid we've had in over a DECADE and #Rejoin The EU? Please help! Subscribe from just £1 a month and help us keep #RejoinRadio FREE for everyone! 👉 www.TheRejoiners.co.uk
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And here it is…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just perfect
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 06/10/2026
Russian sabotage and hybrid operations across Europe, near-daily drone incursions into EU airspace, and repeated attempts by the Kremlin to destabilise European states are not a ‘myth’.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 06/10/2026
Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index ranked Russia 154th out of 180 countries, 49 places below Ukraine and 82 below the lowest-ranked EU member state. Worth keeping in mind when Moscow next casts itself as a corruption watchdog elsewhere.
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paging the UK....
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 06/10/2026
The Conservative plan for an Iron Dome defence system is yet another gimmick from a party that has lost all credibility on defence. The Liberal Democrats are calling for a Growth and Defence Partnership with Europe - to make us stronger, richer and safer. @JamesMacCleary.bsky.social
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tim @tim199.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And the BBC
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reform UK’s Councillor Thomas Murray is Mayor of Scarborough and Chair of Scarborough Town Council. This is the sort of stuff he’s posting on social.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like the Nazis, Farage thinks if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth but is learning that you can't fool all the people and thieves and villains who lie and steal tend to get their comeuppance via Post Cummings Effect
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"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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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Agreed.......
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
More than 9,600 have already taken action and called on Ofcom to investigate Nigel Farage's GB News show. A party leader and sitting MP should not be allowed to host their own news show. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Investigation into Nottinghamshire group linked to Reform UK councillors that allegedly had '£10,000 of debt' One of the councillors says the group was a 'deeply divided' organisation www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-n...
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Investigation into group linked to Reform cllrs that allegedly had '£10k debt'
One of the councillors says the group was a 'deeply divided' organisation
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Labour is polling at its highest rate since January 2025, according to a new YouGov voting intention poll for Sky News and The Times
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reform Councillor and group leader Ryan Coogan has been arrested for making false statements on nomination papers. It’s a mystery why a party whose leadership are under investigation by the police, NCA and Parliamentary Commissioner seems to attract so many dodgy characters...
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Polling showing Labour holding a steady lead over Reform as Andy Burnham’s pledge to repair damaged European ties pays off proves where the electorate stands. Embracing closer EU trade alignment isn't just good economics—it's winning political strategy. #FBPE
independent.co.uk
UK poll tracker: Labour holds lead over Reform as Burnham sees Brexit boost
Mixed polling results indicate Labour’s lead over Reform remains insecure
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dr Ellie Chowns, "If we're talking about security against things that kill many people, covid, killed 250,000 people in this country and cost us hundreds of billions" "But I don't hear anybody in this country talking about pandemic preparedness - why is that?"
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reform council chief backtracks on Holocaust memorial comments www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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Reform council chief backtracks on Holocaust memorial comments
Cllr George Woodward was asked about plans for the council to observe the annual commemorations after revealing Black History Month events would be scrapped
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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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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Money Talks By @adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov explores what the downfall of Reform senior advisor James Orr means for the future viability of the Nigel Farage project
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Money Talks
Adam Bienkov explores what the downfall of Reform senior advisor James Orr means for the future viability of the Nigel Farage project
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