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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/09/2026

Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate.

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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When I said I wanted something to distract attention from the £5 million gift, I didn't mean this.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge

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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

💥 Car dealer calls ICE on workers after they finish the job—so he won't have to pay them. Then blocks their cars so they can't leave. "He just told me he called ICE because he didn't want to pay us. We worked 11 hours.." G Motors Tomball, Texas

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/08/2026

The loudest voices online aren't always the most accurate. New data shows our homicide rate is lower than every US state, while murder rates are at record lows. The evidence is clear: our approach to tackling crime and its causes works. It’s driving down violence right across the capital.

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Is Europe safer than America?

A novel dataset provides some surprising answers

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Oh I do like to be beside the Clacton-on-Seaside.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Water companies panic as drought worsens in UK From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/06/2026

Ten years after Brexit, the economic consequences are plain to see. Rejoining the EU is the best way to repair the damage and deliver renewed opportunity for Londoners.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Happy 10 years of Brexit 💃💃💃

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenot.bsky.social Huge kudos to all involved for doing the job the UK police & CPS failed to do: naming the alleged spymaster & clearly showing Kremlin’s role. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is demonstrably true.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In the face of frenzied right-wing attacks, this government has successfully executed one of the most ambitious climate change projects in the world. Time to give credit where it's due iandunt.substack.com/p/guest-post...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just in case you’re feeling even vaguely optimistic about anything right now, please note that two UK political parties populated & led by profoundly racist people are currently being described as merely ‘right-wing’ in pretty much every corner of the UK media. This is how the worst stuff happens…

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New song & video: NIGEL FARAGE WILL SAY ANY OLD SHIT youtu.be/bWQpNh9_7HI?...

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Nigel Farage Will Say Any Old Shit

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

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Damian Haywood @damohaywood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Mad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Starmer should immediately & unequivocally ban access to British airspace to US warplanes. The UK should not be accomplice to a US President who is threatening more war crimes. Period.

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I have scrawled a little rant-ette reposte about my favourite extremist rag, the Daily effing Mail. llewellyn.substack.com/p/nationalis...

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Nationalise, Ed, Nationalise!

A little response to the dumb-as-rocks Daily Mail

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Line of the year in the new edition of The Economist: "Although President Donald Trump says he has “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability”, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy..."

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How the Iran war is weakening Donald Trump

Donald Trump faces mounting political pressure as his war with Iran drives up petrol prices across America, threatening Republican prospects in the midterm elections.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

And the co-host of Peter Mandelson’s drinks reception before last year’s White House Correspondents Dinner was…

Daily Mail front page regurgitating Badenoch’s claim that appointing Mandelson USA ambassador makes Starmer ‘unfit to govern’.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

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Carl Maxim @carlmaxim.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

A very embarrassing moment for the FIFA Peace Prize committee

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British? Interesting www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows

Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity

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Scabbyhabby @scabbyhabby.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This year’s Presidential Christmas card.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special The new Private Eye is out now.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1662 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover reads “BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special” and shows Broadcasting House with speech bubbles coming from the building. The quotes include “Donald Trump says we broadcast fake news!”, “Nigel Farage says we’re totally biased!”, “Boris Johnson says we’re liars!”, “The Daily Mail says we’re peddling conspiracy theories!”, “Kemi Badenoch highlights poor leadership!”, “The Daily Telegraph says we’re editing for political purposes!”, and “Liz Truss says we’ve done huge damage to the country!”

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 04/11/2025

If Labour are willing to bin their manifesto pledges on tax rises, why not on Brexit? That would win them far, far more votes than raising taxes ever will. Indeed, tax rises are likely to crater their weak support even further. What's so magical about Brexit that it must remain untouchable?

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