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Tony @tony227.bsky.social · 9h
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Braverman blathering on about who can be English, Farage starting his me-me-me tour of the country telling audiences he’ll fix the country in 100 days or they’ll all sack themselves… apart from him… and Yusuf fanboying that racist thug who got refused bail… A moron festival. Come on, UK. Enough now.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year. The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts. Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model. Enriched by public money. How many have politicians on payroll?
gmb.org.uk
£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last year
We need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
bbc.co.uk
South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills
South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I remind you that half of your political/media class frantically urged you to vote for this pig-ignorant, disastrously incompetent crook, and the other half frantically urged you not to vote for the only viable opposition, and then put two and two together about why they did that.
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
theguardian.com
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“If Farage will do you a Cameo for seventy pounds, just ask yourself: what would he do for seventy million?”
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 25/09/2026
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is so true.
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How many more lessons does the UK need before we do what is necessary? ukandeu.ac.uk/canadas-new-...
ukandeu.ac.uk
Canada’s new EU association holds lessons for the UK - UK in a changing Europe
Joël Reland reflects on what it would mean in practice for Canada to become an associate member of the EU, as well as the lessons for the UK in thinking about its own future EU relationship.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia. Companies don't bear the social cost of profits. It is dumped on the people. Killing us and the planet.
theguardian.com
World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“My profession smiles at hard-right figures when they walk into a TV studio and are given a disproportionate amount of air time to make their fact-free assertions while nodding along to their scapegoating of the weak.” ✍️ Patrick Howse
bylinetimes.com
The BBC Is Just Nodding Along
The corporation's news coverage has lost its soul as a bulwark against unaccountable power and extremism, writes a former BBC News producer
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If no other picture survives Reform UK conference this year, let it be this one. It is a teachable moment. #ReformAssault #Fascism
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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It seems a very apposite time to ask Richard Tice to explain why he needs to head a company with no employees and no products, that appears to do nothing other than receive large amounts of money which it then swiftly transfers to the accounts of Reform Ltd.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nigel Farage caught over oysters celebrating foreign dark money, whilst aides explain how to bypass electoral law! 🤡 But don't worry, Nigel insists it's all just a "climate activist hoax". Pure, unadulterated patriotism in action, folks! 🎪 🍿
inews.co.uk
All the ‘illegal’ Reform donation claims - as two officials quit over video sting
James Orr, Reform’s head of policy, and Dan Jukes, one of Farage’s close aides, stand down
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
On the plus side, I've been offered safe passage to Moscow if I need it.
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Tony @tony227.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So sick of seeing the BBC advert “what has the BBC done for me”!? Well, I know fine well whats its done for me - facilitated brexit with its blanket coverage of Farage and so called ‘fair balance politics’. So I think it’s fair to say that the BBC played a huge part in wrecking the nation. Thanks!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Since privatisation, England's water companies have borrowed £83bn, paid £88.4bn in dividends. 35% of customer bills cover financial costs. Under-investment is the norm At the current rate of investment it will take 700 years to replace the water network. Govts obsessed with privatisation.
leftfootforward.org
The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
UK average household energy bill to rise 4% to £1,723 in October. Another 9% expected in January. Energy companies profiteering. Energy debts to hit £7bn by the end of the year 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty. End profiteering. Nationalise energy.
bbc.co.uk
Household energy bills to hit three-year high as Ofgem announces 4% rise from October
A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem says.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/08/2026
July data shows total public debt up £96 billion on a year earlier. You know what could help plug that gap, John? EU membership - which could boost our economy by *at least* £92 billion. www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/a…
theguardian.com
UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget
July data shows total public debt was £2.98tn, or 94% of GDP – up £96bn on a year earlier
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Don't be distracted... #ReformSleaze
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
David Davis (October 10th 2016), "We will make a success of Brexit" "There will be no downside to Brexit at all, and considerable upside" They promised everything, delivered poverty, barriers to trade and created a case study for the world's worst example of self-harm a nation has ever undertaken.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Why isn’t there a total moratorium on all reporting on Reform until after the multiple investigations into their finances have been completed? Free propaganda for potentially corrupt liars should be banned. It might make them think twice before breaking rules and taking the piss out of all of us.
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Glenn D Stockard @gdstockard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Not shocked.....
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Marina Purkiss, "188 articles on this man, Jason Arday, who was not a public figure, over 9 days" "It was a blood sport for The Telegraph, The Times, The Spectator" "They have blood on their hands for this man"
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womaninterrupted.bsky.social @womaninterrupted.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Come on Clacton! Bin him!
Pic of Nigel Farage alongside stats that show, when an MEP for British Fisheries he attended 1 of 42 Fisheries meetings.
As an MP he's voted once of 77 votes in Parliament . He's hel 0 surgeries in Clacton since becoming MP 2yrs ago
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔴 Leaked Reform UK training videos seen by Byline Times reveal that party activists are being told to avoid drinking and tweeting because its own members are “the biggest threat to Reform”. @josiahmortimer.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/08/11/r...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thames Water gave finance boss £1m signing-on fee, 15 months after he joined. TW circumventing rules about exec pay and bonuses. Leaks, sewage dumping, rip-off bills continue. Golden hellos and goodbyes are mostly banned in Switzerland. Anything goes in the UK, laws/rules not enforced.
news.sky.com
Thames Water risks fresh storm over £1m payment to finance chief
Britain's biggest water utility has handed the seven-figure sum to Steve Buck even as it battles to avert the prospect of nationalisation by Andy Burnham's government, Sky News learns.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#ReformUK - They're corrupt to the core.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
NEW: Green leader Zack Polanski has criticised 'absurd' editorial decisions from the BBC – and said that the broadcaster gives Nigel Farage’s Reform much more coverage than his party www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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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...
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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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Crazy FIFA plan to sell stake in the Football World Cup to a private equity firm founded by Joshua Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared. It is about money and bungs, nothing to do with supporters. Get rid of FIFA leaders.
bbc.co.uk
World Cup: Uefa furious at Fifa plan for private investment in tournament
Uefa and Prime Minister Andy Burnham criticise proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.
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Shane @incompleteness.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
ex-Reform deputy leader Ben Habib claims the 2019 election was a stitch-up; that there was a financial deal between Johnson and Farage for Farage to stand down his Brexit party candidates In return – Habib said – Harborne gave them £1m a piece
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Today I'm presenting my new Parliamentary Bill to ban MPs' Second Jobs.

When an MP can pocket more for a couple of hours of “work” than a nurse earns in an entire year, something is deeply broken in our politics. 

We're going to put a stop to this racket!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICYMI: seems pretty important! youtu.be/43m0LKNDz6M?...
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Who Is Funding Reform UK? | Carole Cadwalladr | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Got to love Ed Davey
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine: Brexit: Ten Long Years of Bitterness A decade after the EU Referendum, British politics remains fundamentally poisoned by a project that produced no benefits, writes Chris Grey Read the full story below.
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Brexit: Ten Long Years of Bitterness
A decade after the EU Referendum, British politics remains fundamentally poisoned by a project that produced no benefits, writes Chris Grey The post Brexit: Ten Long Years of Bitterness appeared first on Byline Times .
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Days after resigning as an MP due the furore over his gifts from crypto investors, Farage is due to speak at a crypto-backed conference. Seriously.
desmog.com
Farage and Truss Jamboree Backed by Crypto Lobbyists
Nigel Farage is set to headline at a right-wing event backed by a Bitcoin lobby group, amid a political furore over his ties to crypto investors. The Reform UK leader will be the star speaker at the i...
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
People of Clacton - please listen to Susan. If you don't believe her, then check the facts for yourself. If you do believe her, or don't care as you'll still support Farage anyway, then you deserve what you get. Plus, you're a certified member of a cult.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just a con man! #GetFarageOut #FarageSleaze
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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oh what bad luck and what bad timing for the man who would be sniffing round for Farage's job if things went wrong. What are the odds that this should come to light this of all weeks? 🤔🤔🧐🧐
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Bernie Morgan @berniemorgan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Chris Mason should just go on and work for GB News now His hero worship for Nigel Farage is now just an open joke
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Never underestimate the self-pity of the ruling classes.
Photo of Nigel Farage during his lament.
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The mystery of Farage's supposed 'debanking' is finally solved: "The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal."
theguardian.com
Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Launch a full investigation into Nigel Farage’s undisclosed donations" 38d.gs/farage_donat...
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Launch a full investigation into Nigel Farage’s undisclosed donations
Nigel Farage received gifts and benefits from a convicted fraudster. This can’t go on. Sign the petition to demand a FULL investigation into his undisclosed donations and gifts. We need answers:
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage £5 million 'gift' from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it was money laundering. The whistleblowers alerted the NCA as they were "not satisfied they could trace the ultimate origin of the funds."
theguardian.com
Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection
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