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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Nice one Greenpeace. Sending out the message at one of Trump’s Scottish golf courses.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself £277,000,000 this year, and £410,000,000 in 2020. This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers. The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Michelle Mone is such a moron, she says we do not have the money. Then admits that her, her husband and their children do in fact have all the money. Time to take it all back.
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Sir Mark Hendrick MP @markhendrickmp.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📢 I’m proud to support Preston City Council’s mission as a Living Wage City. With 35 accredited employers already uplifting over 4,200 workers, the goal is to double that impact and a new grant scheme is helping local SMEs get accredited. 🔗 www.preston.gov.uk/article/1110...
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 05/09/2025
NEWS! Angela Rayner avoiding stamp duty on second home is very different to me avoiding stamp duty on my Clacton home, insists Nigel Farage
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Angela Rayner avoiding stamp duty on second home is very different to me avoiding stamp duty on my Clacton home, insists Nigel Farage
After it was revealed that Nigel Farage bought a second home in his Clacton constituency under his partner’s name to avoid a higher rate of stamp duty, he has insisted he should not be subjec…
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We’ve been banned from Reform Party events for two years now. Why does Nigel Farage lie to Congress about this? @bylinetimes.bsky.social @josiah.writes.news
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Until 1979 when Margaret Thatcher took over, Water, Energy, Rail and Mail were some of the cheapest and best run services in the entire world. Then suddenly she said we can't afford them because she wanted to privatise them and they began to fail. What a strange coincidence.
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Trump to ‘swap’ Alaska with Russia in Ukraine peace deal? 🇺🇦 #standwithukraine
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 07/08/2025
UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown
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UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown
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zsɐɯoʇ 🏳️‍🌈 @kahlo126.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
If you haven’t already please listen to the interview Gordon Brown gave to the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning He absolutely wiped the floor with Amol Rajan on child poverty in the UK atm—No spin, just pure moral clarity and data so sharp and harrowing it should’ve come with a warning
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Gordon Brown calls for gambling tax to cut child poverty. Refreshing to have an ex PM with something worthwhile to say.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/07/2025
The BMA is selling a fantasy. Strikes will harm patients and erode trust | The secret consultant
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The BMA is selling a fantasy. Strikes will harm patients and erode trust | The secret consultant
Consultants were supportive of previous strikes, but these feel futile. The goodwill has gone and we fear for patient safety
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Brexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'
On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train. But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK. Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 12/06/2025
"I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble "Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News." www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-an...
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I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble
Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News.
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
For every £1 the government spends investigating the tax affairs of the super rich, they've recovered £14 in taxes they were owed. It's time to invest in holding the wealthy to account, and end the super rich's robbery. taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/tackletaxavo...
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Coal mining died out because it was no longer an economical business. Reform UK will hopefully die out because Farage is a crook.
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Scottish Environment LINK @scotlink.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"I just couldn't believe the regeneration that had happened" Safeguarding our marine protected areas is a vital step towards bringing back healthy marine ecosystems - as the Arran no-take zone shows. We need action from the Scottish government now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Arran seabed restoration championed by Sir David Attenborough
As governments gather at the UN Oceans Conference, protections off Arran are hailed as an example in restoration.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Why are we charged for Hospital Car Parking? They aren't in Scotland and Wales. But guess who is making hundreds of millions of pounds a year from it? *hint* It isn't the NHS.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Finland the happiest country on the planet, bans for profit schools, taxes billionaires, houses the homeless. Take note.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I would not trust a billionaire with a Water company because they will steal all the money, build massive debts and let it fall to pieces. Same with Energy, Housing and everything else. The billionaires need to be removed from essential services, they cannot be trusted.
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Starting to think that the Labour Party are using the lyrics to The Time Warp as a policy document. After Corbyn’s jump to the left and Keir’s step to the right, I’m really not looking forward to the pelvic thrust! #franknstarmer #thetimewarp
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Jonathan Reynolds slams 'confused' Tories and Reform over 'absolutely false' UK-India claims www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Labour minister slams 'confused' Tories and Reform over 'absolutely false' claim
Jonathan Reynolds said Tory attacks of the deal were 'absolutely false' and that Kemi Badenoch's party, as well as Nigel Farage's Reform UK, were 'confused' about the situation.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 25/03/2025
Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells. The breakthrough is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
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See-through solar panels could turn skyscrapers into power stations
See-through solar cells could turn entire skyscrapers into renewable energy power stations
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 11/03/2025
I know we've made this point before, but it bears repeating, with 40% of Reform MPs now either having a conviction for abusing women, or facing serious accusations of having abused and bullied women, we have to ask, what is it about Reform that attracts so many men who enjoy abusing women? 🤷
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
He’s that prick that you can’t get off the Karaoke once you’ve given him the mic!
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
No matter how disgusting Trump or the pitiful J.D. Vance was to President Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian didn't back down one inch. He's doing the right thing by showing strength to these two. They won't respect weakness. Expect more confrontations. Because Zelenskyy is right.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Here's why Vance tells Europeans that accountability is a greater threat than Putin: Tяump's ratings after his first month in office are lower than any other post-war president - except himself in his first term. news.gallup.com/poll/655955/...
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
By Trump’s logic this man was also a dictator.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“After cutting President Zelensky out of the first US talks with Russia on ending the war, falsely accusing Ukraine of starting a conflict that has ravaged its land and killed thousands of its people, President Trump caps it off by making another wild, wholly inaccurate and just plain wrong claim”
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Save Ardrossan Harbour ✍️Please sign the petition www.change.org/p/save-ardro...
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Sign the Petition
Save Ardrossan Harbour
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Wes Streeting says 'tide is turning' on NHS waits as appointments goal met early Ramping up weekend & evening working has helped NHS deliver targeted 2.2million extra appointments seven months early as Government starts to cut the backlog www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Wes Streeting says 'tide is turning' on NHS waits as appointments goal met early
Ramping up weekend and evening working has helped the NHS to deliver the targeted 2.2million extra appointments seven months early as the Government starts to cut the backlog
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Just waiting for Trump to have his ‘Peace for our time’ moment before the shit really hits the fan.
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 10/02/2025
Who do Britons think would make the best prime minister? Keir Starmer vs Kemi Badenoch: Starmer +11 Keir Starmer vs Nigel Farage: Starmer +10 Keir Starmer vs Ed Davey: Starmer +8 Kemi Badenoch vs Nigel Farage: Tie Kemi Badenoch vs Ed Davey: Davey +9 Nigel Farage vs Ed Davey: Davey +5
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Iain Mitchell @twoeyesmitchell.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Also mentioned in the article - IMF believes UK will be Europe’s fastest growing economy and PWC has UK at an all time high of 2nd place for investment.
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Ministry of Wibble @ministry-of-wibble.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The UK has 57 billionaires. They hold £182bn, which grows by £35m a day. A third of their money came from cronyism or monopolistic businesses, shows new @oxfamgb.bsky.social report. We need to tax them more to reduce their growing power. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
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Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds
Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
There are around 10k private school kids in Edinburgh. 51 have moved to state schools in January. As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal. www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...
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VAT on private school fees puts Edinburgh state schools at capacity
Majority of the capital’s 15 private schools are understood to have lost pupils, dispersed to state schools throughout the city
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 09/01/2025
BREAKING | Truss sends cease and desist to Starmer demanding he stop saying she crashed the economy www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Truss sends Starmer cease and desist letter over claim she crashed the economy
The former prime minister’s lawyers claim the frequently-made criticism is “false and defamatory”
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Dear World, We’re sorry. Sincerely, Sane, Decent Americans
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Sir Norman of Nowhere. CSE. 🏴‍☠️ @sirnorman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Thought for the day.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 06/01/2025
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer responds to Elon Musk “
Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible, they’re not interested in victims. They’re interested in themselves.” Full statement 👇 www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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Starmer hits back at Elon Musk: ‘Desperate for attention’ and ‘spreading lies’ - Politics.co.uk
Keir Starmer appeared to accuse Elon Musk of “spreading lies” in a lengthy public statement following weeks in which the tech billionaire has criticised his government.  After delivering a speech on r...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 06/01/2025
It has been five years since Brexit “got done” – voters and politicians are still counting the cost. Below, we look at how the numbers stack up.
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on
As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/01/2025
By noon today FTSE100 bosses will have made more money than the average worker will all year. Income inequality is grossly out of control. Now is the time to tax the super-rich and bring in a 10:1 pay ratio.
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
TAX THE SUPER-RICH
10:1 PAY RATIO
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The Prime minister hits back at Elon Musk ‘Those that are spreading lies and misinformation…are not interested in victims’
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos. Satire has literally died. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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Curtis Eller @curtiseller.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Happy Boxing Day! “Someday, they're gonna write a blues for fighters. It'll just be for slow guitar, soft trumpet and a bell”. -Sonny Liston curtiseller.bandcamp.com/track/sonny-...
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 20/12/2024
Spread word: Last chance to claim Winter Fuel Payment. Likely 700,000 eligible State Pensioners missing out, please help get the message out there
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Spread word: Last chance to claim Winter Fuel Payment
YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/12/2024
how many years will Americans allow themselves to live in a country where guns are the leading cause of death of children? 30 years? 50? 100?
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