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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’d love to see Jack Smith appointed Attorney General by the next Democratic president! 🇺🇸💙
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uncommon-sense.bsky.social @uncommon-sense.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Madness
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's how it's done 👇
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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Classic cartoon updated
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are Reform UK *sure* they want to yoke themselves to people like Daniel “Danny Tommo” Thomas? Nigel Farage was adamant for years that most voters instantly recognise and intensely dislike football thug types like him and Tommy Robinson.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't miss GB News to hear me spout Reform propaganda and talk absolute bollocks completely unchallenged because for some reason I'm the only MP allowed to get away with this.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reform would only be the third largest party in a hung parliament, were an election held today, according to a new YouGov MRP. Labour would likely need the support of the Lib Dems and SNP in order to govern
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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uncommon-sense.bsky.social @uncommon-sense.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@russincheshire.bsky.social thought this would interest you youtube.com/shorts/zO7oF...
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#books #jeffbezos #amazing #ai #bookshops #booksellers
YouTube video by mrcodydahler
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trouble is he'll now monetise this and make a whole heap of cash off it enabling him to do it bigger next time
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mind-blowing story in Private Eye about how the Telegraph's chief reporter reached out to James Orr (or meant to) after the Channel 4 donation revelations


...within hours of journalists on either the *Guardian* or *Sunday Times* contacting Reform for comment on the same stories ahead of them publishing their own investigations. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice and his fiancée, supposed journalist Isabel Oakeshott, even crowed online about their spoiler tactics.

Not that the *Telegraph* doesn't do its own leg work when reporting on Reform. After James Orr, the party's head of policy, had to resign after a sting by *Channel 4 News* (see "*Right Orr Wrong*, p14"), *Telegraph* chief reporter Rob Mendick texted Orr: "I was hoping to talk to you entirely on background," he schmoozed. "You must be feeling very bruised and I totally Appreciate [sic] the sensitivities. I suspect you deserve better and I wanted to see how I can put the record straight in some way." Alas, instead of the Reformer and Cambridge theologian, Mendick messaged someone else, who shared it with the *Eye*!
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Men have NO business telling women anything about their bodies or abortion. This woman ATE him up.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win this - but only with your help. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Piddington Parish Council - of the anti-asylum 'village that roared' fame - appears to have been flying (or endorsing flying) drones over a local gypsy & traveller site, their July minutes suggest
38. Widnell Lane Gypsy/Travellers site
Reports suggest that the land immediately adjacent to the permitted site is
being developed and the number of pitches has increased significantly. It was
agreed that the activities would be reported to the CDC Planning Enforcement
team, and they would be sent copies of the drone footage.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If these people were not so very dangerously stupid this would be very funny indeed. Jaymey McIvor of Reform insisting people from Chingford and Woodford are claiming asylum in Ongar.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No amount of money can buy you popularity. For every person who likes Farage, there are 2 or 3 who really loathe him. The number against him might even go up, the richer he gets. He simply cannot make people like him. And we will not change our minds. We’ll do whatever we can to make him fail.
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tagishsimon.bsky.social @tagishsimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Arresting RNLI volunteers and impounding their boats, is it, you walking scrotum-sack of a man?
Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
Reform UK
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Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Brutal 🤣
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Once again: this shit is not compatible with democracy. Not for Reform. Not for Labour. Not for any party. It has to stop, and the thread below spells out my idea for how to do that. Tell your MP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
Exclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026
Okay, this got me.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
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uncommon-sense.bsky.social @uncommon-sense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Plus there's money in treating the symptoms more than fixing the cause
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
👏👏👏👇
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Supernaut @avdunk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A complete mystery. Maybe it's because of the racist, homophobic, misogynist and fascist opinions they keep sharing? No, it couldn't be that.
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
tonymurray1964 You see, Richard, your problem is that Reform is, basically, a bunch of horrible bastards doing horrible bastard things in a conspicuously horrible bastard way. In general, people don't like horrible bastards. I hope that's cleared things up for you Richard, you horrible bastard.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes. In their desperate bid to appear impartial but also, somehow, Farage-friendly, the BBC ends up promoting, unchallenged, the rancid ignorance and vested interests of the smug, tax-dodging super-rich. Seriously, sod off Ratcliffe, Dyson, Rothermere, Ashcroft, Lawson….
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fantastically dumb
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
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uncommon-sense.bsky.social @uncommon-sense.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow that's a massive betrayal of your son's trust
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform. A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
carbonbrief.org
CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just imagine the embarrassment if Canada ends up joining the EU before we do
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you for your attention to this matter...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The clock is ticking. We have to act now. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Jenrick doesn't do self-awareness does he
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