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Virginia Tatlioglu

@virginiatat.bsky.social
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Passionate about the importance of creativity in all aspects of life; believer in the fight to save our wonderful planet; pro EU retired teacher.

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T @reading-woman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Esther Rantzen was such a key figure in a very different world of media and below is one of the most incredible and impactful uses of television: Sir Nicholas Winton surrounded by so many he saved. But Childline is her best legacy which will continue to do immeasurable good long after she has gone.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is generally unwise to go back to a nostalgic place from our past as it will no longer be as we recall and will have changed with the times. Brexit was chosen by those wanting to recapture a UK that could no longer be that idealised place in a world that had changed.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We do need to protect our parliamentary democracy.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This story is incredible - and shows how much corruption and money laundering runs through fin tech (which makes it ripe for Kremlin operations) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) & her sculpture Après la tempête (After the Storm), ca. 1876. As well as sculpting, the artist was also a late 19thc stage actress #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring the upper half of a white woman in 19th century dress with hat and lace topWhite sculpture resembling a sitting figure holding a recling limp figure
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU. It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership. Read more: bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is a good idea.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We're one tweet away from the Reflecting Pool getting sharks with laser beams attached to their heads.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 WRITE TO YOUR MP! On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, Rejoin polling at 61%, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign & share everywhere please. 👇
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Nigel Farage wants you to think he is a man of the people. He is not. It is as simple as that.
independent.co.uk
Reform UK’s crypto policies are making the party look out of touch
Editorial: Nigel Farage needs to end the impression that his party is the political wing of the crypto industry
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Piero Castellano 🇪🇺 @pierocastellano.com · 16/09/2026
I remember the times when the possible loss of the ozone layer threatened life on Earth, and governments took it seriously, acted and solved it.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#rachel #piddington Huge respect and empathy for this lady who speaks so eloquently. And bravo for pointing out it would be any men in that number being housed there, not just asylum seeker men. Othering is abhorrent and just demonstrates ignorance.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If enough people resist the use of AI would it slow the progress or just leave them behind and more vulnerable?
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RV 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 @rave74.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@harryeccles.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nigel Farage is posting this morning “More small boats in the Channel this morning. They will keep coming. Open Borders Burnham won’t stop them” Lets remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - the BREXIT he championed youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
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It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
How is this bully able to just act like this with free rein?
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
bbc.co.uk
Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reform UK says it would declare 'national emergency' on day one in power, not letting judges or officials 'get in our way' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Cheshire Dog Lady (thoroughly irritated since 2010). @cheshiredoglady.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What Mike said...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/08/2026
Great letter in The Yorkshire Post from Peter Packham @leedseurope.bsky.social. 'The Brexit elite didn't "take back control" of our borders; they undermined our ability to manage them and incentivised criminal gangs behind the trafficking of desperate, vulnerable migrants.'
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Does this not beg the question, if universities were properly funded and had not been deprived of foreign student income because of government policy, would they be still attracted by such options? Government defence policy also encouraging the direction?
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opinion
theguardian.com
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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Ned Wilcox @nedwilcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Fantastic. I couldn't get this one to play, but here's a link. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zysN...
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British Royals Honour Dolly Parton as Military Band Performs Her Classic ‘9 to 5’ | AA1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hear, hear! 👏👏👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
For years, London's children’s lungs lagged behind. Now they’re catching up. A major new study shows the ULEZ cut exposure to toxic NO₂ and reduced impaired lung function from 14% to 9%.
theguardian.com
Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan
Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 17/08/2026
One of the single most toxic thought biases is "I suffered so now you get to suffer just like I did." It's grotesque, inhumane, and depressingly omnipresent.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/08/2026
So Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he's in deep trouble, and he knows it | Owen Jones
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So Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he's in deep trouble, and he knows it | Owen Jones
The Reform leader claims vindication from the people, and it’s too early to write him off. But the problems he now faces may be more than he can bear, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/08/2026
⚠️ Acting on climate change is not just a moral imperative, it is the only fiscally sensible option available to governments across Europe and the rest of the world. 📉 Estimates from Allianz suggest that the two-week's of high temperatures in June alone will cut Europe's GDP by 0.3%.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/08/2026
It's now been confirmed that this summer will be the hottest on record. For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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NOYJ @noyj.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sadiq Khan: consistently The Man ✅ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is appalling and the government should be ashamed.
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Roz Savage MP @rozsavage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
RAF Fairford doesn’t have a Military Aviation Noise Contour (MANC), while many local residents are having their lives negatively affected everyday. That isn’t fair. Now that bombers have operated out of the base for nearly 5 months, it’s time to carry out a MANC.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Andy Burnham says he wants hope back. If he appoints SM as Chancellor then I will lose all hope. There will be no change and they will hand Farage his lifeline.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I reckon he still has few more reincarnations in him.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Correction - freedom of English/Welsh speech not plain freedom of speech.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As the Smiths didn’t quite say: 🎵Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop, Ban the vox pop🎵
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🧵 So Farage is preemptively attacking the Commons standards committee in what's a great example of the weaponisation of the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt against institutional authority to avoid accountability. The sort of thing Russia did against the OPCW, or Trump does with "fake news media"

In his Daily Mail interview, Nigel Farage also claimed that the Commons standards committee, which will impose a punishment if Farage is found to have broken Commons rules, was biased against him.

He said:

There are people on that standards committee who will judge me, who have reported me for Islamophobia. It is going to be a completely subjective judgment. There’s no objectivity in this.

According to Christian Calgie, who interviewed Farage for the Mail, Reform UK sources are describing the committee as a “kangaroo court”.

Allegations about MPs breaking parliamentary rules are investigated by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards. He has confirmed that he is investigating the £5m donation. On Tuesday Farage implied undeclared donations from George Cottrell were also being investigated, and Greenberg is also being urged to investigate claims Farage broke lobbying rules.

In his speech on Tuesday Farage implied the standards inquiry was evidence of the establishment using “foul means” to defeat him.

But this is his most explicit attack on the standards committee – and it implies that Farage now believes he will be found guilty of a serious breach of Commons rules.

It is also a move that could see him facing a harsher penalty. The committee regularly imposes harsher punishments on MPs who have not cooperated with or respected the disciplinary process.

In a case with some parallels, Boris Johnson condemned the privileges committee as a “kangaroo court” before it published its final report into him. The committee (comprised of MPs who also serve on the standards committee) said Johnson’s criticism amounted to “a further significant contempt” and this contributed to it proposing a 90-day suspension – which it was not able to enforce because Johnson resigned as an MP first.
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Count Binface has got them worried - Reform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage’s Clacton contest www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage’s Clacton contest
Exclusive: Party hoped to mount serious challenge in mayoral race but attention has been diverted to Essex
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Nigel Farage has built a personal-political fiefdom where positions of power are seemingly handed out to those who give him and his party the most money. That’s ultimately why he’s being hammered by the media and why his support is cratering…
writesbright.substack.com
Nigel Farage: the fall of a mob boss
Why he’s imploding...
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’m glad there are journalists like those at @bylinetimes.bsky.social actually investigating the dark web of money, racism, and right-wing Christian nationalism. There are so many bad actors pulling strings behind the scenes and shaping society darkly. Sad times.
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Horrifying
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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 03/07/2026
North Sea has elevated sulphur dioxide emissions due to the high use of non-compliant fuel in Russia's shadow fleet.
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Russian ‘shadow fleet’ is violating ship emissions rules in the North Sea
Russian 'shadow fleet' is violating ship emissions rules in the North Sea
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Virginia Tatlioglu @virginiatat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“In our dystopian world, it is a privilege to have the space to mourn when so many others cannot exercise what should be a basic and fundamental human right. Grief is universal. But the ability to grieve is not.”
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