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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that.

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Vivienne Pay @viviennepay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rock samphire at the South Foreland lighthouse near Dover. As mentioned in King Lear, but growing in a less dangerous position! #wildflowerhour

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12/09/2026

This is the most shamefully soft-soaped coverage of these thugs that you could possibly imagine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics

Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/09/2026

🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨 The last week has seen multiple incidents of masked mobs trying to subvert the power of the state. Their actions have been illegal and unpleasant. But the treatment has been weak. The police haven't dealt with it, and neither has govt. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...

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Stop the Louts

The tools exist. The will, so far, doesn't.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The government shlould be extremely strong on why it is wrong to intimidate & abuse RNLI members + push a clear social norm against sharing addresses for purpose to intimidate, threaten & incite, imcluding pushing police to prosecute it, quickly & publicly, and warning of a repeat

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

WARNING!!! I have just made a terrible error. I was trying to renew my £25 annual membership to Reform UK to stop immigration. Unfortunately I am not great at spelling and ended up sending my £25 to the RNLI, those bastards who rescue people at sea. Do not make the same mistake as me.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/09/2026

Excellent thread - liberal democracy needs unabashed defenders right now, and we are basically letting it die through social embarrassment.

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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The whole morality thing is pretty easily settled. In any given situation, ask what side the RNLI would be on and you have your answer. Please consider making a donation today. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Vivienne Pay @viviennepay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@miketapp.bsky.social - as my local Dover MP, I hope that you too are going to push for an investigation into why the Kent police response to this was so inadequate yesterday.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026

In August we revealed the violent pasts of Tommo’s “handpicked” men, who despite being subject to “rigorous checks” and prioritising “quality over quantity”, have multiple convictions including violence against women. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/08/13/p...

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Patriot Platform: Danny Tommo’s “handpicked” men convicted of violence against women – HOPE not hate

HOPE not hate exposes the violent men “handpicked” by Danny Tommo for his new ‘Patriot Platform’. Despite being subject to “rigorous checks” and prioritising “quality...

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Vivienne Pay @viviennepay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hard agree from a local resident. Dover MP Mike Tapp is apparently taking it further, but the initial feeble police response sends totally the wrong message.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 26/08/2026

Reminder that Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 is a film about three women taking over an office and introducing free childcare, paid vacation, and flexible hours, resulting in a 20% increase in productivity.

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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 14/08/2026

I heard Lee Anderson on Today saying that no one wanted to live next to an HMO housing people seeking asylum. As far as I can tell, my back garden abuts the back garden of a house that does indeed house asylum seekers, so I thought I'd give a brief account of why I am in fact fine about it.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If someone acts on their 'concerns' by attacking people in their homes and by biting and throwing rocks at cops, no one should assess if those concerns are 'legitimate' or not. That violent behaviour waives any claim to 'legitimacy'. The phrase comes across as justifying violence, not condeming it.

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Chris Hinchliff MP @chrishinchliff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Britain must prepare for El Niño. The UK is built for a climate which no longer exists. We need to grow more of our own food and prepare towns and workplaces for extreme heat. When climate shocks hit, public power must protect people so profiteers can't exploit crises.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/08/2026

Former Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has a punchy letter in the Times defending compulsory voting: "Surely a key objective of a democracy is to maximise the participation of all the people, regardless of their wealth, education or enthusiasm for reading political columns in The Times"

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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I wrote this 👇 open.substack.com/pub/vicderby...

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In May we said Nigel Farage probably didn't owe tax on his £5m gift. The Guardian now reports the gift followed talks where Farage said he'd need £5m to return to frontline politics. *If* that's right, we think there's a high risk of a £3m tax bill - payable by Reform.

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"Former Bulk Distributor assistant editor Andy Burnham is set to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, marking an extraordinary journey from the pages of the tank container industry press to the steps of Downing Street." bulk-distributor.com/2026/07/form...

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Former BD journalist set to become UK PM - Bulk Distributor

Former Bulk Distributor assistant editor Andy Burnham is set to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, marking an extraordinary journey from the pages of the tank container industry pre...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/07/2026

Saying you're the "most physically attacked" MP when two MPs have been killed in the last decade is just horribly self-absorbed.

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Nora Biette-Timmons @biettetimmons.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

one of the few genuinely funny things about this saga is that the LRB reviewed the book a couple months ago: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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John Lanchester · Squillions: Where’s all the cash?

If it were an industry, money laundering would be the third biggest business in the world, behind commercial property...

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

For no particular reason, obviously, this weekend I found myself remembering all those allegations about mysterious dark money funding untraceable Facebook ads during the Brexit campaign.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"I hear you're sending me a seventh prime minister"

Larry the Cat, located at 10 Downing Street, London

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It seems to have become commonplace to blame net zero for Britain’s high energy bills and/or weak job market… … and I guess I’ll have to explain again why there is very little evidence of this. Britain has plenty of economic problems; net zero is not high on that list (though climate change is) 🧵

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Ed Miliband would be ‘noose around neck’ of job creation as chancellor, union boss warns

Comments by Sharon Graham come as Burnham team explores key government appointments

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We need to spend more on defence. But we can’t survive much more austerity. There are not many levers to pull. But signalling you’ll put EU membership in your next manifesto and begin talks now, would (almost certainly) rally sterling, reduce borrowing costs, boost invsmt & help the headroom.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I hope we're going to see many charges for incitement to racial hatred, incitement to violence and incitement to riot, all of which have been happening blatantly and prolifically on social media. Or will two-tier policing in the UK, favouring the right and the far right, prevail yet again?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Quite a few people seem to have sucked up government propaganda about objections to infrastructure schemes being vexatious and unnecessary. The whole point of the planning system is to assess whether or not they are. Do away with large parts of it and you do away with some crucial decision making.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If Starmer is challenged for the leadership & chooses to fight, something wholly new will happen. For the first time, the question of whether a prime minister is removed from power will be decided, not by MPs, not by voters at an election,but by party members. This is democratically indefensible.🧵

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The secret £5 million payment to Farage by an overseas billionaire is the most astonishing example of political corruption. Don’t let up.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

88% of UK millionaires proud to live in Britain. 75% willing to pay more tax to fund public assets. Yet right-wing constantly peddles project fear ... They would leave, etc. Capital gains, dividends are taxed at lower marginal rates than wages. Tax the rich. Redistribute. Alleviate poverty.

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Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public services

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

💯 "The @appgfairelections.bsky.social is calling for a national commission on electoral reform, with a ready-made terms of reference... This time, we need a voting system that serves citizens, first and foremost. This is now within our grasp, and we need it more than anything else in politics."

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We need a voting system that serves citizens first and foremost | Letter

Letter: Michael Bursill highlights the work of the all-party parliamentary group for fair elections in response to an editorial on multiparty politics

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

You're probably wondering just how metric my socket set is

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Vivienne Pay @viviennepay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I think that Keir Starmer has clocked that most people in the country don’t take much interest in politics, and has decided that doing the same will make him relatable. Explains a lot, yes?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s increasingly hard to argue with the idea Kemi Badenoch is a good leader of the Conservative party, because it’s difficult to argue while laughing.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

⚠️ Last year, only 16% of councillors were elected with majority support. One councillor won with just 18.9% of the vote. This trend is not going anywhere - and tomorrow will prove it. First Past the Post has had its day. It's time for change.

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Local elections could see council seats won on record-low vote shares

Political fragmentation ahead of this week's local elections could see council seats being won with minimal vote share, say leading political scientists.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“I’ll be voting for Reform - it can’t get any worse” Oh it really can. You put a bunch of corrupt, racist, incompetent, lying Trumpists in charge and things will get very much worse. Potholes and empty shops will feel unimportant compared to the loss of the NHS, social care and a torched economy.

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Dave Taylor (left) debates the local elections with John Doult, who says he will vote Reform at the upcoming local elections in Swindon (The Independent)

But on a visit to the former railway town last month, the outlook for Sir Keir and his party was bleak.
"I'll be voting for Reform - it can't get any worse," said pensioner John Doult, until now a lifelong Labour voter who was among the thousands employed in the town's once-famous car industry.
The 86-year-old bemoaned the
"terrible" state of the town centre,

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Congratulations to the white-coated boffins at Tunnock’s Teacakes for their vital contribution to the Artemis II mission. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Artemis II splashdown under three red and white striped parachutes.

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

If you ❤️a bit of standing archaeology like here at Sandwich, you might like my Genius Loci Digest - an architectural photographer’s camper-van-camino through the British Isles - posted weekly. Subscribe for free here: www.digest.andymarsh...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

“A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad”. Gregory of Tours (539-594):

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The Spain's Prime Minister and his official reaction to the #ceasefire this morning (translated from Spanish). "The Government of #Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket."

Pedro Sánchez
@sanchezcastejon
wrote on Twitter:

Ceasefires are always good news. Especially if they lead to a just and lasting peace. But this momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost.

The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.

What's needed now: diplomacy, international legality, and PEACE.

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