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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Police investigating Reform over potential foreign donations after channel 4 sting. I make that now *four* live police investigations into Reform over political finance. Which must be a record www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A US Air Force C-17 landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport as CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow for secret meetings with the Kremlin. Unclear what the US is trying to secretly negotiate with Russia, this comes a day after Canada and Europe increased support for Ukraine.
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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Our XBOX Player Voice feedback post has over 3.1k votes and 600 comments, making it the most popular submission this week! Next stop: biggest of the month! Let XBOX know your thoughts on how they treat their developers ✊ feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Is Elon Musk good or bad?
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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
Yesterday’s layoffs at Bethesda Games Studios were not a cut of “14 layers of management”. We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers. Many of whom worked at BGS for decades.

If Bethesda fans are worried this will harm the quality of our future games, like TES VI, let Microsoft know!
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@lewisgoodall.com great fan of the show Comrade Goodall
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 30/06/2026
A few weeks ago, Restore was celebrating 10 council wins like the dawn of a glorious future. “We are inevitable” spokesman Charlie Downes said as the party surpassed 120,000 members. But a series of strategic blunders and rifts have dented this optimism. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/06/30/u...
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Ups and Downes: Restore Britain’s latest crisis – HOPE not hate
At the first bump in the road, Restore Britain’s wheels threaten to fall off. As a new row about racial nationalism erupts, we survey the...
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
NEW EPISODE: The Bulls******s of #Brexit @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social hears from @ottoenglish.bsky.social and Simon Duncan of Ealing Gin. open.spotify.com/episode/6Qyq...
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The Bulls******s Of Brexit
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW EPISODE: Andy Man’s Cabinet Making 🦄 Our fantasy pics for the top jobs 🫠 Farage’s media meltdown 🎨 Grin and Share it With Kenny, Alex and Naomi. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5ka8...
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The Andy Man's Guide to Cabinet Making
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 24 June · 1hr 4min
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Russia set Britain on fire. Demand an inquiry.
The men who tried to set fire to Kier Starmer’s house were taking orders from Russia. Our research shows this was not an isolated plot. It was part of a wider Russian operation on British soil. Add yo...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I have put together a little video guide to Nigel Farage's umm... evolving views on hecklers. They seem to be quite dependent on whether the heckler disagrees with him (bad, boring, frightening, dangerous), or shouts abuse at a woman in the street (buy him a pint/give him a peerage).
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
@seena.me Love the pod, love the passion!
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Wakefield Reform UK Candidate Wants To Put Migrants In Slave Labour Camps
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Wakefield Reform UK Candidate Wants To Put Migrants In Slave Labour Camps – HOPE not hate
Reform UK candidate Arnold Tabor has expressed admiration for Oswald Mosley, wants the UK to keep migrants in slave labour camps and said he wants...
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 27/03/2026
🚨 UPDATE: Reform UK has suspended councillor Lynn Dean after HOPE not hate uncovered racist posts linked to an undisclosed account. Thanks to everyone who helped share the story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK councillor in Staffordshire suspended after racism row
Reform UK confirms the suspension of Lynn Dean and says an investigation is forthcoming.
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Watching Louis Theroux on the manosphere. Really want someone to do a reality tv show where these pricks who think they’re so much better than those of us in ‘the matrix’ try being a nurse, teacher or other important ‘normal’ job just for one day. They would cry real tears.
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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
*PODYSSEY SEASON TWO IS HERE* New Bonus Episode: The Beast In Me Did the Ancient Greeks have pets? Well, it's quite complicated, often very sweet... and sometimes a little bit weird. @sturdyalex.bsky.social 🎧 LISTEN AND SHARE 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5U4O... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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The Beast In Me - Ancient Greece And Its Pets
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/02/2026 · Bonus · 41m
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends. Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🆕 What's past is prologue 🆕 🇪🇺 Brexit's back alright 🗳️ lessons from 2024 GE 📰 media's Reeves derangement 🧌 Dungeons & Dragons @pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social put the world to rights. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/11Nv... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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What's past is prologue
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/12/2025 · 1h 10m
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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Shhh! Grampy's taking the Z-train to Snoozeville.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/656F... LISTEN SHARE
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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Our Parting Ways
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/10/2025
Trump supporters are demanding he throw us in prison for our reporting. If they think those kind of threats scare us, they don’t know who they’re dealing with. Our message. 👇
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They Want Us IN PRISON?!!
By Ben Meiselas
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
All John Bolton has to do is announce that his name is in the Epstein Files; and Trump will protect him forever.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/10/2025
Rachel Reeves says those with broadest shoulders should pay fair share of tax
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Rachel Reeves says those with broadest shoulders should pay fair share of tax
Chancellor adds she wants to ‘get the balance right’ and not deter wealthy people from making the UK their home Rachel Reeves has said those with the “broadest shoulders” should pay their “fair share” into the exchequer, as she prepares to raise taxes in next month’s budget. The chancellor is expected to deliver a package of tax increases and spending cuts on 26 November to meet her fiscal rules in the face of deteriorating forecasts from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Continue reading...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2025
Today, the Pink Protest gathered outside Downing Street, claiming immigrants are a threat to women. We talked to counter-protesters from Stand Up to Racism, they told us: “We are terrified that women’s safety is being used to justify hatred.” Share if you agree.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 30/09/2025
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Magnolia
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 01/10/2025
🚨NEW: After last year’s general election, Nigel Farage promised that “‘bad apples’ that have crept in will be gone” from Reform UK. But our team has exposed yet another so-called “bad apple” who has worked for the party since the election. 👇 hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/01/e...
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Exposed: Reform UK national director planned ‘physical resistance group’ for ‘gorillas by night tactics’ – HOPE not hate
Reform UK national director Adam Bounds tried to recruit members to a “physical resistance group” for “gorillas by night tactics” and promoted far-right and conspiracy...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2025
Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November’s budget
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Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November’s budget
Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year * UK politics live – latest updates Rachel Reeves is to lift the two-child benefit limit in the budget, a key demand of Labour MPs and child poverty campaigners, with officials exploring options of a new tapered system. The chancellor and Keir Starmer have both said they expect to respond to recommendations of the child poverty taskforce at the budget, which is expected to say that lifting the two-child limit for universal credit and child tax credit would be one of the most effective ways to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Continue reading...
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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Your Broken Shore
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🎼 Sunday School: Freedom of Screech 🎶 Have defenders of free speech chosen the right pin-ups? Is Reform UK ascendant or peaking way too soon? PLUS🎤 Our best karaoke tips! With @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/0e8e... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Sunday School: Freedom of Screech
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🕛 MIDNIGHT MASS: Emergency Reshuffle Special 🌚 The bastards finally got Ange. But she'll be back. @pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social give their gut reaction to Rayner resigning and the reshuffle that followed. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/6KX0... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Midnight Mass: Reshuffle Special
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Fantastic turnout for the Reform Conference.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
UK 30 year gilt yield, down from the breathlessly reported 5.75%, is now 5.51%. Not that you will hear this from all the journalist accounts who were gunning for Reeves all week. Please share.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Russia released video of themselves targeting and murdering Danish humanitarian volunteers working to remove unexploded ordnances from Ukraine. A few hours later Trump invited Putin to the FIFA world cup because “he’s been very respectful of me and of our country…”
Danish humanitarian workers being targeted by RussiaTrump holding a picture of himself and Putin
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/09/2025
You did it. The neo-Nazi gig planned for Great Yarmouth has been CANCELLED. ❗ Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 01/09/2025
Dragon House in York was defaced with racist graffiti last week, targeting a family who’ve been part of their community for over ten years. One window cleaner from Crystal Clean Services stepped up to clear the abuse.
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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦 Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Song of the day: Bolt Thrower - For Victory
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For Victory
YouTube video by Bolt Thrower - Topic
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/08/2025
Farage spread misinformation during the Brexit referendum and continues to do so now. We need to keep calling him out. 📣 Share if you agree. 🔁 www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-a…
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Farage's EU-entry myth busted after red-tape claims
Exclusive: Nigel Farage warning that holidaymakers going to Europe must ‘prove medical insurance' is false
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Ben V. @vlismas.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@seena.me listening to the pod. Love to you and the family
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