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Frankie

@wakeylass.bsky.social
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Artist 🎨, Socialist, Retired Teacher, Shoeaholic. 👟 🩰 👠 Lover of Nigella Lawson Guinness cake. 🎂 🥮 🇬🇧

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Claremont (Blackpool): 🌹 Lab HOLD Wick and East Caithness (Highlands): 🔶 LD GAIN from Ind Amble (Northd ): 🌹 Lab GAIN from Ref Hirst (Northd.): 🌹 Lab GAIN from Ref Long Whatton & Diseworth (NW Leics.): 🌳 Con HOLD Forth and Endrick Ward (Stirling): 🌳 Con HOLD Where is Reform UK? Nowhere.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026
Many Hispanic voters heard secure the border and deport violent criminals. What they got was cruelty to: workers, parents, grandparents, children, longtime residents and people with no criminal conviction. This is buyer’s remorse on an epic scale. #LetsGetVoteReady
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The UK has added 291,000 new solar PV installations in the 12 months to August 2026, the most in any 12-month period since 2012 It brings the cumulative installed solar in the UK to 23.2GW across 2,131,000 installations. It's also a 9% increase from August 2025, with 1.9GW of new capacity
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UK installs record 291,000 PV installations in 12-month period
This brings the cumulative installed solar capacity in the UK to 23.2GW across 2,131,000 installations.
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Moraa Unredacted @omoraa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don’t make legends out of them by calling them the Cornell 7. Call them what they are: the Cornell rapists.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/09/2026
Sixteen years after he first shot for the top job, Andy Burnham will today make his speech to the Labour Party conference as leader. By all accounts, it’s going to be an unusual one. London Playbook has the details. 👇
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Half the World Away
Presented by Lloyds Banking Group By ANDREW MCDONALD with MEGAN MCELROY PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Politics at Sam and Anne’s podcast | Listen to Playbook and view in …
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.
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Majken @majken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Britain's asylum seeker 'crisis' is a lie — The i Paper
Mathilda Mallinson: It's time to start writing policy for real problems, not perceived ones
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Homosexuality wasn’t decriminalised in Britain until 1967, and so this Film and DIRK BOGARDE’s performance in it were both phenomenally courageous & dangerous. VICTIM (1961)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia is bombing museums, apartment buildings, hospitals, research facilities, schools, and parks. Ukraine is bombing military targets and refineries. Guess which one Trump has been complaining about?
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Frankie @wakeylass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who's the biggest dick, Farage or Trump?
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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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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Sir Garfield De Umfreville, Baronet Bywell @gazzalw63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh dear. Another move that will piss Badenoch off. Think of those poor shareholders! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Avanti West Coast services to be nationalised from March
The move is part of a plan to improve rail infrastructure, cut train delays and improve experiences for passengers.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.
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Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings * UK politics live – latest updates Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. The change marks a shift in Mahmood’s approach to asylum seekers after the abrupt closure of the Afghan resettlement scheme last year and changes that will keep refugee status under constant review for two decades. Continue reading...
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@Rickagain @richardrichards47.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Men with signs stand in front of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1960. By photographer Warren K. Leffler
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tom Tugendhat in Sunday Times insists on leaving the ECHR to tackle “soaring” immigration. What a miserable rat. Lying to us all. Betraying our country’s best interests. Threatening to flounce out of our human rights framework, trashing our treaties and torching our protection from abuses of power.
The Tories are planning to make the ECHR a dividing line at the next election. Last week the party announced plans to deport every foreign criminal, apart from those convicted of the most trivial offences, and said their plan for ECHR withdrawal meant only the Conservatives were equipped to take on the problem of soaring immigration. One of the problems withdrawal would create is a legal dispute over whether it breaches the Good Friday agreement, which committed the UK to fully incorporate the ECHR into Northern Ireland's justice system. Tugendhat said the issue had not yet been raised in his conversations with lawmakers in the US, adding:
"There's a lot of work to be done."
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Belle @bellebetsyb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is just beautiful ❤️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=gGMN...
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George Michael : The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
YouTube video by Message Personnel
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Frankie @wakeylass.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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USA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#StreetArt Three Reflective Faces Share One Blue Wall Title Graffiti in #Northampton, #UK
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I mean I know it's bad and the govt should say more about it. But god it's also pathetic. 100 twats in their crappy homemade outfits.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group.
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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great summary of the latest PISA scores from @samfr.bsky.social Picks out some details that haven't been reported much. EG 81% of children in England are in schools that ban phones. England one of the few countries NOT to see a rise in pupils saying they think learning new things is boring.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve? samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
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Why England’s schools are doing so well
And what we need to focus on next
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Tim Schofield 🌹 @timschofield.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Nigel Farage says an attack on Russia pushing disinformation in the UK is an attack on Reform UK When they tell you who they are, believe them.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻 I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me. Thank you! x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/actor-a...
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Actor and long-standing Patron, Reece Dinsdale fronts new campaign to save Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre
Photo credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write...
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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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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Weather innit! Ed Sheeran Gillette Stadium concerts cancelled due to storm warnings following Macklemore scandal news.sky.com/share/13590812
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Ed Sheeran Gillette Stadium concerts cancelled due to storm warnings following Macklemore scandal
The concerts were meant to go ahead this weekend. The promoter said the decision to cancel was made with the safety of fans and performers as "the top priority".
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't worry Jess, once Reform are in power you will have no employment rights at all, which should make the process of sacking you much simpler and less upsetting. 😁
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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank goodness. Now UK press and media need to shut the hell up about a snap #GeneralElection No snap election before 2029, Andy Burnham says www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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No snap election before 2029, Andy Burnham says
Prime minister quashes speculation that Labour’s revival in the polls could prompt early contest
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Frankie @wakeylass.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Online briefing: the changing face of the British far right
Restore, Reform & the street movement: the changing face of the British far right // Online briefing with Richard Donnelly, senior researcher for Stand Up to Racism Tues 29 Sept 6.30pm / registe...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You have to get a very long way through this BBC report before you learn which party runs the council which took the decision to close all these nurseries www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'
Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Danny Tommo - Tiny Tears edition
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/09/2026
At least two are dead and dozens have been injured in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, according to the mayor of Kyiv. The strikes come just a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly to discuss peace negotiations.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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RESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 23/09/2026
LAPD cops working for ICE contractors off duty — while the department fights to keep its moonlighting records hidden. That is the accusation now being leveled directly at LAPD leadership after a judge ordered the records turned over.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Made the sports section, lads.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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Dan.G 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @dangurden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Farage seems to be unhappy that the Government is trying to do the bare minimum to combat Russian disinformation. I wonder why?
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thackwallop.bsky.social @thackwallop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Like Reform endorsed Lucy Connolly’s free speech, ‘set fire to all the f***** hotels full of the b******* for all I care… if that makes me racist so be it.’
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Alan Gallery @alangallery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nigel does not want the UK to defend itself against Russian disinformation and interference. He has just outed himself as a Russian agent because the only person who would object is a Moscow glove puppet peddling Russian disinformation and interference.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just because I strongly oppose any measure to tackle Russian misinformation, doesn’t mean I’m on Russia's side. In unrelated news, one of the few times I bothered turning up for work as an MEP was to vote AGAINST measures to tackle the spread of Russian misinformation...
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