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Alfred Wickens

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Emigre from Twitter. Brexit was always going to be a disaster. Joined Bluesky 8/10/23.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 21h
Another railway bridge was damaged in Russia’s Bryansk region, this time on the Rzhanitsa-Trosna section. The incident follows damage to another railway bridge in the region yesterday. #Russia
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 14h
Footage shows the burning crashsite of the Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber near Krasnoyanovo, Amur Oblast, not long after the crash.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 19h
1/ China is displacing Russia as a supplier of military equipment to Central Asia. With Russia's own military-industrial complex under sanctions and with heavy domestic demand due to the Ukraine war, China is now ideally situated to replace Russian defence exports. ⬇️
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 16h
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 28/09/2026
On 10 February 2022, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia had ‘no plans to invade Ukraine’. Five days later, he dismissed reports of an imminent invasion as ‘Western hysteria’ and claimed Russian troops were already returning to their bases. Nine days later, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Alfred Wickens @wickens.bsky.social · 15h
A very welcome change if it comes to pass.
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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h
Ah, Farage’s pic-‘n’-mix bag of ‘truth’ again. Let’s start with you, Nigel… Let’s have the truth about your multi-million donations and gifts and what you have to do for them, about your links to Russia and to Trump’s christofascist crowd, about your real motives for Brexit and leaving the ECHR… Go…
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20h
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Captain Iran.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
Today, we opened the Jobs NYC Center at 2 Lafayette Street — a walk-in hub where New Yorkers can find city job opportunities, get application support, and connect with hiring agencies.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 21h
Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion rubles or $202.58 billion on Putin's war in 2027. This is a 206% increase from Russia's 2021 pre-war military budget of $65 billion. Putin will bankrupt the Russian people before he will give up on his dream of restoring the Russian Empire.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On the day Russia bombed the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, Putin puppet Trump said Canada is one of the worst countries in the entire world. It is beyond doubt. No one can deny Trump is insane.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h
Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.
The Independent front page headline: 

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifestoThere is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The mood shift at Labour Party conference on rejoining the EU is palpable. Let’s hope, for the sake of the country, that Andy spells it out tomorrow…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer: Donald Trump expects the Justice Department to bend reality to his will. And the lawyers who are making legal arguments that are not in good faith are complicit in what he's doing to destroy the rule of law in this country, and they should be held accountable
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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Poland had some wise words, for Russia. They can puff out their chests all they like, they can keep killing... But this Polish Foreign Minister is 💯 correct. They will never win.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A mass surrender of Russian forces in Ukraine near Lyman as Russian defensive positions collapse.
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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New Ukrainian drone we will be seeing at the battlefield - Slavic, from Vyriy Industries. It's basically Ukrainian Mavic. Super good and hope we scale it.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
During the offensive in Lyman direction, a large number of Russian military units surrendered in their entirety. Under Operation Vivaldi alone, more than 250 Russian soldiers have been taken prisoner. - 3rd Army Corps
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/09/2026
I miss when government ads just told us not to litter.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know he's doing something right if he's worth that much to Russia. Moscow has placed a $20 million bounty on Robert "Madyar" Brovdi to eliminate the Ukrainian drone commander behind massive Russian battlefield losses, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal.
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ukraine eliminated over 2,000 Russian fascists in the past 24 hours. One Russian killed or wounded every 41 seconds.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The horror!
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A shopping center burned down in Vorkuta, Komi Republic, russia. The “Belye Nochi” mall caught fire for unknown reasons. More than 430 m² burned, leaving only charred structures behind.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026
Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are.
Black-and-white image of Donald Trump standing in a hallway from a recent ad he ran on TV with taxpayer funds. White subtitle text on a black bar at the bottom displays what Trump’s voiceover says in the ad: “we will expel the warmongers from our government.”
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia feels it can terrorize Ukrainians with jet-powered drones and face no consequences. The best response is to destroy the Tsymbulova drone base. But that requires our own ballistic missiles. We don’t have them yet, and there’s little point in counting on partners. So we endure and wait.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.
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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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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
Russian losses per 28/09/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +2090 men (!) +1 tank +8 ACVs +49 artillery +2 MLRS +2 AD systems +1382 UAVs +12 GRCs
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Years ago, I remember someone writing a screed about someone Carly Simon befriended on an AOL board. She responded with one word, "Goodness." Some drunk stayed up all night to write a loooooong email about how horrible I was. I responded, "Goodness." It drove him crazy. Thank you, Carly Simon.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 28/09/2026
❗️Ukraine’s HUR says its Prymary unit struck Russian military assets in occupied Ukraine, including a railway bridge, Nebo-U and two Kasta-2E radars, a P-18 Terek command post, nine communications and EW assets, an L-39 aircraft and three fast boats. #Ukraine
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ Russia faces a long, difficult fight even if it succeeds in taking the Donbas 'fortress belt' cities, warns a Russian warblogger, citing frontline soldiers' views. The fight for the fortress belt only marks a phase in the battle, not the culmination of the war. ⬇️
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Donald will "prevent communism in America" by selling American weapons to the Chinese Communist Party. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The horrific stench of Anglocentricism and #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien off this from Matt Kelly on The Two Matts pod. Supposed pro-European says UK will never join Europe that has freedom of movement. Okay then, don't. Let's move on. FoM is a key part of the attraction for Britons A 🧵
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another entitled knob has left the country. 😢 "While there will be many other reasons that so many other wealthy individuals have quit Britain, for me not being able to move around the city as I needed to was the clinching factor." — Sir Peter Lampl www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
Screencap of Telegraph article headline:

'Sadiq Khan's LTNs made me flee Britain, says millionaire philanthropist.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MTG knows the GOP playbook inside and out because she spent years helping write the damn thing.
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