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@wilifans.bsky.social
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cymraes o Ynys Môn. Semi retired. Love family, dogs, wildlife, photography, gardening and reading. Lean a bit to the left. Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 5h
History is written by the victors. Thatcher broke the power of trade unions by mass unemployment, industrial restructuring, frittered away N Sea Oil, laid the foundations for the current housing crisis, decimated local bus services, hollowed out local government and introduced the poll tax.
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Andy Burnham seems to remember a different 1970s to the rest of us. Britain in 1979 was utterly broken - ravaged by unaccountable trade union power, economically stagnant, the sick man of Europe.
The 1980s saw a remarkable national recovery based on free enterprise, the rule of law and championing Western values. And it is this that our Prime Minister rails against...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23h
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests" 'Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'It's a mystery, isn't it' via Christopher Warner
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. 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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Christopher 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪 @christophert42.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Notice the Welsh Reform members don't get a vote for who their leader is, so the one member who has one vote is Nigel Farage #bbcwato #wato
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Ian Charles @iancharles007.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I might be more inclined to take this #BrexitDisaster apologist seriously if he paid tax here. As it is he can FUCKRITEOFF 😡
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nigel Farage is a political conman. He claims to represent the man in the street - but he's the champion of the filthy rich. New column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
President Obama Shows Us What Leadership Looks Like.......
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wilder gardens and community green spaces are havens for wildlife in autumn. Creating wild, nature-rich spaces needn't be expensive or time consuming – and a wild garden, full of colour and life, can be beautiful! Ideas for wild autumn gardens: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
Hoverfly on orange calendula flower
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Imagine having more money than you could ever need and instead of using it to tackle poverty or disease you give it to a bunch of entitled grifters who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12/09/2026
You can call this legal. You can call it a donation. But please don’t insult everyone’s intelligence by calling it a “level playing field”.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE, PLEASE........
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Where Is Marco Rubio.......?
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Linda K Sienkiewicz @lindaksienkiewicz.com · 07/09/2026
Shoutout to libraries for keeping fiction and non-fiction separate, that is not easy to do these days. @Goodwill Librarian
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2026
Just gonna share this again.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Political violence against women, endorsed & celebrated by elected MPs. In Britain. In 2026. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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Farage’s supporters attacked a woman... and he laughed
Podcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 7 September · 1hr
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 02/09/2026
BREAKING: A new report warns global coral cover is now well below normal levels and facing IRREVERSIBLE decline as fossil fuel heating bakes our seas. END the fossil fuel era before the damage becomes permanent.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Amen. #BookSky
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......?
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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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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026
As wasps end their life cycle & are happily imbibing the rich juices of ripened fruits, remember they are an integral part of our ecosystem. Vanna Bartlett defends the wasp, an insect whose numbers are crashing.
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It’s time we welcomed the return of the wasp
Insects are in crisis. We should learn to live alongside the unloved wasp with its undeserved bad reputation.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“When the Brexit referendum happened, I didn’t believe any UK government would seek the deal we ended up with; I couldn’t imagine a govt would inflict this on its own nation” … or, worse, that they’d keep on inflicting it. FFS, just stop this Brexit madness. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
• Britain is still counting the cost - and paying the price
- of BrexitHow have businesses reacted to Brexit?
A major survey of business leaders by the European Movement UK shows that the vast majority say Brexit has impacted their firms, and would support closer ties with the EU:
98.2% support accessing the European Single Market
96.4% Brexit has been bad for their communities
78.6% pessimistic about economic growth
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton was they type of Christian that Christian Nationalists only *pretend* to be. Unlike Christian Nationalists, she didn't browbeat us with how CHRISTIAN she was. She just lived her life doing things that Jesus asked her to do, like heal the sick, help the children, and care for the poor.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 24/08/2026
Says Richard Tice, a divorced man in a relationship with Isabel Oakeshott, also a divorcee, speaking for a party led by a twice-divorced man, as he tells us unmarried people should be deprioritised for social housing. One rule for me. Another for thee.
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Private water companies won’t stop trying to deceive the British public😡😡😡 It's PLAIN FALSE to say investment in our water infrastructure will come from private investors NO, it will come from the increases to YOUR water bills over the next 5 years. WE ARE THE REAL INVESTORS" via We Own It
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Divide-and-rule - the strategy of spreading fear, anger, hatred against immigrants, people of a different colour, religion, accent, gender, age has been used by millionaires to retain their obscene wealth and corrupt power for centuries meme via The UK Against Hate
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Forests are disappearing faster than most of us realize. Between 2015 and 2025, the planet lost over 40 million hectares—an area larger than Germany. South America and Africa saw the heaviest losses, and the impact ripples outward in ways that touch everything.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Johnson, Farage, Gove and Cummings are firmly in the former deputy PM’s firing line. #Heseltine #BrexitCon
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We leave more than footprints. A crab leaves footprints in the sand. A sea turtle leaves a nest. A bird leaves a feather. A dog leaves paw prints. And humans? We leave plastic bottles, fishing nets, cigarette butts, oil, chemicals and microplastics.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A turtle doesn't know the plastic bag isn't a jellyfish. A bird doesn't know the fishing line is a trap. A crab doesn't know the tiny pieces of plastic surrounding it shouldn't be there. They didn't create this problem. We did.
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Sea Turtle Swimming in Seagrass Ecosystem
ALT: Sea Turtle Swimming in Seagrass Ecosystem
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21/08/2026
Thousands of young people across Wales are being urged to get their second dose of a potentially lifesaving meningitis vaccine as the next stage of a nationwide programme gets under way
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Second meningitis jabs rolled out as thousands are urged to complete vaccination programme
Nation.Cymru staff Thousands of young people across Wales are being urged to get their second dose of a potentially lifesaving meningitis vaccine as the next stage of a nationwide programme gets under...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
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