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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
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Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🧵”Dealmaker” Trump. An excellent thread from threads by @chrisfb87 who is not currently on bluesky www.threads.com/share/BASUkZ...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Large part of UK’s water network was installed 130 to 150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Its IT systems date back to the 1980s. Since privatisation, water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
leftfootforward.org
The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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Dominic Minghella @dminghella.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Precision matters, especially in headlines, especially on the BBC.
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wispabar.bsky.social @wispabar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Okay Clacton. Let’s go.
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It just keeps on coming… Farage struck deal to return as leader long before Sunak called surprise 2024 vote, so his claim that he wasn’t involved in politics when he got his £5million “gift” is, of course, another grubby lie. The man is garbage. Grifting, lying, cheating garbage. (Sunday Times)
Farage struck deal to return as leader long before election
Reform chief had insisted he was not involved in politics until Sunak called surprise 2024 vote

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Nigel Farage struck a secret deal to return as Reform UK leader months before the general election.
Farage negotiated the pact with Richard Tice, then the leader, in March and April 2024. George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who had been secretly bankrolling Farage, supervised the discussions.
Under the terms of the deal, Reform agreed to repay or write off more than £1 million in outstand ing loans it had taken from Tice's company upon Farage becoming leader.
The deal was first presented by Farage and Cottrell to the party's treasurer in mid-May. Its existence undermines the Reform leader's claim that he had no intention until June 2024 of returning to politics. Farage has used this to defend his failure to declare
donations made to him in the year before he was elected as an MP, which triggered two parliamentary investigations.
Last night, Reform sources
acknowledged the existence of the deal but insisted it had been drafted for if, not when, Farage became leader. Asked why he would have signed such an agreement if he had no intention of returning as leader, they said it kept his options open. They said Farage had assumed he would focus his energies on campaigning for Donald Trump in that year's US presidential election.
Farage has claimed repeatedly that he did not need to declare a £5 million gift from the crypto--billionaire Christopher Harborne or in-kind benefits from Cottrell, as he was a media personality at the time. MPs must declare any benefit in any way connected to their
"political activities" received in the 12 months before their election.
He told the "anti-woke" Trigger-nometry podcast last month: "At that period of my life, from 2021 to the third of June 2024, I was a broadcaster… I was somebody that promoted financial market products, I was an influencer, I wasn't in politics."
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
England state nursery & primary school pupils to decline from 4,423,864 to 3,950,811 by 2031. State secondary school pupils to decline from 3,216,206 to 2,967,150 by 2031. Falling birthrate, deaths exceed births, low incomes, poverty, poor housing. Economic crisis awaits without immigration.
explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
Release home - National pupil projections
Annual release providing national projections for the number of pupils in schools in England by type of school, age and whether full time or part time.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📌 ICYMI — The Walls Are Closing In Around Nigel Farage’s Crypto Insurgency Nigel Farage's party is now connected to multiple parliamentary and police investigations, as questions grow about its opaque crypto-connected funding, reports Matt Gallagher
bylinetimes.com
The Walls Are Closing In Around Nigel Farage’s Crypto Insurgency
Nigel Farage's party is now connected to multiple parliamentary and police investigations, as questions grow about its opaque crypto-connected funding, reports Matt Gallagher
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 09/07/2026
Is welfare spending ''out of control''? It's estimated to be 11.1 per cent of GDP this financial year. That's just 1.1 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen by 0.9 per cent of GDP since 2012-13 ⤵️
chart showing Social security spending as a proportion of GDP, by category: GB
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Dennis A. @dharmadog.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#Pride #LGBTQrights These Italian Idealista Pride ads every year. Happy Pride! 😭🏳️‍🌈💞
youtu.be
idealista nuovo spot Pride 2026 "Ridicoli"
YouTube video by idealista
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ForeignGadger @foreigngadger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Hey Vance & Hegseth Read this and weep, then keep your noses out of our affairs.
Poster of police killings 2010-2019.
USA 15,000+, 
European countries 22-223
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 10/06/2026
Trying to imagine the British government in WW2 putting out official statements on Germany Calling alongside Lord Haw Haw, and paying for advertising space in Der Stürmer.
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sherinamiller.bsky.social @sherinamiller.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Cult leader Jim Jones used to fake assassination attempts so that his cult would worship him harder. Just thought I’d share that history with everyone.
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The best thing about my Russian hack story is that how the Guardian found out about the £5 million is completely irrelevant. But now people are talking about that instead of why I was given it, why I tried to hide it and whether I bought houses with it. 😉
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Transphobia 🤝 Racism
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 27/11/2025
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal. We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
thedailybeast.com
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
In Budget week, I am afraid we have to talk about Brexit. A new report from economists at the BoE, Kings College and others puts the hit to our economy at 6 to 8% of of UK GDP. That equates to circa £66billion in lost tax revenue. That's why we have to go further and faster on the UK/EU reset.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!" You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
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Marie Goldman MP @mariecgoldman.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We honour trans and non-binary lives lost to violence. We stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary people everywhere. Your lives matter, your voices matter, and your stories matter.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Poor people are being abandoned by this country. Brian Eno telling it straight
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them". How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 13/11/2025
These people enjoyed my show and you still have 6 chances left to see it! Next show is Cambridge on Sunday at the @cambridgejunction.bsky.social - 8pm start. www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t... Hope to see you there!
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The Liberal Page @theliberalpage.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 07/11/2025
A video claims the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine contains “cancer-causing SV40”. This isn’t correct. The vaccine doesn’t contain the SV40 monkey virus, which can induce cancer in animals. It uses a fragment of SV40’s DNA sequence, which doesn’t cause cancer.
fullfact.org
Covid-19 vaccines do not contain ‘cancer-causing’ SV40 monkey virus – Full Fact
A video shared over 9,000 times on Facebook makes a misleading claim about the presence of SV40 in Pfizer vaccines.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/10/2025
I’m often critical of the royals, but I do think it’s great that the Princess of Wales is keeping up a trade alongside her royal duties and her role as a mother.
A van reads “K. MIDDLETON ROOFING”. All work is guaranteed!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
It seems to be time to post this again:
All modern digital infrastructure is a precariously balanced pile held up by a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 13/10/2025
See me live on tour! Starts this Friday in LEICESTER at @theytheatre.bsky.social before heading to NORTHAMPTON @royalderngate.bsky.social on Saturday and BRISTOL Comedy Box on Sunday! Tickets: www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t... (Pls like and share!)
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This poll in The Times is still open. Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
My experience, for what it’s worth.
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Samhain’d Lad @keelanhothothot.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I have called every radio station in this godforsaken country to play my favourite Spooky Season song and they refuse. Put @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social on the airwaves you cowards youtu.be/HR74FsiTvbM?...
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The Monster Mash but it's an Irish Ballad
YouTube video by Michael Fry (BigDirtyFry)
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 06/10/2025
Meeting two potential American refugees from Denver…
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Every time you use stupid ChatGPT, a thing that I once saw get a long multiplication sum wrong, it uses ten times as much electricity as searching the same thing on Google and the server cooling systems mean each use consumes half a litre of water.
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Phil Myers @philmyers53.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Farage wants to remove those who have lived in this country for many years Decent people wouldn't do that Decent people don't vote Reform
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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 29/09/2025
Saying ID cards will prevent illegal working is really putting a lot of faith in people already breaking the law not wanting to break the law.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
You can go on TV and say the sky was made from recycled carrier bags by retired seamstresses in Portsmouth and if you are from a right wing think tank the news will report it as one side of a contested debate.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 17/09/2025
See me live on tour! I’m going to Leicester, Northampton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Taunton, Southend-on-sea, Cambridge, Southampton, Leeds, Liverpool, Guildford and Brighton. www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...
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