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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 23h

Actually the moves are widely popular with two-thirds supporting

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Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 1d

It's a peculiar type of peace plan than involves blowing up civilians with tanks and enforced starvation.

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d

Hamas hits out at the BBC - saying it is spreading 'misinformation' and 'false narratives'

Of course, Hamas is not the first group to accuse the BBC of this. Multiple reports have documented the broadcaster's pro-Israel bias.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Hamas hits out at BBC - saying it is spreading 'misinformation' and 'false narratives'

Of course, Hamas is not the first group to accuse the BBC of this. Multiple reports have documented the broadcaster's pro-Israel bias

www.thecanary.co

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

A new week - and a new huge milestone!

@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!

We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 3d

Green Party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green Party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4d

It's amazing that broadcasters still show the comedy movie The Naked Gun, despite wife murderer, armed robber and kidnapper OJ Simpson being in the cast. Imagine if Jimmy Saville had been in The Life of Brian, it'd never be seen again.

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Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 4d

When did fascism get rebranded as "right wing populism"?

Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 4d

Great season, overly sentimental and stodgy finale.

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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · 5d

this high quality gag came from someone who is also here but as he hasn’t posted it himself I assume he doesn’t want to be tagged to share in the glory

Farage is being interviewed. He says “I WAS ABOUT 14 AND IT WAS OVER THE PHOTO OF EVA BRAUN”. The interviewer says “ERM... I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE WEST BANK”

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Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 4d

So we all just forget Israel is an apartheid state who has been on a genocidal rampage, yeah?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

The Green Party is polling higher than ever before. Our membership is growing rapidly.
And every single day we are surging.

Where Labour have failed, the Left must be ready to take on Reform.

news.sky.com/story/bring-...

'Bring it on': Left-wing activists gather for fight back against the right - and Labour

Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will headline a left-wing festival in Manchester this weekend - as progressive voters look for an alternative to Labour.

news.sky.com

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Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 5d

#bbcnews still referring to the genocide in Palestine as a "war". Disingenuous liars.

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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 6d

Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?"

It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 6d

Dear Labour activists ...
1. Saying we need a better tax system that finally gets the super-rich to pay their fair share is not "populism".
2. Not jumping onto the anti-foreigner bandwagon as Starmer has done is not "populism".
3. Criticising genocide is not "populism".

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 6d

Head hits desk.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 6d

The hostages will be released on Monday. Not the 11000 Palestinian ones in Israeli camps obviously, especially the children.

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Revoltinghippie @revoltinghippie.bsky.social · 7d

Apartheid Israel has never kept a peace agreement and it's not going to start now.
Netanyahu will find an excuse to continue the genocide as soon as the Israeli PoWs are released

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Andrew Burrell @andrewkburrell.bsky.social · 7d

Late to the #yellowstone party. They don't half kill a lot of people in Montana.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

"The very people who pledged that Brexit would result in surging levels of non-white immigration, now froth with rage that their promise came true." open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?

We have the receipts, Nigel...

open.substack.com

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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 7d

Because the issue is dickhead owners, not the dogs.
Always was.

BBC Headline: Dog attacks are still rising - even after the XL bully ban

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 7d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 8d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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