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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 20h

Folk better stop laughing this off. Reform-run No10 means ripped-up workers’ rights, climate denial baked into policy, migrants and minorities used as target practice, and the NHS carved up for profit. Farage is a millionaire dressed up as “one of the lads,” He and his mates will not suffer you will

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Yet more troubles in Reformland

Local government is not proving to be the cinch that Nigel Farage’s party assumed it to be

www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

Yet more troubles in Reformland

Local government is not proving to be the cinch that Nigel Farage’s party assumed it to be

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social · 10h

Whilst Ukranians were fleeing bombs from Russia; Reform were receiving bribes from Russoa.

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Lindsay Ukranian debate clip

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 18h

The study of the galaxies reveals a universal order and beauty. It also shows us chaotic violence on a scale hitherto undreamed of. That we live in a universe which permits life is remarkable. That we live in one which destroys galaxies and stars and worlds is also remarkable.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 13h

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

leftfootforward.org

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 14h

Refuse. Resist.

youtu.be/6ODNxy3YOPU

Sepultura - Refuse/Resist [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

YouTube video by Roadrunner Records

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

Reform UK: ‘They made promises to the electorate that had no plan or evidence behind them'

www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/politic...

'They made promises to the electorate that had no plan or evidence behind them'

Leicestershire’s Reform UK group says Council Tax is expected to rise in April next year despite a manifesto pledge.

www.meltontimes.co.uk

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 14h

The beginings of Civil War?

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h

Los Angeles County voted to declare a state of emergency in response to federal ICE raids. Normally reserved for natural disasters, the declaration allows the county to mobilize resources and offer assistance to residents impacted by the raids.

LA County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids

The move allows the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 15h

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 15h

Da ti gwas ffyddlon Jess. Am yrfa!

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 16h

Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize.

From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...

"In the case of slave mode of production,
the exploiters directly own the primary
producers; in feudalism, both have complex
relations to the land, but the lords use direct
jural-political means to extract a surplus; in
capitalism, the exploiters own the means of
production and the primary producers are
thus reduced to selling their labor power.
The state, in each case, is essentially an
apparatus of coercion that backs up these
property rights by force."
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- David Graeber

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 15h

So in summary, we need to move the debate onto ending the UK and replacing it with new arrangements. What are those exactly? What does post-empire GB look like?

#DissolveTheUnion

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 15h

I've argued for some time that independence is a black hole onto which we can superimpose our hopes or fears. It is a blank canvas. Talking about what replaces the UK is tangible and realisable. So it can be campaigned for specifically and in detail.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 15h

I think it is vital that we have a GB-wide conversation on this. Our historic nationhoods are reasserting themselves in this post imperial era. What is our vision for Great Britain as our home? Multicultural British pluralism, a family of nations with a union that reflects that reality.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 15h

Glyndwr Cenydd Jones, now a Labour member if I'm not mistaken, developed this idea further here: www.iwa.wales/wp-content/m...

As a starting point for debate it's very good even if it would not be my endpoint personally. Adam Price former leader of Plaid also had a similar policy recently.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 15h

@zackpolanski.bsky.social we need to open up this debate. You might have heard of @plaidcymru.bsky.social's Gwynfor Evans who took on Thatcher in a fight to secure S4C for Wales? He proposed a "Brittanic Union" to replace the UK.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 16h

If Greens support #Annibyniaeth, then please work closely with @plaidcymru.bsky.social - What constitutional shape should GB take? What replaces the UK? This should be a GB-wide conversation.

#DissolveTheUnion

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 23h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 23h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 16h

"Why doesn't Labour do something about this?" people cry?

Follow the money.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19h

Lib Dem's Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses to UK democracy after Tommy Robinson said Musk is paying for his legal fees

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 1d

Yup!

Tweet by Florence Lox (@floboflo)

Take your Brexit boats, food shortages, 6 hour queues in airports, no living abroad, no studying in Europe, thugs pissing in the street, flags up lampposts, painted roundabouts, shouting at hotels, bricks in the balls, 30p Lee and shove them up your Russian owned sh t pipe.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 1d

Was a kid in the 80's but sounds similar from what I've heard. Upshot is that Labour conceeded to Thatcherism in the end. Blair infamously embracing neoliberalism.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 1d

Important for @plaidcymru.bsky.social, @snp.org, @scottishgreens.org & @greenparty.org.uk this: www.gigapoll.co.uk

Most Britons want functional, democratic government and a fair chance in life.

When we talk about #DissolveTheUnion, that's what we're aiming to achieve. Now go explain that.

The Giga Poll | What Britain Really Thinks

Ground-breaking survey shows how core values of decency and compassion still form the bedrock of our society...silencing the pedlars of hate.

www.gigapoll.co.uk

Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 1d

Dogmatic factionalism formenting internal conflict. Then we wonder why we don't make progress.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 1d

Takes me back to the heady days of YesCymru a few years back. Hope you get a better outcome.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

The Green surge is breaking limits! 😲

Together, we can make hope normal again! 💚

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