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Tracey @bloomingkind.bsky.social · 4h

Either or..

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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 5h

The depressing problem with politics in a nutshell.

How do you even have useful debate in this environment?

It's a problem across the whole electorate but particularly with Reform UK.

This is why it's important to always set high standards of accuracy for yourself.

#UKPolitics #Misinformation

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 5h

Although the IMF has predicted that the UK will be the second-fastest growing G7 economy this year, most Britons feel the UK economy is doing worse than those of other major western countries

Worse: 56%
About the same: 23%
Better: 10%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Tracey @bloomingkind.bsky.social · 4h

And a fragile one - that Israel have gone into in bad faith.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1d

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Tracey @bloomingkind.bsky.social · 4h

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Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 9h

Hahahaha holy crap Starmer is obliterating Badenoch who is flying into narcissistic rage as he reads out her embarrassing past comments saying that "we should stop describing China as a foe or threat".

This is a significant PMQs.

#UKPolitics #PMQs

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Tracey @bloomingkind.bsky.social · 4h

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 10h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

Tracey @bloomingkind.bsky.social · 4h

I mean it’s a low bar - but absolutely

Robin Smith 🇺🇦 @robin.bobin.uk · 8h

Yep. PMQs gives you a good sense of perspective on Keir Starmer in a cautionary "Here's what you could have won" sense.

#UKPolitics #PMQs #Starmer

Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 9h

#Pmqs ah, I’m very greatful Keir Starmer is our PM

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Dee the KittyServant @mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social · 8h

Hmmm. I wonder who is behind this?

Heavy clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border | Afghanistan | The Guardian share.google/ibkIwo934q0t...

Heavy clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military posts

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

Oh.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits

Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s deputy leader has admitted the party cannot deliver the £90bn in tax cuts promised in its manifesto, saying it would concentrate on public spending cuts once in government. Richard Tice said key election pledges such as lifting the income tax threshold would be an “aspiration” and that once in government Reform would concentrate on cutting the civil service and scrapping net zero. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17d

This is the article, I believe, that first kicked things off. That was when the attacks began in earnest.

@peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring…

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Brexit, the ministers, the professor and the spy: how Russia pulls strings in UK

The charges filed against a Trump aide shocked the US – but also shed new light on the complex connections that link Russia to Brexit and the Foreign Office

www.theguardian.com

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

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

I'm only half-joking when I say that maybe this is the way to tackle older Faragist men: Get a smart attractive younger woman to listen to them and then charmingly point out why they're wrong.

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 3d

'The majority of immigrants contribute more than they take.'
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'

Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.

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keweave.bsky.social @keweave.bsky.social · 1d

Reform is unable to govern judging by the performances of the Reform-led councils. I suspect that if they ever got a majority in a General Election they would petition King Trump to become a State of the USA.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 1d

This - and Farage working with wealthy US anti-abortion groups on 'freedom of [our] speech' campaigns (per Byline Times and NY Times) - show significant US financial interference in UK politics.

If you want to end up like the US, first thing to do is let money dominate democracy.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday in Jerusalem & Egypt: a guide for the baffled.
Deporting your own child.
Brexit’s back, baby. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

James O'Brien Daily

Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Israel reportedly pulls back from threat to slash humanitarian aid entering Gaza

Rafah border crossing will be allowed to open, say reports, after Hamas hands over remains of more hostages * Gaza ceasefire – live updates Israel will allow Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt to open and will not cut the amount of humanitarian aid entering the devastated Palestinian territory as threatened, Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, has reported, after Hamas handed over more remains of hostages. The fragile ceasefire in Gaza had faced its first test when Israel said on Tuesday the flow of vital humanitarian assistance into Gaza would be cut by half and the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt would not open on Wednesday as planned, accusing Hamas of failing to comply with the deal agreed last week by delaying the return the bodies of hostages. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 21h

Someone I know has friends in the military and they're being apparently deployed to Idaho for no real reason but it seems connected to this Qatar thing. Everything is really stupid

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 4h

No child chooses to be killing machines for imperialism. They dream about being a hero and saving the innocent. This is where Zionism steps in to manufacture fables and fictions that help turn the innocent dreams of Jewish children into a dystopian nightmare for greed and profit.

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