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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 16h

Theres soon to be a test on whether those who opine about screening actually understand the principles on which screening programmes are based
Get your revision done

In the meantime here is a masterclass from Prof Baum

(More advanced classes are available)

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 3d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Next week, the Green Party will defend Worcestershire Councillor Hannah Robson in the High Court.

The Reform UK candidate is hoping to overturn our election win!

Can you help us defend Hannah and democracy from this attack? Please donate if you can 🙏

donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/make-sure-we...

Make sure we defend democracy in Worcestershire - Green Party

In the event that there is any money left over after the legal matters have been settled, including if we are able to recover some or all of our legal costs from other parties, then these remaining fu...

donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 4d

Keeping a system that ensures parliament doesn’t reflect the country’s wishes is a political choice. buff.ly/jXOoZKP

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St Mungo's @stmungos.bsky.social · 5d

On #WorldHomelessDay, the Government announced an extra £84m to help people facing homelessness this winter.

St Mungo’s welcomes this vital support — and calls for a long-term plan to end homelessness for good.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3J1ApGx

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Iain AF Fleming @legalweasel.uk · 5d

The first change we should make - and one that can't be easily undone - is a move to PR. Anything else would be legally simple, if procedurally slow, to change back if Reform do get a majority. But PR would deny them both that, and the ability to make sweeping changes.

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Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 5d

🎙️Listen to @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social on BBC Breakfast discussing the Government’s call for evidence on a retail licensing scheme for tobacco and vapes.
🚭Currently, you don't need a license to sell tobacco. This will make it easier for enforcement to take take action against non-compliant retailers

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Beaver Trust @beavertrust.bsky.social · 5d

The results of the study show that beavers can improve habitats for many species on both immediate and legacy timescales.

The removal of beavers from much of the northern hemisphere disrupted the balance - but their return offers a rare opportunity to restore it.

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Helen Walters @helenmw66.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome home!

Helen Walters @helenmw66.bsky.social · 6d

This is quite beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.

Karen O’Donnell @karenod.bsky.social · 6d

It’s Baby Loss Awareness Week.

After losing multiple pregnancies in my 20s, I eventually wrote The Dark Womb about theology and pregnancy loss. Part of that was a selection of prayers & liturgies - available here
@scmpress.bsky.social #babyloss #babylossawarenessweek #theology #prayers

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 6d

OTD 1807: Liberal philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 166 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, it’s a mystery)

Harriet Taylor Mill portrait in gold dress

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Helen Walters @helenmw66.bsky.social · 6d

When will @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social start reporting on this?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 7d

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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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 8d

It's true! When I studied economics, I was stunned by the ROI of social programs. Every dollar spent on childcare returns about $2.80 to the economy, and healthcare delivers even greater returns with broader social impact.

A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 8d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 8d

A first-of-its-kind project supported by MRC and led by @unibirmingham.bsky.social will study the long-term impact of vaping on lung health.

Researchers will examine the biological effects of vaping on lung cells, immune cells, and the airway microbiome.

More: www.ukri.org/news/first-o...

First-of-its-kind study on impact of vaping on respiratory health

The University of Birmingham will lead a £1.55 million MRC-funded project to unravel long-term vaping risks and benefits on lung health for smokers.

www.ukri.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Helen Walters @helenmw66.bsky.social · 8d

This is powerful.
“Let’s make hope normal again”

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 9d

Green Party Political Broadcast.

Monday 6 October, 18:25 on ITV1, 18:55 on BBC One.

ITV ONE BBC ONE
Monday 6 October, 18:25 ITV1 & 18:55 BBC ONE (England only)
Party Political Broadcast
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

With photo of Zack Polanski

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10d

“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose”

Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage Is a Racist

The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
ADAM BIENKOV
OCT 04, 2025

Nigel Farage is a racist. That is my honestly held opinion based on absolutely everything he has said and done since entering politics in the late nineties.

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Helen Walters @helenmw66.bsky.social · 11d

Do better @skynewsrss.bsky.social !

+Sarah has a name all of her own. She also has had two stellar careers that are possibly more relevant to being ABC than her marital status and the number of her children.

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