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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8h

🇷🇺 Those links to the Kremlin just won't go away...

🕰️ Well, they are long founded!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/08/revealed-leaveeu-campaign-met-russian-officials-as-many-as-11-times?CMP=share_btn_url

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

www.theguardian.com

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 13h

Heavens, is the automotive sector lying to us again?

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe so-called newspapers have got away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

Where does he come on the heart attack risk scale?

kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

Sky News. Not a credible source. Ignore.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

goodlaw.social

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

For cyclists paint has no magic protective qualities.

Works well on windows and doors though.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 1d

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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NanC Lo @freethinker65.bsky.social · 2d

Um, Biden sent Red areas of the country subsidies for their healthcare, money for their hospitals/schools/infrastructure, aid for disasters. Trump sends in Federal agents in full military gear, with zip ties, gas canisters, and rubber bullets to harass Blue areas.

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

Has he been impeached yet?

kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

Has he been impeached yet?

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but it’s a nice colour and goes faster than my neighbour’s car

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Varyl Thorndycraft @varylt.bsky.social · 1d

The social and environmental costs of private car ownership captured in one screen grab.

From the intro to @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars book

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 2d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

And no mention of Epstein!

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💙🦋 @humanity101.bsky.social · 2d

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Marlowe_UK @irishdreamer.bsky.social · 3d

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

Reform lied to every single fuckwit who cast a vote for them.

Will they be capable of understanding this?

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

www.theguardian.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 2d

More…
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

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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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 2d

Never trust a politician, especially one named Farage.

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 2d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back

goodlawproject.org

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