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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 4h

There is a real chance that Reform could win in Caerffili.

If that thought concerns you, there’s only one thing to do.

Voting Plaid Cymru is the only way to keep Reform out of our Senedd.

@lsrplaid.bsky.social on @quietriotpod.bsky.social

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 3h

For Israel Aid has always been transactional, a tool, a weapon - this headline makes it clear. For the want of a handful of dead bodies (and it was made clear yesterday by the Red Cross how hard such returns are) Israel reflexively halves aid - to millions of starving people.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 3h

And now, the reality:

- Cambodia and Thailand: it was a border conflict that ended thanks to mediation by Malaysia. All Trump did was a phone call threatening tariffs.

- Kosovo and Serbia: there was no war

- DRC and Rwanda: war did not end, violence continues 1/2

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Green is a mission @greenisamission.bsky.social · 3h

Thoughts

Bringing nature into your home doesn't mean you'll save the world, but it's a good start.💚☘️🌿🌱🌳🌲🍀💚

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 3h

Truss has been skipping her meds again👇🏼🙄

She could’ve saved a lot of typing if she’d just put

“The cause of Britain's stagnation and debt was me being Prime Minister for 49 days, during which I crashed the economy with my own brand of unhinged economics”

But as they say ‘the truth hurts’❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

An unhinged rant by Liz truss but honestly does not bear repeating

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grandad46.bsky.social @grandad46.bsky.social · 3h

If Starmer was a real human being he would stop ALL Israeli goods and services now, but that's not likely to happen.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 3h

⚠Reform aren't offering real solutions - they're exaggerating and exploiting immigration to divide us.

Their rhetoric is making families feel unwelcome in their own communities.

🗳On 23 October, vote Plaid Cymru to stop Reform's hate-fuelled politics in its tracks.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 1d

Either write off 'people in poorer health .. more likely to vote Reform UK' as stupid - and settle to a landslide fascist Farage victory

Or find better ways to let them know Reform wants to dismantle the NHS, in effect culling the poor, sick & disabled

meme via Mandy Shering

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7h

Aerial footage captures the massive destruction around Sheikh Radwan pond, north of Gaza City, where residential neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble.

(Eye on Palestine)

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1h

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he is ‘talking to Labour MPs about defections’ as his party enjoys a membership surge

Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he is “talking to Labour MPs about defections” as his party enjoys a membership surge. When the self-described “eco-populist” took the reins of the party at t...

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Andy @lm99.bsky.social · 1h

Is this true?

If so, it needs to be on every media - it won't...but it should

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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 9h

An Israeli hostage upon his release:
#FreePalestine

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

The hypocrisy of Carole Malone finding a word offensive and then immediately asking a man whose ancestors actually fled the nazis... this:

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

What ceasefire?

Al Jazeera tweet:

@AJENews • 4h
BREAKING: Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that Israeli tanks fired at Palestinians in the town of Bani Suhaila and the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood, east of Khan Younis.
LIVE updates: aje.io/zyn1zz?update=...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2h

More than 30 peace activists arrested in West Bank for helping Palestinians harvest olives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-peace-activists-arrested-west-bank-helping-palestinians-harvest

More than 30 peace activists arrested in West Bank for helping Palestinians harvest olives

<article data-history-node-id="430287" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-peace-activists-arrested-west-bank-helping-palestinians-harvest" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-peace-activists-arrested-west-bank-helping-palestinians-harvest" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">More than 30 peace activists arrested in West Bank for helping Palestinians harvest olives</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli military detained and are deporting dozens of foreign peace activists in the West Bank who were helping Palestinians from the village of Burin near Nablus harvest olives.</p> <p>Israeli police said they arrested seven of the 32 detainees carrying symbols of the United Agricultural Labor Committees ( UAWC), which they saw as declared a terrorist organization in 2021.</p> <p><em>- Haaretz reporting</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 23h

What's that?
No, it can't be?
But of course it is...
More #ReformRussianBribes

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 23h

"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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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 7h

Israel is a pariah state

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 22h

Israel returns bodies still in shackles – Gaza Health Ministry
www.channel4.com/news/israel-...

Israel returns bodies still in shackles – Gaza Health Ministry

Israel has now handed over the bodies of 90 Palestinians to Gaza's Health Ministry.

www.channel4.com

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine selling out to the Russians. Imagine selling out to Pro Lifers
Imagine turning your back on EU
Imagine betraying your country
Imagine being a dodgy house buyer
Imagine that smirk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4h

Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman owe £145m, their estimated wealth is £500m.

They should be arrested and kept in prison until they payup in full.

Just like any criminal who stole this much would be.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 2h

A UK Government minister who said ‘something is amiss’ with Wales missing out on HS2 funding has confirmed the nation will not receive a multi-billion-pound windfall

UK minister derails hopes of Wales receiving £4.6bn ‘owed’ from HS2

Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter A UK Government minister who said “something is amiss” with Wales missing out on HS2 funding has confirmed the nation will not receive a multi-billion-pound windfall...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 22h

And now time to watch Marie Antoinette after a day of further inevitable decline and the anxiety that’s attached to being unable to make the difference you want to.

a woman in a white dress is laying on a chair with a pink cake on a table

Alt: a woman in a white dress is laying on a chair with a pink cake on a table

media.tenor.com

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Dr Simon Ubsdell @simonubsdell.bsky.social · 3h

"Farage deserves the media exposure because he's riding high in the polls."

Oh, sorry, that's the other script.

"Farage doesn't deserve the media exposure because ..."

Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 4h

Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove

Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it

It got buried quick eh❗️😡

Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat - BBC News

Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.

www.bbc.com

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 8h

If every youthful Green/Left voter
was also an activist
leafletting, canvassing,
discussing, debating,
organising protests,
stalls in every town centre ...

"Ever wondered why so many Reform voters only want the middle-aged and the elderly to be allowed to vote?"
via Against Tories & Tory Austerity

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4h

The only question anybody should ask is, why is Israel STILL in Gaza, STILL killing Palestinians.

When there is supposed to be a Ceasefire?

It is Israel breaking the Ceasefire and the War Criminals need to be evicted.

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

Libraries in Reform UK run Staffordshire are being forced to close.

They are refusing to hire much needed staff and refusing over time or paying for staff to be covered. This is resulting in libraries closing because of too few staff, despite there being available staff to cover.

#Farageheit411

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