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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 5h

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3h

"Politics is catching up with economic reality" - Best for Britain CEO, @pimlicat.bsky.social
on LBC after the Chancellor confirms Brexit remains a key economic challenge facing the UK almost ten years since the referendum.

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Loon Watcher @loonwatch.bsky.social · 3h

The Slow Learners (Type 2 #Brexit losers) are finally catching up. Some will never

#BrexitIsTheft

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4h

@pimlicat.bsky.social: “Rachel Reeves is completely correct to highlight the long-term damage of Brexit."

"Our polling shows a majority of voters view Brexit as a failure for the country, and expect ministers to work with the EU to find a way to fix the damage."

https://bit.ly/4oh7WLH

Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 6h

‘Intersected’. The torturous language to avoid calling corruption, corruption

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11h

President Trump's personal business and his government role intersected when he was heard on a hot mic arranging a meeting between his son Eric, who runs the family company, and Indonesia’s leader.

‘I’ll Have Eric Call’: Trump Sets Up Son’s Meeting With Indonesian President

A hot-mic moment suggested a blurry line between the U.S. president’s roles as political leader and businessman.

on.wsj.com

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 14h

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

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Loon Watcher @loonwatch.bsky.social · 11h

Correction: The BBC Centre Right and GBbeeBees, Far Right

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11h

“By 2028, Marshall boasted, “we will be left with two dominant news channels: the BBC representing the centre left, and GB News representing the centre right”. Marshall and the other backers of GB News don’t need to do anything other than wait to be guaranteed a breakthrough – and they know it.”

Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right

The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s mo...

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 16h

“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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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 16h

@hannahfearn.bsky.social, @jonnelledge.bsky.social, @hern.bsky.social and @mattgreencomedy.com discuss digital I.D. in the latest episode 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

#digitalid #ID #IDcards #DigitalID #ukpolitics

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Loon Watcher @loonwatch.bsky.social · 15h

Rachel Reeves says it: #BrexitIsTheft

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

Help @bylinetimes.bsky.social step things up a level. We’re raising £20k to build a new special investigations team led by Nafeez Ahmed
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/nostoneuntur...

#NoStoneUnturned – Byline Times Shop

#NoStoneUnturned Help Byline Times go where others dare to tread. We’re raising £20k to build a new special investigations team led by Nafeez Ahmed. Byline Times is asking for your support to advance ...

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Interesting change…

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 1d

For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.

Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”

The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.

Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage

We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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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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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

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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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a task that shouldn’t be left to @bylinetimes.bsky.social alone: The fourth estate has a job to do in defence of freedom and democracy. Are they too keen to report on the chaos of a Reform government (until that time when mass deportations and arrest of “dissidents” begins?) Too late then.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 1d

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax | Peter Sagar

County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · 3d

He’s so good at this

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 12d

"Real pride comes when you no longer hide who you are"

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 18d

Farage. GB News. Reform UK. The far right’s disinformation playbook is fuelling riots, racism and division.

I am here to Tansplain how it works, why it spreads, and how to fight it.

Show it to those you know who are buying this bullshit.

youtu.be/iFwsqEc43zY?...

Farage, GB News & the Far Right Disinformation Playbook: Show This To Your Reform Voting Uncle 🇬🇧

YouTube video by Supertanskiii

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 3d

SUNDAY SCHOOL DROP

☮️🏆 Who is María Corina Machado & how bruised is Trump?

💸 Reform struggles to find DOLGE cuts

📚RIP Jilly Cooper & all hail the trashy novel

open.spotify.com/episode/2jKt...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Sunday School: The Big Blag Theory

open.spotify.com

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Loon Watcher @loonwatch.bsky.social · 4d

Tbf, Britain did choose to be smaller and weaker. And now getting it good and hard...

#BrexitIsTheft

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7d

Reform UK in the dock ⚖

9th October Andy Osborn.
14th October Neil Stevens, Tony Stevens, and Rob Sheridan.
15th October Sarah White.
21st November Nathan Gill.
16th December Mandy Clare.
22nd May 2026 Daniel Taylor.

Under investigation:
Joseph Boam.
Lee Duffy.
George Cottrell.

#ReformInTheDock

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 7d

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

✏️ @editormattkelly.bsky.social

Arrested for holding up a copy of The New World. How bloody un-British

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

www.theguardian.com

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Loon Watcher @loonwatch.bsky.social · 7d

The far right threat is clear and present. Don't do Reform's job by putting forward its talking points. Do the Window Opening thing for once, before its too late.