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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2h

18yo is encountering AI interview HR processes. Unfortunately he’s not in a position to tell these processes to go and fuck themselves.

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 3h

"Tony Blair should not be anywhere near Gaza's reconstruction. The only people who should be deciding on the future of Gaza's reconstruction are the Palestinian people."
☆Jeremy Corbyn speaking at Progressive international's conference in Kuala Lumpar yesterday.

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Lee @justlee.bsky.social · 3h

More Russia links to be ignored by the mainstream media.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 19h

"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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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 3h

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Asks why all this emphasis on the China espionage case in the British press?
Well the newspaper bosses seem to be interested in keeping the Farage bandwagon going. There is a need to distract from the Russia story.
Guess they want to see a Faragist government.

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 4h

UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.

But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.

Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21h

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 3h

Truly mindboggling this Israel&international far-right relationship.

U.K. far-right agitator Tommy Robinson visits Israel despite outcry by British Jews

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli Invited Tommy Robinson Amid Criticism From British Jews, Who Condemned the Visit as 'A Slap in the Face' After the Deadly Manchester Synagogue Attack. Robinson, a Conv...

www.haaretz.com

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 3h

#talkcollapse:

"Millions more homes in England, Scotland and Wales face devastating floods, and some towns may have to be abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable."

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 3h

How Malta’s Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Connects to an Organisation Close to Nigel Farage.
Turlough Conway shows that two men associated with the murder of Malta’s most famous journalist were also key donors to Nigel Farage’s pan-European political project
bylinetimes.com/2019/12/03/h...

How Malta's Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Connects to an Organisation Close to Nigel Farage

Turlough Conway reports on two men associated with the murder of Malta's most famous journalist, who were key donors to Nigel Farage’s pan-European political project.

bylinetimes.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

Councillor Darren Grimes is a grotesque waste of money.

Scrapping Durham solar panel scheme is 'grotesque waste of money'

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2553897...

Council told scrapping solar panel scheme is 'grotesque waste of taxpayers' money'

Council leaders have denied claims that scrapping a County Durham solar panel scheme is a “grotesque waste of taxpayers’ money”.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

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Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 4h

#SpotTheScammer

@amelia825.bsky.social "Elly" - why "Amelia" in handle? Exclusively following men. Claims to be "good and honest", but using a pic of a woman whose images are in such prolific use on social media/escort/dating sites, I can't trace the real owner. See Google screenshot.

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 4h

Tommy Rogers (b.1849) was one of the last Severn watermen. He was a coracle maker, poacher, and larger-than-life Ironbridge character. Known for his expert knowledge of the Severn, he saved 8 lives and recovered more than 80 bodies alongside his son from the river Severn.

#Shropshire #Ironbridge

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 BREAKING: Israel Broke the Ceasefire EVERY DAY So Far

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 7d

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 7d

And, yes, wildlife, we need to stop washing nitrate + phosphate into a river where salmon are perilously close to becoming locally extinct.

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Mykomment @mykomment.bsky.social · 3h

Stiffening regulation and inspections on defaulters needs to be included though, otherwise:-
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 7d

Jobs working directly on the river - fishing guides, boating, watersports, but also, cafés, pubs, hotels, tourist attractions - many small + medium size businesses depend on a clean river. Their interests need to be considered as well as those of the companies who run intensive farms.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 7d

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 7d

Jobs working directly on the river - fishing guides, boating, watersports, but also, cafés, pubs, hotels, tourist attractions - many small + medium size businesses depend on a clean river. Their interests need to be considered as well as those of the companies who run intensive farms.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 7d

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 4h

Glad to see the govt has extended these vital schemes as farmers were facing a cliff edge at the end of the year.

But what we really need is a long-term farming support scheme that protects nature & supports food production - this should be an urgent priority for govt.

A screenshot of the government's press release. Text reads "Countryside Stewardship extended to support farming and nature
Thousands of farmers will receive extensions to continue restoring nature and farming sustainably, supporting long-term food security."

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 4h

"Political parties on the right and far right (even Labour, who seek to weaken ECHR influence) are using 'illegal' immigration as an excuse to leave the convention. It protects all of our human rights, not just the ability to deport people who are in the U.K. illegally."
via Joyce Duncan

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 5h

Who runs Labour’s housing policy? The biggest profit-driven big developers, that’s who.

Not councils, not Mayors with carefully Green-influenced policies, not housing co-ops or charities, not even housing associations. And definitely not homeless families.

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 13h

Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target trib.al/QKSFLn2

Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target

A requirement for developers to build affordable housing in London is set to be cut from 35% of new homes to 20%, in a move councils fear will spread across Britain

inews.co.uk

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Mykomment @mykomment.bsky.social · 4h

What's wrong with having opinions on Brexit, either way?
Hangs out with Terrorists, stop resding the Daily Mail and read up-No, he doesn't.
Pro Russia- that's no he doesn't again.
Take care.
jeremycorbyn.org.uk/crisis-in-uk...

Crisis in Ukraine – Jeremy Corbyn MP

jeremycorbyn.org.uk

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Mykomment @mykomment.bsky.social · 4h

I quite like Jeremy Corbyn ethics but he does seem unable to handle the horses, so to speak.
McDonnell/Starmer looked like the sensible crowd, little did we realise the cauldron of betrayel they masked tho, all now fully revealed.
So, who knows where this is going, the next GE will be bonkers imo.

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Mykomment @mykomment.bsky.social · 5h

Mutual aid, maybe.
But yes, "join forces" , not entirely sure what that might mean.
The overlaps won't help when each of them are only doing 3000 when candidates hit 17000 at the GE. so some collaboration is needed but what?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h

Rachel Reeves should consider welfare cuts in budget, says right-wing IFS.

They want the govt to hurt the poor, old, sick, disabled; curtail redistribution which enables millions to survive.

Silence on corporate welfare, ending profiteering, tax abuse by corporations/rich.

It is class war.

Rachel Reeves should consider welfare cuts in budget, IFS says

Thinktank urges chancellor to take ‘bold’ action on benefits and pensions to placate jittery financial markets

www.theguardian.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5h

Oh.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5h

The British voted for Brexit because of immigration.

But now, they want to turn back the clock in favor of the pre-2021 border system.

Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.

www.politico.eu

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