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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 18h

A really recommended watch.

Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 1d

Please please watch Riot Women. It is tough, uncompromising, and brilliant, but deep down joyful bit.ly/48wo3Rc

How Sally Wainwright made musicians out of actors for Riot Women

Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne and Amelia Bullmore tell of ‘terrifying’ music lessons for Wainwright’s new punk-rock drama for the BBC

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the latest 'scoop' being spread by right wing gobshites on Shitter. Except:
-he’s not a teacher, he’s an assistant
-the school didn’t sack him, he works for an agency
-they stopped using him not for putting up flags but for posting racist bollocks and misinformation online.

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 20h

Another day and yet another example of Reform hypocrisy

Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 20h

You couldn’t really make it up. Ron Firman a Reform Party Councillor urges schools to teach responsible smartphone use, fair enough. But Ron used to post racist and sexist stuff online, racist Ron with a nice line in brazen hypocrisy.

www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/...

Northampton Reform UK councillor who tweeted racist and sexist remarks calls for children to be taught 'responsible smartphone use'

A Reform UK councillor who previously posted racist and sexist remarks on social media has called on schools to teach children how to use smartphones responsibly.

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 20h

They may as well have killed her with their own hands.
Release the Epstein files.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 22h

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Louis O'Brien @louobrien19.bsky.social · 20h

Thursday's MIRROR: £145m owed...not a penny paid back #TomorrowsPapersToday

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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 21h

Legend! 👏👏👏

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 22h

Well said . I d rather watch paint dry than watch the clown show known as GB news .

Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 1d

GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe net migration to UK rising, study finds

I’d like to add they’re also more likely to

Be bigoted racists✅
Have reading skills limited to right wing rags Daily Fail/Telegraph etc✅
Call themselves TRU PAYTRIOTS✅
Get over excited about Flags✅
Be gullible✅

GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe net migration to UK rising, study finds

Research also finds majority of people are against letting politicians front current affairs programmes

www.theguardian.com

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 23h

Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Louis O'Brien @louobrien19.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday's STAR: Gavin & numpty #TomorrowsPapersToday

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 1d

You get what you vote for . People were fooled and taken in by the lies and now they unfortunately are going to pay the price

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

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

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

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

nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 1d

This is the state of the UK in 2025 . The right wing media and certain politicians are partly to blame for this with their dangerous rhetoric

Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'Incidents include threats to rape and kill staff, verbal and physical abuse of beneficiaries on the street, attempted break-ins to charity-owned accommodation, and damage to offices and vandalism, including anti-migrant and racist graffiti.'
Who are we?

Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 2d

🚨NEWS🚨

We have co-signed this letter alongside leading charities, calling on the Prime Minister to protect everyone’s human rights in the face of far right threats.

This letter highlights to heightened threats of violence our communities are facing 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

I assume all the 'hurty word' free speech warriors that were crying their eyes out over Lucy Connolly will be absolutely furious about the guy who has just been sent to prison for his social media posts about Nigel Farage.

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Kerry = Antifa = Anti-Fascist @kerry10.bsky.social · 1d

One can only hope.

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson is an absolute disgrace.

Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 2d

This abomination of a man has the face and eyes of a rat.. which says all you need to know about Boris Johnson ❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Boris Johnson, "My job was to deliver on the mandate of the people and to get Brexit done"

"In 2016, Margaret Thatcher would have been on the side of leaving the EU"

His expression shows that he doesn't believe what he's saying 🤷‍♂️

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson didn’t just damage our kids . He damaged the whole country. He is an absolute disgrace

Louis O'Brien @louobrien19.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday's MIRROR: Boris did harm our kids #TomorrowsPapersToday

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 1d

Well said

BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest priority is to flatten Reform in the polls.
Bury them under an electoral landslide from which they will never recover.
They are the biggest threat to Britain and our nations since the Second World War.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Keep it up, folks!

Together - hope is here!

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson and the so called journalists are a disgrace. There was nothing funny about what happened during the pandemic. Thousands of people died and yet these 3 clowns think it is appropriate to laugh about what happened during Covid

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Williamson has described the decision to open, then close, primary schools on 4 January 2021 as “panicked”.

I would describe it as idiotic.

Boris Johnson gave parents 'false hope' over schools reopening, Gavin Williamson tells Covid inquiry

Watch as the former education secretary gives evidence at the inquiry, which is focusing on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

When I see announcements like this, I have to ask - how many of the people out there who are so vehemently anti-migrant would actually pass English at an A-Level standard?

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Passports
Fast Track
My hote of
Passports ePassports
UK Border

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I'm with Mick on this one. Their behavior is not just appalling, it's vile and disgusting.

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 2d

I had so much hope for a Labour government but now I totally agree with what Chris Packham says . The Labour Party need to give their head a wobble and stop trying to pander to Reform and I say this as someone who lives in a so called red wall area .

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 3d

“Councils have resorted to selling school playing fields and other assets ... they’re willing to make huge losses on previously sold Right to Buy homes, even despite the state of their own finances.”

Our Chief Economist @chrismwhayes.bsky.social in @bigissue.com 👇

www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

Big Issue investigates the Right To Buy properties sold back to councils for massive profits, just years after being bought at a discount.

www.bigissue.com

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nanaj.bsky.social @nanaj.bsky.social · 2d

Well said . Anyone that thinks Reform is the answer to this country s problems need to give their head a serious wobble

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

Two certainties in life are water is wet and Reform lie incessantly❗️

Tice admits £90 Billion (not million) of tax cuts PROMISED in their Manifesto wouldn’t happen❌
8 Reform County Councils will raise Council Tax after promising to cut it❌

Supporting them is like giving an arsonist a box of matches

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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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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