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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h

Rachel Reeves' admission of the "severe" economic damage of Brexit is welcome.

Now it's time for the government to stop making it even worse

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/15/k...

Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...

bylinetimes.com

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AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 1d

Here! THIS crosses the line for everybody. Your boss Mr T with his pedophile friends.
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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 24d

@paulinsc.bsky.social #Discover #📰News #Epstein #Epstein/Trump #EpsteinFiles #Felon #Rapist #Traitor #Psychopath

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 6h

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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

The global network of the radical right is a threat to our democracy. 🚨

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social on Musk and Tommy Robinson: "It is outrageous that a man who has so much control over what people read online could be funding someone who stokes far right extremism on our streets."

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 5h

Lib Dem deputy leader @libdemdaisy.bsky.social asked Keir Starmer whether he would commission the security services to "assess the threat that Elon Musk poses to our democracy"

Her question at #PMQs comes after Tommy Robinson claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6h

Why is Badenoch going on and on about the failure of this China trial.

The PM has been clear he is going to publish what information he can and that it all happened under the last government....and that it will show her to be wrong.

Yet she is still going and going. She's a disgrace!

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6h

Nigel Farage claimed that Warwickshire County Council had blocked Reform’s inquiries into their financial accounts.

The truth? Reform never made any inquiries.

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/nigel-farage-wasnt-telling-the-truth-on-laura-kuenssberg

Nigel Farage wasn't telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform wants to be obstructed by council workers, but it has to try first

www.newstatesman.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5h

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court to testify in his corruption trial, days after US President Trump called for him to be pardoned. Protesters outside the court demanded the trial continue as a test of Israel’s democracy. Netanyahu denies all charges.

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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 5h

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

BREAKING NEWS

In a move that has shocked absolutely no one with basic arithmetic skills, populist right wing party trying to win votes with fantasy economics traipses around in fetching hair shirt after all their policies are found to be economic fantasy.

Reform UK
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

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21h

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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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 21h

🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨

When power centralizes, resistance must decentralize. Apps can’t protect us, only people can. Build networks & community protection!

Organize where you live, or they’ll organize how you live. ✊🏻

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 1d

“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”

🚨 new from me 🚨

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most

www.counterpunch.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 13d

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Sheena Coate @sheenacoate.bsky.social · May 12

These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths

writesbright.substack.com/p/these-two-...

These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths

The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.

writesbright.substack.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13d

“Stop the Lying, Trump and Republicans Own This Government Shutdown”

Read ⁦‪John Harwood‬⁩ for Zeteo:

Stop the Lying, Trump and Republicans Own This Government Shutdown

Recent US government shutdowns stem from a common root cause: the extremism of the modern MAGA Republican Party.

zeteo.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 14d

It’s increasingly clear that convicted Russian influencer Nathan Gill was a senior member of Farage’s entourage. (Banks and Wigmore were also in and out of the Russian embassy sharing FBI files, RT talking points, and discussing gold and diamond privatisation deals)

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18d

Spot which one ISN’T a Kremlin asset

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13d

(1) The prime minister should call out racism whether or not it’s politically convenient to do so.
(2) I absolutely do not believe this is a vote loser for Labour, especially if done right and with conviction

The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 14d

Crying racism only hurts Labour

Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.

📊 @bwalker.uk

Crying racism only hurts Labour

Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.

www.newstatesman.com

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 14d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵