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AngryGeriatricGenx @angrygeriatricgenx.bsky.social · 40m

Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 2h

Arron Banks:

- Est. net worth: £250m (in 2017)

- Complex web of offshore companies in various tax havens

- Lied to a parliamentary committee about his multiple "business" meetings with agents of Putin's mafia state

How much more normal can you get?

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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 9m

There is a lot of this going on in the media sadly. Reforms potential hopefully Will weaken if we keep calling them out.
just seen a horrific video on Instagram of ICE brutality abusing and arresting little children. Where is the BBC on this, why are our own government not calling out Trump thugs?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

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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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 12h

Pity those of us who now reside in Reform controlled councils.
Voted in by the hard of thinking, who will soon feel in their pockets, the stupidity of their choice.

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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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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 15h

" ....another condemnation of the enormous level of self-inflicted harm that Brexit has forced on us."

www.thenewworld.co.uk/jonty-bloom-...

The worst pro-Brexit book ever written

An author hides behind a pseudonym to invent 75 reasons to celebrate Britain’s slow collapse

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Trafford Green Party @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social · 1d

The Green Team out in force in Hale 💚 Click the link to donate to our crowdfunder and keep Hale Green 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lets-keep-...

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Runaway #ClimateChange is here, now.

The only party with any plan to deal with it is @greenparty.org.uk.

All Labour can think of is chasing endless economic growth that NEVER "trickles down" and is an excuse to avoid ever discussing wealth redistribution.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 13h

Well said.

Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Runaway #ClimateChange is here, now.

The only party with any plan to deal with it is @greenparty.org.uk.

All Labour can think of is chasing endless economic growth that NEVER "trickles down" and is an excuse to avoid ever discussing wealth redistribution.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 13h

And where are they now Peter? Living it up on their dark money.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21h

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

www.theguardian.com

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 15h

"If it walks, talks & looks like political desperation ......"

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

Labour are breaking the Brexit taboo – but not for the reason you think

You can get The National's Real Scottish Politics newsletter free and direct to your inbox every weekday. To sign up, click HERE and click the +…

www.thenational.scot

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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 20h

We will need to hold Nuremberg trials for ICE.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 21h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 13h

Little sheep - occasionally lost. 🐑🌞

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Greens WILL 'overtake Tories and replace Labour' as support surges.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

Exclusive: Greens Plan To 'Overtake Tories And Replace Labour' As Support Surges

The party has also seen its membership break through 100,000 for the first time.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 1d

The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com

“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed.

The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.

No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

In the month since I was elected leader of the Green Party, we have gained a new member equivalent of every single minute. 24/7.

We're all smiling. But we've also got a big job to do.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Visibly enthusiastic, incredibly articulate and with a winning smile that never left his face, Zack seemed entirely at home

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for Starmer to abandon the race to keep up with the economy-sapping immigration policies of the man who brought us Brexit in the first place. Until he takes that step, the “severe and long-lasting” impact of leaving the EU, identified by Reeves today, will only keep getting worse.

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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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 1d

A skin crawling experience for Meloni, no doubt!

‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit"

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

‘I am the only one that matters’: Trump deals praise and insults at Gaza summit

Self-styled world’s greatest peacemaker calls Meloni ‘beautiful’ and Erdoğan a ‘friend’, but takes jab at Iraqi and Canadian leaders

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · 2d

Why would any qualified professional want to come to UK?
There are much more welcoming places to live and work with a better quality of living, than broken Britain. #RejoinEU
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

www.bbc.co.uk

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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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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

The next time a Brit enters the EU, you’ll need to register your fingerprints and have a photo taken.

That data stays in the system for three years. It’ll automatically log when you enter and leave, enforcing the 90-days-in-180 rule
@europeanmovement.co.uk