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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

@bbcnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com @thetimes.com @thesun.co.uk

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

His idea of fresh thinking would put 5 year ols back down the mines! And we do not need coal!! We are moving closer to being less reliant on anything except renewables

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

Nigel’s got a monorail to sell Wales…

Farage promises ‘fresh thinking’ for Wales but says policies will come later

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Farage promises ‘fresh thinking’ for Wales but says policies will come later

Reform leader hints at major changes ahead of Senedd election REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage has said it is “too early” to set out detailed policies for next year’s Senedd election – but promised his p...

pembrokeshire-herald.com

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

And we all remember that outcome.................

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

Nigel Farage, coming to a city near you.

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

“Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks”

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

How absolutely dare reform! They are craven.

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

Reform UK-controlled Worcestershire County Council is set to slash £3m from its special educational needs and disabilities and social care capital budgets while tightening its borrowing restrictions.

£3m Midland special needs education cuts branded 'shortsighted' and 'bizarre'

Reform UK accused by Tory of cutting a secondary school but not lunches served at full council meetings

uk.news.yahoo.com

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

Questions should be asked and answers demanded

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

Is Nigel Farage Moscow’s Man?

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Is Nigel Farage Moscow’s Man?

YouTube video by Political X

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

Garbage comes out of farage's mouth over and over.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage should tell the people of #Caerphilly about how he wants to abolish the Senedd.

Actually, no need, we have a video of him saying it.

(Also about how Fox Hunting turns him on).

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

reform must be exposed over and over for the lies and misinformation they spread.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK need to come clean about refugees in Wales.

85% of refugees in Wales being supported are Ukrainian and the grand total of ALL refugees being supported is under 3k.

Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

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Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

Martin Shipton Leading members of the Ukrainian community in Caerphilly are making a formal complaint to the official running the seat’s Senedd by-election, alleging that Reform UK is lying about the ...

nation.cymru

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

We can all thank goodness for gb news stupidity.

Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 4d

GBNews predicted Reform would win! Well done @libdems.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 4d

Kenn Valley (Teignbridge) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 50.4% (+11.0)
➡️ RFM: 23.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-19.0)
🙋 Ind: 8.2% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-13.9)
🌹 LAB: 2.7% (-9.9)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Thomas is 100% right. There's no law (yet) that a news network has to put proven liars on the air to lie to their audience. If a network thinks it needs to put Vance on because he's VP, the network needs to make the defense of truth so aggressive that Vance ends the interview and flees.

Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 2d

Blame him for being an asshole, a conman, and a liar…

But realize there’s another person there who is letting him lie.

Until this acquiescence to the firehose of lies stops, we’re all fucked.

Hold media accountable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

GS: “Did Homan keep the $50,000 bribe?”

VANCE: “I don’t even know what you’re talking about.” 🤔

GS: “You didn’t answer the Q… We’ll be right back.”

GS gets fed up with Vance’sabsurd lying and gaslighting — and eventually cuts him off mid-sentence.

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

Well DJT needs something done and maybe that should be punishing him..................

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Help me out here. When did Biden take office? Who was the FBI director on January 6th? Who appointed that FBI director?

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

I suppose that sums up how revolting they really are

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

Reform councillor apologises after urinating on street during campaign trail

Reform councillor apologises after urinating on street

He was caught by a Ring doorbell camera

www.somersetlive.co.uk

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

reform thrives on division and hate as well as lies and misinformation

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

Reform accused of 'thriving on hate' after asylum accommodation misinformation

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Reform accused of 'thriving on hate' after asylum accommodation misinformation

Rumours spread online that Kilgraston School was going to be turned into large-scale asylum accommodation.

news.stv.tv

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 4d

GBNews predicted Reform would win! Well done @libdems.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 4d

Kenn Valley (Teignbridge) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 50.4% (+11.0)
➡️ RFM: 23.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-19.0)
🙋 Ind: 8.2% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-13.9)
🌹 LAB: 2.7% (-9.9)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 1d

And Kent people will suffer when reform councillors still take money from local councils

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

Reform UK’s DOGE is DEAD

EIGHT Reform UK councils are considering raising council tax because they haven’t found anything significant to cut.

That’s TWO Reform UK local election pledges broken.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 2d

Reform: the equivalent of a political suicide pill.

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Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 1d

⚡King Charles closes door on Prince Andrew after new Epstein revelations

The king has banned Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson from the royal family's traditional Christmas celebrations after new revelations in the Epstein case.

www.vg.no/rampelys/i/Q...

Kong Charles stenger døren for prins Andrew etter ny Epstein-avsløring

Kongen utestenger prins Andrew og Sarah Ferguson fra kongefamiliens tradisjonsrike julefeiring etter nye avsløringer i Epstein-saken.

www.vg.no

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 1d

I would not hesitate doxxing a friend, a coworker or even a family member if they started working with ICE. They all deserve to be "unmasked" and called out in public. Maybe if everyone reported them they might rethink their career choices.

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 7d

They are opening the ajar door fully to reform now.

pat123.bsky.social @pat123.bsky.social · 7d

Unbelievable that a once great party has lost all intellectual and philosophical reasoning . Also all thinking now subsievant to populist shallow slogans of division.

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 7d

Compare to the Lib Dems, LAbour and Greens conferences and you see a dying and irrelevant dodo.

K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 7d

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Everybody Knows this is nowhere. Tory Conference Day 2. That sinking feeling

Guardian Report

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abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 7d

Why are the media not asking farage who paid for the Clacton house, about his relationship with Russia, even about reform's actual policies of which there are no real concrete ones???? @reformexposed.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social @bbcnews.bsky.social

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 7d

Still quite early today in Great Britain but here we are already at renewables of just over 40%.

abelle02.bsky.social @abelle02.bsky.social · 7d

He was a true person who evoked the background of Birmingham. Jenrick needs to become better educated and not just spout things that are designed to be devisive.

Only in Birmingham podcast @onlyinbirmingham.bsky.social · 7d

#Handsworth could teach @RobertJenrick how to live in a global society. #BenjaminZephaniah - spirit of #Birmingham - said "Handsworth for me is...where I learnt all my skills, my communication skills, my hustling skills, my poetic skills, everything."

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