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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 11h

Protest
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth
George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK & the movement the PM purports to lead were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 11h

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https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/northern-ireland-peace-disarming-hamas-3976870

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1d

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 2d

This is what we're up against. People still removing woodlands when we've already lost so much

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 1d

After weeks of Reform distancing itself from Nathan Gill, Nigel Farage finally admits he's known him 'for a very long time'

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

leftfootforward.org

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

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World Health Organization
Sharp global rise in
antibiotic-resistant infections
in hospitals, WHO finds
Experts describe findings as
deeply concerning and
predict 70% increase
in related deaths by 2050
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050

www.theguardian.com

alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

‘Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached,
with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ ‘
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’
- report by 160 scientists
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

HOW I LONG TO LICK YOU WITH MY HUGE OLD TONGUE.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying at the armed agents above him before being shot in the head with a pepper ball at least twice and falling to his knees.

Black said he could hear ICE laughing. trib.al/9Nstfnp

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

Nicola Jennings on
the release of Israeli hostages
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News, "In this world of rubble, they're finding many more dead Palestinians in areas the Israelis left"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies

In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 2d

Worth thinking about …

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 1d

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Drone footage shows devastation in Gaza City

www.bbc.co.uk/news

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 2d

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Plastics
The plastic inside us:
how microplastics may be
reshaping our bodies and minds.
The particles are in
our blood, brains and guts –
and scientists are only beginning
to learn what they do.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 2d

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in London to mark two years of war

The demonstration comes after Hamas and Israel agreed a ceasefire and hostage release, expected to take place in the coming days

www.independent.co.uk

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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 2d

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‘I’ve returned to my home in Gaza –
this is what I’ve come back to’
Footage shared with The i Paper
shows crowds of Palestinians
making their way back to war-torn Gaza city,
surrounded by collapsed buildings
and mounds of rubble.

inews.co.uk/news/returne...

‘I’ve returned to my home in Gaza – this is what I’ve come back to’

Footage shared with The i Paper shows crowds of Palestinians making their way back to war-torn Gaza city, surrounded by collapsed buildings and mounds of rubble

inews.co.uk

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 6d

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