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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 1h

A good thread but this is a particularly important point.
Even with all the favourable exposure they get, Reform *still* aren't very popular. They're nowhere near the majority.
The BBC/Sky need to give the rest of us more of a voice.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2h

Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)

Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 5h

Leftists saying the White House thing doesn’t matter are demonstrating the classic leftist misunderstanding of symbols and the role emotion plays in politics. Sometimes they can be as tone deaf as dumb centrist liberals.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 5h

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Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier statements by Kemi Badenoch & Chris Philp suggest they don't understand what they've done.

Here KB refers to "powers" "allowing" the Government to revoke. There are no powers. Revocation for these millions of people would happen automatically.
www.conservatives.com/news/conserv...

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Penny Flynn @pennyflynn.bsky.social · 13h

The Leopards keep eating faces

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t want to give the answer away, but his initials are DJT.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Honestly, a stupid (but truthful) comment with horrendous timing (shutdown) that would get most Press Secretaries fired. But, as Trump likes to say, she never will be because “those lips move like a machine gun.” bsky.app/profile/hake...

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 14h

The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the President’s main priority.

Meanwhile.

The cost of living is way too high and the Republican healthcare crisis threatens millions of Americans.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22h

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 15h

I’m too risk-averse to gamble. First time I win, I’m walking away. If I lose $100, I’m walking away.

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 15h

I do not need to get into gambling. Gamblers think their little bit of money is going to grow into a lot of money. I know my little bit of money is going to become a lot less money.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h

Trump ballroom sponsors

Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Technology
Microsoft
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Mobile
Tether America
Union Pacific Railroad
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
Edward and Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Benjamin Leon Jr.
The Lutnick Family
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Konstantin Sokolov
Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
Paolo Tiramani
Cameron Winklevossj
Tyler Winklevoss

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Several Tory MPs are unhappy at language of Katie Lam, a junior whip, saying mass deportations of 2-3m+ needed to make Britain "more culturally coherent" (ie, fewer nonwhite migrants) but "not entirely" (ie,some of those she can't deport won't integrate: Muslims)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally settled people

Exclusive: Criticism of Katie Lam comes amid widespread confusion in the party over its policy on indefinite leave to remain

www.theguardian.com

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 17h

MAGAs fall in line to kiss Felon Trump's azz! Musk promises to use his wealth to "primary" those who push back on Trump's evil Project 2025. Trump pardoned 1,500 Jan-6 criminals to build a loyal "goon squad" for a reign of terror.
Use your voice! Say "NO" by electing Democrats.

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 17h

The Argentina bailout scam gets scammier every time you blink:

On top of the original $20 billion bailout, banks will lend Argentina $20 billion. We know Argentina won’t be able to repay it, but taxpayers will shoulder the losses & banks will keep the profits.

open.substack.com/pub/populari...

UPDATE: Taxpayer bailout of Argentina may grow to $40 billion

The bailout, which Trump admitted is of little benefit to Americans, keeps getting bigger.

open.substack.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 17h

"nearly half..." ???

it's an open book test.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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RemembranceWatch @remembrancewatch.bsky.social · 15h

Ultraunrespect, I feel.

@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 16h

@remembrancewatch.bsky.social Would customising your... errr... (checks) *Nazi* tank slippers with a poppy be an unrespect or an ultrarespect?

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Dave Merritt @butwhatifitsall.bsky.social · 15h

It’s all a game. Trump won’t apply the tariffs properly because he doesn’t want to upset his puppet master Putin. Surely the media must know by now that you can’t trust anything Trump says. How they report this with a straight face is beyond me.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Putin says he will never bow to US but concedes sanctions may cause ‘some losses’

China and India likely to scale back Russian oil imports as Trump tries to bring an end to war in Ukraine * Europe live – latest updates Vladimir Putin has said Russia will never bow to US pressure but conceded new sanctions could cause some economic pain, as China and India were reported to be scaling back Russian oil imports after Washington targeted Moscow’s two largest producers. The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as nearly three dozen of their subsidiaries, as the Trump administration increased pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate an end to its war against Ukraine. The EU separately discussed a loan for Ukraine secured on frozen Russian assets and agreed to a phased ban on the import of Russian liquefied natural gas. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks. The truth. Farage, the ex-public school, ex-banker is emphatically NOT on your side.

He is the Establishment pretending not to be the Establishmen so he can con you into using your vote to make his life even cushier and yours even worse.

Tuneraider @tuneraider.bsky.social · 23h

@marcuschown.bsky.social

Morning Marcus,

After your comments, I thought you might like this .

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

Candidate for Reform (formerly Brexit Party, formerly UKIP…) loses case and intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights!

You couldn’t make it up!

Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 3d

More on the private party of good governance.

A Reform council candidate tied with the Greens, lost an electoral toss-up, petitioned the High Court, lost again and incurred a £19k legal bill, and now wants to appeal yet again - this time to the ECHR, that bogeyman of the right 😆

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

I wish this was untrue.

But we all know it isn't.

When will Britain start applying the law equally to ordinary people and the rich & powerful?

I don't how anyone in the UK - our politician and media - can call out corruption in other countries with a straight face.

Martin @capallfada.bsky.social · 2d

Sarkozy starting a jail term for dodgy finacial dealings. In England that would get you a seat in the house of lords and even richer.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 23h

And for that we can thank the sterling job of normalising bigotry done by UK media, including the BBC.

However, I continue to believe that the majority of people in the UK are decent people.

The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 23h

Exclusive: Racist attacks on public transport rise 67 per cent in three years

🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social: The British public are no longer ashamed of their bigotry

Exclusive: Racist attacks on public transport rise 67 per cent in three years

The British public are no longer ashamed of their bigotry

www.newstatesman.com

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Dave Pettit @davepettit.bsky.social · 16h

Animals

▼ ALT-31 @alt31.bsky.social · 21h

⭕En #Cisjordanie, les soldats #Israéliens utilisent une nouvelle arme : les eaux d’égout.

Les maisons #Palestiniennes sont aspergées de liquide fétide — une punition collective déguisée en “Opération de sécurité”.

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Dave Merritt @butwhatifitsall.bsky.social · 15h

What Starmer should be saying.

Tuneraider @tuneraider.bsky.social · 23h

@reformexposed.bsky.social

Morning.

Thought you would like to help get this out.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

Because ultimately it's about power & money.

Racism is simply something Reform can exploit to manipulate people and gain power & money

If there was something else that could achieve the same end, they would use it

Bottom line is Farage will use anything he can to con people

He's a master con man

Lawrence of Arabica ☕ @anxiousfutsie.bsky.social · 1d

No it makes perfect sense.. they're quite happy to make use of any system at all that they think might benefit them, even if on paper they're ideologically against it. They're immune to hypocrisy and care only about winning

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

If you get fined £150 for pouring half a cup of coffee into the Thames, how much do you get fined for dumping two million tons of sh*t?

The answer of course is you have to pay Thames Water another £3bn a year.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 17h

Some of us on the academic side have been trying to tell yall what is coming for so long. We were not being hyperbolic then and we absolutely are not being hyperbolic or doomers now.

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast)
@brainnotonyet.bsky.social
Swashbuckler
Bluesky Elder
When roe was killed out in the open with zero pushback I warned they were coming for obergfell, Lawrence and other precedent seen as a progress over the last 150 years including brown and others.
The republicans are coming for every gain made since the civil war.

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