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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 48m

Judge Blocks Trump From Firing Federal Workers During Shutdown newrepublic.com/post/201816/...

Judge Blocks Trump From Firing Federal Workers During Shutdown

Donald Trump has suffered a legal setback in his crusade to fire federal employees during the government shutdown.

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 50m

Heseltine sounds the alarm on fascist Reform UK - we’d do well to listen westcountryvoices.co.uk/heseltine-so...

Heseltine sounds the alarm on fascist Reform UK - we’d do well to listen

The 92-year-old Tory grandee’s comparison of Reform UK to 1930s fascists isn’t hyperbole – it’s a warning from someone who knows what happens when democracies ignore the danger until it’s too late. Th...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 53m

Mike Johnson Kills Free Speech: 'Protesting Trump Means You Hate America' crooksandliars.com/2025/10/john...

Mike Johnson Kills Free Speech: 'Protesting Trump Means You Hate America'

The First Amendment is dead

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 4h

Starmer and Reeves are expected to argue that if it hadn’t been for Brexit, the economy would be about £120bn bigger by 2035 than current forecasts suggest it will be.

So, hopefully, we are about to see some honesty about the damage Brexit has inflicted.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3h

Facts…
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.

Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 9h

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4h

Finally. Let’s start holding Farage to account for the relentless shitshow that is Brexit.
Because..
“What could be more elementary than asking voters to judge a candidate on their previous assurances? What more basic function of democracy could we ask for?”
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it’s time to act

For years now, the economic situation facing this country has been buried in the small print

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 4h

Here’s the latest 'scoop' being spread by right wing gobshites on Shitter. Except:
-he’s not a teacher, he’s an assistant
-the school didn’t sack him, he works for an agency
-they stopped using him not for putting up flags but for posting racist bollocks and misinformation online.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 4h

This is how Farage and Tice reacted at PMQs when someone raised the issue of one of their politicians accepting bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Apparently it’s funny to be a traitor.

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 1h

'Vile': Swastika inside House Republican's office investigated by Capitol Police www.rawstory.com/david-taylor/

'Vile': Swastika inside House Republican's office investigated by Capitol Police

Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) confirmed that the U.S. Capitol Police were called to investigate a swastika inside his congressional office on Wednesday.Politico obtained an image of the swastika embedded in...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 1h

Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it's time to act inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it's time to act

For years now, the economic situation facing this country has been buried in the small print

inews.co.uk

Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

@zackpolanski.bsky.social: Greens will overtake the Tories and replace Labour www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...

Zack Polanski: Greens will overtake the Tories and replace Labour

The Polanski effect continues...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

What’s behind the Green surge? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

What’s behind the Green surge?

The party has gained more than 30,000 members since Zack Polanski was elected leader

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

Government finally acknowledges 'severe' economic impact of Brexit www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gov...

Government finally acknowledges 'severe' economic impact of Brexit

It looks like Keir Starmer's government is finally acknowledging one of the main reasons behind the UK's malaise: Brexit.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 9h

So just like in the Weimar Republic, democracy ultimately died not through a violent coup, but by a group of scoundrels abusing a system that was based upon the antiquated notion that all elected officials would behave like gentlemen.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17h

MAGA broke Congress when it decided that a Black man who had been elected President of the United States did not have the right to nominate a Supreme Court Justice.

After that, all that was left were insipid editorials like this.

If you don't know that Congress died years ago, where have you been?

Opinion | The most shortsighted way to end the government shutdown

Getting rid of the filibuster would spell disaster for Republicans.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9h

Lib Dem's Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses to UK democracy after Tommy Robinson said Musk is paying for his legal fees

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h

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...

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

Trump Is Kicking People Out of the Country for Insulting Charlie Kirk newrepublic.com/post/201791/...

Trump Is Kicking People Out of the Country for Insulting Charlie Kirk

Donald Trump has revoked at least six visas over the late far-right commentator.

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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 11h

IT'S OFFICIAL: The British people will now be paying a BREXIT TAX!

Rachel Reeves is blaming Brexit for the increases in taxes and austerity policies Labour will be introducing in the Autumn Budget.

Rachel Reeves blames Brexit for Tax rises in November Budget

YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

Government acknowledges ‘severe’ economic impact of Brexit leftfootforward.org/2025/10/gove...

Government acknowledges ‘severe’ economic impact of Brexit

Reeves said Brexit is partly to blame for the estimated £50bn blackhole in the economy that she is likely going to have to address at her autumn budget.

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

GB News accused of staging Reform interview www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

GB News interviews 'man on the street' who's actually a Reform councillor

GB News stand accused of staging an interview with Reform to push more empty flagaganda, as said councillor bleats about being called racist

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

Young US Republicans caught praising Hitler and rape www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Young US Republicans caught praising Hitler and rape

The Young Republicans may love Hitler, and they may be in a party which is on a Hitlerian trajectory, but don't worry - they're definitely not Nazis

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

Jack Smith Reveals He Had “Tons of Evidence” Against Trump newrepublic.com/post/201788/...

Jack Smith Reveals He Had “Tons of Evidence” Against Trump

The former special counsel is speaking out against the Trump administration.

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Andrew @dartsmaster.bsky.social · 5h

Trump Projects His Violent Fantasies Onto 'The Left' crooksandliars.com/2025/10/trum...

Trump Projects His Violent Fantasies Onto 'The Left'

The guy who’s desperate to win a Nobel Peace Prize took a break from murdering civilians in the Caribbean to suggest American liberals deserve death, too.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 6h

Over 55,000 people have called on the government to keep Britain in the European Convention on Human Rights, standing against a reckless push to repeat the mistakes of Brexit. Today their names were handed in, a reminder that this country still believes in cooperation, justice and the rule of law.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 1d

For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.

Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”

The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.

Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage

We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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