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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 3d

Georgians relentlessly fighting for their democracy. We need to display the same determination here in America. There’s no white knight coming to save America from itself. It’s up to every one of us to stand up for our rights, our principles and our constitution. Join #NoKings on 18 October.

Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 3d

“Georgia cannot be captured!”

Protesters march towards Rustaveli Avenue, blocked for the 319th consecutive day. #GeorgiaProtests

🎥 Protest 24

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 11h

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

leftfootforward.org

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Trump: “I never thought we'd go into every city and make them safe. Now it's like a passion for me and it's a passion for the people behind me.”

He just suggested San Francisco should be next.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16h

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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h

I'm sure Nigel Farage will be straight on the case, fighting against this apparent infringement of free speech and individual liberty... oh

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Donna @donnarejoin.bsky.social · 12h

Wow.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13h

Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h

The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21h

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

INCREDIBLE clip.

<Richard Holden MP shouts like an angry man in a pub>

Lisa Nandy: "Can you calm down a bit, mate? You're shouting like an angry man in a pub."

Richard Holden: "That's not fair."

<continues to shout like an angry man in a pub>

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Donna @donnarejoin.bsky.social · 13h

Not a chance in hell. But we all know now that there is no doubt that our news media is corrupt.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h

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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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 19h

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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Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan @peterohanrahah.bsky.social · 19h

I have been noticing the language used to refer to people by the far right, for refugees and asylum seekers it is very dehumanising.

"invaders"
"fighting age men"
"illegals"

But, yet again this morning I've seem Lucy Connelly referred as a jailed "Mum".

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Chelyabinsk, the seventh largest city in Russia, just got its first ever air raid alert for Ukrainian drones. It’s 1800km from the border.

#explodey

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 20h

All those years of attacking ‘the Brexit deal’ rather than Brexit itself have helped only Farage. It was always Brexit.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

Well, we’re all paying for Brexit anyway. Better to start to admit that and completely sink the project in people’s minds…
However, the vital next step has to be positioning to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union… not more punishment beatings on all of us to calm the sovereignty fetishists.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20h

Kinnock is one of the finest proponents of progressive thought in this country and the best prime minister we never had.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 21h

In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".

Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...

Neil Kinnock goes berserk

YouTube video by Vadrigar

www.youtube.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21h

“Make Brexit work” by raising taxes to stem the ongoing losses.
Slavish devotion to failed ideology has a very high price.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

I swear I did not have "I'm better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk" on my Donny Batshit Bingo card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

Climate Change Committee warns we aren’t doing enough to stem/plan for global warming.

Meanwhile, in response to proposed solar farm,Tice says they “will do all [they] can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table”
Reform: a constant whining drag on progress, prosperity and sanity.

UK must prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, climate advisors warn
CLIMATE GLOBAL WARMING WEATHER
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 6:53am
Martin Stew
Science Correspondent
Credit: i-Stock
The UK must prepare for a 2C rise in global temperatures by 2050, according to new analysis from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), commissioned by the government.
The report forecasts that risks from heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires could double over the next 25 years, with some peak river flows increasing by as much as 40%.
itv.com

The Times:

Reform vow to fight 'crazy Miliband over solar farm

Miliband has approved plans for Britain's biggest solar farm, prompting Reform UK to say it would fight to reverse the decision.
The Tillbridge Solar project, in Lin-colnshire, would cover an area equivalent to about 2,000 football pitches.
Farage's party said the scheme would destroy valuable agricultural land, but Labour said it was needed to meet green energy targets and reduce dependency on energy from abroad.
Tillbridge Solar is the tenth large solar project Miliband has approved since taking office. Half of them are in Lin-colnshire, prompting opposition from local Reform and Conservative MPs.
Tillbridge Solar aims to generate electricity for 300,000 homes and the scheme would cover about 1,400 hectares of mainly agricultural land
Michael Shanks, the energy minister, said: "Solar is one of the cheapest and quickest power sources we can build. It is crucial in our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, giving us energy security, good jobs and growth across the country."

A report by the Planning Inspectorate said that the project would lead to the loss of about 1,200 hectares of farm-land, including 11l hectares of the highest grade land, and acknowledged the cumulative impact of other solar arrays in Lincolnshire. However, it concluded that this would not be nationally "significant" , with solar taking over less
than 1% of UK farmland.
It added that the biodiversity would benefit from the end of intensive farming on the land and that crop planting
"could be restored should it be needed in the future" for food security.
In a blunt warning to companies behind the schemes, Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader and the MP for nearby Boston & Skegness, said: "We will do all we can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table."

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22h

Ex-Reform councillor warns party is ‘not ready’ for Government amid expulsion row

Ex-Reform councillor warns party is ‘not ready’ for Government amid expulsion row | Chronicle Live

The councillor has been involved in a spat with the party over attempts to bring a vote of no confidence in the party's leadership

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1d

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 1d

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