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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11h

I find this very touching…& also worrying. Historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been an absolutely essential guide to this era. And if he thinks I’m right then we’re in more trouble than we realise

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 17h

Let's make sure everyone knows about the activities that senior Reform members have gotten up to.

These are not people we can trust to run out country.

Make sure people never forget!

(Originally posted by the Labour Party on Instagram)

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

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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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This is the article, I believe, that first kicked things off. That was when the attacks began in earnest.

@peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring…

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Brexit, the ministers, the professor and the spy: how Russia pulls strings in UK

The charges filed against a Trump aide shocked the US – but also shed new light on the complex connections that link Russia to Brexit and the Foreign Office

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 11h

I can’t help but be concerned that they’ll arrest people and accuse them of being members of antifa and expect them to prove they’re no part of a fictitious organisation, which might be a bit tricky.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16h

👏🏽 Trying to engage with bad faith politicians - however overpromoted - is pointless. Once you establish beyond doubt that they will not answer a question, that they are not there to provide information, but to spout conspiracy nonsense, there is no point in continuing to amplify them. ~AA

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Leigh G @yogaleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Can I tell you a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue. Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life.
This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation.
The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse to increase your wages.
Jessie Memer

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

Thugs. And we're paying for them.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 18h

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

Find your local event at nokings.org/#map.

Bring your family and friends. Stand up with everyone you love, for the country you hold dear.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13h

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 11h

They will just point the finger at anyone they feel threatened by and shout, “Antifa” and require people to prove they’re not a member of a fictitious organisation.

Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 12h

Can’t help but think a fair few of these people complaining did actually vote for trump, just don’t want to admit it or accept the consequences of their actions.

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Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 12h

Haven’t heard from her in a while.

It’s been nice.

Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 12h

Are they terrorising the local population?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

When Aaron Fucking Rupar is doing more reporting than CBS News and The NYT

I think this was a plotline on the second season of The Newsroom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 14h

With all the publicity the shut down is getting at least some of the politically incurious will know who to blame.

Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 14h

“I’ve never seen that man before in my life, and neither have my good friends Oleg and Nadia, who I also have never seen before in my life.”
bsky.app/profile/impl...

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Nathan Gill who went from UKIP ⏩ Brexit Party ⏩ Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes to speak pro Russian and anti- EU statements?

Photo collage
➡️ Oleg Voloshyn and his wife Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nathan Gill with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nathan Gill

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Harry @harrycovert.bsky.social · 14h

“I had no idea who that tall man was other than he photobombed me on multiple occasion.”

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 20h

Perhaps the most interesting part of this story is that Tommy Robinson was seen driving a silver Bentley. Wonder what all his working class supporters make of that?

BBC News - Tommy Robinson refused to give phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'
www.bbc.com/news/article...