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Ben

@hiddendepths.bsky.social

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Soft (but firm) left. Refugee from Twitter/X. Opposed to the voices of totalitarianism I hear east and west, left and right. Love all music, esp. a good Irish reel. Україна в моїх жилах.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

“There’s a limit to what one person can do” - the response from Nigel Farage.

Perhaps you could start by focusing on local issues rather than demonising asylum seekers?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jaywick-nigel-farage-essex-blackpool-most-deprived-b2855460.html

Nigel Farage ‘sad’ as Clacton area remains most deprived neighbourhood

Jaywick is part of Reform leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage’s Essex constituency

www.independent.co.uk

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 10h

Why the SNP and Plaid Cymru are Teaming Up

YouTube video by TLDR News

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 1d

‘THE LAST SACRIFICE’ Official Trailer 2025 – The Truth Behind 1970s Folk Horror

YouTube video by BritFlicks | Indie Film Trailers Worldwide

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Will Jennings🗠🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Must won't stop.

I wrote this for @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government g...

The platform has become a swamp of disinformation. Politicians should lead the way out of it

observer.co.uk

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Pileus Media @pileusmedia.bsky.social · 2d

A vote for Labour will do nothing but split the Anti-Reform vote and make Nigel Farage PM.

Time to be sensible and Vote Green.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?

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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 3d

Arne Slot and Geert Wilders tonight:

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 3d

Abolish the monarchy

YouTube video by The New Statesman

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 3d

Donate - Jamaica Red Cross

Direct deposit or transfer funds to our account:

www.jamaicaredcross.org

Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 3d

This is dystopian.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.

And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 4d

This is what vacationing in Dubai sponsors.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5d

UAE backed RSF terrorist units have taken over the city of El Fasher and its airport in Darfur, Sudan. At least 260,000 people at risk of being harmed, starved, massacred and raped. The terrorists have been executing aid workers, doctors, refugees and other civilians.

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 5d

Advertising is rattling a stick in a swill bucket, and Reform are a racist p̶a̶r̶t̶y̶ company.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7d

Spread it far and wide.

Sarah Pochin, Reform UK

Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 5d

The 'emperor':

Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 5d

Strong Bad!

a cartoon character is standing under a gazebo with a pineapple in front of it

ALT: a cartoon character is standing under a gazebo with a pineapple in front of it

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 6d

I see what you did there...

UK: Investigate potential Chinese influence in Telegraph acquisition - ARTICLE 19

Free expression and human rights groups raise concerns about the planned acquisition of the Telegraph and potential Chinese influence.

www.article19.org

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · 7d

🌹Mainstream's Interim Council sends its congratulations to
@lucympowell.bsky.social, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.

This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour - so that we can build a democratic socialist programme to inspire the country.

Mainstream’s Interim Council sends its congratulations to Labour’s new Deputy Leader, Lucy Powell, whom we endorsed after a ballot of our members.

Lucy ran a positive campaign advocating for pluralism, democracy and a cultural course correction, pledging to bring members, affiliates and communities into Labour’s decision-making. Ending the two-child benefit limit, which we campaigned for at this year’s party conference, was also central to her campaign.

Lucy’s victory today is a win for Labour’s mainstream. It shows that the majority of our movement wants Labour to be open, participatory and inclusive. Members have rejected the hyper-factional, top-down culture culpable for the missteps of our first year in government. The failed experiment in political centralisation being pursued by a tiny group at the top of the party must now end. The low turnout in this contest is a sign of the disillusionment and plummeting morale that this culture is provoking.

The result of the Caerphilly by-election, where Labour went from first to third place, is a straw in the wind of what will happen next May and in the 2029 General Election unless the party has a major reset.

This result must mark a shift toward a broader, bolder politics within Labour. Only then will we be able to construct a transformative, democratic socialist programme for the country. Mainstream will organise to make this a reality. The alternative is a Reform-led government.

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 7d

A very polite spoiled vote

Posted in r/ireland by u/bulbispire • 626 points and 146 comments

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Ben @hiddendepths.bsky.social · 8d

The left and centre (Labour, Greens, Nats, LDs) needs to start listing the policies they agree on and start working together.

Labour needs to stop treating the rest of the left as enemies and the Greens need to drop this "we're replacing Labour" rhetoric. Otherwise, the right will continue to grow.