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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Martin Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇧🇪 〓〓🇺🇦🇵🇸 @martinpalmercymru.bsky.social · 11h

98% of homes fitted with external insulation under a Tory scheme need repair or replacing according to a National Audit Office (NAO) investigation.
So many of these Tories are now #ReformUK but even people affected by this scandal will vote for Reform 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦‍♂️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 11h

I only just got English Language O Level grade C - this is Blue Labour Reform Lite nuts 🥜

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @ottoenglish.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK www.bbc.com/news/article...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 12h

#GoodNews - finally!

inews.co.uk/news/media/b...

BBC to give Polanski interview with Kuenssberg after ‘anti-Green’ bias complaints

The new Green Party leader will get an 'in-depth' interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg after a slot from the party's conference was cancelled

inews.co.uk

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 12h

You know what today marks? 3 WEEKS since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election to represent #AZ07 in Congress.

That is 3 weeks more that 700k Arizonans have gone without representation in the House because Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear her in. Stop delaying and do your job.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 3d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 16h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 16h

@mrjamesob.bsky.social 😳

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 17h

"We're saving God."

Roll that phrase around your head. Consider the theological and cosmological implications.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Vote @committovote.bsky.social · 17h

He's "saving God" y'all.

This was once called blasphemy in the church I was raised in.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 18h

We all live under the same sky.
We all belong to the same Earth.

We built the borders
and forgot
that we still live under the same sky,
that we still belong to the same Earth.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

And paying for his Bentley?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social hoping this will be discussed on today’s show?!

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

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

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

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

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

Mostly on flood plains …

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

This bsky.app/profile/prem...

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Holding govts to ransom.

Goldman Sachs warns Rachel Reeves against tax rises on banks.

Banks happy to be bailed out, take QE, mis-sell products, not to be prosecuted for frauds, hike charges, pay lousy rates on savings.

Need windfall taxes. Raise top rate of income tax.

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

David Solomon urged the chancellor during a private meeting last week not to hit the industry with savage tax rises in her crucial budget statement next month, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage called Reform’s manifesto a contract with the British people. Now he’s torn that to shreds. It’s clear that they can’t be trusted with our economy.

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Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

No good just talking about it - actions talk louder than words 🤬

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

No good just talking about it - actions talk louder than words 🤬

Jockyfox @jockyfox.bsky.social · 1d

You reap what you sow … and Fartrage & Co know this - as does does Trump & Co

It’s all deliberate - like it was in the 1930s

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