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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating from @anthonybarnett.bsky.social on the opposing legacies of Thatcher and Elizabeth II, 100 years after their births: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

What did Mrs Thatcher do to us?

Less a prime minister than a monarch, the Tory leader’s real legacy was stasis

www.newstatesman.com

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Wren 💙 @wrenkh.bsky.social · 23m

The Author of the Brilliant Horrid Henry books, on why she disagrees with Kemi Badenoch...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

www.theguardian.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23m

⚠️ Higher prices, fewer opportunities, greater barriers, and an economy paying the price. A price that is ultimately paid by you.

Find out more about the Cost of Brexit using our tracker. All the facts. All the figures. All in one place...

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www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact

The Cost of Brexit

Change Minds → Change Politics

www.bestforbritain.org

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Anthony Scaramucci @scaramucci.bsky.social · Jun 19

The end of the beginning.

Tulsi Gabbard AND Pete Hegseth Are Both Being Cut Out of Key Decisions by Trump: Reports
Source: Mediaite share.newsbreak.com/dnc3jq8p?s=i2

Tulsi Gabbard AND Pete Hegseth Are Both Being Cut Out of Key Decisions by Trump: Reports - NewsBreak

A new report revealed that not only has DNI Tulsi Gabbard been iced out of top-level discussions on Iran, but so has Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Th

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 14h

And yet she's the root of most of the problems we're now trying to solve.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years

Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 17h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 15h

Kelp

Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 17h

Change a letter, ruin a song.
I Can Pee For Miles

Russell Hillman (but said in a spooky voice) @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 18h

Change a letter, ruin a song.

Breaking The Lav

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 15h

Kelp

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 16h

“YOU WANT ME TO ARSE THE PARLOUR MAID???”

Putin sat at one end of a very long table.

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 7d

THE MAN WHO TRIED TO DESTROY LONDON'S MONUMENTS
With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social

pod.link/1569929507

Join us for a couple of rounds of "Is It Spike Or Is It Peter?" as we discuss the earliest Goon Show covered on GP so far!
Also: Goon panto and the intriguing story of Fred Flange!

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 16h

Singin' whut he sees.

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 2d

"Since 2017, I have been writing about Trump, Russia and Brexit. Time and time and time again. I write about them because they are inextricably linked."

www.thenerve.news/p/reform-uk-...

The contact of Reform UK’s Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

Gill, former leader in Wales of Nigel Farage's party, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wante...

www.thenerve.news

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 2d

BBC News taking a break from its enthusiastic Reform PR campaign to highlight the pain in the arse we now face travelling into the EU, thanks to Brexit..

Hiding the fact that the hoops we’ll have to jump through were partly created by UK pre Brexit to make it harder for non EU ppl to travel❗️

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 3d

Dear people of the U.K. (ostensibly England and Wales)

Until you realise this country is fucked because of 14 years of terrible mismanagement in every way by the Tories….

You will end up with Reform U.K. Ltd (Tories on crack) running this country.

And you think it’s bad now?!

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 2d

Arseholes have a radar for that sort of thing.

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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social · Jun 9

“But how can they know
It’s time for them to go?”🎶

The first part of a two-episode look at the song “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, and the intertwining careers of Joe Boyd, Sandy Denny, and Richard Thompson.

Listen via Spotify, Apple and here: 500songs.com/podcast/song...

A History of Rock Music in 500 songs

Black and white photo of Fairport Convention

Song 178: “who knows where the time goes?” By fairport convention, part one, going electric

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Playmixt aka Kevin @playmixt.bsky.social · 2d

Do this, and your knowledge of Rock will not only increase, you'll have amazement and wonder to share with friends. Tell everyone.

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social · 2d

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Jon McDevitt @jonmcdevitt.bsky.social · 2d

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Better Red Than Dead 🤘 @beingkindiseasy.bsky.social · 2d

It’s interesting because he took a risk and it paid off yet our media can’t follow this lead and call out reform for their bullshit, remind why is that again??

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 2d

He’s absolutely right. You see it with Farage and Tice all the time.

Ask them tricky questions and they get really aggressive, so weak interviewers back off. They just don’t like being held to account. And there’s a lot of account to hold them to.

We need to keep pressing on their Russian links.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 3d

It'll soon be 10 years since the Brexit ref. So much has changed since then. If Brexit is the cause of our economic problems, as the government now admits, then surely we need to ask ourselves whether we want to carry on down the Brexit road or turn around and head back to the Single Market and EU.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

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