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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 4h

Words matter, they really do…
and the BBC cant play ignorant, they know this…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/bias...

Biased BBC, blinkered Bowen

Two years on from October 7th 2023 and more than 77 years on from the Nakba, even our seasoned and…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely fantastic news today, I'm proud to welcome councillor Toby Benton, who left the labour party to join the Greens today.

Welcome home, Cllr Benton.

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Sisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 1d

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d

#HostileEnvironment at the Home Office: a deeply abusive environment

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

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 7h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

“America First.”

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 4h

Followed by a welcome to members, great to see the levels of diversity increasing in the party.

We still really need to encourage more women from global majority backgrounds. @globalgreens.bsky.social

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 9h

Farage claims Nathan Gill was a "bad apple".

So you can visualise his relationship with other leading figures in Reform as something like this.

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 9h

I have a feeling the right wing attack machine isn’t going to work on Zack.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 9h

"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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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 2d

“It was the 89th anniversary of the arrest of my father for being one of the organisers of the 1936 Cable Street resistance to the rise of fascism in Britain.

I was arrested on Saturday with hundreds of others at the Defend Our Juries action…”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the proposal to give police further powers to curb ‘cumulative’ protests, in response to actions by the proscribed group Palestine Action

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 2d

The testimony of Dr Nick Maynard is chilling ...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

"It sent 110,000 bullets last month to Israeli snipers who we know have been using Palestinian children as target practice at times"

On #PoliticsLive @fisherandrew79.bsky.social mentioning the complicity of our government.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 15h

My review of The Fraud, Paul Holden's explosive new book

"Holden’s book shows the contempt with which senior Labour figures around Keir Starmer hold not just the left, but also truth, decency and the law."

insidecroydon.com/2025/10/12/w...

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Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 1d

I'm seeing signs of a perspective-switching genius (ideal in a leader taking on big, complicated responsibilities) and awesome at perspective-matching, too (great for persuading people to LET him take on those responsibilities). Leading w/ compassion demonstrates high moral values. He's impressive.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Great that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is calling out Farage’s lies.
But something far more important is being meticulously installed behind the headlines.
The duopoly have colluded in carving up the UK into deregulated free zones.
Starmer is turbocharging the privatization of critical infrastructure

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 6d

What's happening behind those relentless headlines about immigration?
A Silent Coup where US corporations are restructuring the British State and commodifying the entire public sector.
open.substack.com/pub/european...

The Stories the Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You About Britain’s Corporate Takeover

While you’ve been distracted by Nigel Farage, corporations have been quietly seizing control of Britain

open.substack.com

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 16h

Keir Starmer's planned National Digital ID scheme announced in September 2025 and set for rollout by mid-2029, is still in the consultation and planning phase, with tech companies, including potentially Oracle, preparing to bid for multi-billion-pound contracts.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sign the petition if you want to continue living in a democracy without corporate free zones stealing your money, your land, your homes, and your human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts

To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money

petition.parliament.uk

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James @james-lowry.bsky.social · 23h

Anyone who says otherwise is just a fucking liar. If you had no other choice, of course you would, especially if your kids were starving.

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Collapse faster! @maketotalcollapse.bsky.social · 1d

I'm genuinely impressed by him every time I see him in the media. I like him to start with, but he always seems to exceed expectations.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The Headline smear, what Polanski actually said.

Mr Polanski, 42, said he too would 'consider shoplifting' if he also had no other option to earn money or obtain food.

Zack Polanski said people who steal because they do not have much money should be shown compassion

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air! youtu.be/1CbN6TUTRZs?...

Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air!

YouTube video by Antony Jones

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Lynne Jones FB99% @lynnejonesorguk.bsky.social · 15h

Totally agree! Amplifying differences rather than all there is in common.

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Steph @steph3726.bsky.social · 1d

As a proud lefty, and someone who had signed up to Your Party on day 1, I joined the Greens yesterday. In particular for their clear position on fairness for both people and the planet and their unequivocal support for trans rights. This ill-considered post further proves it was the right decision.

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Gamer Shanksi @shanksi.bsky.social · 1d

Losing one of our best thinkers, Benjamin Zephaniah, hit me hard and Zack Polanski referencing Him brings me hope.

I do hope that trumpism and farage get silenced into oblivion.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Question Time - 2025: 09/10/2025

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Shrewsbury. On the panel: James Murray MP, Nigel Huddleston MP, Zack Polanski, Zia Yusuf and Annabel Denham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jess Short @shorttics.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a few days late but seeing @zackpolanski.bsky.social on this week’s Question Time gave me more hope for politics and people in the UK. So much so that I’m now a member of the Green Party! (This is also the first time I’ve become a member for a political party!) it’s safe to say I’ve been swayed!

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Mary PSYCH @marypsych.bsky.social · 1d

Can other politicians now join the rest of the dots. Aaron Banks and Farage may indeed have had a more direct connection to Russian complicity in the Brexit campaign

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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