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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 9h

Finally. Let’s start holding Farage to account for the relentless shitshow that is Brexit.
Because..
“What could be more elementary than asking voters to judge a candidate on their previous assurances? What more basic function of democracy could we ask for?”
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it’s time to act

For years now, the economic situation facing this country has been buried in the small print

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10h

Lib Dems welcomed Prof Matthew Agarwala contribution.

Labour & Tories pulled him from their similar panels

Total Politics and the panel’s sponsor Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) said that they did not want a dissenting view on the panel about the importance of North Sea oil and gas to the UK economy.

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 21h

A small gripe in the grand scheme of things but this shows what's increasingly obvious to people attending UK party conferences

Many fringe events are not open discussion of policy & political options, but *adverts* for whoever is paying for the event

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy

Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other

www.theguardian.com

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Equinor has admitted that the massive Rosebank oil and gas field in the UK would cause vast climate damage.

*Pretends to be shocked* 😲

The UK government must STOP Rosebank, and instead focus on creating jobs in North Sea renewables!

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 10h

Tommy Robinson has entered his Fianna Fáil era.

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Vit @vitt2tsnoc
Tommy Robinson being stopped in a borrowed Bentley, with £13k cash and an Irish passport, claiming he lives in Spain, is peak British satire.
09:36 • 14/10/2025 • 289K Views

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10h

Donating directly to political parties is so YESTERDAY when you can directly control the news and the organisations that are fed into the news cycle.

Paul Marshall (money man, Brexit backer, GB News - with Legatum Institute Holdings- , Spectator and Unherd and so much more);

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Dejan Pantic @serbianism.com · 13h

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed the arrest of 3 Russians in a paramilitary training camp in the west of the country along the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Gee, how did that happen?!

Vucic confirms arrest of 3 Russians at para-military training camp

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed the arrest of 3 Russians in a paramilitary training camp in the west of the country along the border with Bosnia-He

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 11h

Hong Kongers in St Albans and around the UK are asking whether the Prime Minister is trading their safety and security in our communities, in favour of having a cosier relationship with Beijing.

At #PMQs I challenged the Prime Minister directly on this

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10h

Really concerned to see Tommy Robinson launching a vile personal attack on the brilliant Daisy Cooper for asking about an important national security issue at PMQs. Very low.

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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 9h

A firm linked to Baroness Mone has missed a deadline to repay £122million to the Government for supplying defective PPE.

Michelle Mone-linked firm misses deadline to repay £122m over defective PPE

www.mirror.co.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

Legalising drugs isn't crazy, because some of the worst drugs are already legal, Alcohol is one of the most harmful drugs, it should be Class A. Smoking is one of the most addictive and equally harmful when you do it for decades.

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Rob Massam 🔸 @rmassam.bsky.social · 9h

That was a very old version of Excel.

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Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 10h

Chase these people for every penny of the money they owe with all the same rigour applied to poor people who are a few minutes late for a job centre appointment or who receive £1 more than the government decides they need to survive for another week.

Anything less than that is just soundbites.

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Rob Massam 🔸 @rmassam.bsky.social · 9h

What about all the others? The Gove VIP lane was just giving money to Tory donors much of it useless Are we only pursuing MEDPRO even if they richly deserve it? Dido Harding springs to mind with her £32Bn discovered using a very Excel for the test and trace which turned out to be useless.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10h

PPE Medpro will be pursued
'with everything we've got'
Wes Streeting says

news.sky.com/story/steeti...

PPE Medpro will be pursued 'with everything we've got' Wes Streeting says

PPE Medpro says it is yet to hear from the government on its offer of settlement talks but ministers signal they are not interested in a deal, only full repayment.

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 16h

I’d say this is always the case: the NHS’s critical care facilities are somehow unsurpassed even as everything else creaks. I’ve seen this in action a bit recently for various reasons snd at its very best it’s incredible, at its worst just miserable.

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing Jeremy Clarkson u-turns on his criticism of the NHS after receiving urgent treatment his private care couldn’t provide.

Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter, who called service ‘a creaking monster’, says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

www.independent.co.uk

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 13h

After how many years are we now daring to say the word..?

I mean, I am glad we're finally there. But why on earth did that have to take that long...

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 19h

🚨🚨Chancellor Rachel Reeves acknowledges she is looking at potential tax rises and spending cuts to fill a black hole in her Budget which she said was partly due to the lingering impact of #Brexit. 🧵
www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel...

Reeves eyes tax hikes as economy suffers ‘severe and long-lasting’ Brexit impact

Rachel Reeves said ‘austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget’ had weighed heavily on the UK economy.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 12h

Start with fuel duty.
10p a litre for starters, then make it rise with inflation every year. Like public transport fares do.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rachel Reeves says she is looking at tax rises ahead of Budget

The chancellor also said she was considering further measures on public spending, in a bid to put the UK's finances on a firmer footing.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 12h

[Since the partisan appt of Michael Grade as chair, +Melanie Dawes as CEO, Ofcom seems to privilege “free speech”, rather than its primary role of broadcasting regulation,with predictable results+effects on our broadcasting landscape.] Pls read @janemartinson.bsky.social on Grade’s very public views

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 17h

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

Putin’s embarrassing cancellation of Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East

Trump’s Gaza summit may bring home to Russia how much Ukraine war has damaged its international standing

www.theguardian.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

If Labour doesn't intend to adhere to its human rights obligations anyway, there's little point in us being signatories to the ECHR. Better, more honest, for Mahmood to join Reform in campaigning to leave it.

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 17h

So it's not just me then.

~ Policing protest prosecutions - by Joshua Rozenberg ~

https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/policing-protest-prosecutions

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 14h

If she hammers us with more taxes and not the super wealthy then the economy won't grow. Especially if she kills the housing market completely which is already verging on dead. I won't hold my breath ,dodgy Black Rock has been advising her.

fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 14h

Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on agenda, citing Brexit impact

They can't hide it any more. 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1d

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…

www.thenational.scot

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