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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

I suspect Israel has shamed Jews all over the world, and if not, why not?

Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 8h

“This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors”

Israel has publicly shamed the Swedish Government… yet they do nothing!

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-tor...

Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

I live in county Durham, and people who used to be very pleasant are now permanently angry. The Reform horrors are directing perfectly reasonable ire at lack of gov investment in our area at immigrants and disabled people. It's depressing

Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, but the rest of us can go to jail for not paying the tv license

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19h

PPE Medpro refuses to pay the debt which is now £145m.

The Government needs to charge the debt to Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman and then put out an arrest warrant.

They can sit in prison until the pay.

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

Steve Reed was hopeless at defra and will be equally hopeless in this job. He really is an overpromoted waste of space

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

They should encourage councils to build new council housing

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

BBC News - Disability hate crime: 'It's the worst I've experienced it'
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Disability hate crime: 'This is the worst I've experienced it'

Home Office statistics suggest disability related hate crime is falling, but Steven Lacey's lived experience paints a different picture.

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 7h

We are already massively nature depleted in this country, and this will make it worse!

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9h

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 1d

What’s that Jeremy? Your private healthcare couldn’t save your life but the NHS could?

People need to think long and hard about voting for Reform, Farage openly says we need insurance based healthcare, but what about people who can’t afford it?

They die. It’s simple.

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 2d

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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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 1d

👇🏻 Current issues summed up nicely by Prem. No government solutions either

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns.

Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it.

Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts needs to remove cash from the rich.

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns

According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026

www.theguardian.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that Israel has used the dead bodies of Palestinians as bargaining chips for decades.

Last year Mustafa Barghouti explained that Israel is holding over 500 bodies.

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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 2d

This news is a tragedy for nature, and for all the people that rely on coral reefs.

But this report should also be a reminder of how much MORE we stand to lose if we don't act now. 🌳🌊🌍

We cannot afford to let the #ClimateCrisis escalate further.

Key climate tipping point is BREACHED for the first time

With global warming on track to climb past 1.5°C (2.7°F), scientists say that warm water coral reefs are now passing their thermal tipping point.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 2d

This little git should be jailed just for breathing! He's a vile little person (he's not a man)

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

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

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

“The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all. The rights within it are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, & why disabled people are treated with dignity in care

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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Clear the front pages! Hamas mentally tortured one of the hostages they were holding by telling him his wife & two children had been killed. Despicable.

Oh no, wait, it was Israel who did that. Move on, nothing to see here.

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 2d

Who knew this would happen?
Me! This madness has to stop, or there will be nobody to work in our hospitals care homes, etc! As for all the bald fat angry old racists, they will not be able to have their vindaloo when drunk! Thugs!

River @riverlorien.bsky.social · 2d

Care workers are facing racist abuse & threats:

“We’ve got this very negative narrative from politicians, which doesn’t distinguish between illegal migration, asylum seekers and legal migration, and is almost encouraging people to intimidate."

"We’re really keen to make sure that nobody’s hurt."

‘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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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences.

So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed.

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ksarshelter @ksarshelter.bsky.social · 2d

Our 🐶 packs are getting bigger, but little Sebastian (on the left) is still a tiny thing.

We'd love to find her a 🏡- she's one of our many tripods that would benefit greatly from a warmer climate as she gets older.

Please email us if interested
[email protected]

#KSAR
#animalrescue

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 2d

I suppose we should give him some credit for seeing the error of his ways..

Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 2d

Well, at least he has learnt how good the NHS is and admitted he was wrong. I can't stand the bloke by the way

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

leftfootforward.org

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 3d

Called it!

I knew that Zionists couldn’t stop murdering. Israel trains their people to be ethno supremacist psychos. How do you stop supremacist psychos?

Israel has murdered a Palestinian in Khan Younis and recorded the first violation of the ceasefire.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law credited with saving rare whales | The Independent share.google/otXood5RNYQx...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law credited with saving rare whales

One of the US.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation is the subject of an effort for cutbacks

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 2d

This really is a genuine news story, from a non-spoof website. Nice to see families thought of around hatemongering, you'd hate the little ones to miss out on the fun - do they have roundabouts for them to paint? And remember, some dads have kids on a Sunday, too.

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