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Tracey Briggs

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Happy long time dyslexic actor👵🏻 love being part of brilliant stories ❤️ brilliant writers. ❤️ Dancing singing and campaigning. Known for Calendar Girls #DavidPughLtd, BBC Archers. Spotlight: https://app.spotlight.com/6215-7869-5146

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Tracey Briggs @traceybriggs1.bsky.social · Nov 14

On the day that BBC Doctors ends on our screens. I'm sharing a poem I wrote about the way the BBC has treated Birmingham and the Midlands region.
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BBC Midlands Poem film

4 minutes © Tracey Briggs 2024 Filmed and edited by Sherrie Edgar Location: Mockingbird Cinema, Birmingham Campaign for Regional Broadcasting Midlands Story…

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12h

Carolin Lucas, "The level of disgust and distrust in the population is like nothing I've ever seen before"

"It's really dangerous and scary"

"It's so important there is a voice out there offering hope and solutions and isn't afraid to say what it thinks"

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 13h

The fundamental divide is between…

Those who live off wages

And those who live of wealth

But those who live of wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants and non-immigrants, black and white, trans and non-trans…

… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15h

So, Reform would rocket-boost austerity, slash welfare *but not taxes*, cancel net zero progress, do mass deportations, huff out of the ECHR (torching the Brexit deal and our human rights)…
And to top it all off, there’d be this gem of US-funded christofascist authoritarianism on offer too.
Grim AF.

Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 23h

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 20h

This brave Jewish mother was among 488 people arrested in London on October 4th for holding cardboard signs at a Lift The Ban peaceful vigil.

“This is not terrorism, how dare my government say otherwise!?”

The ban on Palestine Action must be immediately lifted.
wedonotcomply.org

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 18h

Your regular reminder 👇

🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy

EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities

Privatisation has failed.

leftfootforward.org

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Mummified Matt 🎃👻💀 @mattsawyer.bsky.social · 16h

Are we going to have to let some settlements just go?

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16h

The Shoreline Management Plan sets out which of Norfolk's coastal communities will be defended and which will be surrendered to the sea. Few realise what that really means.

Read how the residents of Hemsby are starting to find out ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social

Norfolk’s vanishing coast and the limits of protection

Norfolk’s crumbling coastline exposes the human cost of climate change – and the painful limits of what councils can do

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 11h

There's no need to physically attack fascist, racist politicians and their supporters.
Just tell them they're fascists and racists as publicly as possible, every chance you get...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Kite @katharinekite.bsky.social · 12h

I say again - subscribe @bylinetimes.bsky.social

subscribe.bylinetimes.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21h

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 10h

4 eps into Sally Wainwright’s Riot Women and it’s the best. Absolutely f*cking glorious

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

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Waseem Zaffar MBE @waseemzaffar.bsky.social · 19h

Huge thanks to my childhood friend, Molana Aminur Rashid, for joining our litter pick at the Finch Road playground! 🤝 Cleanup complete, but the conversation on a cleaner community continues. Watch for his thoughts!
#Lozells #Handsworth #Birmingham

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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 18h

Local councils are being run into the ground and workers and communities keep being asked to pay the price.

@unitetheunion.bsky.social supports all #Birmingham bin workers.

The strikes will not stop until a fair deal is reached.

Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 4d

“It is no surprise that more and more agency workers are refusing to cross the picket lines due to the toxic culture within the waste department.
“Unite supports all Birmingham bin workers – whether they are employed by the council or an agency” @unitesharon.bsky.social

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Belfast Live @belfastlive.co.uk · 17h

Major centres such as Cardiff, Birmingham, Newcastle hit as user says 'completely down for me, can’t even access websites'

Massive Vodafone outage update as cities across UK unable to access internet

www.belfastlive.co.uk

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BOM @bomlab.bsky.social · 16h

We’re excited to be a finalist at Birmingham Tech Week Awards for the Tech for Good Award! 🤩 Our talented Concept Artist, Clodagh Delahunty-Forrest, is also up for Young Tech Person of the Year. We’re proud to be recognised in these categories and look forward to the awards!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

A new week - and a new huge milestone!

@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!

We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 1d

This guy…

Something’s stirring and the polls are showing it too

We were thrilled to chat with him in a way, let’s be honest, no other news and politics podcast would

We met the one and only @ZackPolanski on @TheTrawlPodcast

OUT TODAY wherever you get your podcasts!

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 1d

The Trawl Meets @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Out now wherever you get your pods.

Link below 👇

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Civil & Human Rights Activist “Bad” Brad Berkwitt @badbrad2024.bsky.social · 2d

All. Of. This.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

A BBC reporter ends his piece about the China spy trial collapse with the words "this story won't go away"
In contrast, the BBC newshounds have lost their sense of smell about Nathan Gill accepting Russian bribes.

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