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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h

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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Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 13h

I really cannot bear how Farage is getting away with bare-faced lies, again and again, through the silence and complicity of the UK media. It's all there. His political career can and shoud be finished. Instead, media are making his rise inexorable. The corruption and ineptitude are beyond belief.

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 18h

"I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."
Nigel Farage on Gill's pro-Russian statements in European Parliament.

Here's Nigel Farage & Nathan Gill in European Parliament. ⬇️
They mostly turned up to make pro-Russian/anti-EU statements.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h

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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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 10h

"Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 23h

GB News has lost over £100 million thanks in part to SFH supporters – now, let’s do the same with X.

How to #StopFundingHate:
1️⃣ See who’s advertising on X via SFH’s social media.
2️⃣ Contact the brand with a polite message and screenshot, urging them to pull their ads from X.
3️⃣ Keep us all updated!

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 27d

🎥
Climate Change Myth Buster (part2)

Watch here ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw5s...

e.g.
Myth 12 it’s unseasonally cold today
Myth 13 We have plenty of time
Myth 15 Technology will sort it out
Myth 16 #ClimateChange is good for us
Myth 19 We need to give up

PL RP 🩷💚💙
#ClimateAction #video #climate

More Climate Change Myth Buster (Part 2) | My Zero Carbon

YouTube video by My Zero Carbon

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 20h

"The idea that the Trump administration would be able to find a definitive single ‘cause’ of autism in 5 months, where those 33,000+ studies have ‘failed’, was always a huge red flag."
@monkemma.bsky.social debunks the recent dangerous madness of King Don

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Paracetamol/Tylenol, autism, and the truth about risk

What decades of research (and millions of children in Sweden and Japan) really tell us about acetaminophen and pregnancy. It’s been a couple of weeks since Trump and RFK Junior told the world that ace...

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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 23h

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Excuse the incorrect hammer and sickle.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 23h

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 1d

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children.
These are their names.

@washingtonpost.com July 30, 2025

www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK leader in Cornwall suddenly resigns

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Shock resignation of Reform UK leader in Cornwall

Reform's deputy leader in Cornwall left the party only days ago. A member of the party has slammed Rob Parsonage's leadership and said Reform is in 'a mess' in the Duchy

www.cornwalllive.com

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 1d

This conversation.

Thank you, #BBCWest / #BBCBristol - it's good to see you can still do it.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 1d

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...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 1d

This’d be a canny move: raise the threshold at which inheritance tax applies to farmland from £1m to £5m (£10m for couples), ensuring it applies only to huge estates - but then remove the proposed discount (so IHT at 40%, not 20%)

Would call the big landowners’ bluff

news.sky.com/story/damage...

Farming community responds to rumours of an inheritance tax U-turn

Plans to introduce a 20% tax on estates worth more than £1m drew tens of thousands to protest in London earlier this year.

news.sky.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Trump: "Literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar. You can walk it in one second. You go, boom, boom, and now you're in Qatar."

Qatar and Iran do not share a land border.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

How austerity hit young people.

In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.

By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.

Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

www.theguardian.com

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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · 1d

Portland showing how it’s done. Hard to make a case that there is violent Antifa thugs overrunning the city.

Tony

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