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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 3h

It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.

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It’s time for a REAL Russia report

Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.

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Ehijacked 📎 @ehijacked.bsky.social · 8h

It’s time to drag this story out of the shadows.
It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.
Agree? Add your name here.

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It’s time for a REAL Russia report

Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 11h

"“Might move to Russia,” he added. (It’s a shame he has never enacted this promise)."

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12h

Farage and his cronies aren’t the only ones with questionable connections to Russia…

Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia

Elon Musk is promoting a far-right agitator who has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12h

Farage and his cronies aren’t the only ones with questionable connections to Russia…

Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia

Elon Musk is promoting a far-right agitator who has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 1d

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage and the Brexit cabal are frothing with rage because their immigration promises came true.

The receipts show they all advocated for this exact immigration system 👇🏻👇🏻

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?

We have the receipts, Nigel...

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 3d

that’s the Guido Fawkes editorial team isn’t it?

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 3d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 3d

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage and the Brexit cabal are frothing with rage because their immigration promises came true.

The receipts show they all advocated for this exact immigration system 👇🏻👇🏻

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?

We have the receipts, Nigel...

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 4d

The alternative is she’s flying back to London regularly despite claiming she couldn’t afford private school fees in the UK due to the Labour government

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 4d

It’s quite a feat for Isabel Oakeshott to be the only white person in a London tube carriage given she lives in Dubai

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 6d

EXC from @annaisaac.bsky.social

The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent piece - including an important note of hope.

"And, as Farage’s career shows, the British far-right cannot hold power for long. With no guardrails – no institutions, no discipline, only cults of personality – infighting is inevitable"

My view of Reform, exactly.

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 7d

🔴 The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

Fascist memes are changing Britain, and the government is totally out of its depth.

The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

📝 A guest essay...

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 7d

🔴 The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

Fascist memes are changing Britain, and the government is totally out of its depth.

The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

📝 A guest essay...

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garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · 7d

Well worth reading

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 7d

🔴 The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

Fascist memes are changing Britain, and the government is totally out of its depth.

The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

📝 A guest essay...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 7d

Just noticed the Conservatives’ British ICE proposal also involves using mass deployment of facial ID – still an unproven and unreliable technology that particularly struggles with non-white faces – to enable deportations.

Which would inevitably mean false positives leading to detention of citizens

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 7d

🔴 The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

Fascist memes are changing Britain, and the government is totally out of its depth.

The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

📝 A guest essay...

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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 9d

Whose energy system?

Join us at The World Transformed for a session casting light on rising bills, corporate capture and energy use.
📍 Manchester TWT Festival
⏰ 2.30pm, 11 October
🔗 theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
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Fuel For Thought LIVE at The World Transformed Saturday 11 Oct 2.30-4pm

A participatory session with:
Ellen Robottom, Secretary of CACC Trade Union Group
Ruth London, founding member of Fuel Poverty Action (FPA)
Sam Bright, DeSmog UK's duty editor
Vicky Marsh, Manchester-based member of FPA

Whose Energy?
Casting a light on rising bills, corporate capture, and energy-use.

Who is our energy for? Why does big business get all the money? How can we lower our bills and save our future?

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 9d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9d

This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 9d

Every major policy announcement from Badenoch seems to be an anti-climate one, yet she keeps tanking in the polls.

It’s bonkers. She’d clearly rather be an ideological wrecking ball against clean energy than win votes.

Epic political stupidity

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10d

“This is the central contradiction of Labour’s project. On stage, Starmer preached unity, renewal, & anti-racism. In practice, his government has aligned itself with the very forces– deregulated finance, extractive tech giants, authoritarian strongmen– that will undermine each of his big promises.”

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 10d

🔴 Inside Labour conference

Some thoughts on what I saw in Liverpool and where Starmer is going wrong 👇🏻

Inside Labour conference

A view from the frontline...

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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 10d

Excellent post

"This is the central contradiction of Labour’s project. On stage, Starmer preached unity, renewal, and anti-racism. But in practice, his government has aligned itself with the very forces deregulated finance, extractive tech giants, ..... that will undermine each of his big promises.

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 10d

🔴 Inside Labour conference

Some thoughts on what I saw in Liverpool and where Starmer is going wrong 👇🏻

Inside Labour conference

A view from the frontline...

writesbright.substack.com