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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · 22d

If other countries think that Tommy Ten Names is a threat to their national security then surely the U.K. should follow their lead?

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brexit never stops giving does it!

New post-Brexit border controls that will require any Britons aged 12 and over to input photographs and fingerprints could spark “chaos” for holidaymakers travelling to the EU from October.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/385...

Children over 12 to be fingerprinted at EU border sparking travel chaos

New post-Brexit border checks have prompted warnings over travel disruption

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Such sweet karma!
A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance, just weeks after the same venue hosted Kamala Harris, according to reports.

www.thedailybeast.com/staff-mutiny...

Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance

The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 10

Let’s be very clear, what the U.K. actually needs is a fair voting system, fair donation laws & most importantly a media that can actually keep us honestly informed.

@Keir_Starmer promised change so it’s time he started to deliver on these critical issues.

Time for Leveson 3!

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 10

Let’s be very clear, what the U.K. actually needs is a fair voting system, fair donation laws & most importantly a media that can actually keep us honestly informed.

@Keir_Starmer promised change so it’s time he started to deliver on these critical issues.

Time for Leveson 3!

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Starmer says Israel's escalation of Gaza offensive is 'wrong'
So why are we still supplying component parts for F-35’s to Israel?
Actions speak louder than words!

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 10

Just let this sink in!

Pro-Israel lobbyists have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members since they were first elected to parliament.

Our Government has been bought and their actions reflect it!
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 8

Starmer says Israel's escalation of Gaza offensive is 'wrong'
So why are we still supplying component parts for F-35’s to Israel?
Actions speak louder than words!

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 5

It’s incredible that Farage constantly highlights the problems (small boats) he personally created with his catastrophic Brexit deal but perhaps people are now starting to join the dots?

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 4

I just despair at Starmer as it now seems that our higher water bills will actually fund £22bn in payouts to private investors over the next five years.
This Government is fucking clueless and just panders to the water industry!
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/383...

£22bn of water bill hikes will go to private investors – not cleaning up rivers

Investors will see their returns from water bills double over the next five years

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 4

I just despair at Starmer as it now seems that our higher water bills will actually fund £22bn in payouts to private investors over the next five years.
This Government is fucking clueless and just panders to the water industry!
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/383...

£22bn of water bill hikes will go to private investors – not cleaning up rivers

Investors will see their returns from water bills double over the next five years

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 27

Absolutely everything suggests that the Government must publish the unredacted Russia Report and investigate it!

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · Jul 27

Bannon's Links to Dugin: Cambridge Analytica Connections to the GRU Led Troll Farm

Some more background research for my epic poem about the key Russian connections during the EU Referendum and US Presidential elections in 2016

open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

Bannon's Links to Dugin: Cambridge Analytica Connections to the GRU Led Troll Farm

Some more background research for my epic poem about the key Russian connections during the EU Referendum and US Presidential elections in 2016

open.substack.com

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 28

Labour’s new Press Secretary, previously the editor of The Sun.
In other news “The Sun” is openly a right‑wing tabloid, long associated with sensationalism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, conservative agendas, and visceral hostility toward Labour.

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Labour's new press secretary is Starmer's most scandalous appointment yet

Labour once prided itself on social democratic ideals—but is now comfortable recycling ex-Sun journalists into senior government roles

www.thecanary.co

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 1

There is something very wrong in a society when all the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a very few people!
Chillingly it means these people have ultimate control & the power to influence & determine Government policy across the whole world..this is beyond dystopian it’s “1984” on steroids!

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 28

Labour’s new Press Secretary, previously the editor of The Sun.
In other news “The Sun” is openly a right‑wing tabloid, long associated with sensationalism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, conservative agendas, and visceral hostility toward Labour.

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Labour's new press secretary is Starmer's most scandalous appointment yet

Labour once prided itself on social democratic ideals—but is now comfortable recycling ex-Sun journalists into senior government roles

www.thecanary.co

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Jul 28

Lee Anderson’s constituents stunned when they’re told about Reform’s NHS plans

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lee...

Lee Anderson's constituents stunned when they're told about Reform's NHS plans

Lee Anderson's constituents have been left stunned after being told about Reform UK's plans for the NHS.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 24

London’s standing as a global financial hub has become “fragile” in the wake of Brexit, according to David Solomon, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, who revealed that the banking giant is expanding operations across the EU at the expense of the UK capital.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...

Goldman Sachs chief says Brexit has left London’s financial status “fragile” as banks move to EU cities

See how Brexit has negatively impacted London's status as a financial hub, with insights from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 24

FFS! Member of Reform UK's Derbyshire County Council cabinet replaced after seven weeks
Cllr Gates has attended just one out of four meetings she was expected to be present for, sending apologies in her absence for each of the three meetings she missed!

www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...

Member of Reform UK's cabinet replaced after seven weeks

Cllr Charlotte Gates, Reform councillor for the Swanwick & Riddings division, had been the support cabinet member for special educational needs

www.derbytelegraph.co.uk

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 25

Surely even Starmer can’t ignore this… A third of the commons has called on the PM to recognise Palestine as a state…

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · Jul 25

A *third* of the Commons has called on the PM to recognise Palestine as a state. Never seen anything quite like this.

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 26

The last time I saw an image like this was in Auschwitz, history will not be kind to Israel and those that supported them.

In the future people will ask “why was this allowed to happen, why didn’t someone do something”?

Like the Nazis, hopefully they will all be in The Hague!

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 27

Given Labour’s opinion poll collapse since their huge General Election win, even without Corbyn’s new party, a Corbyn-Greens pact could put seats of Labour ministers like Streeting at risk.

Suggest he needs to ditch the likes of Glasman and McSweeney!
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/382...

Corbyn-Greens pact could put seats of Labour ministers like Streeting at risk

A tactical voting push between left-wingers and the Greens has been launched off the back of Jeremy Corbyn announcing a new political party

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 27

The Online Safety Act is an absolutely horrendous overreach of control, censorship & surveillance that will do little to protect our children & everything to make our personal data available to a myriad of unmonitored companies who can then profit from those details!
What the hell is Starmer doing?

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 27

I see the new Corbyn/Sultana party (www.yourparty.uk) is growing in size!
With between 50-100 Labour MPs already unhappy with Starmer, it will be interesting to see how many cross the floor to join it?
Starmer really isn’t reading the room is he?
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Your Party

We're building a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up here...

www.yourparty.uk

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · Jul 27

Angela Rayner decided that NE Security Ltd, a private security company run by a known cocaine drug trafficker who is currently in prison, doesn't need to be audited. The company is part of corporate corruption scandal at Teesside Freeport/SEZ.

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Bob @bobrmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 27

Absolutely everything suggests that the Government must publish the unredacted Russia Report and investigate it!

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · Jul 27

Bannon's Links to Dugin: Cambridge Analytica Connections to the GRU Led Troll Farm

Some more background research for my epic poem about the key Russian connections during the EU Referendum and US Presidential elections in 2016

open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

Bannon's Links to Dugin: Cambridge Analytica Connections to the GRU Led Troll Farm

Some more background research for my epic poem about the key Russian connections during the EU Referendum and US Presidential elections in 2016

open.substack.com

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