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C. S. M. @csm0161.bsky.social · 42m

Bloke to the left of me. A dear friend, but more importantly a hero on the right side of history.

I miss him loads. One regret is that I didn’t get the chance to introduce him to Percy.

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C. S. M. @csm0161.bsky.social · 49m

Now if this was Corbyn…..

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4h

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4h

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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C. S. M. @csm0161.bsky.social · 1h

They already have been for decades.

This is just a pause before they continue to bring about ‘the final solution’.

Cunts.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely superb effort by all those who voted for this, many of whom are now dead.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2h

The joke is on Trump. The ethnic cleansing is simply being moved over to the West Bank.

Who in their right mind would believe the Israelis— under Benjamin Netanyahu—about *anything*?

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C. S. M. @csm0161.bsky.social · 1h

Cunts.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, flanked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, get loudly booed in Tel Aviv, Israel as they praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 5h

Too late. No way to put the genocidal toothpaste back in the tube.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5h

Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social spoke to Al Jazeera's The Listening Post (@AJListeningPost, X) about how billionaire Larry Ellison (Oracle founder & a top donor to Israel’s military) is buying up US media outlets to reshape coverage of Gaza and shore up Israel’s collapsing image among Americans.

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 13h

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.

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Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

Abolition of stamp duty would be worth £80,000 to the average person whose girlfriend buys him a £900,000 second home in Clacton

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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 1d

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS THE COOLEST WAR ZONE EVER‼️
Portland’s strategy …maybe if we act weird enough they’ll leave‼️

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 2d

Keith had a couple of meetings with one of his managers over the summer

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brian Woolfinder @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social · 1d

Is this twat ever in the UK? He seems to spend all his time in the US slagging off the UK for money.

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C. S. M. @csm0161.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck off, you genocidal cunt.

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Woz @wozzatron.bsky.social · 1d

Doomscrolling antidote for your eyeballs this Friday lunchtime ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 1d

She asset-stripped an entire country and squandered the money to buy votes. Most of the problems with Britain today can be traced back to her disastrous social and economic experiment.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 1d

A new book by Peter Oborne, about Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza

#gaza #warcrimes

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all.

Photograph by John Bulmer, Play Street.
Children playing on a home-made go-cart outside a corner shop in Manchester, 1976. Above them is a traffic sign designating a play street.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Bunnylodge @bunnylodge.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s bring this sort of thing back 💪💪💪💪

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 10 Oct 1937 fascist leader Oswald Mosley was knocked unconscious and hospitalised in Liverpool by a stone thrown by anti-fascists who attacked a Nazi meeting at which he had attempted to address the crowd stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8245...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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