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Dennis Patton
@dennispatton.bsky.social
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Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Despise both Labour and Tory.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 1m
Is she taking Pam Bondi job?🤣
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 19m
A reminder that 75% of people support a wealth tax.

To the ‘patriots’ saying they’ll leave the country in a strop:

Paying a wealth tax on assets above £10m is not a hardship. You'll still have a fancy house, fancy car and a fancy life.

Patriotic Millionaires know. @patmillsuk.bsky.social
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1h
Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 10h
Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 4m
West Bank....
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Sir Garfield De Umfreville, Baronet Bywell @gazzalw63.bsky.social · 8m
Celebrations in Gaza and Hostage square in Tel Aviv which is wonderful but I would not be surprised in the slightest if Netanyahu finds some excuse to carry on fighting and I don’t trust Hamas either unless an independent government is imposed and even then I still don’t trust Netanyahu.
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 6m
'O' level question... is Sociology a science?
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 9m
Try the British Museum. Things go missing daily apparently.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3h
Faversham residents willingly turn their town in 1980s Northern Ireland, using the flag to mark out their territory.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 37m
BREAKING: Russia has used more than 450 drones and 30 missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine's energy sector, President Zelenskyy has said

news.sky.com/story/russia...
More than 450 Russian drones attack Ukraine's energy sites, President Zelenskyy says
Russia has used more than 450 drones and 30 missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine's energy sector, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
news.sky.com
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 36m
Keir Starmer has ruled out a return to front-line politics for sacked UK Ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson.
No way back this time for Peter Mandelson, Starmer suggests
The British PM said he could not see the ex-ambassador to Washington getting another government role after exit over Jeffrey Epstein links.
www.politico.eu
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
All to cover up the Epstein files.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 19h
DWP lies exposed as minister admits they're cutting Access to Work

The DWP has repeatedly denied it's cutting Access to Work - but an admission from a minister has now revealed the truth
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
DWP lies exposed as minister admits they're cutting Access to Work
The DWP has repeatedly denied it's cutting Access to Work - but an admission from a minister has now revealed the truth
www.thecanary.co
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 19m
Blue Labour... telling lies... well I never.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 19h
DWP lies exposed as minister admits they're cutting Access to Work

The DWP has repeatedly denied it's cutting Access to Work - but an admission from a minister has now revealed the truth
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
DWP lies exposed as minister admits they're cutting Access to Work
The DWP has repeatedly denied it's cutting Access to Work - but an admission from a minister has now revealed the truth
www.thecanary.co
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h
WAKE UP, AMERICA!
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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 35m
Press briefing today at IUCN Global Biodiversity Conference, giving results of the new Red List of European butterflies. It’s not good. Full details will be published tomorrow. Watch this space @europebutterfly.bsky.social
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World Digest @worlddigest.bsky.social · 2h
Philippines 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Mindanao

#PhilippinesEarthquake #MindanaoQuake #Earthquake #MarinigTremors #TsunamiAlert #PHIVOLCS #Magnitude #DisasterRelief #EmergencyResponse #FerdinandMarcos #RingOfFire

1tak.com/philippines-...
Philippines 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Mindanao | 1Tak
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings and emergency relief operations across coastal areas.
1tak.com
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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 22m
If my memory is working, there is a visitor centre with fossils encased. And millions of black fly 😂.
But an outstanding landscape. Well worth a visit.
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Chris Knox @chrisknoxphotog.bsky.social · 9h
The view looking down into the wondrous Dinosaur Provincial Park. 🦖🦕

Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18h
Three competitors in Upper Class Twit of the Year in the Monty Python reboot
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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 1d
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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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 25m
Will anyone miss this fruitcake?
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22h
Reform UK’s Councillor Rowland O’Connor, St. Columb Major, has resigned from the party.

A conspiracy theorist who claimed 17m people have died from the COVID vaccine, among many other claims.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19h
Two quakes for the price of one

Cascadia Subduction Zone quake and tsunami could trigger San Andreas

“Our preparedness level is poor.....We have a long way to go, and all these areas were built on top of ticking time bombs"

Grim

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US west coast faults could trigger catastrophic back-to-back earthquakes, study finds
Study shows high-magnitude temblor in north-west could set off another in California, causing unrivaled disaster
www.theguardian.com
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 16h
That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...
'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record
New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall
www.businessgreen.com
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Profolus @profolus.com · 11h
KONSYSE: New research reveals that Sierra Nevada glaciers, continuously present for over 11000 years, are now on the brink of extinction. Scientists warn their disappearance would mark an unprecedented event in the entire span of human history.
Glaciers in the Sierra Nevada in California are Nearing Complete Disappearance — Konsyse
Scientists have reconstructed the full story of Sierra Nevada glacier decline.
www.konsyse.com
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey30.bsky.social · 1d
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social the Lib Dems and the Green Party are not even mentioned when talking about opposition parties. Where is your balanced view?
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