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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14h

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

kyivindependent.com

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 9h

"Calender"

Is exactly what I'd expect from Farage's associates.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19h

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 9h

You're not stunned, you know exactly why!

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 23h

The postwar campaign to strip Britain’s former imperial subjects of their rights claims another victim, let’s hope temporarily

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

www.theguardian.com

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 9h

Many British journalists would be in the crowd cheering.

Actual Israeli citizens have somehow been less susceptible to supremacist propaganda.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

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

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 9h

Someone not a million miles away from you has fallen victim to this.

Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 1d

People surprised that some formerly sensible left-leaning or liberal women are now apparently full of admiration for white supremacists, rapists and genocide might note that their entry point for far right radicalisation was invariably a belief that transphobia is ‘feminist’. Just saying.

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 9h

Sick, evil and twisted individual and I'll shed no tears for him.

But it's another monumental failure of the prison system that he was killed. This could happen to anyone (and routinely does) that another prisoner simply doesn't like.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies in prison attack

Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 11h

Pretty sure this caller to @natashadevon.bsky.social is a troll.

He's hitting EVERY spot on the drooler's bingo card.

@lbc.co.uk

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

There is perverse thinking, and a step below that is thinking that a president that is illegally sending US military units into US cities should be awarded the Nobel Peace prize.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 22h

And the worst part is, many career journalists can't tell the truth because their livelihoods are in the hands of their owners. So they either start parroting the narratives or stay silent.

Those with large audiences/enough talent can speak out, but they're often drowned out by the institution.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d

This Is how I found out Marc Benioff owns Time magazine. Is there any major media property left that isn’t owned by a tech billionaire or Rupert Murdoch?

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 22h

NEW:

Marco Rubio nominated Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Defo seems like a coincidence.

LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Let's have this right re Maria Corina Machado:

- Trump couldn't win the prize in 2025
- Trump has previously supported her
- She supports Trump
- She supported Bolsonaro
- Venezuela is on regime change red alert from USA

AND

- Mahyar Tousi likes her

I'm sure the Nobel award is a coincidence...

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 23h

"We are all being sacrificed for tax cuts for the wealthy with illegal immigration as a distraction."

Sounds all too familiar.

And of course it would - same people, same project, same goals.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d

It’s truly a surprise to see MTG as one of the few Republicans who’s had a crisis of conscience about how their party is hurting regular Americans under the guise of fighting illegal immigration.

We are all being sacrificed for tax cuts for the wealthy with illegal immigration as a distraction.

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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 1d

It’s good that someone is keeping a record of these dangerous Reform inadequates. They’ve got self destruct buttons built in.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/10/c...

Countdown: The steady shedding of Reform councillors and officials continues… – HOPE not hate

Drunken displays, racist rants and dodgy deals are just some of the reasons that Reform councillors and officials are dropping like flies… While Reform UK...

hopenothate.org.uk

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World Boxing News @worldboxingnews.com · 1d

Manchester bids an emotional farewell to its boxing hero 💙🥊

Thousands line the streets to say goodbye to Ricky Hatton.

RICHARD JOHN HATTON MBE 1978 - 2025.

Boxing Hall of Famer and One of the Boys.

There's Only One...

#RickyHatton #BoxingLegend #Manchester #boxing

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Ferrari was trying to have a go at Peter Kyle about Oxbridge dropping places a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure what he was referring to because:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oxford tops world university rankings for record 10th year

The institution tops the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Let's have this right re Maria Corina Machado:

- Trump couldn't win the prize in 2025
- Trump has previously supported her
- She supports Trump
- She supported Bolsonaro
- Venezuela is on regime change red alert from USA

AND

- Mahyar Tousi likes her

I'm sure the Nobel award is a coincidence...

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Mentally bookmarking this.

Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 1d

Her recognition comes as the Trump administration brands Nicolás Maduro illegitimate and reports point to possible U.S. regime-change action amid a near-total collapse of diplomatic outreach.

The West is setting the stage, for military intervention into Venezuela 3/3

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting...

The last sentence here is also interesting:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Listen carefully for journalists who mention Trump not winning, but don't mention the Nobel panel's comments and how they read as a direct rebuttal to Trump and his authoritarianism.

Draw your own conclusions thereafter.

LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

The first paragraph is a heavy indication that he'll NEVER win it.

Despicable that some British "journalists" even floated this idea.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 2d

He's got a point #CelebrityTraitors

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

Simple but genius.

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

We could also just stamp a hefty exit tax on them.

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

The first paragraph is a heavy indication that he'll NEVER win it.

Despicable that some British "journalists" even floated this idea.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence.

Maria Corina Machado – awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize – has spent years working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people. The Venezuelan regime’s rigid hold on power and its repression of the population are not unique in the world. We see the same trends globally: rule of law abused by those in control, free media silenced, critics imprisoned, and societies pushed towards authoritarian rule and militarisation. In 2024, more elections were held than ever before, but fewer and fewer are free and fair.

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

The opening comments of this video should be enough to make every delusional British journalist, shilling for a Trump win, recoil in embarrassment.

It also shows how utterly inadequate most of them are to wield so much influence over the information you receive.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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