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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 18h

TOMORROW on SMR Rejoin Radio we ask: "Has Nasty Nigel FINALLY met his NEMESIS in Zack Polanski?" PLUS: The Marsh Family need YOU! With music from Willie Dowling! 6pm!
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Mike here, hello @mikecornes.bsky.social · 6h

The @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social are giving me hope in UK politics again.
I don’t think the Spectator has ever given me any hope.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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Boathouse Hotel, Holyhead @boathousehotel.bsky.social · 1d

Grants for #community groups in #Wales up for grabs!!

#charity #charities #socialenterprise #Holyhead #Anglesey #NorthWales #Wales

@thewallich.bsky.social @naturcymru.bsky.social @tirweddaucymru.bsky.social @ynysmon248.bsky.social @angleseysocial.bsky.social @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 2d

Community groups across Wales can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help them start a social business or community-led housing project

Welsh-speaking community grants scheme expanded

Community groups across Wales can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help them start a social business or community-led housing project. For over three years, the scheme has supported Welsh-spea...

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Juggalocalism @outside.bsky.social · 4h

Man it's nice to hear a politician says things that are important to me and things that need to be said.

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Ka Sie 📎 @lerriqus.bsky.social · 6h

Zack Polanski 😁

Great interview with Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party. A must 👍listen if you do not already know him, especially since mainstream media prefers to host the likes of Fartarse and the Cons! 🙄

@thetrawl.bsky.social
The Trawl Podcast 👇👇👇

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The Trawl Meets Zack Polanski

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 7h

Ukrainian refugees who were offered shelter when Putin’s Russia invaded their homeland have expressed dismay that no action is being taken against Reform UK for spreading lies about the Welsh Government scheme that helped them settle in Caerphilly ✍️Martin Shipton

Ukrainian refugees condemn failure of authorities to take action against Reform over campaign lies

Martin Shipton Ukrainian refugees who were offered shelter when Putin’s Russia invaded their homeland have expressed dismay that no action is being taken against Reform UK for spreading lies about the...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 7h

Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?
Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/why-...

Why are cyclists killed by drivers on our roads?

Despite Oxford billing itself a “cycling city” four cyclists were killed in the city in a two-year period

westenglandbylines.co.uk

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 7h

The problem is lack of accountability.

The #VIPLanes and the #TheCovidContracts highlighted it, but the problem is endemic in government - MPs are not being properly held to account.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h

Another corporate scandal.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing.

98% of the the 23,000 homes fitted with botched external wall insulation need repairs.

Companies have vanished, people left with the problems.

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 7h

For the avoidance of any doubt:

TRUMP CONFIRMS HE WAS AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN THE GENOCIDE:

'Bibi Netanyahu would call me so many times asking for weapons I never even heard of, but we got them here didn’t we? You used them very well" (the 'ceasefire' press conference 13/10/25).

Also :

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 22h

"I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."
Nigel Farage on Gill's pro-Russian statements in European Parliament.

Here's Nigel Farage & Nathan Gill in European Parliament. ⬇️
They mostly turned up to make pro-Russian/anti-EU statements.

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Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 2d

www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Bridget Phillipson just accidentally justified blocking Israel from peace talks

Bridget Phillipson said there's no place for a terrorist group which kills countless civilians and is responsible for inflicting violence

www.thecanary.co

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Sabrina DC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @sabrinadec.bsky.social · 2d

Reform in Wales would be a disaster.

They have no policies or knowledge, when asked Farage mentioned reopening coal mines and steel works and starting fracking. Stereotypical rich man asset stripping the poorer country.

He just wants to use Wales - he does not care about Wales or anyone in it.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 1d

Words matter, they really do…
and the BBC cant play ignorant, they know this…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/bias...

Biased BBC, blinkered Bowen

Two years on from October 7th 2023 and more than 77 years on from the Nakba, even our seasoned and…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely fantastic news today, I'm proud to welcome councillor Toby Benton, who left the labour party to join the Greens today.

Welcome home, Cllr Benton.

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Sisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 2d

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

#HostileEnvironment at the Home Office: a deeply abusive environment

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘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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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 1d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“America First.”

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 1d

Followed by a welcome to members, great to see the levels of diversity increasing in the party.

We still really need to encourage more women from global majority backgrounds. @globalgreens.bsky.social

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 2d

Farage claims Nathan Gill was a "bad apple".

So you can visualise his relationship with other leading figures in Reform as something like this.

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 2d

I have a feeling the right wing attack machine isn’t going to work on Zack.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

“It was the 89th anniversary of the arrest of my father for being one of the organisers of the 1936 Cable Street resistance to the rise of fascism in Britain.

I was arrested on Saturday with hundreds of others at the Defend Our Juries action…”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the proposal to give police further powers to curb ‘cumulative’ protests, in response to actions by the proscribed group Palestine Action

www.theguardian.com

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