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MaryamB (She/Her) #FBPE #BanX #DemocracyDiedInDarkness 6Nov24🖤 @maryamb.bsky.social · Nov 19

The words of Esteban González Pons
“Europe is not a market, it is the will to live together. Leaving Europe is not leaving a market, it is leaving shared dreams. We can have a common market, but if we do not have common dreams, we have nothing. 1/2

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Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 6h

Here's the cover of my new espionage thriller, 'My Last Hope' launching next week on Amazon.

A group of millennials set sail on a yachting vacation in the Mediterranean, to find themselves embroiled in a Russian state-sponsored art heist.
#BookSky #WritingCommunity

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4h

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7h

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 6h

We go live to the Labour party and Brexit...

(Their idea to blame forthcoming tax rises on Farage and Brexit is bonkers while they simultaneously continue to maintain their Brexit red lines and to claim that they can Make Brexit Work.)

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4h

To all you patriots (and UK authorities)

Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5h

Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences.

So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 2d

Trump govt did not reverse these firings out of goodness or self-owning a "mistake." They would have been happy to get away with it. This reversal is the result of strong opposition. We undercut our own power when we give them the credit. Resistance matters. And remaining cuts are still devastating.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Ray Selby #FBPE #XR #antifascist #NAFO #WeDidWarn #WeStillWarn @tarotray.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant - from Private Eye Magazine.

Article "Modern News Cycle" from Private Eye.

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MaryamB (She/Her) #FBPE #BanX #DemocracyDiedInDarkness 6Nov24🖤 @maryamb.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for including me. Hope you all had a good weekend so far! ❤️🇪🇺

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 2d

I’m concerned about the changes to the Skilled Worker visa route and the impact it may have on Londoners working for Transport for London, our other public services and beyond.

Sir Sadiq Khan calls for pause on new immigration rules

The mayor of London said the changes had

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer blaming #Brexit for tax rises may be accurate but when only 37% of a now disproportionately dead electorate voted for it almost 10 yrs ago, based on undeliverable lies, the questions are why should the rest of us stomach it & where is Labour’s plan to change that? archive.ph/2025.10.10-2...

archive.ph

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 2d

Farage, Arron Banks, and convicted Russian asset Nathan Gill have all parroted the Russian lie that NATO and EU expansion provoked Putin into invading Ukraine.

That's a lie for a Western audience. Putin is much more honest about Russia's imperialist motives when he's speaking to a Russian audience.

Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 13d

Pu spells out Ru's imperialist motivations for the war. He calls the conquest a long-held dream and historical destiny.

He beclowns those who insist NATO expansion caused the war. Let's see if anyone from the Mearsheimer fan club admits the claim has been falsified.
www.kremlin.ru/events/presi...

Обращение по случаю Дня воссоединения ДНР, ЛНР, Запорожской и Херсонской областей с Россией

www.kremlin.ru

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is even abducting people as they go for their check-in appointments. It doesn't matter who you are, ICE thugs are lawless.

We're all in danger!
VOTE YES ON PROP 50 to protect our democracy & communities!

abc7.com/post/altaden...

Altadena woman detained by ICE during check-in appointment

An Altadena woman's family is growing increasingly worried for her health while she remains detained without vital medications.

abc7.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 3d

‘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/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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 4d

According to the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, the Islamic Republic has carried out at least 1,172 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2025, including 72 executions in the first 9 days of October alone.

‏#StopExecutions
‏#HumanRights

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 3d

In recognition of World Day Against the Death Penalty, ABC calls for an immediate end to Iran's arbitrary and summary use of the death penalty. Learn more about the victims of the Islamic Republic's executions in the Omid Memorial on our website.
#StopExecutions
#HumanRights

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 4d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

“We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel.. While Keir Starmer fiddles in India, Rome burns. The British steel industry now faces a calamity so severe, insiders say it could be “terminal”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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