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Mr RobertBob

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Thanks for dropping by. Fancy a coffee or cocktail?…..😀 Retired SEND School Principal, now artist. Married to a lovely Frenchman. Live in UK. Looking to move to France. Pro EU. Let’s get Brexit UNDONE and save ourselves by saving the planet.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · Nov 18

Some days it’s just not worth getting out of bed. 🙂

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 2h

Every newspaper, tv and radio station should have ‘liar’ as their headline.

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

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

We should be aiming to make next spring the most colourful ever.

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

@zackpolanski.bsky.social saying what other politicians should be but don’t have the balls for. Fantastic to see someone calling Farage out at last. Keep it up Zack.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

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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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3h

There should be a national campaign to stop mowing grass and the planting of wild flowers in every possible space, private and public.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Bees and butterflies face risk of disappearing for good

More than 20 per cent of both bumblebee and cellophane bee species are under threat

www.independent.co.uk

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15h

People that give themselves over to hate both fascinate and repulse me. You might hope they would have more productive things to do with their lives here on Earth.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 16h

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Rob Miller @robm50.bsky.social · 9h

Durham

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Michael @vivamjm.bsky.social · 19h

All this extra cost (time & money) for *less* fucking access to our continent. Brexit is such ridiculous "self harm"
For god's sake UK, stop with your Gammon Curtain & do what rest of Europe doing: join the EU/reciprocate FoM; join Schengen. Embrace freedom
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Overflow sites lined up in case ESS brings Port of Dover delays

Port of Dover bosses insist there will not be delays due to the new system on day one.

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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’

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely. 👍🙂

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 14h

Email to David David this morning.

Dear Mr Davis
Would you care to apologise to the country for the utter disaster that is Brexit and the damage you actively helped cause.
Kind regards

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smtfhw @smtfhw.bsky.social · 14h

West Northamptonshire.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15h

Park Run volunteering today. Bit grey and overcast but no wind and not too cold 🙂👍

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15h

People that give themselves over to hate both fascinate and repulse me. You might hope they would have more productive things to do with their lives here on Earth.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 16h

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15h

Apologies…I just robbed you. 🙂📖

Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15h

So Farage is lying?

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23h

🔴UPDATE 🔴

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told @bylinetimes.bsky.social it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about Gill’s pro-Russian statements

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

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

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

bylinetimes.com

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 15d

Why progressives in Wales must unite behind Plaid Cymru to stop Reform | Liz Saville Roberts

Together for Wales

Why progressives in Wales must unite behind Plaid Cymru to stop Reform

bylines.cymru

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

Strengthening the institutions we rely on

A new report finds that the UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

By Helen Johnston

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@hj4euinspain.bsky.social

Strengthening the institutions we rely on

A new report finds that the UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 15h

David Davis owes the country an apology for his disastrous Brexit and the lies he told about there being only “upsides”.
His resignation would also not come amiss.

www.daviddavismp.com

Rt Hon David Davis MP

www.daviddavismp.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

"The need is urgent for some coalition of politicians to take the lead and state baldly that Brexit was an error."

"The public is clearly ready to see Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it. The need is for leadership."

https://bit.ly/42Btcnf

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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

New poll shows: Potential Conservative voters are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure rather than a success.

@pimlicat.bsky.social: “The British public, including the Conservatives’ voters - recognise that Brexit has been a calamity for our economy.”

https://bit.ly/3WxPUsO

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Another benefit of Brexit ... the UK has returned to its traditional role as the dirty man of Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 2d

‘Brexit is a tragedy and it will be reversed.’ 💥

#Heseltine is the best political communicator by a long way.

His emphatic call for rejoining the EU cuts through the noise, grounded in truth, while the counterarguments cling to a dwindling minority of Brexit believers.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

NEWS: "Donald Trump is a pedophile who routinely raped young girls."

MAGA: "So boring."

NEWS: "Donald Trump is allowing Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho.”

MAGA: “This is IMMORAL! What an outrage!!! I will not stand for this wicked behavior!!!”

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Janey Salisbury @serendipitysmith.bsky.social · 16h

Derbyshire

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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