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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 8h

Said it a thousand times, but the fact that the general public does not understand the difference between an opinion writer and a reporter is a real fucking problem.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 9h

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Crowdfunded bid to block Spurs academy on Green Belt set for court

More than 850 people have donated towards a review of the football academy in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 9h

enfielddispatch.co.uk/tens-of-thou...

Tens of thousands raised for latest Whitewebbs legal campaign

The crowdfunder was launched in August to raise funds for a judicial review against the decision to approve the Spurs women's academy at Whitewebbs Park

enfielddispatch.co.uk

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 9h

- Sign our "Justice for the Whitewebbs Oak" petition.

- Complain to the Police and Crime Commissioner for London and the Metropolitan Police about the lack of a police investigation into the Whitewebbs Oak felling.

www.avidbeats.com/guardians-of...

Contact and Get Involved - GOWW

Contact Guardians of Whitewebbs and get involved in the campaign to save Whitewebbs Park from development.

www.avidbeats.com

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Sarah Cowley @bournemouth4eu.bsky.social · 10h

"Crucially, the [2020 Russia] report also revealed that our intelligence agencies had never been tasked with investigating whether Russian money or interference actually affected UK elections."
It’s time for a REAL Russia report" open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

It’s time for a REAL Russia report

Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.

open.substack.com

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 16h

Rosie the Ribbiter

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 11h

I've got a fair few small ones. Might try that too. Thanks for the idea!

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 12h

"..this Putin-loving free speech imposter & Trump sycophant.."

They seem to understand him better in the USA. Maybe because he spend so much time there.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 12h

I grew Zebrune shallots from seed (Vital Seeds) for the second year. Sowed them in trays in January. They didn't reach the size of last year's, and matured earlier, both I think because of the hot dry weather But we got a lot more shallots for our money than we would have done with sets.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 12h

Scammers, kidnappers, blackmailers, corrupt politicians.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 12h

I guess they are taking the polls seriously & pre-emptively surrendering.

As Prof Snyder says here about US newspapers in the Pres campaign last year, this makes the feared outcome more likely. Do not obey in advance!
snyder.substack.com/p/obeying-in...

Obeying in advance

Media billionaires ask for tyranny

snyder.substack.com

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 12h

Stupid thing is they made a lot of progress under Reed-extending deep peat protection, wild beaver releases, neonics ban maintained; plus climate& energy wins under Miliband; yet the technocrats at the top of the party seem determined to alienate enviro-aware supporters w these crass pronouncements.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13h

Reform UK need to come clean about refugees in Wales.

85% of refugees in Wales being supported are Ukrainian and the grand total of ALL refugees being supported is under 3k.

Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

nation.cymru/news/formal-...

Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

Martin Shipton Leading members of the Ukrainian community in Caerphilly are making a formal complaint to the official running the seat’s Senedd by-election, alleging that Reform UK is lying about the ...

nation.cymru

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 13h

"Voters also baulk at Farage’s friendship with Donald Trump. When this fact was highlighted by Persuasion UK, Farage’s favourability fell by 10.6 percentage points, and Reform’s favourability by 8 percentage points."

www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/e...

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

www.desmog.com

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 13h

"Reform is the only political party in Europe to accept donations in crypto, something that Nigel Farage announced at a bitcoin conference in Las Vegas in spring. Its party conference in Birmingham last month was sponsored by at least two crypto companies."
observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Calls for transparency on political funding after first c...

Electoral Commission notified of financial contribution, which is understood to have been handed to Reform UK

observer.co.uk

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 13h

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

Bluefin tuna feeding frenzy captured on film off Alderney

The spectacle known as a

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 13h

Cf Starmer: “Take the project in Ebbsfleet to build more than 15,000 homes... blocked by Natural England. Why? The discovery of a colony of distinguished jumping spiders. The dream of home ownership for 1000s of families, held back by arachnids. It’s nonsense. And we’ll stop it.”

It was nonsense.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 13h

"Earlier this week, Reeves was taped claiming that she had unblocked a development of 20,000 homes that was being held up by a rare snail."

"Claiming" in the wrong place in this sentence. She claimed that it was being held up by a rare snail, which was nonsense. It was a water quality issue.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

Nigel Farage should tell the people of #Caerphilly about how he wants to abolish the Senedd.

Actually, no need, we have a video of him saying it.

(Also about how Fox Hunting turns him on).

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 19h

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

These people have lives, families, hopes and dreams.

Where is fairness, justice, acceptance.

Where is our humanity!

Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 17h

Yep, that'd do it.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely superb effort by all those who voted for this, many of whom are now dead.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 17h

"Reform have cut a secondary school off the cuff and SEND provision but not anything else – such as the lunch served at full council meetings which they could just cut as a cabinet decision, but haven't. It's bizarre. It's so nonchalant."

uk.news.yahoo.com/3m-midland-s...

£3m Midland special needs education cuts branded 'shortsighted' and 'bizarre'

Reform UK accused by Tory of cutting a secondary school but not lunches served at full council meetings

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 17h

As long as they stay out of Cambs. I understand hotels in Wisbech are already under pre-emptive siege.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 17h

Crossing The Wash in small punts.

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