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oghipchick.bsky.social @oghipchick.bsky.social · Oct 2

The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)

Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Sep 29

There are also significant financial and exposure incentives for being 5% more moderate than the most prominent monster.

Endless media invitations awaiting anyone willing to come on and say, "well I wouldn't go quite THAT far, but you have to admit there's a real underlying concern here which..."

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Sep 28

A thing to watch for, discourse-wise, is racism-deniers & facilitators in ‘mainstream’ media trying to detoxify ideas that have been beyond the mainstream pale since the Eighties. The Liddles & Littlejohns openly relish the opportunity that Farage offers them to remove what’s left of their masks.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 29

Starmer clearly did not say this. He said it is wrong to strip the status of those told the UK is their permanent home - and added this policy was 'racist' when asked

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · Sep 28

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · Sep 28

I want to know what Britain really thinks because I was fed up with the right wing narrative about our country and so I commissioned the Giga Poll - the biggest poll we've ever had.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 27

Delighted this has now gone over £16,000. 🔥

Please keep it coming. It’s a vast volunteer network- and every little bit goes a long, long way in building a new media powerhouse of citizens.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 26

If, like us, you're frustrated with vapid MSM never tackling the real issues with authentic voices -

- then do back the Bylines Network to bring a new type of grassroots media into the landscape, with monthly 300,000-400,000 article reads & millions of social media + search engine impressions. 💪

Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 27

Latest on Labour's 'relentless chase for growth'. share.google/ix4F48b5RkeM...

Student visas crackdown and new levies to cause ‘£1.8bn loss’ to UK economy

The Government has proposed a 6 per cent tax on international student tuition fees and a reduction in graduate visas

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · Sep 27

Reform UK "are bigger threat than the BNP" says veteran anti racism campaigner Nick Lowles @hopenothate.org.uk in conversation with @adambienkov.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Nick Lowles: How To Defeat The Far Right

Nick Lowles from Hope Not Hate joins Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov to talk about his new book, "How To Defeat The Far Right".Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about...

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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · Sep 27

This is what the government has been saying about eVisas. So, why do we need digital IDs?

Every time they come up with yet another idea to monitor us and further control our lives, they claim this one is the panacea for all our problems.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 27

Journalist Alicia Fitzgerald misrepresents Freedom of Movement that we had with the EU

Suggesting that young people under 30 could only go to EU countries for up to 2 years

The other journalist sitting next to her nods her head in agreement

And the host of the program doesn't correct her

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · Sep 27

Brexit wasn’t a pint of British
sovereignty 🍺🇬🇧

It was a Russian cocktail 🍸 mixed with Kremlin influence, US hedge funds, and media moguls.

And public got the hangover as elites pocketed the profits.

Brexit reality: toxic mix brewed to weaken Britain and Europe.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia

Nathan Gill admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. He said he was tasked to make specific statements in return for money. #EuropeNews

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · Sep 27

That is how to write a headline in the Trump era

Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · Sep 27

This

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 27

Please don't take medical advice from the president who thought up injecting bleach

Please share this with any person who needs to be reminded of this

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Sep 27

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.

Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 27

How is this not front page news?

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Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · Sep 27

“Our investigation uncovered that an elected MEP was taking payments to peddle narratives beneficial to Russian interests... This case goes to the heart of our democratic values.”

— head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · Sep 26

🚨 This is serious. Ex Reform UK leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, 52, pleads guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament when serving as a UKIP MEP.

Ex-Reform leader pleads guilty to Pro-Russia bribery charges

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to numerous bribery charges relating to pro-Russian statements.

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Pete Moore @paintoolkit.bsky.social · Sep 27

@matthew-wright.bsky.social 👇

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 27

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

Johnson says he will never use government ID

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Sep 27

Lucy Powell: Labour has handed the megaphone to Nigel Farage – it must end now 👏

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Lucy Powell: Labour has handed the megaphone to Nigel Farage – it must end now

The ex-Cabinet minister and Labour deputy hopeful is concerned the Government has lost control of the conversation

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Sep 27

WaPo - The State Department says it has revoked the visa for Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who was in NYC to attend the UN General Assembly. www.washingtonpost.com/world/...

State Department revokes visa for Colombian President Gustavo Petro

The State Department accused Petro of urging U.S. soldiers to disobey orders in remarks at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York.

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oghipchick.bsky.social @oghipchick.bsky.social · Sep 26

@primeministeruk.bsky.social we need govern the country on evidence not based on headlines. Use the money 2 build processing centres in France. Employers ask for eligibility(passport,NI,Biometric cards)to work, we don’t need another ID U R focused on the wrong thing, citizens R importing issues

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Sep 26

3. ⁠this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.

FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · Sep 26

I could be wrong, but I don’t remember so many polls being done about who would win a general election if it were held tomorrow at any other point when it was four years out from a GE ? Who is commissioning these polls? What is their purpose? Justification for wall to wall Farage coverage maybe?

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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · Sep 26

Too many people feel that our economy is rigged against them- that no matter how hard they work or what contribution they make, they can't get by.

Our new report examines how this is fuelling the rise of populist politics- and what we can do about it.

🔗https://fairnessfoundation.com/rigged

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oghipchick.bsky.social @oghipchick.bsky.social · Sep 21

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · Sep 15

That time Gnarly Kook called for Biden‘s execution… 🤪

PS: “ToNe DoWn ThE vIoLeNt RhEtOrIc, YoU lEfTiStS!!!!”

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