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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 42m

In the scale of damage done to the USA, I suspect McConnell stands head and shoulders above many of those offenders in the last few decades.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 46m

What's the punishment for treason?

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David Phillips @davidtphillips.bsky.social · 4h

Allegations of Russian links to Reform UK should trigger one simple response: a full public inquiry. If foreign powers are meddling in our democracy, it’s treason, not party politics.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

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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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 50m

It's a question, not a statement.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1h

America is losing out on the switch to future energy, renewables. China is so far ahead of the USA that the USA may never catch up. Instead they bang on about fossil fuels that are expensive, finite and will run out. We need fossilised resources for other purposes.
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 20h

"Qinghai’s Talatan solar project:
Capacity of 16,930 megawatts of power, could run every Chicago household

Still adding panels w/ a target of growing 10 x the area of Manhattan in 3 yrs

Another 4,700 megawatts of wind energy & 7,380 megawatts of hydroelectric dams are nearby"

#nytimes

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 2h

Trump?

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 3h

I believe that Scotland should give Westminster an ultimatum.
Rejoin the EU or Scotland will do it alone,whatever it takes.
Do you want the battle?

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 3h

Surely with today's technology it's possible to see where the Russian attacks with drones are being launched. If it's possible then it can soon be stopped.
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On the night of October 11, Russian forces attacked Odesa and the Odesa region with drones, hitting infrastructure facilities. A total of 44 settlements in the region remain without electricity.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 4h

There is a centuries old ploy used by autocratic disruptors. Create false narrative and break old bonds destroying the standard of living and social fabric. Blame the 'other' for the results of your ploys. Persuade the now disgruntled people that you can fix it. Take control! Make yourself wealthy!

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 4h

Not so special after all! 🤣

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 5h

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...

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

"Brexiteers boasted that leaving the EU would be worth hundreds of billions a year. Cambridge Econometrics estimates that over the next decade Britain's economy will be £300bn smaller than if we had not left the EU. This is self-harm on a heroic scale."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 17h

He doesn't LOSE it. He was never in line for it for many reasons. People don't lose Nobel recognition, there are simply much more deserving cases. That's the post!

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 17h

Farage's lies continue to bite and to reduce the quality of life of UK citizens.

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 17h

Ooof! Telling it like it is! 💥😊
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Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

A reporter asked the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee why Trump didn’t win, and the guy basically said it’s because he has no courage or integrity. Absolutely brutal.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 17h

Murdered by Putin's Orcs!
When is it time to flatten Moscow?
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As a result of the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, 7-year-old Makar Dorosh, a first-grader at Gymnasium No. 86, was killed.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

On behalf of all the Palestinians and Israelis murdered by Hamas and Netanyahu's IDF, I hope the murderers and those who sent them, rot in hell.
It is difficult to put into words the depth of disgust I feel for those people. Evil beyond imagination! Fascist Filth!
Shame on those who sustained them!

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

Let's see if he starts doing what the electorate wants and gets us right alongside the EU in readiness for the rejoin.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d

💩Thames Water's creditors are trying to strike a deal with Ofwat that could let them off complying with pollution rules until 2040.

There's a better way than their dirty tricks!

Public ownership - because we should have a say in how our water is run.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in the Thames Water area I suggest you support this 👇 solution to the company's debt mountain.
Privatisation of public utilities is a moral outrage.
By the way, both right wing Parties do this stuff to feed their greed.

We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d

💩Thames Water's creditors are trying to strike a deal with Ofwat that could let them off complying with pollution rules until 2040.

There's a better way than their dirty tricks!

Public ownership - because we should have a say in how our water is run.

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

Being anti-fascist is clearly a threat to the fascists now exercising authority over the citizens of the USA.
You'd think people would have had enough of fascism with Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Franco, Salazar, Putin, Jong UN, Xi, Orbán, Lukashenko, Bolsonaro.
Now Trump wants a go! Ooof!

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

Bugger! I'm 82!

Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

This ☝️ @sallylewis488.bsky.social

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

On behalf of all the Palestinians and Israelis murdered by Hamas and Netanyahu's IDF, I hope the murderers and those who sent them, rot in hell.
It is difficult to put into words the depth of disgust I feel for those people. Evil beyond imagination! Fascist Filth!
Shame on those who sustained them!

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! My point exactly!

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