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Rich Price

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Scribbler (erstwhile journo) music PR/Sponsorship back when, personal biographies now, Editor/writer at Central Bylines, authority pest,nurture nature, not fond of Tories, Reform or Brexit, CFC 💙, CST,CPO,161 etc #FBPE #FBR 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dog person. No DMs

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Rich Price @radiopricey.bsky.social · Aug 25

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A new poll reports the UK is declining; how can we fix it?

A report by Hope Not Hate and The Co-operative Party cites the UK as "declining", but halting the slide starts at local level

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19h

"Russia’s exit from the anti-torture convention is a stark declaration: the Russian state will act as it pleases and reject the oversight that might restrain its worst impulses," writes lawyer and serviceman Nestor Barchuk in his recent op-ed.

Russia has tortured Ukrainian POWs for years. Now they're even more vulnerable

On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making Russia the first country in history to aban...

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PBRP @pbrpgal.bsky.social · 1h

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 1h

What’s that Jeremy? Your private healthcare couldn’t save your life but the NHS could?

People need to think long and hard about voting for Reform, Farage openly says we need insurance based healthcare, but what about people who can’t afford it?

They die. It’s simple.

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing Jeremy Clarkson u-turns on his criticism of the NHS after receiving urgent treatment his private care couldn’t provide.

Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter, who called service ‘a creaking monster’, says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

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Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 1h

It's great Donald Trump is looking at important stuff🤷

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1h

"Whether you agree with Zack Polanski or not it is important to have a different view articulated as effectively as some of the radical right have been doing.

"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...

Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents

In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 12h

1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1h

If Mahmood wanted to tackle declining in trust in politicians a good step would be being honest about immigration. It isn't migration which is the issue, it's the misinformation demonising migrants which surrounds it. Europe's border policies already cost lives.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Border failings in Europe are eroding trust in nation states, warns Mahmood

Home secretary to tell meeting of interior ministers that international cooperation is way to curb irregular migration

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1h

Get a grip sunshine. People vote in a democracy for the leader they want. It’s still inexplicable to many of us that the US voted for you not just once but twice, but that’s how the system works. Read a book about it.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h

Trump threatens to punish Argentina if Milei loses elections www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election

US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economy

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1h

Not debating a return to the SM and CU is a dereliction of duty by our government. Maintaining the downwards spiral the UK is currently on is not in our best interest.

a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind

ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10h

Other things Adolf Hitler did which Donald Trump has copied.

1. Takeover, or threaten all of the Media into submission.
2. Make all the Generals do exactly as he says, or fire them.
3. Send out squads of thugs to detain and harrass 'undesirables'.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 1

Goebbels said at Nuremberg (1934) that one of the cleverest tricks used in propaganda was to accuse opponents of what you were doing yourself.

Since Trump era, this idea has been falsely attributed by alt-Right mouthpieces like Charlie Kirk to Saul Alinksy's 1971 book "Rules for Radicals"
#FakeNews

1934 speech on propaganda Nuremberg by Joseph Goebbels

The cleverest trick used in propaganda against Germany during the war was to accuse Germany of what our enemies themselves were doing. Even today, large parts of world opinion are convinced that the typical characteristics of German propaganda are lying, crudeness, reversing the facts, and the like. One needs only to remember the stories that were spread throughout the world at the beginning of the war about German soldiers chopping off children's hands and crucifying women to realize that Germany then was a defenseless victim of this campaign of calumny. It neither had nor used any means of defense.

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive /goeb59.htm

The source: Der Kongress zur Nürnberg 1934 (Munich: Zentralverlag der NSDAP., Frz. Eher Nachf., 1934), pp. 130-141.

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Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11

"Accuse your opponent of what you are doing, to create confusion and to inculcate voters against evidence of your own guilt"

Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 12h

And another one gone!

Reform suspends a council in Kent following unofficial complaints from several female members of staff.

How many more of the May intake of Reform councillors will be gone by the end of the year?

Reform UK suspend Kent county councillor after complaint - BBC News

An investigation is pending into a complaint made by some women into the behaviour of Robert Ford.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23h

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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Andrew Grantham @climatedaily1.bsky.social · 20h

I trust that Richard Tice is supporting his constituents at this difficult time? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 22h

To all you patriots (and UK authorities)

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

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tonto123.bsky.social @tonto123.bsky.social · 20h

Once again, why aren't the media bringing this to people's attention. Imagine if starmer did that. They seem to give charlatans and grifters a walk over. I wonder why.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22h

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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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22h

Left: Boris Johnson telling lies about freedom of movement saying the UK had no control of our borders

Right: Aside from being able to remove any criminals coming from the EU, for a longer term stay, EU citizens had to meet certain criteria, if they didn't they could be removed

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 20h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO @tsunami65.bsky.social · 20h

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New Epstein email lands Prince Andrew in muddy water… again | LBC

YouTube video by LBC

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 1d

But if Brexit is the problem, what are they going to do about it?

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

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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