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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

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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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 23h

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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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 23h

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

🤔Were they 'VIP' fitters?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He needs to be tried in court and imprisoned. But that only happens to us: the little people.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.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 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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AnnieForTruth @anniefortruth1.bsky.social · 3d

There is a measles outbreak in South Carolina and there are now 153 unvaccinated children quarantined. There is a safe and effective vaccine to prevent this.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Just_Vicki 🐾🎵💟🕉💙🌈🌻🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦 @justvickimarie.bsky.social · 3d

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Michael J Lentz RNc MBA @michaellentzrn.bsky.social · 3d

Out with Brexit and Reform. Tax the fuck out of the rich.Time for Robin Hood. Take from the Rich and give it all to the poor.. The Rich have betrayed the American and British, Scottish, Australian and New Zealander People's.

Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 4d

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
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

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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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 3d

Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, accepted a £1,400 stay at the French Riviera home of Lubov Chernukhin, a Conservative donor and the wife of Russia’s former deputy finance minister, new filings show

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Richard Tice accepted stay at French Riviera home of Tory donor

Reform deputy leader’s trip, worth £1,4000, to Lubov Chernukhin’s property was for ‘discussing gas power in UK’

www.theguardian.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote this on Nathan Gill, Russian bribes, Reform and Farage nearly two weeks ago. Here it is again if you’re sick of the silence of the UK media

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

It's time we asked some serious questions about Reform and Russia, says Neil Mackay

As a former prominent leader of Reform faces jail for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements, Neil Mackay says we have to ask serious…

www.heraldscotland.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 4d

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 4d

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
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 4d

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
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 5d

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

🤔Will this result in increased repairs or share dividends?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Todd @1gregtodd.bsky.social · 5d

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 5d

Please repost if you are antifa. #IamAntifa

Antifa in action on D-Day in 1944.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 5d

1. This does not target the UK

2. This is clear evidence of being inside a customs union rather than floating alone

3. It was inevitable that Trump's actions at the head of such a large economy would result in dumping elsewhere.. Europe has to be able to take action to counter that.

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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 5d

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

🤔Will this result in increased repairs or share dividends?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

www.theguardian.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

Kash was begging for a Community Note

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 7d

On average, every 4 years, the ECHR stops the UK removing 1 foreign person.

They want you to demand we leave the ECHR because of this.

I've being saying "told you so" about Brexit for a decade. Don't let them do it to you again. Please listen this time.....

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🌮When The Cities Burn, We'll All Be Warm🌮 @when-cities-burn.bsky.social · Jul 26

#QuoteOfTheDay: #A.C.Grayling

“Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.”
― A.C. Grayling

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