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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7h

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

Brexit is the biggest self-harm. UK economy hasn't recovered.

Farage, the part-time MP, collects millions from 2nd/3rd jobs, full time MP pay+exps; often missing from the Commons.

Pushes hatred to grab power.

'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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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 3h

After some well-needed sleep, it was down to Bradwell-on-Sea yesterday for the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social Field Trip. Great turnout + good birds inc 2 PEREGRINE, 4 SAND TERN, GS WOOD on the seawall, EIDER, ROCK PIPITS & loads of FIREBUGS. #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature

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Andy Goodey @andygoodey.bsky.social · 7h

These 5 Whooper Swans were present for a few days near Messing. A very scarce visitor to this part of Essex
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h

Censorship, silencing and exile is never far away in so-called free world.

Books that they banned or tried to ban

Leaves of Grass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories
The Wizard of Oz
The Great Gatsby
The Sun also Rises

Have we advanced?

5 Historically Banned Classics and Why - Canterbury Classics

It's National Banned Books Week! To commemorate the event, we've compiled a list of popular classics that have been historically banned—and the reasons why.

www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 1d

"...He [Pope Leo XIV] quoted Hannah Arendt's 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' in asserting that the world needs free and objective information..."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 3h

The day concluded with a brief stop at Messing near Tiptree where 5 WHOOPER SWANS fed in a distant field. Thanks to @esbr-essex.bsky.social for driving and helping lead the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social field trip! #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Steve Entwistle @entwistle5.bsky.social · 21h

Couple good days yesterday 4 Whooper swans(my photo)messing,today 2 BeardedTits,kingfisher(photos D Urquhart)rock Pipit,3 Greenshank, male Siskin in feldy view,
#EssexBirding
#EssexBirdnews

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mr-yoyito.bsky.social @mr-yoyito.bsky.social · 22h

Who could have imagined the guy who mocked the Papacy a week after the sitting pope died would not win a Nobel Peace prize?

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 11h

A stick, hanging in mid-air?
What's going on?

Hazel glue fungus!

Keeping a dead twig attached to a living stem allows the glue fungus to break it down without competition from the many other fungi that work at ground level. Nature is *so* amazing!

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 23h

Join me (& @birdinghaapsalu.bsky.social of course) in #Estonia next March with @oriolebirding.bsky.social to experience Steller's Eiders, northern Owls, Woodpeckers & hopefully big forest mammals too www.oriolebirding.com/tour/estonia...

Hawk Owl from the last trip @jonathanfarooqi.bsky.social

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NotPhilCarter.bsky.social @notphilcarter.bsky.social · 1d

An almost birdless slog around the patch was finally rewarded when a distant airplane turned out to be a White-tailed Eagle. Unfortunately stayed rather distant but never mind, a full fat patch tick.
#HytheLagoons
#EssexBirding

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 17h

www.portlandbirdobs.com/2025/10/12th-october.html

12th October

Migration continued apace although subtle changes in the proportions of constituents saw Goldcrests gain prominence at the Bill at least, wh...

www.portlandbirdobs.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h

Executives at BMW want to meet the chancellor about the car loans scandal.

Car companies resent paying compensation.

Auto companies lied about diesel emissions, resent paying victims.

Simple advice to capitalists - don't lie and cheat to boost profits, exec pay, dividends.
archive.ph/bZj5o

BMW seeks meeting with Rachel Reeves over finance scandal bill

The carmaker, which faces a potential hit of over £200m from the mis-selling controversy, wants to discuss the implications of an industrywide redress programme

www.thetimes.com

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Tony Kennelly @tonykennelly508.bsky.social · 21h

What's with gulls trying to eat large starfish & then getting them stuck in their bills in BC? I have a very similar photo from 2008 when I visited my cousin in Vancouver, I had a great walk around Stanley park & saw this along the seawall path. I haven't seen any photos of gulls in UK doing it!

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 1d

#Lowestoft Life - 7th -12th October 2025
Back to Blighty with a touch of an eastern Autumn and some garden mothing. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/lowe...
@suffolkmoths.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Tony Kennelly @tonykennelly508.bsky.social · 1d

@essexbirdnews.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social dawn barn owl by barns outside salcott; 5 whooper swans in field west of Messing with a loudly calling buzzard behind; red kite over fields east of Messing; 5 spotted redshank, 6 ruff, c100 pintail, c500 coot & f sparrowhawk in wigborough bay.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 1d

www.portlandbirdobs.com/2025/10/11th-october.html

11th October

A day of seriously impressive numbers, with another big drop of Chiffchaffs on the ground, a strong push through of visible migrants overhea...

www.portlandbirdobs.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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David Morrison @morry57.bsky.social · 2d

Parliament
September
www.davemobirding.blogspot.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

leftfootforward.org

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Daryl Rhymes @darylrhymes.bsky.social · 2d

It was WeBS day at Abbetton yesterday. Good numbers of the common ducks & geese, GC Grebes, Coots & a decent count of 46 GW Egret. Otherwise, drake Scaup, Goldeneye, 14 Spotted Redshank, Spoonbill, Black Tern, 7+ Stonechat and loads of Linnets & Meadow Pipits. Not a bad day at all #essexbirding

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

NHS England waiting list hits 7.41m appointments, 6.26m patients; lower than the Tory legacy.

Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.

Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.

Save lives, not fiscal rules.

Doubts over Labour promises as NHS waiting lists rise for third month

LABOUR’S NHS waiting list promises look increasingly unlikely after data published today showed a third consecutive rise in delays for planned hospital treatment in England.The number of treatments wa...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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