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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18h

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 8h

Faintly amusing that the IFS' argument to Reeves on tax reform is basically: You're fucked either way, so you might as well do something decent for the country while you're taking all this pain www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...

UK's Reeves should use budget to reform tax system, IFS says

British finance minister Rachel Reeves should use her budget in November to carry out a long overdue reform of the taxation system which could help her to raise more revenue while limiting the hit to the economy, a think tank said on Monday.

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 10h

Was he wrong.

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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 6h

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 6h

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More school leavers taking part in assessment and more getting the qualifications they need to progress than 10 years ago

Professor John Robertson OBA, former Associate Dean (QA) Faculty of Education UWS From Attainment of school leavers by SCQF level and stage of leaving published today, the above graph and: Once you…

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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 3h

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Stewart Lochhead @dj-womble.bsky.social · 1d

"‘Stunned?’ Farage’s Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide’s pro Russian statements" bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 1d

The Warm Homes Plan is needed ASAP for the millions suffering in fuel poverty.

The govt must learn from past mistakes, hold cowboy contractors to account, run the scheme for public benefit not private profit, and ensure home insulation provides real energy savings for all.

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Vivienjay @vivienjay.bsky.social · 7h

Plenty of us don't feel included by that.

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Vivienjay @vivienjay.bsky.social · 8h

Who are this "we" you write of? I doubt Scotland voted Boris in.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 8h

Very true.

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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 8h

The referendum we had wasn't binding either. The parliament of the time simply promised to implement the result. If it had been binding, the multiple breaking of rules on the 'leave' side including messaging without consent, overspending, & Russian interference would have rendered the result void.

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

True. And why? Because they knew they couldn't win if they admitted they wanted to leave the Single Market. It was their first big lie.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · Aug 26

In case you missed it ...
In 2016, Leave produced a Brexit battle plan. It highlighted the fact that they'd lose the ref if they told the truth about leaving the Single Market. So they lied. ... No matter what Farage says, he can never be trusted.
#FarageLies

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Rob Sherry 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇱 @sparkyrob73.bsky.social · 1d

Many prominent leave campaigners stated categorically that it wouldn’t happen and no one was looking at doing so (Daniel “wrong about everything Brexit” Hannan)

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Gill Holt @gill17.bsky.social · 1d

We didn't have a referendum on leaving the EU either, just a non-binding opinion poll 😢

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

In case you missed it ...
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.

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Damian Low @damianlow3.bsky.social · 9h

Well, this is awkward for Reform…

More questions to answer about Nathan Gill and Russia?

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Vivienjay @vivienjay.bsky.social · 8h

True - and it's a really great place for a family visit.

Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 8h

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 8h

The English obnoxious, environmentally unfriendly and greed-driven Royal Family.

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Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10h

I guess talking about Brexit damage is a start. But insisting we make this shitshow ‘work’ and forcing taxpayers to pay for some of the inevitable and ongoing loss feels like a wildly illogical response to the problem.

Photos of Wes Streeting above article and Farage below…

Text: It comes after The Independent revealed in March that Brexit had cost UK business £37bn a year as the result of a 5 per cent drop in trade with the EU.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11h

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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

“An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories”

Brexit will always ruin you in the end.
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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 9h

Two flags, one message: Scotland doesn’t need London to drain its oil, steal its voice, and slash its trade. Independence means keeping our wealth in Scotland — not shipping it south for crumbs.

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