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Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 9h

The Shipping Forecast is mesmeric even if you’ve never set foot in a boat. The names sound exotic but they are mostly around our shores.

NPR @npr.org · 9h

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.

Opinion: 'The Shipping Forecast' reminds us of the power of the human voice

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.

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Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 9h

Vladimir Faragov from Clactonograd is Putin’s man.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17h

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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'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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Olivia (she/her) ⚢🏳️‍⚧️ @olivia-transwoman.bsky.social · 11h

The only treason laws we have pertain to taking out the monarch or their spouse. It's fucking weak as fuck when we have so many russian puppet traitors here, but then the whole world has a russian puppet traitor problem. @andyburnham.bsky.social

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Rob Roy (he/him) @robertroy.bsky.social · 1d

Toddler in chief

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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 9h

Alarming that both Tories and Reform are committed to accelerating fossil fuel use and rolling back renewables. A suicide lobby, enthusiastic about wrecking our future! #Fossilfools #ClimateChange

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11h

Timeline cleanse
came across tiny postman's gardens in old London where there is a wall of plaques, set up in 1900, for ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to save others...

Beautiful small garden and beautiful tributes

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10h

The Conservatives have "identified" £47 billion in savings rather like I have "identified" the size of the National Lottery jackpot for a given evening, here's a number than in theory could be mine.

Shoddy journalism.

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Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 9h

What a cracker.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Cartoon by John Deering.

Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 11h

Farage had a show on RT, of course he’s a Russian asset. Do we still have a treason law?

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12h

Nathan Gill who went from UKIP ⏩ Brexit Party ⏩ Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes to speak pro Russian and anti- EU statements?

Photo collage
➡️ Oleg Voloshyn and his wife Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nathan Gill with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nathan Gill

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 11h

substack.com/@parislychee...
No surprise, they’re monsters!

Kathy (@parislychee)

Is anyone surprised? An investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call and visual researchers reveals that the Israeli army used fake 3D animations stolen from video games, online assets, content creator...

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britsoul @britsoul.bsky.social · 1d

Did I ❤️ ? Of course I did! 🤚🏻🌊

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Dave Merritt @butwhatifitsall.bsky.social · 17h

Labour is 6 years late to this. And still with no policy to do anything about it.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20h

Rachel Reeves set to blame Nigel Farage for tax rises in the Budget, saying he delivered Brexit with “easy sloganeering” and then walked away

It’s about time

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 21h

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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Graham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 17h

Quite a rebuke for Trump

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Patrick Robey @pat-beauclerc.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I meet politicians who championed Brexit nowadays, I ask them a simple question: do you still think you were right? A few fools mutter, “Yes, on balance” & “In the long term, perhaps.” Fools ? Or charlatans ? Either way, Starmer's inaction is a disgrace
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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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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17h

⚡️Ukrainian air defenses operating at 74% effectiveness, military chief says.

"Over the past month, (Russia) has increased the number of air strikes 1.3 times," Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

Ukrainian air defenses operating at 74% effectiveness, military chief says

"Over the past month, (Russia) has increased the number of air strikes 1.3 times," Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

Holy hell !

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 21h

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

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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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 1d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

I love it.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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