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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13h

The picture of Farage with the T shirt from Gill’s briber’s wife, taken the day Gill appears her Pro Russian TV channel, is taken in Gill’s office

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13h

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10h

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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Amanda @amandagillender.bsky.social · 7h

*And, as yet, we have not seen either a freed hostage or a released Palestinian.
The cease fire has not been in place yet for 24 hours.
I think I need more evidence before I start shouting about peace.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9h

Politico: "Boris Johnson breached anti-sleaze rules (again) after failing to come clean about work he is said to have done for two firms without consulting regulators...Johnson sought to link firms up with foreign government representatives & entered into contracts without consulting the watchdog."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 7h

The answer is no, Tom - people living* on the state pensions do not have it any “easier”, and pitting working young people against retired people is ludicrous and counterproductive.

*Living is not the term I would use for trying to get by on maximum £230.25 per week.

66 'I lived off the state pension for a week - and was forced to drink water at the pub' Young workers are buckling under the weight of Reeves's tax burden. But do pensioners have it any easier?

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Amanda @amandagillender.bsky.social · 7h

Perhaps she should ask herself why they were 'imported ' in the first place.
Could it be there was a need for more people to work in the country to keep it functioning?
Now, perhaps she should ask herself what will happen to the economy & the country when these people are transported out again.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

That's Nigel "Twelve Jobs, Four Homes and a Chauffeur driven BMW" Farage to you !

Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 19h

Labour need to shouting this from the roof tops.

They need to be challenging Farage over his multiple jobs.
They need to be challenging Reform over their tex exile donor base.
They need to be challenging Reform policies at every opportunity.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 16h

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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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22h

🚨The IPP scandal is one of the most cruel, monumental and shocking injustices of the past half century. If you are not yet familiar with it watch this jaw dropping update.

PM Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to take the politics out of it and end this injustice

youtu.be/HVOWDnYBzDI?...

🚨The SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL is one of the most cruel & inhumane injustices of the past half-century

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 17h

🚨🚨Good news: The European Union has signaled it will not give in to pressure from Washington to tear up its #green rules in order to firm up a deal on #tariffs, @ec.europa.eu trade chief @sabineweyand.bsky.social has said to EU Member States. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

www.politico.eu

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Amanda @amandagillender.bsky.social · 17h

When deciding this year's Nobel Peace Prize the Committee said, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
Take that and suck it up, Trump, you authoritarian, fascist bastard!

Amanda @amandagillender.bsky.social · 17h

When deciding this year's Nobel Peace Prize the Committee said, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
Take that and suck it up, Trump, you authoritarian, fascist bastard!

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Amanda @amandagillender.bsky.social · 17h

When deciding this year's Nobel Peace Prize the Committee said, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
Take that and suck it up, Trump, you authoritarian, fascist bastard!

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 20h

"Brexiteers boasted that leaving the EU would be worth hundreds of billions a year. Cambridge Econometrics estimates that over the next decade Britain's economy will be £300bn smaller than if we had not left the EU. This is self-harm on a heroic scale."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 19h

The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division

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Amanda @amandagillender.bsky.social · 17h

When deciding this year's Nobel Peace Prize the Committee said, “When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
Take that and suck it up, Trump, you authoritarian, fascist bastard!

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 19h

Labour need to shouting this from the roof tops.

They need to be challenging Farage over his multiple jobs.
They need to be challenging Reform over their tex exile donor base.
They need to be challenging Reform policies at every opportunity.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 20h

Felicitaciones, María Corina Machado, por recibir el Premio Nobel de la Paz.

This award honours not only your courage and conviction.

But every voice that refuses to be silenced. In Venezuela and across the world.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h

🚨Just 345 signatures from 75,000! Lets get it there 🙏

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.

You can support the campaign to change the law here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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