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Rebecca Taylor

@beccaet.bsky.social

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Liberal internationalist 🇪🇺 feminist, antiracist & LGBTQ+ ally. Yorkshire/London. Ex LibDem MEP. LD Friends of Cycling/Primary Care WG. Works in health policy. ❤️s running, cooking, cycling & yoga. Mum of 1. Dual 🇬🇧/🇩🇪 citizen (personal account)

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Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social · Sep 17

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,250,652!

Tile showing BlueSky joining position out of 10m users

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bakura23.bsky.social @bakura23.bsky.social · 2h

@paulbernal.bsky.social finally a major news outlet (sky) has highlighted the real problem faced by the discord hack news.sky.com/story/discor...

Discord hack shows dangers of online age checks as internet policing hopes put to the test

As the drive for age verification grows, so does the pressure on online companies to keep users' data safe and, as the Discord hack shows, that cannot be guaranteed.

news.sky.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

Restore Britain's convoluted way of calliing for Britain to take no refugees at all.

UK should only ever give refugee status to genuine asylum seekers from neighbouring countries, which, given every one of our neighbours is a safe country "would effectively mean scrapping our whole asylum system"

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 8h

Kenn Valley - Teignbridge BC

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative!!

Full result awaited!

Congratulations to Kevin Smith and the Team!!

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 9h

Widcombe & Lyncombe-Bath & NE Somerset

Lib Dem Hold!

🔶 Stuart Bridge Lib Dem 769 44.4%
🟢Green Party 267 15.4%
🔴Labour 212 12.2%
➡️ Reform UK 206 11.9%
🔵Conservative 149 8.6%
🔘 Independent 83 4.7%
🔘Independent 45 2.5%

Congratulations to Stuart & the Team!!

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8h

Restore Britain (Rupert Lowe, backed by Conservatives Susan Hall and Gavin Williamson) propose to strip 56,600 people who have been granted refugee status in Britain over the last eight years of that status and deport them.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 8h

WE’RE ALL GETTING OWLS

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 9h

Aughton & Holborn (West Lancashire) Council By-Election Result:

🏘️ OWL: 35.5% (+10.4)
➡️ RFM: 24.1% (+18.6)
🌹 LAB: 19.4% (-21.3)
🌳 CON: 14.9% (-8.7)
🌍 GRN: 3.9% (-1.1)
🔶 LDM: 2.1% (New)

Our West Lancashire GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 11h

Recreational bluefin tuna line fishing is Farage’s main recreational activity whereas Putin apparently prefers to use large Gill nets.

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Partizan Dulwich @partizandulwich.bsky.social · 11h

Milei - Trumps & Farage man in Argentina

France 24 reporting in Argentina price of a bar of chocolate 7 euros while weekly wage just 250 euros

Economy in free fall, workers rights ripped up

Corruption involving sister

Parliamentary election in two weeks

@reformexposed.bsky.social

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 11h

Farage couldn't care less about the safety of teenage girls.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 13h

A ceasefire in Gaza must be the first step towards a two-state solution and a lasting peace.

A tweet from Ed Davey which reads: News of a ceasefire deal in Gaza brings real hope.

The UK and our allies must do all we can to get the hostages home, get aid in to starving people, and finally end this horrific violence.

This must be the first step towards a two-state solution and a lasting peace.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12h

“Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism.”
— RFK Jr

Well, that's war declared on Judaism.

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tequila0341.bsky.social @tequila0341.bsky.social · 11h

Should note that this was brought by Trump's personal attorney, since the career Federal prosecutor resigned after no evidence was found. abcnews.go.com/US/us-attorn...

US attorney resigns amid pressure from Trump after sources say he refused to charge NY AG Letitia James

U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert resigned his position Friday amid pressure from President Trump after sources said he refused to bring charges against NY AG Letitia James.

abcnews.go.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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LGA Liberal Democrat Group @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social · 13h

Earlier this year, Liberal Democrat run South Cambridgeshire District Council marked Rural Housing Week by celebrating 520 affordable homes built on rural exception sites since 2009.

South Cambridgeshire celebrates 520 affordable homes on rural exception sites

South Cambridgeshire District Council is marking Rural Housing Week by celebrating 520 affordable homes built on rural exception sites since 2009.

www.scambs.gov.uk

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 14h

We're a long way off an election, and I'm not one to focus on polls.

But I'll take a rare break from that to say: Good grief, it is going to be carnage if anything like this is put through the meat grinder of First Past the Post...

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 19h

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13h

Videos claiming that a new rule will ban pensioners from driving at night have been shared thousands of times online.

But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.

Fake nighttime pensioner driving ban rumour spreads online – Full Fact

A spokesperson from the Department for Transport confirmed this is not true.

fullfact.org

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Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social · 13h

It’s OK Americans can in future buy clean energy from China when their fossil fuels become unaffordable. It will be more expensive than home grown green energy, but hey….

Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social · 13h

How is that legal?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h

How is that probable cause?!

Screenshot of a tweet from Matt Hill (@thematthill) on X. The tweet states that Greg Bovino admitted agents can detain people based on behavior like looking scared or gripping the steering wheel tightly, even if they’re U.S. citizens. Below is a CNN screenshot showing Bovino being interviewed, with the headline: ‘Exclusive: Agent leading Trump’s immigration crackdown speaks to CNN.’

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17h

Less than 24 hours after the European Parliament voted to ban plant-based foods across the EU from using names like “burger,” “sausage” or “steak” — the institution’s canteen in Strasbourg served up a “vegan burger” as its healthy lunch option.

EU Parliament votes to ban veggie burgers — then serves them for lunch

The ink was barely dry on the European Parliament’s prohibition across the bloc when its own chefs dished up “vegan burgers,” leaving lawmakers choking on the irony.

www.politico.eu

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Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social · 13h

"National preference", the policy approach Farage is taking targets people roughly in this order:
1) Foreign nationals
2) Dual nationals ("split loyalty")/naturalised citizens ("not real citizens")
3) Ethnic minority/LGBTQ+/disabled/political opponent citizens ("not right kind of citizens")

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Nod64, back again. @mr-nod-64.bsky.social · 18h

As my pal said. When they've deported all the immigrants, who's going to be next?
Fascist Farage has said that he wants to deport all immigrants, including the folk who are legally here. (I'm assuming he's including his French girlfriend.)
Once he's done that, who's next?

#FarageIsAFascist

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