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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

Imagine that

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 8h

Pope Leo says Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions.

"Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty...or agrees with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the US,
is not really pro-life."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

www.npr.org

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❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 5h

From my whole heart, I’m sending all healing thoughts, positive energy, good vibes and well wishes, to our dear Joe Biden🙏💙💓

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 8h

Richard Tice: "I've never met Nathan Gill"

Also Richard Tice ⬇️

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 8h

Yusuf in September: “People in the senior leadership team have never really heard of Gill.”
Farage now: “I’ve known Gill for 20 years.”
How many of Reform UK’s Kremlin rats have taken terrorist-state Russian bribery? #ukpolitics

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 5h

💯💯💯

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Dame Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 6h

It looks like the fascists have fallen.

If only….

Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 7h

Why are the faketriot morons disrespecting the flag by letting them drape on the ground...?

Because they're faketriot morons?

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catcat1999.bsky.social @catcat1999.bsky.social · 5h

That's the way to build loyalty, not.

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Merry Christmas, as in the other place. @hellobluesky5694.bsky.social · 12h

All my life it has been the same, Tories break the UK economy and Labour get the blame for trying to sort it out

Before now the worst that could happen was the Tories getting elected again, this time it is ReformUK on the rise, and they will impose onto the UK what Trump has imposed onto the USA

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13h

Reform UK Leicestershire councillor threatens to resign - but changes his mind

Reform UK Leicestershire councillor threatens to resign - but changes his mind | Leicestershire Live

He had claimed he would be able to work without 'constraints'

www.leicestermercury.co.uk

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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 12h

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... remember this from 2024? When wonderful Walthamstow turned up to challenge hate . Thought for the day

The day Britain fought back: public praised for anti-racism gatherings

The night air fizzed with energy as anti-racist protesters chanted “we fight back” and “refugees are welcome here”

www.independent.co.uk

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Merry Christmas, as in the other place. @hellobluesky5694.bsky.social · 12h

Local ReformUK

'On August 30, Reform UK suspended Durham councillor Paul Bean following a HOPE not hate investigation showing that he had used an anonymous YouTube account to make misogynistic slurs and criticise the leadership of Reform.'

Durham must be so proud.

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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 12h

Including £9.6m for the South East. Currently waiting on more local figures.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 21h

Who did Nigel Farage have lunch with after resigning as UKIP leader 4 July 2016?

Why, it's Russian bribe enthusiast Nathan Gill, who then did the important news briefing on his behalf to Russia Today.

Why was Putin's mouthpiece so interested?

youtu.be/j1wv-iu84nk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Scottish Reform UK councillor reported to police after STV interview

Scottish Reform UK councillor reported to police over 'born and bred' comment

A SCOTTISH Reform UK councillor has been reported to the police over comments she made about people who are “born and bred” in Falkirk, The…

www.thenational.scot

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Ramplkev @kevr.bsky.social · 11h

What the hell is wrong with you America. Why aren't you all out on the streets protesting? Is this what it has come to? The equivalent of the SS are now scaring you into submission? Land of the free, huh.

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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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 11h

I'm sure all the constituents of Reform councils who were promised cost cutting to save them money but are now having to pay higher council tax are pleased to see Reform, particularly Jenkyn's, are spending a small fortune on themselves. You vote for conmen you get conned!
bsky.app/profile/refo...

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Greater Lincolnshire Mayor under fire for £74k plans for new offices

www.lincsonline.co.uk/spalding/new...

Mayor under fire for £74k plan for new office

Greater Lincolnshire’s new mayoral authority has come under fire over plans to spend £74,000 on new offices.

www.lincsonline.co.uk

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

Good to blame Farage for the dull-arsed, ruinous, tedious failure of Brexit.
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Starmer and Reeves are expected to argue that if it hadn't been for Brexit this type of downgrade would not have been needed - and cite official figures suggesting that if Britain had not left the European Union the economy would be about £120 billion greater by 2035 than current forecasts suggest.
The message is simple: Farage is ultimately to blame, as the man who delivered Brexit with "easy sloganeering" then walked away from the aftermath rather than putting in the hard yards.
Or to put it another way: Farage, not us, is responsible for putting up your taxes.
The theme will tie to the main thrust of Starmer's argument at conference, that the Reform leader is selling easy solutions that are just a fantasy.

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 14h

UPDATE: It took Nigel Farage over two weeks to finally respond to Nathan Gill’s conviction for eight counts of bribery for taking payments from a pro-Russian Ukrainian MP and close associate of one of Putin’s closest allies, Viktor Medvedchuk. Now new information has come to light.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h

🔴UPDATE 🔴

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told @bylinetimes.bsky.social it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about Gill’s pro-Russian statements

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

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

bylinetimes.com

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 11h

Leaving NATO would be as disastrous as leaving the EU or the ECHR.

It would throw the security of our European allies inti chaos. It would signal to Russia that we do not stand with those under its threat. It would weaken European security significantly.

Polanski must clarify his views

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 12h

Then maybe now would be a good time to clarify your position on the UK's commitment to NATO and its allies.

In particular, whether you still support collective security as currently envisaged by Article V.

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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO @tsunami65.bsky.social · 1d

How is she any judge of what the UK public wants? We WANT to know if our politicians are bought and paid for by a foreign dictator with blood on his hands!

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · 11h

As reported by James O'Brien some time ago;

substack.com/@adambienkov...

Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov)

A former teacher at Farage’s school recalled staff being concerned that “Nigel had voiced views that were racist” with Farage later being thrown out of a class for shouting, “shut up you Jew”. A Jewi...

substack.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Greater Lincolnshire Mayor under fire for £74k plans for new offices

www.lincsonline.co.uk/spalding/new...

Mayor under fire for £74k plan for new office

Greater Lincolnshire’s new mayoral authority has come under fire over plans to spend £74,000 on new offices.

www.lincsonline.co.uk

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