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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 14h

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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Manta Trust @mantatrust.bsky.social · 19h

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avidreader9.bsky.social @avidreader9.bsky.social · 1d

Pi-rats

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 16h

Hard to decide on the best bit of this round up. I feel it should be read out by Rachel Parris or Ellie Taylor. & I feel Pray the Gay Away is likely only a BBC pitch away (with a contemporary dance segment woven in). Thanks @bearlypolitics.co.uk x

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 18h

A pub “gone woke”, activist judges, a “revenge” plot by Ursula von der Leyen and a Lithuanian Ballerina personally trying to bring down Western Civilisation - this week’s headlines truly outdid themselves.

All in Bearly Newsworthy, the round-up of what happened in the news this week (or didn't).

Bearly Newsworthy: The Things They Told You To Be Angry About This Week

This week's digest of the UK's most performative outrage - lovingly filtered so you don't have to doomscroll.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 23h

Also it is 'without affecting, not 'effecting'. Just another thing to make me angry.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h

Reform UK on Staffordshire Council have decided to spend £142,000 on political assistants.

Here’s Reform Staffordshire’s Chris Large last month saying they were going to introduce a ‘headcount freeze’.

You can’t trust a Reform Councillor.

Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 23h

Aarrgh/! Affecting, not effecting. I realise it's a small thing but it's another branch on my bonfire of frustration at people voting them in.

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 23h

Pot part?

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 23h

Gorgeous!

Moodhooover @moodhooover.bsky.social · 1d

Year's round up. #3
Drake's Island & Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall from Mount Batten, Devon. Feb 2025
#sunset
#photography
#wedonuffin

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 23h

Classy.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h

Reform UK have got Mr Piss as a councillor, elected in Skelton last night.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h

Reform UK have got Mr Piss as a councillor, elected in Skelton last night.

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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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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 1d

‘It feels good – and quite strange – to think I could vote for what I believe in…’

@natashawalter.bsky.social reports on why young women are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk, won over by @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s stance on topics such as Palestine, refugee rights and economic injustice 🌱

Photo of Zack Polanski. Text: Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it asked you to spell Quotient?

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 1d

Another one gone.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK’s Councillor Rowland O’Connor, St. Columb Major, has resigned from the party.

A conspiracy theorist who claimed 17m people have died from the COVID vaccine, among many other claims.

Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 1d

Been there - you're not alone

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 1d

Still terrified by that awful reform number

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! Yes! I said to my kids I expect to see squirrels going completely nutty for the acorns and scampering round trying to grab them all. Instead - nothing.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK in the dock ⚖

9th October Andy Osborn.
14th October Neil Stevens, Tony Stevens, and Rob Sheridan.
15th October Sarah White.
21st November Nathan Gill.
16th December Mandy Clare.
22nd May 2026 Daniel Taylor.

Under investigation:
Joseph Boam.
Lee Duffy.
George Cottrell.

#ReformInTheDock

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

“We’re in the fight of our lives, and the future of our democracy is on the line. Politics has become more fractured and divided. We’re losing support to both sides. Trying to out-Reform Reform doesn’t work”
@lucympowell.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lucy Powell tells Labour it can’t sugarcoat how badly things are going

Frontrunner for deputy leadership addresses rally as opponent Bridget Phillipson pledges ‘second Labour term our children deserve’

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dear.

World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 2d

LIVE SCENES FROM WALES
#WorldBollardAssociation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Because they don't want thinkers and challengers. What fun 'Britian' would be under her. Bet she wouldn't stop her own kids choosing such a degree. Another for thee not me.

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Chalkwitch Tiff @chalkwitch.bsky.social · 2d

It's same in UK. Schools supposedly encourage it but remove the joy from it. Wanting only to record time spent doing it and hammering in modal verbs. The joy of a book is lost then. Also no discussion which impacts critical thinking & sharing ideas.

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