Chris7ben
@chris7ben.bsky.social
Amateur photographer, animal lover, nature lover, NHS supporter 💙
Left the other place and taken up permanent residence here. It's much healthier. And so much more friendly.
Left the other place and taken up permanent residence here. It's much healthier. And so much more friendly.
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Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...
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I want to thank everyone who posts gift articles of really important stories that all Americans should read but are behind paywalls so most can’t.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I want to thank everyone who posts gift articles of really important stories that all Americans should read but are behind paywalls so most can’t.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
There are some stories that are so important to the public interest that media companies should remove paywalls on some occasions.
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney resigns.
GOOD! 🙌
GOOD! 🙌
February 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney resigns.
GOOD! 🙌
GOOD! 🙌
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We'd welcome articles in this and the wider issue of having ICE agents with boots on the ground in Europe, email [email protected] if you want to have your voice heard on this.
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina - TopNews - Ansa.it
Rome street artist Laika has created a new piece of work protesting the presence of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We'd welcome articles in this and the wider issue of having ICE agents with boots on the ground in Europe, email [email protected] if you want to have your voice heard on this.
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
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Necessary but not sufficient.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Necessary but not sufficient.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
He knew. And still appointed him.
Starmer needs to go.
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McSweeney going is excellent news. It doesn't fix any problems by itself, but it is the precondition for fixing those problems.
February 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
McSweeney going is excellent news. It doesn't fix any problems by itself, but it is the precondition for fixing those problems.
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Like Dominic Cummings, Morgan McSweeney helped deliver electoral victory but, in doing so, debased and subverted everything his party claimed to stand for.
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Like Dominic Cummings, Morgan McSweeney helped deliver electoral victory but, in doing so, debased and subverted everything his party claimed to stand for.
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
“Keagle thinks some women in the MAGA elite might have “filler blindness” since the uncanny valley look is almost all that they’re surrounded by.
“And once you look at it in the mirror and see it again and again, it becomes your norm,” she said. “A face that erases all signs of aging.””
Uncanny.
“And once you look at it in the mirror and see it again and again, it becomes your norm,” she said. “A face that erases all signs of aging.””
Uncanny.
'Mar-a-Lago Face' Is Everywhere — And The Reason It's So Popular Is Kind Of Sinister — HuffPost UK
It's a caricature of femininity, and a must for any woman who wants to climb the ranks in MAGA world. But there are deeper reasons the look is so in demand, experts say.
apple.news
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“Keagle thinks some women in the MAGA elite might have “filler blindness” since the uncanny valley look is almost all that they’re surrounded by.
“And once you look at it in the mirror and see it again and again, it becomes your norm,” she said. “A face that erases all signs of aging.””
Uncanny.
“And once you look at it in the mirror and see it again and again, it becomes your norm,” she said. “A face that erases all signs of aging.””
Uncanny.
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This increasingly feels like a massive national security risk. What is the latest @electoralcommission.org.uk?
Lobby group Labour Friends of Israel has been referred to the Electoral Commission over concerns about its opaque funding.
Andrew Feinstein, who filed the complaint, says he's concerned the pro-Israel group “may have breached electoral law”.
www.declassifieduk.org/labour-frien...
Andrew Feinstein, who filed the complaint, says he's concerned the pro-Israel group “may have breached electoral law”.
www.declassifieduk.org/labour-frien...
Labour Friends of Israel reported to election watchdog
Exclusive: Complaint centres around concerns that the pro-Israel ‘lobby group’ should have declared its donors
www.declassifieduk.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This increasingly feels like a massive national security risk. What is the latest @electoralcommission.org.uk?
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
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Four weeks since I have been on X and it is actually amazing how quickly and easily it disappeared from my routine. The impact is all upside.
February 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Four weeks since I have been on X and it is actually amazing how quickly and easily it disappeared from my routine. The impact is all upside.
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I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
So. How much does McSweeney get for resigning?
Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns - and admits decision to appoint Mandelson was 'wrong' — Sky News
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer's chief of staff, has resigned. It comes after Pat McFadden told Sky News that prime ministers must take responsibility for their decisions - and called for Peter Mandel...
apple.news
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
So. How much does McSweeney get for resigning?
“Mandelson secured an exit payment equivalent to three months’ salary from the Foreign Office after he was forced out in September last year, just seven months into the role.”
Mandelson’s five-figure payoff to be reviewed — The Times and The Sunday Times
Lord Mandelson received a taxpayer-funded payoff worth tens of thousands of pounds despite being sacked as ambassador to the US over his links to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, 7...
apple.news
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
“Mandelson secured an exit payment equivalent to three months’ salary from the Foreign Office after he was forced out in September last year, just seven months into the role.”
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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Oh dear oh no... said absolutely no-one
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Oh dear oh no... said absolutely no-one
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
Trump is not a one-off – he is the leader of a global far right that is rising in country after country... including the UK.
Watch Seema Syeda, Luke Cooper and Nick Dearden trace how authoritarian politics have moved from the margins to the mainstream:
Watch Seema Syeda, Luke Cooper and Nick Dearden trace how authoritarian politics have moved from the margins to the mainstream:
How the far right went global
YouTube video by COUNTER•POWER
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February 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump is not a one-off – he is the leader of a global far right that is rising in country after country... including the UK.
Watch Seema Syeda, Luke Cooper and Nick Dearden trace how authoritarian politics have moved from the margins to the mainstream:
Watch Seema Syeda, Luke Cooper and Nick Dearden trace how authoritarian politics have moved from the margins to the mainstream:
