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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1d

Even the Bank of England says Brexit is shit.
Perhaps they might have a word in Labour’s ear.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Brexit impact on UK economy ‘negative for foreseeable future,’ Bailey warns

The Bank of England governor, speaking at the G30 International Banking Seminar, highlighted a decline in the UK’s potential growth rate.

www.independent.co.uk

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 5d

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 6d

Let's make sure everyone knows about the activities that senior Reform members have gotten up to.

These are not people we can trust to run out country.

Make sure people never forget!

(Originally posted by the Labour Party on Instagram)

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7d

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 8d

Claire 💙

I love the way right wingers demand anyone who lives in England should speak English. But people like Tice and Oakeshott can move to Dubai, and NOT speak Arabic or even try to live by the culture? So it’s a one for rule bullshit system then?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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KitKat 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇦🇺🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @uk501.bsky.social · 9d

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12d

Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.

This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.

Ruthless EU has just taught Starmer a painful lesson
Steel tariff threats are a reminder of how Brussels really feels towards post-Brexit Britain

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Chris M @chris909.bsky.social · 13d

Great, now release the TrumpStein files

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING:

The Supreme Court just rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

The decision means that her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15d

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.

I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15d

Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.

Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

observer.co.uk

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Chris M @chris909.bsky.social · 17d

Can’t be right, she told us that she never makes gaffs

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19d

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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ANTIFA LIBBEY DEM ♿🇺🇦🇵🇸 @justsomeliberaldem.bsky.social · 19d

This one isn't much better.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22d

Trump incited an insurrection on Jan 6 and should be in prison for life.

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 28d

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28d

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · Sep 17

My #FBPE starter pack is up to 73 accounts. It's only in its early stages, and I'll be adding a lot more accounts.

Please share. Building networks is a vital and urgent task in the fight to defend democracy, freedom, and human rights.
go.bsky.app/PtsPYaW

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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · Sep 18

Free speech is the cornerstone of Democracy, and that’s why Republicans are jackhammering it into dust.

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Valorie Bridges Fant * Author of * Go Back to Your Country * @vrfant1.bsky.social · Sep 16

Please repost this! 😔

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 11

Questions about who funded Farage constituency home purchase www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home

A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 8

These utter lunatics shouldn’t be anywhere near power. And it is a terrible indictment of our politics and our media that they are.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reform UK Councillor, Sam Journet has been arrested for stalking, harassment and public disorder in the council offices.

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Tom Hayes @tomhayes.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Nigel Farage has admitted he misspoke when he claimed to have bought a house in his constituency of Clacton, saying the property is in fact solely owned by his long-term partner."

What he meant to say is that he lied.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 6

Nigel Farage dodged Stamp Duty.

Time to resign.

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