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Thesecretfarmer @thesecretfarmer.bsky.social · 5d

Lincolnshire farmer here who voted remain and would never ever vote for that charlatan Farage and his small minded racist mob!

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George Carty @gcarty80.bsky.social · 5d

Scotland voted Remain because how much better it was than England and Wales at educating its working class pre-1990.

Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · Apr 3

> How does this explain the difference between England and Scotland?

Scottish people are less authoritarian than English people (controlling for age) - *seems* to be mostly about diff in lowest level of education in post-war period

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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 4d

Sea defences protecting 38,000 static caravans at sea level will fail by 2040 ...
www.lincsonline.co.uk/skegness/rep...

Replacing sea defences will cost ‘billions, if not tens of billions’

Efforts to secure huge sums needed to urgently replace the East Coast sea defences have begun.

www.lincsonline.co.uk

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 7h

I take things literally sometimes, that's part of my autism. I didn't realise she only meant Reform voters deserve a Reform government.

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 8h

Ok I apologise for misunderstanding. That's part of my autism, I take things literally sometimes.

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 8h

Well that's not what you made it sound like

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 8h

No, we don't want a Reform government. Think about what they would do to minority groups. You wouldn't be saying that if you were disabled like me. Are you seriously suggesting that I should be marginalised even more!? Why don't you think about people who'll be hit way harder than you?

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 10h

Social media posts claiming UK banks have introduced restrictions on cash withdrawals for people aged over 65 are not true.

No such policy has been implemented or announced.

False claims about cash withdrawal limits for pensioners circulate online – Full Fact

Social media posts claiming UK banks have introduced restrictions on daily cash withdrawals for people over 65 are not true.

fullfact.org

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 9h

I didn't vote for her and I'm proud to be from Lincolnshire. She won with a minority of the vote share of 42.2% and turnout was 30%. Most people in Lincolnshire don't support her, but they need to be aware that they need to come out and vote against Reform if they don't want them in charge.

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 12h

I actually support that. Coca Cola is very bad for your health and they're one of the most unethical companies on the planet. They were rated in the top 3 companies in the world for plastic pollution. I can't remember the last time I had Coca Cola or Pepsi.

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David @davidpeacock40.bsky.social · 1d

Yet the far left tankies continue to do Nazzi Farrightidge's bidding

Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 2d

List of wealth taxes already introduced by Labour.

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 14h

The far-right (which includes the "far-left") refer to Labour and the Tories as two cheeks of the same arse. I don't like calling them far-left because I consider myself far-left because I'm super progressive, to the left of most Labour supporters. The Corbynites and Greens are not progressive.

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 15h

That makes me really angry because I went to a SEND school and still never had the support I needed. I went through so much shit as a child! Cutting funding even further is gonna make these kids' lives hell! Fuck all of you who voted Reform! How did you not see this coming!?

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 15h

They are the same as the far-right so we might as well call them far-right disguised as left-wing progressives

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Viva! | Vegan Campaigning Charity @vivacharity.bsky.social · 19h

Since day one, Stella McCartney's fashion house has been leather-free 🙌

#StellaMcCartney

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 20h

Public ownership of railways.

Greater Anglia services come back under public ownership today.

It now puts a third of all passenger journeys under control of the DFTO.

Dates for most other services to follow have been set and eventually services will transfer to GB Railways (following legislation)

Greater Anglia services transferred to public ownership

Greater Anglia services are now managed by DfT Operator Ltd (DFTO).

www.gov.uk

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Christian🌹🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦 @christianw2000.bsky.social · 16h

Our regional rail company, Northern was the first one nationalised which was under Boris Johnson. It had the worst service int' country, was that bad it led to so many complaints it forced the Tories to do it. We have East Midlands Rail too but don't get many of them coming here and no national ones

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 1d

Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Boxt *SunLifeUK *National Lottery *Droylsden Glass *Emerald Cruises *WorldOfCruising *Staysure *AllClearTravel *City Moves *Simply Factoring *Polish Tourism Organisation *its.co.uk *VinceTheVet *AprilKingLegal *Avanti Travel Insurance *WeFix London

Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 5d

Since GB News launched, there have been many other examples of toxic content which Ofcom has flatly refused to even investigate.

Earlier this year GB News aired comments suggesting that disabled benefit claimants should be starved & shot. No action from Ofcom. /2 bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Call to Shoot Disabled Benefit Claimants

The watchdog also refused to investigate a complaint about a presenter's use of an anti-trans slur, saying the comments were "in line with audience expectations for this channel"

bylinetimes.com

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I'm from Lincolnshire and proud of my local area! My part of Lincs is a bit less right-wing than most of the rest. The LibDems are quite popular here. Lincolnshire is more peaceful and slower-paced than most other counties. Even Lincoln is more laidback than big cities.

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Council tax here is low overall compared to most areas because of West Lindsey District Council keeping it low. Gainsborough was rated the cheapest town in the East Midlands because of super cheap rent, low council tax and the cost of goods from some local shops is far cheaper than most other areas

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-~{Wisteela}~- @wisteela.bsky.social · 18d

I originally thought it was an Openreach engineer given it's a telegraph pole. You are not supposed to put anything unauthorised on them. Hopefully they will catch the idiot that could have killed or seriously injured the guy.

metro.co.uk/2025/09/23/w...

#flagshaggers @flagwankers.bsky.social

Council worker checking on camera pulled from ladder by flag'patriot' in Salford

A engineer has been attacked by a passerby while conducting routine work after a passerby assumed he was attempting to take down a union jack flag

metro.co.uk

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She visited Gainsborough Old Hall a week ago for BBC Question Time, it was embarrassing. The Old Hall is one of the most well-known things about my town to outsiders. It's grade 1 listed which means it's of very special importance and was built in 1485. Only 2.5% of listed buildings are grade 1.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 1d

A video being shared online is claiming that a new monthly £27 WiFi charge is being introduced for all households across the UK to fund ‘digital infrastructure’.

But this isn’t happening. The government confirmed this is “completely false”.

A £27 monthly ‘WiFi charge’ is not being introduced in the UK – Full Fact

Contrary to a video being shared on social media, the government is not bringing in the fee for UK residents.

fullfact.org

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Stewart Macdonald @mrred8691.bsky.social · 1d

America is now the most dangerous country on the planet. Human rights abuses happen hourly or even more.
The president lies to get his fascist regime in place everywhere.
Innocently people have died at the direct hands of the government.
Fucking hell America,when is enough?
Use your constitution.

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

Reform UK’s DOGE is DEAD

EIGHT Reform UK councils are considering raising council tax because they haven’t found anything significant to cut.

That’s TWO Reform UK local election pledges broken.

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