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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 31m

absolutely

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 17h

say it loud and say it clear ...

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22h

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23h

Rhun ap Iorwerth criticises Reform UK's Nathan Gill for taking bribes from Russia to speak anti EU statements

Your reminder that Nathan Gill started out at UKIP, then joined the Brexit party, then joined Reform UK

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 22h

corrupt and despicable

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

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

bylinetimes.com

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 4d

well said - never thought I'd welcome Michael Heseltine so much!

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5d

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 5d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 4d

denying all the humanities and her own humanity at the same time

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

Studying the language and literature that has helped to define our nation at home and around the world for centuries is a "rip-off" apparently

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 4d

America - you used to be so cool and laid back - what have you done to become so fascistic

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 4d

that's terrible - and ignorant

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 5d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 4d

cultivation of friends with Farage with benefits for the rich etc
- it's not just Labour discredited, Lib Dems and Greens ignored

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 5d

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 5d

me too!

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 5d

he's kind of desperate to oust Badenoch - and she defends his racism, imho that's a real mistake.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6d

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 5d

the far right are un able to speak the truth in any form - the lies just tumble out

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 5d

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

By integrating sharia law into our legal system? Not bothering with democracy?

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 5d

We must emulate the United Arab Emirates, apparently.

Where to even start...?

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 5d

yes openly racist trope ... yuck how low can they go trying to get on a par with deform

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

After spending an entire morning defending his suggestion that there are too many non-white faces in the UK, Robert Jenrick ends his speech with the line: "Let's take our country back".

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 5d

puppets ... talking to themselves

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 5d

wtf!

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

Robert Jenrick thanks the Conservative "Tweeters and TikTokers" who are "getting things done".

"You are making the world a better place," he says.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 6d

Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 7d

It’s as if Israel has moved now beyond any acceptable international behaviour and is actively excited by its power to behave in the worst and most immoral way …

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 8d

they're so brave, aren't they? x

www.normalisland.co.uk/p/worlds-mos...

World's most moral army beats tiny autistic girl for trying to feed hungry babies

The world’s most moral army overcame a terrifying confrontation with the terrorist leader known as Greta Thunberg when they captured the Global Sumud Flotilla.

www.normalisland.co.uk

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 9d

of course anyone sane and sensible would go for it

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10d

Polling commissioned by POLITICO shows wide public support for Labour’s EU reset

www.politico.eu/article/uk-w...

Brits want Nigel Farage to step away from the Brexit shredder

Polling commissioned by POLITICO shows wide public support for Labour’s EU reset.

www.politico.eu

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 10d

yes - an inspiration for how we can relate with animals and nature

Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 11d

This makes me sad. #RestInPower #JaneGoodall www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist, dead at 91

Goodall's field research changed the understanding of humans' closest relative.

www.yahoo.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11d

Actor & campaigner Hugh Grant tells ITV News why he feels Labour has ‘betrayed’ hacking victims.

He says seeing Keir Starmer forge close relationships with major newspaper barons is hard to stomach for the families who were promised things would change.

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 11d

what's happened to those moderate middle of the road sensible Tories? They've gone extinct ... like we will as the planet heats up

Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 11d

Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 11d

speak up Pope Leo - we need leaders who speak truth to power

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11d

Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"

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Fiona Gardner @contemplative0.bsky.social · 11d

wonderful compassionate life - thank you Jane Goodall you remain a light in the darkness

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 11d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf