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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13h

Margaret Thatcher Privatised Fossil Fuel.

Norway didn't.

It's called Socialism, which Richard Tice hates.

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 17h

In 2024 corporate welfare (tax relief, subsidies, support) was £85 billion - cut some of that perhaps?

Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 17h

Reform’s Laila Cunningham claims billions could be saved by cutting sustainability and DEI, but admits she “doesn’t have the numbers” when pressed

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform councillor schooled on council savings claims

‘This discussion about waste is generally misleading, we’ve had 14 years of Tory austerity which has cut spending to the absolute bone.’

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CSS by T. Afif @css-only.dev · 18h

It's also easy to debug using @developer.chrome.com

It shows you which fallback position is used by crossing out all the others. When all of them are crossed out, the position defined on the element is the one used.

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 17h

YES

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18h

To all you patriots (and UK authorities)

Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 21h

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 17h

Diaper Dementia Donnie's deal is Hamas' from 2 years ago

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 17h

Members of the Ukrainian community in Caerphilly, Wales have submitted a formal complaint accusing Reform UK of disinformation - accuses the party of publishing "false & misleading" statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme in the upcoming Caerphilly Senedd by-election.

Reform UK faces formal complaint of 'false and misleading' statements

The Ukrainian community in Caerphilly accuse Nigel Farage's party of publishing 'false and misleading' statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 17h

I think pretty much every single thing the Tories did in their 14 year reign of terror and misery probably needs repairing or replacing tbh 😂

Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 18h

There’s not much to say about the solid wall insulation failures that hasn’t already been said. A diabolical policy failure that wasted money and harmed people.

But one thing I will add is: I think it highlights the need for more state delivery capacity on warm homes, not just regulation
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Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 18h

This is what the arsonists like Farage and Trump want to hold us back on - Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19h

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 18h

What #HelloFresh is helping to fund by advertising on X: Stephen Yaxley Lennon's (Tommy Robinson) legal fees.

Take action by messaging #HelloFresh:
🟣 IG: www.instagram.com/hellofreshuk...
🟣 Facebook: www.facebook.com/HelloFresh/?...
🟣 X: x.com/HelloFreshUK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Matthews @danmatthews.me · 17h

Just copying more shite from the christofascist US right.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

bylinetimes.com

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 20h

Every person on the planet has countless numbers of microplastic particles in their body and we have no idea how much damage this will do over a lifetime. Yet plastic production is still increasing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 19h

Funny how top-level reformers keep being associated with Russia isn’t it?

It’s almost as if they. Are. All. On. The. Russian. Payroll 🤔

FFS UK wake the fuck up before it’s too fucking late

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 20h

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

So, Reform would rocket-boost austerity, slash welfare *but not taxes*, cancel net zero progress, do mass deportations, huff out of the ECHR (torching the Brexit deal and our human rights)…
And to top it all off, there’d be this gem of US-funded christofascist authoritarianism on offer too.
Grim AF.

Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 1d

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 19h

Happy Almost Birthday 🎉

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 20h

"Nathan Gill isn’t some postscript to a minor episode of recent British history. He’s a key to understanding the scale and sophistication of the threat against us, a network of pro-Russian actors that stretches not only across the Atlantic but Europe too."

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 21h

Far-right Farage incited multiple riots in which property was damaged, police assaulted, and people hospitalized.

Not a word from Farage.

But one of his councillors is pushed in the street, and he’s on the news wailing about political violence?

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

Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 1d

No probs 😄 sure, the people marching may well be just in it for the money. But a recent study has still found that increasing numbers of young adults are turning to religion. Yes, the long term trend is still good now, but my worry is that it will begin to reverse the trend at some point.

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 1d

Was the material in Russian?

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 1d

And when we reach that point, despite everyone saying “this could never happen here”, how long will it be before they again outnumber atheists?

I’m not saying “this is happening”, I’m saying “there is more chance of this happening now than at any point in the last 3-4 decades”.

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 1d

That’s from last week. I mean, it’s not up to minute, but it’s hardly old 🤷🏻‍♂️

This is just starting to cut through. Yes, the irreligious currently outnumber the religious, but the young are increasingly turning to religion. How long will it be before religious and irreligious are equal again?

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 1d

Supporting Internet Explorer Six

*shudders*

Peaches @jailapeche.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Death. Worse than death.

Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

“Hired, tired, wired, fired.”

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Dan Wellman @danwellman.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how none of them fucked off after being (somehow) offended by being in the EU.

Why cost the rest of us billions of pounds and a lost decade when they could’ve just taken their own advice and left?

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

No the problem is the racist thugs flying it.