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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 15h

Freedom frogs!🐸 I love that!

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, ok……so it’s her we should have given the Nobel peace prize to? 🙄

The Independent @the-independent.com · 16h

BREAKING | Melania Trump reveals she has been talking to Putin through ‘back’ channels about kidnapped Ukrainian children as 8 are reunited with families

Melania Trump reveals talks with Putin over kidnapped Ukraine children

The Slovenian-born First Lady sent Putin a letter in August regarding the fates of Ukrainian children held captive by Moscow

www.independent.co.uk

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 18h

Reform are trying to bring 🍊💩’s policies here. They are funded by the ultra religious & far right Heritage Foundation. The numbers of women & babies dying in the US since they enacted their abortion ban has shot up. For the sake of the lives of the women & girls in your life do not vote for Reform

Jane @janeynorth.bsky.social · 19h

@zackpolanski.bsky.social . Next time they mention women’s rights . Mention green MPs prochoice voting records . Reform MPs voted for NC106 to ban telemedicine access in June . Which would of disproportionately effected women in abusive relationships

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Reform ‘proudly embracing’ anti-abortion politics, experts warn

Campaigners accuse party of ‘fast becoming the political refuge for anti-abortion hardliners’

www.independent.co.uk

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 19h

About bloody time!

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 19h

Look: Def Leppard honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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Look: Def Leppard honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star - UPI.com

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

I think I’d do anything this man says 💗

Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 1d

Came across this clip and just HAD to share it. Please repost so it reaches millions of us on this platform and convinces them to step out and join. The October 18 protests should be bigger than anything America has ever seen.

Let's go‼️💪✊💙🇺🇸

PS: Thank you, Robert DeNiro‼️

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA & Reform (UK) you need to hear this. 🍊💩 & Farage are lying to you, they are con men.

Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

This veteran has something to say about the fascist in the White House, Trump, labeling anti-fascists (antifa) as terrorists. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👇

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Really good point.

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

He knows bribery works with 🍊💩

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Where can I buy this?!

🔵 Blue Man in Red OK 💙 @bluemaninredok.bsky.social · 3d

The latest LEGO BEST SELLER!

“Trump heading to Prison!”

Recommended for Ages 3 +

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Hilarious 🤣. Another reason not to date right wingers….. 😉

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

lol Kash Patel always looks like he’s tripping on something.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Shocking & shameful. A party that championed press freedom is now trying to censor the media because it doesn’t like what they’re saying about them. Maybe review what you’re saying instead of using authoritarian tactics to avoid bad press.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social is reporting where others won’t.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely agree. The damage shareholder dividends & private equity does to our services is huge. Services under public ownership & a NHS that provides their own treatments & expands capacity will plough money back into themselves. Let them leave & strip another country for profit.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

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I often wonder how reasonable people lose their humanity & become absolute monsters. This is a great article showing how a teacher became a mass murderer. We must never dehumanise others, if we do, we become less than human ourselves. Well done @the-independent.com

The shocking truth about the photograph of the ‘ordinary’ Nazi and its chilling message for us today — The Independent

It is the picture which showed the true horror of the second-world war – a man blithely shooting Jewish prisoners and watching them fall into a mass grave. His identity has finally been revealed and i...

apple.news

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely, but Tommy is a tool for whipping up the mob. There’s a reason Reform is registered as a limited company & not a political party - they don’t have to declare who’s funding them from abroad.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Portland, in 3 & 1/2 yrs I’m coming to visit & the Florida Room is on my itinerary 💗

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 3d

Portland 🖤

Sign at a bar says “we love dogs. Noem go home”

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Little Tommy has recently had a major cash injection from Turning Point UK & the Heritage Foundation. They are pouring not just cash but social media resources into him & his movement.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Yet again @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes where other media outlets fear to tread.

NO! We are not following the US into a sh*tshow. We’re keeping our free healthcare, free vaccinations, £10 prescriptions, subsidised nursery childcare, abortion laws, our gun free schools & free primary school meals.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2d

🔴America Must Save Britain’: MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News’ New US Show

It features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK needs to be ‘saved’
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

'America Must Save Britain': MAGA-Mania and Conspiracy Theories Broadcast Nightly on GB News' New US Show

A new daily GB News programme broadcast from Washington features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – as its hosts tell the American audience that the UK need...

bylinetimes.com

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

David Olusoga is brilliant!! He’d make a great traitor. You’d never suspect him. I am so up for this 🙌🏼

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Portland I absolutely love you 🥰

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. Never again should the tories be put in charge of the public purse if her comments today are anything to go by. Reversal of VAT on school fees, cut business rates & abolish stamp duty on any value primary property? She doesn’t work for the people she works for the super rich & corporations

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2d

Omg imagine turning up to a war zone to show the horror & finding only a dozen or so protesters- one dressed in a chicken suit. 😂

Hats off to you young man, great costume.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

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

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 3d

Well done 👏🏼. The worst promotor of Brexit was Farage. The worst messaging about immigrants is from Reform. The tories in Handsworth (Jenrick) think that there is no integration because poc there couldn’t possibly be British nationals. Do not vote for their lies & divisiveness.

We are all team GB

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 3d

Something good happening in the world 💗

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 3d

Unsurprising. Reform are the go to guys for corrupt oligarchs. If this was said about any other political party, the media would have a field day. The membership would plummet.

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 3d

'The Chernukhins are cultivating new political friends...Tice said, Lubov was seeking reassurance that a Reform UK government would create “an attractive regulatory environment in which to operate"

So, Russians worth £400million think Reform are their guys.

unherd.com/newsroom/ric...

Richard Tice holidays with Russian oligarch on Riviera

The Russian oligarch Vladimir Chernukhin and his wife, Lubov, have long been known for their generous support for the Conservative Party. Since 2012 Lubov has given the party at least £2.1 million, as...

unherd.com

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