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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 10h

‘Brexit is a tragedy and it will be reversed.’ 💥

#Heseltine is the best political communicator by a long way.

His emphatic call for rejoining the EU cuts through the noise, grounded in truth, while the counterarguments cling to a dwindling minority of Brexit believers.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 9h

From the grifter who is literally poisoning people’s mind on race 🤡 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 12h

A patriot & man of the people? I think not!😡
#FarageIsTheProblem
#FarageIsOutToDestroyBritain

Mike Taulty @mtaulty.bsky.social · 22h

13 jobs and 4 houses, "man of the people" 🤷‍♂️

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Inside Nigel Farage's £3m four home luxury property empire bought since Brexit

The self-styled man of the people has amassed a property portfolio worth almost £3million since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Our disclosures come after it was revealed that the Reform leader is earning...

www.mirror.co.uk

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 12h

What is going on in this world??!!😳🫣
Has everyone forgotten early C20th history?☹️

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, & the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part of a broader strategy to criminalize opposition while minimizing the real threat of far-right violence.

How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation

Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...

globalextremism.org

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s a flavour of autumn here in Cambridgeshire 🇬🇧

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 13h

A gorgeous autumn
has come to Kyiv.
All scents of gold
are breathing on the trees.

How’s the weather
where you are?

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 13h

Fair point

Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 15h

That would be brilliant!👏👏✨
🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🤝✊
(I just wish the UK🇬🇧 was in that group too!🥺)

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 16h

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇨🇦 🇪🇺

European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 1d

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 16h

Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee.

I went to test the spot for the next live walk. Coming soon, in real-time.
Place is always in secret.

Join me on Patreon so you don’t miss it: www.patreon.com/strategywoman

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 17h

Any attack motivated by racist hate is a stain on our communities & country!😪
It’s so important that we dial down the anger & challenge what individuals & groups are promoting in the news & social media. It’s vital we check the validity of statements made, looking for actual evidence not propaganda

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h

There was a 19% increase in recorded religious hate crimes against Muslims last year in England and Wales, according to new ONS figures.

This compares to just a 3% rise over the past year among all religious groups targeted by hate crimes

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 20h

I hope Greta Thunberg gets the Nobel Peace Prize! Wouldn’t that send a message to Trump & Netanyahu!!🤔

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely!✨

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d

These paintings were made
on boards from ammunition boxes
by Ukrainian soldier
Serhii Herasymenko in 2023.

Seen today at the exhibition
Callsign: Artist

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

About time!🤔

Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 1d

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

www.theguardian.com

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee
after visiting an exhibition
(don’t know if anyone else shows you all this Ukrainian art).

Kyiv lives.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 1d

What has my country become? 😤 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief!🫣☹️

Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

AI should pay if they want to use an artist’s work. It’s not just about fairness but also about the integrity of how a piece of work is used. Why wouldn’t the artist expect to have a say in how their work is used & receive a suitable payment!🤔

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

AI should pay if they want to use an artist’s work. It’s not just about fairness but also about the integrity of how a piece of work is used. Why wouldn’t the artist expect to have a say in how their work is used & receive a suitable payment!🤔

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

Agree

Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

Fair enough.

Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

What a shame then that Theresa May reduced it!😔
I think the important thing is to dial down the hate in this country. Certain people & groups are encouraging division & the truth gets lost. All people should feel secure in going about their life & worship & we should be able to call out injustice🤔

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

Allowing Israel Air Force planes to land at RAF Brize Norton for refuelling. Shared surveillance in Gaza. They could be far more vocal against Netanyahu whilst still supporting moderate Israeli people there & Jews in the UK.

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so tired of reading about all this inequality, endless cruelty & oppression! It’s not just here in Afghanistan & Iran, it’s everywhere!😔
It’s made worse by the increasing petty cruelties & attacks from wealthy elites who care only about increasing wealth & power!😪

news.sky.com/story/beaten...

'Beaten for 16 days': Deported Afghans describe brutal treatment by Iran - yet are desperate to return

Some 1.3 million Afghans have been deported by Iran this year - many with stories of violent arrests.

news.sky.com

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s hope so!🥴🤞

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