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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 8d

This is what Reform does: it identifies a wedge issue, it spreads disinformation until people are no longer able to distinguish between what’s real and what isn’t, it polarises communities, politicians get scared and potentially positive schemes are jettisoned. It’s 100% its MO.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

How Reform ‘misinformation’ campaign sank town’s refugee sanctuary plan

Party accused of stoking divisions in Weston-super-Mare over scheme to improve support for asylum seekers

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 9d

I love that there is an insane group of radical furries on this site that you don’t see except once every few months when their world collides with the FT columnists, Lib Dem councillors and gay people with a favourite electoral system who make up the rest of the user base.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 9d

Are you paying us? Where?

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · 17d

Only 15 times? That’s bragging. You could not extract from me with torture how many times it took for me to beat Widow.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · 17d

My humble submission m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvIF...

George Galloway - Spunk Loving Sluts

YouTube video by Never Delossantos

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 18d

but they were, all of them, deceived, for another Membership Portal was made..............

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 18d

Two Your Party membership portals stand before you. One can only lie, and one can only tell the truth. One will take only your payment, and not your data. The other will take only your data, and not your payment. You can submit only one response to the membership portal………

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21d

why is this news how is this news why is he being interviewed I'm losing my MIND

Sky News @news.sky.com · 21d

Graham Linehan says satire is 'dying' and that he wouldn't be able to make Father Ted today

Graham Linehan has told Sky News he believes satire is "dying" and that it would be "impossible" to make his hit shows Father Ted or The IT Crowd today.

news.sky.com

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · 22d

@jordanpfot.bsky.social came into the room worried the other day because I had let out what sounded like a death rattle cry after killing a boss after approximately 30 tries.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · 25d

My most right wing view is that the people loudly playing their tik tok next to me on the train should face the electric chair.

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 25d

"Your biological sex is something that exists independently of any human perception of it" and "Women are oppressed solely due to their biological sex" are patently contradictory claims that cannot both be true at once.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · 26d

“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

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kate conger @kateconger.com · Sep 12

I try not to do media criticism because we all make mistakes and there but for the grace of god go I. But it was really irresponsible for mainstream outlets to run with the "trans slogans engraved on the bullet" narrative, which seemed implausible from the jump.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Sep 12

Sue Gray right now:

a drag queen is holding a microphone in her hands and drinking from a glass .

ALT: a drag queen is holding a microphone in her hands and drinking from a glass .

media.tenor.com

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Sep 10

People can make points about regional representation all day, and that’s important, but what Labour actually needs now Rayner is gone is someone *interesting* who can land blows on Farage.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just saying…

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Aug 30

Alright but no Chancellor, or come to that finance minister, has ever set a budget without paying attention to how it will land. Those are the explicit incentives of the political system we have.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Guardian have one-starred Jay Kelly and the Telegraph have splashed out 5 stars. I feel like the most disappointing result now is if I see it and its incredibly average.

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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · Aug 28

Male Kingfisher on the River Kelvin in the west end of Glasgow, near the Botanic Gardens. #birds

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 23

Genuinely baffled as to what Bertie Jenrick would have to do for any of the one in ten Tory MPs from an ethnic minority to go “steady on”. Turn up at their house in a Klan robe?

Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at Epping anti-refugee protest

Robert Jenrick pictured with Eddy Butler, former member of Nazi terror group Combat 18 EXCLUSIVE Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has attended a

standuptoracism.org.uk

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Aug 23

I think I need to....I actually don't know? read the news less? spend less time on social media? I'm just so worried about elite radicalisation and enraged by the useful idiots going along with it without seemingly noticing that I worry it's impacting my mental health, it makes me feel unhinged

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · Aug 22

Or Simon Jenkins for that matter.

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Aug 20

nope insufficient spiciness

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Aug 20

I don't actually believe that every single type of food needs to be made spicy or be full of protein, I think it was nice when food could just be normal

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Neil @stopfordianneil.bsky.social · Aug 16

I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying.

I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · Aug 12

Transphobes used to say things like 'if you have a vagina, you're a woman, end of discussion' and now they say things like 'if your gametes are diagonally haplodidic and they fall between 0.4 and 0.9 on the Strasburger Faultline, you're a woman, and I really can't be any clearer than that'

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John Montague @johnmontague.bsky.social · Aug 12

Look, whoever wins, we lose. m.imdb.com/title/tt1396...

Under Paris (2024) ⭐ 5.2 | Action, Drama, Horror

1h 44m | TV-MA

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