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@klaudiasmith.bsky.social

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I want a roof for every family, bread for every mouth, education for every heart, light for every intellect and creativity for every soul. Antifascist European in London https://www.klaudiasmith.art/

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Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · Nov 14

#Resistance is never futile. No achievement - in terms of civil rights, is assured forever. There’s always someone interested in taking it away. For this reason, resisting becomes a necessity and a duty. #resist #thisisnotapresident #nevertrump #antitrump #resisttrump www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMPDKXZW

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

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

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com

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Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 1d

wtf?

Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 1d

This is deeply concerning. I really hope that this government isn’t going to attempt to raid other parts of the NHS budget to pay for increasing drug prices… 🚨

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

🚨The petition has now passed 74,000 signatures! Thank you so much for your support 🙏

You can support the campaign to change the law by signing here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage - "I've never met the Russian ambassador."

I remember the furore about 'spin' during the Blair years. Brexit politicians replaced spin with blatant lies, and they've carried on ever since. It's another element of fascism that has entered our politics.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The chap on the left once defended marriage between siblings in a live interview on GB News.

By all accounts it was too much even for GB News viewers.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 1d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 2d

Oh well…

Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 2d

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

“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

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 3d

Jenrick gaslighting the journalist posing a genuine question. A disgrace.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

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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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

A request to keep this crowdfunder rolling...

We're rebuilding media from the grassroots up. Our empowering of citizens to write news has generated over 20 million article reads and vast social media and search engine reach.

✊ And we do it all on a shoestring --> chuffed.org/project/byli...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

People would have signed this off.

Others will have been shown the product.

Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.

How on Earth did nobody spot it?

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

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

Under any other leader Jenrick would have been sacked for saying this.

Under Badenoch he'll probably get a promotion www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

If any Government can just snatch basic human rights away from any section of society when it pleases then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6d

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to change how judges interpret the European Convention on Human Rights – a move that risks weakening everyone’s protections.

The ECHR has become a convenient scapegoat for challenges around migration and sovereignty.

WE MUST PROTECT IT
youtu.be/Lmad4kujRhQ?...

🚨THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL. WE MUST PROTECT IT

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

Either you're against fascism, or you're foolish enough to believe it won't come for you.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 4d

EXC from @annaisaac.bsky.social

The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 3d

this photo is pretty brutal

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4d

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 4d

Nigel Farage is owned by Russia. Vote Leave was illegally financed by Russia. Brexit was and is a Russian active measure to harm Britain and its home in Europe.

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Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 3d

nobody is listening

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4d

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride's big speech.

#ToryPartyDeath

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 4d

I… just…can’t…

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 4d

Same.

Blacklinesw9 @klaudiasmith.bsky.social · 4d

More like ‘backfire’

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 4d

"INSPIRE"

My husband has cheated on me at least three times, but he earns so much I won’t ever leave him
Daily Mail 6 Oct 2025

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

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