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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 18h

No and it’s deliberate to push the boundaries even further. She’s a hideous, racist waste of space

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19h

Adam Root shortlisted for the global Earthshot Prize after he built a unique design for filters that remove microplastics from water, from his mother-in-law's dining table.

A lovely bit of news. British ingenuity at the service of good. ~AA

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Essex inventor up for Earthshot Prize for tackling microplastics

The engineer says his invention was created at his mother-in-law's dining table.

www.bbc.co.uk

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D A V I D @spoilt.bsky.social · 19h

I just signed the campaign calling to suspend Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now: 38d.gs/ejbh

No political party should tolerate racism - which is why I've signed this petition to suspend Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin MP for her racist comments - add your name now:

I just signed the campaign calling to immediately suspend MP Sarah Pochin for her racist comments.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 1d

Farage: epic grifter

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23h

Starmer to the BBC on Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s appalling racist comment: “It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. And Nigel Farage has some questions to ask.”

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23h

BREAK 🔥 Starmer on Pochin comments via BBC: "It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.” ~AA

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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 20h

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

The Cornwall Reform pub row and extraordinary angry outburst

A leaked audio recording captures a Reform supporter shouting 'go away, you horrible, odious, odious little man' at Cllr Rob Parsonage in front of the public

www.cornwalllive.com

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 19h

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 20h

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 20h

Get the news you can trust, from an eight-foot-tall space alien with a bin for a face. My latest bulletin is out now! Featuring Trump, Strictly, Clippy, Traitors, Caerphilly and more! open.substack.com/pub/countbin...

Count Binface's Newsround

Eat this, John Craven!

open.substack.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Absolute classic

Bravo

Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 20h

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 1d

I remember Meera Syal saying on a tv chat show about twenty bleeding years ago about the lack of representation of poc on tv particularly in advertising. It’s taken this long to finally see a fair balance so that stupid women and others like her should just shut the fuck up.

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 1d

AI citations: Russian LYING Propoganda about 🇺🇦

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

www.wired.com

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

The Farage Factor.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%

Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

www.theguardian.com

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 1d

What? I guess we know, we just tried not to see ……. Hideous, murdering bastards

Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 1d

A 9-year-old Palestinian Boy Stood at a Distance. An Israeli Soldier Knelt and Shot Him Dead.

Eyewitnesses say Muhammad stood with his arms folded, posing no threat, when a single, deadly shot was fired. The soldiers later appeared to celebrate. The IDF said the incident is under review.

A Palestinian boy, 9, stood at a distance. An Israeli soldier knelt and shot him dead

Eyewitnesses Say Muhammad al-Halaq Stood With His Arms Folded, Posing No Threat, When a Single, Deadly Shot Was Fired. The Soldiers Later Appeared to Celebrate. The IDF Said the Incident Is Under Revi...

www.haaretz.com

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 1d

I almost always agree with every word Sarah says, never more so than this 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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

Farage, Jenrick and all your miserable, cowardly backers and apologists… this is on you.
Do you have any “legitimate concerns” about the inevitable and terrible consequences of your hatefulness?

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Musk has transformed one of the world’s largest social media sites and source of news into an attack platform to assist a hostile foreign power during the biggest and bloodiest war in Europe since World War Two.

bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...

X - Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front

Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion

bylinetimes.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

I published the below deep dive 24 days ago - and somehow it’s already in need of updating with both more racist incidents and more of the flaccid excuses that Reform gives to try and explain them away.

“Poorly phrased” my big hairy arse.

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf defends MP accused of
'racism'
The party is being urged to take action against Sarah Pochin who was forced to apologise after she said "it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people"

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 1d

This is not being headlined by most news outlets, 🤔

Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 1d

Urgent appeal after woman raped in 'racially aggravated attack' in Walsall

www.itv.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - a shocking & shameful 31% of all children

Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of poverty NOW.

I’m joining Trussell in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. Please join us🙏
youtu.be/xdtRtkOio8Y?...

🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - its a shocking 31% of all children

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 1d

What do people use for news/music? For days the BBC have headlined the Epping asylum seeker. The disproportionate coverage, now attached to a story about the cost of the use of hotels is a deliberate fanning of racial tension and hatred. There’s wars, famine, theft
WTAF!
#bbcnewsnight@bskysocial

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

For ‘adverts’, see also: ‘hospitals’, ‘the Cabinet’, ‘kindergartens’, ‘the England football team’ and, of course, ‘the country’. The only way you can miss this is deliberately. And just watch them try.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

It's worse than that because it won't even have have been an original thought.

There's been a bunch of people like Matt Goodwin tweeting stats about white people in ads on X in recent weeks. She will have seen that and decided to join in.

Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

The select committee report on the asylum hotel shambles highlights a point I made repeatedly - the absurd gimicks pursued by the last govt like Rwanda took resources away from running the actual system properly.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%

Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 1d

Of course she has. The small matter of owing £122 million to UK taxpayers for her disgusting profiteering in a global pandemic means nothing to Michelle Mone.

NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.

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