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MsBlueWednesday
@msbluewednesday.bsky.social
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#FBPE 🇪🇺 Way too ‘woke’ for $billionaire right wing sites. Opinions are my own & just opinions. Rants about Brexit. #RejoinEU. Writes & walks. Serial reposter.
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russellengland.bsky.social Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 6h
"UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British"

Matt Goodwin, Reform UK Ltd candidate

Braverman - parents from Mauritius and Kenya
Zahawi - born in Iraq
Kruger - South African parents
Marco Longhi - Italian father
Lia Nici - Italian father
Zia Yusuf - Sri Lankan parents
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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globaljusticenow.bsky.social
"The government is refusing to give the public or MPs any useful information about the true costs of this deal.

"With all this secrecy, you have to wonder: what have ministers got to hide?"

Our campaigner Tim quoted in @theguardian.com 👇🏽

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump
Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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dr-lungs.bsky.social
How many potential Reform UK Ltd voters realise that the Party want to bring Minneapolis to the UK?
How many British Mums and ICU nurses will die?
ayoub.bsky.social elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 28, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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jojowiththeflow.bsky.social
You can not be serious. This country isn't even able to provide decent enough infrastructure to offer fast or even stable internet connectivity to everyone... clowns
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
msbluewednesday.bsky.social
And people wonder why others flee their country & become asylum seekers/refugees. Guardian.
Flowers/photos for the many thousands dead in Iran
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
“A THIRD of people who turn to our community of food banks are in a household where someone works”
@trusselluk.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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posaune2.bsky.social
I was nine when the measles ripped through our town. No vaccine yet. A neighbor family w/ 6 kids caught it. The 6yo developed encephalitis: blind, deaf and paralyzed (vegetative state) - 5 years in a nursing home. He finally passed. That family was never the same. Other 5 kids traumatized.
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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leighsus.bsky.social
Two men were given 90% of Teesworks on the promise they would take on responsibility of remediating the site.

I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of.

Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
BP cancelled hydrogen scheme after refusing to pay Teesworks additional remediation charges
Energy giant paid undisclosed fees to Teesworks Ltd for projects it eventually shelved
teesside.thelead.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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mikeysmith.com
Donald Trump says he wants to 'make Iraq great again' as he interferes in another election
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Trump says he wants to 'make Iraq great again' -interfering in another election
US Presidents interfering in the leadership of Iraq has always gone spectacularly wrong - but Trump has decided to return to that well
www.mirror.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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maggiedu.bsky.social
We owe so much to animals in so many ways. There cannot be a valid reason for not doing this
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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barryhow2c.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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timaltmann.bsky.social
Wow.
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in United States
apnews.com/article/fifa...
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in United States
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroa...
apnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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mrrobertbob.bsky.social
I’ve been to neighbours again to pump out their cellar. Southern Water after 6 weeks have finally admitted there is a mains leak causing the problem. They have also missed 3 dates to begin work to repair the leak.
It is so stressful for our neighbours who are in their mid 80’s and already unwell.
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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desmog.com
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing a new climate accounting scheme enabling just that. See the industry docs dating back to the '60s ("Pollution is everybody’s business") and more 👇
After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution…
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
A long way from Gorton and Denton.

We get the politics the few pay for: #democracy, it would be a good idea

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Farage Seeks Support at Dubai Lunch Backed by Indian Billionaire
Nigel Farage hosted a private lunch event in Dubai on Tuesday with the backing of Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, underscoring the Reform UK party’s embrace of wealthy donors based in the United Arab...
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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dailyherald.bsky.social
Let that sink in. Reform now have more former Tory MPs than those elected as Reform MPs.
January 27, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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fife4europe.bsky.social
UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation
Campaigners decry ties with ‘Trump-supporting’ tech firms after funding is accepted to develop state AI systems
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
University has been changed from an opportunity into a debt to billionaire bankers that you will never be able to repay.
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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feminegra.bsky.social
Why Is Meghan Sussex Always Expected to Speak While Other Royals Stay Silent?
feminegra.com/why-is-megha...
Why Is Meghan Sussex Always Expected to Speak While Other Royals Stay Silent?
Meghan Sussex faces demands other royals avoid, as Black women are asked to absorb risk and fix the political fallout they warned against.
feminegra.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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gabyhinsliff.bsky.social
'we're the British MAGA' probably an increasingly bad look for Reform in a by-election as Brits increasingly associate that with 'the guys who shoot nurses'.
yougov.co.uk YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 21h
Half of Britons say they are following news of recent shootings by ICE agents in the United States at least fairly closely

Very closely: 15%
Fairly closely: 35%
Not very closely: 23%
Aware, but not following: 17%
Not aware: 10%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
"In recent years he [Goodwin] has slightly moved away from studying the politics of the right to becoming an activist ..."

"Slightly" is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
GB News presenter Matt Goodwin unveiled as Reform UK's by-election candidate
The Greater Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton became vacant after Andrew Gwynne stepped down for health reasons.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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stevebasnett.bsky.social
Suppressed security reports. Burying information so the public don't see it. Maybe it's worth getting an eyeful of what the government you pay taxes to wants to spend your money trying to hide from you? At least you have that choice now.

Food insecurity? It's not like we all need it to live...
carolinelucas.bsky.social Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 21h
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
www.resilience.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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carolinelucas.bsky.social
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
www.resilience.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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vanblerkisms.bsky.social
100% this.

You can easily spot those taking money from these causes by their postings. Those like the 'Grifter Royale' illustrated below have their noses deep in every crooked trough.
January 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
The Open Letter can be found here, and we continue to welcome further signatories from anyone who wishes to support the call. Link on page.

www.safeairschools.org/mission-and-...
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM