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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1h

"And so we end up with Badenoch: this vacant, shattered woman, trundling a pathway of humiliation and self-erasure; & with Jenrick, a degenerate little bore, as inept as he is amoral, who will say anything, no matter how vile & disreputable, to secure attention."
iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick

We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1h

He'll get a bag of chocolate medals like the other also-rans.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1h

Seen the stuff about the Schwitters book?

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/looking-fo...

Looking for Mr Schwitters - a new book

To produce an innovative and finely illustrated book about the émigré artist Kurt Schwitters’ final years in the Lake District.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 4h

I'm off to Epping with a Bible wrapped in a Union Jack & a box of matches. Looking forward to your support, Robert.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1h

Elected on less than 9% of the potential vote. His Reform predecessor resigned "after allegations he used the ‘n’ word against a local black family".

Grunts against a background of scraping knuckles probably pass for communication in the Reform group.

www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...

Winning Reform UK candidate refuses to answer questions after victory in North Northamptonshire Council by-election

The winning Reform UK candidate has refused to talk to the media after his victory in North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) Lloyds and Corby Village Ward by-election, today.

www.northantstelegraph.co.uk

Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 2h

The moment #Hegseth realises she's wriggled out & got away.

Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 2h

More police than saddos w/ banners at this demo. Any idea when & where it was taken, & also where they are based? Their website is a bit shy on geographical details.

tpointuk.co.uk/contact/

Small group holding banner for Turning Point, & another: Groom Dogs not Kids

Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3h

The party managed to shed a remarkable 8 councillors in Sept alone, & have lost 24 since May, for a variety of embarrassing reasons.

Reform’s SE regional organiser described Kent’s Reform councillors as “wankers” who “hate each other”
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hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/10/c...

Countdown: The steady shedding of Reform councillors and officials continues… – HOPE not hate

Drunken displays, racist rants and dodgy deals are just some of the reasons that Reform councillors and officials are dropping like flies… While Reform UK...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 2d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not fussy. Either I would like my neighbours to take home their bins (three days since bin day), or I would like the people parking on our road not to block the pavement by moving the bins onto it.

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 8h

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3h

"In 2021, Natural England raised concerns that groundwater abstraction in the Sussex could be harming biodiversity in internationally protected sites. The snail mentioned by Reeves is simply one indicator of the ecological health of the Arun Valley."
sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/first-i...

First it was newts, then bats… now it’s snails. | Sussex Wildlife Trust

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3h

That plaintive, wavering call.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5h

All these anxious billionaires....

“It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money,” Thiel said, according to the recordings. “An incredible machinery of tax treaties, financial surveillance, and sanctions architecture has been constructed.” Wealth gives the “illusion of power and autonomy,” Thiel added, according to the recordings, “but you have this sense it could be taken away at any moment.”

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 4h

The Museum Association's code of ethics is significant - but the world of sport is the billboard of choice for polluters aiming to clean up their image.

To join the campaign against polluter sponsorship in sport, sign up to the Fossil Free Declaration. 👇 8/8

The Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down

Launched by the Cool Down - Sport For Climate Action Network, the Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes, and fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships and c...

www.cooldownclimate.org

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 BREAKING: UK museums have voted to adopt a new Code of Ethics calling for a 'transition away' from fossil fuel and rights-abusing sponsors.

This marks a huge moment for the culture sector challenging harmful sponsorship.

Here's the story. 🧵 1/8

Museums ratify new ethics code requiring ‘transition away’ from fossil fuel and rights abusing sponsors

In a significant shift for the culture sector, museums and galleries in the UK this evening voted to adopt ambitious new ethics rules that call for the sector to ‘transition away’ from sponsorship …

cultureunstained.org

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4h

New polling by YouGov, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows: 46% of potential Conservative voters consider Brexit a failure.

Of those voters, 51% say that Brexit has damaged the economy, and 50% say it has damaged our ability to trade with the EU.

Full research here: https://bit.ly/46LZq1G

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4d

The green cross code is the most disastrous public information campaign in history. It has made generations believe that pedestrians are responsible for avoiding crashes. Crashes are actually the responsibility of the operators of the massive motorised lumps of metal.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 5h

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has 15-year business record of supporting ‘net stupid zero’ initiatives

- Firms led by Tice since 2011 have shown commitment to saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions

Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Richard Tice has 15-year record of supporting ‘net stupid zero’ initiatives

Firms led by deputy Reform UK leader since 2011 have shown commitment to saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 7h

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 4h

I'm off to Epping with a Bible wrapped in a Union Jack & a box of matches. Looking forward to your support, Robert.

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 4h

Are we really going to spend time arguing theology with the architect of surveillance capitalism? Classic misdirection.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 6h

"Make ownership of large landholdings public"

Great report from the @digitalcommons.bsky.social with key recommendation that HM Land Registry should make the ownership of landholdings above a certain area threshold publicly available:

digitalcommons.coop/content/file...

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 6h

"We go live to the Oval Office..."

a child in a red shirt is crying with his mouth open

ALT: a child in a red shirt is crying with his mouth open

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 4h

I bet the local postman's relieved. Imagine all those heavy clanking sacks full of returned medals if Trump had got it.