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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 10h

Dubai Dicky was outraged when Lucy Connolly was convicted of the same offence. Sounds like he's in favour of two tier justice.

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Hubert @sconeone.bsky.social · 17h

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 4h

Tim Davie BBC Reform & previously Tory Chief Propaganda Officer AKA Director General wanting ppl prosecuted if they don’t pay the licence fee is no surprise as he wants £’s to promote Farage & Reform

What really got my goat is him saying its journalists act “without fear or favour” Utter bollox❗️😡

BBC boss Tim Davie backs prosecution of people who evade licence fee

The director-general made his comments as he answered questions from his own staff on the BBC Breakfast sofa.

news.stv.tv

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3h

David George Plummer Lilley donated £274k in total to Reform UK, he is number 8 on their list of top donors.

Major Donor to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Owns Russian Assets

www.desmog.com/2024/06/26/m...

Major Donor to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Owns Russian Assets

One of the biggest donors to Nigel Farage’s anti-net zero Reform UK during the general election campaign has significant Russian business interests, DeSmog can report. Natural resources investor Davi...

www.desmog.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 2h

"The Daily and Sunday Express are among the biggest fallers" in print readership - down a fifth in just a year

"The Daily Express now sells less than 100,000 copies per day during the week."
pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

Newspaper ABCs: Express weekday circulation drops below 100,000

Latest ABC UK newspaper circulations for the biggest print titles including the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Financial Times and more.

pressgazette.co.uk

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3h

Oh.

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10h

Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025

the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data

www.ft.com/content/5392...

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

Finally. Let’s start holding Farage to account for the relentless shitshow that is Brexit.
Because..
“What could be more elementary than asking voters to judge a candidate on their previous assurances? What more basic function of democracy could we ask for?”
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Labour admits Brexit was terrible. Now it’s time to act

For years now, the economic situation facing this country has been buried in the small print

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

Portsmouth Independent Party members defect to Reform UK…

“Absolutely no national agenda, just purely focused on prioritising Portsmouth.”

In that case you’ll be happy to all resign and call a by-election. Right?

Four independent Portsmouth councillors switch to Reform UK

Reform now has six councillors and is the third largest group on the city council behind the Lib Dems and Labour.

www.bbc.co.uk

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mqb2766.bsky.social @mqb2766.bsky.social · 14h

"Nigel Farage is sharing a £4 million house in Chelsea with a female French politician who heads a think tank accused of improperly channelling donations to Ukip ... Mr Farage, 52, who is married, denied that the pair were engaged in a romantic relationship"

www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...

Farage rubbishes suggestions of affair

Nigel Farage is sharing a £4 million house in Chelsea with a female French politician who heads a think tank accused of improperly channelling donations to Ukip.The former Ukip leader confirmed that

www.thetimes.com

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

This is how Farage and Tice reacted at PMQs when someone raised the issue of one of their politicians accepting bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Apparently it’s funny to be a traitor.

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Kevin O’Connell @hibou2.bsky.social · 1d

Government issues update on major leasehold reform for UK households

The changes could make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to extend their leases or buy their freehold

Better with Labour. 👍

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gretchen @boxofmillipedes.bsky.social · 1d

gretchen @boxofmillipedes.bsky.s...

in the 1970s, stonehenge was often used as a bus shelter, or a place to stop for a smoke. you can't do this anymore, because of woke.

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Factually inaccurate. Making shit up is what trolls do.

October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Ah! Yet another announcement about how the Labour government are supporting farming, with another funding scheme extended (whilst work is under way to produce a replacement scheme that will be more effective and fairer).

To hear many talk, Labour do nothing at all to help farmer...

Countryside Stewardship extended to support farming and nature

Thousands of farmers will receive extensions to continue restoring nature and farming sustainably, supporting long-term food security.

www.gov.uk

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alechitchman.bsky.social @alechitchman.bsky.social · 14h

Why is China, Burma/Myanmar castigated for not allowing free press in but Israel isn't?
#r4today

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h

In today's least surprising news

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

I notice all those brave journalists, Guido alumni, and Tory hacks, who manufactured a scandal - a dangerous one to national security, at that - out of gossip, supposition, and sticky tape, have gone ALL QUIET now the witness statements have been released and are exactly as the PM detailed at PMQs.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 1d

Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade.

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Grumpy Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇪🇺 @brian770.bsky.social · 1d

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Rod Evans @ultra-rejoiner.bsky.social · 1d

"The impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting... austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget, all of those things have weighed heavily on the UK economy."

That is what chancellor Rachel Reeves said today.

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Stewart Macdonald @mrred8691.bsky.social · 1d

People on a doomloop miss out on this news.

Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 1d

UK Fastest growing economy this year, forecast to be second fastest next year.

Not bad considering all the doom the media spouts.

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

UK forecast to be second-fastest growing economy in G7 - IMF

But the UK is also predicted to suffer the highest rate of inflation in the G7 both this year and next.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

ALSO. Badenoch claims China was unequivocally classed as a threat in 2021 review and by MI5 in 2022. So can she please explain why the Chinese Nuclear Group was still involved with the Hinkley nuclear power plant project a full two years later - nine months even after Cash and Berry were arrested? 🤨

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patc1949.bsky.social @patc1949.bsky.social · 1d

Me too. The media will have to do lots of editing to make Badenoch look normal.

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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 1d

#Pmqs ah, I’m very greatful Keir Starmer is our PM

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patc1949.bsky.social @patc1949.bsky.social · 1d

BBC Lunchtime News working hard to edit PMQs to make Badenoch’s part look reasonable instead of the catastrophe it actually was.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

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