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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

Right-wing commentators claim inequality in Britain is falling. It isn’t. In this video, I expose the real story behind Britain’s growing inequality and why official data is misleading, as well as suggesting what we need to do to tackle this issue. youtu.be/WhFPzDWOQzk?...

Is Britain's inequality really decreasing?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 5h

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.

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Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

www.telegraph.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6h

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize was won by María Corina Machado.

Venezuela's opposition leader.

Her biggest policy, privatising Venezuela's Oil Reserves, the largest in the world, worth nearly $100tn.

Hmm... I wonder why she won?

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 17h

Cair calls on Nobel Prize winner to renounce support for Zionism and fascism - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cair-calls-nobel-prize-winner-renounce-support-zionism-and-fascism

Cair calls on Nobel Prize winner to renounce support for Zionism and fascism

Muslim civil rights organisation said if Machado does not renounce far-right beliefs, she should be stripped of the prize

www.middleeasteye.net

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Rav Jordison @ravjordison.bsky.social · 19h

Fox is the problem, endlessly promoting these shitbags.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 21h

Former Labour MP Ruth Kelly appointed as Chair of Thames Freeport.
Blackrock 80% stakes in 3🇬🇧freeports, inc Thames Freeport
Kelly’s post-MP career blur the line between public service & private gain, potentially aligning Thames Freeport’s with BlackRock's interests
open.substack.com/pub/european...

The Corporate Coup Eroding UK Sovereignty Through Freeports, SEZs and AI Growth Zones

Welcome to "Zone Fever": the bipartisan Ponzi scheme turning Britain's ports, factories, and public services into corporate feeding grounds.

open.substack.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

Membership at record levels.

Polling at record levels.

Winning elections at record levels.

What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk

metro.co.uk/2025/10/10/z...

Zack Polanski: I went on Question Time - I was blown away by the response

The response has been quite overwhelming.

metro.co.uk

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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 1d

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 - 𝐀 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭.

On “Farcical Friday” we expose that foxhunting continues - trail hunting is a lie. 👀⬇️

www.huntsabs.org.uk/against-all-...

Against All Odds - A Fox Struggles Against Persecution At The Hands Of The Wynnstay Hunt - Hunt Saboteurs Association

On the day that hunters gather around the country to promote the smokescreen of ‘trail hunting’, the HSA has been passed a ground-breaking, year-long investigation into a single artificial earth used ...

www.huntsabs.org.uk

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Chris Kendall 👊🇪🇺🧶 @ottocr.at · 22h

this high quality gag came from someone who is also here but as he hasn’t posted it himself I assume he doesn’t want to be tagged to share in the glory

Farage is being interviewed. He says “I WAS ABOUT 14 AND IT WAS OVER THE PHOTO OF EVA BRAUN”. The interviewer says “ERM... I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE WEST BANK”

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 1d

📌 Canks isn't gonna be happy

This may stop his heart 🤭🤣🐥

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Richard Corbett @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 22h

Farage and his allies have a long history of being associated with Russian funding and trying to avoid scrutiny and investigation of it. This from 2015:

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Rav Jordison @ravjordison.bsky.social · 22h

Boom

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCQT

Always bring the receipts.

Happy birthday to my friend and colleague Nigel Farage aka Mr Brexit.

Rav Jordison @ravjordison.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, they will (and are). The real question is, how will they stop it? So far they've shown close to zero will to stop the power grab.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Cutting £47 billion in spending doesn’t make us stronger, writes Prof Richard Murphy. It’s not fiscal discipline. It’s economic vandalism.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...

What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?

Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 1d

They walk amongst us...

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

‘I will not be cruel, I will not be cruel, I will not be cruel … aw fuck it, I can’t help myself’

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Jonathan @frakitall.bsky.social · 1d

Since when did Oregon start using the Policia?

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Rav Jordison @ravjordison.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly!

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 1d

Huge congratulations to Maria Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Imperialism Prize for steadfastly supporting Israel's genocide and calling on the US to invade her own country so she can be installed as puppet leader while Trump takes Venezuela's oil ♥️

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

Reform UK's councillor numbers were steadily boosted by defections and by-elections, but they’re finding it somewhat hard to keep hold of the ones they’ve already got.
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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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: A legal challenge has been launched in the Scottish courts to overturn the 'draconian' ban on Palestine Action

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night.

But he schooled them all.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all.

www.thecanary.co

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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 1d

And so they should the child murdering vile pieces of 💩

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK

www.thecanary.co

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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Rav Jordison @ravjordison.bsky.social · 1d

Barring the obvious joy that Trumps meltdown will bring, why is this a good thing? Machado is a right wing, neoliberal wholly undeserving of a peace prize.

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