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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 59m

Leaving the ECHR suits them though, and their paymasters. It leaves the population without any rights and open to being an eminently exploitable resource for governments and fat-cat employers or corporations.

Andrew 🎵 #FBPE #FBR #musicproduction ❤️ Facts over ideology ❤️ @musicproduction.bsky.social · 1h

"...momentum for withdrawal from the ECHR is not matched by popular demand... politicians are proposing to amend Britain’s constitutional order in the name of “the people” while ignoring what...people actually want, undoing constitutional safeguards and democratic institutions in the process."

Do British people want to leave the ECHR? What a decade of polls reveals

In the most recent YouGov poll on this issue, 54% of Conservative voters and 72% of Reform voters were in favour of leaving.

theconversation.com

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Andrew 🎵 #FBPE #FBR #musicproduction ❤️ Facts over ideology ❤️ @musicproduction.bsky.social · 1h

"...momentum for withdrawal from the ECHR is not matched by popular demand... politicians are proposing to amend Britain’s constitutional order in the name of “the people” while ignoring what...people actually want, undoing constitutional safeguards and democratic institutions in the process."

Do British people want to leave the ECHR? What a decade of polls reveals

In the most recent YouGov poll on this issue, 54% of Conservative voters and 72% of Reform voters were in favour of leaving.

theconversation.com

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 21h

Real change in public expenditures on higher education, 2008 to 2023, selected countries that actually publish the damn data. UK is worst here, but note this does not include RAB (projected future loan forgiveness, basically). If RAB is included...UK would still be last.

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brexit_sham @brexitshambles.bsky.social · 1h

Zack Polanski: I went on Question Time, I put to Reform that their former leader in Wales was in the pocket of Putin, taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while an MEP, they had no answer, because patriots don’t peddle for Putin. 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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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 6h

A quality prevailing in Reform is gross hypocrisy❗️

For years Richard Tice campaigned against Net Zero

But companies led by him since 2011 boast of commitment to saving energy, cutting CO2 emissions & environmental responsibility. One even hired a “full-time sustainability manager”

#ReformHyocrite

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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Johnny @johnnyhatesjazz.bsky.social · 2h

Bollocks to Brexit and all who landed is with it...🤬

www.travelsupermarket.com/en-gb/blog/t...

Everything You Need To Know About EES And ETIAS

The EU's new Entry/Exit System will roll out from October 2025. Here's everything you need to know about the EES and the ETIAS visa waiver that will follow.

www.travelsupermarket.com

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

Just another lunchtime at the local Spoons – the Weasel and Prejudice – contemplating the fact they could have been a brain sturgeon if weren't for those bleeeedin' boat people from the EU.

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 2h

Just when they decide NOT to make the vaccine available to most vulnerable people, to young adults, to kids.

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 5h

We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

open.substack.com

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 5h

We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

open.substack.com

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 2h

If you eagerly war on some of your own cities and send soldiers in, kind of unlikely too

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 3h

Wonder why he’s got it in for teachers?

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 3h

Gregg Wallace claims BBC caused him 'distress and harassment'

Ohh boohoo poor Pervy Greg playing the victim because he got his sausage out and abused women because he believed he was untouchable

Then he played the “being autistic” made me do it card

He’s a spineless, talentless little shit❗️

Gregg Wallace: Former MasterChef presenter claims BBC caused him 'distress and harassment'

The former MasterChef presenter is seeking up to £10,000 in damages from the BBC, court documents show.

www.bbc.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, so embarrassing.

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 3h

Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives are two Scottish actors who always raise the calibre and entertainment value of any show they’re in.

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Shelby Kent-Stewart @shelbykstewart.bsky.social · 1d

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 3h

Never did think much of Jack Whitehall or Jimmy Carr. backyarddrunkard.com/2025/10/10/r...

Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 Lineup: List of Artists and the Backlash They Faced

The Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 is making headlines worldwide, not just for its star-studded lineup, but also for the controversy surrounding its hosting in Saudi Arabia.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 4h

The main reason why I can’t watch any of these comedians again is that I’ll be thinking about Jamal Khashoggi & his family while they were acting as extremely well-paid court jesters for his killers.
Not really ideal laughter-inducing conditions.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 4h

It’s rotting from the top down.

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 4h

“Keep to your path and don’t stray. You will meet wolves along the way, but don’t talk to them. They can be charming and handsome, but they are terrible conversationalists” Hansel
& Gretel

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6h

hmmmmmmmmmmm

surely the point of being a digital native and being Online is to be able to sniff out stuff like this

not sure the BBC gets to put this on our people

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: A false claim about Euan Blair found its way into Have I Got News For You.

It was from an X post seen almost 3m times - and it was wrong.

Production chief blames a "digital native" culture.

A very online media class drinking in social media = danger:

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4h

Journalist: Why didn't Trump get it?

Nobel Peace Prize Committee say they only give the prize to those with courage and integrity

More integrity that every politician sucking up to Trump

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 4h

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 5h

The empty horror of Robert Jenrick 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.

iandunt.substack.com

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 4h

The whole idea that Oakeshott has any right to comment on British society while living in Dubai is a reflection of the ridiculous state of the right-wing media in the U.K.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h

I was this number of years old when I discovered that Dubai had a Metro

"Quite often I am the only white person
in the tube carriage!"

Isabel Oakeshott says 'it's not racist
to observe the lack of white people' in
some areas of Britain,

"It certainly tells us something about
how Britain has changed."

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