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rjf1.bsky.social @rjf1.bsky.social · 9h

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Badger cull dismantled from all sides in landmark Parliament debate

The cull is collapsing under its own weight, and it is collapsing because people refused to accept a lie.

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rjf1.bsky.social @rjf1.bsky.social · 1d

I've signed the petition calling on Justice Minister @naomilong.bsky.social to introduce strong hate crime legislation today - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/ha...

Sign Now: Naomi Long implement Hate Crime Legislation today

I've signed the petition calling on Justice Minister @naomi.long.948 to introduce strong hate crime legislation today - will you sign too?

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 1d

"Contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us (5)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

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rjf1.bsky.social @rjf1.bsky.social · 1d

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I’m a mum of three – the two-child cap forced me to go without food

Mum of three Michaela Taylor has described the damage the policy has had as pressure grows on the Government to scrap the policy at the Budget next month

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 3d

People saw the news about the CDC and were like, "OMG public health has been destroyed!" Have you been sleepwalking for the last four years? The US does not have a functioning public health system, because it was sacrificed for capital. We're a hotbed of COVID, measles, and a host of other diseases.

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An English Bear @ursusclan.bsky.social · 3d

#Farage is great at protesting but not at planning, at complaining but not coordination, at criticism but not consideration. For years he led the cry for #Brexit bur never had a plan Then the Brexiteers went to negotiations with nothing. No plan, no purpose, no clue. #RejoinEU, not ReformUK.

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An English Bear @ursusclan.bsky.social · 3d

The budget pain is not bad luck. It is Brexit’s bill.
A weaker pound, slower growth, higher borrowing costs, all made in the referendum.
So when you pay more tax, remember who sold the dream.
The architect of this austerity the creator of this scenario , the maker of these taxes…was Nigel Farage.

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. The same guy who told you COVID was a hoax just got his updated booster and didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 4d

Slept with a member of a 00s girl band before they were famous. Can't tell anyone as I was and still am with my husband and straight.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 4d

"The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person, and she works with determination for its abolition worldwide (CCC 2267)." #PopeFrancis #PrayForAmerica

ACLU @aclu.org · 4d

The government has executed more people in 2025 than any year in over a decade — and there are five more executions scheduled over the next week.

Just a handful of states are responsible for these executions, and they’re increasingly out of step with public opinion.

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An English Bear @ursusclan.bsky.social · 3d

#Farage promised freedom and left us chained to debt.
Covid bonds, weak trade, lost investment, now the budget bleeds.
Every tax rise should carry his name. #faragetaxes
He wanted sovereignty. He delivered insolvency. He lied, He walked away. #RejoinEU is the solution not ReformUK.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 4d

A look back to on this day 11th October with our farmily of farm animals

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 3d

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As world watches Gaza, Israel moves against people in West Bank

The world continues to focus on Gaza with hope that the genocidal conflict there might soon come to an end. After two years of slaughter and destruction, it’s understandable that all eyes are on the b...

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Loren @dionysusdream.bsky.social · 3d

Our economic system is based on the people who own everything paying us the bare minimum that we need to survive on and working us as much as we will accept and using the profits from that to repeat the process as much as possible in a chain reaction of exploitation and runaway 'growth.'

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An English Bear @ursusclan.bsky.social · 3d

We were told #Brexit would save billions.
Instead it cost billions, and the Treasury scrambles for every pound.
Wages stagnate, taxes rise, services fall.
The public pays for Farage’s fantasy. He complains it’s not the right sort of Brexit. He walked away. We pick up the tab. #faragetaxes #rejoineu

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 3d

The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Nathan Gill who went from UKIP ⏩ Brexit Party ⏩ Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes to speak pro Russian and anti- EU statements?

Photo collage
➡️ Oleg Voloshyn and his wife Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nathan Gill with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nathan Gill

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 3d

Reporters: stop using the deferential term "detaining" when talking about ICE goons' abduction of innocent people from US streets. You proper term would indeed by "abduction", but if you want to pretend neutrality you could use "capture", which at least says nothing about the captors' motives.

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rjf1.bsky.social @rjf1.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds foolish.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 3d

And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.

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

Eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax next year after struggling to find huge cuts in public spending.

That’s despite Reform UK flyers during the Local Elections criticising councils for doing just that.

Never trust a Reformer.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

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