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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 20h

Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).

Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 19h

Yusuf in September: “People in the senior leadership team have never really heard of Gill.”
Farage now: “I’ve known Gill for 20 years.”
How many of Reform UK’s Kremlin rats have taken terrorist-state Russian bribery? #ukpolitics

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 18h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.

"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

abcnews.go.com

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 21h

Not in Nottingham, surprise, surprise!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Homes for sale near arboretums and botanic gardens in England and Wales – in pictures

From a home near RHS Garden Wisley to a flat opposite Kew Gardens in London

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 23h

And half mast!

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 1d

3/ Evidence from various studies (some shown below) & taxonomic groups have implicated invasions as the sole or contributing cause of a large proportion of global animal extinctions.

An additional line of evidence comes from recoveries of native species following invasive species eradications.

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 23h

😢😢 very sad, shrews are beautiful little creatures, just another extinction

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk, has declared the Christmas Island shrew is extinct. This little animal is extremely common all over the island, and at night its shrill shriek, like the cry of a bat, can be heard on all sides. Continue reading...

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 1d

Unbelievable - Thames Water wants to pollute ILLEGALLY for the next 15 years

If they get away with this, other water companies will copy

If you don't want sewage until 2040 (!) please sign our
petition to @ofwat.bsky.social

We'll be handing it in on 21st October

weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 1d

So sorry I don’t have the FT, miss reading your reviews

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 1d

Taking £47 billion out of the UK economy would not only have a negative impact in ordinary people’s pockets & on local economies across the country, but it would inevitably be diverted into the hands of their Tory friends and funders

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

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

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

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

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

www.theguardian.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 1d

The top of the fridge should be less cold, but others are correct, in the long run it’s probably a new fridge!

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 1d

Rearranging the deckchairs comes to mind

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM is reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control • UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has been accused of pushing some of his last remaining progressive allies out of government, as he embarks on another shake-up of his Downing Street operation designed to empower his chief secretary, Darren Jones. The prime minister is overseeing a reorganisation of several key parts of his government, including the delivery and policy units, to refocus the policy work and give Jones more direct control of the machinery of government. Continue reading...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

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Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 2d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
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GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 2d

Utter nonsense a) most pubs struggling to survive because of too few customers/sales b) if they looked around they’d find lots of pubs already closing early/limiting opening c) the pubs that do already stay open probably cause problems, particularly out of town centres. It won’t boost growth!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Chris @altitude2k.bsky.social · 3d

Around me the pubs often close at 9pm because nobody is out anymore. Not sure this will help.

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 2d

Most pubs could probably like to close earlier, since Covid lots of people seem to go out earlier and go home earlier too

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 3d

It is awful, but surely, if the connection has been established, some precautions should be taken to protect future generations. I’m no rugby fan but the reports of former players’ diagnosis feel like they come far too often

Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 3d

I guess so but there was not apparent local link

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me why East Midlands Today BBC is majoring on the Tory party conference. I’m not sure there’s been a similar focus on other conferences…

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Sally Longford @sallylongford.bsky.social · 4d

“It worked well for hundreds of years” the Tories in a nutshell

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