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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1h

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks Jacqui Young and @bmj.com for discussing this important subject with myself and @dralig.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn

Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstr...

www.bmj.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 4h

One day to go until Diwali on the Square ✨

The day will be jam-packed with exciting activities to celebrate the vibrant spirit of Diwali.

It’s free and everyone is welcome.

Diwali On The Square: Free Festival Returns To Trafalgar Square For 2025

This huge free event is the biggest Diwali celebration in London.

londonist.com

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4h

Every benefit cut is a cut to a high street, a care worker, a council service.

You can’t “balance the books” by burning the foundations.

That’s how you hollow out a nation.

Prof Richard Murphy reports

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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shelagh9.bsky.social @shelagh9.bsky.social · 2h

Welcome 💚💚💚

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 16h

The cost of doing nothing☠️‼️

@binitakane.bsky.social 🙏🏻

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2h

“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”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'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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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 17h

Last 2 days in Trump's America - mainly around suppressing dissent and attacking science.

All actions available on www.trumpactiontracker.info

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGuv...

Main authoritarian things Trump has done since Wednesday - as of Fri 10th October

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

www.youtube.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

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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shelagh9.bsky.social @shelagh9.bsky.social · 4h

Trust the facts:

@peterjukes.bsky.social founder of @bylinetimes.bsky.social spells it out.

Here's his latest:

bsky.app/profile/byli...

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12h

🔴UPDATE 🔴

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told @bylinetimes.bsky.social it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about Gill’s pro-Russian statements

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

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

bylinetimes.com

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shelagh9.bsky.social @shelagh9.bsky.social · 5h

EVIL.

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 5h

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 6h

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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 6h

Rivers and Hills is a new mural celebrating Sheffield’s natural landscape – and it comes with a digital twist

By Yorkshire Bylines

Sheffield gets animated over new street art

Rivers and Hills is a new mural celebrating Sheffield’s natural landscape – and it comes with a digital twist

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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shelagh9.bsky.social @shelagh9.bsky.social · 5h

I find it helpful to remember these power-trippers don't really believe in anything.

They have one goal: to stay in power + £$.

Their titles, their stances mean little except to stir the 💩 to get us all riled up + distracted.

Let's focus.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 15h

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 15h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

YouGov: Labour voters are significantly more likely to trust the Greens than Labour on the environment (72% vs 43%), poverty (49% vs 38%), keeping promises (45% vs 35%) and protecting minority groups (55% vs 47%).

It's why thousands are joining the Greens every day: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

The 📷 shows an apartment building in #Kyiv hit by a Russian Shahed last night.It captures the overall atmosphere in the city with painful accuracy

A hellish night of Russian strikes...We cherish every moment of life,because any moment,any day could be our last.That's why we live a bit desperately⤵️

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Jul 8

New YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20h

Profiteers will cost the NHS an arm and a leg
The NHS, born in 1948 alongside me, has saved millions - yet today both major parties bleed it dry, trading care for corporate profit

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

Profiteers will cost the NHS an arm and a leg

The NHS, born in 1948 alongside me, has saved millions - yet today both major parties bleed it dry, trading care for corporate profit

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 22h

Learn more about Mothin, he's a lovely human and a wonderful Deputy Leader of the Greens. His speech had me in tears.

Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · Jul 5

📢 Mothin's interview with @OborneTweets
for @MiddleEastEye out now!

youtu.be/IJi0DtoLx7c?...

🎥Mothin discusses how he got into politics, the way to beat Reform, how to unite people and more!

🗣️Please share 🙏

Thank you!
Team Mothin 💚

'I'm surprised more Labour MPs haven't left': Mothin Ali in conversation with Peter Oborne

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Petrichor @bulathe1andonly.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine if the greens got the same media coverage & hype like Nigel Faright's Reform?!

Media hype making it out as though Reforms got majority support to sway the floating voters.
Reality is most would prefer an alternative like the Greens who address real issues instead of pandering to xenophobia

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

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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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 22h

okay, brace yourselves for this folks.

An english politician speaking honestly and (in my view) accurately, without a hint of spin, racism or rhetoric. And the audience clapped!

This is not AI. this actually happened on BBC last night. 👇

(the new leader of the UK Greens Party: Zack Polanski)

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 1d

I visited the waste recycling centre in Leeds a few months ago
I saw waste that could be exported or buried, being sorted, sifted, processed, ready to be transformed into something useful

The material that couldn't be recycled was turned into high-end aggregate

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste

Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year

www.theguardian.com

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