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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4h

How the hell can you put 'dies' what is wrong with you Sky News are you denying death now?

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4h

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 7h

For years, the political centre has comforted itself with a story: that public mistrust is irrational.

But this mistrust is not irrational at all. It's rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much.

Read my piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10h

How austerity hit young people.

In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.

By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.

Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

www.theguardian.com

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 7h

The irony! 😡

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 16h

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 6d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

Lower Bills.

Protect our NHS.

And invest in our communities.

Let's make hope normal again.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 2d

We think the UK government should ensure that management of healthcare associated infections (HCAI) is extended to include recording data on COVID infections spread within hospitals.
That’s why we signed this petition.
Please join us - if you haven’t already.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

petition.parliament.uk

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 22h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 8d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Laura Kuenssberg has interviewed all the Party Leaders with more than 10% in the polls.

Except Zack Polanski.

She cancelled his interview and now refuses to do it.

They are scared of Zack, they are scared of you.

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, the lies and hypocrisy of #LabourFriendsOfGenocide are strong in this one 😡

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Phillipson says Hamas committed appalling atrocities, inflicted significant suffering, killed countless civilians & took hostages, and for those reasons it can have no role in govt.

The Israeli regime has done all that & more. Why aren't you dictating who can govern Israel?

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Phillipson says Hamas committed appalling atrocities, inflicted significant suffering, killed countless civilians & took hostages, and for those reasons it can have no role in govt.

The Israeli regime has done all that & more. Why aren't you dictating who can govern Israel?

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

Photo of Zarah, Zack Polanski, Amna Abdullatif from We Deserve Better and Abubakr Nanabawa from The Muslim Vote

Zarah speaking to a packed room at The World Transformed

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 2d

I’d vote for this! 😂

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 2d

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

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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Suella De-Vil First Female Britain First MP (maybe) -parody @suellade.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile
Somewhere in America ….

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 3d

Why indeed? Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙏✊❤️

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg should win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow.

Imagine how much Donald Trump would rage.

Delicious!

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