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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

Deafening applause as Zack Polanski tells Zia Yusuf that people's concern over immigration is because he spends all his time spreading misinformation and fear.

#bbcqt

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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 13h

Beautiful

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

On the way from my office to the station today

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Roger Alan Blackwell @rogera.bsky.social · 18h

Students across the UK defy Starmer to march on Gaza Day
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Students across the UK defy Starmer to march on Gaza Day - Workers Revolutionary Party

‘FROM the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! – From the sea to the river, Palestine will live forever!’ ‘Say it now and say it loud, Gaza you make us proud!’ ‘Netanyahu, you can’t hide, we char...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17h

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.

RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 13h

Well said

Dileepa Ranawake 💚 @dileeparanawake.bsky.social · 14h

Great example of why we need public services in public hands across the UK.

Greens across Britain stand for renationalising because it’s value for the public, not shareholders.

Whether it’s @greenparty.org.uk , or @scottishgreens.org - join the Greens today and be the change the UK needs.

Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 19h

Public services in public hands. 🙌

Scotland has a lower cancellation rate than every English region.

We must now invest in expanding the network, increasing capacity, and ensuring a reliable, affordable service is available for all. 🚆

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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 14h

Well said

Roger Alan Blackwell @rogera.bsky.social · 16h

Never forget that the Thatcher Tory government initiated the process of selling off social housing; so a few could profit from the many who were forced into long waiting lists, unaffordable rents, homelessness, & greedy landlords buying up former council properties etc. - RAB

Roger Alan Blackwell @rogera.bsky.social · 19h

From today's print News Line: 'Matthew Turtle, director of the museum, said the deaths 'show how homeless people continue to be deeply failed'. Article also mirrored here: t.me/News4GB

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h

I see Reform UK are on #BBCQT again tonight, would one of the other panelists kindly ask

Is it fiscally responsible for Nathan Gill to make anti EU, pro Russia statements in exchange for bribes

But for Nigel Farage to make anti EU, pro Russia statements, without bribes?

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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

"The Green Party had a particularly strong conference season under Polanski... with a bold platform of nationalisation of major utilities, a wealth tax and stronger environmental policy."

Power and wealth have taken our assets. We must take them back.

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Disunited kingdom • Michael Jacobs

Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape

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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 18h

Yep!

Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 19h

Wouldn't it be nice for the BBC to ignore Farage and Reform
Just for a little while? I think it would be very refreshing

valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 18h

Farage is disgraceful

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h

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.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 18h

Well said

[email protected] @cityhobo61.bsky.social · 18h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC & other broadcasters should do some soul searching about their platforming of so many divisive politicians & ‘political haters’. Give haters a back seat!

Race and religious hate crime rises in England and Wales, figures suggest

The number of police-recorded race and religious hate crimes have increased in the year to March.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 21h

Just thinking, wouldn't a digital ID, linked to the Land Registry, make it easier for someone to remember what houses they had paid for...?

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 19h

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag! | Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

He really needs to turn (if he has one) turn his brain on

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag! | Aditya Chakrabortty

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrab...

www.theguardian.com

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 18h

How the World Dehumanises Palestinian Men youtu.be/1Voe30vHScw?...

EXPOSED: How the World Dehumanises Palestinian Men

YouTube video by Palestine Deep Dive

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 22h

More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned.

Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 1d

The pioneering primatologist, conservationist and storyteller spent her life proving that curiosity, compassion and scientific rigor could coexist—and that empathy, too, belongs in the study of life.

Rest in Power: Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human

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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 18h

How to tell if the Express is rattled?

Bring it on. #BackZack

Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 23h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 19h

honestly fu** you if you think gazans are only allowed to ask for help to cover their very basic necessities when they’re starving or being killed, calling a gazan a grifter for trying to secure her education proves that you don’t see gazans as humans who deserve to live equally.

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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 19h

Oh dear what a shame.
Never mind.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20h

The Deputy Chair of the Reform group on Cornwall Council, Rowland O’Connor, has quit the party, ITV West Country reports.

O’Connor says his views on how to help local people “increasingly diverged from those of the party”.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21h

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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valleyred.bsky.social @valleyred.bsky.social · 18h

Well said Sonia

Sonia Purnell FRHistS @soniapurnell.bsky.social · 18h

I’m sure other political journos will come out in support? No?

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 2d

It’s a sad (and chilling) day when legacy media cannot be trusted to follow even the most basic tenets of journalism.

But when one of the world’s most influential and ubiquitous news sources uses a photo from the 1992 LA uprisings to characterize events in 2025 Portland, we’re at that point

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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