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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3h

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 1h

Which one's closest to that window though?

After all, accidents will happen.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 10h

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

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

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 10h

Convicted felon whose name is in the Epstein files wants to imprison the Mayor of Chicago and the Governor of Illinois.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9h

🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.

“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...

🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.

https://bit.ly/42YNQxG

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h

I'm unsurprised, mind you. Dubai is a paradise to those who measure success on tax-free wealth and taste on the basis of naff gold-plated supercars. A gigantic soulless autocratic a/c shopping centre in a desert. I know that some people think otherwise but that was my impression when I went.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9h

Let’s also remember that the ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government.

We must protect the ECHR, not leave it

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9h

Trump's $100,000 skilled worker visa fee gives Britain a golden opportunity to attracted global talent. Needless to say, we're going to piss it away because we're scared of upsetting Nigel Farage.

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Trump's migrant obsession offers Starmer a rare win - but Farage has scared him off

We have a golden opportunity to kick-start the British economy

inews.co.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8h

⬇️ Almost 2,000 companies experienced medicine shortages last year because of Brexit.

🏥 The NHS has been badly damaged by Brexit. Increased cost of medicines, staff shortages and fewer doctors.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-drugs-medicine-nhs-7zfhkjzls

Billions more to be spent on medicine as Keir Starmer scraps rules

NHS chiefs and Treasury at loggerheads over who will pay pharmaceutical companies more money for the most up-to-date and effective medicines

www.thetimes.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14h

China is ofc a country well known for it's excellent record on women's rights.

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 14h

"While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors," says Kemi Badenoch.

I cannot be the only person curious about how these two things are related

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14h

🚨Winston Churchill at the Hague Congress in 1948:

"In the centre of our movement stands the idea of a Charter of Human Rights, guarded by freedom and sustained by law".

This meeting was crucial in shaping the ECHR.

Maybe it is time to listen to those who faced down fascism.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14h

I wrote about Robert Jenrick's embrace of blood and soil nationalism for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

"The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be worried about"

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

But what about “ethnic change”? Yes, the proportion of Islington’s population who are (like me) white British has dropped from perhaps 85% to about 40%. This change is indeed visible. For West, it is “far beyond what any group would find tolerable.” What he doesn’t and can’t say is why exactly I’m supposed to find it intolerable. Why should I, or my neighbours, be more concerned about what race or ethnicity the kids are at the local school than the quality or financing of local services, or whether the council is successfully balancing the need for more housing with the interests of long-standing residents?

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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 11h

Well she knows she can promise absolutely anything she likes.

As she's never going to have to implement it.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h

Shortly after accusing all other political party leaders of believing in "the magic money tree", Kemi Badenoch announces her plan to completely scrap stamp duty, without any word on how she plans to pay for it

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 13h

Badenoch's speech completely detached from reality with no mention of protecting our communities from the climate crisis - particularly in light of her party’s plans to scrap the Climate Change Act and throw away Britain's progress on preventing climate breakdown

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 13h

They broke Britain!

Farage, Trump, Brexit… and 50% tariffs on our steel. Workers pay the price while the guilty play the hero.

Has Britain gone mad? 👇
#Brexit #SteelCrisis #Farage

The Great British BETRAYAL: How Farage’s Brexit Sold Out Britain
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The Great British BETRAYAL: How Farage’s Brexit Sold Out Britain

YouTube video by Liz Webster #SaveBritishFarming

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13h

Banned by Reform Party, Conservative Party, sanctioned by the Russian Government six times - what is @bylinetimes.bsky.social doing right?

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13h

Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist @davidhencke has attended the Conservative Party conference since 1987, but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 13h

🔴 Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12h

🇪🇺 With the EU looking to protect their steel industry - it is imperative that the UK finds a way to avoid such tariffs by going further and faster on Europe.

⭐ Closer relations, deeper alignment, protecting jobs.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-row-looms-disastrous-eu-steel-tariffs-3964080

Brexit row looms over 'devastating' EU steel tariffs

Proposals for 50 per cent tariffs on all steel sold into the EU would land a fresh blow on British industry

inews.co.uk

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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 11h

Let me guess - if the UK were still in the EU, or even the EEA, this wouldn't be an issue for us?

#BrexitBenefits
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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 11h

Truly outrageous.

What the hell is the point of having something like @ofcom.bsky.social if it does nothing about lies like this?

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12h

🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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