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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 9d

Reform UK = Brexit Party = UKIP

#FACTS

The Nathan Gill Russian bribery case: "Nothing to do with Reform"?

The bribery started the day Nathan Gill quit UKIP and continued under Farage’s leadership. The press have barely said a word… Nathan Gill, once Farage’s ally and Reform UK’s Welsh leader, has admitted...

westcountryvoices.co.uk

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Steph59Renee 👠 @steph59renee.bsky.social · 1d

If you think your husband is creepy, imagine coming home to this. 👠

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Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 1d

In the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, the Ural Turbine Plant is on fire. This plant produces equipment for energy infrastructure, including for nuclear power plants, thermal power plants, and hydroelectric power stations.

A blackout in the Russian

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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 6h

The evidence was there very very soon after the votes were counted, but they chose to, and still choose to, ignore it for fear of looking like the bad guys by refusing to accept the vote.

Dems handed Trump the presidency for free, and it’ll take bloodshed to remove him and his circus now.

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 6h

She’s an attention-whore; it doesn’t matter how she gets attention, as long as she does.

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 6h

But she ceded; shoulda woulda coulda 🤷‍♂️

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Eugénia 🇵🇹🇲🇫🇺🇦🇬🇪🇪🇺🇮🇱 @tugatripeira.bsky.social · 6h

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT #UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇪🇺

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT #UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇪🇺

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT #UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇪🇺

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Yuri Chornomorets @y-chornomorets.bsky.social · 15h

#NAFO #TeamYuri Friends, we really ask for your support, because we are a bit overwhelmed, we need to do a lot of things at once!!!

Our tasks⬇️:
📌 Urgently need 2 more super collimators, at least one (92,400 UAH)!!!

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 10h

A house in Clacton bought with unknown finances, a Russian funded Welsh leader and now an investigation into the finances and tax affairs of one of Farage’s key ally.

The treachery and corruption is right in front of the media’s eyes and they do and say, NOTHING!

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10h

⚡️Tajikistan lets Putin enter despite ICC arrest warrant.

The Tajik government has not publicly explained why it did not comply with the ICC warrant and arrest Vladimir Putin on its territory.

Tajikistan lets Putin enter despite ICC arrest warrant

The Tajik government has not publicly explained why it did not comply with the ICC warrant and arrest Vladimir Putin on its territory.

kyivindependent.com

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Piya #FBPE #SlavaUkraini #ArmUkraineNow @piyakhanna.bsky.social · 17h

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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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 17h

Freedom to love. Freedom to be.

Today, we've adopted our new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, focusing on protecting people from violence, ensuring equal rights, and advancing equality for all.

Because equality and freedom are at the heart of Europe.

More ↓
link.europa.eu/dDRf4r

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18h

It's never too late

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19h

Criminals should face "the full force of the law" says Kemi Badenoch

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 18h

It's Scotland's wind. Let's harness it for the benefit of Scotland.
indyposterboy.scot/power-less/

Power Less - Indy PosterBoy

Download this design as a printable PDF document, perfect for printing using your home inkjet or laser colour printer at A5, A4 or even as big as A3 size.

indyposterboy.scot

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Laura Chiarello Arts 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @laurachiarello.bsky.social · 18h

#NAFO Fellas, does anyone have a spare ambulance in #ukraine ?🚑🙏
This one was destroyed by the 🤡, crew is ok, but a new one is urgently needed!

Gyruum @gyruum.bsky.social · 19h

Questa è, o era, l'ambulanza che un nostro caro amico e volontario di Bologna ha portato in Ucraina.

Centrata da un drone ieri pomeriggio, i volontari stanno tutti bene, ma urge il bisogno di trovare un'altra ambulanza. Non ho più parole per descrivere questo infinito terrore.

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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 18h

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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 18h

Storonsky is a Russian entrepreneur with links to the Kremlin and who was unsurprisingly granted British citizenship in 2004 by the Tories. He used the UK to raise his family and build his business empire before abandoning the UK to move to Dubai to avoid paying additional tax. #BoycottRevolut

Banking billionaire becomes latest ultra-rich lister to leave UK

Nik Storonsky has moved to the UAE after the UK scrapped a lucrative tax break

www.independent.co.uk

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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 18h

It’s almost like an English vatnik version of The Daily Fella @dailyfellanews.bsky.social 😆

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Sir Launchalot 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @sirlaunchalot.bsky.social · 18h

Now this post may seem strange from a Fella with a LOT of flags on his profile…but mine are meant to be kind & welcoming flags. *Unless you’re ruZZian or some Trumpist nazi qunt.

Let’s be clear, if you put a fucking flag before a human being, you’re a worthless selfish ignorant twat. That’s it.

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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 19h

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 19h

It's like watching AI try to learn how to speak human.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 19h

SPOILER ALERT: Reform and several other parties across Europe (and elsewhere) are fascists.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 19h

Under First Past the Post, an extreme, even anti-democratic party can take full power on a fraction of the vote - without the consent of the majority.

In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted.

That's another reason why we need Proportional Representation.

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 20h

www.gov.scot/publications...

A Fresh Start with Independence

This paper sets out why Scotland should become an independent country, and what an independent Scotland could look like. It provides details of this Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent ...

www.gov.scot

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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 21h

Facts

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 21h

The UK Royal Family has one of the biggest private Fabergé collections in the world. 600 items including Eggs, animal and flower jewels. They were gifts from Russian, Danish, and other British relatives.

They have 22,400 other bits of Jewellery.

In 2025, we pay them to wear them all.

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