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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10h

🔴‘Robert Jenrick’s Authoritarian Plans for the Justice System Are Straight Out of the Trump Playbook’

Just look at America to see what happens when an authoritarian narcissist, decides that he is more powerful than any court of law, argues Gareth Roberts
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'Robert Jenrick's Authoritarian Plans for the Justice System Are Straight Out of the Trump Playbook'

One only has to look at Trump's America to see what happens when a government, led by a narcissist with an authoritarian bent, decides that he is more powerful than any court of law, argues Gareth Rob...

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 10h

Lord Heseltine: ‘Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists’ www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lor...

Lord Heseltine: 'Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists'

Lord Heseltine has said Reform UK are the modern day equivalent of the "right wing fascists of the 1930s."

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Karl Drinkwater 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 ☮️ 🌱 🥗 @karldrinkwater.bsky.social · 10h

Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that

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Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that

Dressed up as statesmanship, the Trump-Netanyahu proposal is nothing but an attempt to impose surrender

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Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 23h

Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71% www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71%

From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset and other areas

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

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Exclusive: Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas

Hamas says it wants to make a deal and sees Trump as the key, but will not “raise the white flag.”

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Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 1d

The team owner is a massive zionist.

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Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 1d

Bookmark this and come back for their video which will prove the complicity of #Starmer:s Govt in the #Genocide
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-spy-pla...

Gaza spy plane spotted leaving UK air base on Cyprus

Exclusive: Declassified captures first footage of an American spy plane taking off from a Royal Air Force base bound for Gaza.

www.declassifieduk.org

Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 1d

Even the spooks think Starmer is bonkers.....
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

MI6 insiders slam Palestine Action ban as 'distraction' from real counter-terrorism

It seems everyone with any expertise on terrorism, including MI6, was against the Palestine Action ban - yet Labour proceeded anyway

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Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 1d

BDS works ✊🇵🇸
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Israel-Premier Tech to be renamed and rebanded, 'moving away from its current Israeli identity', as co-owner Sylvan Adams steps back

Israeli team was the subject of protests at the Vuelta a España and beyond

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 2d

Palestinian state is in Israel’s interest, says Israeli ex-PM

We spoke to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and asked him if Benjamin Netanyahu could be trusted to stick to the plan for Gaza.

www.channel4.com

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 2d

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive: Senior female Asian police leader alleges retaliation, discrimination and “boys’ club culture” inside influential policing body.

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Exclusive: Senior female Asian police leader alleges retaliation, discrimination and “boys’ club culture” inside influential policing body.

Superintendent Harvi Khatkar was the first female British Asian police officer to become vice president of the Police Superintendents Association but claims she was called a "reputational risk" if she...

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Benjamin Zac @benjaminzac1.bsky.social · 2d

Beware the Zionist influencers online and especially on Tik Tok.

youtu.be/NlwzG4oKaXI?...

Why is Netanyahu meeting US influencers? | MEE Explains

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Chris Kirk @chriskirk51.bsky.social · 2d

What a Woman. Free Palestine ✊🇵🇸
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Greta Thunberg releases second, personal video after release from Israeli abduction

Greta Thunberg has talked to supporters about the plight of Palestinians, the evils of Israel's racist occupation, and more

www.thecanary.co

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

"RED CARD FOR ISRAEL"

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Banner with a text that reads "RED CARD FOR ISRAEL"

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Michele Zuniga @mz10012.bsky.social · 2d

But they are in line with Trump’s orders from Heritage Foundation in Project Esther.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 4d

My late friend & fellow @newscientist.com consultant, Frank Lesser, fought the fascists at Cable Street. He was Jewish. Not sure what he would have made of Israel rolling out the red carpet for Tommy Robinson, an actual fascist, especially as he also fought the fascists in Spain.

Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 4d

The Battle of Cable Street.

A thread 🧵 with pictures and ALT text.

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On this day in 1936, the East End of London rose up against fascism. The Battle of Cable Street.

#TheyShallNotPass #NoPasaran

A packed East End street in 1936: thousands of anti-fascist residents filling the road and pavements, shopfronts behind them.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4d

“The reason that Donald Trump is seeking to clear the lane for Andrew Cuomo is because he knows that Andrew Cuomo will clear the lane for Donald Trump’s agenda."

Zohran Mamdani on Trump’s Meddling in NYC Election as Eric Adams Drops Out

In an exclusive interview just hours after incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to end his reelection bid, we sat down with Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to lay out his ...

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Clem.PM @clempm.bsky.social · 4d

Labour the party of genocide complicity

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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 4d

Zio-Fascist war criminals belong in The Hague, not in our communities. War criminals don’t deserve our passports or visas -- only verdicts. Stand proud on the right side of history.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 3d

The next general election is going to be unbearably awful isn’t it

Just parties lining up to outdo each other in awfulness

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Lynne Jones FB99% @lynnejonesorguk.bsky.social · 3d

So should loads of other longstanding Labour members - it’s no longer the Party we joined. Not just Blairite flummery but up front in holding traditional Labour values in contempt.

Adrian Short @adrianshort.uk · 4d

Sadiq Khan should defect to the Greens. He's far too good for Labour.

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Sean Sky @sean-sky.bsky.social · 4d

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Sue @hulatt47.bsky.social · 4d

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Jemby (@jemby123)

Dublin today in support of Palestine via Dawn Clancy X

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