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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 2h

Portland I absolutely love you 🥰

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly. Never again should the tories be put in charge of the public purse if her comments today are anything to go by. Reversal of VAT on school fees, cut business rates & abolish stamp duty on any value primary property? She doesn’t work for the people she works for the super rich & corporations

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 5h

Omg imagine turning up to a war zone to show the horror & finding only a dozen or so protesters- one dressed in a chicken suit. 😂

Hats off to you young man, great costume.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 8h

Well done 👏🏼. The worst promotor of Brexit was Farage. The worst messaging about immigrants is from Reform. The tories in Handsworth (Jenrick) think that there is no integration because poc there couldn’t possibly be British nationals. Do not vote for their lies & divisiveness.

We are all team GB

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 8h

Something good happening in the world 💗

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 8h

Unsurprising. Reform are the go to guys for corrupt oligarchs. If this was said about any other political party, the media would have a field day. The membership would plummet.

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 20h

'The Chernukhins are cultivating new political friends...Tice said, Lubov was seeking reassurance that a Reform UK government would create “an attractive regulatory environment in which to operate"

So, Russians worth £400million think Reform are their guys.

unherd.com/newsroom/ric...

Richard Tice holidays with Russian oligarch on Riviera

The Russian oligarch Vladimir Chernukhin and his wife, Lubov, have long been known for their generous support for the Conservative Party. Since 2012 Lubov has given the party at least £2.1 million, as...

unherd.com

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 8h

This is terrifying for spreading lies and influencing elections.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 9h

AI is a runaway train and I’d like to get off at the nearest station.

I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.

Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 21h

Another example of how cool 😎 Portland residents are……

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 22h

Prayers for Portland!
I hear it’s burning down. 😉
LOL

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 22h

This is a great idea to build community. If, like me, you are fed up of a very vocal & visible racist minority in your town, this lets people know they are welcome, they are valued as human beings & there are allies out there who will help them rebuild their lives. 💗

Tristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · 22d

Last week, scores of Union flags were tied high to lampposts by a group of South Bristol residents with an anti-asylum seeker message on 2 streets in Bedminster.
Over the weekend they were removed by local residents who put up 'welcome' messages instead.

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Union flags replaced with welcome messages in South Bristol

The flags were all taken down in the early hours

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

How can this be lawful? If they are taking a fee, then they are acting in a professional capacity. They are subject to regulation and have to abide by a code of conduct surely?

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

With stockings & suspenders probably 😂

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

All we can do is try to make people see through the lies. Some people are just too racist to care what else comes out of Reform.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Great letter fm @newsupdates.bsky.social to the Bristol Post. Reform is following the GOP in the US. Proj 2025 is brazenly misogynistic & takes rights away from women. The far right here is funded by Turning Point UK & Heritage Foundation-for the sake of yr sisters, daughters etc. don’t vote Reform

Sally 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @newsupdates.bsky.social · 1d

My letter on the Bristol post today regarding Farage’s misogyny

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Sally, this is excellent.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Please read this thread from @europeanpowell.bsky.social . It’s terrifying. We should be building capacity & svcs in the NHS not outsourcing to private companies who squeeze svcs & send profits to their shareholders & billionaire owners. What are they doing with our data?

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️Three-quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir.
Read that back.
The head of the UK branch of Palantir is Louis Mosely, grandson of British Fascist Oswald Mosely.
goodlawproject.org/uk-police-fo...

UK police forces dodge questions on Palantir | Good Law Project

After Leicestershire Police removed details of a deal with the controversial US spy-tech firm, three quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir.

goodlawproject.org

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

Farage wants to get rid of the ECHR for a reason. He’s using 🍊💩’s playbook. Do not fall for his lies. @stellacreasy.bsky.social hits the nail on the head:

Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 2d

Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.

Share this and speak up for your freedoms.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 1d

As soon as 🍊💩 has gone, I’m coming to visit Portland. You seem my kind of people 💗

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 3d

Brilliant 🤩

Diana 💙 @jstmeinmo.bsky.social · 3d

Gosh I miss him…

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 5d

Yes

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 4

youtu.be/1KsgxOrgbOA?...

Is Zack Polanski the Left's answer to Nigel Farage?

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 7d

Yes absolutely. No one talks about how the Dublin III agreement allowed us to send back people to their country of entry when claiming asylum. Brexit stopped that agreement. The boats fall squarely on Farage’s shoulders.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7d

“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏

PM Keir Starmer

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 7d

This guy has a way of explaining the things that happen in government we take as normal (lobbying) &exposing how corrupt it actually is. This is why the gambling bill was so ineffective when the tories were in power- the lobbying & free gifts from the gambling industry were massive. Well done Zack.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

Who does this government serve? You? Or big business?

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely right. This is fraud on a massive scale with public funds. Shouldn’t the police be investigating?

avalonmarshes.bsky.social @avalonmarshes.bsky.social · 7d

Refunding the money is good, but it shouldn’t stop there.

Mone & Barrowman must be prosecuted for fraud.

Mone should be marched out of the House of Lords.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must pay £122m after breaching Covid PPE contract, judge rules

The government wins its case against PPE Medpro - part of a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband - after it supplied non-compliant gowns in 2020.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 7d

Snowflake

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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Jo from Rotherfield @equalityearthling.bsky.social · 7d

PR is more representative of the country’s votes. It means that one party does not have overall control on a third of the vote. It also means parties have to work together to deliver for all voters which in turn delivers less extreme (on all sides) policies. Brit voters, please sign the petition.

stevescullion.bsky.social @stevescullion.bsky.social · 10d

Petition: Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election

Change the voting system to Proportional Representation instead of First Past the Post. We think this would eradicate disillusionment and encourage voter participation as people could start to believe...

petition.parliament.uk

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