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Michael Ross
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
We don’t need to call Farage names.

Brexit’s record does that for us - a catastrophic failure.

Alongside a whole lot of donations from some pretty questionable sources.

Funny how loud the insults get when the facts start to land.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
People who consider themselves decent, progressive, or left leaning should not only be embarrassed to remain on X in any active capacity - they should be deeply ashamed. The line was crossed long ago.
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
No one is asking Wes Streeting to be a commentator.

Asking him to be a government minister when the whole world can see Trump breaking international law whilst threatening Greenland next, and the Cabinet (with Nigel Farage) seems perfectly fine with it.
saulstaniforth.bsky.social Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d
Wes Streeting is asked if Trump has broken international law when it comes to Venezuela. Streeting says he's got nothing to add and he's not here to be a commentator.

I mean, which idiot thinks politicians should answer questions when they're being interviewed in a TV studio!
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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thejohnelrick.bsky.social
What idiot promoted this overly brylcremed mealy-mouthed robot to "Home Office Minister"?
#LabourAreScum
peterstefanovic.bsky.social Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d
Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?
January 5, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
'If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules''

Senior Labour MP Emily Thornberry urges the UK government to condemn Trump's military action in Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Oligarchy (noun):

A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
The stupidest people in the world continue to get cheered on by those whose lives will only be made worse by their actions.

While the majority of us remain hostages to it all.

It's so bleak.
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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brucedlittle.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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thejohnelrick.bsky.social
He'll sell your ass to anyone he thinks will buy it.
bladeofthes.bsky.social BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d
Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US style insurance.

Can you afford $50,000 for a broken leg, $500,000 for a new heart, or $2,000,000 for cancer.

Or are you dying?
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
#ListeningNow Mr. Wilson making this utterly brilliant album shine! link.deezer.com/s/321alxwoXq...
In'terview (2023 Steven Wilson Remix)
Gentle Giant - album - 1976 - 7 songs
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December 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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lovinglife1000.bsky.social
BS.
The first time I saw her,
Greene was chasing after David Hogg
and harrassing him about wanting to change gun laws.
He was
a TEENAGER!
A teen who saw classmates taken out by a school shooter.
And
she was a grown ass woman walking behind him and harassing him.
She
just knows Trump’s going down.
December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
#ListeningNow Mikkelborg rarely disappoints link.deezer.com/s/3213Nz4nXk...
Strands (Live at the Danish Radio Concert Hall)
Palle Mikkelborg - album - 2023 - 6 songs
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December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets, as Donald Trump seeks trade concessions in exchange for reviving a collapsed US-UK technology deal.

and so it begins

www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
#ListeningNow First time I’ve heard this album. I like it. link.deezer.com/s/3212G3as7f...
Lodger (2017 Remaster)
David Bowie - album - 1979 - 10 songs
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December 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
Farmers' anger grows as Australian beeffloods into Britain Meat imports surge 80pc as free- trade deal sparks criticism over impact on local producers
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
The Express will keep doing this.

Churning out anger and division.

They don’t take a day off, even on Christmas Day.

But this Christmas I’m inviting you to choose something different:

Humanity. Kindness. Hope.
Apologise! Green Party leader slammed for "offensive insult" towards King Charles
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
Democracy dies in darkness. Getting the below post seen by as many people as possible would be very helpful 👇
marcdavenant.bsky.social Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 14d
I discovered yesterday that in advance of our meeting with Westminster Council to discuss the Adelphi tent encampment, they secretly brought forward the eviction to present us with a fait accompli. The community is now fractured. Here is my open email from today to Adam Hug, Council Leader.
An empty building terrace with security fencing along the area where a homeless tent encampment used to be Dear Adam I hope you are well and thanks again for facilitating the meeting which took place yesterday. David was very nice and gave some assurances over the planned interventions for some displaced members of the Adelphi encampment community over the next eight weeks. However, the actions of the council the previous week do raise some doubts as to whether any of our communications/discussions so far have been in good faith. I was bitterly disappointed to discover yesterday that the council had moved to pre-emptively clear the encampment last week in advance of that meeting and without informing me or MoH. When I spoke with members of the community in November, they all told me that they had been informed by council officials that the date for the clearance had been set for 1 January. I had planned to attend from 6am that day, with my press card, to document the evictions for the media and for the public record. I had planned to do follow-ups with members of the community documenting the longer-term consequences of the decision to evict them. This will not now be possible as the community has been fractured, with some at the Connection and others dispersed along the Embankment or elsewhere. I had wondered why David kept putting back the date of the meeting, after we had said we would be flexible, offering several dates and times early in December but it all now becomes clear. The council was playing it long on the meeting while in the background bringing forward the date for the eviction. It does create a perception that this was an underhand strategy by the council designed to present us with a fait accompli at the meeting and to avoid any embarrassing photographic record of these evictions ending up in the media or on social media. I understand from community members who I spoke with yesterday that officials from the council turned up at midnight one day last week, completely out of the blue, and informed people that the camp would be cleared at 7am the following morning. They then turned up mob-handed and cleared the encampment. One community member told me yesterday that people they knew in the camp lost all of their possessions through this action. After yesterday's meeting | tried to track down people from the encampment and found some at the Connection and one sleeping rough on the Embankment. Two of the most vulnerable members were nowhere to be seen and appear to have fallen through the gaps. I really appreciate that there are no easy answers to a situation like this but must question whether pre-emptive clearance was justifiable on public interest grounds. I asked David who the decision-maker was for the early clearance and when the decision was made but he couldn't or wouldn't tell me. I can't help feeling that the decision was made by the council as a response to the article in The Big Issue, and to avoid media momentum building around the story if emotive images of vulnerable people being evicted were to be published. I have always believed that any democracy thrives where there is transparency, especially when it comes to making life and death decisions like these. Five participants in the Outsiders project have subsequently died while sleeping rough. In 2024 at least 1,611 homeless people died. These are difficult decisions and people's lives can literally depend on what public bodies like yours do in situations like the Adelphi. I would hope that officers at the council can reflect on their actions and understand that public scrutiny of the evictions of the most vulnerable members of society is a good thing. It provides checks and balances on the overwhelming strength of public bodies and the imbalance of power between them and those who must live with the consequences of their decisions, especially when those decisions have been made in secret and the subsequent actions are done surreptitiously to avoid any visual record of what happened. It sends all the wrong messages when it comes to trust and public confidence. Critical friends on issues like homelessness are something that the council should be nurturing - that only works where there is mutual trust, respect, and transparency. I hope you have a good Christmas, if you celebrate it, and hope perhaps that you will spare a thought tomorrow for those who have been displaced and cast aside by society just before such an important day for reunion and reconnection. Best Marc Davenant
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
Ach, seeing as I’m just passing through Edinburgh …#ListeningNow link.deezer.com/s/31XJ4w2sSU...
Handful of Earth (Remastered 2019)
Dick Gaughan - album - 1981 - 10 songs
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December 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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petemarchetto.bsky.social
These fakes are becoming a nuisance. Sadly, some of the posters cling desperately to the idea they are real. When I gave one a link to a Snopes debunk, she questioned why Snopes was in league with Trump. When I then gave her a host of other fact checkers who'd debunked it, she blocked me.

I...
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
This image did not appear in the Epstein files, and nobody should share misinformation
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
JD Vance, "In the USA you don't have to apologise for being white any more"

Had no idea anyone was even doing that 😕
December 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
#ListeningNow link.deezer.com/s/31WsYBZ6Uk...
Red (2024 Elemental Mixes)
King Crimson - album - 2024 - 5 songs
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December 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
#ListeningNow Theres actually a Lark singing in it which I’m sure wasn’t in the original. First heard at yours I think @thejohnelrick.bsky.social link.deezer.com/s/31Ws1qhkfR...
LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC (2023 Elemental Mixes)
King Crimson - album - 2025 - 4 songs
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December 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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screenmedia.bsky.social
Frank Capra’s 🇺🇸 American #Christmas fantasy drama film “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore premiered #OnThisDay in 1946 at the Globe Theatre, New York City

🎬 RKO Radio Pictures
#ChristmasCountdown2025
🎄🦌🔔🍷🕯✨☃️🎁❄️🎅🏻
#xmas2025
Frank Capra’s 🇺🇸 American #Christmas fantasy drama film “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore premiered #OnThisDay in 1946 at the Globe Theatre, New York City 🎬 RKO Radio Pictures #ChristmasCountdown2025 🎄🦌🔔🍷🕯✨☃️🎁❄️🎅🏻 #xmas2025
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
greyhoundn17.bsky.social
#ListenNow The best of the Zappa Vol’s in my opinion. Its been way too long since I’ve listened to this link.deezer.com/s/31VBN9JvHx...
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 - The Helsinki Concert
Frank Zappa - album - 1988 - 20 songs
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December 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM