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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 16h

Badenoch must be having a laugh with us. Everything she says is just so plain stupid.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19h

"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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Tariq Modood @tariqmodood.bsky.social · 1d

Gets my vote too! Very good discussion of the Labour Party from the rise of Thatcher to today with especial focus on Neil Kinnock's leadership challenges
www.ppfideas.com/episodes/now...
www.ppfideas.com/episodes/now...
on @ppfideas.bsky.social
with @robertsaunders.bsky.social

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 1d

Cycling is in a difficult place, predictable and dull races with the same old winners, limited TV coverage and this nagging concern about dominant teams and riders is not a good combination.

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 1d

Think it’s bad now. This is just the start of the madness

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 2d

Mais non!

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Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 4d

A BLIND ELDERLY man using a mobility cane is ARRESTED for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

#PalestineAction #GazaGenocide

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 3d

This labour administration is an absolute disgrace. Free speech, democracy not on their watch.

T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 3d

Sleep walking into fascism….

Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 3d

Police forces will be granted powers to put conditions on repeat protests, the government has announced, a day after nearly 500 protesters were arrested

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 3d

I am biased but I think this lady is a true hero

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Warrior and legend.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 3d

How pathetic the tories have become.

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 4d

Disgraceful. Isreal is led by evil thugs.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 4d

Good to see this.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 6d

This a sad and tragic event and a reminder to all, especially those that lead that people of all faiths and backgrounds should be treated equally and with respect and dignity

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 7d

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 8d

Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.

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Phil Mooney @whiteyorkist.bsky.social · 9d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 9d

Nazi germany on the streets of USA

Theo Priestley @tprstly.bsky.social · 9d

*Benny Hill theme tune*

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 11d

Who would have thought.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12d

this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12d

Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles

www.theguardian.com

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grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 12d

Having EBTG music alongside me for many years has and continues to be very important thanks to you and Ben

grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 13d

A superb interview, insightful and honest!

grinchw.bsky.social @grinchw.bsky.social · 13d

Purge afoot

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13d

What a brilliant thread.

Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 15d

I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 15d

Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 15d

…And in this example we have a major corporation pulling a show because it might too overtly criticize self-avowed white supremacist terror networks.

Vulture @vulture.com · 15d

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

www.vulture.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15d

Ed Luce's FT column this morning is pure brilliance.

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