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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14h

If you are not yet familiar with the shocking IPP scandal -one of the most monumental injustices of the past half century - watch this jaw dropping update

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🚨The SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL is one of the most cruel & inhumane injustices of the past half-century

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Victoria Derbyshire, "You described Reform UK as the right wing fascists of 1930s, why?"

Lord Heseltine, "Because that's what they are"

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 11d

No Kings day, October 18! See you there!

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Mark Roberts @robertsmark.bsky.social · 13d

Happy #FollowBackFriday everyone. If you’re working class and think #Farage and #Reform have your back, then think again. Will follow back like-minded people.✊ #bbcqt #r4today #bbcbreakfast #bbcpm

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 18d

Lib Dems: We have 12x Reform's MPs, can we have the same coverage?

BBC: But Reform has 2x your poll rating. If there were an election tomorrow, they'd be running the country.

Lib Dems: So you're putting their people and policies under scrutiny, right?

BBC:

Lib Dems: Right?

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 17d

Farage wants the UK to quit the ECHR. It is exactly what Putin wants, for the UK to join Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR. It would be a huge victory for Putin in his war against human rights and the international rule of law.

Farage is a traitor.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18d

Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Sir James Dyson says Brexit was worth it – even if it’s made people poorer

Britain’s fourth-wealthiest man has argued it is better to be ‘independent’ than tied to the EU

www.independent.co.uk

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 24d

Keep reading about people protesting but they don’t mean wrong. Why join Robinson’s protest who thinks Islam is a threat and is seen as far right. If I joined a protest by the likes of ‘Abu Hamza’ who thought Christianity was a threat, but I was there because I’m unhappy with Starmer, is that ok?

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 24d

Oh, boy.

Well. Anyone who has done 26 years has been serving a life sentence. Which means he’s a) instantly identifiable b) on licence c) making a threat while on licence to do what put him inside and d) about to go back inside.

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 25d

The man, who did not give his name, identified himself as a former criminal from Kent who has spent 26 years in prison. “Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated,” he said. “Someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25d

I bet you didn’t know this!!

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👍 @ranmull.bsky.social · 25d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26d

The right is awfully quiet about Tyler Robinson.

Come on, guys! What happened to “It’s time for war”? Kind of a rough call when he’s one of your own, isn’t it?

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udbina54.bsky.social @udbina54.bsky.social · 26d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27d

BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage

Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds The BBC has come under renewed pressure over the amount of coverage dedicated to Reform UK after an analysis showed Nigel Farage’s party featured in a quarter of all News At Ten bulletins over six months. Reform featured in 49 bulletins between January and July this year, whereas the Liberal Democrats – the third party in parliament with 72 MPs – featured in 17.9% of bulletins, with 35 references. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 27d

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · Sep 6

“So, you’re a Reform voter? What attracted you to the party run by a lying, racist, dog-whistling, tax-avoiding, ex-public schoolboy who cares not a jot about women subjected to violence or working class people like you?”

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · Sep 6

What utter dickheads we are…

Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal

Farage and his MPs voted it down

Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty

Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on

The mega wealthy win again.

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Tabloid Witch Hunt of Rayner:

This isn’t just about tax. It’s about women being hounded and investigated for years as men who routinely do worse are ignored… I have the receipts to prove it and if the “crimes” aren’t there? Well, they just invent them.

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The Tabloid Witch Hunt of Angela Rayner: This Isn’t Just About Tax…

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Karen Vera @karen-e6.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · Sep 6

The parliamentary register of interests shows that Farage has made nearly £400,000 from GB News since August 2024, for c190 hours’ work. This suggests he is being paid more than £2,000 an hour by the news channel. All paid to Thorn In The Side Ltd owned solely by Farage

25% tax rather than HR

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is a huge story.

Don't let him get away with it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings

Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Zack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself."

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Green Party leader calls for Farage to quit over tax affairs

Zack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself

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