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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 11h

Genuinely dumbfounded as to why 🙈🙈

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h

"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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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 16h

My undergraduate degree was in English. I had the chance to study English literature from all over the world, and it gave me so many skills and experiences that I still draw on in my teaching career.

I think Badenoch doesn’t like “Britian.”

#protectEnglish
#culture
#promosky
#britian

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 18h

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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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 2d

Chortle

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

on.ft.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

You know what would be a real sign of patriotism? Learning to spell the word ‘Britain’

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

First time watching “The Wiz” and loving it!! Perfect Sunday night viewing!!

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve never organised a march before but I think it’s time we all walk together arm in arm and show the far right we are not afraid. How do we do this?

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

I really like this March for Unity idea.

@unison.org.uk
@gmb.org.uk
@uniteucu.bsky.social
@eisunion.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#promosky

I think the way we defeat the divisiveness of the far right is to show them we are united in our proud diverse country. Stop letting them divide

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

What Farage wants for the UK

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

Of course, maybe one of the Scandinavian countries? They always seem to be ahead

MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

I hope you find Ireland more welcoming and you can build a life for yourself there

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

Wow.

mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 3d

All the crank anti semites who used to be in the Labour Party under Corbyn are now in the Green Party.

These people couldn’t care less about the environment or anything else. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Green deputy leader Mothin Ali defends comments on Leeds rabbi

The Green Party is under pressure to remove Mothin Ali after he called Zecharia Deutsch an

www.bbc.co.uk

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 3d

Who else is on Putin’s payroll?

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4d

Do read all of this.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

Love his Dark Tales!!

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

I think we will have to agree to disagree. We aren’t going to change each others minds and I wish you well

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

And I think you are being promised everything for everyone by a grifter who exploited women’s insecurities about their bodies.

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

Also I don’t think everyone who says they are going to go for reform are racist. Misled and misinformed yes. I think a lot of people are feel disengaged and disconnected from politics and looking for alternative solutions

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sure they can’t. Good thing central government is no longer tolerating NIMBYISM so we can get homes built. This may only apply to greens in Tory shire areas though. I appreciate not all Greens are the same.

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

I’d like to see some positive policies too and I think they are on train. I think it’ll be 2027 when folk start noting a big difference. Like I said, they haven’t come into the game on sandbox mode. It’s a tough gig. And we see how easily the markets can get over big unfunded spending aka truss

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4d

Nigel Farage and Richard Tice campaigned with Nathan Gill from UKIP through being MEPs together, to him being Welsh Leader of Reform UK.

What did they know about Russian bribes?

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

From the polling it seems Labour is losing more to Reform. Yes greens are getting lots of members but is there much voter change? I think centre left to far left need to be criticising Reform just as much if not more

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

I agree that they need to be better and I wasn’t saying people shouldn’t criticise them. I just meant those posters who seem to think there is something worse in the wings that needs criticism just as much if not more

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

That speech was bad and he apologised for it

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

Right wing and racist in what way?

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

The insinuation that being for managed immigration is racist is noted.

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MK🌈 @leftypawprints.bsky.social · 4d

I agree on the trans rights - that’s an unforced error

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