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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 6h

There is something deeply broken in the UK and it has absolutely nothing to do with migrants, especially with 1 in 25 properties being vacant.
This should be the number one priority for the government. Instead more and more homeless individuals are dying.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.

www.bbc.com

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Climate Andy @andycorney.bsky.social · 16h

It’s not rocket science but Labour clearly don’t understand. Brexit was brought to us by a rancid bunch of lying racist money grabbing grifters. It’s costing us £100bn annually & ruining our economy, society, environment, food security & freedoms. Staying out is stupid & not what we want.

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Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan @peterohanrahah.bsky.social · 4h

#BobtheRacistNob bullshitting while doing a bit more racism

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h

Bill Jenrick (father) LinkedIn:

"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."

Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23h

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

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Eliana @otrodia.bsky.social · 2d

#FuckTheGOP

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 7h

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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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 5h

Currently, the majority of the MSM are giving Farage a free pass... but that can change. Like Johnson, he's done more than enough to end his political career many times over, should the media wish to expose him... and I think they will, in time. As with Johnson, the media love-in won't last forever.

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 5h

That's my point. This isn't going to last the next 3 years. See Boris Johnson.

These guys are charlatans. They court popularity but the constant glare of publicity is their undoing. You can't keep up the lies and pretence for years on end under that much scrutiny. They are emperors without clothes.

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 16h

Farage is being given far more media coverage than is warranted given his failed Brexit and handful of MPs. It's the tail wagging the dog.

But the media has a tendency to turn when people get bored of the same old schtick. It makes and it breaks people for headline news.

🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 16h

It's not how he's poling now, it's how he's going to do in three years time when there's a general election. My bet is neither he nor Starmer will be in the running by then.

Farage can't can't cope with accountability. The longer he's in the media spotlight, the more questions are asked.

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 20h

I'm hoping that the constant glare of the limelight will do for Farage what it did for Johnson.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Now that he's an MP / everywhere, Farage won't be able to dodge accountability forever.

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 21h

She's "looked at it" - what, the way she "looked at" how Northern Ireland voted in the Referendum? 🤡

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit

In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the

www.bbc.co.uk

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick, still ignoring the UK's obligations to the Refugee Convention and international law, I see... because that's been working out sooo well for him and the Tories.

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly this. I think the way to tackle those being conned, is to point out that Farage etc are taking a hand out of them, abusing their ignorance. We should encourage them to scratch the surface of Reform / Yaxley Lennon's lies to see for themselves. Get them angry at those who've weaponized them.

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danishpasty66.bsky.social @danishpasty66.bsky.social · 1d

St Gorge??

Amazing how many "patriots" have issues with basic literacy. Always the 1st to complain about forriners not speaking English proper.

Poor education, limiting of opportunity and aspiration results in a bitterness that the RW use to stir up hatred against others as a distraction tactic.

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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 1d

Questions that need answers. And a post that needs sharing far and wide.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Things Farage won’t answer:

1. Why did he lie about buying a house in Clacton?

2. What did he know about Welsh Reform Leader Nathan Gill’s Russian Bribes?

3. Why did he lie about meeting the Russian Ambassador?

4. Why is his flagship council Kent raising taxes and cutting services?

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1d

Christian groups and the right wing ‘deceiving’ the courts?
Who would have thought it.

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

And yet, if anyone in the press calls this racist (which it patently is), they’ll face more outrage than the man who lamented a shortage of white faces.

So we’ll politely rebrand it as “unwise,” perhaps “ill-judged,” or “not in keeping with the spirit of inclusivity.”

Sick. To. The. Back. Teeth.

Robert Jenrick
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'not seeing another white face' in Birmingham neighbourhood
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 1d

Basically, he's saying: "I'll break international law." - because that's worked out soooo well for Jenrick and the Tories in the past. 🤦

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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 1d

Come on and keep this thread going.

You know what to do!

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

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@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

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

bylinetimes.com

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 1d

He's at work, isn't he? He'd much rather be lying on his back in a lagoon, playing with his favourite stone.

🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 1d

If you follow the money, you'll find some of the same names and organisations behind Trump,MAGA and the far right in America with the Tories, Reform, Yaxley Lennon and the far right in the UK.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...

An American tech billionaire was instrumental in funding the far-right figure’s rise to stardom – and even paid for his new set of teeth

observer.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

inews.co.uk/opinion/zack...

Zack Polanski: I'm a Jewish Mancunian. Our grief cannot be used to silence protest

The answer to bigotry cannot be to shut down protest

inews.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski: I'm a Jewish Mancunian. Our grief cannot be used to silence protest.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

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South Devon Green Party @southdevongreens.bsky.social · 2d

Still buzzing from the leadership speeches at conference!

If you missed them, or if you want to watch again, you can catch them on the Green Party's YouTube channel.

www.youtube.com/@GreenPartyo...

Image of Anthony Slaughter outdoors with buildings and water in background.

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