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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

Der Stürmer was Hitler’s favourite newspaper. It was filled with antisemitism, with a particular focus on semi pornographic accounts of Jews sexually assaulting ‘Aryan’ women.

Göring thought it was so insane he banned his staff from reading it

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 8d

It would be terribly unfortunate if this got shared absolutely everywhere.

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 10d

1/ This speech made by Farage in September 2014, after Russia's first invasion of Ukraine, is a stream of Russian propaganda lies that could have come from Lavrov's mouth.

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Joseph Evans @josephevans.bsky.social · 1d

The politics of migration have shifted so far to the extreme right, the Conservatives and Reform now have a more hardline policy on deporting legal British residents than... the British National Party did in 2005

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 2d

This below is from the 2005 BNP manifesto.

Spot the difference with current Tory and Reform policy.

(p14 news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp... )

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Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 1d

If you have followed recently, I post about Lucy a lot. He is a Conservative to his core (much to my distress) and is a paid up member of the UK Conservative Party. I am not joking about that. He is also a fluffy black and white cat.

Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 1d

Fellow lawyers I am not sure whether Jenrick is still of good standing with the SRA but, if this happens, please consider reporting him to the regulator. This is completely unacceptable behaviour from a member of the profession.

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d

We've already seen judges and lawyers being targeted as "enemies of the people". This increases risk of threats/attacks, while undermining judiciary as a whole. Couple it with Tory plans to scrap immigration tribunals and legal aid for people seeking asylum and it shows utter contempt for the law.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 5d

Let's make sure the Baroness never returns to the Lords in any shape or form.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives/Reform are demanding we leave the ECHR again.

Here's the response Rishi Sunak got when he said he wanted to do the same thing.

Boos and shouts of "Shame".

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Robert Jenrick, who just said he doesn't want to live in a country filled with non-white faces, begins his speech with a series of jokes suggesting that David Lammy is thick

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

1. ECHR is nothing to do with EU.

2. I’m sure the Right will love this rare political quote from the Queen.

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P&A&Rocky @pao14.bsky.social · 1d

WTF 👇
It's got the smell of incitement.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 2d

Jenrick's "team have compiled and passed to the Telegraph a mega dossier of 35 judges he reckons have “pro-migration bias” — and he wants to sack ‘em all"

This is a Trump tribute act. Dangerous "enemy of the people" stuff here.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:

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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 1d

Throwing myself into researching Farage’s Russian links including Nathan Gill’s treachery, which the mainstream press is refusing to cover.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social is though.

The self proclaimed patriots are traitors. Obviously.

This is a must read 👇🏼

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

‘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’...

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🐿️Square Squirrel🐿️🌏🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇲🇺🇦🇲🇽🇨🇦🌈🦔🐈🐾 @squaresquirrel.bsky.social · 1d

Paddington pissed off over parody
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Paddington creators sue Spitting Image over sweary bear depiction

Satirical ‘The Rest Is Bulls***’ series features Paddington and Prince Harry as podcast hosts

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 1d

If you're wondering what the amount is for Spain.........

€113.40 with a minimum of €1,020.60
@bremaininspain.com

www.mirror.co.uk/travel/europ...

How much money you'll need in your account to enter each EU country from Sunday

The EU's Entry/Exit System will come into force on Sunday. It will require British passport holders to provide personal information when entering the 25 EU countries, plus Switzerland, Norway, Liechte...

www.mirror.co.uk

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Troll Blocker @trollblocker.bsky.social · 1d

Not great considering they probably think everyone left of Pinochet is a commie.

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 1d

Catch-up: voters by current party loyalty and job on economic (“left”, “right”) and cultural (north conservative, south liberal) axes – Ben Ansell benansell.substack.com/p/british-po...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 2d

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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Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 1d

So, Honest Bob (private school and Cambridge) thinks he was sort of working class. Kemi thinks working in McDonald's made her working class. Are these people mad ???

Jenrick worked at Sullivan & Cromwell. They don't hire working class people.

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

On average, every 4 years, the ECHR stops the UK removing 1 foreign person.

They want you to demand we leave the ECHR because of this.

I've being saying "told you so" about Brexit for a decade. Don't let them do it to you again. Please listen this time.....

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, new study says

Researchers in Australia find 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women but only eight in men Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, a new study has found. Claiming to be the largest genetic study to date on sex differences in major depression, the research published Wednesday in Nature Communications has found 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women and eight in men. Continue reading...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Your reminder that when you legal protections and due process get removed from one group, even one you may dislike, that sets a precedent for other groups to suffer the same.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Jenrick delivers one of the most asinine speeches I have ever heard. He even brought along a prop, to explain how a judge becomes impartial setting aside personal views, then went on to attack judges for having views. His solution? Abolish tribunals. And who will adjudicate cases? Pfft. Details. ~AA

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Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 1d

Cat servants: I need to buy some dry food to keep Binks for tearing my room apart. Anyone have any recommendations of cheap brands that their cats actually eat ? Binks has chowed through the Royal Canin stuff which is v expensive - and he isn't even my cat !!!

Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 1d

So, Honest Bob (private school and Cambridge) thinks he was sort of working class. Kemi thinks working in McDonald's made her working class. Are these people mad ???

Jenrick worked at Sullivan & Cromwell. They don't hire working class people.

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2d

There is a decency agenda absolutely in tune with majority feeling in the country that would be an open goal for the government if it wasn't also inclined to lurch towards an unpleasant space. Indeed it is one Keir Starmer could have personified if he could escape "Blue Labour" unpleasantness.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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