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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 2d

This is how Brexit began - parties in opposition ‘discussing it’ at conference and full blown supporting it within their own ranks. Wake up people! This must never happen

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 3d

Gary Neville talking sense as ever. The current proliferation of St George and Union flags in our streets is not about patriotism. It is about fuelling racist discord and anger and is being applauded by the likes of Farage and Badenoch
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Gary Neville says he took down union flag being ‘used in a negative fashion’

Footballer turned developer questions spate of flag raisings and says ‘we’re all being turned on each other’

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Myers @philmyers53.bsky.social · 5d

Farage wants to remove those who have lived in this country for many years

Decent people wouldn't do that

Decent people don't vote Reform

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 20d

Just a reminder of the brilliant folk at Bylines.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Nov 17

Here’s my Bylines starter pack.

This is the full Bylines Network, plus Byline Times and other public good investigative press (Declassified, Desmog, openDemocracy…)

Please follow & share.

go.bsky.app/RWVEKv

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 8d

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London Mum @londonmum.bsky.social · 10d

This. With bells on.

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

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 10d

MASS WORLD PROTESTS THREAD:👇🧵

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

While 90% of media (owned by 6 billionaires) were focusing on getting teachers fired for calling Kirk a nazi… there were mass protests all over the world!

Did you hear about any of them?

I dug up some videos:👇🧵

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 10d

Is it just possible that Labour are finding a backbone?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ed Miliband says it is ‘possible’ that UK government should leave X

Energy minister says platform’s owner Elon Musk is a ‘dangerous man’ who is part of a ‘global network of right’

www.theguardian.com

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 11d

I am genuinely amazed by the number of (supposedly educated) people I talk to who do not have a scooby about what the ECHR protects, what the history of the EU is and,while we’re at it, legal routes into the UK for asylum seekers (only from 5 countries I think). We have to do better

Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 11d

Yet another myth that has been fabricated by the right wing media. It’s high time that yer average Brit learned the truth about stuff they are fed on a daily basis. But how?

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11d

“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏

Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians

The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 11d

Now what does this remind me of?🤔

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12d

After the Brexit disaster Farage ally promises right-wing Bolshevik Revolution

Cull civil servants it doesn't like
Eliminate regulators
Tax cuts for the rich
Cut govt spending
More power to corporations
End ECHR
Mass deportation of legal immigrants

Will wreck economy/society
archive.ph/OcxzP

Reform UK must ‘get rid of virtually’ all regulators, says Nigel Farage ally

Arron Banks says rightwing party, if it wins power, should ‘cut away’ at civil service and roll back human rights laws

www.ft.com

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 11d

Another publication worthy of calling itself journalism. Unlike the Daily Rags, the BBC, Sky, etc, etc, etc…

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 12d

Some comments on the rise of the UK far right in historical context in the current Big Issue:

www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

Is Britain far right?

Do most people in Britain really sympathise with far-right views? As Reform UK rises in the polls, we asked the experts.

www.bigissue.com

Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 14d

Indy, who I adore, loves her toys so much she takes them on her early morning walk. How can anyone resist?

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The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 15d

🇬🇧 Brits want back in the EU 🇪🇺👍

-Cheaper food ✅
-Cheaper Homes 🏠
-More choice ✅
-Higher standards✅
-Less Sewage ♻️
-Less rotten meat ✅
-Fewer empty shelves✅

RT to Agree 👍
#Brexit #brexitwave
Tell us what you think - do the survey at: therejoineuparty.com/take-the-survey

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London Mum @londonmum.bsky.social · 17d

As seen in @dorseteye.bsky.social

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 24d

I was there for three of them and I remember such a feel good atmosphere. People smiling, laughing, chanting together. Families, children, dogs. No aggression whatsoever. I bet it wasn’t like that yesterday

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 24d

Black Shirts in the USA. We can’t let yesterday’s racist London March and this s**t in California become normalised

Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 24d

The Neo-Nazis & White Supremacists are convening in Huntington Beach CA in the wake of the Kirk killing.

And local GOP officials, Trump's DOJ Civil Rights Division (including Harmeet Dhillon & HB's Michael Gates), Trump, JD Vance, MAGA Mike Johnson & John Thune are doing nothing to calm it down!

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 25d

If I were the UK Government I would simply not route all my communications through the platform whose owner just called for regime change in Britain and said "fight back or die"

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Peter Cook: Brexorcist in Chief: Reboot Britain @brexitrage.bsky.social · 25d

Morgan McSweeney must go.

Labour must Rejoin EU

brexitrage.com/labour-one-y...

#RejoinEU #Brexit #Labour

Labour one year on - Reboot Britain : Rejoin EU

In this article, I take a dispassionate view of Labour's first year in power.

brexitrage.com

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Pepperg1rl @pepperg1rl.bsky.social · 25d

By looking at the MSM for a start. The way most UK media reports the right wing dog whistling and promotes Farage as though he talks sense is what encourages the fascists and bullies to do their worst. Sack Tim Davie - that’s within the Govt’s remit

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 25d

No matter how many turned up to Tommy Ten Names Million Man March, just remember that they are today's Black Shirts.

And we all know where that went.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26d

First Past the Post cannot handle this level of fragmentation. It will produce completely freak results.

We can grasp this problem now, or wait for the train to crash.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 26d

5 parties on more than 12%, winner gains seat with under 30%. Results like this used to be rare, freak outliers. Now they are routine (there was a second just like this yesterday). Electoral chaos.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 27d

Newmarket East (West Suffolk) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 29.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 25.0% (+4.1)
🔶 LDM: 17.2% (-3.1)
🌹 LAB: 15.3% (-8.3)
🌍 GRN: 12.8% (New)

No WSI (-19.2) or Ind (-16.1) as previous.

Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Charlotte Church @charlottechurch.bsky.social · Sep 2

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.”

I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this

Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’

www.theguardian.com

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victoria1921.bsky.social @victoria1921.bsky.social · Sep 2

💯 Dear government AND right wing controlled MSM.

Most of us are not racists, or homophobic, misogynistic bullies.

Can you, FFS, please represent the majority of decent people and not the greedy 1% of oligarchs/ billionaires who control and dictate this divisive, racist narrative?

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