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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14h

Who would have guessed

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is either losing his memory, lying, incompetent, or more likely all 3. In July he dispatched Todd Blanche to talk to his pedophile pal Ghislaine Maxwell and now claims he hasn't heard heard her name in "a long time". Yeah right Donny. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing beats “Aber-baijan and Albania.” 🤡

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I've ended seven wars. At least half of them was because of my ability at trade and because of tariffs. If I didn't have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you would have at least 4 wars waging with thousands of people a day being killed ... we're getting close to settling 8."

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

This is disgraceful

The UK Government must stop arming the genocidal state of Israel

Big questions for Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper to answer

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 2d

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

The Conservative Party

An utter shambles

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 2d

Hilarious

Most Tories want to replace BadEnoch with Honest Bob Jenrick

What a shambles of a party

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Half of Tory members do not want Kemi Badenoch to lead party into next election, says poll

Having lost to Ms Badenoch a year ago, Robert Jenrick is now comfortably the members' favourite.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

He's totally going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell by the way.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

DRAIN THE SWAMP

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 3d

Accurate review of the brilliant Frauds on ITV (no it's not about Farage and Reform Ltd). It is absolutely superb. Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker are both excellent

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Frauds review – Suranne Jones gives her best ever performance in this absolute triumph of a heist drama

Jones and Jodie Whittaker are astonishing as conwomen bent on pulling off one last job. It’s a wild, thrilling ride whose portrait of a toxic friendship is fantastically stylish

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3d

Why any party leader would want to turn what was once a broad church into an even narrower sect than it's already become, who knows? I've almost given up trying to understand her, tbh - except as a performance artist, maybe.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 3d

Graham Norton agrees three-series deal with BBC for flagship chat show

Taylor Swift gave first TV interview to Norton the same day as her latest album release The Life Of a Showgirl

www.irishtimes.com

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 3d

the Tory party has announced it has defected to Reform

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

To make a very obvious point, this is the second Nigel Farage takeover of the Conservative party. Twice he has made what were once relatively niche and hard-right opinions – leaving the EU and effectively ending asylum in the UK - the default view for Tory MPs.

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 3d

A photo that sums up the current state of the Conservative Party under BadEnoch

Near empty hall for speech by shadow Chancellor Mel Stride at Tory party conference

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is increasingly unhinged

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3d

"If something's not working..." my SKETCH of the unassailably, frankly unreasonably confident Kemi Badenoch.

If something’s not working, you should stop it | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“If something’s not working, you should stop it.” Say what you like about Kemi Badenoch, no one can match her when it comes to giving a straight-faced delivery of a self-undermining line.

thecritic.co.uk

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4d

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch, sensing her time as Tory leader is soon over, auditioning to be the leader of the BNP

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch says she will send people "back to where they came from"

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d

Ben Houchen with possibly the worst take on freedom of speech I have ever heard. Apparently, it's like breaking in or stealing - you can do it but within limits. 😱

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

Difficult to see how the Tories can sink any lower

A once respected political party with MPs like Michael Hezeltine, Ken Clarke and Rory Stewart, is now a Reform Ltd tribute act

They may as well shut up shop

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan

The party unveils new policies on illegal migration as its annual conference begins in Manchester.

www.bbc.com

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 4d

Phew - good to see our democracy being protected at no small expense from such wickedness!

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 4d

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 4d

Far from being distant from Herr Farage, insiders told @bylinetimes.bsky.social that Nathan Gill, convicted of pro-Russian bribery, was one of his closest aides

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‘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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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 4d

On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 5d

Another Trump "deadline" 🙄

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Trump sets new deadline for Hamas to agree Gaza deal with Israel - or face 'all hell'

US President Donald Trump has set a Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to a deal to end the war in Gaza, warning "all hell" against the group if it does not accept the terms.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 7d

Keir Starmer has left a meeting of European leaders in Denmark early to chair an emergency COBRA meeting after an attack at a synagogue in Manchester

The PM left the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen on Thursday, saying he was "appalled" by the incident in north Manchester

Keir Starmer To Emergency Chair COBRA Meeting After Synagogue Attack

Keir Starmer has left a meeting of European leaders in Denmark early to chair an emergency COBRA meeting in London after an attack at a synagogue i...

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Planet Belfast @planetbelfast.bsky.social · 7d

Yikes. That's a fucking awful headline

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