shankar26.bsky.social
@shankar26.bsky.social
Left of centre. Woke=cares about people and the environment. Right wingers, Musk, Farage &Trump can go screw themselves. No DMs will block.
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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March 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Truer words were never spoken.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🔴NEW Cabinet Office Misled the Public Over Michael Gove’s Involvement with VIP Lane’s Biggest Winner

Unispace Global's £679m PPE deals “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting Govt claims of no involvement, reports @russellscott1.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/10/c...
Cabinet Office Misled the Public Over Michael Gove’s Involvement with VIP Lane’s Biggest Winner
Unispace Global were awarded £679 million in PPE deals from the government after the company's offer “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting the then-Government’s claims of no inv...
bylinetimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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🙌 Well done everyone! 🙌

Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition:
Petition to rejoin the EU reaches 100,000 signatures
100,000 signatures - enough to be considered for a debate by MPs in Parliament!
northeastbylines.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it

We cannot allow them to rewrite history.

If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.

inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit cheerleaders have gone awfully quiet – so let me remind you what they did to Britain
If we do talk about it, we start to recognise the gulf between their words and reality
inews.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The French Human Rights League is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X on January 20

www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
French movement asks X users to leave platform on US inauguration day
The French Human Rights League (LDH) is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on January 20.
www.euronews.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy

edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Worth a watch. The journalist who investigated for 4 years and broke the story about Rochdale grooming gangs in The Times speaks out. youtu.be/AHntVVOQRGY?...
January 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We've had the lists of people to follow. Can we have a few trusted sources doing lists for blocking pls.
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
January 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation

FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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'England's beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame'.

Sewage dumping illegal in the EU, is normalized.

More houses built without water infrastructure investment.

Companies boost profits by abusing people and there is no effective regulator
archive.ph/cXAAl
'Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame'
The EU previously acted as a watchdog on sewage pollution
inews.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Love this. 👌
December 31, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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The London Economic: Reform UK MP’s company took £100k in furlough cash despite making £7.9 million profit
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform UK MP's company took £100k in furlough cash despite making £7.9 million profit
Rupert Lowe pledged to donate his MP's salary to good causes when he was elected in July, but made no mention of this.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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Right winger admits it’s harder to argue with the left because… facts.
December 27, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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🔴 NEW 🔴

Farage’s foreign influence campaign continued this week, as he launched the UK wing of a notorious US climate denial group.

www.desmog.com/2024/12/19/n...
Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was the “special guest of honour” at the launch of the Heartland Institute’s new European offshoot on Tuesday (17 December).  The Heartland Institute – one of the organis...
www.desmog.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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The Guardian: Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years, review finds
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years, review finds
Despite fall in trade, LSE study says overall impact was more limited than OBR forecasters first estimated
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM