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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6h

Those that died served their country. They and their families now deserve honesty and transparency and justice from this government

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

🚨I'm joining ChinookJustice in calling on Keir Starmer to hold a judge-led public inquiry.

The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
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October 7, 2025

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6h

🔵 “I think the Tories are manoeuvring [towards Trump]. Look at the conference promising to deport thousands of people. It’s very Trumpian stuff. And on net zero. There’s no question.”

https://bit.ly/4nJDABQ

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: Israel and Hamas have agreed to initial phase of ”peace plan” in Gaza, pausing hostilities in devastated territory and bringing the best hope yet of definitive end to bloody two-year conflict…

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas

Donald Trump announces all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed timeline

www.theguardian.com

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 6h

I too have read this book for review. V interesting to see @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social’s take on it - lots we agree on. My review out on @theartsdesk.bsky.social shortly

Alexandra Coghlan @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social · 6h

Robin Holloway's Music's Odyssey is certainly an epic. I took the journey and lived to tell the tale
@spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/robi...

Robin Holloway lambasts some of our most beloved composers

Irreverent, outspoken and unfailingly opinionated, with knowledge as broad as his vocabulary, Robin Holloway is exactly the person you’d want to sit next to at a concert. The warmest of interval chard...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Larry Ogden @hifilarry.bsky.social · 6h

Are we in a hospitality transition?

From:

poor pay, cheap staffing almost everyone can afford to go out

To:

Well paid, smaller hospitality sector for the well off consumer.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6h

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · 6h

Camille Saint-Saëns was born OTD in 1835. The Carnival of the Animals features in our top ten playlist, of course, but there's so much more music to celebrate... including the first original score for a silent film!
bachtrack.com/playlist-cam...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6h

Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected rises to their inflation-busting bills after the companies disputed limits imposed by the industry regulator
news.sky.com/story/custom...

Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected hikes to bills

While most claims for extra cash were found to be unjustified, rises to bills on top of what Ofwat has allowed look set to be granted at each company

news.sky.com

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Larry Ogden @hifilarry.bsky.social · 6h

Whatever happened to nuanced debate?

I know Bluesky is miles better than the other place. And there are great, reasonable people on here. But, by and large, you are either a good person (your position aligns with mine) or spawn of the devil (your position differs to mine)

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6h

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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Sarah Taylor @saturngirl.bsky.social · 5h

No no no you’ve got this all wrong. It’s the asylum seekers’ fault 🙄

Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 9h

📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 5h

I am delighted with this review of my new book in The New Statesman. The reviewer really gets what the book is all about.

www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

When did opera become elitist?

Alexandra Wilson’s history of the art form in Britain shows how it used to appeal to everyone, from miners to lords

www.newstatesman.com

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Royal Philharmonic Society @royalphilsoc.bsky.social · 5h

Introducing the RPS Ambache Fund, supporting performers, ensembles, venues and festivals to put exceptional yet overlooked music by historic women composers at the heart of their programming. Applications are open until 31 March 2026. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne...

Just some of the many women composers through history whose music should be better known today: Johanna Müller-Hermann, Julie Candeille, Leokadiya Kashperova, Marie Grandval, Margaret Bonds, Yoshida Takako / Ester Mägi, Dorothy Howell, Elfrida Andrée, Maria von Paradis, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, Doreen Carwithen / Undine Smith Moore, Pauline Viardot, Cécile Chaminade, Marianna Martines, Amy Beach, Helen Hopekirk.

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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social · 5h

Read this interview with Anna Clyne and Marin Alsop on 'Abstractions'! The composer and conductor talk about their long history of working together.

Released on @naxosrecords

📖 Read here:
https://tinyurl.com/2ehscsnw

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Alexandra Coghlan @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social · 6h

Robin Holloway's Music's Odyssey is certainly an epic. I took the journey and lived to tell the tale
@spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/robi...

Robin Holloway lambasts some of our most beloved composers

Irreverent, outspoken and unfailingly opinionated, with knowledge as broad as his vocabulary, Robin Holloway is exactly the person you’d want to sit next to at a concert. The warmest of interval chard...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

"Badenoch’s speech was a mix of denial, delusion and obsolete dogma," writes the Guardian.

It's time for Badenoch to be honest about Brexit damage.

https://www.bestforbritain.org/conservative_voters_say_brexit_has_failed_and_damaged_uk_economy

Conservative voters say Brexit has failed and damaged UK economy

The Conservative Party’s flagship policy - Brexit - has been a failure according to people intending to vote for them at the next election.

www.bestforbritain.org

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5h

The ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government

We must protect it, not leave it

youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4h

So true. @ntarnopolsky.bsky.social

Mike Adams @ronpickering.bsky.social · 5h

@mrjamesob.bsky.social what an asbolute titan of a journalist Noga Tarnopolsky is, we've been subjected to two years of egregious blowhards across broadcast media giving their fact free, mostly bilious "expertise" often for clicks and clout, Noga stands out like a sore thumb in her professonalism

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Patrick McDermott @sibelian62.bsky.social · 7m

Farage commenting about Gary's SKY pay! What a joke he didn't mention his own obscene GB News pay or all his other little earners. Farage is a totally dishonest grifter just out to fleece as much money as he can by using his right wing views as publicity for his own personal benefit.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4h

“This stuff is borne of a deeply shallow patriotism.”

After Farage calls on Sky Sports to sack Gary Neville over his comments about “angry, white, middle-aged men, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com ask: what does patriotism in the UK actually look like?

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire @royalbirmcons.bsky.social · 4h

💃 Opening tonight at The Crescent Theatre - The Art of Success! 💃 Set in 18th-century London, witness the events of 10 years in one riotous night, recounting the explosive rise of the artist William Hogarth.

📸 Kirkpatrick Photography
📍 Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct
🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

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Patrick McDermott @sibelian62.bsky.social · 24m

Is that Odie doing his own memes now? 🤣
Have a great day, Carly & Odie too. ☕☕☕☕😊🐕🇺🇸

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CarlyJA22 @carlyja22.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning😊😊

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CarlyJA22 @carlyja22.bsky.social · 4h

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CarlyJA22 @carlyja22.bsky.social · 4h

Texas needs to mind their own damn business.
Trump needs to produce the EPSTEIN FILES, JOHNSON needs to swear in Adelita Grijalva to the House!

www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...

Texas National Guard Troops Now Protecting Federal Property In Chicago Area, Official Says

An ‘element’ of 200 Texas National Guard troops has started protecting federal property in the Chicago area on Wednesday, according to a military spokesperson.

www.huffpost.com

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