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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

One dares to hope?
#antifa

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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🇨🇵 Clare Price-Jones 🇪🇺 @clucksky.bsky.social · 1d

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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David Thompson @davesthompson.bsky.social · 4d

Well worth watching Professor Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social and her YouTube channel where she is currently documenting Trump's attacks on democracy. Here's a link to her most recent post: youtu.be/j44MxnNujgY?...

Trump's authoritarian actions - Sat 4th October 2025

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Sarah @skiplightly.bsky.social · 5d

I'm in Paris for this month and there are loads here. Not all of them appear to be tourists as I have seen many walking children to school.

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Labour Movement for Europe @labour4europe.bsky.social · 7d

“It makes the economics of touring almost impossible.”

— @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social on the need for a 🇬🇧🇪🇺 deal to help emerging British artists tour in Europe again.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9d

Here is Nathan Gill in 2014 blaming the EU for Russia advancing on Ukraine

Nathan Gill pled guilty to accepting bribes from Russia to promote a pro Russia anti EU position

He started in UKIP, joined the Brexit Party, then Reform UK

Here's what he said at the European Parliament

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10d

My family came here 50 years ago. They've worked, paid taxes, raised families, been good citizens.

My many colleagues and friends who were either born elsewhere, or their parents were, the same.

It's so offensive to be told you're here on sufferance.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 14d

"The parents we meet outside the school gates, the neighbours we chat to on the street and the colleagues we share a drink with after work could be tracked down, arrested and disappeared....No amount of posing with pint in hand and fag in mouth can mask the malice, division and hatred..."

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 14d

This from Lucy Powell is the strongest articulation I've seen yet of the way Labour can take on Farage

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour must grab the microphone from Reform UK and stand up for true British values | Lucy Powell

If elected deputy Labour leader, I would take the fight to Nigel Farage and show him for what he really is, says Labour MP Lucy Powell

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 15d

see also my recent thread on the vulnerability of UK structures to this sort of scepticism

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16d

IMPORTANT 🧵

We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US.

But it could happen in UK too.

It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim.

Read on!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15d

Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere.
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
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Reform's plan for a benefit clampdown
Sir, Regarding Reform's plan to ban foreigners from claiming benefits ("Farage visas would make it harder to settle in the UK", news, Sep 22;
"Time's Up", leading article, Sep 23), in my small company for the past ten years we have employed, on a yearly average, 32 eastern European people, two of them in senior management positions. They all pay British taxes and have had little or no unexplained absences to date. Sick leave for them is extremely low. As far as I am aware, none of them is claiming benefits for dependants. These diligent people provide compassionate care for their clients, living with them for a few weeks at a time. During the pandemic they were responsible for ensuring zero transmission of the virus to people in their care. I feel utterly ashamed that many of them will be reading about Nigel Farage's plan on their various social media platforms
this morning.
Chrstina Sell
Managing director, Arbour

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16d

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline.

The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 16d

Refugees and asylum seekers are not a burden – they are people with skills, experiences and dreams with the potential to help communities.

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life is really like for asylum seekers

www.bigissue.com

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 18d

Are you free next Sunday? Do you live in Oxford? I'm running a noticing workshop at Caper Books for children ages 5 to 9. We'll be finding joyous, tiny stories in ordinary things to help with overwhelm and discover magic in the everyday! And tickets are only £3! To book: tinyurl.com/4tutvvfm #oxford

An orange background with the cover of my book The Place I'm in and my photo and this information: Noticing Noticing workshop for ages 5 - 9 with Miranda Keeling at Caper Books in Oxford! Sept 28th 11:30am Caper Books 74-77 Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE

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The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 19d

☠️ Brexit is finished. #Rejoin

📊 Polls show Brits 🇬🇧 want Europe back 🇪🇺 & support a European Army.

🇺🇸 Being a US Trump vassal isn’t sovereignty. It’s weakness.

🇷🇺 Being unprepared for Putin isn’t sovereignty. It’s danger.⚠️

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 19d

Good Morning 🥳 I will be on sohoradio.com with director @natachahorn.bsky.social from 9 am talking about the amazing @docnrollfilms.bsky.social Festival & our new film which we are very proud is to be a part of this year's festival 🙌 📽️ 🎶 ❤️ Love Tanita
#indiefilm #musicdocumentary #documentary

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 21d

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21d

VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC

The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.

Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS

The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...

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