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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 18h

#GetVacinated

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

NHS urges people to get flu vaccination before winter

A Devon hospital trust is encouraging people to get their flu vaccinations before winter starts.

www.bbc.com

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 1d

Dorries - We put someone like Lucy Connolly in prison for putting a tweet out. I want to see equality and fairness and meritocracy. What I don't want to see are individuals targeted & teams of thought police knocking on doors.

Failed to explain how this was Two-Tier
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/b...

Susanna Reid clashes with Reform MP over Lucy Connolly in furious row on air

Susanna Reid clashed with Nadine Dorries on Wednesday's edition of Good Morning Britain over in a debate over Lucy Connolly and Ed Balls even tried to diffuse the situation

www.mirror.co.uk

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 18h

He's saying it as it is - absolutely they are trying to intimidate people.

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Bill Heywood @billheywood.bsky.social · 1d

Absolute Brummie legend, telling the flag shaggers exactly how it is

They are trying to intimidate and huge numbers of those right wing protestors are domestic abusers and criminals

www.thepoke.com/2025/10/07/b...

This Brummie shop owner’s taken enough of people putting flags up in his street and it’s a simply magnificent watch

It’s never been less easy to forget which country you’re in thanks to the flags which people – well, some people – insist on hosting up lampposts and hanging from windows and even painting on mini rou...

www.thepoke.com

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 1d

“Britain’s right-wing politicians are perpetually angry about immigration. They have been for at least the past 15 years. This time it’s different because they’re making it more obviously about race”

open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...?

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly there’s going to nothing funnier then watching the boomer Reform voting masses being labelled ‘illegal immigrants’ by the Spanish authorities and put on planes back to Manchester.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Can we pause and imagine the well of sympathy in the Telegraph for HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of overstaying foreigners in the UK who don't speak English. Polluting the culture.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 19h

Agreed Han. I also support her in her core mission.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 19h

I don't claim any expertise on this, however if I were a Labour Party member myself I would go for Bridget Phillipson because I feel she would be a safe pair of hands in that important position as deputy leader.

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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely post conference bounce for Reform and Labour

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

Four parties within a 5 point swing of first place and five parties on 12% plus.

This would be pure chaos under first past the post.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 1d

Where are the protests and demos on the plans to impose Trump's Project 2025 on the UK?

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/project-20...

Project 2025: The Manual for Making America Obey Again (Part 1)

Heritage Foundation’s playbook for Trump 2.0 shows what happens when authoritarian ambition meets bureaucratic precision.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 5d

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

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Irritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 1d

Surprise surprise.
"Raise the colours" guy has previous for scamming.
The Far Right is the last refuge of criminals who want to reinvent themselves and get rich.
Every single time!

The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 5d

Bridge lives in Bromsgrove and runs a small group no-win-no-fee injury claims management companies.

In 2018, Spanish police alleged he was one of eight Brits who ran bogus food poisoning claims to scam a string of hotels in Magaluf.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 19h

Because the majority of the press and media in the country is rightwing and is owned by establishment elites who actively undermine anything this is not rightwing and not align to their rightwing views.

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely agree!

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

😁 Not seen that before - brilliant.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations!

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Gildy Stern @oldhamletsghost.bsky.social · 23h

Read this and if your response begins with 'but,...' please un-follow me or avoid my timeline, as I want nothing to do with you.

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d

This is very good – clearly setting out the factual reasons why what Jenrick said is unacceptable

Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office

Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration

on.ft.com

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

Jenrick's comments are totally unacceptable. Actually, I will go further, Robert Jenrick is unacceptable.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

👏 Well said.

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

Jenrick's comments are totally unacceptable.

Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

Totally agree with the article. No doubt about it. Jenrick was talking about skin colour.

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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 23h

'Odd' article in the Express - it sometimes feels like they'll say anything to damage Labour...🤔

- The tax avoider left the UK last year
- His firm's UK investment is still happening
- His firm is still looking to list on the London stock market

And then they repeat the debunked Henley report.

🤦‍♂️

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 20h

The #Tories have shown that they have drunk deep from the #Trumpian Kool-Aid (in fact they have all but drank it dry)😳

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Sue W @suew.bsky.social · 21h

#HybridWar

The Typist 🇪🇺 @thetypist.bsky.social · 23h

This study about Russia using criminal gangs to carry out terrorist attacks to destabilise Europe makes a chilling reading. Sabotage, vandalism, arson, assassination are all on the table, hand in hand with attempts to influence our elections through social media.
www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...

www.globsec.org

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