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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 1h

Brexit has left the UK out in the cold.
The EU announcement of 50% import tariffs – with no apparent carve-out for metal crossing the Channel.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Existential threat’: what do EU’s 50% steel tariffs mean for UK industry?

Why UK steel sector is alarmed by prospect of punitive tariffs from its biggest customer

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 1d

"We cannot have particular communities in this country where there's a heavy preponderance of one group or another"
Robert Jenrick MP for Newark - 2021 Census 96.4% population White. A predominantly White population in the area.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 1d

A chocolate bar given out by the Conservatives at their annual party conference misspelled the name of the country they are hoping to govern 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 4d

I think it’s selfish’: William and Kate face backlash over Windsor Great Park no-go zone
Royal couple’s desire for more privacy means 2.3-mile perimeter exclusion zone and less public land for walkers
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘I think it’s selfish’: William and Kate face backlash over Windsor Great Park no-go zone

Royal couple’s desire for more privacy means 2.3-mile perimeter exclusion zone and less public land for walkers

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 7d

UK government minister to Musk: ‘Get the hell out of our politics’

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UK government minister to Musk: ‘Get the hell out of our politics’

Energy secretary Ed Miliband took direct aim at the billionaire, who’s called for the Labour government to be brought down.

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 7d

'I'd be terrified of a Farage government' - Theo Paphitis

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'I'd be terrified of a Farage government' - Theo Paphitis

Theo Paphitis has said he is "terrified" by the prospect of a Nigel Farage premiership, hitting out at the Reform UK leader for copying the "Trump playbook."

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. And then Starmer et al, equally get the hell out of X.
There’s no justification for a democratic government to still be there.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7d

Miliband tells Musk to ‘get the hell out of our politics and our country’ on.ft.com/3IKTvjW

Ed Miliband tells Elon Musk to ‘get the hell out of our politics and our country’

Blistering attack at Labour conference comes after tech billionaire has used X to hit out at British government

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7d

A peerage can only be removed by an act of parliament. The last time that happened was in 1917.

Our House of Lords is completely unfit for purpose, and the likes of "Lady Mone" can keep her position for life without consequences.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

Covid-19 Bereaved Families on today’s ruling ordering PPE Medpro to repay £122m to Govt

“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 8d

Freedom of speech? #reform
Nottingham paper takes legal action over Reform council’s ban on reporters
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Nottingham paper takes legal action over Reform council’s ban on reporters

Publisher says stopping it from talking to Nottinghamshire council’s leader is breach of the right to free expression

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 8d

As soon as Farage is challenged in a perfectly legitimate attack on Reform policies he immediately claims he is being put at risk of assassination. Either he doesn't understand how democracy works or he wants to shut down debate. I think it's both.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 8d

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

Reform UK leader will claim in a speech today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists ⬇️

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

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CNN @cnn.com · 9d

Elon Musk’s X is the “go-to platform for antisemitic posters,” according to a new year-long study shared exclusively with CNN: https://cnn.it/3Wbsj0W

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9d

Reform UK take donation from Greybull, the Private Equity who killed British Steel.

www.forbes.com/sites/france...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9d

How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 9d

Are you sure? Anti- bullying education started in 2006
New research sees favourable views towards Andrew Tate from both teen boys and young dads
www.internetmatters.org/hub/press-re...

New research sees favourable views towards Andrew Tate from both teen boys and young dads

Research sees favourable views on Andrew Tate | Internet Matters. Report reveals teen boys and young dads are viewing Andrew Tate favourably.

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 9d

Moldova sees the EU as the surest way of defending itself against Russian aggression and interference in its democracy. If only Britain had this for sight in 2016. #Brexit

EU must unblock Moldova’s membership bid, government urges after historic vote
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...

EU must unblock Moldova’s membership bid, government urges after historic vote

Accession chief Cristina Gherasimov tells POLITICO that Brussels must find a solution to overcome Hungary’s veto.

www.politico.eu

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 9d

BBC News - Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges
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Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

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The Braes o' Bonúll @bonullbraes.bsky.social · 9d

This is what Farage's Brexit did to the figures for migrants arriving in small boats. Before Brexit there was a negligible amount. Farage told us it would be controlled by Brexit.
Farage, the root cause of all this, is apparently the most popular political leader in the UK right now???

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 9d

Indeed

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 9d

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

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Marcello Ruffini @marcello65.bsky.social · 9d

Is Farage a racist?
Readers will doubtless decide for themselves.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

‘He was a deeply unembarrassed racist’: Nigel Farage, by those who have known him

Some say the Reform UK leader is kind and entertaining, but it is striking how many enemies he has made, even among those close to him politically

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 9d

6 years ago. Burnham is an opportunist isn't he? Like Boris Johnson he is using a mayoralty as a stepping stone to an attempted premiership
Andy Burnham says he would campaign to Leave in a second referendum - if Labour secured a new Brexit deal
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Andy Burnham would back Leave in second referendum if Labour secured a new deal

The Mayor of Greater Manchester said he thought leaving with a deal would be in the 'public interest'

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 9d

Andy Burnham on why he’s for rejoining the EU…

…and why we need to call out Reform on Brexit. 👏👏👏👏

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10d

Isn’t this the person & outfit that Blair’s TB Institute takes a shedload of money from?

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

"Once senior leaders use language like "invaders", it makes it much harder for those working in communities, Alf Dubs says

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 9d

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