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mrjamesob.bsky.social
So Trump's belligerence and betrayal (of Ukraine most obviously) will wean Europe off its military over-dependence on the USA, but nobody in th Trumpverse has thought that the same approach to economies could yield the same result?
April 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
Britain's wrongest man rides again.
April 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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stephenking.bsky.social
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
(3/3) With decades of Western policy consensus callously swept aside, European nations must now do everything within their power to preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty and repel Russia’s aggression.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
(2/3) The UK government is doing its best to live up to this commitment, but the US is effectively siding with Russia in undermining it. Instead of seeing its sovereignty preserved, Ukraine is being pressured to accept a lopsided peace agreement without real guarantees.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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profgalloway.com
That’s right. 🇺🇦
March 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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mayraphotography.bsky.social
Rapper Eminem tells fans to shout “F*ck Trump” during his concert. 💀
March 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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stephenking.bsky.social
See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.
March 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
If Trump was President in 1940
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Jeremy Corbyn is suing Nigel Farage.

RP if you can’t wait to see Nigel Farage bankrupt
December 14, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton.

(Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)
December 17, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Yes. Tory MPs in Union Jack jackets protesting with the farmers they shafted is peak insincerity and fake patriotism. In govt, they failed them abysmally, clinging to a Brexit ideology that’s been ruinous for all of us. Their hand-wringing now can get in the bin.
Extract from Farmers’ Weekly from June 2023. “Increased red tape, a worsening economic situation, damaging free-trade deals, a trail of broken promises - it seems that farmers and those working in the ancillary industries are far from satisfied with Brexit. This is the inevitable conclusion from a new survey by Farmers Weekly into how the agricultural sector now perceived Brexit 7 years on from the historic referendum in 2016.” Bar chart of negative perceptions / why farmers feel negative about Brexit Increased costs Loss of subsidies Import/export Labour supply problems Poor trade deals Increased red tape Lack of govt direction
November 21, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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femi-oluwole.bsky.social
If Brexit hadn't wiped £40 billion off UK tax revenue, maybe the government wouldn't be clawing back taxes from farmers' inheritance...

So I just hope everyone protesting against it, also protested with us against Brexit...

Especially as 69% of farmers say Brexit has hurt them.
November 21, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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reformexposed.bsky.social
Who remembers this?

Brexit means cheap food imports, says Farage - Farmers Weekly

www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refe...
Brexit means cheap food imports, says Farage - Farmers Weekly
Food imports will be cheaper once the UK leaves the EU, former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has claimed. In a comment likely to anger and alarm many farmers,
www.fwi.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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yesforeu.bsky.social
More than 50% of UK farmers voted for Brexit, but last year 83 per cent of farmers polled by Farmers' Weekly said Brexit had been worse than expected; 52 per cent supported a referendum on rejoining the EU; and 70 per cent supported rejoining the single market 🙄
inews.co.uk/opinion/an-i...
An inconvenient truth for farmers: Brexit
Many farmers feel that they have not been afforded the bounties once promised by Leave campaigners
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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bestforbritain.org
In a survey for Farmers Weekly last year, 83 per cent of famers polled said Brexit had been worse than expected; 52 per cent supported a referendum on rejoining the EU; and 70 per cent supported rejoining the single market.

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/an-inconvenient-truth-for-farmers-brexit-33964…
An inconvenient truth for farmers: Brexit
Many farmers feel that they have not been afforded the bounties once promised by Leave campaigners
buff.ly
November 25, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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fullfact.org
We’ve launched a new tool tracking the government’s progress on delivering Labour’s manifesto pledges—from dental appointments to defence spending, National Insurance to crime.

🔗 Our blog sets out our initial findings.
Our new Government Tracker is live - and it shows the government must be clearer about how it will measure delivery - Full Fact
Today’s an exciting day for the Full Fact team—we’ve just launched a major new project to track the government’s progress delivering Labour’s manifesto pledges.
buff.ly
November 24, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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bsky.app
me watching Bluesky's user count grow by another million in a day

hello and welcome to all 19M of you! 🥳
Kris Jenner looking at a computer
November 18, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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carolvorders.bsky.social
Morning everyone 💙
Lovely here isn't it?

Cos I'm a michief maker, I'm continuing to jab the right wingers and the bots over on X but not bothering to read the replies 😉.....it's too easy to wind them up. Even a shot of a waterfall got them going the other day!!!! 😂

Happy here 💙💙
November 16, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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bsky.app
Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️
November 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
tubthumpsky.bsky.social
@bsky.app my son's girlfriend' mum' sister's daughter has 3 bars in the Glastonbury ticket queue 🥳
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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josiahmortimer.bsky.social
NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"

UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over...

"We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse. Unfortunately that well is now poisoned. All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022. Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system. We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself. And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere. Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it. After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process. But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting. Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X. And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work. We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over. Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter
November 15, 2024 at 11:51 AM