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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
Bristol South in the latest poll will be Green, and so it will be indeed
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samthielman.com
When there’s a lot of hand-wringing over how Farage got elected in a little while, this will be the answer. When you ask people if they want fascism or diet fascism they’re never going to pick the low-calorie version
The Celegraphy Log in News Sport Business Money Opinion Keir Starmer The Left ignored immigration fears for too long. It's time to give communities back control Only a plan for patriotic national renewal led by Labour will counter the rise of the populist Right Keir Starmer 66 25 Sep 2025, 10:30pm
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europeanpowell.bsky.social
Given this EXTENSIVE presence across UK institutions, Palantir involvement in Brit Card is not just possible - it’s PROBABLE.
MY FOI DEMANDS ANSWERS ON:
✅ Is Palantir contracted for Brit Card technology?
✅ What’s the contract value & scope?
✅ How will our biometric/personal data be used?
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings , and 1 more

rolandmcs.bsky.social
Once a professor who used to have quite interesting things to say.

Now a madman.
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Colm O’Cinneíde

iandunt.bsky.social
The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, John Foot

will-davies.bsky.social
Re the new Reform pledge, a sports writer has already got to the heart of the matter better than the politics commentators www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
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realtexaspaul.com
Because there are no left wing groups. There is no leftwing counterpoint to The Oathkeepers, 3 Percenters, Proud Boys, Patriot Front, The KKK, etc. etc. etc. Are you starting to finally see the problem?
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by Laurent Pech — Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Colm O’Cinneíde

profpech.bsky.social
"The law firms that capitulated to Trump are finally having to make good on their deal with the devil ... By entering into these deals, these law firms have helped Trump to chip away at [the rule of law] and become complicit in his attack on our legal system."

www.publicnotice.co/p/law-firms-...
The lawyers who caved
Big Law firms finally have to hold up their end of a Trumpian bargain.
www.publicnotice.co
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Francesco Nicoli

oliver48.bsky.social
Not only the BBC
is sucking up to
hate spewing fascists
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by Cas Mudde — Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Joanna Bryson, Simon Hix , and 12 more

casmudde.bsky.social
The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.

This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...
www.rd.nl
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Diane Coyle, Jonathan Portes , and 5 more

benbgeiger.bsky.social
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high?
The official statistics are wildly misleading - I've now made some new estimates that show just how wrong they are
open.substack.com
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mijrahman.bsky.social
‼️🇪🇺🇺🇦 All eyes are on Trump's second state visit to the UK, yet a far more important development is unfolding in Brussels, where senior EU officials are closing in on a plan to use the roughly €200 billion in frozen Russian assets in Euroclear to support Ukraine
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julesmchamish.bsky.social
👏 👏 someone deserves a round of applause.

Welcome to #Windsor #Trump

Trump & #Epstein projected onto castle wall!

H/t Chris Ship ./1
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott

ukstoptrump.bsky.social
FOR WEDNESDAY:

Here is the route of the march against Trump & the far right

GATHER: 2pm Portland Place (BBC)
MARCH: at 3pm
RALLY: 5pm at Parliament Square!!
Route map for Trump not welcome demonstration
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Ben H. Ansell, Becky Francis , and 5 more

adamjschwarz.bsky.social
Nigel Farage:

"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."

Farage has two ex-wives.
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings , and 3 more

sundersays.bsky.social
There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die"

= Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure
sundersays.bsky.social
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24d
The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment

Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
paleofuture.bsky.social
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24d
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.

"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
No,he said 'involuntary legal injection' & 'killing them'. 'euthanising' has been used by media, mostly indicating how nazi this is. Don't fall in trap though of using nazi vocabulary for it. Euthanasia is not involuntary, and that an injection is used does not define euthanasia either.
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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
Fox news now campaigning to murder homeless people. We have publicly entered full nazi territory. youtu.be/LdC3cM8m34U?...
Fox News Host Sparks Outrage After Suggesting “Just Kill” the Homeless #FoxNews #Homeless #OGMNews
YouTube video by OGM News
youtu.be
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Daniela Gabor, Will Jennings , and 14 more

duncanrobinson.bsky.social
Shot, chaser

Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Jan W. Mueller, Nandita Sharma , and 19 more

petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.

This is getting very dark, very quick.
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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
He is not even good in storytelling, because he lacks the natural stage flair for it, but above all because he has no story of his own.

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bladeofthes.bsky.social
26 Police Officers were injured at today's riots but only 9 people were arrested.

Compare that with the peaceful Palestine Action protest where 0 Police Officers were injured but nearly 900 people were arrested.

The Government has got Law Enforcement ridiculously wrong.
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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
Mass murder to be correct

by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
Please use the right vocabulary, this is not euthanasia, this is killing. (the use of an injection does not define euthanasia)
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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
So Musk is inciting violence and invites to overthrow the government, to a crowd of 100.000 fascists on the streets of London. Will Starmer finally take action against such foreign infiltration and authoritarian movement, or will his answer be: 'we are listening, we will put refugees in warehouses'?
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
"Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated, someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer."

I think this might be incitement to violence rather than Free Speech.
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by Stijn Smismans

europollaw.bsky.social
We hate cancel culture, so we cancel the school

Reposted by: Stijn Smismans, Steven French

alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Update: Cooper now says she “agrees with local communities that all asylum hotels need to close”, but in an orderly way.

Once again telling racists their concerns are legitimate, offering a prissy technocratic solution which won’t satisfy them, no word of solidarity with refugees affected.

Abject.
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Well done to @swanseauni.bsky.social for this brilliant discovery! www.news-medical.net/news/2025081...
Synthetic sugar-coated nanoparticle blocks Covid-19 from infecting human cells
Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem - a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle - that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing i...
www.news-medical.net
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rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
How the Israeli Right Explains [or, rather, fails massively to explain] the Aid Disaster It Created

A masterclass by Chotiner.

www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
How the Israeli Right Explains the Aid Disaster It Created
The fiercest defenders of Netanyahu’s war in Gaza continue to insist that Palestinians aren’t starving.
www.newyorker.com
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