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On here for the politics, news and information. Lovely to find a social place where I see the people I follow! Would really like the UK to rejoin the EU and to reverse all the years of damage by our own governments.

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Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

12.10.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 495    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 14

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

04.08.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6611    πŸ” 2493    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 91
Sunday Times cover saying new poll shows only 29% would vote for Brexit now.

Sunday Times cover saying new poll shows only 29% would vote for Brexit now.

And expect that number to shrink further.

No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push β€œBrexit benefits…”

People know Brexit doesn’t.

Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.

03.08.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1593    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 28
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Sign the Petition Keep Trump out of Parliament

I just told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump

04.03.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wes Streeting slams Elon Musk's attack on Jess Phillips as an 'appalling smear' against a 'brilliant woman' Health Secretary Wes Streeting has slammed Elon Musk’s attack on Labour MP Jess Phillips as "appalling" after the billionaire said she should β€œbe in prison” over her response to grooming gangs in the ...

This is much better from Streeting, honestly a relief after the lukewarm rhetoric we saw earlier. www.lbc.co.uk/news/wes-str...

05.01.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1201    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 18
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Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates.

Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers πŸ‘

05.01.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2656    πŸ” 1830    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 69
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This is quite enormous when you think about it. How many people have actually thought about it what this means for the legitimacy of the referendum?

It doesn’t undo Brexit.

But it is a compelling argument for starting to do so.

01.01.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

The laughter across the Labour benches at Badenoch’s β€œhard-won Brexit freedoms” was indicative of a country in which most voters think the project has been a failure.

18.12.2024 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10

Yep, even the most basic requirement was flogged off for profit by Thatcher. The corrupt ideology requires that profits come before life!

17.12.2024 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see the launch of the APPG on Europe and that @europeanmovement.co.uk are involved. @leedseurope.bsky.social were also represented by our Chair and EMUK Vice Chair @richardwilsoneu.bsky.social Well done to everybody involved in setting up this important group, why not ask your MP to join?

17.12.2024 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight

Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR

If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...

16.12.2024 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1248    πŸ” 403    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 27
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BREAKING: The UK Government says it will provide Β£50m in international aid to help vulnerable Syrians "in their hour of need"

15.12.2024 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 8

Since Thatcher handed over a public utility to private owners, creating monopolies in every area, water companies have:

- racked up debts of Β£64bn

- paid their shareholders Β£78bn

- paid their managers high salaries

- demanded more taxpayers money

- poured sh*t into our rivers

28.11.2024 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA8T...

05.12.2024 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 604    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 26
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Huge thanks to everyone who’s chipped in to make LBD interventions happen this year. We’re 100% funded by small donations & refuse big donors to protect us from becoming reliant on any individual source. Wanna help? Link in bioπŸ‘†

14.12.2024 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3245    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 31
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Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future

β€œAll donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”

15.12.2024 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6419    πŸ” 1970    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 122

See also:
Oxbo lakes,
The dates of past wars
The structure of the atom
The structure of the heart
The order of the planets in the solar system.
All the texts you read in English

Why bother learning anything that isn’t immediately practically useful?

15.12.2024 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Erasmus Erasmus+ empowers students through opportunities to study, work, and grow across Europe. Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK

Erasmus+ empowers students through opportunities to study, work, and grow across Europe.

Join us in bringing this programme back to the UK.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/this_is_eras...

12.12.2024 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Criminal case backlog reaches record high of 73,105

12.12.2024 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
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Politics has to be about caring Why don't politicians care? That is a fundamental question when we are considering why so many of the world's democracies are in trouble

Around the world, democracies are faltering. From coups to collapsing governments, the thread is simple: politicians don't care enough. Politics has to be about care, or it risks being about hate.

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social reports #Democracy #Leadership #Caring

12.12.2024 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

This made me cry with laughter.

10.12.2024 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh please, yes!

06.12.2024 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of our amazing founders saying it how it is here

09.12.2024 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

β€œIsrael is preparing for the collapse of the Assad regime. There has been a mass desertion of its soldiers.” - Israeli Broadcasting Authority.

07.12.2024 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Wealth tax is the best way forward

06.12.2024 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2043    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 16
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On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate it.

01.12.2024 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10758    πŸ” 1203    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 120
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Elon Musk should donate to Reform UK, says father Errol - Politics.co.uk The SpaceX owner has repeatedly issued fierce criticisms of the UK government and prime minister Keir Starmer.

This is a graphic illustration of why we must make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the world, say boll**** to Elon Musk & send him packing. We CAN do it

www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/12...

02.12.2024 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2240    πŸ” 635    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 11
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Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land

"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.

The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax."

28.11.2024 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1554    πŸ” 768    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 21
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"The biggest issue is the toxic narrative around migrants over the last decade... We talk about numbers instead of people... What makes it hard for people to integrate is their neighbours being told that they are the enemy, that they are scamming them." πŸ‘ Mariella Frostrup on #BBCQT ~AA

28.11.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 952    πŸ” 239    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 23

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