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Calling out Reform’s racism will ring hollow while Labour offers watered-down versions of their migration policies.

We can only prevent a Reform-led government if we do not allow migrants to be scapegoated for problems created by the super rich.

07.10.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is β€˜pandering’ to Reform UK

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is β€˜pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

07.10.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 339    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7

It's frustrating that it took Labour 14 years to get back into power, but now they have it, they don't have a clue outside of repackaging Tory and Reform lines.

Absolutely a waste of good potential

07.10.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Psephologist Sir John Curtice told a Demos-sponsored event at the Conservative Party conference fringe that the Lib Dems β€œwill almost undoubtedly win more seats” than the Tories at the next GE.

β€œThe LD vote is now more geographically concentrated than your vote.”

07.10.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 11
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This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

07.10.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2933    πŸ” 1650    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 75

#bbcR4today bike thefts. Why not let the victim watch all the CCTV evidence?

07.10.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've got an ageing society. Come here and help us cope with that. In return, we'll demonise and threaten you and quite possibly leave you destitute. Do we have a deal? Great. 🀝

06.10.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

06.10.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1655    πŸ” 484    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 31
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Green Party Leader Zack Polanski to Run for Parliament, as Party Rides a New 'Green Wave' EXCLUSIVE: New Green leader eyes a Westminster run, and accuses Prime Minister Keir Starmer of using "racist rhetoric" in chasing Reform UK

πŸ”΄ Green Party Leader Zack Polanski to Run for Parliament, as Party Rides a New β€˜Green Wave’

EXCLUSIVE: New Green leader eyes a Westminster run, and accuses Prime Minister Keir Starmer of using β€œracist rhetoric” in chasing Reform UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/g...

06.10.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:

06.10.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 483    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 9
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BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

06.10.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2942    πŸ” 1295    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 85
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BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

06.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1301    πŸ” 533    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 63
Split image of the same island showing changes in sea level: the left side labelled '1901' in black and white shows a lighthouse and house with more exposed land; the right side labelled '2024' in colour shows the same structures with water much closer, indicating rising sea levels. Text on top reads β€˜The oceans will claim what we fail to protect’. European Commission logo at bottom right.

Split image of the same island showing changes in sea level: the left side labelled '1901' in black and white shows a lighthouse and house with more exposed land; the right side labelled '2024' in colour shows the same structures with water much closer, indicating rising sea levels. Text on top reads β€˜The oceans will claim what we fail to protect’. European Commission logo at bottom right.

Europe’s environment and oceans are sending a clear message:

Progress has a price. Waters are rising fast.

Here’s what the latest EU reports reveal ↓

06.10.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Still waiting for it to trickle down...

06.10.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12247    πŸ” 4192    πŸ’¬ 427    πŸ“Œ 199

British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.

Reform says something unhinged
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Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
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Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
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Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...πŸ”

05.10.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1511    πŸ” 527    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 44
Thousands Are Joining the Green Party. Here’s Why | Deputy Green Party Leader - Rachel Millward
YouTube video by Novara Media Thousands Are Joining the Green Party. Here’s Why | Deputy Green Party Leader - Rachel Millward

1) This is such a bloody brilliant interview. The last few minutes especially got me so fired up!

2) Appreciate all the love!

3) Sending the love right back. Give our brilliant deputies @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social a follow!)

youtu.be/eohI6SRMvkE?...

05.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3

If the media covered Palantir/BlackRock's public sector takeover and the rollout of deregulated investment zones with the same intensity as Nigel Farage and immigration, we'd see actual outrage at the seismic corporate power grab secretly remaking Britain. The UK is being privatised.

06.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 620    πŸ” 311    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 19
Poster from the Mayor of London about Oxford Street. The text reads: "This is Oxford Street. Traffic-free day delivered a big boost for businesses. Footfall was up nearly 50%." The background is a gradient of pink to orange, with a large crowd of people walking along Oxford Street, which is lined with trees and banners.

Poster from the Mayor of London about Oxford Street. The text reads: "This is Oxford Street. Traffic-free day delivered a big boost for businesses. Footfall was up nearly 50%." The background is a gradient of pink to orange, with a large crowd of people walking along Oxford Street, which is lined with trees and banners.

When Oxford Street went traffic-free for one extraordinary day, the number of visitors flocking there increased by nearly 50%.

By choosing to be imaginative and bold, we can deliver a better future for Oxford Street: a cleaner, traffic-free world-class public space.

06.10.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
🚨THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL. WE MUST PROTECT IT
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 🚨THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL. WE MUST PROTECT IT

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to change how judges interpret the European Convention on Human Rights – a move that risks weakening everyone’s protections.Β Β 

The ECHR has become a convenient scapegoat for challenges around migration and sovereignty.

WE MUST PROTECT IT
youtu.be/Lmad4kujRhQ?...

04.10.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 509    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 27

If any Government can just snatch basic human rights away from any section of society when it pleases then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

06.10.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 713    πŸ” 292    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 12
Kemi Badenoch’s opening speech to Conservative Party Conference 2025
YouTube video by Conservatives Kemi Badenoch’s opening speech to Conservative Party Conference 2025

Not a single mention of the NHS--not least in the section on what the Tories did in government that, in her words, "lost us the trust and confidence of the public". Unless the Party gets the extent to which the crippling of key public services helped lose them the election, then they're truly sunk.

06.10.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Universal healthcare for all!

05.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 297    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

β€œI do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

05.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2704    πŸ” 1127    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 128

History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

04.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1070    πŸ” 404    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 12
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NHS advisers set to reject routine prostate cancer screening Despite campaigners’ pleas for more checks, experts fear widespread screening risks harming hundreds of thousands of men unnecessarily

This is a really good piece on the risks of over-screening and why it's harmful. I know the relevant charities, celebs and pressure groups will lose their shit, but it sounds as though the NHS is going to stand by the evidence. www.thetimes.com/article/700d...

04.10.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Excellent response.

04.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

04.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1687    πŸ” 1142    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 115

Notable how far France is ahead of the UK on this stuff

04.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

When you watch the video below, take a look at how the EU's highspeed rail and integrated travel network bypasses Britain. That's what Brexit did to us.
#RejoinEU πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

04.10.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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