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pinned post!
Still waiting for a response from my MP on this
#Brexit
#TCA
Services have been ruined by
#Brexit
. The
#singleMarket
is vital.
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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The problem with Brexit: open letter to my MP
"Adverts continue to state: EU citizens only, EU residents only" - difficulties for freelancers since Brexit
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/the-problem-with-brexit-open-letter-to-my-mp/
11 months ago
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Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the
#ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=BSshare&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=Money%20in%20Politics%20-%20Handraiser%20-%20Donation%20Cap
about 14 hours ago
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Mike Galsworthy
5 days ago
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues.
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Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/environment/starmer-sells-forests-down-the-river-in-the-amazon/
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Culture must feature in the plans for devolution in the UK. Add your voice here.
www.culturecommons.uk/strengthenin...
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Strengthening the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill — Culture Commons
https://www.culturecommons.uk/strengthening-the-english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-bill
5 days ago
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What they gave up to free the world of dangerous far right fascist dictators should never be forgotten. We should do everything we can to continue fighting against these dangers.
#RemembranceSunday
#ElonMusk
#X
#FarRight
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487
10 days ago
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Thurrock Council - say no to Google's plan for a monster new Data Centre
Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission!
https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/thurrock-council-stop-google-data-centre/
29 days ago
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#KemiBadenoch
on the demise of the British job market and the Labour party
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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Badenoch on the demise of the British job market and the Labour party
Explanations and facts are weapons to fight misinformation by the Right. They are the truth Starmer can use to protect our economy
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/badenoch-on-the-demise-of-the-british-job-market-and-the-labour-party/
about 1 month ago
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Excellent article @zackpolanski.bsky.social Migration is Britain's superpower. Immigration brought us
#FreddyMercury
, empowered our music industry+ reputation. Look at how much tax revenue
#Queen
generated for the UK! A few ideas on this topic below...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski
Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/03/migration-britain-superpower-labour-green-party
about 1 month ago
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Best for Britain
about 2 months ago
Today, the Pink Protest gathered outside Downing Street, claiming immigrants are a threat to women. We talked to counter-protesters from Stand Up to Racism, they told us: “We are terrified that women’s safety is being used to justify hatred.” Share if you agree.
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North East Bylines
about 2 months ago
Facing the racists outside the New Bridge Hotel | Sylvie Fisch
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Hate will not win here
Facing the racists outside the New Bridge Hotel
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/hate-will-not-win-here/?fsp_sid=1793
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Time for the government in the UK to release the
#RussiaReport
#Putin
wanted to cause mass disruption and chaos in the West.
#Brexit
did that. Britain suffers because of it. Russia helped
#Farage
rise in fame by sharing his you tube videos.
#Reform
national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
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The Lead Untangles: The Reform leader’s Russian influence scandal
Not unreported, but certainly not given much spotlight, what do the Russian bribes taken by a former Reform UK leader tell us?
https://national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-untangles-reform-ukip-nathan-gill-brexit-scandal-russian-payments
about 2 months ago
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northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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Reform’s plans for the NHS: what would a French healthcare model look like?
Farage shares plans to restructure the NHS based on the French healthcare system
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/reforms-plans-for-the-nhs-what-would-a-french-healthcare-model-look-like/
about 2 months ago
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Families with ILR fear for their futures together in the UK after
#Farage
vowed to abolish this. They already spent 28,000 on fees to get ILR because
#Brexit
changed the rules. Farage's Brexit mess....
#Reform
does not care about the problems they cause
uk.yahoo.com/news/merseys...
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Merseyside family left 'terrified' by Nigel Farage's latest plans
Rory, Jana and their children are one of many families in the UK that could be deeply impacted by Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/merseyside-family-left-terrified-nigel-230100965.html
about 2 months ago
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Mike Galsworthy
about 2 months ago
"This indulgence is reckless If Labour or the Conservatives gave oxygen to such conspiracies, the media would be merciless. When Farage and friends do it, it is filed under “colour” – part of the spectacle."
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The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics
It is time that the media fulfils its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth
https://bylines.scot/news/the-farage-mirage-how-the-media-is-warping-our-politics
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More ridiculous claims by
#Farage
. This is the man who dismisses
#NetZero
as a waste of time, who would gladly damage the earth to please donors from fossil fuel companies. He cares nothing about the environment.
news.sky.com/story/royal-...
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Royal Parks responds to Farage's claim that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in the UK
The Reform leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans - a protected species - from ponds in Britain's Royal Parks and killing them.
https://news.sky.com/story/royal-parks-responds-to-farages-claim-that-swans-are-being-eaten-by-eastern-europeans-in-the-uk-13437205
about 2 months ago
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Excellent post on discussion of facts by
#DoctorWho
author, Jeremy Hoad, with
#Reform
at their street stall in Manchester outside of
#Tesco
. This is well worth sharing.
www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
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2 months ago
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#ElonMusk
interferes in UK democracy, called on the dissolution of parliament and sews discord. Petition to the government to end contracts with
#Musk's
companies.
www.change.org/p/cancel-uk-...
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Sign the Petition
Cancel UK government contracts with Musk-linked companies
https://www.change.org/p/cancel-uk-government-contracts-with-musk-linked-companies
2 months ago
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New
#EmploymentRightsBill
could give millions better rights at work. Tell Government: protect workers, not profits! Conservative peers,
#Reform
MPs, business lobbyists with vested interests aim to rip out the good parts to keep their profits.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk-government-keep-your-promise-to-protect-workers?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast137001&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=480ddab4-0f86-4aba-a592-ba3cc89a17c7
2 months ago
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Zack Polanski
2 months ago
Sunday reminder - this weeks episode of
@boldpolitics.bsky.social
is with migration expert
@zoegardner.bsky.social
Check it out 👇🏼
youtu.be/NlXUf1XipTA?...
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How To Beat The Anti-Immigration Playbook | Zoe Gardner | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
https://youtu.be/NlXUf1XipTA?si=2I-5uyOkd_U_xOSY
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North East Bylines
2 months ago
"Women dare to tread and to speak where the prime minister does not" | Dr Jayne Hamilton
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Women against the far-right launch
"Women dare to tread and to speak where the prime minister does not"
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/women-against-the-far-right-launch/?fsp_sid=941
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#ElonMusk
is a danger to UK security. Petition here to ask the UK to ban this man from our country. Take back control of our borders from his malicious foreign interference, which sews discord and wastes police time.
#FarageRiots
#TommyRobinson
#Musk
#Fascism
startafire.co/scramnews/ba...
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https://startafire.co/scramnews/ban-elon-musk/ban-elon-musk-from-the-uk/
2 months ago
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#Reform
in Northumberland
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Reform councillor claims studying non-Christian religions could brainwash pupils
Coun David Fitzgerald sits on the local authority’s standing advisory council on religious education
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumberland-reform-councillor-claims-studying-32467570?fbclid=IwY2xjawMxd49leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHk5NTyx9Gio-68aZrTd_flRKa4nQglciqmTex6zPFmu328f1BFuY8NOlfB-s_aem_FzEa7B5ZJOpKOkfFN7jSYw#comments-wrapper
2 months ago
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North East Bylines
2 months ago
Suspected arson gutted Sharon Hodgson MP’s office in Washington; graffiti left, charity hit, and man arrested after blaze | Yvonne Wancke
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Local MP’s office firebombed
Suspected arson gutted Sharon Hodgson MP’s office in Washington; graffiti left, charity hit, and man arrested after blaze
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north-east/local-mps-office-firebombed/?fsp_sid=893
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Vote
#Reform
and it will be the end of the
#NHS
and our welfare state. Britain deserves better and we need a government which will stand up to these lies and threats.
uk.news.yahoo.com/farage-dange...
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'Farage is a danger to democracy'
A recent speech by Nigel Farage should send shock waves through the voting population.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/farage-danger-democracy-040000531.html
2 months ago
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Jolyon Maugham KC
2 months ago
"Farage has given two contradictory versions of the purchase. One that he bought it and the other that his girlfriend owns it. If the second is correct then he has engineered a massive saving on stamp duty, larger than the one that forced Angela Rayner to resign."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner
Last year Nigel Farage announced he had bought a house in Clacton, Essex, but in fact it was his partner Laure Ferrari, 46, who shelled out almost £900,000 for the property
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hypocrite-nigel-farage-didnt-pay-35858834#google_vignette
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Sign the open letter: Women against the far right
The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women and children to push hate. Together we can stand wi...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8071ba8ff4cd376d0b94b0246ff83acb7b117df?source=direct_link&
2 months ago
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Fed up of seeing so many reports about
#Reform
#farage
all over the UK media? Petition below requests plurality for political reporting. Worth signing and sharing
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713798
3 months ago
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Jamie Raskin nails it.
#Trump
and his family use public office to enrich themselves.
#Reform
would do the same in the UK.
#Farage
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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Government is allowing big tech firms to build data centres which will damage the environment. Foxglove is mounting a legal challenge. I will post the crowdfunding link below.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land
Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/21/angela-rayner-hit-with-legal-challenge-over-datacentre-on-green-belt-land?link_id=5&can_id=574b5ec892e38026cf544f8ed659f028&source=email-uk-govt-in-court-over-data-centres&email_referrer=email_2869182&email_subject=uk-govt-in-court-over-data-centres&&
3 months ago
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Excellent article explaining the facts. This deserves lots of shares.
@northeastbylines.co.uk
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/justice/leaving-the-echr-wont-take-back-control-it-will-hand-your-rights-to-politicians/
3 months ago
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Stephen Gethins
3 months ago
The rights that were gained in the post war world are under threat like never before. We already lost our rights as EU citizens, now some Westminster politicians want to take us the same way as Russia and Belarus in leaving the European Convention.
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This is a good article about the realities in a community. " there's something in the air that's given a racist element real permission to be horrible".
#FarageRiots
#Reform
news.sky.com/story/theres...
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'There's something in the air': The deep divides over asylum seekers in Nuneaton
"Yes, I came here illegally and I had to, I had no other choice".
https://news.sky.com/story/theres-something-in-the-air-the-deep-divides-over-asylum-seekers-in-nuneaton-13420381
3 months ago
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A problem driving immigration is climate change.
#Farage
, climate-change denier funded by fossil fuel companies, fans the flames of racial hatred + would gladly destroy the climate, leading to more
#immigration
He creates problems. Look at his
#Brexit
mess.
#FarageRiots
news.sky.com/story/archbi...
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Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell tells Nigel Farage 'kneejerk' migrant deportation plan won't solve problem
Mr Cottrell, who is currently acting spiritual head of the Church of England while a new Archbishop of Canterbury is chosen, tells Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips the Reform leader has no answers.
https://news.sky.com/story/archbishop-of-york-stephen-cottrell-tells-nigel-farage-kneejerk-migrant-deportation-plan-wont-solve-problem-13421186
3 months ago
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Cool Hand Fluke
3 months ago
This looks incredible. Perfect for a country with high renewable energy production. Such a shame we can’t do it. The shareholders must have their dividends
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Mike Galsworthy
3 months ago
The Sun in 2025 vs The Sun in 2016. Another Brexit lie busted. Of course the Sun’s new article makes no apology, or even mention, of their 2016 front page splash - which was ruled “misleading” by the press watchdog at the time - but what did The Sun care, when the lie served its purpose anyway.
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Rafael Behr
3 months ago
Column, on a grimly familiar Farage plot line and Starmer sticking to the script in the Brexit sequel.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/nigel-farage-keir-starmer-brexit-truth
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Great article from
@zoegrunewald.bsky.social
Britain once saved my grandfather. Would it save him now? Disgraceful that an MP has such disregard for the sanctity of human life. Shame on him and all the media who glorify his policies.
#Farage
#immigration
national.thelead.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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Britain once saved my grandfather. Would it save him now?
Nigel Farage's plans for mass deportations are a test of our humanity.
https://national.thelead.uk/p/nigel-farage-reform-immigration-deportations?r=4dlvyi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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Mike Galsworthy
3 months ago
The Scottish Government has given the go ahead for the Berwick Bank Wind Farm to be developed in the North Sea.
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Loadshifting – can we make better use of Scottish green electricity?
News that the Scottish Government has given the go ahead for the Berwick Bank Wind Farm to be developed in the North Sea
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/loadshifting-can-we-make-better-use-of-scottish-green-electricity/
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Immigration is only a problem when the media +
#Reform
misrepresent it. Farage said: 'We have a massive crisis in Britain.... posing a national security threat .. it’s leading to public anger that is not very far away from disorder.'
uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage...
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Nigel Farage Says Reform Will Deport All Illegal Immigrants. But Last Year He Said It Was 'Impossible'
The Reform UK leader has certainly changed his tune.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-says-reform-deport-072944446.html
3 months ago
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Interview with Johnathan Metzer on Gilly Hope Sunday Breakfast
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
2hrs 31 minutes in about asylum seekers on small boats. The facts not the scaremongering.
#FarageRiots
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BBC Radio Newcastle - Gilly Hope on BBC Radio Newcastle, 17/08/2025
Gilly brings you Sunday morning music, conversation and faith discussion.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gybg
3 months ago
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LBC Presenter Fact Checks Nigel Farage's Claim Small Boats Have Made UK More Dangerous For Women And Girls
Ben Kentish said it was "desperate stuff" by Reform UK.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lbc-presenter-fact-checks-nigel-072047094.html
3 months ago
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Mike Galsworthy
3 months ago
For me, the BBC’s image choice here is reprehensible… …it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.
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Louise Brown
3 months ago
Another counterprotest this weekend to the anti migrant rally in Newcastle.
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North East Bylines
3 months ago
"Scrap the two-child limit. Do it now. Not next year. Not after another consultation. Now"
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A year into power, Labour has failed the North East’s poorest children
"Scrap the two-child limit. Do it now. Not next year. Not after another consultation. Now"
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion/a-year-into-power-labour-has-failed-the-north-easts-poorest-children/
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#Reform
is against renewable energy projects as they destroy the countryside (solar panel fields). They never stop to think of the destruction caused to so many species, crops + humans by global warming. That is serious. It can't be rolled back.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Reform threatens to pull solar subsidies over ‘desecration of countryside’
Richard Tice warns green investors that their money would be at risk under a Farage government
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/06/reform-threatens-to-pull-solar-subsidies
3 months ago
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There’s a HUGE
#ElonMusk
shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/take-big-money-out-of-our-politics?source=bluesky-share-email-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky
3 months ago
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Politicians in the UK are selling meetings to businesses. Sign the open letter to request an investigation into this widespread problem here. 25k for breakfast with
#Farage
.
unlockdemocracy.org.uk/letter-on-ca...
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Our view on the Ethics & Integrity Commission — Unlock Democracy
The government's proposals for the Ethics and Integrity Commission do not go far enough to restore public trust. The proposals fail the ‘Boris Johnson test’.
https://unlockdemocracy.org.uk/letter-on-cash-for-access
3 months ago
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No point in spending millions on police/law enforcement, which is
#Farage's
goal, if online safety is insufficient. Extreme content online caused teenagers to commit murder, such as the murder of Brianna Ghey. Big tech must be fined where they fail to guarantee safety
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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Trump ally calls for big tech 'united front' to fight UK and EU online safety laws
US politicians also suggested the UK government's actions during the Southport riots would "chill speech". They have carried out a tour of the UK and Europe exploring the policy area.
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-ally-calls-for-big-tech-united-front-to-fight-uk-and-eu-online-safety-laws-13405165
4 months ago
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Mike Galsworthy
4 months ago
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨 Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-state-for-sale-how-britain-privatised-itself-into-failure/
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Ban Glyphosate!
Glyphosate causes cancer -- even at exposure levels that authorities consider safe. That's the conclusion of a scientific study that's just been published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental He
https://action.eko.org/a/glyphosate-causes-cancer-ban-it
4 months ago
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Disgraceful, women in Britain are in more danger from misogyny fuelled by right wing, fascist toxic masculinity, a group which seeks to curtail women's freedom via its ultra right wing ideology. They want to leave the ECHR.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Nigel Farage Says Some Afghans Airlifted To UK Are 'Sex Offenders'. But There's No Evidence That's True
Reform UK leader urged to go to the police if he can back up his claims.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-farage-says-some-afghans-airlifted-to-uk-are-sex-offenders-but-theres-no-evidence-thats-true_uk_6876e3cbe4b0bdf6e2f0fbe3
4 months ago
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