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Paul Brocklehurst
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Working to end youth homelessness. Also posts on current affairs, active travel, genealogy and photography. he/him.

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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Somewhat challenging fireworks displays for me photographing..
Friday at ally pally torrential rain.
Saturday blackheath trains cancelled and a nightmare to get to. Sunday Battersea which for the first time ever wouldnt let me in with a tripod. Thankfully still got some shots at each
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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If I was you I'd find it very difficult to walk past her in the House without saying "washing machines live longer with Calgon" or suchlike.
Reform MP Sarah Pochin not in the chamber today for #PMQs it must be because seeing our faces makes her mad…
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Push back.
Us Vs Them
How the Far Right taught good people to hate
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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So the Renters Rights Bill has finally passed. S21 evictions will soon be no more. A few reflections on the long road to get to this point 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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"Today is a momentous day" says Housing Minister @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social, rightly proud of the Renters' Rights Bill as it passes its final hurdle without needing a vote.

Waiting for the King's signature in next week or so, when date will be set for ban of Section 21 'no fault' evictions!
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Update: on Wednesday the Commons ~ Renters' Rights Bill –
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part)
~ Builds on the Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the last government but didn't make it through Parliament before the July 2024 general election.
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Kemi Badenoch ignored the former Conservative voters who believe in the rule of law, protecting our home for future generations and human rights for all our people.

With the help of a snazzy van we made sure people could hear a different message in Manchester today.

Join us
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
that is clearly Johnny 5
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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"Farage wants 'free speech'? You got it: that leaflet was racist. Condemn it. Apologise.

And to immigrants: Farage says 'go home'? I say, you 𝘢𝘳𝘦 home."

Wes Streeting calls a Reform UK leaflet suggesting Anas Sarwar would prioritise Pakistanis racist.
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
excellent expose of the far right by Niko Omilana
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez1c...
I Exposed Racists In London
YouTube video by Niko Omilana
www.youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Every time..no matter what the orange dickhead says Fartage has never got the guts to say it's a load of bollocks. This man is an absolute danger to this country
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan:

"Nigel Farage wants to impose Trump's dangerous anti-science agenda here in the UK. Peddling this kind of nonsense is irresponsible and wrong.

"It seems Farage would rather see pregnant women suffer in pain than stand up to his idol Donald Trump."
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#Starfield and no mans sky mentions in #ldconf debate on space ♥️🚀
September 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):

1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party

2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.

(1/x)
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Loving the star trek references in the space debate at #LDconf 🖖
September 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Sure.

I left Twitter because I do not intend to legitimise an Apartheid-nostalgic, Sieg-Heiling, drug-fuelled narcissist by lending my weight to his right wing propaganda platform, knowing that he minimises my reach anyway.

Each to their own though, I suppose.
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Elon Musk is no friend of our United Kingdom. He should be held to account for allowing truly vile and illegal child abuse content on his platform.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Our flag does not belong to one creed or to one race. It belongs to one people, the British people.

We will not let our flag be used to intimidate.
September 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tim farron (and the rest of us) take back the flag from the nationalists at #LDConf 🇬🇧
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.

They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.

They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.

“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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If you have a problem with ABC's Jimmy Kimmel *correctly observing* that the guy who fired at Charlie Kirk was raised his whole life in a far-right—and eventually MAGA—family, but have no problem with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade saying that all homeless people should "just be killed," FUUUUUUUUUCK YOU.
September 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Jimmy Kimmel taken off air for this?! Is that it? As a british politician said this week, CrAvEn CoWaRdS
youtube.com/shorts/Zvd5O...
The moment that got Jimmy Kimmel taken off air
YouTube video by SBS News
youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM