@mazziegtr34.bsky.social
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If rampant nativism and the self-immolating Labour party do somehow conspire to put Farage's brownshirts in Number 10, this substanceless dross should become a case study in how the fourth estate comprehensively failed us all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If rampant nativism and the self-immolating Labour party do somehow conspire to put Farage's brownshirts in Number 10, this substanceless dross should become a case study in how the fourth estate comprehensively failed us all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Superb 👏👏👇
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Superb 👏👏👇
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Nearly there on our push for 1,984 new monthly supporters to help us resist the tech barons and the far right. Still need 368 more people. Want to sign up? See link in bio
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nearly there on our push for 1,984 new monthly supporters to help us resist the tech barons and the far right. Still need 368 more people. Want to sign up? See link in bio
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I often stumble upon fascinating, niche histories on #Bluesky - which is why this place is so refreshing to me.
The history of women cyclists – an uphill climb to equality
theconversation.com/the-history-...
theconversation.com/the-history-...
The history of women cyclists – an uphill climb to equality
When women were portrayed cycling, they were often eroticised and undressed.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I often stumble upon fascinating, niche histories on #Bluesky - which is why this place is so refreshing to me.
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Yeah “we just clear out the whole thing” is called “ethnic cleansing” Donald. Happy to help.
Trump proposes relocating Palestinians of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan
Trump proposes relocating Palestinians of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan
'We just clean out that whole thing,' suggested US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters, an idea that for Palestinians would evoke the dark memory of mass displacement during Israel's creation.
www.lemonde.fr
January 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Yeah “we just clear out the whole thing” is called “ethnic cleansing” Donald. Happy to help.
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In a world of Kid Rocks and Carrie Underwoods, be a Woody Guthrie.
January 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In a world of Kid Rocks and Carrie Underwoods, be a Woody Guthrie.
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Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams
January 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams
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One puzzling question is why it just took so long for the DoJ to prosecute Trump, thereby ultimately running out of time.
This CNN piece seems to be a good explainer.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/p...
This CNN piece seems to be a good explainer.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/p...
The lost year: How Merrick Garland’s Justice Department ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6 | CNN Politics
Several months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, FBI investigators began pursuing a tantalizing tip suggesting that Donald Trump had possibly met with members of the Proud Boys, the...
edition.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
One puzzling question is why it just took so long for the DoJ to prosecute Trump, thereby ultimately running out of time.
This CNN piece seems to be a good explainer.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/p...
This CNN piece seems to be a good explainer.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/p...
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This really is terrifying
“In an illustration of how extremist ideas can rapidly become normal with a little rhetorical resonance from the party’s friends across the Atlantic, the AfD’s national leaders, who used to avoid uttering the word “remigration” are now fully embracing the term”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Germany’s far right seeks electoral legitimacy from Trump administration
The AfD is using Elon Musk’s endorsement to reach out to Donald Trump — and to appear more acceptable at home ahead of a national election.
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This really is terrifying
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The fact that so many are being taken in by an insane pitch from right wing politicians that the UK needs to leave the ECHR - based on a wildly inaccurate & misleading premise - is an indictment of UK media’s inability to call it out
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Former Tory Brexit Secretary joins insane call for UK to leave ECHR.
My latest film explains why joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR will do nothing to stop small boats & it will undermine all our rights
Please watch & share
youtu.be/RlxcYDYFGJ0?...
My latest film explains why joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR will do nothing to stop small boats & it will undermine all our rights
Please watch & share
youtu.be/RlxcYDYFGJ0?...
Former Tory Brexit Secretary joins call for UK to leave ECHR - hold onto your seats
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The fact that so many are being taken in by an insane pitch from right wing politicians that the UK needs to leave the ECHR - based on a wildly inaccurate & misleading premise - is an indictment of UK media’s inability to call it out
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
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You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?
This week’s controversy can be traced back to a vicious online campaign that has terrified politicians – but struggled to substantiate its claims
manchestermill.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
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The leader of Germany's far right AfD says the Nazis are 'communists'.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I ripped this lie apart in this video (from 2023) 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2biE...
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I ripped this lie apart in this video (from 2023) 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2biE...
January 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The leader of Germany's far right AfD says the Nazis are 'communists'.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I ripped this lie apart in this video (from 2023) 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2biE...
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I ripped this lie apart in this video (from 2023) 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2biE...
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Reposting this for our friends north of the border! Every Bylines needs a team of volunteers to run it. Get in touch if you can help 🙏
January 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reposting this for our friends north of the border! Every Bylines needs a team of volunteers to run it. Get in touch if you can help 🙏
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Excellent. UK unis leaving X.
“A Reuters survey on Tuesday showed several universities have scaled back usage of X to the bare minimum or quit completely, following scores of academics who have left the platform.”
“A Reuters survey on Tuesday showed several universities have scaled back usage of X to the bare minimum or quit completely, following scores of academics who have left the platform.”
UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk's X, citing misinformation on platform
Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fuelled race riots last year.
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Excellent. UK unis leaving X.
“A Reuters survey on Tuesday showed several universities have scaled back usage of X to the bare minimum or quit completely, following scores of academics who have left the platform.”
“A Reuters survey on Tuesday showed several universities have scaled back usage of X to the bare minimum or quit completely, following scores of academics who have left the platform.”
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Facts are dead. Cooool.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
January 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Facts are dead. Cooool.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
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Boris Johnson is terrified that we will ditch Brexit, rebuild the UK with the EU, do well economically and…
…that will show him for the fraud he is.
…that will show him for the fraud he is.
December 15, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Boris Johnson is terrified that we will ditch Brexit, rebuild the UK with the EU, do well economically and…
…that will show him for the fraud he is.
…that will show him for the fraud he is.
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"It seems to be socially acceptable to suggest that America is ‘not ready’ to elect a woman, meanwhile electing an openly sexist man instead."
By Andrea Lewis, a final year journalism student at Sheffield University. She was inspired to study this through her interests in politics and feminism 💙
By Andrea Lewis, a final year journalism student at Sheffield University. She was inspired to study this through her interests in politics and feminism 💙
How the US Election will see sexism change our political landscape
It seems to be socially acceptable to suggest that America is ‘not ready’ to elect a woman, meanwhile electing an openly sexist man instead. With the anti-trans, pro-life Donald Trump reclaiming the t...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM
"It seems to be socially acceptable to suggest that America is ‘not ready’ to elect a woman, meanwhile electing an openly sexist man instead."
By Andrea Lewis, a final year journalism student at Sheffield University. She was inspired to study this through her interests in politics and feminism 💙
By Andrea Lewis, a final year journalism student at Sheffield University. She was inspired to study this through her interests in politics and feminism 💙
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Yup - now on 19.8K, so only 200 followers away.
Do something amazing this evening and follow them. 🙃👇
Do something amazing this evening and follow them. 🙃👇
Amazing, looks like @bylinesscotland.bsky.social are going to be the first Bylines to pass 20K followers, can they do it this weekend?
If you're interested in joining their team as an editor, proofreader, writer, photographer etc then please email editor@bylines.scot and help spread the word
If you're interested in joining their team as an editor, proofreader, writer, photographer etc then please email editor@bylines.scot and help spread the word
December 15, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Yup - now on 19.8K, so only 200 followers away.
Do something amazing this evening and follow them. 🙃👇
Do something amazing this evening and follow them. 🙃👇
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Kemi Badenoch tells viewers today that only the Conservatives can be trusted to negotiate trade deals which protect our farmers…so let’s take a look at those New Zealand and Australia deals they struck
CPTPP membership is going to be so “amazing” that Rishi Sunak’s government predicted it would grow the economy by a tiny 0.08% (it later emerged that even that may be an overestimate) and that was after 15 years of membership!
Contrast 4% loss of GDP due to Brexit
youtu.be/FR4m8rop98E?...
Contrast 4% loss of GDP due to Brexit
youtu.be/FR4m8rop98E?...
Kemi Badenoch says post Brexit CPTPP membership she negotiated is “amazing” - hold onto your seats!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch tells viewers today that only the Conservatives can be trusted to negotiate trade deals which protect our farmers…so let’s take a look at those New Zealand and Australia deals they struck
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If a two year old child had been killed by some scrote riding a bike (stolen or otherwise) it would be prime news and phone in fodder for a month
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Boy, 2, dies and two critical after hit-and-run in Smethwick
Two adults remain in a serious condition in hospital and another two are stable after the crash.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM
If a two year old child had been killed by some scrote riding a bike (stolen or otherwise) it would be prime news and phone in fodder for a month
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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A majority of Brexit supporters now want to accept free movement in exchange for a return to the single market. Will this finally rid Labour of its Brexit bogeyman?
East Anglia Bylines’ acerbic political diarist, Pecksniff, asks this and other thorny questions...
East Anglia Bylines’ acerbic political diarist, Pecksniff, asks this and other thorny questions...
Pecksniff: Brexit support collapses, so Labour’s last excuse has gone
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 6:57 AM
A majority of Brexit supporters now want to accept free movement in exchange for a return to the single market. Will this finally rid Labour of its Brexit bogeyman?
East Anglia Bylines’ acerbic political diarist, Pecksniff, asks this and other thorny questions...
East Anglia Bylines’ acerbic political diarist, Pecksniff, asks this and other thorny questions...
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Suspect we'll hear rather a lot less about this today than we did when it was was people protesting against catastrophic climate change, rather than the right to hang onto their multimillion pound inheritances
Ok tractors are blocking ambulances in central London now by Waterloo. Not deliberately, but it's having an impact
December 11, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Suspect we'll hear rather a lot less about this today than we did when it was was people protesting against catastrophic climate change, rather than the right to hang onto their multimillion pound inheritances
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This should worry us all. Reform UK's new Treasurer has revealed he spoke to Elon Musk this morning following suggestions the tech tycoon could make a multi-million-pound donation to Nigel Farage's party
December 10, 2024 at 6:36 PM
This should worry us all. Reform UK's new Treasurer has revealed he spoke to Elon Musk this morning following suggestions the tech tycoon could make a multi-million-pound donation to Nigel Farage's party