gingerwinger

gingerwinger

@gingerwinger.bsky.social

Old git, northern, lefty, may grow up one day. Probably too late for that now.

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We Own It
@weownit.org.uk

25,000 people have signed our petition calling for Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout. Add your name today. 👉weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout👈

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

Response of Jackie Lederer "Freepost Plus RUHS-YGAJ- TKBL, Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP • Note: Address the envelope as 'membership application'" to "The Royal mail just posted this through my door. Can I send it back where it came from at their expense?" meme

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Katie Phang
@katiephang.bsky.social

NEW: A federal judge has now ruled that former SDNY prosecutor, Maurene Comey, was UNLAWFULLY fired by the Trump DOJ. He orders her retroactive reinstatement and back pay. Comey alleged in her lawsuit that she was fired for politically motivated reasons. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

cnbc.comTrump DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rulesThe judge ordered that Comey, the daughter of ex-FBI director James Comey, be retroactively reinstated to her job as an assistant United States attorney.

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Lady Anytimenow working with Sir Nearlythere
@lady-anytimenow.bsky.social
Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social

Farage caught out in blatant lie He pretends to care about poor people while proposing our NHS replaced by US-style private healthcare where the super-rich get excellent care the well-off go bankrupt the poor left to die "Our NHS is not safe in Nigel Farage’s hands" www.youtube.com/shorts/Q9fnI...

youtube.comOur NHS is not safe in Nigel Farage’s hands.YouTube video by Jo Stevens for Cardiff East

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

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People's Republic of Stokes Croft
@prscbristol.bsky.social

Today we have the work of over 120 artists arriving at the PRSC, for the opening of The People's Art Fair on Thursday evening. It's then on for the following 10 days, with workshops, life- drawing, comedy and more! For have a look, get inspired, get involved!

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

While the far right incite destructive rioting ... "A group of asylum seekers in our area are redecorating the community centre which has welcomed them over the last few months. They also cook food for anyone who visits the centre, and are very welcoming and polite." via Sarah Ha & Linda MacDonald

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Reform Party UK Exposed
@reformexposed.bsky.social

‘I grew up in a household torn apart by abuse… the way Reform leadership has treated me took me right back to that nightmare’: MSP Amanda Bland says toxic treatment forced her to quit party www.sundaypost.com/fp/msp-amand...

sundaypost.comMSP Amanda Bland says toxic treatment forced her to quit ReformAmanda Bland has revealed she quit Reform after what she says were months of intimidation and controlling ­behaviour by Scottish leadership

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘
@chariselee.bsky.social

Drone footage shows thousands of Israeli’s gathered in Tel Aviv for an antigovernment protest, three days before a general election widely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Protesters demanded an independent commission of inquiry into the October 7 failures.

gingerwinger
@gingerwinger.bsky.social

#AIisShite Now it appears AI is working for the global corporations cartel. It is not your friendly advice chum. It is your slimy robber baron lackey stooge. Be very scared.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net

"A.i." is a tool of extraction, not liberation. These fucking products are designed to fuck you over, not help you.

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

How odd that so many Reform UK policies are just like those of the Nazis in the 1930s as they vied for popularity, before revealing their true vicious, brutal, genocidal selves ... meme via Lily Rose

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises concerns over ADHD review. Instead of expanding NHS capacity, govts hand contacts to private providers making vast profits. The same providers meet ministers to influence terms of reviews. More privatisations follow. Public money buys less.

observer.co.uk‘Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises...MPs have pressed senior health officials on links to private companies that earn fortunes from care provision

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Outspoken™️
@out5p0ken.bsky.social

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

gingerwinger
@gingerwinger.bsky.social

FFS @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Get a life. and leave the Tory and Reform political bias in the news where it at least looks relevant. #NeverTrustTheBBCNews. #TorySycophantsCult #NeverTrustaTory #TorySelfServingCult #LowerThanVermin #NeverVoteTory

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe)
@selfe.bsky.social

Just evil!

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com

A private security firm, hired by Reform UK and paid for with public money, has been caught abusing teenage girls by handcuffing them illegally. It's just the latest in a long list of cases where it's obvious that Reform UK, and those supporting them, do not wish to protect women and girls...

youtube.comReform UK: Latest Abuse of Girls Scandal for FarageYouTube video by A Different Bias

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Otto English
@ottoenglish.bsky.social

So the new Reform newspaper - The Reformer - is under the "Editorial Leadership" of Mick Hume - former leading light in the Revolutionary Communist Party, Editor of Living Marxism until it folded after that ITV libel case. As I've said many times ... Farage’s various parties always attract the RCP

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BladeoftheSun
@bladeofthes.bsky.social

The protests have spread to Serbia. That is Spain France Italy Albania Greece Turkey India Indonesia all protesting at the same time. It's time to force the billionaires out of power.

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

They’re not alleging fraud or misconduct. They’re preemptively suing to block certification based on an outcome they haven’t accepted yet. It’s no longer a hypothetical talking point. The Justice Department is officially Trump’s election interference machine.

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Billionaire Reform UK donor was in business with foundation linked to Iranian regime. He is moving his tax residency from Switzerland to the UK to make “regular payments” of more than “one or two million” to the party. Reform for sale to foreign money, made from dubious dealings.

theguardian.comRevealed: billionaire Reform donor was in business with foundation linked to Iranian regimeExclusive: Sasan Ghandehari’s partnership with religious foundation raises questions about past dealings with republic criticised by Nigel Farage

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We Own It
@weownit.org.uk

🔥🔥🔥🔥15,000 people have already signed. Add your name now: weownit.org.uk/stopthebailout We have until Thursday, 29th Oct, to get Andy Burnham to BLOCK THE THAMES WATER BAILOUT Now's the moment. Please sign and share widely.

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Best for Britain
@bestforbritain.org

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 PM: "Have they had the time to read the COVID inquiry report yesterday about the appalling state of social care as it went into the pandemic, the hundreds of thousands of British people who suffered as a result of that, the lives that were lost." "I need no lectures."

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Adrian Littlejohn
@yorksfella59.bsky.social

We were coldly, cynically, systematically lied to Tories, particularly Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock, will forever have the blood of the elderly on their hands. A reminder that Hancock got a lucrative TV gig. And Johnson still rakes cash in for his newspaper column. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

bbc.co.ukCovid inquiry rejects ministers' claims of 'protective ring' around care homes at start of pandemic - follow liveDelays in protecting people in care settings in the UK caused devastating consequences, the report into the sector says.

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

"How many others vote without knowing?' Reform UK's anti-working class policies will make them poorer?? Probably hundreds of thousands And with billionaire paid Reform UK pamphlets full of lies reaching every household it'll take lots face-to-face canvassing to convince them meme via Angel Stroyan

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
@brexitbin.bsky.social

$25 billion! 💥💥💥 This is one of the biggest fines in history — and it cuts to the core of the crooked Brexit ref! The case is about Facebook harvesting data from millions of users and selling it to Cambridge Analytica to generate targeted ads. Cambridge Analytica worked for the Leave camp and Trump.

cbsnews.comMeta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico for misleading consumers about data privacyA jury found that the social media company had deceived consumers for years about its data privacy policies.

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Anti-Reform
@antireform.bsky.social

"Seems they don't learn!" via Paul Hodgson 'This is George Madgwick. He's having a bad day. 👇🏻 He's been featured in the latest BOMBSHELL exposé by ITV - after it turned out he had recruited some VERY interesting boys and girls to help deliver his leaflets for h...' www.facebook.com/groups/69967...

gingerwinger
@gingerwinger.bsky.social

#AIisShite but not always more shite than the humans it has to deal with. Although, to be fair, Republicans rarely identify as humans. #NeverTrustRepublicans #NeverVoteRepublican

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Republican candidate’s campaign website accidentally publishes AI prompt: “The president is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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We Own It
@weownit.org.uk

We are supposed to be a democracy, aren't we? It's time to end this madness. Thames Water's creditors are meeting on Thursday 29th Oct to decide on yet another bailout at our expense Andy Burnham MUST block the bailout. Sign the petition NOW: https://vist.ly/5p7r7

gingerwinger
@gingerwinger.bsky.social

I'm definitely getting the impression that he sits in the White House and everyone around him just nods and tells him everything is going well and just as he has ordered whilst in the backroom everyone ignores the deranged fucker and gets on with stuff. Mind some of their 'stuff' is f*ckin' abysmal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says NATO was "nice enough to give us Greenland. We got Greenland."