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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 1h

The embedded document has been updated to today (30 Sept 2026)

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Second Reading @commonslibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Renters’ reform in England - What’s happening and when? commonslibrary.parliament.uk/resear…

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 2h

NEW VIDEO: Health Secretary Yvette Cooper slams former South Cambridgeshire MP and ex-Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, at Labour's conference earlier over his flawed and wasteful reforms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9rb... From 1h18m

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WATCH LIVE: Wednesday at Labour Party Conference 2026

YouTube video by Labour Party

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 2h

Peterborough councillors are discussing their proposed local plan on Thurs 01 Oct democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/ieListDocume... ***Big ambitions*** on culture, leisure & tourism esp venues

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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 3h

In Burnham’s speech he referenced the democratic accountability of councils versus other social housing providers. Expect us to spend more time analysing this in the next while . There is a question here because many councils actually have failing grades from the regulator 🫠

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 3h

"The Committee was concerned to hear that the number of WPQs they submit is being used as a performance metric for MPs' relative level of activity and that WPQs are sometimes being used for routine research that a Member’s own staff or the Commons Library could better undertake."

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House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk · 3h

The House of Commons Procedure Committee has recently published a report examining how well the Written Parliamentary Questions system is working in the Commons.

Graphic featuring a portrait of Cat Smith MP alongside a quote from her about the recent Procedure Committee report about Written Parliamentary Questions. The text reads: "Written Parliamentary Questions are an important tool for MPs, allowing us to obtain accurate information on matters of public interest, and scrutinise the government. In our latest Report, my Committee recommends system changes to ensure Written Parliamentary Questions better serve this core purpose."

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Belle de jour @bowman120.bsky.social · 5h

This was what was missing from announcements under the Starmer govnt eg WFA, farming IHT changes - no argument for why they were a good idea, or what other positives they could fund. No narrative, just we are making savings because country is hard up. And RW press made hay….

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suepurseglove.bsky.social @suepurseglove.bsky.social · 5h

The super-rich are profiting from the cost-of-living crisis. While our energy bills rose by 50%, the super-rich who make their money from energy have seen their wealth grow by 20%. Demand that the UK government taxes extreme wealth with @waronwant.bsky.social: secure.waronwant.org/page/201460/...

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Stop the Super-Rich Profiting from the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Tax extreme wealth now

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Jo @jo4070.bsky.social · 5h

But as callers to James Obrien's show have highlighted, an overnight hospital bed costs around £1700. Residential care, private equity run at the shocking price of £7000 to £9000 a month comes out at only £250 to £300 a night to compare🤗. We need to free up hospital beds & provide some of the cost

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 7h

such a good eg of why political argument matters - polling previously showed over 60% support for keeping triple lock. Argue to unlock it *for something people also want* & numbers can change. (Obv can change back again if someone makes a good argument against, but either way, politics=argument)

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 6h

I like that Magyar is just calling the de-Orbánisation process ‘Operation Purge’. No pissing about with cutesy names like ‘Renewing Hungary’ or ‘Building our Shared Future Together’. Just ‘Operation Purge’.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 5h

Thorough and nuanced engagement in Lisa Nandy's conference sketch on the deep challenges facing Britain's cultural sector.

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 17h

NEW BLOGPOST: "Looking at refreshed developer pitches published in 2026 that so far have not made it into the draft local plan" cambridgetownowl.com/2026/09/30/l... Zombified for much of the day then fell down a town planning rabbit hole. With added guide to see who wanted (but didn't get) what

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 17h

Thread from Labour Minister highlighting the Tories repeating the fun and games of William Hague's leadership in the late 1990s where shortly after announcing the Tory position, backbenchers went and undermined it. Or had already made the case for the opposite of what the party leadership later said

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Six elements of disinformation campaigns: 1) opportunist messenger(s) 2) incentives 3) intentionally misleading narrative(s) 4) targeted dissemination channel(s) 5) targeted vulnerable audience 6) exploitation to reward incentives www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhAz...

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Disinformation Campaigns: how are they structured, what are the incentives, and when are they used?

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 23h

Findings have been made, City are appealing and nothing is certain at this stage. Consequently, any comment on criminal liability is pure speculation. But if hypothetically a football club were to have been found guilty of providing inaccurate financial information and payments to players…

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 23h

The authorities, including perhaps the Serious Fraud Office, might want to consider: Fraud by false representation, under the Fraud Act 2006. False Accounting, under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968. Various offences under the Companies Act. Various offences under the Bribery Act.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We have been working on these stories for a decade now and the Independent Commission has now ruled. Even if some technicality appears, several different bodies have now discovered rampant cheating underpinned the emergence and success of the team that redefined English football. Seismic.

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Alan Renwick @alanrenwick.bsky.social · 23h

Immediate thoughts on Andy Burnham's announcement today of a national commission on electoral reform. Doing this process well will be really important. theconversation.com/if-he-wants-...

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If he wants to secure legitimacy for electoral reform, Andy Burnham must stick to these rules

Involving both the public and all parties in shaping reforms on how they vote will be crucial.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/09/2026

The Wild West approach to dockless e-bikes cannot continue. I'm setting out my plan to improve safety and data sharing, tackle poor parking and create consistent standards across London. TfL licensing is the key to making these schemes safer and better managed.

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Sadiq Khan announces London-wide crackdown on e-bikes 'Wild West'

Mayor of London lays out plans for a licensing scheme for e-bike operators in the capital amid anger at badly parked or abandoned bikes

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A number of people who I know disagree profoundly with parts of Burnham’s speech were nonetheless enraptured by it. That, ultimately, is the only thing that gives the party a chance of being re-elected in 2029.

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Amy Gray @amygraywrites.bsky.social · 23h

We could also have family carriages like they do on several European train networks

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We shouldn't have a Quiet Carriage on the train. We should have a NoisyCcarriage. If you want to watch or listen to the phone without headphones, or have loud and never-ending conversations, you go and sit in the Noisy Carriage. The rest of the train is de facto Quiet. Who's with me?

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I say again, this conduct is fundamentally incompatible with CFG remaining the owners of a Premier League club. bsky.app/profile/ugly...

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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 29/09/2026

“A union of nations that gave trade unions and the co-operative movement to the world.” Our first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister on the Britain he loves: a country of solidarity, not separation.

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham says the next election will be contested on a promise to change the electoral system, essentially to something of a PR system

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

aaaand finally a commission on electoral reform, which will go down well with the Green waverers holborn & st pancras (NB Burnham has always been committed to this, not suggesting otherwise, but the timing is helpful)

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

" A hectare of agricultural land in England is valued at around £23,000. Once residential planning permission has been granted, it shoots up in value to about £2.67 million per hectare." demos.co.uk/research/a-n... By @demos-uk.bsky.social

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A New Civic Generation: How to capture value for communities in new developments

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

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Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Statement from @bencooper1995.bsky.social following the Prime Minister’s announcement on plans to crack down on slum landlords.

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

...& repeal of the Thatcher ban on public ownership of water companies (not quite the instant nationalisation some wanted but audience still v excited), Speeding up the breaking of the link between electricity prices & gas market sounds boring meanwhile but it's the route to cheaper electricity.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 29/09/2026

1945: The thrifty British sell the contents of the German embassy in London. Sounds like a lovely auction room. 😬

Hitler Lovers
Buy Nazi Flags
London. Nov. 28—(AP)-Two Nazi flags, bought at auction at the former German embassy in London, were apparently on their way tonight to Kingdom house, headquarters of the Legion of Christian Reformers, a new organization which London newspapers said regards Hitler as "a divine instrument."
The flags were removed by a Mr
A. Wilson who said he intended to present them to the. Christian Re-formers, which received wide publicity in British papers yesterday in connec tion with the auction of a huge granite bust of Hitler.
The bust was bought by Capt R.
Gordon-Canning, former member of the British Union of Fascists, for $2000 after spirited bidding. Gordon-Canning, who was imprisoned for two years during the war under defense regulations, told reporters the bust might "go back to Germany in about 25 years time."

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t remember such a collapse in funding being in anyone’s manifesto… 👀

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did said ex-Cabinet Minister not read The Bash Street Kids in The Beano in the last Millennium? For that is a policy millions of children can make lots of mischief with! 😁

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Was that #GBeebies headline generated by a random headline generator? Or AI? “[Politician] will risk [X] against [Quantity] of hardworking [Cohort of people] in speech today”

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ICYMI: The PM is announcing a new publicly-owned ‘GB Grid’ to "rewire public control into Britain’s energy system and drive down costs" Labour: Greater public control of energy will be a major theme of the Prime Minister’s Labour Party conference speech at 2pm

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide".

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 29/09/2026

It’s time to stop being polite about the triple lock. It's not fiscally sustainable for the State Pension to grow faster than earnings indefintiely. State Pension spending accounts for nearly half the projected increase in social security spending by 2029-30 ➡️ buff.ly/FY93tV6

chart showing that State Pension spending accounts for nearly half of the projected increase in social security spending by 2029-30. Of a total £30.5bn social security spending, the state pension is projected to be £13.8bn, with £2.2bn spent on pensioner other.

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