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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
This is the book corporate America does not want you to read — which is exactly why you should pick up a copy.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 35m
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Kathryn Schoon reports on Andy Burnham’s good vibes from the annual Labour conference
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Labour dares to hope in Liverpool
Plus: is an early election brewing?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 13h
"Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the system, reached historically low combined storage in July, with experts warning that the Colorado River Basin is facing increasingly difficult conditions."
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1h
President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 19m
Reform UK Slump To 18-Month Opinion Poll Low In Latest Blow For Nigel Farage www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
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Reform UK Slump To 18-Month Opinion Poll Low In Latest Blow For Nigel Farage
The party is now in third place behind Labour and the Tories.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First thing I saw outside Labour conference today, mobile sign calling on Burnham to ditch Palantir…
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4h
'I am saying that Brexit has caused more harm than good. I think about 6 out of 10 of the public agree with that' says Andy Burnham on Today More a failure than a success 57% More a success thsn a failure 21% New @britishfuture.bsky.social study of what the public think now
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 18h
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5h
This mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Photo of Burnham waving to the audience in front of HOPE AGAIN backdrop Burnham was not going to die wondering. He knew he might be delivering one of the longest suicide notes in history, but he did it anyway. Because he couldn't not do it. Better to go down remaining true to his principles than being slowly airbrushed out of history like the previous six prime ministers. Failures all. Andy was prepared to burn through all his political capital right there in Liverpool, right then. Not just for his own legacy but for a country he wanted to rebuild. It was the only way he could look himself in the mirror.
Honour his parents.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 3h
What is Nigel Farage is as usual missing is facts, evidence, rational reasoning which he again replaces with a spewed out mish-mash of racist rumour, anti-migrant bias, anti-Muslim hate, peppered with umpteen outright lies meme via We Demand UK
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3h
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4h
This is promising. The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC. 🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5h
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 3h
... and I suspect after another 3,750 days Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson will still refuse to apologise for all the Brexit benefit lies they told us meme via We Demand UK
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 1h
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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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 14h
Seriously 💥 😡🙄
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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1h
It's amazing what this reveals about their mindset: "We are a political party and there is a proposal from the government to change something that will have a profound effect on politics in this country so NO we will not take part in any discussions about it." 🙄
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 1h
Tories rule out taking party in Burnham's proposed cross-party commission on electoral reform - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1h
Actually pretty funny when you consider that they could benefit significantly from this.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11h
Black text that reads:

229 new affordable homes are coming to the Bronx.

We just broke ground on Sol on Park:
• 80 homes for current NYCHA residents
• 69 homes for formerly homeless seniors
• 79 homes for low- and middle-income seniors
• 8,000 sq. ft. of community space, including a health and wellness center 

This is what’s possible when we invest in NYCHA and use the power of government to build a City where New Yorkers come first.
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 5h
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.. bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 3h
#NigelFarage has been named Terrorists’ PR Professional of the Year after once again demonstrating that people can be made to #fear a terrorist attack without terrorists even having to organise one. #ReformPanic
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h
Things that Senator Eric Schmitt always confuses: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Atlanta Hawks. A John Deer Tractor vs. A Dear John Letter. Washington State vs. Washington DC. Gorrillas vs. Guerrillas. Duke University’s Blue Devils vs. Arizona State University’s Sun Devils.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2h
I'm very happy to see a viable pathway back to EU membership. My heart is sinking in my chest at the idea that I will once again spend a lot of time reading and talking about customs checks and regulatory barriers.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 3h
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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Stevie Kilner @1steviekilner.bsky.social · 4h
Man City’s top lawyer mounting a robust defence and providing a full explanation to each of the charges from the Premier League. #ManCity #PremierLeague
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2h
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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acedance.bsky.social @acedance.bsky.social · 25m
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Five takeaways from Andy Burnham's Labour conference speech
Big policy announcements and emotional moments as the prime minister delivers a speech to Labour's conference.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 22h
"A common argument I hear in favor of wealth taxes is about the ability of wealthy people to leverage their assets as a form of untaxed income. … If it is true that the asset-rich are skirting taxes with loans, the obvious solution is to close the loophole." www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...
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Tax the Wealthy, Not Wealth
Don’t miss the forest for the tallest trees.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22h
Andy Burnham confirms that VAT will be removed from electricity bills starting this Thursday
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"
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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your non-critical-thinking base will be "missing something" Nige but that's the point is't it! The Fairford men had not been charged. Thomas had. One decision was made by police during active investigation. The other was made by a court after criminal proceedings had begun. Check out Bail Act 1976!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Angela Rayner, "In the past few weeks the Prime Minister Andy Burnham and I promised a route off the street for every rough sleeper by Christmas" My view: This is an enormously consequential commitment if it is delivered.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22h
🚨BREAKING🚨 "Caring for other people's parents on poverty pay, but doing it with huge skill, humor, and humanity, holding a threadbare system somehow together, yet invisible to the political class of this country" "I want to speak directly today to our care workers. You are not invisible to me."
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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 22h
Burnham: Biggest national building prog since WWII Public ownership of utilities 10yr programme to bring down energy costs - break link to intl gas price. Great British Grid part of GBE VAT off electricity bill this Thursday statement of intention. BUT delivery? Voters are impatient
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20h
We can all argue about Burnham's speech but it meant girl twin asking me what the triple lock was and boy twin asking me what my preferred form of PR is. So it's done its work.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026
Hey hot take but I actually don’t give a fuck if expelling a rapist from school “ruins his future”
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21h
A Prime Minister seeking to fix this country's pressing problems and the broken politics and stagnant consensus that underpins so much of it... A PM promising real improvements rather than unicorns sunlit uplands and an agenda of hate... Who knows? This could be catching.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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acedance.bsky.social @acedance.bsky.social · 19h
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South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon
District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated
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acedance.bsky.social @acedance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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acedance.bsky.social @acedance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Andy Burnham to unveil public body to invest in electricity grid
The prime minister will say he wants to reduce energy costs in his first conference speech as Labour leader.
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