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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The NEW Independence Day should be November 3, 2026. I made this pledge back in 2015 when I left the Rapepublican Party.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tories to hand free childcare to those earning more than £100,000, would cost £700m to the public purse. Previously, they pledged cuts to universal credit, housing benefit, support for the long term unemployed. Continuation of the Tory war on less well-off.
theguardian.com
Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The look of love - I think #sophiefromromania is happy we’re home…
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We need more of this
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
🚨Andy Burnham says "every option" is on the table for the UK-EU relationship. The country's made it clear what option he should take. Our polling with YouGov shows more than 99% of GB constituencies want EU membership. Now we need your help to get us all the way there. 👇
bestforbritain.org
Help us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
French President Emmanuel Macron: "If the British want to come back and if the Prime Minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans." ♥️
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ah, there's the rub
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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.
leftfootforward.org
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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
📈 Only one policy option gets £92bn in growth. 💪 Only one policy option boosts our exports by £43bn every single year. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to rejoin the EU. And the EU needs Britain.
independent.co.uk
Burnham says he could go ‘all the way’ and rejoin European Union in Brexit warning
PM said one option was to back George Osborne’s call, made in an interview with The Independent, to rejoin the EU custom
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"If Burnham follows through and this programme is visibly making headway by the next election, then he may well get to oversee the fruits of his 10-year plan."
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
Andy Burnham at Labour Party Conference
There was something for almost everyone. Andy Burnham's speech at Labour conference was what most of the party's voters were hoping for. It ...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It violates federal appropriations laws that prohibit government funds from being used on “propaganda,” as well as the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from engaging in political activities while on the job. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"We're ending the injustice of leasehold." Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says Labour will be capping and then scrapping ground rents for leaseholders
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone's vote counts. And everyone's voice is heard."
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am so happy about what I am hearing that I have lost the ability to speak
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏
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Just A Grandmom🇺🇸 @grandmompa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm on board with this. Along with very lengthy prison terms for treason.
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TVMan @tvman35.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everything #TrumpTheFelon touches turns to shit.
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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026
SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Newsnight 1030pm LIVE @BBCTwo @BBCNews • the biggest political gamble of Andy Burnham’s career so far? The triple lock will go by 2030 to help pay for a new national care service for England. Would YOU support that at the next gen elex?
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pictures like this give me hope. 💙💙💙
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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham: “Brexit hasn’t given us control.” How many years have we been waiting for a Labour leader to say this? #Labour26 #LPC26
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think there should be a museum of shame, that shows every atrocity, broken law, corruption and treasonous act. It should be a cautionary tale to anyone who wants to follow in his footsteps.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 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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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
The correct answer to hate ♥️
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
🤔 Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he now hosts his own weekly primetime show on GB News. 🚨Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. 👇 Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sir John Curtice’s average of recent polling puts Rejoin on 61% among people expressing a preference, compared with 39% who would stay outside. He also warns those figures could tighten once the terms of membership became part of a real campaign. How would you vote today?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🔥 Mark Carney officially has the highest approval rating in Canadian history - a 70% approval rate. Carney’s EU moves have gone down well!
cultmtl.com
Mark Carney officially has the highest approval rating in Canadian history
Prime Minister Mark Carney now holds the highest recorded approval rating in Canadian history, achieved earlier this month in a study by Spark Insights.
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Michael @michaelr12.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every Democrat running in this Election should say “I’m…. and I approve this message” thanks Ted
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“New alliances, new security measures, a new way of seeing rooted in the realities of the time.”
chadbourn.substack.com
Canada And The EU Come Together
The world decouples from America
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Hanzas
Learn more here.
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this experimental car t-cell therapy is something. a 3-year-old boy's massive, metastatic liver cancer (that spread to lungs/bones) fully regressed after two doses. car t usually tackles blood cancers, so this for a solid tumor is a significant step, with no toxicity.
sciencealert.com
A 3-Year-Old's Metastatic Cancer Disappeared After Two Doses of Experimental Therapy
Researchers have reported an extraordinary case where an experimental CAR T-cell therapy led to the complete disappearance of metastatic liver cancer in a three-year-old boy. This breakthrough is part
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Susan Park @susanpark60.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We in other countries just don’t understand you couldn’t see what we saw.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Chiltern Railways will be nationalised this weekend, becoming the latest train company to come under government ownership." www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/chi....
ianvisits.co.uk
Chiltern Railways to be nationalised this weekend
The train company will enter public ownership on Sunday, with more trains, extra seats and refurbished stations promised — but a union dispute awaits its new owner.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’; accompanied by deregulation of the City, weaken the authority of the courts. That would be the return on donations by the super-rich. Cost borne by the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate; cuts to public services.
theguardian.com
Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’
Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says
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andyiow.bsky.social @andyiow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can I urge our PM, Andy Burnham, to IGNORE the promises made by the Government at the Election. That was then, since when so much has happened to change the political situation here. I believe we need new ring-fenced taxes to support Defence and provide funds to support more apprenticeships.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/09/2026
Carney is treating the EU as the strategic asset it is, and the UK must do the same, going much further than the status quo to signal our intention to apply for membership. Voters want it, our economy needs it, and Burnham can deliver it.
independent.co.uk
UK urged to follow Canada’s example as it looks set to be ‘associate member’ of EU
Canada’s PM Mark Carney is pivoting to Europe amid his country’s trade war with Donald Trump
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A true hero 💔👇
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