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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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For context, £2.2 billion is over twice the annual budget for the city of Manchester council.

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Joe Scaramanga @joescaramanga.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Danny Thomas's lawyer looks expensive. Doesn't look like the sort of lawyer who'd normally involve himself in a petty criminal damage case. I wonder who's paying for that. www.25bedfordrow.com/site/people/...

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Simon Pentol KC - 25 Bedford Row

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Polanski’s “tax the rich” is the same as Badenoch’s “cut benefits”, a one-size-fits-all funding source that appeals to their prejudice but would never generate anything like the money they claim, and prevents them ever having to engage with serious politics

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The automatic Polanski post generator’s malfunctioning.

Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Two things about a National Care Service is ditching the triple-lock for double ½ lock won't fully fund it and you will need higher levels of migration to have a big enough workforce.

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amazing contrast to Starmer's buttoned up style as Burnham delivers his speech stripped to the waist and covered in peanut butter, repeatedly diving into the audience

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Quick, does anyone know a team or maybe 4-5 guys who might be able to get some from somewhere?

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why is a guy going on trial for rape allowed to travel out of the country?

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Owen Jones, or as he’s forever known to me, Fisher Price’s My First Socialist.

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Crying at how the new intern at work was born in 2005 and knows about the Blair government because "we studied it in sociology".

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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t remember anyone dismissing objections to the invasion of Ukraine as “hypocrisy” except tankies and friends of the Kremlin.

In addition to destabilising the region, these interventions weakened the foundations of the international legal system. As Jones points out, a precedent was set when Nato bombed Yugoslavia without UN security council authorisation in 1999; the 2003 invasion of Iraq, also without authorisation, further undermined the UN. So when Vladimir Putin subsequently invaded Ukraine on his own dubious pretext, western objections could be dismissed as hypocrisy. Perhaps the most ignominious example of

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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Flashback to when the Sensible Centrist Dad ones on Twitter As Was were making fun of that 'maaaaate' campaign & I was sat thinking 'yeah but it fucking works, though, peer pressure from other men works, have you gents tried it or if I look at your following list will I still see N1ck Coh3n there?'

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Wordle 1,928 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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“The best thing to happen to Labour since 2010” isn’t saying much.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Imagine being called Randy Fine, though.

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A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

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No, given the context, some blokes nicking fuel would be an obvious suspect.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 1979, Peter Cook wasn't too happy about the way things were going in the Jeremy Thorpe trial - and decided to say so... timworthington.org/2024/02/15/e...

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Entirely A Matter For You

In 1979, Peter Cook wasn’t very happy about events in the Jeremy Thorpe trial – and decided to say so…

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like the other Five Guys, the result was unpleasantly salty.

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said the former Russia Today favourite & Putin-admirer who was caught on camera accepting money from fake overseas donors, without a hint of irony

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Turned out it was both, and everyone else who said anything.

Never trust the most vocal eyewitness.

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It really doesn’t help that the segment of the electorate that spent years going on about ‘strong defence’ is now infected with the GB News/Reform/Restore virus and has never had the enormous contradiction in this successfully pointed out to them.

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it will never not be wild to me that Russia tried to poison two people on British soil and in the process managed to murder a British woman and under any other circumstances this would be an act of war but nothing happened.

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The bit I’m looking forward to finding out is who was wrong: Trump for saying they’d been under surveillance for ages, or the farmer for taking all the credit for their capture?

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There is no tragedy or incident which Farage wouldn't use to further his own interests, especially if it can whip up fear and anger - under a pretense of "just asking questions"

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Which, predictably and not for the first time during this sort of incident, was bollocks.

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Ain't no rules says a dog can't be Prime Minister

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Those moments where you’re reminded that Wes Streeting is Defence Secretary just make you think we’re fucked.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Enid Blyton’s stuff is getting darker and darker.

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This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm

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This would be fine were it not accompanied by the running-into-the-ground of already successful sectors like universities and the arts in a systematic attempt to convince people who will never vote Labour that the government is on their side.

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Also, as Ben says, the silence around this massive gap (not only in pure monetary terms but in skills and workforce pressures) is shocking in itself. Just an acceptance that shooting ones leg off to appease voters who will never vote for them is worth the cost.

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