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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 10h

“Hegseth’s speech proved, yet again, that he is manifestly unfit for his job.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy

His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

Hegseth: "We need students of western civilization and the pillars of our republic. Leaders who understand the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of anthems -- Athens. The power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18h

WTF is Trumpworld doing here?

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23h

If the Baltic states, the UK and France are not invited to discuss the state of NATO with the USA, then the other European NATO states should refuse to attend as well. European security needs to be seen as a whole, only Putin (and Trump) wants to divide it up. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting

Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 21h

You know, children, there was a time, not so long ago, when serious journalists - even right wing propagandists cosplaying objectivity - would applaud an experienced, even-tempered Foreign Secretary, like Hague or Hammond, being a bit dry, rather than jumping on stuff as if they were Perez Hilton.

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"Incident".
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...

The Law Society
Gazette

In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Amichai Chikli, minister of diaspora affairs in Israel says British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (like New York Mayor Mandami) is a dangerous Islamist. The occasion for this prejudice is new phase of community sponsorship of refugees (begun by David Cameron 2016) + Likud's election campaign

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference

bylinetimes.com

Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Joining the International of Rogue States, the axis of corruption…:

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 30/09/2026

Israeli minister calls Shabana Mahmood an Islamist, because erm, erm, erm

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026

Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.

Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...

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Most TV is Just This Now

YouTube video by Michael Spicer

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This deserves an honourary knighthood

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So let’s see practical steps to rejoin asap. As global insecurity grows, anything less simply won’t do

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JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The early bird sale for the JUSTICE Annual Conference ends tomorrow! 'AI & Human Rights' - one of the many breakout sessions available for attendees to attend on the day. Tickets are almost sold out - grab yours before the sale ends: justice.org.uk/events/annua...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I didn’t believe it at first, either. (via David Sacks)

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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blayneydeborah.bsky.social @blayneydeborah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice. The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power'

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 30/09/2026

❗“The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations,” write 3 former Independent Reviewers of Terrorism Legislation👇 🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social “Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.”

lawgazette.co.uk

The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations

Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

George is quite right on this. I discovered via FOI requests that just 5% of all woodland creation grants go to support natural regeneration of trees, and 95% to tree planting. I’ll continue to push DEFRA to fix this. www.theguardian.com/environment/... bsky.app/profile/geor...

theguardian.com

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’

Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026

"It is clear that Labour needs the Greens to keep them in check everyday to push them towards the real transformation this country needs." @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the Prime Minister's speech at Labour conference.

HOPE IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN, IT NEEDS TO MEAN REAL CHANGE

ZACK POLANSKI
LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY

"Unlike his predecessor, we have a PM who talks like he gets it. But sadly like his predecessor he isn’t prepared to break from the powerful and wealthy interests that have created an inequality, affordability and a climate crisis.

Hope is not just a slogan, it needs to mean real change. The speech today had no wealth taxes, no rent controls, no water nationalisation and a strong hint of more North Sea drilling.

It is disappointing that we have a country ready to break from the last 40 years, a Labour government with the majority to do it, and yet what we see are more half measures, reannouncements and tinkering."

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party, London SE1P 6YL

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It only feels “radically progressive” because we’ve spent 40 years normalising radically regressive ideas. This was broadly how Britain worked from 1945–79, when average GDP growth was 2.6% a year — compared with 1.9% in the post-Thatcher years. It works www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’

PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’

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Lewis Call @lewiscall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Greens are the only party who will give Britain what we need: rent controls, wealth tax, clean energy, nationalised water. They are also the only party that will stand against the far-right racists who are trying to tear our country apart. Vote Zack Polanski for Holborn & St Pancras MP!

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blayneydeborah.bsky.social @blayneydeborah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And why Burnham signalled several progressive shifts to challenge the Green Party in his conference speech yesterday? A cynical ploy to hamper threat of @zackpolanski.bsky.social becoming MP for Holborne & St Pancras? But if Labour wins by-election Burnham may roll back on pledges like Starmer did?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A very good start. The unions should make clear that there should be no retrospection - any changes to settlement should only apply to new arrivals. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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How migration reforms could be watered down - as Mahmood plans talks on concessions

The Home Secretary is weighing up how to soften indefinite leave to remain changes

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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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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mahmood on "earned settlement": deliberately bland. No explanation of why punishing workers who have been here legally for 5+ years with ongoing insecurity (and in many cases kicking them out of the country) would be "fair" to British workers "and the young".

As we restore control and fairness to our asylum system. We must do the same for legal migration too: Fair to those who seek a new and better life here, like my parents did. And fair to those already here, including British workers, and especially the young.

That same principle underpins my reforms to the right to live here indefinitely. Ensuring settled status is earned by those who have shown a consistent commitment to this country.

I know that, throughout our consultation process some have said elements of these reforms are not fair.

And to that, let me say this: we will come to a position that balances fairness for those who came here legally and fairness to British citizens across this country.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026

👏 Sadiq Khan: “We talk about productivity, we talk about growth, we talk about jobs, we talk about wealth. The single best way to get that is by joining the European Union.”

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026

🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ex-minister Mike Tapp on "need to exempt care workers from retrospective settlememy extensions" There is broad support for this. But why not exempt engineers, vets & chefs & architects from "retrospective extensions" that could force 250k non-care workers to leave?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights".

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