Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6hWho radicalised him? news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 45537118
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 3hKeep coming back to this. Government can support, nudge and remove barriers But if the private sector won’t put its own money in because it judges the demand isn’t there, why is government assuming that risk? 2159
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialPeric 🇺🇦 @pericelekton.bsky.social · 12hThat is the point. Don’t feel like joining the gang? Don’t then, do as you please, go and ghettoise yourself to your heart’s content, but do us a favour by minding your own business + not telling us what our “entry requirements” ought to be. 011
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialneil02.bsky.social @neil02.bsky.social · 13hNot she wouldn't say how many generations back you have to go to be English... So im Welsh but my grandparents are English... under Suella logic im English? 222
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialAn IT Nerd @it-nerd.eurosky.social · 13hCan anyone explain why it matters whether someone is English or British? It’s just another way reform suck the energy and joy out of everything to generate division 051
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13hSince Braverman does not identify as English, its strange for her to insist that she could define for others the rules of an in group that she does not believe she can ever be a member of *and* to believe her intuition should trump a broad sustained consemsus amomg those who do identify as English! 89820
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13hIt is not racist to not id as English Its a racially excluaive argument - English identity is not real or meaningful without ancestry & ethnicity - when applied it as a rule to refuse all black people, Asian people & Jewish Eng-born people who sincerely identify as English bsky.app/profile/sund... 1195
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13hWe should judge the content, not chsracteristics of speaker Whether Yusuf or Braverman or Mahmood or Miliband or May or Burnham are right or wrong on asylum or immigration is not about when their parents came here Braverman is using her own ethnicity to defend things no white Reform/Tory MP says 2433
boogie1444.bsky.social @boogie1444.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Govt can listen to some legitimate concerns from the rest of us yet? 000
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Will Farage or "Danny Tommo" condemn the person who twice menaced 92-year-old church volunteer by shouting abuse and shining a torch through her window at 3 a.m.? I'm going to make a wild guess 415717
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 51695335
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialLuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Menacing 92 year olds in the middle of the night, whose side do these people think they’re on? #Fascism #Crowborough 36435
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialBen D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This KFF headline really gets directly to what's happening todaykffhealthnews.orgUS Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims - KFF Health NewsThe Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect ... 27344
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialShoshana Bee @shohanabee76.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“What a democracy cannot—and should not—tolerate is a secretary of defense who trucks in propaganda and wants the people who serve in America’s military to be the armed instrument of his own resentments and biases.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comPete Hegseth, Idea GuyHis State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it. 625966
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialSenator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Remember: Trump is continuously stoking doubt in mail-in voting when he cast votes that way TWICE THIS YEAR ALONE. There’s no basis to his claims – he just wants to make it harder to vote. 29591178
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialJames Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comJürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’ 18674150
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're less than an hour away from today's "Broadview Six" hearing. You can follow me here for live updates, but the @chicago.suntimes.com will also have up-to-date coverage here: chicago.suntimes.com/live/broadvi...chicago.suntimes.com'Broadview Six' case returns to court as judge weighs sanctions against feds: Live updatesU.S. District Judge April Perry is set to hear arguments Thursday over potential consequences for prosecutors in the politically charged case. 020238
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/ 683261715984
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.social🍉paraver🟩🟡🟥 @paraver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Those fell sharply once Lula returned to power. A Bolsonaro presidency would be bad for women, the poor and minorities. Democracy would probably be its first, local victim. But the climate would surely be another – with consequences for us all. 011
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.social🍉paraver🟩🟡🟥 @paraver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mr Trump’s more ruthless and reckless second term also offers an alarming vision of how another Bolsonaro presidency might look. The first showed historic levels of deforestation in the Amazon as well as a surge in illegal resource extraction and the invasion of Indigenous people’s lands. 101
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialGina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: Cook Political Report just shifted their TX-Gov rating in our favor. Texans are ready for a governor who will restore the American Dream by saving Texas schools and putting money in your pocket. 412658
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialAlex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026a few years ago, references to Simon of Trent or Leo Frank trutherism were a sign that someone was an intensely Christian and/or Neo-Nazi right-wing antisemite but now formerly-normal lefty politics influencers who stayed on Twitter casually reply to Mamdani with 15th century blood libel posts 12868180
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!boltsmag.orgYour Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - BoltsCongressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo... 21732406
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialMai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Important to note as news breaks that the US State Department has used a national security waiver to sidestep conditions that would have otherwise held back $300 million in military assistance, Egyptian authorities have detained and disappeared an entire newsroom of 6 six journalists. 44219
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialreality check 🤔😕😢 @realitycheck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Disagree. The transcript shines a bright light on the Emperor's nakedness. (Eww, that's a gross thought.) Case in point: the helipad delusion. 1678
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialBoterfleoge @boterfleoge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Agreed but it is kind of shocking to go back and watch videos of him at the beginning of his first term. He had full sentences that made sense sometimes. 2274
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 64763642424
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Like King Lear or Fyodor Karamazov, Trump is clearly in cognitive decline, but it is not crippling enough to neutralize his energy level or his will to control those around him. He channels his frustration into even more frequent outbursts of destructive chaos. 4235
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 01/10/2026Europeans likewise don't think the UK should get to rejoin with its previous opt outs, with 58-61% of French and Germans saying so. While 58-63% in these countries support the UK rejoining the EU, they are divided on allowing it to do so with its old opt-outs yougov.com/en-gb/articl... 0134
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialThe Independent @the-independent.com · 01/10/2026DOJ looks to censure judges who spoke to the NYT about Minnesota ICE crackdowntrib.alDOJ looks to censure judges who spoke to the NYT about Minnesota ICE crackdownOne judge at the center of the report, Patrick Schiltz, accused the government in January of ignoring roughly 100 court orders 31110
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialDanny Beales MP @dannybealesmp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is why people are losing confidence in Hillingdon Council. The Deputy Leader used a pseudonym to comment on local issues as though he were a member of the public. This cannot be brushed aside. Residents deserve honesty and transparency from those representing them. 031
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"You've worked hard all your life accruing all that wealth via soaring house prices and nice defined-benefit pensions, and we think it's wrong for the state to touch it via inheritance tax. But it's totally fine for the government to deny your 24-year-old kid support based off of it" 39314
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The party has also said it would look closer at whether parents' earnings and savings should be factored into welfare payments for their children" So according to the Tories, it's wrong to means-test benefits for boomers... but totally fine to do so for their adult children children.bbc.co.ukConservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25sThe party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit. 2123064
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unemployment among young people is a big issue! Morally as well as economically. But you solve that by tackling mental health and looking at why the jobs aren't there for this cohort, not by treating adults like overgrown kids and going "yeah, you're your parents responsibility, kthxbai" 28510
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialLiz Jarvis MP @lizjarvis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Many years ago I interviewed a woman who had witnessed the execution of the man who had killed her son and daughter in an armed robbery. She said it gave her no comfort at all, and spent the rest of her life campaigning against the death penalty. 627744
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The macro context matters a lot. The short to medium term upsides of cheap Chinese imports in a time of an energy price shock and a food price shock feel more valuable than they would have done a year ago. 292
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The only leverage you have over Labour is your vote, and as long as you keep giving it to them they have no incentive to give you anything. 3494
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialThe Subsequent Mrs. de Winter @notrebecca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This photo just kills me. Not only because the white folk want to "deport" 100 million people but this woman is in a wheelchair - she's next on the purge list 1483
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialifollowonlyos.bsky.social @ifollowonlyos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Although some Trump supporters held signs calling for “mass deportations now” during the 2024 campaign, Ms. Vuittonet never thought such deportations would include people she knew who had lived in the United States for decades." - this line infuriates me Eric 1706
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialWildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On the one hand, this person was incredibly naive, to put it lightly. On the other hand, you can see why all the narratives in 2024 about why hispanic voters would really love Trump's mass deportations were not gonna survive contact with reality. 1533649
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 30/09/2026These migrant caravan stories and the Haitian pet libel and the myths about immigrants and crime don't survive the harsh light of reality but so many people wanted to believe them when it mattered. That blood isn't going to wash off. 13512
boogie1444.bsky.social @boogie1444.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Im in a state of shock, that the Tories might have an ideologically coherent policy which is serious (though I don't understand how living on the subsistence payment would be, I guess from the name it is very little - if its not actually enough to live on I take all this back) 010
boogie1444.bsky.social @boogie1444.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I get there's 'reasons', but the fact the parade and unionist leaders don't just whisper in the ear of the paraders, to just give it a rest and hit the pub, is the clearest signal to me, in England, that Northern Ireland probably shouldn't be in the UK.. 000
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They took the oath. He took their careers. "Just warriors," he says. #r4today 041
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hegseth's "no beardos" order: need a shaving waiver for over a year and you're out. The waivers are for razor bumps, a painful skin condition that mostly hits Black men. Good troops, discharged over their own skin. He calls it strength. #r4today 171
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 01/10/2026No trans troops. No beards. No weirdos. Hegseth calls it a standard. It's a purge of people who did the job, passed every test and were shown the door for who they are. #r4today 162
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Great afternoon in Kentish Town! One week today we can make history in Holborn & St Pancras - voting for rent controls, water nationalisation and action to tackle the climate crisis. We can only do it with your help! Join here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP 5507142
Reposted by @boogie1444.bsky.socialUnofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Annapurna Circuit: Trekkers helicoptered off mountains as more deadly landslides hit Nepalbbc.co.ukAnnapurna Circuit: Trekkers helicoptered off mountains as more deadly landslides hit NepalA month after mass catastrophic flooding, around 30 people have died in landslides and heavy rain. 096
