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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After all Labour's previous dalliances with PR for the Commons, let's hope they see this through - first past the post cannot cope with the modern state of politics.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/09/2026

"By embracing electoral reform, tackling the triple lock, and reopening the question of Brexit, Andy Burnham has embraced Labour’s new core vote – younger, economically insecure, liberal Brits, instead of holding on to an imagined voter of a bygone era."

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Vigour, passion, purpose: Why Andy Burnham’s bold speech will be talked about for many years to come

On social care, PR, Brexit, water, housing and more, the PM signalled seismic change and a willingness to tackle the toughest issues

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💥 BREAKING: @andyburnham.bsky.social just announced that the Government will launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform 📰 Press release: www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/news/burnham... 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab26

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The section where Burnham was essentially almost in tears as he vowed to "use this job to build the kind of Britain my dad wanted to see" was powerful by any political metric.

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💥BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces a National Commission on Electoral Reform. This is a historic moment. The era of First Past the Post is coming to an end. It's time to transform politics and make all votes count. It's time for Proportional Representation.

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral reform “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”, he said. Full story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/andy...

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Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral reform - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham has announced a new national commission on electoral reform, and pledge to put a commitment to change the voting system in Labour‘s next manifesto. Speaking to Labour conference, the prim...

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is criticizing the US healthcare system

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

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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Rachel Holdsworth @rmholdsworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This Guardian article is headlined 'Fairford bomb plot', no quote marks. But the penultimate paragraph says "After the suspects’ release it emerged that no explosive material had been found.". Someone have a word with the subs?

theguardian.com

Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot

The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026

Either this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The anti abortion movement is protesting Labour Party Conference with graphic banners - but a few years ago I reported what they really believe www.opendemocracy.net/en/satanic-c...

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is genuinely fascinating and I think useful (though still trying to work out for what beyond curiosity satisfaction!).

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Politics island is outnumbered by the hostile mainland that oppose our way of life. A nuclear deterrent is necessary.

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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Safe and legal routes are a good thing, and welcome that Mahmood is going to be saying this later today. But, has to been seen in the context that arrivals will be in the hundreds, and the Government have shut down the Afghan scheme and refugee family reunion. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians

Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings

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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨Louise Haigh agrees that mega donors with outsized influence are pernicious to democracy Yesterday at @ippr.org, Harry Quilter-Pinner rightly pointed out that big money corrupts UK politics regardless of where the money comes from. It's time for the Government to cap donations. Watch below ⤵️

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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Look at the contrast here with what happened with the masked jackbooted thugs who descended on Dover the other day.

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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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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This balaclava-clad mob were reading out a weird & imtimidating message about Fabians, Zionists and others outside Bluecoat before dispersing

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And you can directly walk this back to Gamergate and before. The argument that women "invaded" male gaming spaces (like D&D and video games), that women only game for male attention, are all derived from the same mentality that got us Ready Player One, The Manosphere, and Palantir.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/09/2026

The Bluecoat is one of the venues outside the Labour conference security cordon that still hosts quite a lot of fringe events.

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🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 27/09/2026

*casting a beady eye over Edinburgh West * Hmm. Notable that those who are (so far) handwringing about sadly having to vote to deselect CJ for vErY sAd rEaSoNs are all cis white men, and so is the heir apparent. And people wonder why women don't want to stand...

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Christine Jardine "will not be Lib Dem candidate" at next election

Christine Jardine MP (Photo: The Scotsman) Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West has confirmed she will not stand as...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Again, we can debate what we call the regime under which we now live. But it's not "democracy," there's no such thing as "free & fair elections" where this is allowed, & a constitutional order in which these things keep happening & they do not end a presidency is not really a "republic" of laws.

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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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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Extreme wealth is functionally indistinguishable from a neurodegenerative condition, it’s true, and one of the active mechanisms is that nobody will say to you “mate, no, that’s fucking stupid” before you shit your pants like this in public.

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Penny Heart @pennyheartbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i know, i know, but i can't get my brain to focus on writing mode until 9 pm anyway. now that it's 9 pm, i'm going to write. for real. once i get the laundry going... #indieauthorlife #authorlife #indieauthorcommunity #romanceauthors #indieauthorforlife #romancelandia #indieauthor

Man holding a whiteboard that says, "You seem to be scrolling a lot for someone who has a book to write."

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We Keep being told AI is amazing but supermarkets are still putting those stupid plastic price stickers on grapefruit. Stop it! And if AI can't do the basics, what's the point?!

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I realise it's conference season so everyone is looking over there, but I've seen very little coverage or comment on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection lately. Has there been any recent polling I have missed or interesting commentary on how the campaign is going for Labour and the Greens?

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've just signed "IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... @StopFundingHate

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Talk TV on migrants: 'culturally, I'm an ancient Roman; culturally, these people are barbarians' 😖 Truly grim. No one should be advertising on this toxic channel. What are IKEA thinking? Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... #migrants #mediahate #ikea #stopfundinghate

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

democracyforsale.substack.com

BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”

Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The hypocrisy of Labour politicians decrying Trump and Farage for banning journalists and then banning journalists themselves. Appalling fear of scrutiny.

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"His grasp on reality is quickly deteriorating." I mean, tell us something we don't know. 🙄

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a very confusing post from the Flat Earth Society. 🥴

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a liberal in a liberal party, this is fascinating. And as inconsistency is a hallmark of liberalism's policy expression, and so something we liberals have to live with, it makes the case for a compelling vision and narrative all the greater. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Voters’ perceptions of ideologically inconsistent parties

There is a growing consensus in party politics that new fault lines are emerging, and scholars increasingly characterise competition as multidimensional. In a multidimensional space, parties can ad...

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There are endless stories around about AI's Apocalyptic potential, questioning why we are allowing the unfettered development of a tech the owners acknowledge is lethal. Perhaps we should just accept they are actually psychopathic nerds who really do want to see what Terminator looks like for real?

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wow I’ve never seen this photo before. The two figures from American Gothic (who turn out to be the family dentist and the artist’s sister!) www.ft.com/content/6015...

The artist's sister Nan Wood Graham and dentist Dr Byron Henry pose with the painting in 1942 © Image courtesy of the Figge Art Museum, City of Davenport Art Collection, Grant Wood Archive, Friends of Art Acquisition Fund, SB-4

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Brexit and Trump have combined to be an absolute disaster for UK food and drink exports. Deficit worst in a quarter of a century and sales have plummeted ever since we left the single market

ft.com

Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn

In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This AI discourse is amazing. "We've created this very dangerous thing, based largely on the mass theft of labour, that we should stop developing" - okay, so that means that you should be treated like social and economic vandals, not revered as sages on podcasts.

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Alisdair Calder McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Americans stop talking about the UK like it's a desert without food options, Challenge Level: Impossible

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Millions of people live in seats that have been represented by the same party since WW2. If Andy Burnham really wants to spread power evenly across the country, this must include changing the voting system so that no community is taken for granted. Our Manchester activist Abbie writes:

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Democracy in every postcode – Why devolution needs electoral reform

Our voting system needs reforming to make sure democracy does not suffer from the multitude of parties we have now

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