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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I do think people really need to start believing again that good things can happen - otherwise life is just one painful retreat after another.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kuenssberg constantly disrupting Burnham's responses to her questions. Philp allowed to spout his nonsense in respectful silence.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My experience has been totally the opposite. I endured years of declining engagement levels on the other place, even before Musk turned it into a full-on hellscape. In contrast, Bluesky has been far more interactive and congenial. Oh, yeah, and a fuck of a lot less racist! bsky.app/profile/flak...

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steve-n.bsky.social @steve-n.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lisa Nandy has lots to say about Manchester City Still silent on the BBC, GB News & media ownership 🤷‍♂️

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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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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Jeremy Corbyn herding 326 independents?

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The NHS is the greatest thing this country has dreamt up and delivered, I don’t think the politicians of today would have the courage or the fortitude to create it. We must protect it at all costs from the vultures who would love nothing more than to break it up and sell it off. Anyway that’s me.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyway glad to say after a nervous wait, my eye is ok. I mean it will never be great after what happened previously but for now I still have some sight in it. How lucky was I to be able to go to my local hospital and get that expert analysis from brilliant experts free of charge?

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It honestly makes me furious and so sad to imagine how some of these guys must feel when they see politicians, media outlets and big chunks of the public spreading such vile messaging about the contribution of immigrants to our national life. I saw that contribution today, millions see it every day

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As always it just makes a total mockery of the rhetoric we increasingly see being allowed to spread around our country about the contribution of immigrants. Our NHS and social care sectors would simply fall apart without those who come here to provide these essential and expert services…

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another thing you can’t help but notice when interacting with the NHS is just how many of these brilliant professionals are of different nationalities. Today I was seen by a Doctor and a nurse from different nations and they were just brilliant….

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

…it’s the opposite. I was just in awe of the staff as they raced around dealing with a huge volume of patients with efficiency, professionalism & kindness. We were regularly updated with how long waits were & reasons behind this - nurses, doctors and others working in harmony to keep things running

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Went to hospital today. Some who followed me on the other place might remember I had a traumatic eye injury (retinal detachment) a few years ago. I had some worrying symptoms today but thankfully all ok. It was a busy day in A&E and I ended up waiting 5 hours, but this is far from a complaint…

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bluesky will survive if people invest in the network. Repost good things. Find new people to follow. Today I found two new ones. How many did you find? Over follow a bit so that your followers can find those people. Recirculate your starter packs and update them. Recommend people.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Buy his mum another house. On the Costa del Sol probably.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It used to be enough if the minister 'lost confidence' in them. Resignations would follow Unfortunately they're so shameless now that they would cling on like limpets. Nandy's a void, a space where something should be.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Chaotic and dysfunctional. Exactly how Putin would want it.

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Andy Taylor @taylorshinpad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This was hidden away on Newsnight last night, but no reference to this viewpoint in the breathless coverage this morning.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Latest move in Putin's hybrid war. Burnham should be calling a COBR meeting.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I first heard it when played by John Peel on his late night show way back when (early 80's I think).

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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Unfortunately, I know some very serious wankers and all of them are getting the most Christmassy Christmas card bought from the RNLI…where I will extol the virtues of community and our shared humanity! Choose love…

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The government shlould be extremely strong on why it is wrong to intimidate & abuse RNLI members + push a clear social norm against sharing addresses for purpose to intimidate, threaten & incite, imcluding pushing police to prosecute it, quickly & publicly, and warning of a repeat

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please sign 'From holidaymakers enjoying the sea to migrants caught in desperate terrifying situations, you carry out vital work protecting lives. And a minority of people who are abusing you should not be able to undermine your cause. They do not speak for us' act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A quick search shows that Ferguson has been arrested repeatedly in recent months. Why isn't he being remanded in custody if he's continuing to offend seemingly on a weekly basis?

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think she must be hanging out with Lisa N.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yes. I see and hear it too. Unfortunately, as Brexit has shown, there's no easy reset button when the error is made.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An example. Son of close friend was Head of Math's teaching 6th form. Very dedicated and great results. Badly let down by the school management when he needed some flexibility over leave. He resigned and now playing online poker and earning a similar income combined with a better work life balance!

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.

Neo Nazi attempts to target RNLI volunteers

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Half-expecting government to announce VAT cut on balaclavas to help with cost of living.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wild that Andrew Griffiths has used his first major interview as shadow chancellor to say there were “lots of good things” in Truss’s mini-Budget. The Tories need to disown it until voters are bored of hearing it.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And Kuenssberg actually challenged him to name them. He immediately switched to claiming that he was so junior that he had nothing to do with it.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mostly, but they seem to be ahead of the game when it's XR or Just Stop Oil.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yes it was, but it also gives them wriggle room to cover their response on the day. How can they be expected to respond to something that suddenly 'materialised'without warning?

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Interesting choice of language. The cynic in me thinks it's designed to let them off the hook for not having an inkling it was going to happen and their weak and insipid response.

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was clearly not an act of spontaneity. Dozens and dozens of men travelling down, all wearing black, all wearing masks is anything but a spontaneous protest. An infuriating response.

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Power Vibe · by NoMAGA @powervibe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When ministers leave that vacuum, the far right gets to define both the problem and the acceptable response. Condemning violence clearly is not capitulation; it is how a government keeps the argument on its own terms.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One thing Labour really needs to get through its head is that government has huge agenda setting capability. If the prime minister or home secretary calls these people what they are that will form parts of headlines and the like. We saw this under Starmer when the correct response finally came

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Sarah Chapman @sinurata.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Starmer's initial response was excellent. But when he clearly (and correctly) identified the rioters as "far right", the media and - to their eternal shame - the Tories went for him, claiming that these people had "legitimate concerns". Sadly, he backed down rather than doubling down.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Safe journey guys. Mind how you go.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

To be fair, Starmer's response to the Southport riots was well received at the time. It was the subsequent slide into appeasement of the Far Right that has proved so damaging. Burnham needs to make a statement today and call for an explanation of why this was policed in such a sympathetic manner.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

And escorted to the railway station and wished a safe onwards journey.

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A "gathering" according to the BBC News Channel just now!

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bridkid.bsky.social @bridkid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

BBC News Channel just described it as a "gathering"!!!

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