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Charlotte Thompson grrrr

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Pissed off elderly remainer.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Waking to another Trump outrage as he bails out his pal in the Kremlin by buying his diesel oil just in time for a winter offensive against Ukraine. This just weeks after tough new sanctions on anyone who buys Russian oil. But for the Times this llatest betrayal is not big news, just fifth story
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ukraine responds to Trump’s deal with Putin by striking russian fuel export terminal in Rostov.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/10/2026
🏅 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to South Africa's Navi Pillay, the judge who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza -- a move angrily denounced by Israel. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCih
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An announcement. There will be plenty of time to reflect on what we've achieved, and on the fantastic colleagues who have helped us achieve it. But for now, sad news ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement... 1/2
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Charlotte Thompson grrrr @charlottethompson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I thought everyone knew?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Imagine deciding to go out and pitch that the Pope is the Woke Antichrist because he has concerns about AI, when you look like the lovechild of Satan and the guy whose face melts in Robocop. If a homeless guy gave this 'lecture' in Hyde Park, he would be sectioned. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As I predicted, the EU and China look to be finding a deal. Trade wars turn out to be too painful all round in today's economy.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
'Decisive and widening': Battery storage undercutting gas peaking plants on cost, study shows www.businessgreen.com/news/4537069...
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'Decisive and widening': Battery storage undercutting gas peaking plants on cost, study shows
Wood Mackenzie calculates four-hour battery storage projects are now less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in all major markets
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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’ The Express front page claimed asylum seekers get “more freedom” than citizens. They cannot work or claim benefits. Emma Monk sets out the facts. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/n...
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No, ‘More Freedom’ is NOT ‘handed to new arrivals than British citizens’
As misleading front page headlines go, this one from the Express has to be up there with some of the worst! A guest fact-check by Emma Monk of Monk Debunks.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is Ed the last man standing from the coalition?
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There'll be no more photo ops I'll tell the children
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 08/10/2026
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Kiev plongée presque entièrement dans le noir à la suite de frappes russes
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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Kiev plongée presque entièrement dans le noir à la suite de frappes russes
Les frappes russes menées ces derniers jours contre Prylouky, Kramatorsk, Kiev et d’autres villes ukrainiennes ont fait 78 morts et 215 blessés, a fait savoir le président ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Great piece about the Conservative Right living in an alternative universe. 'There is nothing so powerful in British politics as the right wing unreality machine. It is its own Faraway Tree, a place where anything is possible, where anything can be manifested, if you think it hard enough.'
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Max Hardy @maxjlhardy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“I'm fond of fire and crickets and all that, A lobster salad and champagne and chat.” - Don Juan. Byron would have smashed social media.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“A process of creolization has already taken place among us French people, simply because we change places and adopt one another's jokes, tastes, cuisine and music. “All those dreaming of a static world are dreaming of something that no longer exists and will never exist again.”
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 08/10/2026
Hardly an original take but it is Quite Annoying to imagine how much the UK (and me, and you!) would all have more cash today if Donald Trump hadn't decided to start bombing Iran for *reasons*. Where's the White House impact assessment on my nursery fees. www.ft.com/content/2cb1...
ft.com
Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances
FT estimates show inflation and soaring borrowing costs have slashed chancellor John Healey’s headroom in half
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Judge Darkness @marvth3martian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Recently finished The Cut Throat Trial by @barristersecret.bsky.social. Absolutely outstanding, the build up and process of the trial from the different perspectives of defendants, prosecution, defence and the vile Jeremy Letts (judge) is fascinating. The trial outcome is... Well, just read it, ok?
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'There's no evidence of this' has really made me laugh.
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"A Reform UK MP bought an £800,000 second home on a picturesque Welsh island two days after raising concerns in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities."
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 06/10/2026
RSPCA director chickens out. The body whose sole job it is to look after animals, gives factory farms a badge of ‘animal welfare’ - but the standards are so low, it’s endorsing animal abuse. buff.ly/2XNiZ6M
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 06/10/2026
Sébastien Lecornu a accusé mardi La France insoumise (LFI) d'avoir le "projet politique" de "bordéliser le pays" avant l'élection présidentielle et de "semer le chaos" depuis le début du mouvement des lycéens, qui manifestent mardi ⤵️ #geneu_AFP
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thing about Badenoch is her immense self-confidence does communicate itself to voters and is one reason her ratings have improved. But you've got to think during a campaign more people would notice it is entirely unjustified.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
⌛ "Accession... will not be easy and it will not necessarily be quick. And any economic benefits that we can expect from rejoining will be relatively slow to materialise." 👓 Read @anandmenon.bsky.social on the prospects of another EU referendum. ukandeu.ac.uk/here-we-go-a...
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Here we go again - UK in a changing Europe
Anand Menon reflects on the prospects of another EU referendum and the risks of repeating the low quality of public debate seen...
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Billy JO Crystal @tycrust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I remember you describing the nuclear family as a "hunting ground" at one point and that image/phrasing has never left my head
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 04/10/2026
Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is under investigation by Belgian federal prosecutors over the supervision of European Parliament interns during his time as leader of the liberal group.
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Former Belgian PM Verhofstadt investigated in EU Parliament intern probe
The probe focuses on the period from 2009 to 2019, when Verhofstadt chaired the ALDE group in the European Parliament.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UK chancellor to meet bank bosses for a pre-budget summit to discuss possible tax raid. Banks profiteering but resent windfall tax. Any chance of ending bank subsidies? Any chance of meeting pensioners, disabled, sick, poor to hear their concerns?
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Healey summons UK bank chiefs to pre-budget summit next week
The chancellor, John Healey, has called in the CEOs of lenders including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest for talks ahead of his crucial budget statement.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I believe most prisons hold around 1,000 prisoners. Therefore, the plan is to build 50+ new prisons. They need to be build. Land acquired, contracts exchanged, staffed. Up and running. This isn’t swift. Apart from the planning aspect, because all communities welcome prisons being nearby.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have heard some bonkerooney from the Tories in recent years, but this is off the charts. As a sensible policy, it is up there with making it a legal requirement for people called Jacob to wear trousers while taking a shower. That level of madness. Let’s break it down.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GOOD FREAKING MORNING! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
such a good eg of why political argument matters - polling previously showed over 60% support for keeping triple lock. Argue to unlock it *for something people also want* & numbers can change. (Obv can change back again if someone makes a good argument against, but either way, politics=argument)
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Tides of History @tidesofhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As Burnham promises to repeal Thatcher's Water Bill, a look back at the original Labour fight against privatiastion It was led by a rising Labour star who warned it had no public support: "Under public ownership the industries are more accountable” 👇 yesterdaypapers.substack.com/p/tony-blair...
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Tony Blair and the Battle to stop Water Privatisation
In the 1980s Tony Blair argued that “under public ownership the industries are more accountable”
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah. So that was the best conference I have ever seen. I never dreamed I would see a prime minister with the bravery to do what he just did.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No ifs and no buts, no caveats or provisos. Things are happening here which we haven't ever really seen before. Burnham is saying the things that are considered unsayable and doing the things which are considered undoable.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Knee, meet Jerk.
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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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Cameron Clark @cameronclark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Home Office is about to discover that immigration actually has economic impacts too
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The current Conservative party is simply not intellectually equipped to handle Burnham's way of doing politics. That is the bleak reality of it. They'll assume they can do more damage by boycotting and then branding it a stitch up.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This deserves an honourary knighthood
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A senior official from the Ministry of Defence will be called before an appeal judge on Friday to explain why 97 million unique records were not disclosed to the Afghanistan inquiry. rozenberg.substack.com/p/troubling-...
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Troubling and regrettable
Ministry of Defence discovers 97 million undisclosed records
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨🚨 Social media venues such as #facebook and #instagram's algorithms have been designed by #meta to filter out 'social topic' such as #civilrights and #feminism. #Freespeech my ass. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wowser!
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