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Allotment,Barbershop,Centre Left. Rejoin EU, NO DMs, #FBPE, Ex Welder

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2h
Our full analysis of the new Conservative policy will be out tomorrow. If you want to be the first to read it, you can join the 1% and subscribe to our free newsletter here. buff.ly/DZhmgt2
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2h
3. And how does the wider economic benefit of this tax cut compare with other potential tax cuts costing the same?
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2h
We'll have a full analysis of the Conservatives' proposed inheritance tax cuts tomorrow. But, for now, three charts. 1. Who would benefit from the cuts?
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 2h
This is worrying news. But anxiety is not a strategy. Join @indivisible.org's midterm election protection program to help make sure we're ready for whatever tricks Trump tries to hold on to power. indivisible.org/campaigns/ou...
MS NOW: Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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Tarw @tarw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Further to Trump's offer to assist the Russians with their plague, Russia has reciprocated by offering to help the US with diseases such as Measles www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
bbc.co.uk
Russia responds to US help offer after death of plague researcher
The US and Russia have each offered to help each other tackling infectious diseases.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Labour is polling at its highest rate since January 2025, according to a new YouGov voting intention poll for Sky News and The Times
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 05/10/2026
Women came forward with allegations that ex-pornographer and West Ham owner David Sullivan abused his power to prey on them for sex. Now he’s suing the BBC over the Panorama documentary 🙄 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/…
theguardian.com
David Sullivan sues BBC for £150m over Panorama's sexual misconduct claims
West Ham co-owner and former pornographer lodges high court claim over episode, in which several women accused him of abusing power
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Turns out it was two bedrooms. My bad!
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The arrogance of him is unbelievable
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was no direct link between the sudden removal of his country's bombers from the UK's RAF Fairford airbase and a suspected Iranian plot at the site last week.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
☀️🫐 Nearly 12,000 solar panels are now towering over a blueberry field in Germany. The panels sit 10 to 13 feet above the crops, allowing farm machinery to pass underneath while generating renewable electricity. And before construction, bomb disposal teams even found hand grenades in the soil. 😳
autonocion.com
Nearly 12,000 solar panels raised 10 to 13 feet over a blueberry field went live in eastern Germany, set high enough for farm machinery to pass underneath, and before the first post went in, ordnance ...
In the eastern German state of Thuringia, it did. On October 1, the solar arm of the state's biggest utility switched on an array of nearly 12,000 solar
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab...
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a reminder... #BrexitFail #RejoinEU
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Truly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the UK Farage and his crypto billionaire pimps will be doing the same.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GOOD FREAKING MORNING! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
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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Norm Clark @normsmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (they were horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning 💙 I absolutely LOVE this initiative from celeb activists/resisters. Following their, and Major Watson's, example: Lets all take the oath and add our voice! "Without any mental reservation"! #WeThePeople #StopTrump #ImpeachConvictRemove #resist #GTS
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bystander is just a fancy word for late. The early-vote window is open and the couch is undefeated only if you let it be. Lace up. Ballot up. #LetsGetVoteReady
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having a great day doesn't mean we're out of the woods in trauma recovery, & having a sh*tty day doesn't mean we're back where we started. Easy does it. Whatever today is, we meet it w/ realism & compassion & skill, & manage it hour by hour, minute by minute.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Long as we're asking questions, why would a rapist, adjudicated so in the state of New York, want to know?
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Why would the Governor of New York, Kathy
Hochul, appoint a Corrupt Prosecutor, Letitia
"Peekaboo" James, to represent the State in the
highly controversial Cornell University rape case?
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve never seen a BBC correspondent try to build such a huge mountain out of such a tiny molehill. Chris Mason’s hysterical quest to undermine Andy Burnham, based on a few noncommittal words: Chris Mason: Why Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City matters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Chris Mason: Why Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City matters
The prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football, the BBC's political editor writes.
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Eddie @whalepsychiatrist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The true reason for Brexit, keeping the wealthy wealthy.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner. Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners. £150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived. Must end this tax perk. archive.ph/vJCIj
ft.com
Top UK law firm partners take home record pay
Spate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions
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Teesart @teesart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The BBC Chris Mason tried to get Andy Burnham involved in the Manchester FC scandal. The weasel is at it again.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK PM Andy Burnham is now looking for a Brit company that can take over from Palantir.
ft.com
Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worth a repost 🤣
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Renee Good's family has just SUED the Trump Admin over her death.
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives have blocked Byline Times from attending their party conference, just weeks after she condemned Reform UK for banning critical journalists. Byline Times chief reporter Josiah Mortimer says his application was rejected without a specific reason.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another lie/myth/rewriting of history. The issues and hardship in the 1970’s weren’t a product of a Labour government. They were a product of a Tory one. Discuss.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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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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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First EU reactions to Burnham suggestion that UK might rejoin EU: French President Macron: “Welcome back” Spanish PM Sanchez: Brexit was a “huge loss” for both the UK and the EU, and if Britain takes a decision to rejoin, Spain will “open its arms” again to the British people.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've been blocked from attending Conservative Party conference. Just a few weeks after Badenoch blasted Reform for doing the same thing... bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block 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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Karen O’Mahony @karenomahony.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve long said that the call for rejoining has to become a deafening clamour. I think it’s starting to get louder and louder! #rejoin
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So what ARE the options for Britain re EU? - Status quo: massive damage to the economy - Customs Union: limited economic benefit - Single Market: significant economic benefit but UK has to follow EU rules without a say on them - EU membership: econ & political benefits with a seat at the table
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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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Goldstar, also known as Ed @goldstar571.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
First thing that Burnham needs to do is to change the stupid culture at the BBC. Get rid of the second hand touring caravans salesman Chris Mason for starters 🪓
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
iandunt.substack.com
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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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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