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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3h

🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said

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Prettiest pumpkin 2025 @wikihowtologout.bsky.social · 1h

David miller update. He's on the other site literally promoting the blood libel. No I don't mean the bs way some apologists for Israel are using the term "blood libel" I mean the actual literal blood libel

David Miller @Tracking Power 2d Zionists forced the book Blood Passover, about the Blood libel, to be withdrawn. But Toaff republished it with a new preface which pulled none of its punches.

Essentially reading!

B.M. @ireallyhateyou 2d

Resources here: powerbase.info/index.php/

This book, "Blood Passover", was originally released in 2007. It was written by Israeli Jewish professor Arial Toaff of Bar llan University, the son of the former Chief Rabbi of Rome. The ADL and other major ...

BLOOD PASSOVER

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1h

The posture of a bloke with IBS after a meal at the Star of India in Dewsbury.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23h

a fictional chart from 1995 to 2025 showing "guys who like sports" becoming more left-wing coded and "guys who says sportsball is the opiate of the masses" becoming more right-wing coded

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 3h

in terms of music since the 1950s, I'd say there are some genres that were huge but have disappeared from public awareness: - opera-style mainstream music (Al Martino, Mario Lanza, David Whitfield) - pre-rock'n'roll childlike novelty songs - skiffle - easy listening (not big-voiced crooners)

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 5h

Israeli minister calls Shabana Mahmood an Islamist, because erm, erm, erm

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 5h

"THE BEST POLITICAL SPEECH OF THE 21ST CENTURY"?

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 6h

it was good but god get a grip please

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 6h

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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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 8h

What is a "Zionist synagogue"? There are two possible meanings. 1) Any Synagogue affiliated to a denomination which in some way has expressed support for Israel's existence. Which is most of them. 2) Any Synagogue which has prayers which can be interpreted as "Zionist". Which is ALL of them.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 8h

I need to write a thread about this. If you don't like it, feel free to block me. But I hope at least some of you will listen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

thetimes.com

Jewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagogues

The Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 22h

Concerted, deliberate, calculated cheating is the conclusion. A Premier League heist. So throw the book at them and run the owners out of town. And Manchester City supporters should want to lead that movement. Column (free to read) inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

inews.co.uk

Throw the book at Man City - and force the owners out

The verdict leaves City facing questions that money and bluster can no longer drown out

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

what if we just get Man City to pay for the National Care Service

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

potentially landslide-winning compromise position: reverse Brexit, jail Steve Bray

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ending the triple lock isn’t the same as cutting pensions. Thatcher linked the state pension to inflation rather than earnings growth with the result that the value of pensions fell relative to earnings. The triple lock was designed to reverse than trend. It’s done its job. Restore the earnings link

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Essentially it is about switching liability from the individual to the state. Same care, but paid for by the public funding. If we want better (and indeed more) care, that’s a very different conversation requiring even higher spending. Few would say the quality of care right now is good enough.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why good stats matter: ‘The rise in inactivity was a key concern for the Bank of England in setting interest rates, and a factor influencing then Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s introduction of a £5bn-a-year childcare subsidy in 2023.’ www.ft.com/content/78ec...

ft.com

Post-Covid economic inactivity was much lower than thought, ONS says

Findings come days after agency said UK productivity grew twice as fast as estimated after global financial crisis

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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You came into power and raised the cost of employing people, especially for entry level jobs and have been non-stop talking about how amazing AI is to boost productivity, which in reality comes through reducing entry level roles, and now have decided the cause of youth unemployment is welfare

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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Healy on ITV just now saying we have a system which asks "how much are you entitled to" and that's absolutely not true, the welfare system in the UK has loads of conditionality to look for and find work, it's so weird Labour keep pretending otherwise

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was a huge MM fan and would also love to see Slipknot but Manson’s songs about abuse are only fun when you know they aren’t actually true. Otherwise it really spoils the singalong

bbc.co.uk

Slipknot reveal world tour with Marilyn Manson as support act

The heavy metal band will be joined by the US rock musician during their London show.

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Gavin Alexander @gavin83bay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Quite an achievement to get the man's name wrong twice in the same post.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

well at least we may have finally discovered how to get the police to take petty theft seriously

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of my best ever memories is when I explained the term cottaging to my dad. Who had recently bought a cottage with my mother and went there most weekends. He’d be telling people he was into cottaging. “Oh, that’s why people kept asking me ‘are you off cottaging this weekend?’ and laughing”.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For any confused Americans, dogging is a traditional British term for walking the dog, if you're ever over here and see someone with their pet make sure to tell them how much you love dogging. That nothing makes you happier than seeing that wagging tail and panting mouth out on the heath.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'Have you got a copy of Fly Tipping by RAF Fairford? You do? Oh that's wonderful. My name? Fairford. RAF Fairford.'

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Imagine you are participating a light bit of dogging in a quiet farmers field in the Cotswolds & the next thing happening is the President of America is claiming credit for catching you in the international news & there’s now a photo of you on every major news outlet in the world?

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm increasingly disillusioned with the (policy) ideas ecosystem in the UK - it seems like underlying (social) scientific research is less and less influential and there's increasing dominance of PR and pseudo-research.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ella Langley Discourse is dull. Stella Lefty Discourse? Now that's the good shit

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One half of Twitter has now transitioned to “ok but these British nationals are the children of immigrants” ofc The other half is still on Mossad false flag, fwiw

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Luca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it??

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can't help admiring Brits' persistent attachment to the idea that supply and demand doesn't operate in the housing market and their concomitant refusal to admit that a place is only ever worth as much as anyone is prepared to pay for it.

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Ana Opp @anaopp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Someone in Acton should start a group called Palestine Acton and make a lot of money for Palestinians by selling merch

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

tim shipman squats like a giant toad.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't really do Shakespeare, but I like how "wherefore art thou fucking Romeo?" rather... changes the meaning

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Also under current proposals they won't be allowed to be social care workers after 2028. Ministers still don't seem to understand their own plan.

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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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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 27/09/2026

culture has just been reorganised around interest clusters rather than geography. i have more cultural touchstones with online friends on other continents than i do with people on my street. that would've been unthinkable decades ago.

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I find it strange that some people refuse to believe this is the way our decentralised culture works now, that it's possible to be completely ignorant of hugely popular things that don't match your tastes and interests. People aren't lying about that because they think it makes them look cool.

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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two-tier British citizenship latest.

Conservatives to strip migrant criminals of British citizenship

Dual nationals serving sentences over five years could lose passports under the proposals

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

adult care reform was always going to have to be phased in, and after Labour wasted two years twiddling its thumbs it's not a huge surprise that major change won't come this side of an election. not really Burnham's fault - blame Starmer/Reeves/Streeting

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Shipman’s really gone all the way huh. “The courts are a conspiracy against the nation”?!

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

you should all give a thumbs up when someone sucks you good

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The Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“An absolute nightmare... we are banging our heads against a brick wall. We’re trying hard to get some changes done because we are concerned about safety.” Why was Lindsay Crockett, a prison GP, so concerned about SystmOne? theexchange.news/tpp-systmone...

theexchange.news

TPP is Leeds’ biggest tech company. But coroners are concerned about its flagship product

A prison GP has described SystmOne as an ‘absolute nightmare’ and coroners reports reveal recurring issues

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A weekend treat! Foodbanks across the UK are asking people to join them and @trusselluk.bsky.social and write to @andyburnham.bsky.social asking him to use the Autumn budget to reconnect Local Housing Allowance & rents. Because no one should have to choose between food & rent.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Guardian reports Rayner's continued defence of migrants care workers from in Cabinet. Seems to have won that argument for care workers with No 10 + Home Office Big unknown: will anyone protect 250k non-care workers (chefs, vets, architects) from being thrown out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference

Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Kirsti, an architect - directly affected - on her MP not appearing to understand that protecting [only] care workers would mean forcing out vets, architects, chefs and many others (but perhaps unwittingly for most MPs + ministers who have not spotted this) bsky.app/profile/heri...

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