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Unemployable philosopher Interested in threat models for: energy, food and society Resources: github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint www.transparency.org/en/library www.eff.org/wp/surveillance-self-de…

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 7h
The current care system is a farce. It destroys people financially, mentally, and physically. It desperately needs dismantling and reassembling in a way that works for people and isn't a complete lottery when it comes to cost. Burnham saying he'll put it into the next GE manifesto isn't good enough.
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pmf @clearlight.bsky.social · 8h
Burnham's dated promises before the next election: VAT off electricity bills from Thursday, a £2 England bus fare cap for 2027, a leasehold bill by Christmas, and the triple lock unchanged until then. The National Care Service, pension changes and PR all withheld as leverage for the next election
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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.net · 8h
Seeing lots of differing reviews of Burnham’s speech, but the fundamental problem I have with Labour after the past decade or so is that, whatever they say, even if they say things that ought to be good, they’ve shattered all the trust I ever had in them. One speech ain’t winning that back.
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Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 9h
The UK government ‘cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right, while simultaneously maintaining the relationships that allow Israel to continue committing atrocities with effective impunity. It has to pick a side.’
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Miliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a side
The UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13h
Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Nothing on the benefits of nature restoration & same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to N Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out Rosebank & Jackdaw now
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 9h
In many ways, Burnham's speech can be read as a reaction to the strength of the Greens. Best way to push Labour to do better on climate & stop Burnham backsliding on electoral reform & Europe? More Greens in Parliament, starting with @zackpolanski.bsky.social next week!
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Colin Boden @colinbags.bsky.social · 20h
The government calling settlers terrorists and agreeing war crimes are being committed in Gaza whilst simultaneously locking up human rights activists for opposing the illegal settlers and genocide is unsustainable. The proscribing of Palestinian Action is making fools & hypocrites of the gov
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 20h
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 22h
Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000 www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000
The Burnham government is backing the genocide in Gaza and criminalising opposition to it at home every bit as brutally as Starmer, despite his crocodile tears.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 21h
Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000 www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/28…
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Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000
The Burnham government is backing the genocide in Gaza and criminalising opposition to it at home every bit as brutally as Starmer, despite his crocodile tears.
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PastaPete @pastapete.bsky.social · 15h
Come on, Mr Burnham, this was a massive over reaction by your legalistic predecessor … make amends now and lift this draconian ban. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 is a legitimate protest and to stop it is a gross waste of police time. The genocide in Gaza is the crime against humanity so stop that instead.
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H.D. Gregg @hdgregg.bsky.social · 14h
Repression of anti-Gaza genocide protests took another leap at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Sunday, confirming that Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is continuing the pro-Zionist and pro-war agenda of his predecessor, Keir Starmer. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000
The Burnham government is backing the genocide in Gaza and criminalising opposition to it at home every bit as brutally as Starmer, despite his crocodile tears.
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Orbyuk @orbyuk.bsky.social · 13h
Burnham is just a Starmer in disguise. Soft with billionaires and big business. Empty words over genocide. Attacking pensioners and those on benefits. Utterly hopeless and yet another opportunity lost. I’ll support Greens from now on
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@raystonian @stonia2.bsky.social · 13h
Burnham could stop this absurdity, and stop supporting the genocide. #BDS
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eperkin.bsky.social @eperkin.bsky.social · 13h
We can all sleep safely in our beds tonight knowing that a 94 year old woman has been locked up for... ... holding a price of paper. Thank you @labouruk.bsky.social Labour Conference Andy Burnham Gaza Genocide Netanyahu Rapist Trump
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 9h
So Andy Burnham has talked à good game. I'll believe it when it happens; until then I réserve the right to be deeply sceptical.
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canario13.bsky.social @canario13.bsky.social · 9h
I thought Burnham would get the collective head of Labour out of its assh*le and lift the ban on defending Palestine against all the Israeli atrocities. Perhaps I was optimistic. I forgot that the worst enemy of the Labour Party is always the Labour Party.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10h
How Burnham is going to try and balance proposals for a National Care Service, while supporting Mahmood's immigration policies is going to...interesting, and by "interesting" I mean fundamentally unworkable. It just cannot work with the hostile immigration policies being pushed.
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Dr Euan Bennet @dreuanbennet.bsky.social · 11h
Seeing centrist takes on Burnham's speech and readying mass-production of these:
Cartoon of a yellow and blue rosette with "FELL FOR IT AGAIN AWARD" written on it
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solomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 13h
(1)Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband et al are talking like the Soft Left have won control of the Labour Party, but acting like Team Starmer's plan still largely holds, so they are vocally left wing, but are only acting through good-but-limited tweaks , with key Labour Right people in charge...
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solomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 12h
Burnham says the National Grid and Water were public once. Some of it may be again.There will be a National Care Service in the future. And PR later.The danger is, if Burnham doesn't break out the cage Starmer made and Healey wants,Burnham he will be like the White Queen talking to Alice about Jam
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 15h
@alexcallinicos.bsky.social for @socialistworker.bsky.social : #Iran war continues to expose @realDonaldTrump limit: socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...
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Alex Callinicos: Iran war continues to expose Trump’s limit
Trump may escalate the war against Iran. But decades of US attempts to dominate the Middle East are running up against the growing power of its rivals.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 17h
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@raystonian @stonia2.bsky.social · 13h
Centrists like #Burnham keep pushing "public control" as a ruse to make us believe it's nationalisation. It isn't. I know people who are totally sold on it & singing his praises today unthinkingly. There are still shareholders and they will still demand dividends at our expense as bill payers.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h
Why is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 21h
This notion of bigoted beliefs being a protected characteristic like gender or race is just absolutely barmy. Those of us who’ve experienced genuine discrimination for who we are know there’s no comparison, and the political and legal collusion on this stuff is disastrous.
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Pete Sinclair @petesinclair.bsky.social · 15h
Good to see that the Green Party has made Hope normal again. Every word of Andy Burnham’s speech is a direct result of the Greens winning votes from Labour. Vote Green in Holborn and St Pancras to keep the pressure up!
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14h
Repealing Margaret Thatcher's ban on public ownership of water companies is wonderful But it means absolutely nothing if he does not then bring water into public ownership Our response to Andy Burnham's #LabourConference speech
A We OWn It tweet that says "🚨BREAKING  Andy Burnham has just announced that he will repeal Margaret Thatcher’s ideological ban on public ownership of water companies. This is good news, and a sign of just how intensely this government is feeling the pressure from the public.  But this means absolutely nothing if he does not then bring water into public ownership.  Instead, Burnham’s speech doubled down on regulation as a way to fix the crisis in our water system.  This is doomed to fail. When water companies are fined, they pass them on to us. When bonuses are banned, they call them something else.   Burnham has an open goal with Thames Water. The company is insolvent. And the only option to keep it privatised is to hand it over to US hedge funds.  Yet Burnham has failed to take them on today.  Andy Burnham must take Thames Water into special administration and keep it in permanent public ownership. And he can use legislation to make it easier to bring other water companies ..."
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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 15h
Amazing contrast to Starmer's buttoned up style as Burnham delivers his speech stripped to the waist and covered in peanut butter, repeatedly diving into the audience
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Grahame Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gw53.bsky.social · 15h
Triple Lock….BAD Multi nationals, millionaires not paying tax…GOOD. People claiming benefits BAD MPs claiming rent, mortgage payments, food, drink and receiving “donations”….GOOD
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 16h
Mobilize the Working Class against War and Austerity! www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/29…
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Mobilize the working class against war and austerity!
The public sector strike in France is part of an international resurgence of social struggles against the backdrop of war and the rise of the far right.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 16h
Over 100 Israeli settlers raid Palestinian village, torch homes www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Over 100 Israeli settlers raid Palestinian village, torch homes
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Ali @meltedliso.bsky.social · 16h
The surveillance state living down to expectations, natch. £320k to fit up an innocent person.
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16h
It's not pensions you can't afford. It's not immigrants. It's not Disabled People. Or University educations. Or Healthcare. Or Housing. It's billionaires you can't afford, they are stealing all of this and much more.
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David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 16h
This would suggest that Keir Starmer had absolutely no understanding of the culture of protest in the UK and specifically that of Palestinian solidarity, which seems odd given his reputation as a human rights lawyer.
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Libby @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 19h
I dunno, maybe making pensioners poorer will actually increase the burden on social care
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 16h
Burnham said he would stand by the Labour 2024 manifesto. This is what the 2024 Labour manifesto says about the Pensions Triple Lock; “Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension.” The fact that Burnham is EVEN CONSIDERING ending it tells you all you need to know about him.
Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17h
The only foreign actors so far known to be involved are Trump and Rubio, who seem to be making it up as they go. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford latest: Incident 'clearly involves' foreign actor, says US secretary of state
The secretary of state, who did not provide further details, was speaking to US media after five men arrested on suspicion of terror offences were released on bail.
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 19h
Phoning up MI5 to say I think all the dog shit, fly-tipping and St. George's Flag graffiti around my area might be an Iranian plot
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Rachel Holdsworth @rmholdsworth.bsky.social · 23h
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?
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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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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 18h
Personally if I were the UK government and major figures within the government of our closest military ally were publicly speculating about a potential "bomb plot" that was not only sub judice but actively under investigation, I'd be getting my Ambassador to tell them to shut their fucking mouths.
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Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot
US secretary of state, who offered no evidence for claims, also says many people ‘disturbed’ that five suspects released on bail
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21h
Labour is dishonest when is uses the slogan “hope”, which, tellingly, it nicked from the Green Party, while touting a policy to make pensioners even poorer than they are already. The irony of having the slogan “Hope again” alongside headlines about Labour’s policy of making pensioners poorer…
HOPE AGAIN
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Minister refuses to rule out scrapping state pension triple lock ahead of Burnham speech
• Burnham's deputy refuses to say if he will scrap triple lock - live
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Liverpool Comrade ☭ @liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social · 17h
If you think Burnham will introduce PR, then you're a mug. Its always "after the next election". Bait and switch. Either they lose (no PR) or they win, but say that their new majority was too thin, so it gets shelved. Blair pulled the same rug pull.
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Rug Pull Prank
ALT: Rug Pull Prank
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A J Kent @ajkent77.bsky.social · 17h
Miliband might say they don't aim to be arresting grannies but that is exactly what Labour are doing. The party still stands for authoritarianism even if he and Burnham try to pretend otherwise.
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 17h
This Labour government are completely unable to look outside their neoliberal ideological box, for solutions! Why are poor pensioners being asked to foot the bill for social care Mr Burnham?? Whilst Billionaires do not pay a fair share of tax, to support our society’s most vulnerable!!
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whatdowewant.bsky.social @whatdowewant.bsky.social · 17h
So much for Burnham to do and he won't youtu.be/LxbpjaHlctA
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Israel Is PANICKING Over Gaza Film - Courageous Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy Explains Why
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 17h
Burnham says he will implement Labour’s 2024 manifesto. This is what the manifesto says about the pensions Triple Lock.
Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy.
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 19h
We've been doing "let's scrap [benefit] to fund [promised future public service] for close to two decades now, and while we have succeeded in scrapping benefits we do not seem to have funded any more public services. And somehow we still don't have any money.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20h
@unitesharon.bsky.social is spot on, we should own the national grid & run it for our benefit. It's crazy that we don't. At the moment its owned by the likes of Black Rock & Abu Dhabi & they run it for their benefit, not ours.
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