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Émigré from ‘the other place’, currently enjoying the clear Bluesky! Slava Ukraini. He/him.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pisspoor response from a pisspoor leader, who clearly does not have the moral clarity or the conviction to prevent racism in his party greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/05/z...
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Zack Polanski reaction to Zionism is racism motion - Green Party
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: “Antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct – blurring the line between the two is not only wrong but antisemit...
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Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Being against bus lanes is absolute loser behaviour.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m afraid if this kind of motion falls, intention is pretty clear
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy Sunday, we're here for all your dog walking/company while cooking needs. A long gentle chat on the meaning of it all.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 30/09/2026
Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.
Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yup.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 30/09/2026
Opinion | "Things which were once thought impossible now feel entirely plausible," writes @iandunt.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/BtjFEXY
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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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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 · 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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am so happy about what I am hearing that I have lost the ability to speak
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So many dum-dums out there. Yes, blame the algorithm but also blame the people
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dispiriting. I would much rather his brand of more moderate Conservatism was challenging the national party rather than aimed at attracting a liberal electorate in London. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London
Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect
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Captain Easychord @suddenstars.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Farage looks like a man who tried to nonchalantly jump over a low wall to take a shortcut, caught his leg on it and almost fell over, then tried to style it out while also looking accusingly at the wall, before walking off, trying to hide a limp.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The "race realist" who deliberately instigated and fuelled the pile on that led Jason Arday to take his own life is trying to centre himself in the ongoing coverage. Let's not do that, by not reposting anything to do with him, and not mentioning his name — not even in outrage. Damnatio memoriae.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A shiny penny for anyone who can guess the answer arrived at
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StuartSW @stuartsw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Much has been said about this tragedy, but this sums it up thoughtfully and clearly. May Jason, at least, rest in peace. @lewisgoodall.com Jason Arday and the moral panic machine goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
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Jason Arday and the moral panic machine
How the press were right and horribly wrong
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s long been clear that Reform is beatable – Farage’s terrible personal ratings, toxic brand, mass tactical voting against them. The narrative that victory for them is inevitable was based on superficial analysis + wishful thinking on the right.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
According to Luke Tryl on Radio 4 disillusioned Reform voters think Farage is “just the same as the rest” on the corruption front. But he isn’t is he? He’s exponentially worse. And his grifter tendency has been obvious for a very long time.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEW: Bev Craig wins the Greater Manchester Mayoralty. Reform second.
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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I think we're all ready for The Muppet Odyssey.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Jenrick is an idiot sandwich. Read all about it. iandunt.substack.com/p/jenrick-is...
At any given moment you could ask yourself: What’s the most cynical, self-interested, irresponsible and yet also incredibly basic thing you could do now, and that’s precisely what he’ll do - whether it’s making anti-immigration videos or joining Reform. And yet, despite the obviousness of the action itself, he will always pursue it with this look of deep seriousness, as if he were Napoleon devising the Italian campaign.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The PM has now appointed the full Cabinet + those attending Cabinet (with further non-Cabinet appointments tomorrow).
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is great
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I love the fact that when they held a referendum in 2013 on whether they wanted to stay British, 99.8% did, on a 92% turnout. Just three people voted against. Three. THREE.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Just briefly on that unbelievably stupid Falklands thing iandunt.substack.com/p/football-e...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Loved this moment
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This was narratively perfect. Great character work and plot resolution from the writers
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Quintessential Badenoch to build "a party of the future" by actively resisting the future. In the middle of a heatwave. She's the Liz Truss who hasn't had the opportunity to blow herself up yet
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Who funds him?” No one funds him! There’s nothing to fund. He just gets the same bin costume out the loft for one evening every 6-12 months.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Badenoch really is a catastrophe for this country. She is a barrier to deradicalisation on the right, because she works daily to make the centre-right position as extreme and irrational as possible. I wish Cleverly had won that election.
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Nearly 80 Labour MPs sign letter urging Andy Burnham to retreat on Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms, warning voters in Makerfield did not talk about “making it harder for care workers and nurses to settle here” and raising serious concerns over hostile rhetoric 👏🏼 inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Burnham faces first Labour mutiny over Mahmood's hardline immigration reforms
Labour backbenchers are demanding a change in direction over immigration and asylum policies
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Incredible scenes as Badenoch rules herself out as a candidate
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I know lots of people think this could happen here but I dont agree. Our history on race and religion are very different. In the US, it informs everything. So ie the gun debate is in fact the race debate through a particular lense. We're fucked up in lots of ways, just not in the same specific way.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is terrible terrain for them. On race, religion, guns etc there is just a very small constituency for this stuff.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have donated to Count Binface. I think this is the first time I have donated to a political candidate. Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...
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Ian Dunt just supported Count Binface on Ko-fi! ❤️
Ko-fi lets you support creators you love with tips, memberships and shop sales!
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I wont stop him." <stop stop he's dead gif>
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I will accept Nigel Farage's request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.
But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Again, I beg MPs and the government to actually look at the policy they may or may not be implementing and think through both the human consequences and their willingness to have 1/6 of all care staff be deported.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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All the presidents’ meddling: the Balogun scandal shows how Fifa can break football | Barney Ronay
The suspension of the USA striker’s red card after Trump’s intervention has shown what Gianni Infantino’s organisation is trying to turn the sport into: scripted entertainment
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I think this is the right reading. Farage is trying to move the terrain to what he knows best (campaigning, division) from a position of weakness. It's an act of desperation. It may pay off in Clacton, which is incredibly right-wing, but it's bad for his reputation and his party nationally.
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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Happened in Hartlepool! Stuart Drummond was elected Mayor in 2002, under the guise of H'Angus the Monkey, the town's football club's mascot, and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009. He promised the council would give children free bananas - and he did introduce free fruit snacks in schools.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It would be great if Binface won Clacton and then turned out to be a remarkably effective local MP who served several terms
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before?
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! What is the charge? Receiving a bung? A succulent five million quid? Get your hand off my penis!”
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