Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 9hI spat out me beer… 07939
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Jack Dean @jackddean.bsky.social · 9hIn the current climate, news stories like this are a welcome reprieve. 05620
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 19hsuch 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) 1925764
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Swansea Bay News @swanseabaynews.bsky.social · 15hFacing eviction, debt or a benefits row? A £1.3m fund is paying for free legal advice across Wales from Thursday, through Shelter Cymru and Citizens Advice. Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock says it's about breathing space for families. Full story…swanseabaynews.comLEGAL AID: £1.3m for free advice across Wales if you’re facing eviction, debt or a benefits rowFacing eviction, a debt you cannot pay or a benefits decision you think is wrong? A £1.3m UK Government fund is paying for free legal advice across Wales from Thursday through Shelter Cymru and Citizens Advice, and the Port Talbot MP who is Welsh Secretary says it is about giving families "breathing space". 021
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22hBest news today? The significant rise in business investment, which matters because it drives tmrw’s growth not just today’s: - business investment is estimated to have increased by 1.8% in Q2 - it is up 5.2% on the year Chart (from Reuters)👇 3478
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22hHere’s the release: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gros...ons.gov.ukGDP quarterly national accounts, UK - Office for National StatisticsRevised quarterly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the UK. 1124
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22hMore evidence of UK economy’s strong first half to the year, despite the very real impact of the Iran war: - ONS have revised up growth (and gdp/capita growth) in Q2 to 0.5% - confirms the UK as the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2026 (given growth of 0.6% in Q1) 710242
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 13hIs there a tension between delivery and devolution? We discussed the new PM's competing priorities with @anandmenon.bsky.social on High Resolution ⤵️ buff.ly/GrmapUw 143
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13hHe is not burning cash. He is investing money to shape political discourse and public opinion in line with his ideology and interests. And it's a successful strategy. Also, for a billionaire losing 10 million is like losing 1000 pounds for a middle class person. 19826
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Eddie Mair @eddiemair.bsky.social · 11hwww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The Robert Peston Interview Show (with Eddie Mair), Esther RantzenEddie Mair surprises Robert Peston with his first guest - Esther Rantzen. 1396
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 13h"Because of how uncertain the old triple lock was, it could save anywhere between £4bn and £20bn by the end of the next decade" 🎙️ Jonathan Cribb explains the difficulties in knowing how much the changes to the triple lock will save, in our latest podcast: has the triple lock been fixed? 222
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 13hPaul Marshall 🤝 Sheikh Mansour GB NEWS 🤝 Man City Reform 0111
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 13hFind someone to love you like Paul Marshall loves burning cash on GB News pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine... 45412
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 15hHe's got nine days to pull it off 129011
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15hopen.spotify.com/episode/6Wt9...open.spotify.comThe Burnham speech that put hope back into politicsJames O'Brien Daily · Episode 1366
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 15hIt's unclear if the funding would apply to the Maindy velodrome, where the likes of Geraint Thomas and Elinor Barker started cycling, but which has also faced the threat of demolition in recent years. road.cc/news/cycling... 2122
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 581255700
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 15hMust read for everyone struggling to understand the Burnham announcement on the triple lock yesterday .... 042
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 18hWe’ve a report coming out soon on the civil and criminal tax implications of the Manchester City shenanigans. To catch it first you can subscribe to our free newsletter buff.ly/QEAHmgK 915127
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 17hNews out of Europe that will not be welcomed by the ECB: The latest inflation prints (3.4% for France, 4.1% for Italy, and 5.0% for Spain). French sovereign spreads now trading 120 basis points over Germany. #economy #europe #markets #inflation #France #Italy #Spain 0244
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19hActually pretty funny when you consider that they could benefit significantly from this. 2250067
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 19hstatic.klipy.comClown Makeup TransformationALT: Clown Makeup Transformation 3027772
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 19hUntil recently, I thought Torsten Bell was the pen name of the fourth Bronte sister. What he is is the best communicator in the government. He should be front and centre of any news media operation. 2356
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 20hBurnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media: 43352105
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 21hWith the Triple Lock reform set out accurately and the savings hypothecated to a National Care Service, a clear majority back it: 64% support it and 15% oppose: net +49. 7/9 2306
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 21hWhat changes? Pensions still rise by at least 2.5% or CPI inflation, whichever is higher, and keep pace with earnings over time. What goes is the "ratchet" that lets pensions rise faster than wages. The government says the savings will go to pay towards the new National Care Service. 6/9 1162
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 21hInstant reactions were positive from almost 7 in 10 respondents (69%), compared to 13% who had a negative response, a NET score of +56. 5/9 1243
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 21hOf the 55% of the public who had seen or heard something about the speech, 55% have a positive impression vs. 23% negative 2/9 1283
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Survation. @survation.bsky.social · 21hNEW: Where will the public land on Andy Burnham’s Triple Lock changes and National Care Service plans? Initial reactions to the PM’s speech in a poll of 1,548 adults in the UK interviewed in the hours after the speech on 29 September on behalf of Mandate Research 🧵1/9 12812
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21h🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comUS withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groupsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog. 47682477
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely. 26970364
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wrote this without noticing that Burnham had used the line about utilities on the Monopoly board that I’ve been wanging on about lately. Flattering but potentially a little awkward stylistically. I think the intro still works, though… liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/478...liveapp.inews.co.ukI loved Andy Burnham’s speech, but one part of it was shamefulJames O’Brien: The PM was brilliant, except for when he talked about immigration 2729644
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. 295144492830
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We will increase the State Pension to record highs and ensure it can sustainably rise every year in future - that is the prize of our reform for today’s and tomorrow’s pensioners: a state pension they can trust will actually be there for them. 2407
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026…or means-testing the State Pension. Which is what… Kemi Badenoch herself said was on the table www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukKemi Badenoch triple lock comments trigger pensions rowThe Tory leader said her party wanted to look at greater means-testing of government support. 2266
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why does this matter? Because making unsustainable promises on the Triple Lock lasting forever has consequences. It will mean the Conservative would (again) swiftly accelerate rises in the State Pension age - making people wait into their 70s for a pension… 1337
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And Jack Rankin was even clearer: “The triple lock situation is not sustainable” www.gbnews.com/politics/sta...gbnews.comTory MP admits triple lock is 'unsustainable' before revealing pensions political headacheThe triple lock increases the state pension by at least 2.5 per cent, or whatever is highest of inflation or wage growth 2237
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh - and BOTH the senior parliamentary aides to Kemi Badenoch have called for the Triple Lock to be changed. Here’s John Glen spelling it out… www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...telegraph.co.uk 12810
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The now Justice Secretary wrote a manifesto that called for the state pension to be put on a sustainable footing in 2017. Never mind adjusting the triple lock he, and every Tory that stood in that election, wanted it scrapped (p64 of that manifesto for the keen) 2236
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What did the new shadow foreign secretary call an unreformed triple lock? A Ponzi scheme www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukConservatives should stop defending triple lock ‘Ponzi system’, says senior ToryTom Tugendhat compared the UK economy to a ‘Ponzi system’ during a fringe event at the party conference in Manchester on Monday. 3357
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Worse, they know they aren’t a serious party. Here’s just a few examples… 1224
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Conservative Party debated for a couple of hours and decided that no, they are not a serious party. Inevitably. 1318841
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Efrogwraig @efrogwraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good speech. Now to put it into action. 032
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴James Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/09/2026"By embracing electoral reform, tackling the triple lock, and reopening the question of Brexit, Andy Burnham has embraced Labour’s new core vote – younger, economically insecure, liberal Brits, instead of holding on to an imagined voter of a bygone era."thenewworld.co.ukVigour, passion, purpose: Why Andy Burnham’s bold speech will be talked about for many years to comeOn social care, PR, Brexit, water, housing and more, the PM signalled seismic change and a willingness to tackle the toughest issues 817839
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴davidjohngreen.bsky.social @davidjohngreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 0199
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026just say the rings will end humanity, they'll be queueing around the block for the shares. Simples. 1415612
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once. 581618521
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now. 40536120
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay. 491124290
Reposted by Steve Griffiths 🏴Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Think hard on this when you vote on Tuesday 3 November. 17105513366
