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Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.

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Brooke T. Sample @brookesample.bsky.social · 1h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December. Just find myself muttering variations of "this can't be real" over and over again.

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 59m

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 1h

If you wondered whether Mothin Ali was really stupid enough to share a tweet from someone calling themselves "Libby Tarde" (ie. Lib Tard), talking about how they had "travelled all the way from Bristol" to "vote" in the "by-erection", I can tell you that yes, he apparently is.

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 1h

Every Tory policy has two target audiences: the voters and the funders. These two groups are becoming less aligned by the day- hence this chaos.

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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 53m

Worth £10m and have terminal diagnosis? Buy a big house & move in for a bit. Costs you a fair bit but saves a fortune in IHT. Crazy policy.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

And there are other undesirable effects. The proposal could shift £60bn–£110bn from savings and investments into housing, and reduce the number of £1m-plus homes coming onto the market in London and the South East by 3%–6% each year.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

Take these effects into account, and the proposal won't cost the £6bn the Tories claim. We estimate £7.7bn–£10.9bn. (full working for this on our website)

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

And they also didn't take account of the opposite effect. The proposal creates a massive incentive for people to shift cash from investments into a larger home.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

Today, selling a £1m house and moving to a £400,000 flat won’t change your children’s IHT. The estate is the same size. Under the Tory proposal, the £1m house was exempt from IHT, but the £600,000 you released is fully subject to IHT. Your house move caused £240,000 IHT.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

A common complaint is that people on the Left ignore the dynamic effects of tax cuts. They just do a simple multiplication exercise and don't think about behavioural responses. That's often fair. But it's exactly the trap the Conservatives have fallen into here.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 9h

But of course. The most vile human on the planet, who is guilty of rape and pedophilia, sympathizing with rapists is just another normal news day in America now.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 4h

I actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be. Piece from me. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...

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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch

Why does she have the best press in politics?

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 9h

This does in fact seem obvious to everyone apart from the people who came up with the policy.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 8h

Tories totally unfunded tax cut for the wealthiest latest: they’ve hugely underestimated the cost of their policy and therefore the borrowing splurge their plans would cause. This is absolutely mad approach to economic policy making - totally giving up on fiscal credibility

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile, the White House is convulsed by the revelation that two Trump political advisors, supposedly overseeing the Republican midterm campaign, were instead moonlighting to help pro-Russian politicians in the Balkans. In both cases, the taint is indelible. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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Knives out for Blair and LaCivita

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 11h

Jim Ratcliffe (I won't use his honorary title) is a great example, made billions here, moved to Monaco to avoid paying billions in tax - why do we honour him.

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 11h

Here’s a new idea - people get stripped of honours for doing dishonourable things - let’s add tax dodging to the list. buff.ly/6zFAOmn

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 11h

Former UK diplomat (far from the first) points out that temporary housing is sitting in Egypt, but Israel won't let it in to Gaza, so Gazans can expect another cold, wet winter. He says many other ex-diplomatic things as well, but Israel will ignore him. #PoliticsLive

Man facing the camera - glasses small bear and moustache

Caption: Sir Vincent Fean, UK former Consul General, Jerusalem

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Evans The Crime @evansthecrime.bsky.social · 11h

Яeform MP Sarah Pochin is so concerned about the impact of second homes on communities that two days after asking a question about it in parliament she bought one on Anglesey / Ynys Môn. Good scoop by my erstwhile colleague @willhaycardiff.bsky.social willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...

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Reform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impact

Is this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’?

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 11h

Restore Britain backing a campaign to oppose something being added to White Flour sounds like an Onion piece.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14h

it transpires that billionaire David Reuben moved his tax residence to Monaco under the Tories www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15h

Zia is right - Robert Jenrick should never again be allowed anywhere near power.

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Jewish News @jewishnews.bsky.social · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Levene, 52, tells Jewish News he was kicked in the head and ribs by two men spraying the slogan 'Don't Vote Sagal Abdi-Wali A Puppet Of The Genocidal Israeli Regime' on cobbles

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Proudly Jewish man reveals he was viciously attacked after halting duo spray-painting ‘genocide’ slur at Labour candidate

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Levene, 52, tells Jewish News he was kicked in the head and ribs by two men spraying the slogan 'Don't Vote Sagal Abdi-Wali A Puppet Of The Genocidal Israeli Regime' on cobbles

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 14h

Setting aside the reason for his departure, how the f%^k do you defect from the Greens to the TORIES?! Even if he had only the mildest leanings towards a Green agenda, how can he suddenly switch to "drill baby drill", "net stupid zero" and "slash welfare"? W ⚓️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Suffolk councillor quits Greens for Tories over Zionism vote

He says the vote about Zionism "has left many in the party feeling politically homeless".

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 14h

'Remember when Nigel Farage described Andrew Tate as an "important voice" for men?' via Truth Against Hate

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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Three FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting / raping her when she was 13–15, after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them, were missing from the DOJ’s initial Epstein files release. #OpDeathEaters

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Got home to final leaflets of the by-election: a wrap from Labour with pictures of people voting 'for Sagal' and a leaflet from the Camden People's Alliance (local leftist independents, have endorsed Polanski) attacking the Labour candidate.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30

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How much has the UK actually spent on condoms in Pakistan?

Henry Riley is sceptical about Matt Goodwin's numbers so the reform politician calls himself to be fact-checked live on air.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“The dignity of the person is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed.” — Pope Leo XIV The Church teaches that the death penalty “is inadmissible,” he said, “because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah, he won a General Election.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What you need to know about changes to the state pension 👇 The most important one: it will keep rising every single year.

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spacecowboy @spacecowboy17.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Enjoying the For You feed? Give it a like ♡ to help more people discover it: bsky.app/profile/did:... The more people use it -> the more feedback we get -> the better we can make it for you.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Couples with £1 million and a family home will be able to avoid contributing anything to the collective good of their children’s and grandchildren’s country says Kemi Badenoch. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live

Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So what this week has taught us is that the Conservative offer is to: - prioritise the wealthiest - blow up the public finances

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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shocked I tell you... 🫢🫢🫢🫢🫢 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Badenoch's offers of help to the affluent are a see-through play to the kind of liberal, affluent, largely South Eastern places the post-Brexit Tories lost to the Lib Dems. This is about a deep cultural breach, and tax bribes won't solve it. Explained here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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When even Surrey’s middle classes are this angry with the Tories, you know it’s all gone wrong for Sunak | John Harris

The party’s antics since 2016 have estranged a large part of its classic base, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Announced tax cuts: £4billion per annum. Given inflation, probably £25billion over a parliament. Announced spending: 50,000 prison places - there won’t be much change from £5billion. Britannia Shield - £10 billion. Just these three requires an extra £40billion to be found.

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maricarmen's death sends shockwaves across Spain ahead of the snap elections. Protesters say she was "killed" by vulture funds and speculators. Sánchez is betting everything on the anger over the housing crisis to mobilise the progressive vote and secure a new term. Watch out for the implications.

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