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Chorltonian Daz

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Mancunian Prefer rugby to football, if only for the shorter shorts and better legs Not a loony. Fairer society Less greed. Coffee not tea Dogs not cats Nature Science Geek Politics Not necessarily in that order! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology A safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture was broken and that AI firms were not “being nearly careful enough” about developing the technology. David Robinson, who led the writing of safety reports that accompanied the ChatGPT developer’s product releases, explained his resignation in an essay headlined, “I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken”. Continue reading...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🔥 Mark Carney officially has the highest approval rating in Canadian history - a 70% approval rate. Carney’s EU moves have gone down well!
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Mark Carney officially has the highest approval rating in Canadian history
Prime Minister Mark Carney now holds the highest recorded approval rating in Canadian history, achieved earlier this month in a study by Spark Insights.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The very first line is a lie, and we all know it. *None* of this was ever designed to help us, which is why it hurts us and we hate it. It really is that simple, but the media simply cannot bring themselves to say it.
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The humans are rejecting the machines that were supposed to help them | CNN Business
Touchscreens and self-checkout machines were designed to help customers. But restaurants and retailers are ditching them to humanize stores and attract workers.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MPs call for emergency legislation for public control of Thames Water, let govt restore it and resell. Hedge funds want to takeover TW, want exemption from penalties for breaking laws. Neither will do. Profit motive is the cause of the crisis. Need public ownership.
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MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds
Efra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Won't somebody speak up for ̶the c̶o̶m̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶ Prince Charles' former girlfriend?
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Tom Pattison @tpattison.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Emma is the best of us. That this kind of debunking is such a refreshing chance is a damning indictment of our media.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There's blood in the water and then there's this, chunks of flesh bobbing about- Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage
George Cottrell’s mother Fiona at the centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donations
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Ban Frankenchickens in the UK. Sign the petition: action.projectslingshot.com/petition-ban...
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Ban Frankenchickens. End the system that made them.
Tell the Secretary of State at Defra to ban factory-farmed and fast-growing chickens known as Frankenchickens.
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Elisabeth Murray @lizthelemming.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Well worth reading the whole thread (and following Emma). A detailed look at the FACTS.
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Ed Davy …. Finger on the pulse pf the nation 💪 NOT! ❌
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...
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02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO
Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soa...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 11/03/2026
Telling how confident Starmer now feels in owning his Iran decision. His best outing against Badenoch at PMQs in months. KB not alone in shifting her position. Many of those in the press and politics demanding war and condemning Starmer loudest have been far quieter since the inevitable chaos began.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
UK median annual wage for employees is £31,056. £25,880 after income tax and NIC. Graduates take home even less. Tax thresholds frozen since 2021. Millions can't afford to buy homes, start family or business. No govt curbs profiteering. Can't build sustainable economy without redistribution.
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Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National Statistics
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data. This is a joint release between HMRC and the Offic...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Donor suspended from Tories pays £50,000 for dinner with Kemi Badenoch. That is 2+ years of minimum wage. Monies at this scale are paid to buy influence and favours. Criminalizing purchase/sale of political parties and legislators is a necessary step for ending political corruption.
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Donor suspended from Tories pays £50,000 for dinner with Kemi Badenoch
Exclusive: Rami Ranger, who was suspended temporarily in 2023, makes successful bid at party fundraising event
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Donald Trump is giving $10 billion from the US government to his 'Board of Peace'. Which he personally controls, this is theft.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 19/02/2026
Every time Labour created a modern parliament – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London – they chose proportional representation writes MP, Jenny Riddell Carpenter. Why is Westminster the exception? If PR is good enough for devolved Britain, it’s good enough for the UK. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Electoral reform is the key to Social Democratic renewal
With four parties tied in the polls, our first past the post electoral system is failing. How should progressives respond?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy. A masterclass in quality journalism.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/02/2026
Flashes of anger but Paul Dacre keeps his head before court cut-off
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Flashes of anger but Paul Dacre keeps his head before court cut-off
Former king of Fleet Street was barely audible while the claimants’ barrister raced against judge’s deadline
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
To provide 100% Renewable Energy the UK would have to cover about 0.5% of its farmland with Solar Panels. In comparison nearly 20% is currently unused and 2% is covered in Golf Courses.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Please SHARE! @europeanmovement.co.uk now has >27,000 followers. 🙌
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
BREAKING: “Enough already” - Statement just posted by Steve Rotheram Mayor of the Liverpool City Region on X
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silverstar24.bsky.social @silverstar24.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There is this:
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Because adding profit margins and shareholders to everything is such a good idea!!!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you've watched the actual video... Farage falls over himself to say how respectful and polite he's being to Trump while pointing it out. It's absolutely pathetic
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
UK banks poised for bumper bonuses. Good news for some. Banks could reduce profit margins, pay more on savings, but don't. Banker bonus cap abolished, capital requirements being reduced, recklessness enriches. No govt would let big banks collapse. What would the next bailout cost?
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Banks poised for bumper bonuses this spring
Complete the FT’s bonus survey and see how your payout will measure up
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
“Bone spurs” 🤦‍♂️
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/01/2026
Emily Thornberry MP: "How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it" "And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer mocks the idea of Trumps board of peace “Putin being on a board of peace? He is waging war on a European country"
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Farage seems to have had a very busy diary this last week, so glad he got over his tummy upset on Sunday… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Red meat, no lettuce: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend private lunch after week of Tory defections
Meal at Mayfair club took place on day Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick criticised former PM’s mini-budget
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Can somebody arrange this please - it needs a bigly presentation
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17/01/2026
"When you have a militarised police force operating in this fashion, targeting people who the government itself is targeting in the most appalling possible terms, that is far right," says Lewis Goodall. "That is reminiscent of a Gestapo" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/ice-...
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ICE violence escalates across America: ‘It is reminiscent of Nazi Gestapo’ | The News Agents
Violence between US civilians and federal ICE Agents on the streets of America continues, but are officers acting on immigration concerns, or as Donald Trump’s private militia?
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I bought 100% chocolate… 😩 Tried one piece Still in the cupboard.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Why we could end up looking back at Robert Jenrick's defection as the moment Nigel Farage's hopes of becoming Prime Minister started to die www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/robert-jen...
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Robert Jenrick’s Defection Could Kill Nigel Farage’s Hopes of Becoming Prime Minister
The Reform leader says the Tories broke Britain and now he wants their help to break it all over again
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/01/2026
ICYMI: Over 100 Tories have now defected to Reform UK. ❓ Are there any from your council or constituency? Find out using our tracker... 🗳️ Vote for Reform UK and get the worst of the Tories. www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformu…
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Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker
Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows they are nothing more than the 'Tories in disguise'.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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Kevin P @keysrgood.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
When are journalists actually going to challenge any statements Farage makes? Why don’t they do their job and research before giving him a platform? For more examples, follow @reformexposed.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/reform-counc...
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Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 16/01/2026
Accurate headline on the front page of the Mirror
Daily Mirror front page FARAGE'S PARTY OF TORY FAILURES
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This might be the single most pathetic thing I've seen in my adult life.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"Why would anyone hand the keys back to these people [the Conservative Party] to take the country forward and hope that they would fix it" says Robert Jenrick, who was a Conservative Party Shadow Minister until just a few hours ago, and has been plotting to take it over for years
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Chorltonian Daz @darthhugz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
So the anti-establishment Reform UK have put Lord Offord in charge of Scottish Reform… who bought a £1.6million mansion on Loch Lomond… for cash. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth
Newly appointed Malcolm Offord, who became a Tory life peer in 2021, plans to stand for Holyrood in May
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Five hours. Farage's latest "hand on heart" promise lasted five hours.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
there’s always a tweet
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Robert Jenrick illegally rushed through planning permission to try help a billionaire avoid £45m in property tax. But he is sick of seeing Asylum Seekers break the law. Because that’s only for him and his rich buddies.
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