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Lee Fellows @leejfellows.bsky.social · 10h

Mark Francois, John Redwood, David Frost, David Starkey and others…

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Lee Fellows @leejfellows.bsky.social · 10h

Just looked at who is on their Advisory Board 🫣

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Panther Raccoon @pantherraccoon.bsky.social · 10h

BBC News has been broken for more than a decade now.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 10h

The far-R goons imposed at BBC by Tories need to be removed.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 9h

It doesn’t but it does illustrate absolute imperative for Burnham to provide evidence (obvs w/o compromising security). And it absolutely requires him to quickly initiate a full-scale inquiry into Russian interference, influence & funding in U.K. especially in U.K. politics; parties & politicians

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

I was going to say I shouldn’t bother won’t be an enlightening experience😊

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

And Monday, Tuesday …. 😁

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

Ah! I’m being my normal dense self😁

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

Yes it is & I think I implied that but yes could have been more explicit.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

Fair enough😁 I did use the verb ‘will’ wasn’t expecting it , this minute. But in terms of just pledging an inquiry, not the terms of it etc don’t see there’s anything to ‘think about’ imo.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

Rather be subject to a hissy fit than vilified & harassed by black shirted fascists, egged on by right wing politicians, just because of my nationality, ethnicity, colour of my skin etc

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

And I far rather be subject to a hissy fit abt misuse of a pronoun from someone in the office than be deported just for legally living for years in the U.K. and done no wrong in this country.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 13h

Indeed & that’s completely wrong & out of order if use of “wrong” pronoun was inadvertent. But identity consists of other components apart fm gender; nationality, ethnicity, religion etc.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 14h

And it is that not largely a problem coming from the right.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 14h

This is a genuine question Is it really in equal measures right and left? and is the actual real problem people trying to impose their identity on others, is not the real problem those, who for extreme political purposes, who are trying to deny people their right to an identity of their choosing.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 19h

So presumably Burnham will ensure the report will be ‘unsuppressed’ & issued in full, unredacted. And he will also launch an urgent investigation into Russian influence in entire UK political arena incl Russian money & particularly related to U.K. political parties/politicians. He will, won’t he?

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 19h

Is now?? Krasnov has been ‘siding’ with Putin since the day he was elected for his first term

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just for once I’d like the leaders of Europe, U.K., Ukraine and the entirety of their medias to be able to grasp the bleeding obvious. If Krasnov acts/governs like, talks like and looks like a Russian asset, … he is a Russian asset.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Anyone who voted for Trump in an election is a universe away from being in the ‘centre’ on the electoral spectrum.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Far far worse is that it and the tax break on child care for those on £100,000 will be funded by ferocious attacks on the lives of the poor and sick by means of savage welfare cuts of £50bn+

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tory £6bn inheritance tax cut plan Increase threshold from £1m per couple to £2m+home. In 2024-25, 30,400 estates paid IHT, may rise to 52,100 in 2029-30. IHT cut for the richest, paid by cutting benefits for old, sick, disabled, unemployed. How will it help economic growth, reindustrialization?

bbc.co.uk

Kemi Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes

Tory leader says her party is "coming back", as she aims to convince voters it has changed after 2024 election defeat.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No way, sadly, will this Govt give full & unconditional acceptance of the 4 freedoms & therefore unfortunately no way back

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Assuming that all those who support the Tories policy reinstatement of free child care for those earning over £100,000 will equally welcome the Tories policy of scrapping inheritance tax?. Notwithstanding the Tories policy of slashing welfare payments to poor & sick by 50+ billion.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I understand the desire to speak well of the dead, and am sure that Archer, like all of us, was a mix of good and bad. But the tendency to indulge dishonesty, so long as it's by a loveable scamp, has done real damage to British politics. We should be a bit wary of the "isn't he a card?" thing.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Badenoch would do a deal with Reform in a heartbeat, no matters what she says.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not really, they are rejecting the most extreme of the extreme examples of racism. Million miles to go.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And it’s obviously not a strategy that the shadow home office ministerial team agree with given Blake Stephenson’s latest utterances.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sorry but if Politoco’s reporting of the extreme far right Tory Party electoral strategy of tacking centre to appeal to middle class LD’s & Labour voters is true then it’s one of the most batshit political strategies, guaranteed to failure, I’ve ever heard.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Please don't forget about us trans people. Facing the worst attack on our rights in this country due to Labour's current transphobia. Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is incredibly telling, to me at least, how Cameron and May were more progressive on trans rights, and yet even those areas of recognition are being rolled back/completely destroyed by Labour, yet trans and non-binary individuals are ignored, talked over, and told to shut up and support Labour.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Think it is less likely to happen anywhere on the same scale with 2 parties, like Greens & Labour, with a massive raft of policy differences and a very substantial gap to where they are in relation to each other on the political spectrum.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think this true when 2 parties like Reform & Tories have a very similar policy positions and are very close on the political spectrum.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is almost certainly true, and the UK fails women refugees in multiple ways, including by refusing safe routes to come here, wrongly rejecting asylum claims, barring family reunion & not recognising trafficking victims promptly or at all. If only Mahmood had the power to do something about this

theguardian.com

Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood

Home secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s a million times less progressive when you pledge to make those on 100 grand better off while simultaneously pledging to make a ferocious assault on the living standards to the tune of 50 billion + of the sick and some of the poorest in the land.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The fact that they are proposing to make those on 100,000 better off while simultaneously in the same breath talking about massive cuts off £50 million plus to the poorest and sickest in the country is exactly the behaviour that everyone would expect fm the Tories.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think the vast majority of those alive today need this proposal to ‘paint’ the Tories as favouring the rich. A review of the policies passed by Tory Govts for decades will surely demonstrate that is their DNA.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/10/2026

‘In fixating on the threat of “foreign” money, Labour has implicitly accepted that plutocrats can buy politics, so long as they are on the electoral roll.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on party fundraising. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.uk

Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Funding Reform

British politics has long been complacent about the power of big money. The relatively low price of access to...

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This isn’t a Conservative Party, it’s an extreme far right wing party, as proven by the conference so far and their policy platform.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some of which was known before his first term & all of it by the end of it by every single person in the U.S. Yet the U.S. voters still voted for him to have a 2nd term. Look no further than that for the biggest idiots on earth by an absolute country mile.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Err no, sadly Krasnov’s far from the biggest idiot on earth. Krasnov is a fascist, a Russian asset, a President who incited the attempted violent overthrow of U.S. democracy, a rapist, a President who openly admits he’s a man who openly in the street sexually assaulted hundreds/thousands of women.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“With births barely exceeding deaths, and likely to fall, idea UK faces inexorable immigration-driven population growth is detached from reality. The long-term challenge is how we sustain the workforce, public services and tax base as the population ages.” www.thetimes.com/article/uk-p...

thetimes.com

UK population grows at slowest rate since 1998, ONS figures show

The slowdown is largely due to the ongoing fall in net migration

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Absolutely superb article. If, and it’s a big if in my mind, Burnham is really serious about considering a full rejoin or a SM rejoin then he will have to be bashing this argument home over and over again starting now. I suspect that isn’t going to happen but desperately hope I’m wrong.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a) 100% b) 65% Badenoch / 35% Farage c) 5%

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I would ask what he's done to date to prove it - he's PM now. Has he jailed water CEOs for pollution - nationalised water? Why keep same Home Sec with same anti-migrant (racist) policies? Why go easy on the fascist mobs? Why continue jailing grannies peacefully protesting genocide/climate? It's BS

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Jenn de Jeune @jennay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Burnham shows no signs of undoing the Blue Lab culture wars, if anything his Govt is doubling down on the very worst aspects: -Retention of Mahmoud - retrospectively changing permanent residency for legal immigrants -Retention of Phillipson - implementation of the unworkable EHRC Code of Practice

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They must also consistently castigate the proto fascists, the extreme far right & the far right Labour Party for creating a poisonous, divisive culture demonising migrants and immigrants. Nothing less will do.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Lib Dem’s above all else must champion socially liberal platform, most importantly constantly making the case for immigration being good for the country.

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davegearing @davegearing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A fascist going after the extreme far right leader of the Tories

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