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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 23h

such 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)

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you like hillforts AND Brochs, here's a fantastic combo for #HillfortsWednesday Edin's Hall: a Late Iron Age broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside an earlier Iron Age bivallate 0.9ha hillfort Scottish Borders / Crìochan na h-Alba Kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011 🤩 #HillfortsWednesday

Aerial photo looking down at the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with circular stone broch on the left and trees beyond

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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 21h

You mean there’s another way of doing poltics other than by finding out what the focus groups think and then slavishly following it?

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 21h

Voters can respond, as they did when Thatcher was PM, to a leader willing to take tough decisions in the short term that seem to have a pay off in the long term. If Burnham can combine his likeability with her toughness--not an easy trick to pull off--then Labour has at least a chance of reelection.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨🚨 @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...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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Davey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The number of times Nigel Farage has fallen over himself to get a racist xenophobic slant on some breaking news SHOULD be a wake up call to anyone who thinks he isn’t just a hate monger, trying to distract from his crypto millions with some new scapegoat

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph:

Screenshot of a September 28, 2026, post on ex-Twitter by right-wing foreign policy analyst, professor, author and former Trump Department of Defense senior policy adviser Matthew Koenig, showing the lobby of the US State Department adorned with 200 American flags:

“The US State Department lobby used to display the flags of the roughly 200 countries with which the US maintains diplomatic relations. Now, it displays 200 American flags, to remind State Department employees who they work for.”

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It never stops

Robert Jenrick

The 5 RAF base terror suspects have been released on bail.

Meanwhile Danny Tommo has his bail denied.

It looks insane on the face of it. Are the police going to explain what's going on?

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Thomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Isn't it strange how quiet the anti ULEZ campaigners have gone. They must all be too busy covering up their banners and bumper stickers to admit that Sadiq did them a favour by making them switch from diesel to petrol.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why is it so vitally important that we need to know the ethnicity of suspected terrorists imediately, as if them being white would make it more acceptable or the bomb less explosive.

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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit.

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Dave Madden @davemadden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

COYBIG to FOYBIG in one horrible weekend.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files

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Dave Madden @davemadden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have his fantasy that Ireland will walk out tonight, sing the national anthem, and then walk off. I know…..

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EoghanOC @corcaioch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I won't be watching the match tonight but I do wonder how the players wearing an Irish jersey will manage to last 90 minutes of running and standing when not one of them has a spine. Shame on them all. They are not representing me tonight... now or ever again. #spéirgorm

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Pentagon's public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased this week without explanation from Trump's Defense Department. The total number of troops now wounded during the war is 861, according to DCAS.

washingtonpost.com

Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war

With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a 162-page White House report argued the Smithsonian had “moved the Museum’s mission away from straightforward historical education and scholarship toward an extreme political activism.”

propublica.org

How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War

The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Upside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The final stage of imperialism is the rotten corpse of the Orange Order trying to drag itself down Garvaghy road while Chris Bryant tuts at Michelle O'Neill for objecting.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The quality of broadcast media coverage of politics & interviewing has long been in decline & is part of the problem of how politics is done. Laura Kuenssberg thinking it appropriate to call the UK PM "Santa Burnham" is tabloidesque, soundbite & vacuous politics. Not what the #BBC should be about.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026

Trump lies: "Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon. Prices for groceries have come way down for Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing -- oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration."

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026

Also reported by @gcooney93.bsky.social in the Irish Times tonight that following the team meeting and vote, some players “turned on Bazunu, one of whom is understood to have abused him to his face”

irishtimes.com

Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI

Gavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 27/09/2026

Reported by @davidsneyd.bsky.social on @the42.ie this morning that the player responsible for this subsequently went to Bazunu’s room and apologised to him. Meanwhile: one defender will be made tog out as a goalkeeper tonight because UEFA rules require matchday squads to have three goalkeepers

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There is still time and there is still hope that Ireland pulls out of today's game against apartheid Israel and this demonstration turns into a welcome home. But if the game goes ahead we will be at the Aviva Stadium Thursday to show our solidarity with the Palestinian people #StopTheGames

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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I find this analysis condescending and offensive to progressive voters who, like myself, were disillusioned with Starmer. When there are 101 actual material things that should have been addressed, to suggest that we just wanted a more ‘emotional’ politics and a bit of ‘virtue signalling’ is gross.

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Ed O’Loughlin @edoloughlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The offside rule in football: by virtue of where he is standing, refusing to play the team of a genocidal Israel, Gavin Bazunu has just played every other Irish squad member, the FAI, UEFA, and the Irish government, offside.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

the most consequential meeting of a Irish football squad since That One

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

think the Irish public has a right to know what went on inside that room. if it's good enough to name and shame Gavin Bazunu I want to know which players led the calls to play. I want to know the facts about what (if any) external parties were involved

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 26/09/2026

City's hopes of winning an appeal are 'basically hopeless', according to one leading expert Read more: trib.al/YY2CF1D

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolute first class name of the chap commenting on #ManCity given what's happened to their legal costs www.ft.com/content/88e0...

“Modelling the impact of Everton’s overspending in the Burnley case was very complex, and that concerned just a single season,” said Fred Snowball, a dispute partner at law firm Macfarlanes.

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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The crypto threat to democracy: how the crypto industry is buying up the radical right – and why Podcast and piece on the crypto-political scandals hitting the US, UK and Poland

nickcohen.substack.com

Crypto corruption: Who buys politicians and why

Watch now (13 mins) | Crypto pays the radical right for immunity

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When Israel spoke at the UN 75 countries walked out. When Iran spoke just 1 country walked out. Iran has won, Israel has lost. Time for Donald Trump to surrender and stop fixing gas prices for his and his billionaire donors profits.

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Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame

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Steve King♿️ @stevemking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You know Trump will insist his family sell tickets to his funeral. And I will buy one just to throw an egg at his casket

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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What a laughable take. Simply incredible to look at this two-day Trump car crash - including no coverage of state dinner because of press ban and huge "stop the communist Dems" ad campaign launching while Trump rolls our the Red Carpet for The Reds - and have your top takeaway be: Xi Failed A Bit.

BBC screen grab: "Xi got Trump's red carpet welcome - but not everything he wanted". Yeah, sure. Trump failed to entirely accurately hum "Mo Li Hua" while guzzling Xi's ballsack.

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Dave Madden @davemadden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Citeh? Sanctions don't really matter. Appeals are irrelevant. There's always be an * now.

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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

NEW: BBC Sport boss Alex Kay-Jelski has pushed analysis, club fandom & YouTube. With more cuts this week, he now faces internal concerns of leaving some viewers behind. How BBC Sport found itself at the centre of a BBC identity crisis: WARNING: Nuance. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...

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BBC Sport’s digital revamp poses wider questions about purpose of the corporation

Some staff fear digital approach will pull BBC towards commercial model built around football, leaving minority sports and older TV viewers behind

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 25/09/2026

"I don't have many skills, but eating is one of them." Once again nominating @nigella.bsky.social to be Queen of the Universe.

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