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David Head

@davidheadviews.bsky.social
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European. Translator & writer. Allergic to Brexit. Seeking justice for the disabled, the homeless, & refugees.

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Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social · 3h
Another example of #Reform bullshit #hypocrisy. Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000 Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second home ownership on rural communities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h
Devoid of ideas, Tories vow return to Thatcherite policies. They want to cut social spending, build prisons, cut taxes for the rich, free childcare for individuals earning £1m. What will they privatise, sell to foreign investors? No ideas on infrastructure investment, regulation of capitalism.
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Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories
The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4h
Call me old-fashioned, but I just think that if you are announcing £10bn of spending, then if the Shadow Treasury team and the leader's office are doing their jobs properly, the leader should have clearer answers to these questions:
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 4h
Mass 'freakout' sends White House scrambling to sanitize Trump’s disturbing remark #RawStory
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Mass 'freakout' sends White House scrambling to sanitize Trump’s disturbing remark
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 05/10/2026
LBC's Matthew Wright confessed to being 'a bit wobbly' on the case for public ownership of water. So we told him. 1/3 of your water bill is dribbling out to service debts and line shareholder pockets. That's money that could be reinvested in improving the service. Public ownership's a no-brainer.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h
Shadow chancellor vows to cut tax in every Tory budget As always, it would be tax cuts for the rich. No mention of corporate welfare, equitable distribution of income/wealth. We haven't recovered from previous Tory follies. NHS queues, potholed road, crumbling schools. What will they cut next?
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Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 8h
An antidote to the gushing and sick making obituaries of Jeffrey Archer.
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Marion Davis @mariondavis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I like @cnn.com Kaitlin Collins new mug! 🤣
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not one person born THIS CENTURY voted for Brexit.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 22h
Mamdani calls for AI regulation ‘at every single level’
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Mamdani calls for AI regulation ‘at every single level’
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 22h
Well said.
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 22h
It’s not been fully spotted but to pay for 50,000 extra prison places the Conservatives have said they would cut foreign aid to £1bn a year, or 0.03% of GDP, a 90% cut. This would not even cover UN and World Bank contributions. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 22h
Badenoch's mind is a #Brexit-free zone.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Voters Who Won Trump the Presidency Are Abandoning Him newrepublic.com/post/216191/... via @newrepublic.com
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The Voters Who Won Trump the Presidency Are Abandoning Him
Trump has a huge, growing problem with Latinos.
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On the other hand, central government gave us Belisha beacons.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I particularly love the distance travelled in a month by the Mail's Jason Groves, from "living in the past" to "old school values".
Britain's problems? I blame Thatcher and Brexit, says Burnham: No wonder Kemi mocked him for 'living in the past' as the 'Messiah without a mandate' made his Commons debut as PM
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Spare us the history lesson, Burnham...
By JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR
PUBLISHED: 23:43, 1 September 2026 |Kemi's common sense blueprint: Unveiling policy blitz at party conference, she hails 'old school values' on economy, law and order and borders as the key to election victory
By JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR
PUBLISHED: 01:46, 5 October 2026 |
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇷🇺An approved Communist Party rally in central Moscow did not go as planned. Protesters chanted “Fair elections,” “We want freedom,” “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Down with the Tsar” — referring to Putin. Police detained around 60 people.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Mr. Putin, stop this senseless war! We are ready for negotiations; we are ready to talk to each other about ending this war. But these barbaric attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine must stop."
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
During the air-raid alert in the Ukrainian capital, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stepped in front of the cameras and addressed Putin:
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 04/10/2026
What an image. Apparently 🇺🇸President Trump didn't even bother to turn on his camera while making his threats to ban diesel exports to Europe in Friday's G7 call? The facial expressions of the others as they listen to him says it all. More here: davekeating.substack.com/p/yet-again-...
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On the other hand, I've not encountered a young waiter yet who'd turn her/his nose up at a tip in cash.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sign of the times. Struggle to keep a single cash machine in the tourist town of Hawes
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No free-to-use cash machine would be 'dreadful' for Hawes
A report recommends that a free ATM should be provided for the Yorkshire Dales town.
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is to the many who insist on turning a blind eye to it.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes, I think you might be right. In Liverpool I heard quite a lot of talk of “this new Government“ as though nobody in the room had anything to do with the one elected in 2024 (or frankly could even remember who they were). 
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In short, Burnham may have pulled off that magic trick that, hitherto, only Tories have managed: to establish himself as the "Change Candidate" despite being the sitting PM.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“It's a bold strategy. It forces opponents to make a similarly big offer or they look irrelevant. An offer which I don't think they have the ideological hinterland or intellectual capacity to make. They will end up getting into massive trouble, if they try to match Burnham's policy size and scope.”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have the EU referendum on the same day as the next general election.
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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge Britain to rejoin bloc www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge UK to rejoin EU
Britain would be welcomed back into the EU ‘with open arms’, Spain’s prime minister says
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's a key point. Debate around the pound as a key symbol of identity and sovereignty has not caught up with a reality for most people below the age of 60 where most payments are now cashless. You can go from the UK to every EU state and not use physical currency once in most transactions
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not sure how the triple lock change will ultimately play politically. But trapping the Tories and Reform into defending a policy literally none of them support in private is potentially a neat move.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Absolutely, I think culture should be central to this debate, and again entirely ignored in 2016. I would urge Labour and pro-Europeans to lean in heavily to this ahead of the election. The Bayeaux Tapestry success - a Macron initiative - shows how to do it
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Agree but maybe remove the R and the E?
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great that Burnham is looking at options to recast Britain’s relationship with the EU and undo the damage of Brexit. But he will surely soon find that there is only one option that works for Britain politically, economically and strategically.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 30/09/2026
French far-right politician Jordan Bardella allegedly made antisemitic remarks in a private chat in 2013. But is this news enough to make a dent in Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign? 🎙️ @zoyashef.bsky.social + Ian Wishart unpack it on #BrusselsPlaybookPod 👇 🔗 pod.link/1244862657/e...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's announcement marks the beginning of the end of First Past the Post. To everyone who has contributed to our movement over the years: we can't thank you enough. Now let's push PR over the finish line 💪💯 A message from our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social:
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David Head @davidheadviews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It lacks moral authority and cannot be looked up to.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And recall: “one piece of evidence of failure [of Brexit] would be if we are still debating this in five- or six-years’ time in the same way. I think [if] it is to succeed it needs to settle in the British polity.” David Frost (2022). Pretty clear we now have that evidence of failure.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Important development in clearly stating Brexit was harmful & reset isn't a solution. But (unlike ER commission) no obvious process for how "we can find consensus". And on what? The options (again)? Or which to pursue? Still, definitely pitchrolling for something beyond 'make Brexit work'.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Just when you think it can’t get any worse - gratuitously cruel and vindictive from a bully and a thug
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Trump 'plans to revoke immigration status for Ukrainians who fled to US'
The move would reverse the welcome Ukrainians received under President Joe Biden and potentially fast-track them for deportation
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Me for the Indy: www.independent.co.uk/voices/this-...
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This is the only way that Andy Burnham can beat Nigel Farage
Our polling shows that campaigning to go back into Europe is the only way to stop the electoral map turning turquoise, says Best for Britain CEO Naomi Smith
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nigel Farage is convinced that he can follow the lead of Donald Trump in silencing independent press and creating his own state-controlled media. www.independent.co.uk/voices/donal...
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Farage is desperate to follow Trump’s lead on controlling the news
Trump’s attempt to ban the media from the White House appears to have backfired, writes Alan Rusbridger. But the bigger fight for freedom of the press – when so much of our information is controlled b...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘What is emerging is not simply a relationship between [Reform and Farage] and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad.’ Would really recommend a read of this democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-and...
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Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics
Nigel Farage's embrace of the UAE is part of a wider effort by the Gulf petrostate to build alliances with the far right across the West, says Alex Carlen.
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