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Including a link to the full text of the draft EU/Canada summit conclusions

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Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election

Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election. Risks handing advantage to opposition parties who will argue the opposite. Will alienate some senior voters. Risks Labour backbench rebellion, repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment episode. Numerous ways of funding triple lock.

theguardian.com

Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says

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Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes

Thousands of young people could lose key disability benefits Govt could limit the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and further strip Motability support. Hope the govt sees sense and doesn't repeat Starmer policies. Why not end corporate welfare?

independent.co.uk

The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I take this from a different perspective. If funding is in any way contingent on other matters, it affects what the funding might or might not be used for. Any investment of this kind must be for the greater good, not the benefit of a single state. Let them go.

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nick Timothy, who apparently can build 50,000 prison places but can’t put his own earbuds in.

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Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk

Chinese Govt owned Syngenta to cease operations at Grangemouth, 400 jobs at risk. Previously oil refinery closed. England-based British Steel rescued. What would govt do now? UK govts oppose state ownership but let foreign govts own infrastructure. Why? Any industrial strategy?

independent.co.uk

The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site

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Peter McCullough @mcculloughp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lammermuir morning.

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Meanwhile at #Wimbledon #Parkrun a crow works hard to erase the halfway marker.

A crow pecks away at a line of flour used to mark the halfway point of the #Wimbledon #Parkrun

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UK diesel price hits record high of £2 a litre. Record profits for oil companies and tax take by govt. Also tells story of deindustrialization: In the 1970s the UK had 18 oil refineries, now 4. We are rightly moving to renewables but economy still left vulnerable. Any national planning?

UK diesel prices top £2 a litre for first time, RAC says

The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If someone threatens to withdraw investment because they are not getting their way, that does rather suggest that, until now, they have been getting their way.

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I may comment on this further when I have read the sentencing remarks. But there are broadly three considerations for the judge: Why did he do this? What harm was caused by doing this? Are there any mitigating factors in his offending?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People pushing exclusionary ethnic definitions are very unlikely to be doing so out of pure academic interest. They want to start excluding people.

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Very disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump: - Starts war without consulting allies - Screams at allies for not joining the war - Creates oil crisis - Crisis damages allies’ economies - Insists allies release strategic reserves because this is all unfair to US farmers. 🤔

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A reminder, for those who are unaware

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Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Do Tristan and Isolde live happily ever after? Does Peter Grimes give up fishing and opens a chippy next to the beach instead? Perhaps Elektra unwinds after her vengeance by booking a spa weekend in the South of France? Just keep off TikTok for the spoilers!

Spoilers: Is social media ruining gig surprises?

Big moments from headline acts are shared online long before many fans see their favourite artists.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..

Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.

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Gayle Frances Larkin @gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is Thames Water now *exempt* from the Direct Debit guarantee that they won't take too much??? How did both banks allow this fiasco??? That's why I don't allow any Direct Raid - seen the hijinks they've tried to pull in the past!!!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

US forces to leave Iraq despite fears Iran will exploit withdrawal. All over the world illegal US wars have killed millions, fermented instability, bitterness and possibilities of extremist regimes. Corporations profited. When will US and its allies realise that they can't rule the world?

news.sky.com

US forces to leave last bases in Iraq despite fears Iran will exploit withdrawal

Iraqi security experts have warned the departure could give Tehran and its allies free rein while also risking a comeback from ISIS.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran ‘very hard’. Distraction from Trump's economic failures, midterm blues, capitulation to China, court rebukes, tariff and press wars, self-aggrandizement, family fortunes from corruption Why does US Congress not check his abuses?

independent.co.uk

Trump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran - latest

The US president said the war will end ‘one way or another’

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I like many Citeh fans. They did the mileage when relegated to the third tier of football, and I didn’t begrudge their success at the time. But some have a curious belief that someone is going to pull a rabbit out of a hat somewhere. Try not to confuse a brilliant advocate with a magician.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dr Chiara Scissa discusses her new book on disaster displacement and international protection within the EU - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-...

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Fire Chatgpt Fake

ALT: Fire Chatgpt Fake

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It’s 2031 and I just bought a data centre in Slough for 8 quid at auction

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Aliexpress has now challenged this fine in the EU courts - which means that all of the fines applied to date for breach of the Digital Services Act (also against Temu and X) are subject to pending judicial review

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Millions of UK workers withdrawing from pension schemes to make ends meet Consequence of low wages and high cost of living forcing people into hardship choices - living now v income in retirement. They will have lower private pension in later life and state pension isn't enough even now.

Why Gen Z are opting out of workplace pensions

A growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.

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Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’

Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/10/2026

Thanks for your input, AI bot! In fact there is one ad, the details for both posts are the same.

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No 🥲.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/10/2026

Do we have to know any law? Do you have openings for personality hires?

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s not the right way to think about it. Putting a Brit label on it but doing the same things that Palantir does is still wrong. We need a rethink of *what* as well as *who*.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Manchester City are appealing, but also are not.

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Gayle Frances Larkin @gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What is the purpose of *any* recruitment agency (or properly, non-agency) when a doctor is "offered picking vegetables" for a job??? Has the UK gone raving mad??? Why are there no real jobs any more, or does money laundering fill every gap???

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dunning-Kruger squared

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can’t just join, and there may not be an acceptable offer on the table. But you can talk, make the connections closer, and sort out much of the clusterfuck of the past decade.

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Farage’s position is fascinating. Defending Brexit should be easy: here are all the benefits. Obviously, Farage can identify none, so we get a) it would be divisive (the brass neck is beyond anything) and b) you will have to pay this and do that etc. All we need is a conversation.

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Yorkshire's NHS needs authority budgets before AI agents act The NHS faces significant risk if regulations and safeguarding procedures are not put in place to control AI By Dr Gleb Tsipursky

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Yorkshire’s NHS needs authority budgets before AI agents act

The NHS faces significant risk if regulations and safeguarding procedures are not put in place to control AI

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"A big petro-state did it and ran away"

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Gayle Frances Larkin @gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The *only* way to deal with a coersive, bullying ex is to move to another continent. I did, and was saved much turmoil. Good luck to the traumatised family fleeing the UK.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And ‘trickle down’ is no more real because of the intervention of AI.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Of *course* the ‘AI boom’ will make us poorer. It’s a ‘boom’ created by tech bros for tech bros, and they’re pretty much the worst human beings on the planet. How could it possibly do anything else?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

bylinetimes.com

Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block 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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Gayle Frances Larkin @gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So, the untruthful BBC wants to trap more people into being robbed because they want to spread their lie for their right wing owners??? No wonder, I don't want to have my brains addled...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Things like this make the bad side of social media worthwhile. ps Keep an eye out for “clear” - invariably the greatest of tells.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.