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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 13h
I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a significant step for the Tories many of whom didn't believe it yesterday and may still not believe it tomorrow. The question is can Kemi keep them in line?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch, "I don't want to live in a country run by people.. who debate whether my mixed race children are English" "We must not let these people take us backwards, that is not the country that we are" My view: For years, too many Tories indulged or amplified the same culture-war rhetoric
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What you need to know about changes to the state pension 👇 The most important one: it will keep rising every single year.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ah well, that's okay then www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Reform UK clears its own advisers over Channel 4 donations sting
An internal investigation concluded James Orr and Dan Jukes did not break electoral law but said their discussion had been ‘foolish’
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 06/10/2026
Latest: Two charities associated with the world’s largest far-right Hindu group have raised more than US$24.4 million over a five-year period through US grants that allow the donor to be anonymous, Bellingcat can reveal: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/10...
bellingcat.com
US DAFs Donate Millions to Groups Linked to India’s Far-Right
Donor-advised funds allow individuals and foundations to give money to charities while remaining anonymous.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Matt @themattatron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Getting rather bored of Dixon constantly shitting on Eze 😡
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The olive harvest season has barely begun, and already Palestinians have been killed, beaten, shot at and driven from their land, while their trees, homes, vehicles, crops and equipment have been attacked by Israeli settlers.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Left: The Tories claim they’ll save taxpayers nearly £1bn a year by cutting student loans to “foreign students”. Right: Most international students on Student visas don’t qualify for UK student finance in the first place. So where exactly are these £1bn “savings” coming from?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner. Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners. £150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived. Must end this tax perk. archive.ph/vJCIj
ft.com
Top UK law firm partners take home record pay
Spate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/122a...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You forgot: When you hand over core public services to the private sector it fails
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026
SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
More than 7,500 people have signed our petition calling on Ofcom to take immediate action. Add your name: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From our webinar with Tom and Yevheniia on Sunday! Click the link to help the Solidarity Guard, our protective presence force, continue urgent actions on the ground alongside Palestinian communities: standtog.org/4yimZu9
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 29/09/2026
Under a court order, Mohammad Tubasi and his family returned to their homes in Jalud, which settlers had vandalized. Minutes later, over 150 settlers attacked. The family was forced to flee for their lives. Soon after, settlers set their homes on fire. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
Report: Israeli defense officials had urgent meeting on Gaza weeks before Oct. 7
Sufian Abu Zaida, dubbed 'Coal Eyes,' said he conveyed the Hamas leader's threat to his Israeli contacts 22 days before the October 7 attack, receiving a call less than half an hour later before being...
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
England have played well, but Spain are a better all round team and I suspect they've clocked up more miles pressing hard+ effectively. England have misplaced too many passes in dangerous areas and some of our defenders aren't convincing. But overall no reason to despair. #England
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very top
bmmagazine.co.uk
Only one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTax
CenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held “off-site meetings” with the billionaire media mogul in August bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/r...
bylinetimes.com
Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Your regular reminder that UK taxes are average by western standards and low on middle-earners. Labour figures, especially, should not fall into the trap of pretending that we have a “high” tax burden and that taxes are to blame for the living standards crisis. www.arguably.uk/p/the-tax-tr...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
bylinetimes.com
Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here it is.
diet. Would it not be better if they spent more money on wholesome things like oranges and wholemeal bread or if they even, like the writer of the letter to the New Statesman, saved on fuel and ate their carrots raw?
Yes, it would, but the point is that no ordinary human being is ever going to do such a thing. The ordinary human being would sooner starve than live on brown bread and raw carrots. And the peculiar evil is this, that the less money you have, the less inclined you feel to spend it on wholesome food. A millionaire may enjoy breakfasting off orange juice and Ryvita biscuits; an unemployed man doesn't. Here the tendency of which I spoke at the end of the last chapter comes into play.
When you are unemployed, which is to say when you are underfed, harassed, bored and miserable, you don't want to cat dull wholesome food. You want something a little bit "tasty". There is always some cheaply pleasant thing to tempt you. Let's have three pennorth
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
matey banter and making money
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
bylinetimes.com
Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/09/2026
I may get shouted out for this, but it's a real observation: Polanski has a pattern of behaviour of making trouble for himself by telling fibs when he absolutely doesn't need to do so. He lies reflexively and then creates several more news cycles as a result.
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Jordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of pages of newly released FBI documents shed light on the agency's role in the Greensboro Massacre. Two Klansman, including one who was a former FBI informant, separately warned the agency about the potential for violence. (paywalled) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
rawstory.com
Bombshell memo on horrific race massacre exposes complicit FBI: 'They lied like crazy'
GREENSBORO, N.C. — In July 1979, a North Carolina Ku Klux Klan leader named Joe Grady summoned two FBI agents to a Waffle House to warn them “about possible violence in the future.”Earlier that month,...
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026
Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇
A throwback to Tom Watson’s days as the MP fighting back against Facebook after the Nerve team published the Cambridge Analytica investigation at the Observer 
(Tom’s standing, with investigative reporter Carole Cadwalladr on right and whistleblower Chris Wyler 2nd from left)🏁
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency. This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
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M @captainmeg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don’t really think there’s a public interest in the story to give it this much publicity on the BBC. He’s literally just publicising his book!
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In addition, I just think the Earl Spencer story is…quite cruel. Ultimately we’re talking about two people’s dad talking about their dead mum.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely right. Mr Burnham must run Britain just like Sir Jim Ratcliffe has run Manchester United. Like Britain, ManU was once a proud global giant. But like the UK, the club had entered a lengthy period of stagnation. Since Ratcliffe took over at Man Utd this once proud club has oh wait
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A lot of Labour people visibly believe that a Labour government gives off tolerance particles, and therefore sitting mute is fine and good. The reality is that it took a cross party, whole society effort to make us, as Sunak says, the most successful multiethnic, multifaith democracy in the world:
thetimes.com
Rishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA test
I worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kuenssberg framed one question as "tax and tax and tax again". Politicians, or Labour at least, need to challenge the negative assumption that tax is bad. Tax pays for the army, the NHS, teachers, social care, etc. We need these things and probably more of them.
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It happens when a player loses control of the ball, lunges to try+ retain control or win the ball back. They are stretching+ reacting instinctively but don't see the risk from the opposing player doing the same. He may touch the ball first+ the studs miss the shin but the follow through is dangerous
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Extraordinary turnaround+ thrilling second half get Rangers a point, but, really even with our wayward finishing we should have won this game. Cirkin's red looks fair enough to me, reckless! The constant 2nd half pressure was gripping but we need more sharpness when trying to convert chances #QPR
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Smyth and Saito for Scarlett and Poku. Need more energy and experience. A real test of character but Rs can still get something from this game
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Disaster after catastrophe! A slip by Jimmy, reckless challenge from Cirkin, comedy defending for the second, too much pointless passing around the centre circle = dreadful! A few glimmers of hope just before half time but PNE can time waste the next 45 and we're still vulnerable to the counter #QPR
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
LFW predicts easy win. All 3 pundits on West London Sport the same. So we all knew what would happen. ☹️😫😬
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Vale as 10? Scarlett and Poku wide?
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geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Dykes spurned a chance to win it for Millwall in stoppage-time." What a surprise!
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