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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Original Sin of politics was the invention of the passive voice, when Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Vague Unaccountability. Wild how all those violent ICE agents just … got hired … and deployed … somehow. Who can possibly say how? It’s all a mystery.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Andy Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time
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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” G. Orwell, “1984”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/10/2026
Giant tortoises once pushed to the brink of extinction now outnumber humans in their home of the Seychelles, according to a new survey on one of the African nation’s most remote islands. cnn.it/3UgxdfK
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“A process of creolization has already taken place among us French people, simply because we change places and adopt one another's jokes, tastes, cuisine and music. “All those dreaming of a static world are dreaming of something that no longer exists and will never exist again.”
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Ben Stanford @drbenstanford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Never, ever listen to these people when they preach from the rooftops about free speech, cancel culture and lefty snowflakes. The only speech they care about is that which agrees with them.
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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It says everything about how little other news publications, their editors and owners care about scrutiny of politicians and freedom of expression that they don't boycott the Tory conference in solidarity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You'll find that all those deeply concerned about 'declining standards of excellence' in British universities because DEI will be marvellously quiet about this 'professor'ship.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/09/2026
So I think maybe I just figured out why @timeshighered.bsky.social has not reported anything negative about James Orr. I could very well be wrong, but here we go: In 2024, THE signed an agreement with Hungary's Culture and Innovation Ministry which oversees Hungarian higher education..
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Times Higher Education, the trade paper of the sector, ran 12 pieces on Arday and none on Orr. Every outlet followed the same pattern: - The Times: 30 on Arday in a week, 4 on Orr - The Mail: 28 against 1. - The Telegraph, whose front page carried the polls & which says it was misled: 26 against 1.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
- Richard Adams, Education Editor, The Guardian: 6 on Arday, 0 on Orr. - Nicola Woolcock, Education Editor, The Times: 4 on Arday, 0 on Orr. - Branwen Jeffreys, Education Editor, BBC News: 3 on Arday, 0 on Orr. - Tom Williams, News Editor, Times Higher Education: 6 on Arday, 0 on Orr.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
The people who wrote the Arday story call themselves education journalists. Here's how much interest they took in associate professor Orr: - Albert Tait, Education Editor, The Telegraph: 14 articles on Arday, 0 naming Orr. - Eleanor Harding, Education Editor, Daily Mail: 6 on Arday, 0 on Orr.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
- Jason Arday was a Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism. In the week after he resigned, fifteen national outlets wrote 163 articles about him. - In the week after the Channel 4 film, the same fifteen outlets wrote 14 about Orr.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have a lot of thoughts about this terrible policy suggestion of criminalising parents for their children’s crimes. We need to be honest, it will disproportionately impact MOTHERS not parents - see similar offences such as truancy. And it therefore goes against repeated commitments to reduce
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Aside from Ratcliffe being a horrible person, the BBC is basically now a publicly funded slightly more polite arm of the right wing media and I’m wondering why Labour is so happy to leave it that way
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
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Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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geographyjazz.bsky.social @geographyjazz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I remember her from the Tenko days. She was amazing in that.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
About 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers
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About 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers
More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK says About 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers, as they try to balance their vulnerable relatives’ growing care needs with declining access to state-funded social care services. Research estimates that more than a million people have left the workplace to look after ageing, ill and disabled loved ones in the past two years, highlighting the social challenges caused by UK’s rapidly changing demographic profile. Continue reading...
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
100% this, a rubicon has been crossed The Israeli govt has killed tens of thousands of people, including 20,000 children, over the course of just a few years - and have showed no accountability, no genuine remorse, and came under little meaningful intl pressure to end the killing
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It would be more helpful for him to acknowledge and explain the role that his austerity policies played in encouraging people to vote for what he correctly critiques here.
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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From the new Private Eye
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Easy to follow guide from the British press
An elderly lady being carried away by the police, labelled intimidating, and two black clad, balaclava wearing men standing in front of someone’s car, staring at them.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026
On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc...
The close of his statement was an appeal to our better natures. If we were going to ask Israelis and Palestinians to live side-by-side, he said, Britain also had to be a place where “people of all faiths and none have a right to live without prejudice or fear.” Listening to him was Andy Burnham, who has been strangely absent from our public debate for the last few days. In August, we couldn’t move for social media clips from the prime minister, standing on a ladder to discuss his first job, or sitting in a pub to rate bar snacks. But faced with masked thugs trying to shut down British ports over the weekend, Burnham seems to have lost the password for his phone. For a decade now, Britain has had a series of leaders apparently paralysed by the fear that if they say that racism is bad, they’ll be voted out. It would be nice to get one who had a slightly higher opinion of us.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff.
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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geographyjazz.bsky.social @geographyjazz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Imagine if the ‘activists’ were not white. How would the passengers and police and media react? The hoards of masked fascists can enjoy this level of freedom because they are white. If masked black and brown men did this they would be arrested.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/09/2026
@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...
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Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery
A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This BBC claim that Mr Thomas "drummed up support for 'mass resistance' but without violence" seems like an editorialisation of the news that lacks context/accuracy Firstly, Mr Thomas was clearly very pro-violence in summer 2024 + 2026 Secondly, Mr Thomas calls for disruption + threat
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Please read the article. Britain is *finally* asking the right questions over Farage's finances. We've published a whole series on Harborne only possible through the generous support of @thenerve.news members. Please consider joining us. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/christophe...
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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm feeling more than a little uncomfortable that The World at One has just given a very long slot to a Restore Britain supporter who wants migrant boats to be pushed back at sea & who said that he doesn't care if the consequence is that people drown. A BBC platform for someone like that? Really?
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2]
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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For comparison www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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Port of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks port
Queues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our undercover reporter, Chris Atkins, posed as a far-right journalist at the Reform Conference and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal @scatatkins.bsky.social
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here is the full investigation published by Byline Times on 9 July 2026 👇
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What terrifies me is if turns out that James Orr is a creepy bagman for a deeply corrupt & criminal organisation. Imagine the backlash against honest & law-abiding Professors of Divinity at Cambridge University.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Higher education regulator apologises for unlawfully fining University of Sussex www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Higher education regulator apologises for imposing £585,000 fine on university
Office for Students made decision to punish University of Sussex last year after claiming it breached free speech regulations
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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@GeoBlogs @geoblogs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Netherlands moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The BBC, which is normally keen to tell you the nationality or immigration status of people charged with crimes, has failed to mention in this guy had a long history of involvement with Britain First. Funny that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Warwickshire man raped and attacked woman in 'horrific' abuse campaign
James White, from Warwickshire, subjected the victim to weeks of abuse, including rape and sexual assault.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 01/09/2026
Milo has attempted the mainstream pivot and contrition thing several times before. He always goes back to outrage mode when it runs out of juice. Running anything he says in this kind of sincere framing just does his work for him.
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geographyjazz.bsky.social @geographyjazz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
‘Settlers’! ‘Settlers’? This is terrorism, as part of an ongoing genocide. Call it what it is. If you don’t call it a genocide then you will never stop it.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 30/08/2026
Only took 10 years since Brexit to be the "dirty man of europe" again. All those years of campaigning against red tape really paid off for Nigel and co.
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Kit Marie Rackley @geogramblings.com · 29/08/2026
A reflection on the devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, the emerging evidence, and the discussion of #ClimateChange. Alistair and I also consider why some disasters remain visible while others are forgotten, and how teachers can keep human experience at the centre of hazards education. #NepalFloods
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Nepal Floods, Unseen Disasters and the Stories We Choose to Tell
A reflection on the devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, the emerging evidence of an ice-and-rock avalanche, and the difficulty of discussing climate change before formal attribution is possible. Alistair and I also consider why some disasters remain visible while others are forgotten, and how teachers can keep human experience at the centre of hazards education.
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