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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 6h

🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 9h

“There’s nothing so powerful in 🇬🇧politics as the rightwing unreality machine... It’s a place where Brexit will be cost free, Ed Miliband is a Marxist, Liz Truss was a serious political figure”…and Badenoch is shielded from her own X-fuelled mediocrity. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...

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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch

Why does she have the best press in politics?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

previous owner, a US private equity firm: eats Boots and leaves

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Vongole @grahampeake.bsky.social · 7h

“In a foreword, Badenoch notes that “as an engineer”, she is used to correctly diagnosing issues so they can be addressed”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

Pete Hegseth says Americans will be able to watch a Trump-approved firing-squad execution. If he follows through, the U.S. could join a disturbing club of countries known for public executions—including Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea.

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Hegseth Turns Trump’s Firing Squad Into a Public Spectacle

The Army has scheduled Nidal Hasan’s December 3 execution at Fort Hood — the first military execution since 1961 — while the Pentagon still will not explain how the firing squad will operate.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17h

This cannot be ignored. Or tolerated. The developed world needs to turn its back on MAGA America.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23h

Yesterday, Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn Williams revealed that even though she sat in silence on stage at the Hay Festival with me & Tim Wu, Facebook sued her anyway. EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T SAY A WORD!! 🤯 4/

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her.. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...

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THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD)

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Vongole @grahampeake.bsky.social · 22h

Looking at the current lineup of US politicians, it's pretty clear the Chinese will eat them for lunch.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I spoke to @lukeharding1968.bsky.social about his brilliant and shocking new book Betrayal, about being expelled from Moscow, Ukraine's resilience, the US's betrayal of its allies, and drinking Odessan wine in Kyiv. For @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/podcasts/tru...

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Palantir and the art of Tax Avoidance

Luke Harding on Putin’s war, Biden’s hesitancy, Trump acting as a Russian asset, and Kremlin links to Brexit and Britain’s hard right.

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Billionaire David Reuben claiming he quit Britain for Monaco over potential wealth taxes—when records show he already moved years ago—exposes the myth of the "super-rich exodus." Threats to flee are just economic blackmail to block fair taxation.

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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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Vongole @grahampeake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Of course if - like my mother - you end up spending eight years in a care home you’ll have nothing left to tax anyway.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To be clear, we're going straight back to Brexit chaos if the Conservatives or Reform are in power, and that is because of their commitment to withdraw from the ECHR, which would almost certainly mean parts of the TCA suspended and huge US diplomatic pressure. www.ft.com/content/f923...

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Tory plan to rip up UK-EU food deal risks ‘huge uncertainty’, producers warn

Food and drink industry fears it may be forced to comply with different regulatory regimes every few years

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The EU is not just an arrangement. It is a project. Yes, it is a project of mutual economic prosperity and trade, but it is also a project of peace, solidarity, mutual aid, social cohesion, and shared values and identity, which are all things that the UK has traditionally (and openly) sneered at.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Picking on Byline Times sends a message to other political journalists: Be careful. Don't be too critical. We can do the same to you." @adambienkov.bsky.social speaks to LBC's @mrjamesob.bsky.social about Byline Times' ban from Conservative Party Conference.

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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Letter printed in The Times today

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.

Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.

Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

IF the strike aircraft were driven out of RAF Fairford by an enemy threat, then that enemy has enjoyed more success than the Luftwaffe during the whole of the Battle of Britain.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🔴 Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded ‘a plan for poor housing and high bills’ by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again bylinetimes.com/2026/10/05/c...

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Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use

Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded 'a plan for poor housing and high bills' by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Elon Musk used X to suspend the UK British Consulate’s account in Jerusalem after it called out the systemic abuse of thousands of Palestinians who were detained without trial. youtu.be/G6dRdO1I9WA

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Ex-Diplomat Reveals Who Is Quietly Replacing Governments

YouTube video by Dr Myriam François

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Vongole @grahampeake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tim Snyder on China “They’re not rising. It’s that we’re falling,” he said. “And we’re falling because we’ve chosen to fall.”

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…

Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Solid idea but unfortunately paid for by combing gold pieces out of a unicorn's mane: "Badenoch said ending the current system would cost about £700mn a year, claiming that the costs could be met by reversing the increase in the number of staff working at quangos since 2016."

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 04/10/2026

🫀 Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of premature death in the EU. 🛡️ Yet, many can be prevented. We are stepping up our work on prevention by supporting EU countries in designing and implementing cardiovascular health checks at national level. 👉🏽 link.europa.eu/rKnx8n

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The corruption is so blatant. US-Russia discussions now include a multibillion-dollar purchase of Russian energy giant Lukoil’s global assets,to enrich Mid East businesses with ties to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who are leading the negotiations. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Daily Express is consistent, consistently wrong!

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Vongole @grahampeake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My experience with BT was that they didn’t move until I signed up to a new supplier. Only then did they start calling me with offers of FF at half the cost. You have a 14 day cooling off period so you can stay with BT should they offer you something attractive.

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Hugo Gye @hugogye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ridiculous behaviour from the Tories. Dealing with unfriendly journalists is a basic requirement for a political party!

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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

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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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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The invention of Jaywalking via Hannah Fry #WarOnWalking youtube.com/shorts/6W_s3...

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The invention of Jaywalking

YouTube video by Hannah Fry

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 30/09/2026

Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.

Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).

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Mary Thomson @infraredeyes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oakeshott is just about the only person who can give Daniel Hannan a run for his money in the Always Wrong About Everything Stakes.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The inexorable logic for the UK since 1945 is to need to engage with European integration even while the romantic / little Englanders insist this is intolerable because of history / aesthetics/ whatever. And so it continues to be.

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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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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some twerp from the Adam Smith Institute - a secretly-funded right wing pressure group masquerading as a “think tank” - is on BBC 5Live defending FPTP. Idiot.

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Vongole @grahampeake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nah - it doesn’t sound good

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