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Senior Liberal Democrat MP quits front bench in bid to oust leader Sir Ed Davey

This should feel momentous, but I read it with an eye roll. Possible sign that the early election rumours are going nutso around the Westminster corridors, though www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.uk

A senior Liberal Democrat MP has quit the party’s front bench in what is reported to be an effort to topple leader Sir Ed Davey.

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*Before someone Scottish corrects me, yes it should Caley

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A while ago I slagged off a @politico.com headline. All is forgiven. Today they have a cracker that deserves a place alongside 'Foot heads arms body' and 'Super Cali go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious'. I present to you: "Back Zack or sack?" Very good, give that sub their flowers 💐

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Are you a woman (or AFAB) aged over 43 who was a fan of Incubus 25 years ago? My Spotify has just served me Pardon Me for the first time in a long time. Turns out it works well as a soundtrack to your life now, too: “Pardon me while I burst into flames, I’ve had enough of the world” 🔥

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Perversely, in framing this he’s actually managed to demonstrate the real value of care

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This vision of a peaceful retirement just popped up on my feed. Christ, if I ever get to retire the last thing I want from it is to (*checks ad*) write a news story every day 😫

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'This might seem trivial. But it's really not.' Actually maybe it is. Maybe it's some British animals on banknotes that hardly anyone uses now.

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I grew up in deep countryside though, and never saw one then either (80s/90s). Saw lots of badgers, red kite, deer in the front garden. But never a humble hedgie.

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Ha! We have a teenage fox who watches us having breakfast through the patio window every morning.

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Possibly. There’s probably also an expectation of working till 70s for most of us too - due to higher housing costs etc. The cost of care comes after a lot more imminent pressures maybe?

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Really? I’m not all that far off that, and married to someone in his mid fifties, and I’ve never heard anyone speak about that

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Rosie Niven @rosieniven.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Is this in your garden? In 44 years, I have never seen one roaming in the wild but, considering I had a heron visit in zone 3, recently I have hope.

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Just realised that I have been in both Holborn and St Pancras today and walked between the two - you wouldn't know there was a by-election on.

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Nobody is pro-flats now. Not even young people. Covid, the post-Grenfell building safety crisis and leasehold did for them.

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The Tories need to listen hard to what high end buying agent Henry Pryor told me when I reported on downsizing trends: “If people only leave their family homes with a lift from an undertaker, the housing market shudders to a halt.”

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This is true, but odd: the city is a very good place to protect your independence and health when you're older. Services nearby, high quality medical care, good public transport/walkable areas.

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Not until we see leasehold reform.

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It's such an irritating argument simply because the recipient has not paid tax on their sudden wealth.

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IHT currently only hits 5% of the population anyway. It really is a nonsense conversation but as you say it speaks volumes while achieving very little.

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Very sensible. Longevity is linked to living in suitable accommodation, and making that move early before it is forced due to a point of crisis

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Very true! I often invoice at midnight. A power move or signs of chaos? You decide.

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*contend **please introduce a time limited edit button, ffs bluesky

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Agree but would also content we are already in this place. Everyone is hanging on to the house as insurance against care. The fastest downsizers now are in mid adult life, reducing housing costs due to inflation, to pay for uni etc.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is brilliant in theory. Unfortunately, even if you naturally work well in the evening (I do), the business of getting bedtime done means you have no brain left afterwards. I have to make sure that if I'm working evenings it's nothing other than admin. No writing happens in that slot anymore.

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America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.

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I looked for a maracas emoji but there sadly wasn't one I could import here without an extension I cba to download

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Brilliant quote from @eminesaner.bsky.social's Guardian interview with Bez 😂

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Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

getartcraft.com

Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

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An excerpt from my long read for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on why Burnham placing housing at the front of his conference speech is exciting, ambitious...and a potential recipe for disaster.

Excerpt from Hannah's article in The New World. Follow the link in the next post to audio read.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is more frightening because we have a much better level of understanding than in the past. There are always wars and shortages, but in the past we (normal folks) have not known so much about previous ones - or so much about how to prevent them, or had to watch that knowledge being cast aside.

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the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes it did, that’s the point. It’s in the conclusion that the rise in younger age is partly explained by diagnosis earlier in the disease timeline which means it is found before age 50. This is across all cancers studied.

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

☕︎ NEW EDITION ☕︎ The Tories in Badenoch’s fantasy world, where Britain somehow wants more Conservatism, only harder. 🥀 Plus: The total mess of Greens’ anti-Zionism motion 📳 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And of course lots of those cancers are successfully treated, because they're caught earlier in their cycle and in younger, healthier people who respond better to treatment. Which is why, overall, the cancer survival rate is also rising. This isn't all a doom and gloom story.

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Of course we should be worried about diet etc, this is important to study, BUT the research also finds that improved detection is responsible for many cancers being caught at an earlier stage, and therefore also in an earlier age bracket. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

theguardian.com

Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international research finds

Experts looking at UK, US and Dutch data found ‘significant increases’ in early onset cases of seven cancers, prompting warnings about lifestyle choices

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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch continues: ‘I can see why so many people were very fond of Jeffrey Archer. You know, we wanted him to be our mayoral candidate, and then yet another thing happened.’ Happened? He didn’t sit on a box of chocolates. He was sent to prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On his first day as PM, Andy Burnham promised to end rough sleeping by Christmas. @hannahfearn.bsky.social asks whether what worked in Manchester can really work across the country, and what it will take to get there.

national.thelead.uk

Can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping by Christmas?

Manchester shows Housing First can work, but scaling it nationally is another matter.

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73 per cent of claimants of Carer's Allowance are female.

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Hope! With a side order of rage about the generally flimsy coverage elsewhere on Burnham's policy and ideas heavy speech.

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Less than what? He hasn't cut Starmer's housing budget at all.

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