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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2h
There's been a lot of discussion since Burnham called for a new 'national conversation' on Brexit but this is one of the most helpful interventions. 'National conversation' is such a nebulous term so I think @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social is right to argue for a structure within which it could occur.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8h
I see the "migrants taking all the new jobs" nonsense is back, in the Mail, Telegraph and Times. Reminder that this is BS, and IPSO ruled repeatedly that this is not what the data says. I expect corrections from all of them (Times has already agreed to correct) www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/1183...
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Boris Johnson’s claims about asking whether Russia interfered in Brexit are misleading. He didn’t ask for any formal assessment and nor did he receive a categorical response. Anyone printing a notorious liar’s disingenuous comments is engaged in deliberate obfuscation.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is part of a methodology I’m going to call Fascist Edging. It’s deliberate, to move the Overton Window. It’s speculative. Can we go this far yet? What’s the backlash? From whom? Did anyone support/excuse? It’s seeding the idea. Get it talked about. Absorb the initial shock. Normalise.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
“The report was due for publication this week but was blocked by Johnson, due to reported fears that the information would damage his chances of winning the upcoming UK general election.” www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnso...
businessinsider.com
Boris Johnson's Conservative party has received cash from 9 Russian donors named in a suppressed intelligence report
The report's publication was blocked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid reported fears that it could prevent him from winning the general election.
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump embodies everything he promised to take down. And his own voters are finally realizing it. He promised to drain the swamp. Now he's a creature of the swamp and expanded it. He promised to fight for the working class. Now he governs for the elites. The con is collapsing.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy to Fox: “Everybody understands that the prices of diesel don't depend on our attacks on diesel in Russia. “Everybody understands that it depends on the blocking of Hormuz, the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There it is. Cold-blooded murder.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026
Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/10/2026
🚨Our new research reveals the UK could rejoin the EU within a single Parliament. Reports that accession would take a decade are wide of the mark. Read more in the @financialtimes.com 👇 www.ft.com/content/3aa9...
ft.com
UK could be fast-tracked back into EU, pro-Brussels group argues
Best for Britain says alignment between London and bloc would speed up any rejoining process as Andy Burnham prepares ‘options’
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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hilaryisaperson.bsky.social @hilaryisaperson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh dear, look what headlines we got! Why should we expect anything different from these rags?
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can I expect any newspaper to have a full transcript of Burnham's speech or a list of all the action points/wordings thereof? @theguardian.com @thetimes.com @telegraph.co.uk @the-independent.com
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hilaryisaperson.bsky.social @hilaryisaperson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wish those calling for the UK to rejoin the EU could wake up to the fact it ain't like renewing a subscription to Radio Times. Years of closer alignment is the only option, just like prior to joining the Common Market in 1973.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hope.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Relatedly: More could be done under existing legislation against platforms that host videos of criminal activity and individuals or organisations who profit from posting videos of crimes they & their members commit. This is also relevant to curbing stuff like dangerous driving video content.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Important piece by @fionaharvey.bsky.social on huge significance of the Report by UK Security Chiefs on rising climate & nature threats which has been shamefully suppressed by Government. Also the focus of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social mini-series, #WhenNatureBecomesASecurityThreat
theguardian.com
Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Tim Schofield 🌹 @timschofield.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Nigel Farage says an attack on Russia pushing disinformation in the UK is an attack on Reform UK When they tell you who they are, believe them.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
63% of Brits say it's important to be able to discuss any issue and disagree well, but only 6% say we're any good at it. What's going wrong, and can we fix it? Exclusive polling from More In Common and UCL, insights on marital harmony from me www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
newstatesman.com
Britain is afraid of disagreement
Exclusive new research reveals we value robust debate – we just can't do it
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Helen Whately is being typically right wing by "othering" benefit claimants, as though they're not like the rest of the population. Twelve years as a foodbank volunteer has taught me poverty isn't caused by booze and ciggies. It's far more complex - poor pay and housing and bad health for starters.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brand-new polling by YouGov with Best for Britain 🚨 Labour pledging to rejoin the EU could prevent a Reform UK government #RejoinEU #StopReform Read more here: bestforbritain.org/eu-membershi...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No, arresting ‘Danny Tommo’ won’t make him a martyr. *Not* arresting him will fuel his agenda.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Endangering another during a journey by sea; criminal damage; carrying an offensive weapon; possession of a bladed article; conduct endangering ships or individuals; unlawfully and intentionally destroying a ship breaching section 11 of the aviation and maritime security act;
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026
Hard to explain how gobsmacking this is. The government opened applications for farm subsidies this morning at 10. And closed it just before 4 because they'd run out of cash. Applying for your livelihood like it's Oasis tickets. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/22/s...
defrafarming.blog.gov.uk
SFI26: Window 2 now closed
Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an application.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the lowest that Reform UK have polled with YouGov in well over two years
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nick Candy and Holly Valance. Britain’s most expensive house. A £265m sale. Usual consequence: £32m of stamp duty. But five small flats were included in the sale. By an extraordinary happy accident, that cut the tax by £18.5m. The curious sale of Nick Candy’s mansion A 🧵:
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So, £72million from crypto billionaires to get Reform “ready for government”. Absolutely no chance. They have over 300 candidates to find and this is their track record… They attract total liabilities and Reform is too racist, corrupt and idiotic to recruit anything better.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In case you missed it, the Trump administration is now attempting to effectively dismantle the ICC.
reuters.com
Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
President ‌Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that ...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21/09/2026
And yes, the fact that we still have the government using X is unacceptable - the right time to leave was when Musk’s robot started making non-consensual sexualised images of woman and girls. Easy as that.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump comes up hard against facts again: Bloomberg analysis shows the Iran war has removed significantly more diesel supply from the market than Russia-Ukraine. Trump caused the global energy crisis all on his own - no wriggling out of that.
bloomberg.com
Iran War Drives Bigger Diesel Supply Loss Despite Trump’s Claims
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW MRP JUST DROPPED: All but four constituencies in GB support UK membership of the EU. In those four, the most popular option was 'Don't Know' (Ashfield, Clacton, Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness).
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t understand why I or anyone should care what Ratcliffe has to say or why it is on the news
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/09/2026
Burnham: "Punishing heatwaves left nurses collapsing on hospital wards and bus drivers working in 40C cabs." ⚠️ "Wildfires destroyed homes, leaving families with nothing. And more extreme weather is forecast in the months ahead. The climate crisis is not a distant threat."
theguardian.com
British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham
With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, an
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/09/2026
And the rest of Europe likes him even less. 👀
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“We are also looking at whether the Earth is flat”
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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