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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 08/10/2026
Hardly an original take but it is Quite Annoying to imagine how much the UK (and me, and you!) would all have more cash today if Donald Trump hadn't decided to start bombing Iran for *reasons*. Where's the White House impact assessment on my nursery fees. www.ft.com/content/2cb1...
ft.com
Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances
FT estimates show inflation and soaring borrowing costs have slashed chancellor John Healey’s headroom in half
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Come, little leaves," said the wind one day, "Come o'er the meadows with me and play; Put on your dresses of red and gold, For summer is gone and the days grow cold." - George Copper
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I too wish Harry and whats-her-name hadn't come back, because it would have protected us from all the most tiresome twats in the world droning on about it.
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Umm what do I do now? 😳
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yes and if you push them they're often quite open they want a kafala system with no route to citizenship. Which is why they're all so obsessed with the "Boriswave".
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Ozmarshall @ozmarshall.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
In a headline and a leading article we said migrant care workers were each bringing up to 15 family members with them (News, Comment, Jul 6). This was incorrect. The ratio of 15 to 1 was that of new visa approvals for Cameroonian care workers to visa approvals for family members of all Cameroonian care workers already in the UK in 2025-26. The same applies to arrivals from Ghana, Bangladesh and India. There is no connection between new visa approvals for care workers, who are not allowed to bring any dependants at all, and visas issued to the family members of care workers who were here already.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Commentators on the German Broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Final didn’t hold back 💀 #FIFA
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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why 😭
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Oli @oliaworth96.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wayne Rooney speaks for everyone.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18/07/2026
Visualized.
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lots of people commenting on how unsporting Argentina’s players are, but let’s be fair and remember that they are also very racist.
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French federation files complaint over ‘racist’ song by Argentina players
The French soccer federation pledged to file a complaint with Fifa over ‘racist and discriminatory remarks’ by Argentina players after their Copa América final win
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/07/2026
I mean this explains quite a lot about experiencing social media in the 2020's www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A quarter of terror attacks in Britain over the past decade have targeted Muslims, but some have gone largely unnoticed because of delays formally declaring them terrorism Most jihadist attacks, by contrast, have been declared within hours of taking place inews.co.uk/news/uk-terr...
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The UK terror attacks you don't hear about - and how they go under the radar
Some incidents are not being confirmed as terrorism for up to nine months, leaving the public unaware about the threat on British streets
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The sums involved in the MPs expenses scandal were chicken feed compared to the Farage £5m. HIs reaction - mind your own business - suggests he may not be cut out for this democracy thing app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73952/...
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We must learn the truth about Nigel Farage’s £5m donation
The Reform leader should be made to understand that transparency is part of standing for high office
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I mean this stuff is terribly written, incoherent, factually wrong. And yet these people win awards and are feted by their colleagues.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Labour won by 20 points and net immigration is down by over 80% in two years. But sure write your column again.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@royalsociety.org I hear you’re blocking people calling on you to cancel Elon Musk’s fellowship. His presence besmirches your name. He’s a danger to British democracy. Reconsider.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Nadhim Zahawi describes Nowak as someone "who lost his life because of incompetence". Greg Dyke points out that nobody is saying the mistake by police caused the death. Phillips intervenes with "nobody knows". A lack of basic research on a very sensitive topic. Paragraph 16 of sentencing remarks:
The pathologist, Amanda Jeffrey, found 1200 ml, or over 2 pints, of blood there.
She said that no emergency medical treatment would have permitted access to
the bleeding vein. In simple terms, he would not have survived, however quickly
he received first aid, CPR or expert medical treatment.
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's strange to me that Matt Goodwin seems to be on the BBC more than Hannah Spencer when he lost an election to her
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
What Reform did today was an incitement to rioting and an insult to a grieving family. This bloke should have hung his goddamn head in shame.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.
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🍀🩵Cindy💙🍀 @cindyandrewsmcgraw.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Also, a special congrats to Chinless Nazi Care Bear, JD Vance, who managed to actually COST Orbán a reported three points with his visit. Well played, couchfucker.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
NHS surcharge is an illuminating example of a policy that has been designed to meet public concerns about migration impacts. Hiking it from £200 to > £1000 means the NHS is v likely making a surplus (esp on students). I doubt many people have heard of it
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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Morning.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Farage and Badenoch are absolute clowns: startled by the entirely foreseeable series of events they failed to foresee. A demonstration of their total lack of judgement.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A Roman marble sculpture of four puppies, all curled up asleep together. Unearthed from the ruins of the House of the Faun in Pompeii, 1st century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy
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Arnab Dutt @arnabdutt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
There's been a huge failure in our education system if this many people believe that only white people can be British. It's the bigotry of the worst form. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Most Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds
Nigel Farage’s attempts to appeal to centre-ground voters may cause tension in his party, according to Hope Not Hate
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Truly, truly, truly disgusting. Keep this Trumpist race baiting out of British politics.
Amid rising alarm over suspected pollfraud, 
Reform leader says allowing non-British
citizens into ballot booth threatens democracy
FOREIGN-BORN
VOTERS STOLE
BY-ELECTION
BLASTS FARAGE

that Reform UK was robbed of victory diary assertion in today's Mail on Sunday
by foreign-born voters in last week's that 'Reform UK won the Gorton and Denton
By Glen Owen
Manchester by-election.
by-election among British-born voters'.
Amid mounting allegations that voter, fraud
And he vowed that if he becomes Prime
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POLITICAL EDITOR
and sectarianism contributed
the Grecn
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it. Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Honestly people what the fuck is going? There’s an anti vaxxer parent at our football team & they were encouraged to fuck off out of it. Shame has to start happening
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 08/02/2026
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
the perils of being a commentator
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I’m just putting it out there: In no way would Andy Burnham be a better UK leader than Starmer. Much as I think the guy did a decent job of making people pay attention to the north. Not actually sure who would be a good leader for UK other than Starmer right now. But it’s not Burnham.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If this happens, it will make literally everything better. All of it. Everything in the world. @nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵 #DiggingForBritain #DrawingDiggingForBritain #PlaymobilInfestation @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social 1: Life
Playmobil Cacofonix the bard blowing a miniature reproduction of the Norfolk carnyx, on a green field with other Iron Age Playmobil figures in the distance.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
please can we stop pretending that any of this is remotely normal, and not alarming
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 12/01/2026
More appalling news from dystopia central www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
if you're still driving a tesla, give your head a wobble
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
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