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Can I have "small companies not paying tax" which is the actual problem?

Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 5h

listen, let he who hasn't partied in Dubai with two fugitives from US justice and a woman who isn't his wife cast the first stone

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 6h

the exorcism in question led to Marvin Andrews having a successful season at Raith Rovers, and the newly unchained demon Astaroth the Damned winning several league titles with Manchester United

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Normal Guy @guy-normal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

hey man, am i good to bring my buddy Senior Labour Source to the pub later? he's a total sociopath and he will 100% brief against you in The Times but he's actually pretty sound once you get to know him

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 12h

the Tories must be kicking themselves for not making that tapestry even larger

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 13h

for instance, I would happily put this weird posturing tech guy to death for his facial hair

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 21h

This is extremely reasonable and well-put. It clearly comes from a place of principle but is also strategic. The kind of argument that could have, had Polanski made it, meaningfully shifted the vote on the Zionism is Racism motion. But Zack doesn’t have the range.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 21h

roses are red sure, give this a go

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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’ve written I think a fair and clear Trustpilot review, but I miss the days on Twitter where you could tag them and get a directly groveling apology

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party calls the 'lethal force' proposal of Jenrick "disgusting and illegal". "Our armed forces are not going to start opening fire on unarmed civilians, and Reform are dragging their own reputations and credibility into the gutter by suggesting it"

Bridget Phillipson MP, Chair of the Labour Party, responding to Robert Jenrick proposing lethal force be authorised in the Channel, said:

"Robert Jenrick's proposal to use 'lethal force' against asylum seekers in the English Channel is disgusting and illegal. Our armed forces are not going to start opening fire on unarmed civilians, and Reform are dragging their own reputations and credibility into the gutter by suggesting it.

"The truth is that Nigel Farage is authorising ever more extreme positions in order to distract from his own funding scandals and as part of an increasingly vicious bidding war with other parties on the right. Decent people will see right through it and reject this toxic politics of division.

“Labour is showing that we can control immigration and get numbers down with serious action, not by abandoning the asylum system altogether. We have just seen the lowest number of summer arrivals by small boat in 6 years, with 46,000 attempted crossings stopped and 80,000 people with no right to be here removed.”

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

give me a piece of investigative journalism that finds a street with demographics which closely mirror Britain as a whole

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"I'm using Twitter to monitor the other side" mf you are a insurance agent but yeah western society depends on you reading 357 tweets an hour about race mixing and which amendments should be canceled

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

at the stage of my life where every time I'm basically functional on the Monday morning after a stag do, I feel like I've got away with openly defying the gods

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Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

just can’t be doing that can you

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Sad news for cinephiles: Tilly Norwood has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.

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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.

The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum.

Britain Unbound, a pro-Brexit campaign group, said Burnham's comments were "another crude attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the decision that the British people made in 2016".

It said that foreign interference in UK elections was "obviously unacceptable" but added: "There is no good reason to believe that Russian intervention influenced the outcome of the referendum in 2016.

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Red Sky At Night / Joanne Sheppard @redskyatnight.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lads, he’s not someone from a council estate who’s won Britain’s Got Talent

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I appreciate that PBS opted to depict an older wiser Martina instead of reusing a youthful image, but they could have glammed her up a bit with some feathers or something.

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

one of the most cursed images I've ever seen

Horrific AI banner from Man City proclaiming "in Khaldoon we trust, we've won it all"

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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Me in the cold Autumn months

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sorry but no, it is in fact notable that the US is doing something only very extremist regimes do. To willingly abandon “this isn’t who we are” as a response is to throw away a very powerful rhetorical weapon.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

comically evil, with full emphasis on both words

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/10/2026

"Many of us were persuaded not to campaign publicly for these ends" feels like an extremely significant phrase here.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

always nice to see George Galloway losing a deposit

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

OK hear me out. Celebrity Traitors but with the cast of Slow Horses, all in character.

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

This does in fact seem obvious to everyone apart from the people who came up with the policy.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beyond matters of taste and decency and whether or not you even believe in the death penalty due to moral reasons, livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan is a dumb idea because you're giving him his moment of public martyrdom.

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Saving this one for future use.

Richard E. Grant on The Traitors Uncloaked. Caption: "Well, Joseph Stalin also made history."

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I was sort of prepared for it to be this bad, I was in no way prepared for it to be this stupid

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

first they came for accountants, and I was an accountant and honestly I didn't think this was where they would start

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

disappointed to hear that your boyfriend's posts - this year including his seminal 23-tweet June thread on the rise of Zack Polanski considered through a Maoist lens - have once again been snubbed by the Nobel judges

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Endlessly wearying that so many responses to this section of the speech are to point out that Badenoch's worked examples are wrong. Sure, but, in a very real sense, who cares?

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

it's genuinely good and hugely to be welcomed that the Tory leadership is (somewhat belatedly, sure) drawing this line

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

seems clear that whatever Polanski’s ambiguous feelings about the motion pre-passage, he now thinks critics should shut up and move on

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

'Liz Truss. Absolutely not. Nope.'

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Holy mother of God, what a defence

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

just want to highlight the talking points here again, they're amazing again, this is Ronaldo's instagram essay, his recitation of the talking points he gave to his coach, shared with the intention of making Ronaldo look like the good guy it's incredible

The notes I had approved were as follows:

‘I think it is important, because it is the truth, to clarify a few things before talking about Denmark:

I myself, and no one else, proposed a plan to Cristiano for this season with the national team. It was a long and very good conversation.

I know how much he lives and breathes the national team and the stature he has in the world — and, even more importantly, the weight and positive influence he has had on the national team for 24 consecutive years.

Cristiano accepted the plan I proposed to him.

He never questioned my decisions. He was exemplary, loyal and professional.

The plan I laid out for him did not include the Norway match. However, I felt that he had managed to recover physically from the first match and told him that I might need to use him. Cristiano agreed.

I made a mistake by asking someone of the stature of Pelé or Maradona to warm up and then not putting him into the game. If it happened today, I would not do it.

To bring the matter to an end: I want Cristiano in the national team. In fact, I do not just want him a little; I want him very much. Fortunately, he also believes in me. He believed in me at Al Nassr and he does here as well.

As for not greeting the supporters: we have already spoken about it. Someone who has played more than 230 matches for the national team does not need lessons from me about loving Portugal. It was a moment of frustration that erases nothing. He is the player who signs the most autographs, takes the most selfies and gives the most affection to the supporters. Let us not invent problems where none exist. When we are unhappy, we react. That is all.’

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Dylan @dyl057.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

buddy if your comms office is making this graphic, it's too late

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'Hello there' - the Parthenon marbles

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 06/10/2026

Today is the 117th consecutive day somewhere in the UK has recorded a temperature of 20°C or higher. The 11th of June was the last time we didn't reach this threshold. Fresher air comes in on Wednesday allowing temperatures to fall, and likely to stay just below 20°C.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't even know if seasons 3 and 4 of The Bear are going to be *that* bad, but this is why I'm not going to watch them

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the word 'Malfoid' is now attached to a definition in my brain, taking up valuable real estate that could be used for something else

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'

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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols

Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

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