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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8h

This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions.

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Aaron King @9000lives.org · 11h

Esther Rantzen brought the story of Sir Nicholas Winton's heroism to the world. 600+ children saved from death. One of the most moving TV moments ever. Worth watching every. single. moment. Rest in peace Esther Ranzten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGK...

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BBC TV's That's Life - Nicholas Winton - 28/02/1988 and 03/07/1988

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 23h

More evidence of UK economy’s strong first half to the year, despite the very real impact of the Iran war: - ONS have revised up growth (and gdp/capita growth) in Q2 to 0.5% - confirms the UK as the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2026 (given growth of 0.6% in Q1)

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 12h

This is the most ghastly story- a “will they, won’t they” debate about whether Tennessee will execute a woman today - leaving her in tortured limbo. The death penalty is abhorrent and should not be allowed in a civilized society.

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The former Countess, Emma. @countessemma187.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, yes, it all sounded hopeful and positive. And everyone felt hopeful and positive and clapped and swooned. Thing is though… conference speeches don’t butter parsnips do they? And it’s not as if Burnham hasn’t told the odd porkie in the past either, is it? Let’s see.

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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 22h

I am prepared to be persuaded. But it all sounds too populist for my liking. It’s like buy now, pay later. When things were moving forward, slowly but surely. Then we were told it just wasn’t fast enough. Yet nothing has speeded up with Burnham. In fact the opposite.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Nothing on the benefits of nature restoration & same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to N Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out Rosebank & Jackdaw now

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Kate Martin @ktmartin.bsky.social · 13h

Amazing what a woman from accounts can achieve.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15h

The profiteering from children’s social care is OUT OF CONTROL 💷Hundreds of millions in profits for big private-equity-backed providers 💰Senior civil servant owning shares in children’s care provider Add your name to demand an end to profit in children’s care: vist.ly/5kg88

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Paul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What this place needs is a gentle reminder that there is no spare money. The economy is struggling, the job market is struggling, the housing market is struggling.

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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 17h

This isn't a new policy, they're called Better Start Centres now, not sure why Cooper is calling them Sure Start, this is another re-announcement of an existing policy.

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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 16h

Today, we honour the children who never returned home, Survivors of residential schools, and their families and communities. Today is also an opportunity for all of us to listen, learn, reflect, and continue the work of reconciliation in our communities. Every Child Matters. 🧡

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Jac Flowers @yorflowers.bsky.social · 17h

Forgive me if I am missing your point here, but are you saying 16% of pensioners in poverty is acceptable? Or are you saying it shouldn’t be a priority because children in poverty is a higher priority? For me - any poverty is unacceptable in a rich country as it is a political choice.

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 20h

I do think people under estimated the stability Rachel Reeves worked to give UKplc, and how it has helped the UK be resilient after tory omnishambles & in the face these global shocks - from Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, to Trumps Middle East war shutting straits of H & USA tariffs etc.

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Kate Bond @littleoldlady56.bsky.social · 20h

So the day starts with 'universal free social care' and morphs through the day to exclude care home residential costs, and later we find it is to apply to adults only. Rhetoric and reality after just one day.

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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 20h

James OBrien getting excited about Yvette Cooper announcing Sure Start. Did he not know about Best Starts announced in 2024 and 200 already opened. I just don’t get this. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Hundreds of Best Start Family Hubs open nationwide

More parents can save hundreds of pounds through free services, as over 200 Best Start Family Hubs open nationwide this week, helping with the cost of living.

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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 20h

Maybe it's just my age but I honestly don't care if our PM is charismatic or gives great speeches. I've always been a cut the crap and get on with it person, I'll judge Burnham on his actions not his words. Starmer did deliver an enormous amount, 70+ of the manifesto completed or in progress.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 21h

Was curious about the whole going "we need to be where we were 40 years ago" thing. Found this from the ONS - real disposable incomes today are almost twice that of 1986. Obviously there's a lot that needs fixing (housing!). But I feel like this is relevant...? www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gros...

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Households: Real disposable Income, per head: Chained volume measure (reference year = 2024) £: Seasonally adjusted - Office for National Statistics

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21h

🚨🚨 @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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Honestly I am gutted Burnham STILL hasn't brought Thames Water into special administration Why not? It went bust 2+ years ago Shareholders have walked away US hedge fund creditors want to pollute illegally then sell it 16 million so-called "customers" need you to TAKE IT BACK

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Sally Luxmoore @sallyl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I would be worried about the poorest pensioners, those with no additional private pension. If he can not just protect them, but improve their lot, then OK. Plus, why not remove the tax relief from the higher rate tax payers' payments into private pensions?

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Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm afraid I find his politics shallow, attention-seeking, confused, derivative and worthless. But, I appreciate, some people like that kind of thing.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Plenty of ambition, not a lot of detail: my SKETCH of Andy Burnham's speech. thecritic.co.uk/more...

So it is not to question the prime minister’s evident sincerity to note that Burnham has the Boris Johnson quality of needing to tell his audience exactly what they want to hear. And he knows how to do it: his speech in Liverpool brought delegates to their feet cheering again and again. Small details like “what will all this cost?” and “how will it actually work?” were cast aside as the prime minister described the promised land into which he will take us. The comparison with his Tory predecessor offers a contrast too: Johnson delighted in being a naughty boy, whereas there are hints that Burnham thinks he’s the Messiah.

Before the speech we were played a video of ordinary people talking about “the first time I met Andy”. “Andy’s given me hope,” someone said. Have you invited Andy into your life as your leader and prime minister? The celebrity astronomer Brian Cox came and sat near us. An expert on the largest things in the universe, he’d come to see for himself the Burnham ego.

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Andy Burnham must take public services into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP (not just public control) Including water monopolies, energy monopolies and care💧⚡️👨‍⚕️ Force companies to deliver on their duties LET THEM GO BUST when they don't END PRIVATISATION 👇 weownit.org.uk/research-and...

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How and why Andy Burnham should deliver public ownership

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please note: Burnham keeps saying "public control" when talking about watercos, not public *ownership* These are not the same thing

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notjkm.bsky.social @notjkm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

social housing bill, leasehold and reform bill and the water bill was all announced in the king speech but he's much better at communicating

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Hen Gymro Heb Wlad @hengymrohebwlad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indeed. My wife's dad had Alzheimer's so his care swalowed up all his assets (his house). Now her mum's in the same situation. But it's not just the cost, it's the broken & incoherent systems where you have to do all the work to get councils & care homes just to let you pay the massive bloody bills.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 29/09/2026

Repealing Margaret Thatcher's ban on public ownership of water companies is wonderful But it means absolutely nothing if he does not then bring water into public ownership Our response to Andy Burnham's #LabourConference speech

A We OWn It tweet that says "🚨BREAKING Andy Burnham has just announced that he will repeal Margaret Thatcher’s ideological ban on public ownership of water companies. This is good news, and a sign of just how intensely this government is feeling the pressure from the public. But this means absolutely nothing if he does not then bring water into public ownership. Instead, Burnham’s speech doubled down on regulation as a way to fix the crisis in our water system. This is doomed to fail. When water companies are fined, they pass them on to us. When bonuses are banned, they call them something else. Burnham has an open goal with Thames Water. The company is insolvent. And the only option to keep it privatised is to hand it over to US hedge funds. Yet Burnham has failed to take them on today. Andy Burnham must take Thames Water into special administration and keep it in permanent public ownership. And he can use legislation to make it easier to bring other water companies ..."

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham’s speech was well delivered, touched on the topics that worry voters. He deserves credit BUT he is a Labour PM with a large majority. He comes in when a lot of heavy lifting has been done and had 1 year to prepare He has 3 years to set up radical change YET - a campaign speech for next GE

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Really? Burnham, in 2003, as Health Sec signed off on the creation of the internal market (Foundation Trusts) in the #NHS which has led us to where we are now. A #NHS run for the benefit of profiteers. Decision to outsource Hinchingbrooke Hospital in 2009? Andy Burnham He deserves zero respect.

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Mike Owen @mikeowen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But are they going to nationalise?

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith looked the Senate in the eye today: "I will not be silenced." He says his evidence proved criminal conduct beyond a reasonable doubt, and he'd charge Trump again.

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Jeegar Kakkad @jeegarkakkad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not sure about that speech. The sugar rush of vibes will wear off, exposing the promise of tough-ish decisions in four years as meaningless today. In the meantime, its rinse & repeat on technical education, EU resets, state control, british jobs for british workers, forgotten towns and vibes.

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith's opening statement before SJC: “I stand by my decisions as Special Counsel, including my decision to bring charges against Trump. .. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt .. I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution" thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Jack Smith stresses strength of Trump cases, says he will not be ‘silenced’ by threats

Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement…

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Impressive delivery and fair enough he needs to keep communicating his core message, but we haven't heard anything from Burnham yet that he hasn't said/hinted at before.

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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

That's what I'm struggling with, Starmer did all the hard work, it seems Burnham made a great speech and well done him but the constant carping about Starmer is just making me angry again.

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lazytitan258.bsky.social @lazytitan258.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m really pleased that people are responding so well to a better presented version of the Labour manifesto, but Jesus, the tedium of hearing‘isn’t Andy wonderful & wasn’t Kier incompetent’ from people failing to recognise that all he’s done is repackage SKS’s work with a few BJesque promises!

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Crude version. There were only ever two possible UK-EU relations. "We'll take the economic / policy hit in exchange for preserving greater freedom" or "Being in gives us the greatest chance to shape our future even with some frustrations". Neither acceptable to national pride.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A good speech and the right focus on personal control but at its heart the vacuum that the modern world can't really be defined if the starting point is that everything went wrong because of privatisation in the 1980s.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026

🚨 Naomi Smith, Best for Britain CEO: 👏 “With the public behind him, progressives imploring them, and the economic case etched in stone, we should signal to the EU – today – that the UK is ready to apply for membership, to take us back to where we belong at the heart of Europe.”

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Only one option on Europe: Burnham must seize moment now - Best for Britain

Andy Burnham should "signal to the EU today that the UK is ready to apply for membership", campaigners have stressed, af

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham and EU: Will set out options. Great. So positive. So decisive. Man just promise to join EU, hold a referendum if you have to, but no more vague promises

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Susanmcgoldrick @susanmcg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Social care isn't just about the elderly.

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Essentially it is about switching liability from the individual to the state. Same care, but paid for by the public funding. If we want better (and indeed more) care, that’s a very different conversation requiring even higher spending. Few would say the quality of care right now is good enough.

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🇪🇺 #AgainstLies 🦋 @againstlies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham’s speech tailored to left of Labour. Lots of rhetoric, blame on others. A campaign speech for a 2027 GE manifesto. Everything hinging on reviews still to be published on education and social care. Labour has a massive majority, but Burnham lacks the ambition to do something NOW

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Temporary Bat @saredra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is brilliant. The whole thing should never have happened, there is zero need for those guys to go have an intimidation march on Garvaghy, but it did and remarkably, solidarity is winning.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

something extraordinary is happening on Garvaghy Road Northern Ireland. Decent minded protestants & unionists have started to come out to support the Garvaghy residents, against the Orange Order parade madness. This is truly extraordinary. quick 🧵

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