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@jbpol.bsky.social
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Lefty, pro LGBT, atheist in Birmingham, UK

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16h
No civilised country has the death penalty.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23h
Captain Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed while fighting off his co-pilot during a mid-air brawl on a Flydubai flight, was hailed as a hero by the leaders of India and Israel, who said his actions averted a disaster. ft.trib.al/fBgKwMS
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Commentators reading the Premier League ruling on Manchester City.
The wincing stones meme.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
See also theologians with numbers or economists as they prefer to be known.
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For Decades Doctors Thought Post-Infection Syndromes Were Hysteria, Then Stress, Then Trauma, Before Finally Discovering They Were All In The Mind
A doctor reassuring their patient that they're just crazy
Headline:
For Decades Doctors Thought Post-Infection Syndromes Were Hysteria, Then Stress, Then Trauma, Before Finally Discovering They Were All In The Mind
Story by Sorin Malvolio and Frunk Wurlitzer

Photo from Adobe
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not even a European country. Uefa only have to open an atlas...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel fans chanted IDF and made monkey noises at black Irish players during the game against Ireland. Ban Israel.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep calling Twitter, Twitter? Will do.
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johngrimley.bsky.social @johngrimley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It absolutely blows my fkn mind that the UK Government is currently arresting people for protesting this! #FreePalestine
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This man pleaded not guilty to THREE attempted murders. The first victim was a Muslim, who they haven't mentioned because they are racist and don't care.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wonder whether panels such as x.com/MatthewStadl... give @matthewstadlen.bsky.social pause that he should stop letting GB "news" drag his reputation through the mud when appearing on trash like this.
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Matthew Stadlen (@MatthewStadlen) on X
A contender for the most shocking and revolting comment ever expressed on British television
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Think it shows both the confused position of the govt and the relative powers of new/old media that the PM won't speak to The Sun but still uses the CSAM & disinformation app owned by the guy who advocates for the overthrow of the government.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The commentary by Phil Hammond on NHSE/DHSC in todays @privateeyenews.bsky.social is terrible. It was always known that NHSE were better remunerated. No-one has ever produced (except for one or two pieces of policy advice) evidence of duplication between DHSC & NHSE. It was the plan (such that
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We have a fascist Home Secretary who needs sacking yesterday. Absolutely disgraceful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
The arrivals of two unescorted migrant boats mark the first uncontrolled landings recorded in the UK since 2025.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He was expressing legitimate concerns. - government ministers/police (probably)
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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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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes, he may need to face fitness to practice proceedings but so should those who lied under oath (and also perjury charges). Free #LucyLetby
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Grim, grim, grim
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You think he meant height? I think he meant width.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The only people who can’t acknowledge this are the Labour leadership. Even Reform know it.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
English trains
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Keir Starmer wasted two years trying to make Brexit work. If @andyburnham doesn't ditch Labour's red lines, he'll go the same way as Starmer. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It is a bit of an indictment of Labour that Sunak is more willing to call out this poisonous rubbish for what it is than they seem to be.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes it is, because otherwise you have already lost to the fascists. There is a pretty famous poem about this. When you start saying trans, disabled , migrants etc rights are acceptable to compromise you are saying they are worth less. That is the exact argument used by fascists throughout history.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dear @labourlist.bsky.social imagine what a similar programme could do for the UK. Or better, don't imagine it and get cracking!
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FactsOverFeelings @thunderstorming.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@rbreich.bsky.social is correct. We are still a democracy….
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rory Stewart interviewed by Michael Gove makes the old argument that people who use private education and private healthcare are “paying quite a lot into the state and taking very little back”. It’s horseshit. But he sounds posh so people will pretend he’s very smart.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Associate Member breakfast
A high-angle shot of a white ceramic plate sitting on a light-colored wooden table. Arranged on the plate are four items: a large black mug filled with black coffee, a small glass bottle shaped like a maple leaf and filled with amber maple syrup, a small clear shot glass filled with a clear liquid, and a single unlit cigarette with a brown filter.
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larochecs.bsky.social @larochecs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tax wealth instead. They are the biggest benefits grounders
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
it's wild that you can get someone from ukgov to give it the "we hear you. we see you" routine if you're a small bunch of unhinged racists, but when the home office rips up my wife's naturalisation cert and sends her a replacement belonging to a romanian lady(!), lisa nandy is nowhere to be seen
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Posting about taking your first questions without allowing anyone to ask you a question is genius @lucympowell.bsky.social
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very rare to see someone like this with principles
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I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to
say.
Free Palestine.
But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour I've ever been on.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Macklemore "every child deserves to live" Ed Sheeran "this is hurtful to a lot of people"
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yeah, so the 2010s were a long referendum on whether we should 1) be reasonable and decent people, and invest in infrastructure and services, or whether we were going to 2) be abysmal horrible bastards and let the island slide into the sea. I’m afraid politicians and press unified on 2).
two most successful social campaigns in the
UK recently (and which reversed course of an issue that seemed to be going one way) are on the socially conservative or status quo side
- Assisted Dying
- Gender identity/sex based rights
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In other areas you've also seen the
'progressive' side see set backs
- Less consensus on net-zero (right/left split)
- Elite consensus moves to lower aid spending
- Shift in attitudes on migration & refugees.
- Drugs legalisation seems a long way off
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Is this a global phenomenon? Maybe but equally other countries have legalised AD in same time period. Even in US states continue to legalise e.g. cannabis, ditto Germany, omething that feels a long way off here in UK.
So there does appear to be something particular to Britain.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You mean it is unpopular with people you work with because, guess what, they're much richer than most and their estates may end up being eligible for it. Pass the tiny violin...
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just so we understand: “right wing wanker campaign to claim Doctors Without Borders are terrorists” means “the IDF is going to kill aid workers this week”.
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Promoting free communication with others thanks to the high cut dress line is a mark of the care that has gone into this uniform - bravo!
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JB @jbpol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
At last, a positive use of AI: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time
Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselves
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
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