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Not sure how the triple lock change will ultimately play politically. But trapping the Tories and Reform into defending a policy literally none of them support in private is potentially a neat move.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

📈 Only one policy option gets £92bn in growth. 💪 Only one policy option boosts our exports by £43bn every single year. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to rejoin the EU. And the EU needs Britain.

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Burnham says he could go ‘all the way’ and rejoin European Union in Brexit warning

PM said one option was to back George Osborne’s call, made in an interview with The Independent, to rejoin the EU custom

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 6h

Burnham: "My judgment is Brexit in its current form has caused more harm than good and I think around 60 per cent of the British public now hold that view." "It's not a good thing if the public are ahead of politicians on this issue."

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 7h

Actually pretty funny when you consider that they could benefit significantly from this.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 8h

This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 9h

🚨🚨 @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The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 8h

Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media:

The Daily Telegraph: TRIPLE LOCK SCRAPPED BY 2030 (with a monstering photo of Burnham)

Daily Express: IT'S A CRYING SHAME FOR OUR NATION

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Alix Kroeger @alixkroeger.bsky.social · 10h

Decent piece here. London plans to increase tree cover by 10% from 2016 levels but hundreds of saplings died in the heat waves. The GLA, Kew Gardens and Trees for Cities are now researching which species can withstand both the hot, dry summers and the wetter winters. Results due next year

bbc.co.uk

Drought devastation: How to save London's parched trees

Heatwaves and drought make planting native trees and maintaining the existing canopy more and more difficult.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not that this will penetrate, but there are serious economic reasons why the triple lock created a ratchet effect that was perverse and economically unsustainable. Sometimes people disagree with you for honest reasons. Not just because you are good and they are wicked. ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...

ifs.org.uk

What do you need to know about the triple lock? | Institute for Fiscal Studies

The triple lock has boosted the level of the state pension over time and it creates high and uncertain costs for the future.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I support unions and have been a member for decades. I regularly advocate unions should disagree with even a Labour gov't, to represent their members' interests. But I cannot abide this destructive fix-everything-without-touching-anything constant heckling.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If I never hear from Sharon Graham, ever again, it will be several months too soon. She is typical of the intellectual dishonesty plaguing this country, which demands radical change, but objects to anything actually changing.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10h

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Lars S. Sørensen @handansken.eurosky.social · 9h

The USA cannot be trusted as a nation ruled by laws anymore.

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 20h

Have been listening to some smart people over the past few days on how Labour can beat Reform. Here are a few things they said 👇🏻

writesbright.substack.com

Lessons on how to beat Reform

🔴 Inside Labour conference...

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 10h

Now we’re talking…

Burnham says rejoining EU possible option

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 10h

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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10h

Some v negative responses to posts about Burnham. I understand the cynicism. What I don’t understand is the refusal to wait and see and to look for the positives. Politics cannot be about perfection. It’s compromise. It’s effective communication… and persuasion. Why not be prepared to be persuaded?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

This mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Photo of Burnham waving to the audience in front of HOPE AGAIN backdrop

Burnham was not going to die wondering. He knew he might be delivering one of the longest suicide notes in history, but he did it anyway. Because he couldn't not do it. Better to go down remaining true to his principles than being slowly airbrushed out of history like the previous six prime ministers. Failures all. Andy was prepared to burn through all his political capital right there in Liverpool, right then. Not just for his own legacy but for a country he wanted to rebuild. It was the only way he could look himself in the mirror.
Honour his parents.

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The purpose of these schemes was found to have been to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900 million." That is an absolutely massive sporting fraud. www.premierleague.com/en/news/4727...

premierleague.com

Premier League Statement: Manchester City FC

An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22h

Have now slowly re-read the ruling, and it is even more damning than at first reading. The ruling pretty much sets out Manchester City was fraudulent on a systemic long-term basis. Not just mere non-compliance, but ‘concealments’ and ‘disguises’. Also some MCFC witnesses were ‘dishonest’.

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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 22h

Concerted, deliberate, calculated cheating is the conclusion. A Premier League heist. So throw the book at them and run the owners out of town. And Manchester City supporters should want to lead that movement. Column (free to read) inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

inews.co.uk

Throw the book at Man City - and force the owners out

The verdict leaves City facing questions that money and bluster can no longer drown out

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Important development in clearly stating Brexit was harmful & reset isn't a solution. But (unlike ER commission) no obvious process for how "we can find consensus". And on what? The options (again)? Or which to pursue? Still, definitely pitchrolling for something beyond 'make Brexit work'.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why is this CAROUSEL OF NOBODIES constantly platformed by our state broadcaster? This woman was reviewing restaurants and books until recently - then she lands a spell with the Centre for Policy Studies and - hey presto! - she works for City AM and is on the BBC as some sort of expert on economics.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Alys Denby, spouting utter guff with huge confidence on Politics Live, like "bringing the review forward by a year is just kicking the can further down the road" and "if you bump into the Laffer curve you get no tax revenue at all", has no economic training I can find, except from Tufton Street.

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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 29/09/2026

"...on a long-term relationship with what is still our largest market... "Brexit has done more harm than good... "We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain," the PM says.

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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 29/09/2026

Breaking: Burnham announces he will set out what the "different options are for Britain’s long-term relationship with our European partners" later this year. "We will not give Britain the clear path we need into the rest of this century until we decide...

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

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place."

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026

The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if you haven't been through this with an elderly parent yet it's maybe hard to explain why social care reform feels like a big deal but there will be a surprising number of people i suspect feeling quite tearful listening to this

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

🚨BREAKING🚨 "Caring for other people's parents on poverty pay, but doing it with huge skill, humor, and humanity, holding a threadbare system somehow together, yet invisible to the political class of this country" "I want to speak directly today to our care workers. You are not invisible to me."

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide".

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a matter of logic you cannot be “hard working” if you rely on the state pension. I hope ministers will keep (start?) explaining that the state pension isn’t paid out of an investment fund but by the contributions of those currently working.

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

According to various reports, these actions are aimed at erasing Ukrainian identity and undermining future generations, constituting serious violations of international law and children’s fundamental rights.

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has illegally deported and forcibly transferred more than 20,500 Ukrainian children.

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🇪🇺🇺🇦 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟳 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮👇

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

This will also be the case next week when the Conservatives revive no-deal Brexit under the guise of leaving the ECHR, and will ignore the consequences which forced climbdown in the past (industry leaving, no data adequacy, US pressure on Northern Ireland)

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

Whatever Andy Burnham says later about the EU, a UK government serious about EU relations must increase its efforts in Brussels in particular otherwise it isn't. And deal with the fact that the EU is becoming more protectionist. encompass-europe.com/comment/how-...

encompass-europe.com

How to achieve UK aims in Brussels

(a companion piece to everything Brussels really thinks about the UK) There are 27 countries present and permanently negotiating almost every policy area in Brussels. These are the member…

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.

The Independent front page headline:

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifesto

There is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why might that be, Telegraph?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself.

sky news

'We have a massive problem with national security': Farage challenged on Fairford speculation
Reform UK leader told his social media followers the five men arrested after an RAF Fairford situation were "Iranian nationals". Sky's Rob Powell spoke to him after it was confirmed the men arrested are British nationals.

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I will go out on a legal limb here, but I suspect the three vans were not “packed with explosives” as some have suggested. No doubt we will find out more soon.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I think the story of our era will be of a political class that were not only not up to the times they faced, but often wilfully blind to them.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

There are pretty obvious reasons why, still less than 48 hours after the incident, we might need to be cagey about what and when we actually knew about this plot and it is deeply unserious, social media poisoned stuff to litigate it all in the open right now.

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