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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1h

2016 was built on ridiculous promises of a future that nobody could disprove. 2025 is built on a disastrous history of consequences that everybody can point to. And Farage is volunteering to own it. Burnham must be giving himself a slow, luxury wank tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage

Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3h

Fascinated by the Jack Smith/Eric Schmitt thing because I can’t grasp how desperate you would need to be to ‘own’ an opponent to end up in such a humiliating mess. I ‘think’ it’s because Trump loyalists have been so grossly dishonest that they have to convince themselves that the other lot are too.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 6h

Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9h

⚠️ He might want a fight on Brexit. Bring it on. Farage and his fellow Brexiteers have been proved wrong time and time again. 👏 This is a fight we will win.

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Farage spoils for a Brexit brawl with Burnham

Reform UK leader will attack the prime minister’s turn towards Europe in a major speech Thursday.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 9h

Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.

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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 10h

Its unlikely Simon Clarke has bad memories of the 1970s as he was born in 1984. This helps to explain why he forgets a recession made worse by Thatcher driving interest rates up with her uneccessary monetarist policy. The only thing that saved the tories was the Falklands war & North Sea oil.

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives have blocked Byline Times from attending their party conference, just weeks after she condemned Reform UK for banning critical journalists. Byline Times chief reporter Josiah Mortimer says his application was rejected without a specific reason.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h

We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 11h

I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9h

Online Nation report from Ofcom makes for fascinating reading. X visitor monthly numbers another 13% down in 2025 on top of over 20% in 2024. Average time-per-day down from 14 mins to 9 mins to 6 mins - and considering X's post-Musk permissiveness on bots, I'd suggest the real data is much worse.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Chikli previously celebrated Tommy Robimson, & he also called the Board of Deputies woke, pro-Palestinian lefties (because BoD & Jewish Leadership Council called Robinson "the worst of Britain" and saying this s Chikli "minister for the diaspora in name only")

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is an outstanding point

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12h

If the Baltic states, the UK and France are not invited to discuss the state of NATO with the USA, then the other European NATO states should refuse to attend as well. European security needs to be seen as a whole, only Putin (and Trump) wants to divide it up. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting

Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 12h

France is only 20 miles away but somehow an execution in Tennessee is more relevant to #r4today. Tear gas was deployed in escalating school protests across cities in France yesterday. #r4today

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 12h

Trump thinks Putin, Xi & Kim Jung -Un's elections are free and fair, and that US elections should be run exactly the same way. Of course he won't allow any external oversight by independent observers. #OSCE #r4today

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Always remember ... Brexit was the first salvo in a Putin-backed attack upon the West. The same battle is now being fought throughout Europe. If the UK finally bins Brexit and rejoins the EU, it will be seen as a victory for the whole of Europe — and a decisive strike against Putin-backed populism.

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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 23h

I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On the day after the referendum I remember saying to someone "the worst thing about this is we're going to leave and then we're going to spend the next 20 years trying to get back in and by then I'll be retirement age..."

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Stop accusing us of spying! We’ve been watching you!”

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A sad, lonely woman jilted by her brash lover is left to wile away the empty hours in an isolated flat in Dubai. After consuming yet another vodka her mind wanders & she types out far fetched fantasies desperately seeking attention & solace. Please could someone call a doctor.😬

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Knee, meet Jerk.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Zia Yusuf: “I'm at RAF Fairford. The situation is developing fast, but it brings into sharp focus that the situation in the English Channel is a national security emergency." Reform UK expose themselves. www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2658573...

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Reform UK politician spotted at RAF Fairford as he explains why he was there

A Reform UK politician has been spotted at the police cordon near RAF Fairford.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📌 ICYMI — Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair — @adambienkov.bsky.social The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov

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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair

The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🔴 Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held “off-site meetings” with the billionaire media mogul in August bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/r...

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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000

The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wrote this without noticing that Burnham had used the line about utilities on the Monopoly board that I’ve been wanging on about lately. Flattering but potentially a little awkward stylistically. I think the intro still works, though… liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/478...

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I loved Andy Burnham’s speech, but one part of it was shameful

James O’Brien: The PM was brilliant, except for when he talked about immigration

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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

"I left Britain because of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods" said nobody genuinely ever. The Telegraph scours the globe for anyone of notable net worth who recently moved and asking them for a list of pet peeves out of which they pick the one that serves the Telegraph "capital flight" narrative best.

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

Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Saying isn't doing. But Burnham lifted the omertà on: Electoral reform Wide-scale nationalisation Triple lock pension Brexit So now they're all in play. And that's all positive

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

If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A comprehensive social care system, electoral reform and a much closer relationship to the EU float my particular boat.

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

Funny. When Cameron introduced the triple lock I remember everyone on the left understanding very clearly why it was a cynical bribe to Tory voters and would not amount to a hill of beans if public services like social care were cut to the bone. Some of the same comrades are now big fans. 🧐

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Keeping in mind that the American Government has a somewhat unfortunate tendency to lie, deceive and distort, I’m not sure this is the win that Jenrick thinks it is. Also, Fairford. Imaging having an immigrant have to correct you on your spelling.

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

Joe Pike: "I'm here with the only person anyone wants to speak to, Sharon Graham." <Graham bellyaches at length about triple lock> Joe Pike: "So, this gives you a flavour of the debate here." NO IT DOESN'T! You literally only spoke to one person, sought out explicitly because she disagreed. 😂

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

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it"

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