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@lhepalmy.bsky.social
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Lawyer, interested in politics and Tottenham Hotspur so perpetually disappointed.

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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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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026
I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A reminder, last year The Spectator did an interview so fawning & uncritical of the Tate Brothers , that victims of the Tates had to complain to Ipso about it. Editor Michael Gove also champions the IDF & hates people of colour . The Spectator Summer Party is eagerly anticipated & attended 🥂.
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Women allegedly abused by Andrew Tate decry ‘misleading’ Spectator article
Complaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The illegal E1 settlement scheme will critically endanger the two state solution and peace in the Middle East. The Government must take strong action in response, including a ban on all trade with illegal settlements. See the letter from me and other Lib Dem MPs to the Foreign Sec👇
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026
"“Dare to step into these spaces,” they warn, “dare to take some of the resources we’ve been hoarding, and this could happen to you, too.” Every public lynching has hoped to serve this purpose of deterrence, and this once was no exception."
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 23/08/2026
I generally agree with this. But race science has been disproven and empirically invalidated many times over. It's not the academy's role to continue funding people who do weak research and refuse to accept evidence for ideological reasons.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 16/08/2026
Great thread. It’s about how manipulating salience — raising the profile of facts that fit a desired narrative — is a potent form of propaganda. I’d go even further: this is the most important way public opinion is changed today, and it’s the core method used by rightwing media. 1/
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The treatment of Jason Arday was massively out of proportion to his faults. People who have committed terrible crimes have received less scrutiny, yet I don't believe anything he did or said even crossed the threshold of criminality. How many of us would have survived what he was put through? 🧵
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/08/2026
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Guardian once asked me 'what one change would you make to achieve Black equality in Britain?' and it feels appropriate to share my answer again
Athena Kugblenu: Allow Black people to be mediocre too!
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I would like to replace #blackexcellence with #blackmediocrity. True equality is when our talent:recognition ratio is allowed to be as broad as white people’s. Lewis Hamilton had to win two Formula One titles before he bagged BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2014; Greg Rusedski only had to get battered by Pat Rafter to win his. Kwasi Kwarteng steered the economy towards an iceberg and got sacked. Jeremy Hunt drove the NHS over a cliff, now he’s chancellor. Don’t get me started on how many football clubs get ruined by freshly retired white footballers while very qualified Black managers are overlooked. When the arc of the moral universe bends towards Black people failing upwards as their peers do, we will be in the promised land.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yes lockdown was really tough for kids. Lots of those kids are teenagers now so maybe as a thank you our establishments could stop deliberately making even more things worse for them due to a weird systemic hatred of our own youth
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Imagine having enough money to build a fleet of tall ships which could take kids across the wine dark sea, clinging to the yards, salt spray on their cheeks, light in their eyes, self belief coursing through them… but instead hunching over the phone advocating for crimes against humanity
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/07/2026
I've said it before: ignore the haters. Met data shows there were 35,000 fewer neighbourhood crimes last year than the year before. While some spread myths online, the Met is cutting crime and making our streets safer for everyone, with record funding from City Hall.
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If you’ve heard online that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsafe. Ignore that: we have the facts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"CBA* chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job." *Criminal Bar Association www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Palestine Action trial lawyer’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’ for profession
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 11/07/2026
Israel should be facing the same level of isolation as Rhodesia, South Africa and Serbia before it. At this point, with Gaza reduced to rubble and Israel expanding its conquest into Lebanon and Syria over and against the interests of the region and the world, talk is cheap; so cheap as to be sleazy.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/06/2026
Incredible - dramatic improvements in air quality in London are linked to a measurable impact on Londoners' health: 9.3% drop in heart-related emergency admissions 5.1% drop in hospital admissions of all illnesses and health conditions Cleaning up our air protects our future.
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Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
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Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Brexit: A Very British Civil War - Series 1: 1. Demons Unleashed
The promise of a referendum helps David Cameron win a majority. Nigel Farage starts to campaign for Brexit. Boris Johnson and Michael Gove decide whether to back Leave or Remain.
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Having spent the day, much like every other day at present, listening to journalists and broadcasters restate unsubstantiated claims, and elide the fact of difference with a trigger for racist violence, here are simple rules even Chris Mason might grasp. ⬇️
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
One starts to get to the point of thinking that social media and stable democracy are simply incompatible. And this is the real post-2008 story, since the dates of slow economic growth and social media are in fact the same. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Violence erupts in Belfast after protests over knife attack
Crowds, including people in masks and hoods, burned vehicles and properties after calls for demonstrations from far-right figures
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE.
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 07/06/2026
The manosphere is having a worrying impact on our boys and young men. Misogyny is spreading like wildfire, and social media algorithms are making it worse. If social media companies can't guarantee young people’s safety, then we have to take action.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nigel Farage Listens to the News
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It's not unlike watching current coverage of net zero or the EU prior to 2016 or Boris Johnson's ascent to power or Liz Truss taking control of the Treasury or Donald Trump etc etc. The BBC should be a bulwark against obvious propaganda & demonstrable lies, not an 'impartial' chronicler of it...
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Matt @mattdean94.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Really, really excellent article by @stephenkb.bsky.social that exposes the falsehood at the heart of the right-wing narrative
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What Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policing
Kemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ
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Andrew McGettigan @amcgettigan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I have seen a few academics offering their takes on English HE in the last week. I don't think the issue of insolvency is really being grasped in these. Basically, it is worse than people think ... The Education Committee gives a good account of the issue: committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
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Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students - Committees - UK Parliament
The UK’s higher education sector is in trouble. Dozens of universities are making redundancies and cuts to courses, trying to stay afloat amid uncertainty over where their money is coming from.  ...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/05/2026
Let it be clear: you are wanted here.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/05/2026
Outrage generates clicks, which is why you'll have noticed a surge in online content talking London down. Be vigilant: so much of what we see online is far from real. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The current noise and distraction surrounding @misanharriman.bsky.social’s questioning of recent media reporting is straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Today’s a victory for BBC’s relentless appeasement of far right, for Labour Together which prefers Farage cos they can say “vote for us because we ‘re not Reform”, for our bigoted press - but I will NOT despair & I will stand up for those who woke up feeling more threatened by the hate in the world
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Bank Holiday! Here’s a tongue-in-cheek #parody song about #nigelfarage accepting a massive gift from a #crypto billionaire and then hiding from a #BBC interview - to the iconic tune #500miles of the legendary Proclaimers … We’re calling it: “Five Million Quid” 💰🤑💰🤑💰🎶 youtu.be/z5A0qpWUrfg?...
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"5 Million Quid" - Marsh Family parody of The Proclaimers "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" on Farage gift
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm 56. Racism was everywhere when I was a kid. People just did it, without comment. Normalised. In the 90s political correctness (later: Woke) appeared, and racism withdrew. I'm not saying it vanished. But by 2015, it was socially unacceptable, even in the rough areas I grew up in. Then Brexit.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Had the same thoughts this morning listening to that story. If you decide to make a headline story about that kind of inflammatory accusations you shd have a few more facts to support that claim.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It’s genuinely staggering how little substance there is to today’s instalment of the BBC’s attempt to create a national crisis out of a few unproven allegations of immigration fraud 1/
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Migrants are making false domestic abuse allegations to stay in the UK, BBC investigation finds
In the third part of an undercover investigation, the BBC reveals how rules aimed at protecting abuse victims are being exploited.
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.
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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
What has to happen before the world hits a tipping point? Epstein files? Hospitals bombed in Gaza? War crimes in Lebanon? Illegal Iran war? Children suffering in ways we shouldn’t be able to imagine? Ben Gvir celebrating being able to hang people? Wish I was going mad & this wasn’t reality.
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Craig Bozman @craigbozman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Why aren't pundits and others going on all the talk/news shows and using the term "President Stephen Miller". If you want to get rid of him, give him more oxygen than Trump. Make him more important than Trump. Make it all about Stephen Miller. Talk about how he's running the show, not Trump.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 🚨 Twenty journalists analysed 15 hours of GB News programming - read our dossier of their flagrant Ofcom breaches ⚠️
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GB News Scandal: Read our dossier of their flagrant Ofcom breaches
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Twenty journalists analysed 15 hours of television – none of which complied with Ofcom’s regulations. These are their findings
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Christians, Jews, Sikhs and Hindus have all prayed in Trafalgar Square. Nick Timothy singled out Muslims, then had the brass neck today to sit on the front bench. He should be sacked. The Tories are following Reform into the gutter. Neither are fit to govern.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I’m an Irish citizen and never have I felt so inspired by someone speaking of St Patrick’s Day and what it means to be Irish..👌🏼 That it’s a Muslim Mayor of New York speaking is mind blowing and underscores the intellectual, statesman like talent USA has tho it is saddled with a Clown as President 🤡
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/03/2026
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution
Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Ofcom does not proactively monitor broadcasters compliance. "From time to time we carry out specific monitoring of services selected,but we do not have a schedule for doing this work". "Although Ofcom may launch investigations on its own initiative, main tool we use are audience complaints"
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
For shame
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Will Greenwood was on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, with a philosophical reflection on England’s performance. The response: “We should sign you up for Thought for the Day”. And yet - that wouldn’t happen, would it, Radio 4 - because you reserve that spot exclusively for religious voices.
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