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More in common latest poll. Labour lead by 5 points. Labour's lead widens as Reform fall to their lowest in over 18 months. 🌹 LAB 27% (+1) 🌳 CON 22% (-1) ⏩ REF 21% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 11% (-) 🟢 GREEN 9% (+1) ⚫ RES: 6% (-) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) ⚪️ OTH 1% (-)

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 17h

Some recent #GraphicNovels hitting the shelves: Mary Wollstonecraft by Costa winning @eyedotter.bsky.social & Bryan Talbot, John of the Night by @acmedarryl.bsky.social , William Morris by Nick Thorkelson, & Charity & Sylvia by the amazing Tillie Walden #books #livres

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TITLE AND COVER REVEAL: My next novel, Painting With A Dead God's Blood, will be published on 22 June 2027. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Painting With A Dead God's Blood by Eddie Robson. The cover shows a mural of alien beings in a street in Kyoto.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 19h

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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19h

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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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 19h

That new Yard Act tune isn't messing about - a band improving at a rate of knots.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 19h

Negativity, tragically, would appear to be a stronger drug than positivity.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

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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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026

SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

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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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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'The prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was speaking honestly about our problems and committing to the solutions.' If you were moved & inspired by Burnham's speech today, you will certainly savour this glowing summary by @iandunt.bsky.social

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Ian Pearce 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 💙 @pearcee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard. Anyone who doesn’t think Andy Burnham will effect change and progress… I think he just has.

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t like “we will hope again” but that was a corker of speech. That last bit was key. Some people might not like his ideas but at least he has some

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Andy Burnham will set out process to identify a replacement for the First Past the Post voting system as part of his platform for fixing politics, according to the Guardian Earlier this month almost 200 MPs supported an elections bill amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a polite notice on the bookshop door that reads 'Dry, Well Behaved Dogs Welcome'. It seems impossible for dog owners (of whom I am one) to read this notice in their heads. It's annoying in Summer to hear it 10 ten times per day, but then comforting to anticipate another four legged friend.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I used to move in lots of arts & cultural circles, including a good number of,often pointless, meetings, the term 'It's the start of a conversation' used to make my soul wither and die inside because one knew what that really implied. Immensely triggering still... #R4today

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Increasingly looking & sounding like yesterday's man.

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Passionate, inspiring speech @heidialexander.bsky.social The trains (rolling stock) on our railway are still privatised and they're the most profitable bit 💰💰💰 Today the government announces Great British Railways will start OWNING TRAINS for benefit of passengers + public! 🚄🎉🚄🎉🚄🎉

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today I mostly want to be protected from the BBC's verbatim reporting of eternal liar Trump's comments on the RAF Fairford arrests. Their normalisation of the President is now bordering on the kinky.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Burnham today v impressive. The idea itself, the scale of what is being proposed, the determination to push ahead despite how vulnerable it makes him, and the big fundamental point behind it all: that mainstream politics will only survive if it proves it can solve big problems.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Superb by Burnham. 'Looks country in the eye' as instructed by LK & then she has to sip her glass of water to quench her astonishment at lack of platitudes and nonsense.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The PM's answer seems to me to meet these tests of "honest opinion" in setting out the basis why he feels many people would find it hard to avoid that view (the range thuggish + extreme conduct & its targets, messages) bsky.app/profile/sund...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today's rock n roll library is, of course, Birkenhead Library - another inclusive matinee show which allows fans & families etc to get to the show and back in daylight with public transport to support. Lauren Auder is the exceptional artist through the library doors. Last tickets Seetickets.com

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh, Chrissie Hynde. Forever rock & pop hero - this BBC2 night is heaven. What a crystal voice - shimmers like sunlight on water. Unmatched, really. Wish I hadn't been so starstruck when I met her at 18 in Hammy Odeon. I recall every word of the conversation. Treasure my signed programme to this day.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026

🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Dear Diary, I'm still furious about Burnham's plan to tackle disinformation. Doesn't he know that one man's disinformation is another man's essential stream of bollocks and lies to spread hatred and division in order to fuel his rise to power?"

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Overheard in the bookshop: 'Darling we really best dash to get the pizza dough in the oven. We will be eating at midnight otherwise.' I do savour these wee peeks into other people's weekends...

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fans queuing outside Archaos nightclub in Glasgow for the filming of a Top of the Pops episode, which was presented by Jayne Middlemiss and Gail Porter. (1999)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Communities Secretary Angela Rayner stands by her criticisms of the Home Secretary's settlement proposals. The govt was consulting on the proposals. The pre-consultation reforms have little support in government (and the Home Secretary had signalled some kind of retreat on care workers at least)

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Woman, child and pram, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland, c.1967, photo by Evelyn Hofer, German-American photographer (1922-2009).

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The lady in the bookshop whose Mum appeared in the film 'Wicker Man' isn't half letting everyone know about it...Her Mum could be Ingrid Pitt or Britt Ekland, of course...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is on general sale now, selling smartly, library groovers. www.seetickets.com/event/this-i...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Got a new show for 2027 and delighted to welcome back to the library This Is The Kit for the third time. This time in the hallowed shelves of Coventry Central Library - where the Lorcano once stood, housing Floyd, Siouxsie, The Specials etc - tix on sale www.seetickets.com

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This wonderful post from @murkagedave.bsky.social has pleased me no end - re the work we do @loudinlibraries.bsky.social to engage communities, light up libraries after dark & create a small ecosystem of live music, hopefully feat. tomorrow's festival headliners. When artists speak up, it counts.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Intrigued by the Nigella magic I caught up with #GBBO last night for the first time in years. What struck me is how bloody 'busy' it is these days. Presenters coming at you fast with heart hands. Contestants being 'characters'. Also - when do sleek goths turn in to over made up dinner ladies?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I long for the days when people in the public eye would often disappear to grow herbs in Highland cottages, or happily tend their gardens or live hermit bohemian lives creating art on the left bank in Paris - now they just sink down rabbit holes on the internet & plague us with this turgid garbage.

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Nic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Daniel 'Danny Tommo' Thomas has been arrested last night for criminal damage and reckless endangerment of someone's life...

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Police

YouTube video by Danny Tommo

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you for this, @privateeyenews.bsky.social Farage needs ridiculing far more. It’s a form of scrutiny he can’t cope with and one he so richly - yes pun intended - deserves.

TV HIGHLIGHTS
72 Up
The award-winning documentary series continues, charting the progress of one posh little boy, Nigel, over the years.
The last time we saw him was over a week ago in 36
Up when he had been given £36 million out of the blue.
In the latest instalment Nigel is given another £36 million, making the total donation a jaw-dropping £72 million.
This is a life changing moment for the former prep school boy who was recorded in the first episode singing the Horst Wessel song and coming up with charming but embarrassing comments about admiring Hitler.
As the clock moves forward
to 72 Up, viewers now see a completely different Nigel from the one we have come to know so well over the years
- from Europe-hating MEP to Brexit-promoting campaigner to the triumphant bin-defeating statesman of today. It's been a roller-coaster ride for Nigel
- and indeed the viewer - and this remarkable series ends with a poignant and moving climax in a Clacton oyster bar, where the older but no wiser Nigel faces the prospect of being Prime Minister and/or going to jail after criminal proceedings.
EYE VERDICT: "Boring, boring, Boring! Nothing to see here
- put a sock in it, love."

(Insert photo of him slurping up oysters)

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And give young Christopher a lollipop. He was, wait for it, INSIDE THE ROOM for this press conference. Actually inside it. He keeps telling us #r4today

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Stewart Parsons @libraryfiend.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A well-known face in British TV & film is a regular in the bookshop & his technique for batting off 'Oh, you're so-and-so from thingummybob!' when recognized by other customers is a work of art: he at once fires questions back at them & shows genuine interest in their lives. Life skills. Admirable.

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