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Malcolm Wilson @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social · 12h
The reason for the march is to rub Catholic noses in their defeat hundreds of years ago and to remind them of Protestant power. That is a just a bit Klansman isn’t it? If men in white masks and capes marched *peacefully* through a predominantly black area, torches ablaze, wouldn’t that seem wrong?
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 5h
EXCLUSIVE: Staff at a Scottish university have accused bosses of using the financial crisis engulfing higher education to justify 'ideological' job cuts despite the institution having almost £90 million in cash reserves
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University accused of ‘ideological’ job cuts despite £90m cash reserves
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11h
Read the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2660278...
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Welsh first minister formally demands new devolution deal from Westminster
UNDER Plaid Cymru's leadership, it will be "harder than ever" for Westminster to ignore the Welsh people, Rhun ap Iorwerth has said.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11h
The first minister of Wales has written to Andy Burnham to demand for a new devolution deal and put his country on an 'equal footing' with Scotland
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h
Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 9h
A new version of Jolene featuring Dolly Parton singing in Welsh alongside a Neath-born singer is set to be released this month
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Dolly Parton recorded Welsh language version of iconic Jolene before her death
Amelia Jones A new version of Jolene featuring Dolly Parton singing in Welsh alongside a Neath-born singer is set to be released this month. The previously recorded track features Welsh singer and Dol...
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 8h
SNP demand £200m Grangemouth funding as 377 jobs put at risk www.thenational.scot/news/2660294...
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SNP demand promised £200m for Grangemouth as hundreds of jobs at risk
THE SNP have demanded the UK Government urgently deliver £200 million of promised investment for Grangemouth after almost 400 more jobs were put at risk.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11h
Based on a truly incredible human story (with one of the most incredible pieces of Casting in Film history) this isn’t just one of the best British films of the 80’s it’s one of the best post-war, anti-war, British films ever. THE KILLING FIELDS (1984) #HaingSNgor #SamWaterston
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 15h
'Farage’s project may be waning, but it would be foolish to write him off. The threat to democracy and decency from the Anglo-British nationalist far right remains. Scotland’s need to escape from this dysfunctional UK is more urgent than ever.' weegingerdug
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The threat to Scotland from the British far right remains urgent
I’m still struggling to walk following the recent fall and have developed a massive bruise on my left leg. Due to the pain I’m not sleeping well, but things are definitely going in the …
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 11h
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Concerned Protestants and US politicians call for an end to Drumcree stand-off
OVER 150 people from a Protestant background have penned a letter urging the Orange Order to end the Drumcree parade stand-off.
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 11h
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Screenshot from the laughably Better Together 'team'
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 13h
Burnham has destroyed two of the main arguments of the Westminster parties. He's pensioned off the claim that Scottish state pensions can only be protected in the UK and by opening the door to an EU referendum he's blown up the argument against indyref2. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/b...
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Burnham pensions off two Better Together arguments
One of the ways in which the Better Together campaign won the referendum in 2014 was to successfully scaremonger Scotland’s pensioners into believing that their state pensions would not be sa…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.
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Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
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The SNP @snp.org · 15h
Andy Burnham's latest plan? Bring in Free Personal Care in England, and make all UK pensioners pay for it - even though Scots already have Free Personal Care. www.snp.org/the-great-sc...
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The Great Scottish Pensions Robbery — Scottish National Party
The Westminster Prime Minister’s latest grand scheme is to bring in Free Personal Care south of the border, funded entirely by scrapping the state pension triple lock – which covers the whole UK.
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 15h
The PM has talked up devolution but is yet to promise anything for Wales. Plaid Cymru is calling for powers over the Crown Estate, rail, justice and policing to make a real difference to people’s lives. That’s the mandate we were given and the mandate Burnham should respect.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18h
Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 16h
A New Deal for Wales is about giving us the tools to move Wales forward and deliver for our communities 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mae mynnu Bargen Newydd i Gymru i gyd yn ymwneud gyda sicrhau'r gallu i symud Cymru ymlaen a chyflawni dros ein cymunedau 💚
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 16h
For us pensioners that might have time on our hands. Best read Jenny Gilruths letter about the impact of the proposed scrapping of the triple lock on pensions! x.com/ProfJWR/stat...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/10/2026
A high-profile police investigation led to John Cooper’s conviction. Now, two Pembrokeshire locals are uncovering evidence they believe could point elsewhere
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New documentary asks if police convicted the right man in Pembrokeshire Murders  case
Nation.Cymru staff Sky has announced the commission of documentary series, The Pembrokeshire Murders, coming to Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW. Produced by Magna Studios, this three-part ...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/10/2026
It was another sensational rendition of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau that reverberated around the Cardiff City Stadium as Wales took on Norway in the Nations League.
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The incredible anthem as Wales claimed a famous victory over Norway
Nation.Cymru staff It was another incredible rendition of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau that reverberated around the Cardiff City Stadium as Wales took on Norway in the Nations League. Craig Bellamy’s team came ...
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the most fired up I've seen John Swinney for ages
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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026
Andy Burnham believes Westminster control is what's best for Scotland. If he's so certain, let’s have a referendum, let the people of Scotland decide, and see who is right. www.snp.org/burnham-indy...
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Burnham IndyRef blunders expose his own fear & hypocrisy — Scottish National Party
If Andy Burnham is so supremely confident in the strength of his position, why won’t he test it in a referendum?
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nod--64.bsky.social @nod--64.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder of how much the Westminster controlled media lies. Bootlicking housejocks lap it all up though. #YouYesYet #IndyRef2
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reform UK’s Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform UK's Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s leader in Wales works part time for an organisation that helps foreign migrants obtain visas to work in the UK, we can reveal. Helen Jenner recently took over from Dan…
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/10/2026
Burnham has an open goal with Wales. He keeps banging on about decentralisation of power from Westminster. Do it then. Get on with it, man. Currently, you’re saying NO to Wales and YES to England. That won’t do. That won’t do at all ✍️Alun Smith
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I'll do it now in a decade
Alun Smith It’s not nearly enough, Mr Burnham. Oh, sure, it was a positive-sounding speech with broad, colourful, emotional notes, designed to pique the interest of the ‘left-leaning’, Guardian-readin...
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DamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Few Highlights from 1980s Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham's crude emotional manipulation in linking the death of his father to John Swinney's claim he will be the last UK PM inadvertently revealed the poverty of Westminster's arguments against Scottish independence. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/b...
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Burnham’s crude emotional manipulation reveals the poverty of Westminster’s case
The only living politician mentioned by Andy Burnham during his jam tomorrow speech to the Labour party conference was John Swinney, and that was only in order to take a nasty, underhanded and emot…
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/10/2026
A group calling for devolution of powers to Brittany has written to the Welsh First Minister alongside the heads of The SNP and Sinn Féin to propose opening a direct dialogue to help further the Celtic nation's shared mission for autonomy
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Yes Breizh: Breton devolution group contacts Welsh FM to 'open dialogue'
Stephen Price The President of a campaign group calling for devolution of powers and responsibilities to Brittany has written to the Welsh First Minister alongside the heads of The SNP and Sinn Féin t...
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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Seismic’ Andy Burnham proposals already quite familiar for Scots. Right to buy abolished here 2016, free personal care 2001, comprehensives never axed, 62% Remain vote, water never privatised, PR standard. So what do Scots make of the PM’s big speech? Listen LesleyRiddoch.com/podcast
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 30/09/2026
The Welsh Language Commissioner and the Irish Language Commissioner for Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the impact of BBC cuts on minority-language services
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Welsh and Irish language commissioners raise concerns over BBC cuts
Stephen Price The Welsh Language Commissioner and the Irish Language Commissioner for Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the impact of BBC cuts on minority-language services. Efa Gruffudd Jon...
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reform removes Nigel Farage content after complaint by Holyrood bosses www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Reform removes Nigel Farage content after complaint by Holyrood bosses
The parliament said a video did not comply with its media policy
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m hopeful we got to this boy just in time today. Always find it amazing that people hit dogs and keep driving. He was frozen in fear and badly injured but he is safe with us now 🤞
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wales has the ambition 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We need the powers and resources to match it. Here are four things Plaid Cymru is demanding from Burnham 👇
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Until recently, I'd never given a second thought to the origins of the name Bath Street in central Glasgow. I think I'd always just assumed it was named after the city in England, but, this plaque on its corner with Renfield Street reveals its true origins. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #plaque
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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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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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Pro-independence groups from Scotland, Wales and the island of Ireland have met to discuss how they can work together
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚆 £14 billion promised. But just 1% of Network Rail spending across England and #Wales is currently going towards Welsh rail. We've waited long enough. The upcoming UK Budget must turn that promise into action for Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nigel Farage is in Scotland on Monday – as two major polls show support for Reform UK plummeting north of the Border 👀 @lucyajackson.bsky.social reports 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 28/09/2026
A petition calling for cuts to Welsh-language broadcasting to be halted and broadcasting powers devolved to Wales has been launched
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Petition launched opposing cuts to Welsh-language broadcasting
Mark Mansfield A petition calling for cuts to Welsh-language broadcasting to be halted and broadcasting powers devolved to Wales has been launched. Cymdeithas yr Iaith launched the petition following ...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/09/2026
The recent tripartite conference of Plaid Cymru, Sinn Féin and the SNP only emphasises the urgent need for UK Government to address the demographic and political changes taking place across the four nations of the UK✍️ Mick Antoniw wp.me/p8Mk4U-1tMA
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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP 35% Ref 25% LD 11% Lab 11% Con 10% Grn 4% RB 4% Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PC 38% Lab 24% Con 15% Ref 15% Grn 7% LD 1% England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lab 30% Ref 25% Con 23% LD 12% Grn 8% RB 1% (Survation; 22-23 September; usual caveats apply to sub-samples)
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good detail here on Ukraine’s successful Operation Vivaldi.
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Revealed: Secret robot offensive that ‘killed 3,000 Russians’ — The Telegraph
Carrier drones deploy explosive unmanned vehicles behind enemy lines, recovering 48 square miles of occupied Ukraine
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/09/2026
Farage is a total charlatan and his malign influence on our politics needs to be recognised more widely ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1tZl
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/09/2026
Rhun ap Iorwerth has used the words of actor Matthew Rhys to make the case for Welsh independence at a rally which attracted thousands of campaigners
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First Minister quotes actor Matthew Rhys at independence rally
Eleanor Storey, Press Association Rhun ap Iorwerth has used the words of actor Matthew Rhys to make the case for Welsh independence at a rally which attracted thousands of campaigners. The first Minis...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SNP members are set to debate abolishing the Scotland Office at their party conference next month
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SNP members to debate abolishing 'useless' Scotland Office at party conference
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Danny Who art in prison Racist be thy name Thy balaclava come Thy will be done In ports as it is on dinghies Give us this day Our daily funding & forgive us our racism as we intimidate those who speak against us & lead us all into aggravation But deliver us from being civil. 🙏
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
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The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Morning everyone. Three words. Just THREE WORDS would do it: "Reform. Led. Council." Do better, BBC. You're fully complicit. ⬇️
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/09/2026
Reform UK’s Newport and Islwyn branch has been mocked for using an AI-generated "slop" advert featuring an English transporter bridge to urge locals to stand as candidates in the upcoming council elections ✍️Emily Price
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Reform in Newport slammed after AI 'slop' transporter bridge blunder
Emily Price  Reform UK’s Newport and Islwyn branch has been mocked for using an AI-generated “slop” advert featuring an English transporter bridge to urge locals to stand as candidates in the upcoming...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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