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Mark Drst 🔶🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇦🇲 @markofsoton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Spotted in Christchurch .. #birdofprey #bird .. think it's maybe a young goshawk might be a sparrowhawk .. anyone else know?

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Cotswold DC, The Rissingtons Lib Dem GAIN from Green 🔶LDM (Craig Thurling): 321 (37.5%, new) 🔵CON: 268 (31.3%, -12.1) ➡️RFM: 221 (25.8%, new) 🟢GRN: 47 (5.5%, -51.1) Congrats to Councillor Craig Thurling and the team!

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Janey Llou (Jane to my friends) @janeyllou.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Do hope people will take note of this part.

Sources have told the Guardian that Robbie Gibb - who served as director of communications to Theresa May in Downing Street between 2017 and 2019 - was instrumental in the appointment of Prescott as an adviser to the BBC's editorial guidelines and standards committee. The pair are reported to be friends. Concerns have previously been raised about the role of Gibb, who joined the BBC board when Boris Johnson was in Downing Street.

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Christchurch Lib Dems 🔶 @xclibdems.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

www.bbc.com/news/article... Fantastic work by BCP council and the outdoor centre volunteers.

bbc.com

Hengistbury Head activity centre revived by community group

The water sports centre, which has been closed since 2020, has been taken over by a community group.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 14/03/2025

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

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KitKat 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇦🇺🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @uk501.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 03/03/2025

Nigel Farage showed his true colours as Trump's spokesman in Britain once again. Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The next session of the Education Select Committee's inquiry into Solving the SEND Crisis is getting underway shortly. I will be posting updates here for @tesmagazine.bsky.social this morning.

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Christchurch Lib Dems 🔶 @xclibdems.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Under the leadership of Cllr Mike Cox, Dep. Council Leader and cabinet member for finance, Lib Dem cllrs have successfully delivered a balanced 2025/26 budget for BCP. This achievement faced minimal opposition from the Conservatives, who'd led the council into deficit during their administration.

bournemouthecho.co.uk

Council tax confirmed to rise - amid 'poor' opposition to budget

COUNCILLORS voted through a 4.99 per cent council tax rise on Tuesday night along with a raft of additional cuts and efficeinces.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 19/02/2025

Just look how this post is going down on 'X'. Averaging ~10 unhinged replies a minute, many from 'verified' accounts. Don't think I can continue posting there much longer.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The nauseating &infuriating spectacle of British "patriots“, who are (rightly) proud of Churchill &fighting the Nazis, now minimising the fact that Vance endorsed the far-right party in *Germany*, a party that called 12 years of dictatorship &the Holocaust just "a tiny spec of dirt“ on our history.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The ‘final’ evaluation report of the bus fare cap (covering 10 months of the £2 cap) is now out. Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to: “The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly for those on lower incomes.”

gov.uk

Evaluation of the £2 bus fare cap

Final report and associated interim reports on the £2 bus fare cap.

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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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Mark Drst 🔶🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇦🇲 @markofsoton.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

youtube.com/watch?v=Yyho... The Only Living Boy in New Cross on piano..which is nice.

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Mark Drst 🔶🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇦🇲 @markofsoton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

youtu.be/MCqfr91vFws?... I'll keep sharing this stuff.. it's rambly but the nearest thing to coherent opposition to the oligarch sponsored apocalypse.

youtu.be

Immigration, the Alt-Right, the Left and Young Men - JimmyTheGiant Conversation

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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Phaethon(Unverfiable) @phaethon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Each home will come with its own lifeboat...

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 02/02/2025

Although I have concerns about much of this poll, it's a record-setting 7% share for Alba that is most egregious. With pollsters that *don't* have high-Alba house effects, the party has averaged 2.1% since 2021, peaking at 3%. Norstat, average 4%, peak 5%. FindOutNow, average 5.7%, peak 7%.

Chart showing the Alba figures detailed in the tweet: 2.1% average and 3% peak across 46 polls from other pollsters; 4% average and 5% peak from Norstat; 5.7% average and 7% peak from FindOutNow.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2025

BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree? RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained-- SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ... SANDERS: That is a very troubling response

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Christchurch Lib Dems 🔶 @xclibdems.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

BCP has "transformed" its children's services, now rated "good" in its latest Ofsted inspection. Cllr Richard Burton, member for children, said: "BCP is now a much better place for children and young people to live. Our children's services team has done very well." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

BCP Council's children's services goes from inadequate to good

Some children were found to be

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Evil Nata 🇺🇦 @fors.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

How we see our western supporters who learn more and more about our history 😄 (We love you, thank you for standing with us) #UkrainianView

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Late to this from @jreland.bsky.social but these are essential paragraphs in thinking about UK regulatory policy. We're going to have get over the idea we can out regulate others. World doesn't work like that. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-strange-...

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Mark Drst 🔶🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇦🇲 @markofsoton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We are truly fucked #grok #ai #haggis

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Misty Griffin @mistygriffin.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Religious communities should not be allowed to reject child safety education and regulations. Religious and Parental Rights should not outweigh children's basic Human Rights. Sign the Child Rights Act Petition! change.org/ChildRightsAct 💠 #GoodTrouble 💠 #USAChildRightsAct #Resist

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 16/01/2025

"The other thing we're not talking about here is Brexit. We've seen a lot of damage, and that slow puncture in the economy was exactly predicted." @wendychambld.bsky.social

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Wendy Chamberlain on Brexit failures and Labour's botched budget

Wendy Chamberlain MP talks controversy over Labour's budget, handling of the National Insurance hike and family farm tax, as well the damage done to the UK e...

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James MacCleary MP @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🇪🇺The Motion for an EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme has passed!🇪🇺 Together, we can rebuild opportunities across Europe for the next generation. A huge thank you to everyone who supported me today.

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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I had some fun coming up with headlines that Mail on Sunday could have, but didn't, run based on the poll that it chose to headline 'Starmer will be out of No 10 in a year'. Read all about it: theweekinpolls.substack.com/p/well-…

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

🔥 RESULT! On Jan 15th we have a debate in parliament on a Youth Mobility scheme. Please use this form below to contact your MP and ask them to attend. 👇👇

europeanmovement.co.uk

Ask your MP to support youth mobility and opportunities in Europe

Contact your MP today and ask them to attend the debate on 15th January in Parliament

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 10/01/2025

My new Substack isn't always going to be about Elon Musk. But today it is.... The Secret Diary of Elon Musk open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

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The Secret Diary of Elon Musk

Aged 53 and 3/4

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