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Jasper Fox @redfuchs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Universal basic income would fundamentally fix the AI crisis in global layoffs and pave for a new era of living more peacefully. Governments around the world have the potential to do the f̶u̶n̶n̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ most revolutionary thing ever right now, but ℕ𝕆, we get the universe where evil simply reigns rampant.

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ferrettrash.bsky.social @ferrettrash.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

English attempts at PR are weird. In the #Manchester election, no announcement of votes in the first round, just those eliminated. In RoI elections votes for all candidates are given after each count. The single transferable vote is both simple and démocratic not like the half arsed system used here

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

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WizardBill @wizardbill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The objection to UBI is not really about money without work. It is about which class is allowed to receive money without work.

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Jenni @jennyjl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Below is a letter sent by Tom Hayes, Labour MP Bournemouth East to the Mary-Anne Stephenson at the EHRC, with Bridget Phillipson and Liv Bailey cc'd. The reply will be evasive, no doubt. But I hope it results in some pressure to change.

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My home is pulled up and removed like a shepherd's tent

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This is very good on the logical preposterousness of the trans bathroom ban. It simply cannot have been the intention of the Equality Act or the governments which administered it. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

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Mother Earth @motherearth19309.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

No truer words were ever spoken...

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026

Immigration make Britain brilliant

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Churches Together in England @churchesengland.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

OUT NOW: Kingdom Over Nation from @churchesengland.bsky.social A timely new #ecumenical resource inviting Christians to reflect on faithful discipleship, discernment, public witness, and what it means to place the Kingdom of God above every ideology and power. cte.org.uk/kingdom-over...

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

On Andy Burnham, does there need to be a mayoral by-election if he stands for Parliament or only if he's elected?

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Commentary presupposing that now is when Rayner heard she was cleared by HMRC. Now is when she chooses to tell us. She have known for a while, but it suited her not to tell us.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The best thing Streeting could do in the national interest - right now - is shut up long enough for this to be top news, and concluded.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

BREAKING - Parliamentary Standards Commissioner will launch an investigation into Farage's £5m donation.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Enjoyed hearing the returning officer reading out Monster Raving Loony party in Welsh!

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I'd've thought Reform would be expecting a stronger result than that in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sir Gaerfyrddin a good example on the difficulty of tactical voting - a few more from Labour, Lib Dems, Green to Plaid would have given them 4 seats

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Neil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I have a smidgeon of sympathy for Eluned Morgan. She’s carrying the can for the damage done by Gething and Starmer. By no means the first woman - in politics or elsewhere - to end up shovelling the shit left behind by useless entitled men.

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Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Being autistic is asking a clarifying question and being told you’re just looking for an argument.

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is an interesting sales strategy in the People's Republic of Ceredigion...

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

What we have seen in Gorton and Denton is what we saw in Caerphilly in October. A lot of people really don’t want the hateful politics of Reform and will work hard and smart to try and keep them out. Labour must now listen to this and stop the grim attempts to mimic Farage.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 27/02/2026

Nationally, Labour is losing twice as many voters to Greens and Lib Dems as they are to Reform. (John Curtice on BBC)

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 19/01/2026

Perhaps the most depressing thing I've read in a long while (h/t Politico's email) "Stocks fell across the globe as fears over Trump's new tariffs intensified – though London was shielded somewhat thanks to gains among defence manufacturers who could rake it in as the world destabilises."

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I saw a fox on my walk this morning. I'd rather it wasn't hunted... Deliberately or inadvertently.

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/10/2025

BREAK 🔥 Starmer on Pochin comments via BBC: "It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.” ~AA

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Equality is a garden that needs constant tending, because the weeds never stop growing.

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Sarah Richards @sarahrichards.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Farage absent. Reform candidate opts not to deliver speech after result. New Plaid Cymru MS pays heartfelt tribute to his predecessor, speaks movingly and thrilled to be serving his nation in the Senedd. Democracy is always best served in the hands of the decent. Da iawn, Caerphilly.

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Mark Rowland @markrowland.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Very good news to see a big turnout and Reform clearly defeated in Caerffili. Llongyfarchiadau to Lindsay Whittle on his election to the Senedd.

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Karen O’Donnell @karenod.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I’ll be speaking at Oxford Brookes on 12th Nov about trauma and forgiveness. All welcome - just book a free place www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke...

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Unforgiving? The paradox of forgiveness after trauma - Oxford Brookes University

Join us for the annual Multifaith Chaplaincy Lecture, presented by Dr Karen O'Donnell.

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Fr Jonathan Bish @frjonathanbish.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

My experience is that there was a an absolutely huge gap between people’s beliefs about how their immigration systems work and how they actually work, and if you’ve had experience of the immigration system in the US or UK, you’ll spend a lot of time with one raised eyebrow when the topic comes up!

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Jonathan Quinn (they/them) @jmquinn.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Saw a lot of progressive Christians saying, “the Rapture is a recent fundy invention” which is true But they thought it ALSO meant “the Second Coming of Christ is a recent fundy invention” And I’m gonna need more churches (including mine) to recite the Creed more often 🤦🏼‍♀️ ⚓️

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

First Past the Post cannot handle this level of fragmentation. It will produce completely freak results. We can grasp this problem now, or wait for the train to crash.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Anna Bishop @revannabishop.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"Worship through the lens of Autism" www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... Join @sarumcollege.bsky.social online to learn with autism theologian, Dr Leon van Ommen about autistic and neurodivergent experiences of worship and becoming more inclusive and enabling. With @autismtheology.bsky.social

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Worship through the Lens of Autism - Sarum College

What makes autistic (and other neurodivergent) people feel excluded from worship? What is a good theological response? Practical tips for ministers and autistic people.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Forthcoming statutory guidance could have a profound impact on trans people's lives. I've written to the Women and Equalities Minister to urge her to reject anything that undermines trans people's rights, inclusion, privacy or safety, and for Parliament to have proper oversight.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Official summary of the Court of Appeal decision in the Epping hotel case: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u... Full judgment will not be handed down until later.

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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I basically think we should only be using our remaining fossil reserves for: - medically useful plastics (until we can phase them out) - powered, human-scale tools for ecological remediation (ditto) - building renewable energy sources I'm fairly relaxed about the order in which these happen.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

“We have had the police knocking on every door,” said a dog walker and resident of Dean, as a helicopter buzzed overhead. “They wanted the names of everybody living there and details of their social media. I know several people refused. We asked them if they were protecting us, or Vance. At least they were honest and said it is for him and that it will all be passed on to the American security people.”

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 08/08/2025

Just a reminder that this is still very much accurate and relevant. Even when the EHRC publish the Code of Practice, which does not change the actual law.

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Siobhan "Shiv" Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

LGB Alliance has sent surveys to its subscribers and donors (mostly heterosexual people) They have then used this "data" as if it's an actual poll Now they and sexmatters are reporting it as "Views of LGB people" It's being sent to businesses The Scottish Conservatives have just endorsed it

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