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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Ever wonder why most of the media provide wall-to-wall coverage of everything the far right does or says, while ignoring far bigger rallies and events and far more interesting discussions elsewhere on the political spectrum? There's no mystery. It's because they want the far right to triumph.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
British.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Cul de sac represents middle class.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The far right will, of course, treat the Paul Doyle case very differently from one where the accused is darker-skinned or foreign or both. The rest of us must not. That’s kind of the point.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
My next guest.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
ADHD diagnoses, the lawyers calling out Israel’s atrocities as genocide, and Honest Bob Jenrick: the London Underground vigilante. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
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James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This morning is the best James O'Brien show I've ever listened to.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
¡Firma la petición! ¡No a la megafábrica de celulosa de Altri en Galicia! bit.ly/3vUkVOa
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No a la megafábrica de celulosa de Altri en Galicia
La enorme factoría de celulosa de Altri pone en peligro el corazón de Galicia, su naturaleza y a sus habitantes. ¡No a la megafábrica de celulosa! Firma la petición.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Mr J O'B LBC today. I wonder why Sangitas figures fell, any idea?
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Sadly you are right.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are. inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Brexit cheerleaders have gone awfully quiet – so let me remind you what they did to Britain
If we do talk about it, we start to recognise the gulf between their words and reality
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It's truth
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
😅😅😅😅
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Don't be silly.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Don't be ridiculous.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I hope you are having a great break with your family. I am suffering withdrawal symptoms from your absence. 🙂
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Cryptic
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Joe @joepiero.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Elon #FirstLady told me today: “Daddy’s Home”.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🤣🤣🤣
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Is this the method to sleep on the battlefield?
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Richard Nicholls @richardnicholls.net · 04/12/2024
Just managed to get this into the 60 second limit. Phew!
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Brilliant film
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Clever
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Veteran as in celebrated Medhi. 🙃
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The attorney?
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Are you well known. I'll Google you. What's the point of ripping off your profile?
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A bit of a tosser?
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I'm very surprised that it hadnt occurred to you James, that refugees want to go home in the shortest time possible. I've been countering claims to the contrary for years. I live in Spain and the attitude here to refugees is refreshingly different from the UK.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I guess Hegseth was sober that day
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary" Zeteo's Prem Thakker scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking. Read/share/subscribe:
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5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary
I scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
£715m is far from the total cost of the Rwanda scheme The way these figures are calculated mean they are mainly "direct" costs and don't take account of other impacts. The Illegal Migration Act was passed to enact the Rwanda scheme and drove spending on asylum up by billions
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Busted! (Soon changed my tune, though.)
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
If there is a vote for bluesky comment of the year, this has my vote.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🤣🤣🤣
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
That will finish the Tories.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I read through Pete Hegseth's books. He: –Wants a "Long War with Violent Islamism" & bigger Guantanamo –Fearmongers about Muslims winning elections –Complains of "legal issues" on torture –Calls women "distractions" –Says the US "is the world’s sheriff" "Anti-war" Trump's pick to lead the military:
zeteo.com
5 Things You Need to Know About Pete Hegseth, Trump's Islamophobic Pick for Defense Secretary
I scoured Hegseth’s books, and what he wrote about Muslims, women, Israel, and more is truly shocking.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Here's hoping.
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption.. And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail Let's see. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
Tom Hayhoe's first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of pandemic PPE that had to be written off.
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Marval48 @marval48.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
@mrjamesob.bsky.social loved your joke about Rayleigh.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The soil carbon market is going to collapse - and that's a good thing. One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot
The ‘progress’ made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The Prime Minister should make a statement, immediately, to confirm whether UK missiles have been fired into Russia. Full statement below.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Now sometimes these enquiries can be expedited. Sometimes cases are very straightforward (eg some of the early riot cases where the full offence was captured on video and guilt was immediately admitted). But the point is that unless you know what the evidence is, it’s hard to make an assessment.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
What sort of further evidence? Well the full unedited CCTV for one. Footage from other sources (mobile phone recordings from witnesses, say). Witness statements. Interviews with suspects. Mobile phone reviews to establish fuller context (which can take months). All off the top of my head.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This means, rather obviously, that the CPS would not (or should not) charge or not charge somebody of a criminal offence based on, say, a selectively edited clip of CCTV. Other evidential enquiries would need to be undertaken. And if they haven’t been, the CPS will tell the police to do it.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Now. Key to all prosecution decisions is independence. All decisions are supposed to be based on an independent assessment of *all* of the available evidence. Not only evidence which supports a case against an accused, but the parts which don’t.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If both tests are met, you have a prosecution. The CPS remain under a continuing duty of review, and must always be applying these tests in light of new information.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If the evidential test is met, the CPS consider whether a prosecution is in the public interest. Usually it will be, but relevant considerations and factors which might indicate that the public interest does not require a prosecution are also set out in the Code. www.cps.gov.uk/publication/...
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The Code for Crown Prosecutors | The Crown Prosecution Service
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The first test (evidential): is there a realistic prospect of conviction based on all of the material (supporting and undermining)? It’s summarised in the screenshots below, but you can read the full “Code for Crown Prosecutors” here: www.cps.gov.uk/publication/...
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Let’s start with the basics (because somebody needs to). Decisions to prosecute are made by the independent Crown Prosecution Service. The CPS is provided with a file of evidence from the police, and review it applying two main tests: (i) evidential, and (ii) public interest.
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