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Rich @rich-bryant.uk · 30m
It’ll be THE issue. Because it’s an EU lock-in and the Commission will demand that kind of guarantee.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 2h
I believe the term is "expectations management".
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 2h
God grant me the confidence of an American progressive talking about gender ideology on Bluesky
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Conor McGregor Walking in UFC Arena
ALT: Conor McGregor Walking in UFC Arena
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Nathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 7h
I do not think I can stay on here if you all go full FBPE on me, sorry
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 3h
I reckon you'll like this one even better James
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If this divides a nation then I can only say that half of Portugal are fucking mental www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal walkout divides a nation as Jorge Jesus asserts control
Row sparked by head coach’s decision to leave the 41-year-old on the bench has left a great international career at risk of ending in acrimony
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 7h
One of the great Sliding Doors moments in British history is the sidelining of Barbara Castle's In Place of Strife.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 4h
(I'm lying of course. I was actually looking for Gary Bushell's blog. Everyone here knows I secretly agree with everything he says.)
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 4h
Looking for something else I discovered Gary Bushell's blog. The most interesting thing about it is it looks like something from the oughts that's been left to wither. But the content is up to date.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 4h
😬 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Global bond sell-off intensifies, as UK long-term borrowing costs pass 6%
Fears that US deficit is unsustainable drive Britain’s 30-year bond yield to level not seen since 1998
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Lion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social · 11h
"I have to confess when me and my friends used to run through the fields of wheat, the farmers weren’t too pleased about that." Happy birthday to Theresa May, who reaches 70 today. thelionandunicorn.com/2019/07/13/i...
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‘I like my shoes’: The wit & wisdom of Theresa May
The life and career of the former prime minister, in her own words.
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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 7h
It’s possible to dislike Thatcher and her policies and also think the 70s were shit.
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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 7h
Sad the antisemitism isn't also a deal breaker.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 7h
Hmm
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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social · 8h
On the subtleties of diplomatic meetings and why that New York handshake was a mistake markurban.substack.com/p/britains-i...
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Britain’s Iran Dilemma
And why that handshake already looks like a bad idea
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 8h
"It's genuinely quite relevant that for the critical early years in Afghanistan, we had more than 10x the troop levels over in Iraq on a mission with dubious legal and moral grounding while treating a much more legitimate effort as a backwater until it was too late." This is excellent👇
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 8h
The war in Afghanistan wasn’t doomed and wasn’t an overreaction — Bush lost a just and winnable war by invading Iraq instead of securing the country. www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-a...
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Who lost Afghanistan?
George W. Bush blundered away a winnable war.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 9h
Should probably check behind the radiator in your office then, Ayoub. Sometimes rodents can get stuck behind the grilles.
Ayoub Khan MP: "I am genuinely shocked as to the speed of this enquiry by the Israeli spokespeople!!! Normally it takes them months if not years. I think I smell a rat!"
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 9h
The Green Party has reportedly produced an ‘Inclusive Terminology Guidance’ ahead of its conference, which recommends using the term "global majority" when discussing race Our study last year found that only 34% of ethnic minority Britons had heard of the term before, and just 7% had ever used it
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 20h
There’s a video going round the other place of Ed Balls explaining compound interest to George Osborne in the context of the Triple Lock and you can *see* Osborne go “ohhhh” and it made me want to throw my phone at the wall.
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 21h
Baby elephant taking a bath.. 😊
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 23h
Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.
Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).
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Jack Dean @jackddean.bsky.social · 22h
In the current climate, news stories like this are a welcome reprieve.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 21h
I'd like to think Miliband regrets this photo op but I'm not sure he does
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 23h
The first Portugese manager in 5 years has finally asked "why tf are we playing this washed out prick?"
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
Sorry to hear about Esther Ranzen. My old uni mate Antonio will be grieving as he fancied her (I am not joking, he used to buy the porn mag 50+ which you can probably guess its contents from the title).
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
I see people asking why this matters but if you read the report it points out things Reed has stated that are factually incorrect but produced by AI. Reed is the goto voice for progressive media outlets. I regularly see her cited as a source by a lot of people who really should know better.
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Jesse Singal @jessesingal.com · 30/09/2026
I have always thought Erin Reed was arguably the largest source of left-wing misinformation on youth gender medicine, but I definitely didn't see this coming. theneedlenews.com/2026/09/erin...
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Erin Reed Has Been Hiding AI-Generated Text in Her Reporting For Years
Much of what she has written for Erin in the Morning since Spring 2023 has been written and/or influenced by AI. The resulting articles are full of unacknowledged and unretracted errors.
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fascinating interview by @tommctague.bsky.social with Shabana Mahmood - particularly as she reflects on the kind of dark humour in the conversations her family and community are having about their future: youtu.be/roEkSqEY4Io?...
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Shabana Mahmood interview with Tom McTague | Labour Conference 2026 | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That’s what happens when you start trying to appeal to crazy US audiences
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch: ''Banning reporters is wrong" Also Kemi Badenoch: "You're banned from our conference" #ToryConference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Erin Reed Has Been Hiding AI-Generated Text in Her Reporting For Years theneedlenews.com/2026/09/erin...
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Erin Reed Has Been Hiding AI-Generated Text in Her Reporting For Years
Much of what she has written for Erin in the Morning since Spring 2023 has been written and/or influenced by AI. The resulting articles are full of unacknowledged and unretracted errors.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
"The productive state, that engaged directly in investment and capital formation, became a regulatory state that taxed and tweaked with cash transfers from a financialised, privatised growth model. Nothing on Burnham’s wishlist approaches a reversal of this at anything like the necessary scale."
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
"Nothing Labour has proposed so far will break the doom loop, nor alter the fundamentals of Britain’s decline. As ever, the yawning gap between the diagnosis and the prescription is the most fundamental contradiction in the Burnhamite project." This is very good👇 unherd.com/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Burnham: vibelord
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
Oh god, Inverted Midas Jones isn't going to become a Burnham cheerleader is he? Give the guy a chance.
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it was good but god get a grip please
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
It all went downhill when Owen Jones started to get excited
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
Maybe it was this comment to Josh I was blocked for (the point stands though)
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 04/01/2025
Starmer isn't the rolling dice type of person though. It would also be prudent for those keen on electoral reform to push for it while it's sellable and attractive to Reform. They'll regret doing so if Reform replace the Tories and fancy winning under FPTP.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
Josh blocked me for this 🤦‍♂️
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 08/07/2025
Why Progressive Campaigns Fail # 273468
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 30/09/2026
He's such a weasel
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I need to write a thread about this. If you don't like it, feel free to block me. But I hope at least some of you will listen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Jewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagogues
The Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Ahead of the Green's party conference, we asked Britons to describe Zack Polanski in three words 47% use at least one negative term, many alluding to dishonesty or foolishness 18% use at least one positive term, with "hope" and "caring" among the most common 34% said "don't know" or even "who?"
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"We're becoming complacent about Reform" My column for this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on rumblings of Reform complacency and wishful thinking about tactical voting at Labour Party conference:
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Labour doesn't know who it's fighting anymore
Nigel Farage? The Tories? It's anyone's guess
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I understand them. They're antisemites.
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 29/09/2026
I don't want to harsh anyone's buzz as Andy Burnham gave a reasonably good speech, but the reaction on here is so breathless it makes it sound like he gave the Gettysburg Address.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 29/09/2026
"Prime Minister Polanski, Putin has just invaded Estonia. What is your response?" "TAX THE RICH!"
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Makes you proud to be British
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 29/09/2026
"Prime Minister Polanski, Putin has just invaded Estonia. What is your response?" "TAX THE RICH!"
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