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La Reine des Metaphores

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Singing , writing, pilates, gardening, wife, mother, grandmother . Centre left 🌹🌹🌹🌹Labour voting tree hugger who has earned the right to swagger a bit.

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Bruno LOHY @bruno.lohy.eu · 12h
On connaissait L'homme qui danse avec les loups... Et celui qui parle à l'oreille des chevaux... Mais connait-on celui qui souffle, ses discours, à notre #Marine nationale⁉️
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 12h
Every detail of this is shocking beyond words. How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death
Her legal team had repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, they were proven right.
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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please see a statement from me and Anneliese Dodds on school transport here 👇️
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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have been calling on OCC to improve safety on Overthorpe Road for many months. Therefore, I am pleased to see that a consultation on proposed parking restrictions in this area has been published. I would encourage local people to have their say: letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/banbury_over...
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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great news that there will be a new Action Plan published for the care sector, helping to support those who dedicate themselves to caring for others. This will help with career progression and retention, improve employment conditions, and introduce a new national collective pension scheme.
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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 20h
Sounds like a fantastic day, and a great way to raise funds for the Larder, and Citizens Advice. If interested, please do sign up here and get involved: www.cawnac.org.uk
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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 12h
EXC: Kemi Badenoch attended a fundraiser for a hunt who have a member now being probed over an alleged fox-killing by hounds. Footage appears to show a huntsman recovering the body of a fox, with blood and organs found at the scene. Police looking into it. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Kemi Badenoch branded 'out of touch' for stance on fox hunting after vile video
EXCLUSIVE: Footage shows a Heythrop Hunt kennel huntsman climbing into woodland near the village of Lower Swell to recover the body of the fox and then running away with it
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 11h
The Tories’ position on pensions is falling apart. A Shadow Cabinet member wants to replace the State Pension as we know it with something that offers 'dramatically less'. Only Labour will protect a rising state pension while building a new National Care Service. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Senior Tory privately urged ‘radical’ shake-up of triple lock
In a leaked recording in June, Katie Lam appears to break from Kemi Badenoch’s position, saying an ‘entirely new pension system’ may be needed
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like
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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 16h
Wow. These are pretty serious allegations. Administering a noxious substance with intent? Concealing criminal property? Possession of Class A drugs? And he is the portfolio holder for Safer and Stronger Communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Labour MP's concern over alleged arrest of Reform councillor
Melanie Onn has written to the Reform UK chairman asking about the alleged arrest of James Sawkins.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15h
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17h
Very disturbing that a political party has moved from saying that there should be no penalty for encouragement to violence, to calling for reduced penalties for literally blowing things up. A party manifestly not fit for political office.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 20h
This is what happens when you start excusing things under the banner of “legitimate concerns”
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 23h
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney showing up with a coffee
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We seem to have reached a point where everyone is doing terror now.
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Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, say police
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 02/10/2026
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who radicalised him? news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...
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Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion
Kevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Picking on Byline Times sends a message to other political journalists: Be careful. Don't be too critical. We can do the same to you." @adambienkov.bsky.social speaks to LBC's @mrjamesob.bsky.social about Byline Times' ban from Conservative Party Conference.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Iran has hit another tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Report Date:
Report Time:
Issue Date:
02 Oct 2026
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02 Oct 2026
UKMTO has received a report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz.
Source
Master
The Master of a tanker has reported being struck by an unknown projectile, whilst conducting an outbound transit, resulting in a small fire and blackout onboard. The fire has since been extinguished and the vessel is underway.
There are no reported casualties or environmental impact.
Authorities are investigating. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO.
Strait of Hormuz
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Byline Times can also reveal that a county court judgment for £2,587 was entered against Cllr Journet personally on 3 September. It was recorded as unsatisfied when we searched the official register on 23 September. He's spent thousands in that time on Meta ads promoting his page
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Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years
Exclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council
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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This really could be the undoing of Zack Polanski. Caroline Lucas, the much respected Ex-party leader has described the motion as "divisive" and "not helpful". This isn't something Polanski can just brush aside and only days away from his by-election. This could be embarrassing for him.
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Ex-Green Party leaders criticise motion to define Zionism as racism
Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay, predecessors of Zack Polanski, have said the vote at the party’s conference in Brighton is ‘divisive and not helpful’
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s hard to grasp how badly Trump has screwed the entire world.
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G-7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels of Diesel and Crude — The Wall Street Journal
Move was made to help bring down the soaring price of diesel and other fuels
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Frenchie McFrenchface @frenchie.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, Nigel is lying. The teachers are hand in hand with the students who are blocking their lycée because they have : no teachers, no chairs, no toilets in some, no nurse. Nothing to do with the Left..Just kids wanting what they should have. On the other hand the police have been monsters.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
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National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 02/10/2026
Hirst (Northumberland) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 50.1% (+7.0) ➡️ RFM: 30.0% (-20.0) ◼️ RES: 10.3% (New) 🌳 CON: 4.1% (-2.8) 🔶 LDM: 3.9% (New) 🙋 Ind: 1.6% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025.
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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I have been very vocal about the fact that I didn't feel existing action taken against water companies had gone far enough. I am therefore pleased that a strengthened Water Bill will be brought to Parliament, ending the ban on public ownership. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2659515...
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 02/10/2026
Amble (Northumberland) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 38.8% (+0.4) ➡️ RFM: 33.5% (-10.9) 🌳 CON: 21.0% (+3.8) ◼️ RES: 6.7% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Volkswagen might be on the skids today, but back in 1959 they were manufacturing Volkswagen Beetles fitted with dashboard-mounted coffee machines 🗃️
b&w news clipping with photo of a car dashboard with a metal coffee machine attached and a ceramic cup beneath
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Anneliese Dodds MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our statement on continuing problems with home-to-school transport
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Was just on LBC with @mrjamesob.bsky.social to discuss Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from attending Conservative conference after calling such bans by Reform "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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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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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Rot In this world, a Wasp has a twofold inclination To transmute all the rotten she acknowledges wherever she might land And to sting without dying
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/10/2026
People’s Question Time - a chance for Londoners to hold City Hall to account. Register here to attend in person, or watch online 7–9pm on Wednesday 21 October: www.london.gov.uk/events/peopl...
Graphic - image of a hand raised in a dark crowd while a person on stage points to them. Text reads "[Mayor of London logo] Join People's Question Time 2026 - Islington"
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lazytitan258.bsky.social @lazytitan258.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So all those people slagging off Starmer for Mandleson’s links to Palantir are surely going to be raging about this???? Any time …….. I also noted this little nugget!
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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sorry this feels dodgy.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In a matter of days Ukraine has retaken land on the frontline that it took Russia a year and tens of thousands of lives to occupy. Putin is on the back foot and desperate. Ukrainian intelligence says he’s now removed restrictions on the air campaign so they can target schools and hospitals.
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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social @jakubkrupa.bsky.social
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Latest piece out. There was some confusion about why the UK, France and the Baltics were not invited by the US to its NATO meeting. Its actually brutally simple and part of a US strategy of divide and rule towards European security. And it might work. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/divide-and...
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Divide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards Europe
And Why It Could Work
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We know exactly who these people are: the type that made Jews feel unsafe in the Labour party. Now the same thing is happening in the Greens. Requires a firm, principled response which Polanski is obviously incapable of demonstrating.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From Politico. That motion is absolute fucking poison and by failing to stand up to it, the Greens have allowed that poison to seep into the party.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When you've got senior members trying to find places to hide and are having to rule out physical violence from proponents... ...maybe a motion is slightly dodgy?
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Sean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Delighted that the Healthy Babies Programme with Sure Start Principles has been expanded to include Oxfordshire. Parents will be able to access infant feeding support, perinatal mental health support, help to build strong parent-child relationships, alongside health visiting and midwifery services.
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Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Writer to writer.
:A letter from Ernest Hemingway, to F.
Scott Fitzgerald:
Key West
28 May 1934
Dear Scott,
For Christ sake write and don't worry about what the boys will say nor whether it will be a masterpiece nor what.
I write one page of masterpiece to ninety one pages of shit.
I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.
Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt use it-don't cheat with it. Be as faithful to it as a scientist.
I'd like to see you and talk about things with you sober.
You were so damned stinking in NY we didn't get anywhere.
You see, Bo, you're not a tragic character. Neither am I. All we are is writers and what we should do is write.
But Scott, good writers always come back. Always. You are twice as good now as you were at the time you think you were so marvellous. You know I never thought so much of Gatsby at the time. You can write twice as well now as you ever could. All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is. Go on and write.
Anyway I'm damned fond of you and I'd like to have a
chance to talk sometimes.
Always your friend,
Ernest
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It takes years of training to perfect this manoeuvre. #WorldBollardAssociation
An NYPD police car balances its rear wheel in a black bollard leaving the car stranded in the air.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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Libération @liberation.fr · 01/10/2026
Le dissident russe de 63 ans, actuellement en exil, et Ivan Tyutrin, l’un de ses soutiens, ont été alertés par les services de sécurité américains et lituaniens, a-t-il annoncé sur ses réseaux sociaux. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/7tC
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We urge the Conservative Party to explain why Byline Times journalists have been denied accreditation and to rethink its decision. Once again, the union calls on all political parties to uphold press freedom, freedom of expression and the public's right to be informed.” ✍️ NUJ responds
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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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