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Mike Sainsbury

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rayner is correct: these proposals are economically damaging and politically counterproductive. Pretty clear that view is now almost universal in the Cabinet/Labour Party and the informed public. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Angela Rayner condemns Labour’s migrant visa crackdown
Speaking before the party conference, the housing secretary says Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans would affect care workers
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's not just a feeble response in itself, it also leaves a vacuum that is filled by others, hence the BBC News at One led with the Tory Police & Crime Commissioner for Hampshire effectively justifying the 'protests'.
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NikkSinc 📚 @nikksinc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Dear BBC, in the interests of impartiality (see your Charter), please give updates on LibDem, Green, SNP, Plaid Cymru etc policies alongside Reform’s. Thank you, a licence payer
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/08/2026
‘The opacity around finances is astonishing given the sums involved: according to the 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, the US has collected $13 billion of Venezuela’s oil revenue, yet no one seems able to say where those billions are.’ Tony Wood on US imperialism in the Americas. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tony Wood · Maximum Pressure: Cuba on the Brink
If every accusation is a confession, then the US State Department report released on 20 July, which describes Cuba as...
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 23/06/2026
I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo
Kurt Vonnegut's asshole drawingAnthropic's Claude logo
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Strongly recommend this piece
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Rod Evans @ultra-rejoiner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb
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Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Chris Philp is the political equivalent of a stain on your carpet. Don't know how it got there; can't get rid of it; mostly forget about but when you notice it you get irritated all over again.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Home Office promised to put a stop on cheap inflatables crossing the Channel, but somehow Chris Philp's ego got through.
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Mike Sainsbury @mikesnapper.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I imagine the Starmeroids are aggrieved they're being persecuted as they were always so inclusive themselves.
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Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Excellent on both the detail and purpose of the devolution push. Including a helpful reminder (re: references to Scotland and Wales) that English regions are not countries. And as @samfr.bsky.social says, fiscal devo is about getting growth incentives right. (If you're not subscribed, do it!)
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Does it reflect well on Darren Jones that his first comment after being sacked is: "haha, we hadn't even funded that policy!" Yes, Darren. You announced something (useless) with a large price tag without funding it, and because of that the people trying to clear up your mess have now done the same
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
V funny that Burnham offered Reeves defence while planning on making Healey Chancellor.
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Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 17/07/2026
Sir Garry Sobers, West Indies cricketing great, dies aged 89
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Sir Garry Sobers, West Indies cricketing great, dies aged 89
* West Indian widely regarded as greatest all-rounder * First to hit six sixes in one over in first-class game Sir Garry Sobers, an undisputed cricketing great and widely regarded as the sport’s greatest all-rounder, has died aged 89. Sobers will forever be associated with the feat he completed in 1968 at Glamorgan’s St Helen’s ground in Swansea when he became the first batsman to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket but his achievements in a long and illustrious career were numerous. Continue reading...
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
'the Pedo' is such a great name for it. I'm jealous that I didn't think of it first
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Mike Sainsbury @mikesnapper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Clearly don't share the same politics?
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Sarah @sarahvanpelt.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A rare shot of Posh celebrating at the football
David Beckham and others wildly celebrating a goal, Victoria Beckham sits quietly next to them staring in to space.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 12/07/2026
Cheers Dad
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Mike Sainsbury @mikesnapper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
But Key keeps his job...
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Absolutely amazing, though sadly not beyond belief these days. Peter Thiel in conjunction with the Reform Party UK Limited have subverted a department of Cambridge University as a far-right grooming nexus. bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We all know this is what Israel -not Ben-Gvir, not Neyanyahu, but Israel - has become. The only question for us here is what we say and do. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Photo of bound Palestinian detainee corroborates Israeli torture reports, say rights groups
Image of man in underwear, blindfold and bound to iron rod has been widely shared on social media
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NTH_Malcontent* Anti-Establishment Fenian Rebel & Proud @celtic1888.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1/ THE COMPANY HE KEEPS Farage wants to run the country. So let's look at the people he's chosen, promoted and defended across three parties — UKIP, the Brexit Party, Reform UK. Convictions, expulsions, resignations. All documented. Long thread, buckle up. 🧵
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Mike Sainsbury @mikesnapper.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
He'll be walking away. Hopefully for good this time.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The only scandal that would cause Nigel Farage to lose voters would be the discovery that he's actually a compassionate human being who has been using his wealth to fund refugee charities.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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July 5, 2026
Going into the weekend during which Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of the day on which the Second Continental Congress accepted the Declaration of Independence, President Donald J.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
did any sports journalists even raise article 27 as a possibility before now? every source i read after the game seemed to be like “there is no way balogun will be able to play against belgium bc FIFA rules don’t provide a way to challenge/appeal the red card”
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 05/07/2026
Even for FIFA — one of the most nakedly compromised organisations on the planet — this is incredibly gross. It remains a travesty that a game we love is overseen by an unashamedly corrupt clown show. www.football365.com/news/fifa-ap...
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Balogun ban suspended as FIFA bow to Donald Trump
United States striker Folarin Balogun got a straight red card but his ban is now suspended. What a surprise...
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Starmer’s legacy. Although you would not know that if you only followed the mainstream media.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Left: Keir Starmer celebrating ending the two child benefit cap as part of his legacy Right: Keir Starmer suspending 7 Labour MPs for wanting to end the two child benefit cap
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padresalsa.bsky.social @padresalsa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This! While America continues its slide backwards under repukes!!
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Mike Sainsbury @mikesnapper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Trivialisation of BBC News continues apace.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A thousand times this. The BBC would also benefit from not giving a shit what the Daily Mail has to say about anything.
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This man will go down in history as one of the biggest obsequious Trump Toadies. This is total bullshit.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“They hope that they can slink away in the middle of the night without explaining to anyone what they did, why they did it, or how they proposed to clean up the mess that they’ve made... And we don’t intend to let them get away with it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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Vendors Told to Start Dismantling ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I remember when Unite told Jeremy Corbyn not to make John McDonnell shadow chancellor. They suggested Owen Smith or Angela Eagle instead! Corbyn rightly went ahead and appointed McDonnell, and Unite came around soon after. Burnham should appoint a Chancellor who shares his policy priorities.
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TopCat @tiffinjames.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Sue them to kingdom come.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime
New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Nothing says "ending 40 years of neoliberalism" like appointing as Chief of Staff a former Blairite minister, now the boss of a lobbying firm whose clients include private water companies, energy corporations and Uber. A truly terrible choice. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff
Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for government
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Badenoch has no grace. And only arrogance where empathy and social intelligence should be. She is what the Tories have now become. Unelectable. Deeply unpleasant, unprincipled and really very dim.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5



Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"He became surrounded by people who didn’t challenge him – fatal for any leader – and made errors on policy (from winter fuel allowance to Gaza) and personal judgement (from appointing Mandelson to accepting freebies during a cost of living crisis)" Me in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/betr...
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Betraying the left backfired on Starmer - I saw his disaster in real time
Andrew Fisher: He has paid for his turn to the right
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.
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Mike Sainsbury @mikesnapper.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
That 'Lebanon thing' will take a lot of sorting out. Luke the 'Gaza thing' and the 'Palestine thing'.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"I've no idea whether Musk is an engineering genius, or just a savvy and lucky venture capitalist. The scientific world is divided on that question. I do know that he's a monstrous human being."  My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/6b1d09da-4...
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Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain
The X owner is using his platform to amplify extremist opponents of multiculturalism in Britain
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 12/06/2026
Musk as a trillionaire- anyone as a trillionaire- is a grotesque economic, moral and political problem. We cannot have individuals with that level of power, whatever they might have achieved.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Same sit, different day! Arrested under terrorism charges for holding a sign saying “Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - I support Palestine Action” despite the Government's ban being found unlawful by the High Court. "How ridiculous!" Support at: www.defendourjuries.net/savinglives
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
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