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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe)

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Irish European. Located in England. Planning move to Spain over next 3 years. History/Politics/Media

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 11h
Today, we have disbursed €1.24 billion under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan. The funding covers drones, drone interceptors, drone ammunition and missiles manufactured by Ukrainian entities.
Graphic featuring EU and Ukrainian flags in blue and yellow. Text reads: “DEFENCE — €1.24 billion disbursed to Ukraine for drones and missiles.” European Commission logo appears in the bottom right.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 3h
#QTWTAIN
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 3h
Isn’t it similar to Christian Nationalist. Both a cover for racism.
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards Jeremy Clarkson spending decades denying global warming only to sink his fortune into a farm just as global warming really starts to kick in
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4h
So it was the US State Department all along! Maybe Shellenberger should be emailing them about censorship instead of conference participants. #disinfo26 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Bill Heywood @billheywood.bsky.social · 6h
More NIMBY hypocrisy from the not very Green Party
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 3h
Ah, we’re at the autarky stage now.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 3h
They are if they aren’t claiming SP yet. Remember, not all pensioners are over 65 & some will be waiting until 67/68 before claiming it. A home with income of approximately £120k after tax should not be getting benefits from the state.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7h
No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10h
Interesting nugget of a story in which the Trade Remedies Authority suggests anti-dumping duties on China, with the EU concerned at the UK as a backdoor around their duties, but downstream users and the now Chinese owned factory object. So... www.ft.com/content/a7af...
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UK urged to impose tariffs on Chinese chemical at centre of EU trade dispute
Trade watchdog’s findings leave ministers facing tough decision on whether to follow recommendation
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 7h
Crazy! A pensioner on £35k paying tax to support a couple on £170k. A young person on £30k paying tax to support a couple on £170K.
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Jerry Seinfeld's Iconic Hands Up Gesture
ALT: Jerry Seinfeld's Iconic Hands Up Gesture
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 7h
Would that mean a family with one partner on £100k and the other on £70k would get childcare benefits?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9h
Badenoch speech: The Tory leader is having an argument with herself and she's losing inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 7h
Yes, I was a bit surprised it was so early. It’s such a pity that there has grown within Irish society that same line we see in about about who is entitled to call themselves Irish. Rhasidat Adeleke has taken the bulk of abuse. Even Bundee Ali has had a bit.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 7h
I hadn’t realised that Theo Müller of the yogurt is a big supporter of the AfD. I wonder when we’ll see a boycott of his pretty products (they are pretty awful and UPF)?
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 7h
Looks pretty good to me. All voices heard. No party should have full control on less than 50% of vote let alone under 35%. That is just not suitable for a modern democracy. We know some of you older generation find change difficult but your way led to the current world mess.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12h
excellent subhead snark from the FT
Tory conference live: Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Conservative leader pledges to slash levies while accusing Andy Burnham of ‘spending money we don’t have’
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 8h
As ever with UK-EU relations, the reality is not quite as straightforward as the columnist would paint. Yes this government can move significantly closer to the EU now, but only by relaxing its red line on freedom of movement. www.ft.com/content/8832...
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Kemi Badenoch’s European nightmare
The biggest threat to this potential prime minister is that she defends an unpopular hard Brexit
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 8h
Could try to tie it in with Ireland first international cap for Chris Houghton a year after Viv. Then Paul McGrath & others.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 8h
Suspect it will be some from the Spiked stable and Fawkes site. Wouldn’t be surprised if one or two from GBN joined. the pay will be decent after the £72m funding.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9h
"Journalists"
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 12h
Well, actual sea surface temperatures have now passed 30°C (86°F) in the key Niño 3.4 monitoring region for the first time in this data record... 😱 Sign up for next week's state of the climate briefing: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Bring your questions, like on this historic El Niño!
Line graph time series of daily Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently a record high for this time of year through October 5, 2026. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central at https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-briefings.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h
Reports of another Russian who’s fallen ill.
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WHO demands answers from Russia about ‘second plague victim’ — The Telegraph
Pressure increases on Moscow to disclose information about lab worker’s death following reports of another employee contracting the disease
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 9h
There is a case to be made that the market is making it own decision re ICE v EV in the current market place.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 10h
New: France and Germany have struck a deal to weaken the EU's planned combustion engine phase-out even further. In exchange for 🇫🇷 support to scrap the plan for new cars to all be EV by 2035, 🇩🇪 will back the 🇫🇷 'made in Europe' push to exclude 🇬🇧
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EU: Wie Merz und Macron das Verbrenner-Aus weiter lockern wollen
Merz und Macron einigen sich auf einen Deal für die Autoindustrie: Frankreich kommt Deutschland beim Verbrenner-Aus entgegen. Dafür gibt Deutschland bei „Buy European“-Vorgaben nach.
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 12h
As long as significant figures among joiners keep portraying Europe's finest achievements as traps to be avoided, then the UK won't join because a) why would thay convince the UK public?, and b) why would Europe want such a member?
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Womble1958 @wimblewomble1958.bsky.social · 10h
And yet this morning she claimed that it was only Reform that was banning journalists from their party conference - maybe Badenoch is just another Tory liar 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄😒
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 11h
Thanks. Bit unfair for couples with no children. I’ll have to leave it to the niece I’ve never met. 🤷
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 11h
Let's not talk get distracted talking about Brexit. "In 2016 the UK built thirty cars for every hundred made in Germany. Today it builds seventeen." shepotylo.com/blog/2026-10...
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From pace-setter to laggard: Brexit and the British car industry – Oleksandr Shepotylo
In the years before the referendum, Britain’s car industry grew roughly eight times faster than Germany’s. Uncertainty slowed it, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement broke it away, and the next round ...
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 11h
With this new policy am I correct in thinking I can take my assets and buy a £10m house. When I meet the grim reaper, this goes to my chosen ones IHT free or is it only to family?
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12h
I've thought the Tories would go after IHT for a while - it's an obvious political choice given the voters they're targeting. But this is about the worse way to do it as it further gums up the housing market.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13h
EU Commission communication and policy review on preparations for EU enlargement - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Preparing for a wider Union
The European Commission has adopted a package on pre-enlargement policy reviews, setting out the policy orientations and actions needed to prepare the Union for future enlargements. As announced by Pr...
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
So by the end it had stuff for Conservative core but overall it was a strangely bland speach by #Badenoch Just didn’t really rise to last years levels.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
Margaret Thatcher did defend his remarks at the time.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
Well he remained a Conservative hero. Tebbit himself became less dogmatic saying race was no longer an issue in UK. Think he felt integration had been successful.
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Gnasher @gnasherjames.bsky.social · 13h
Intresting hearing Badenock, Chris Philp and others at the Tory Party conference today promising a zero tolerance approach to crime as they (and most of the media) are reminiscing fondly over the life of a convicted con man who destroyed many people's lives.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
Remember Tebbit did promote the Tebbit test for how committed to the country one was.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
I think the “not in public” is the pertinent point.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
TBF it’s something that’s very easy to check. I hear she is able to use the internet. #Badenoch #WATO #LBC
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
Interestiningly, she got it wrong on Ian Wright & John Barnes, both suffered racists incident at club anbd international level.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
#Badenoch is wrong about Barnes & Wright not facing racist abuse when playing for England & clubs. #PoliticsLive
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
Might be one for @hugorifkind.bsky.social & team to pick up. They both faced racist incidents. For Ian the most famous was 1983, a supporter in an English top shouted racist abuse at him during a match. Barnes, was questioned about his commitment to England bc he was born in Jamaica.
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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 13h
This #Badenoch speech is pretty weak so far. Not sure it really has gravitas. More a sixth form effort of light snark against others.
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David Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social · 18h
If you’re wondering why the anticipated UK-EU SPS Agreement will be GB-specific and not replace the arrangements for Northern Ireland under Windsor Framework, look no further. www.ft.com/content/f923...
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Tory plan to rip up UK-EU food deal risks ‘huge uncertainty’
Food and drink industry fears it may be forced to comply with different regulatory regimes every few years
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14h
Long tribute from Kemi Badenoch in her conference speech to Jeffrey Archer, complete with round of applause. The world is a "less colourful" place without him, she says, which is one way to describe a serial fraudster, fantasist and liar who wrecked several lives in the process.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The "protect women" folks
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hard to keep up with ignorant Conservative commentary on HE. Amanda Spielman says humanities degrees are a waste of time and students spend three years ‘kicking their heels’. Given her party just produced the ‘Birmingham Tapestry’, we probably need as many humanities graduates as we can get.
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jecheverri45.bsky.social @jecheverri45.bsky.social · 15h
Israel lanza redadas por toda Cisjordania en el aniversario del ataque del 7 de octubre Entre los detenidos se encuentra el periodista Umair Istaitiya. El ejército israelí ha impuesto el toque de queda. www.publico.es/internaciona...
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Israel lanza redadas por toda Cisjordania en el aniversario del ataque del 7 de octubre
Entre los detenidos se encuentra el periodista Umair Istaitiya. El ejército israelí ha impuesto el toque de queda en la ciudad.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16h
Tim Stanley has become the new Theresa May (2002 version). I confess I didn't have that on my 2026 Bingo card.
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