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nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 7h
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Opinion | Don’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference — The Guardian
‘It’s a Britannia Shield’ announcement proves no one does farcical improv better than the Conservative leader
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 9h
By August, some livestock farmers were already feeding their animals the supplies they'd put aside for winter. After five heatwaves and months of drought, the consequences for our food supply are becoming impossible to ignore. Martin Lines explains
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Food security and resilience vital after extreme summer drought
After this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h
Uk and EU agree to link emission trading systems www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
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UK and EU reach Brexit agreement to link carbon emissions trading systems
The two sides are now just “tying a ribbon” on the agreement, according to one EU diplomat.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8h
This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8h
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Nicki Kenyon @nickikenyon.bsky.social · 21h
Today, the UK has imposed 38 new designations on Russian oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, and those supplying goods critical to Russia’s military. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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New UK sanctions hit the money, oil and supply chains fuelling Russia's war
38 new designations include Russian oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, and those supplying goods critical to Russia’s military.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21h
Wall-to-wall praise for the policy in today’s papers but they either don’t understand it or don’t care. We’ve been here before, of course. Bexit, Boris Johnson, Truss… all bigged up by the media despite, all obviously awful.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 20h
"You think the Saudis want to give up their land to Israel?" A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that parts of the Arab world now see a 'Greater Israel' as a valuable neighbor rather than a threat, a claim Mehdi pushes back on hard. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/october-7-...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 20h
⭕️ A Palestinian woman was killed and several others wounded on Thursday by Israeli artillery fire northwest of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Video: التلفزيون العربي via X (@AlarabyTV)
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026
The stranger in the asylum hotel may be frightening. But the evidence points somewhere much closer to home. 84% of rapes and sexual assaults in 2025 were committed by a partner, family member or someone known to the victim. Asylum seekers have too much to lose. Stephen McNair with some statistics
Patriot Platform demonstration
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 07/10/2026
"Now we're finding out about an Emirati warning. There was an Egyptian warning. There was a battle plan." A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the questions about October 7th are fair. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/october-7-...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30
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How much has the UK actually spent on condoms in Pakistan? 

Henry Riley is sceptical about Matt Goodwin's numbers so the reform politician calls himself to be fact-checked live on air.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026
There is no evidence that asylum seekers are more likely to commit crimes than local people, writes Stephen McNair. And they have much more to lose if they try. So who is benefiting from the stories about the dangers to ‘our’ women and children? eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...
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Who should women and girls really fear? It isn’t Abdul
Protesters on the right often claim to be defending ‘our women and girls’ from asylum seekers. But where is the real threat?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 08/10/2026
"One of the reasons I did so badly at school was that I didn't get to mark my own homework... We all saw the Channel Four report." Reform has cleared itself of all wrongdoing over its donations, but is the real trouble for Farage just around the corner? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/refo...
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Reform investigation into Reform finds Reform did nothing wrong. Is it any surprise? | The News Agents
Reform UK has investigated itself, and found it broke no rules and no laws when it accepted overseas donations in a Channel 4 sting. Was there going to be any other outcome?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...
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Revealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policy
FGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026
Three years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services.
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Three years of Israel's genocide in Gaza: In numbers
Three years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 06/10/2026
The Nolan Principles expect public office-holders to promote and support standards of public life and challenge poor behaviour. They provide important context to an argument over a Norfolk councillor’s social media posts – and Reform’s response to them.
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Reform leader says removing whip from Norfolk councillor would be ‘a waste of my time’
Concerns about Karl Catchpole’s social media posts were raised with Reform before his election and subsequent committee appointment
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let me try this once more. It was a choice. EITHER the Greens adopted a slogan. OR they could have joined the next govt, where they could push for an end to arms sales, sanctions, support for the arrest warrants etc. It was never going to be both. Which one makes a material difference? #GazaGenocide
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nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It is stories like this that highlight the need to go much further than just banning the import of settler goods. For too long Israel has been allowed to act with impunity; we and the world should hang our heads in shame. We have to do more. apple.news/A967m0HdPRse...
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Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank — The Guardian
Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As previously reported by @thenerve.news, the company has hired more than 30 people with experience and knowledge of government.  www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-r...
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The Palantir pipeline: how Peter Thiel's surveillance firm hired more than 30 senior UK officials
The AI company holds £670m in UK government contracts. It has also hired dozens of senior officials from the departments awarding them – raising what transparency experts call an 'acute' corruption…
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watson is only the latest example of the wider revolving door between Westminster and Palantir. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/labour-blo...
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abuse
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
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nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Opinion | No queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference — The Guardian
Birmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In July 2024 the ICJ found that Israel is an apartheid state, stating its legislation & measures constitute a breach of article 3 of the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 05/10/2026
With the Tory conference proposing abolition of Natural England, the Environment Agency & many regulations what would be the impact on the health of our environment & river pollution?
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adrian Ramsay: "I'm deeply saddened that this motion has passed. It doesn't reflect my view & I don't think it reflects long standing Green principles either. We've always supported a right to self determination.."
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I wanted to speak on an amendment to motion EO2 Zionism is racism at Green Party conference today, but was not called on. I’ve copied over what I would have said in the next posts. I was heartbroken this amendment fell and that the vote went against providing this protection for Jewish members.
Text of amendment 3 to motion EO2 Zionism is racism

Safeguarding Jewish party membership

This amendment is to mitigate the possiblity that this motion could be used to achive indirect discrimination against practising Jews

Add after actions 2. ADD

This motion shall not be used to pressure, proscribe or discipline members based on affiliation with Jewish community institutions, such as synagogues, community centres or denominational groups, that describe themselves as Zionist or used to discipline or sanction Jewish members for expressing views that would be non sanctionable if expressed by non Jewish members such as (such as support for a binational state, or two state solution).
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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For Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John Crace
The Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am deeply saddened that the "Zionism is Racism" motion has passed.
As Greens, we will always uphold universal human rights.

We will never tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.

We will continue to stand in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and the illegal occupation.

We will continue to call out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu government.

And we will continue to work to ensure that the Green Party is an anti-racist party in every way. 

We know there is no conflict between supporting the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Jewish people.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread:
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026
“With climate change increasing the likelihood of milder winters and hotter summers, pests and pathogens that were once unable to survive here can now make their home. This will profoundly impact not only farmers, but the wider public” Via The Guardian
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When you hear stories such as these about the West Bank you realise how much more we need to do than just sanctioning illegal settlements. Stop training their soldiers for a start. apple.news/A_yd92ddTTR-...
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Netanyahu is fighting for his future. In the West Bank, Palestinians are losing theirs — The i Paper
Patrick Cockburn: For many Israeli voters, the October 7 Hamas slaughter justifies everything Israel is doing
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not beating the genocide allegations
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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We welcome the reopening of the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS). Around one in four referrals will be for Afghan women and girls and Palestinian refugees fleeing war and persecution. In Palestinians’ case a war waged in part with British weapons and British military support.
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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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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Austerity 2.0 is it chaps? I’m always amazed at how these guys derive genuine excitement at the idea of slashing public services
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Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the 1960s the UK built one new home for every 14 people. By the 2020 that had fallen to one new home for every 43 people And that, right there, is the story www.theguardian.com/housing-netw...
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are people calling this conviction "two tier policing." Er - no. If you set off a politically motivated bomb in a public area and if shrapnel flies about that is terrorism. 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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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"We, as residents and activists from Masafer Yatta, are calling on journalists, diplomats, human rights defenders, activists, and everyone who can help to come to Masafer Yatta and stand with our communities."
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