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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10h

Suella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.

Crack 'em while you can, though, because Suella's star might just be on the skids. Despite plugging her book on Question Time, on Tim Shipman's Spectator podcast, in serialised excerpts in the Daily Mail, and in a fawning interview with Allison Pearson in the Telegraph, in its opening weekend, Patriot sold precisely 106 copies.

— from Ian Winwood’s New World piece.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 12h

Huge respect for Caroline Lucas this week, repeatedly standing up to antisemitic entryism while remaining staunchly critical of Israel and the government's failures on that front. You can see why she used to be leader

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 11h

It's quite simple, when the weather is like this, it just means we burn way less expensive, imported gas to keep the lights on. One day it will also mean our electricity is MUCH cheaper #breakthelink

A screenshot showing the current level of electricity generated by wind turbines in the UK. It's 65%, or enough to power 89 million freezers

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re thinking that *this time* they will have to admit Trump’s depravity & their hideous folly in supporting him. Then I’m afraid you’re in for another nasty surprise…

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12h

Amen.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Imagine deciding to go out and pitch that the Pope is the Woke Antichrist because he has concerns about AI, when you look like the lovechild of Satan and the guy whose face melts in Robocop. If a homeless guy gave this 'lecture' in Hyde Park, he would be sectioned. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.com

Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures

The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.

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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 09/10/2026

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics

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Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Couple of thoughts on Holborn & St Pancras Big winner for me is Andy Burnham. Lab hold the seat with 45% of the vote. Not down that much on 2024 GE 49%. So Burnham has beat Reform 55-35 in Makerfield &seen off the Green leader in London. More evidence of upturn in labours fortunes post Starmer.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They definitely are gaining huge momentum, towards cult-like conspiracy and electoral oblivion.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Delo and his fellow crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne have now given Reform £100m+ Reform has pledged to deregulate crypto. Delo and Harborne say there is no quid-pro-quo. But should crypto money buy British democracy? 🔴Read the full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...

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Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit

Exclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's not the first time Delo's BitMEX record has been in court. In 2022 Delo pleaded guilty to a Bank Secrecy Act violation over BitMEX's failure to have anti-money laundering controls. Trump pardoned Delo and BitMEX in 2025.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The lawsuit alleges Delo and BitMEX ran an 'Insider Trading Desk' with 'God access' to customers' positions and liquidation points, and liquidated customer’s accounts when profitable. The plaintiffs are demanding the return of $40m worth of Bitcoin.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We spoke exclusively to their lawyer, Daniel Charest, who says there was “something illegal, unethical and immoral” about Delo and BitMEX's BitMEX says it has successfully defended more than 20 'spurious claims' and will 'vigorously' fight this

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The class action, filed in New York in July, accuses Delo and BitMEX of “theft” and says wants to hold them “accountable for the fraudulent conduct” BitMEX closed down in September, a few weeks after Delo announced he was giving Reform £36m. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...

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Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit

Exclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That meme comes from a lawsuit against Delo and BitMEX. The case was dropped but Delo is named in a new US class action accusing his BitMEX of trading against its own customers – and keeping $40MILLION worth of Bitcoin that should have gone back to them

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is a really serious piece of investigative work. Thank god someone is doing it.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They're laughing at ordinary working people, the bees and puffins. They get together at dinner parties, quaffing nectar and ethically caught sandeels, and they mock Sir Winston, call you flagshaggers, and LAUGH AT YOU.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a bad IHT cut. For the same money we could increase the nil rate band to £900k/person, or alternatively cut the rate from 40% to 17.5%. Either would be simpler, fairer, and not distort the housing market.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And there are other undesirable effects. The proposal could shift £60bn–£110bn from savings and investments into housing, and reduce the number of £1m-plus homes coming onto the market in London and the South East by 3%–6% each year.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Take these effects into account, and the proposal won't cost the £6bn the Tories claim. We estimate £7.7bn–£10.9bn. (full working for this on our website)

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And they also didn't take account of the opposite effect. The proposal creates a massive incentive for people to shift cash from investments into a larger home.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Conservative proposal relies on modelling from Oxford Economics. For reasons that completely escape me, they didn't take account of this effect.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Most tax changes cause taxpayers to change their behaviour in some way. Usually these effects are small. But here we should expect a substantial effect, because the proposal is economically equivalent to a 40% charge on an elderly person selling their house.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A common complaint is that people on the Left ignore the dynamic effects of tax cuts. They just do a simple multiplication exercise and don't think about behavioural responses. That's often fair. But it's exactly the trap the Conservatives have fallen into here.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Our full analysis, including detailed methodology and links to the modelling code: buff.ly/OVR9hrU (I don't believe any claims anyone makes about the cost/benefit of a tax policy if they don't set out their working in full.)

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is absolutely damning. A must-read.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When people say the Conservatives play politics on easy mode this is what it means

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit.

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes, quite. I was on GB news recently, where whole debate was framed as Labour “secretly” “plotting” to overturn the democratic “will of the people. I said there was nothing secret or undemocratic about openly suggesting a new debate on whether Brexit was working, and relations with EU improved.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So true. It's also the exact opposite effect to the Tories' other (more sensible) plan to get rid of stamp duty. Mangling the housing market just after adopting a policy which might help rationalise it.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Obviously laughable. But a reminder of how these people would behave in power: Financially benefiting the journalists and pollsters who do their bidding, legally pursuing those who do not.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The only reason you would hear this is if you're hanging out with a bunch of Neo-Nazis.

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

starting to see an inversion of the 2019-24 dynamic.. progressives voters increasingly united on Brexit and happy to air the issues, whereas Conservative ones split and their leaders keen to not "reopen the debate... arguing with ourselves." Badenoch sounding rather like Starmer used to...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What exactly is “climate action” that ordinary people can take when the fucking billionaires and politicians are literally happy to burn the whole planet down for money and power? (Sorry, feeling very down about all this).

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 07/10/2026

Baffling decision by Press Gazette to call these jobs 'journalists'!

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 07/10/2026

"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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fuck me

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thing about Badenoch is her immense self-confidence does communicate itself to voters and is one reason her ratings have improved. But you've got to think during a campaign more people would notice it is entirely unjustified.

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Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Back from Tory conference. Interesting how optimistic the party seems. Can’t help feel there’s been an overcorrection here. Yes the party is no longer on life support but w/ 54% saying the party is out of date & 54% disagreeing they are ready for govt they’ve got a long way to go

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.

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Kemi Badenoch: I'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK

The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year olds.

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