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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

President Macron, "Welcome back" "If, indeed, the British want to return, and if the Prime Minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news both for his country and for Europeans."

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9h

A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5h

On the day after the referendum I remember saying to someone "the worst thing about this is we're going to leave and then we're going to spend the next 20 years trying to get back in and by then I'll be retirement age..."

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h

THE PILOT PLANNED TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE COCKPIT OVER JORDAN AND CRASH IT IN ISRAELI TERRITORY - ISRAEL'S N12 NEWS

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Christy B @bchristyb.bsky.social · 3h

Ummm.. I don’t mean to be an alarmist here but this is the sitting SecDef calling for people who understand the “faith of Jerusalem” in the United States of America military. Christo-fascists are always the scariest fascists.

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semperloquatius.bsky.social @semperloquatius.bsky.social · 8h

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (again) and hands the GOP senators' butts to them.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3h

If you’re a woman who voted for Trump, shame on you!!!

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 3h

I worked with leaders on both sides of the river as Secretary of Transportation to help get funding for the Brent Spence Bridge Project across the finish line. For about 20 years, people only talked about making something happen - now, we actually are.

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Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 14h

I think it's clear Burnham has dropped the red lines now, which, taken in isolation, and notwithstanding my criticism of his absence of warmth towards the European dream, must be considered a big shift in the UK position.

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Bill Drees @billdrees.bsky.social · 12h

There is only on definition of the Single Market; The Four Freedoms. I sense that many in England want just one of the Freedoms.

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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 13h

It's clear to me that a UK government with a fresh electoral mandate has the power to join SM and CU if invited to do so by the EU. Full membership will require either a parliamentary majorly under PR or a referendum because the sharing of sovereignty is more significant.

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Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 15h

View from influencial MEP (Italian, didn't catch his name) on Radio 4 just now is that UK would be like any candidate nation, but since regulatory alignment is still strong and economies similar levels, he'd expect accession to go quickly.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 3h

Fair point. The states will ask the UK to go through the Commission

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Mark Purchase 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @markpurch.bsky.social · 3h

Well he’s certainly set the hares running with the speech and further comments today We will have to wait and see how it plays out over the next few months

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 15h

agrees to international-court oversight. What's interesting is he's going to sell that something to gbd public then. It might work. Ends

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 15h

So, word is PM Burnham doesn't want to have to go through accession or ref, so wants to talk directly to other leaders to get a special arrangement. Hence waiting until erhe summit. The leaders won't go outside the treaties. But they may offer a kind of SM deal if the UK drops the red lines and

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've been through it too Chris my sympathy

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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Someone on the radio just now from the Labour conference in Liverpool referred to 'our care service'. There is no care service. There's a care b u s i n e s s, and a very limited one.

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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The last year has been a nightmare with both parents health issues, leading to mum passing away and Dad in a home with Alzheimers. We were lucky and found an amazing Adult Social Services lady who helped us navigate the maze. I don't know how we'd have coped without her. I hope Burnham succeeds.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 6h

I'm not sure most people actually understand how the system works, which is the point made by Stephen Bush in the FT yesterday. Otherwise people just seem.willing to roll the dice and hope that they won't end up paying close to 100% inheritance tax to the owner of a care home. Dreadful situation.

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Samantha's Silver Earrings @samanthasearrings.bsky.social · 15h

They are putting the burden on their own children and grandchildren to provide the admin/organisational, and often the caring service for free if they *don't* pay.

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Ambling About @amblingaboutagain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I heard some radio programme the other day that was all about keeping people economically active as long as possible, but didn't mention or validate all the carers and mothers, who, it seems, don't count.

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Gill O’Leary @gilloleary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was a bit disappointed that AB didn’t mention family carers in his speech today. They ( we you) save the country millions. And in the process often give up jobs so are economically inactive

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Honestly if this happens to you you'll just hope to God that Burnham manages to do this

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Tories promised that they'd fix it but did next to nothing even as they sought to all but bribe pensioners with the triple lock pension. Now we'll have the right demanding to know how it's all going to be funded... This needs solving and it would be so good if partisanship could be put aside.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care.

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 3h

Senior European MEPs confirming readiness to discuss UK single market access proves how quickly continental attitudes are shifting. Yet Westminster political fear continues to block genuine economic progress. Why cling to self-imposed trade barriers while allies hold the door open? 🤔 #FBPE

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Is Britain heading back into the EU?

YouTube video by LBC

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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 4h

Latvia has no legal barrier to hosting nuclear weapons, President Edgars Rinkēvičs said this week. Any deployment would depend on a NATO decision and a need for it, he added, stressing that no concrete negotiations are currently underway. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

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Latvia could host nuclear weapons if NATO chooses to deploy them, president says — Meduza

Nuclear weapons could be stationed in Latvia if NATO decides to do so and the need arises, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said.

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 3h

Under Netanyahu’s government, settlers are engaged in a violent land grab that’s ripping Palestinians from their land. Sanctions can help stop it.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 20h

Rachel Maddow shares MS NOW reporting that top counterterrorism officials at the FBI were demoted over a request that they investigate harassing phone calls made to Stephen Miller's wife, right-wing podcaster Katie Miller... youtube.com/shorts/YEqAH...

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FBI counterterror experts demoted in fallout over Stephen Miller's wife

YouTube video by MS NOW

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

TRUMP VOTER: “Trump is a bald-faced liar. That's all I can say nicely… I was planning to retire, and I went back to work just to cover my insurance, my gas, and the price of food that keeps going up.”

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 4h

Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.

Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4h

'Brexit in its current form has caused more harm than good and I think around 60% of the British public now hold that view' Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU could be among options the government could examine to reshape the UK's long-term relationship with Europe

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 4h

Why is the fossil fuel industry willing to spend over a billion dollars to try to keep Republicans and other fascists in power? The fossil fuel industry is desperate to block cleantech from reducing the obscene profits they are making by causing global warming. 🔌💡

China’s Diesel Consumption Falls Sharply
Rapid adoption of electric trucks accelerates demand decline
Apparent diesel demand

Note: Apparent demand is calculated by combining domestic output with net imports
Source: NBS, GAC, Bloomberg

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4h

ICE have confirmed that a 58th person has died in their custody in just 1 3/4 years. This does not include all the people they have murdered in the streets. It really is the Gestapo.

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 4h

The GOP Senate is loaded with incompetent people only there to vote like they are told. This is not democracy, nor is it representing the people.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 4h

Esther Rantzen has died. I only knew her through my MiL- they worked together for some time- but she founded Childline, which is a wonderful resource and something I wish many more places had a version of. Sending love to her family.

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 4h

They seem to have recruited Fred Karno’s Army

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4h

Weirder and weirder

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Andy King @2primates.bsky.social · 8h

Getting all Trumpy & shouting “You are fake news!” when asked inconvenient questions does not, in fact, make the Tony Blair Institute look more credible.

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 5h

Fun fact: Ronnie Hilton's A Windmill in Old Amsterdam and Bernard Cribbins' Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground were all written by the same writing team of Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 9h

in terms of music since the 1950s, I'd say there are some genres that were huge but have disappeared from public awareness: - opera-style mainstream music (Al Martino, Mario Lanza, David Whitfield) - pre-rock'n'roll childlike novelty songs - skiffle - easy listening (not big-voiced crooners)

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 5h

If you think saying nothing (vis as vis reporting known facts) will prevent fuelling conspiracy theories you really have not been paying attention to the likes of Farage, Tommy Ten Names and his side kick Danny Thicko. Nothing they like better than a vacuum to fill with fantasy.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 5h

Yep. Rejoining at least the Single Market needs to be policy NOW — with a commitment to Rejoin the full EU in the next parliament.

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 5h

Labour's polling lead expanding while Reform's support continues to collapse demonstrates that populist bluster eventually runs out of steam. Voters are growing tired of grievance politics and unworkable slogans. How long before hard-right populism fades completely? 🤔 #FBPE

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Labour polling lead grows as Reform continue to sink

The contrasting polling fortunes of Labour and Reform show no signs of turning according to two major polls released this week.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5h

“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...

The Law Society
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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.

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Fife4Europe #FBPE @fife4europe.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 5h

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