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Owain Sutton

@owainsutton.bsky.social
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Green Party member, used to be a councillor in Trafford. Teaching assistant in a primary school, and NEU member. My own views. He/him.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 32m
At this point I would honestly prefer that the UK authorities said nothing on this than they kept dribbling out cryptic clues like it's a murder mystery evening. "What if I told you one of them rang 999 himself?" "We've bailed them, but it's still Iran, what might that mean?" Not. Helpful.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why does Labour conference sound like the conference of a party in opposition? They're in government now! "we might" "we'll consider" "the next manifesto" We need actions now!
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Sophie Stevens 💚🍉 @sophiestevens.bsky.social · 6h
Another take based on the very same fantasy politics they accuse us of. Burnham stans are genuinely just sitting there, closing their eyes and imagining that he MUST be in favour of all the good things, with absolutely no evidence to support any of it It's end-stage FBPE Twitter I'm afraid
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 29/09/2026
"aim" and "where possible" is not "will".
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 11h
Immigration is mentioned 4 times in Burnham's conference speech. The first 3 repeat the idea that we "lost control" over immigration, or that control was "weakened", and the fourth says that we need to work with the EU on immigration. Nothing about the positives of immigration or immigrants' rights.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21h
I don't mean to be that person but this is a Labour event and Labour are the government and Labour appointed the chair of the EHRC and Labour could stop this all any time they wanted.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"it would begin to accelerate if a certain pedal was pressed whilst it was stationary". It's known as an accelerator pedal. Not knowing how your car works is NOT a defence, but an admission of guilt. Just a 2 year ban, but no extended retest. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Grandmother drove into nursery trapping boy, 2, under wheels
Jayne James has been given a suspended jail sentence over the incident in Ellesmere Port.
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David Herdson @davidherdson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a story well over 100 years in the making. Britain considered introducing partial* PR (well, STV, but near enough) in the 1917-8 and came very close to it, but failed. It is now time to do it. * Due to the mix of multi- and single-member seats. The rest would have been elected by AV.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m so fed up with reminding everyone that trans people were warning this would happen 15 years ago and you didn’t listen…
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
something extraordinary is happening on Garvaghy Road Northern Ireland. Decent minded protestants & unionists have started to come out to support the Garvaghy residents, against the Orange Order parade madness. This is truly extraordinary. quick 🧵
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Your Ad Here [10 chars] @cooluser354.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Christian Concern? The ultraconservative Christian group behind the Darlington Nurses? That Christian Concern, the one that worked with The Darlington Nurses™ ? I wonder if people know that the anti-trans Darlington Nurses stuff was organized by Christian Concern, an anti-gay ultraconservative org
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Christian 'discriminated' against in job retraction over LGBT views, court hears
Felix Ngole was rejected for a job after his potential employer discovered his views on homosexuality.
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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
okay but like, all that other stuff was already illegal
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Peak Surrey
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is it the bit where she talks of (legal) migration in the same terms as knife crime or serious violence?
As I do so, I could stand here and list the facts.
Knife crime: down.
Serious violence: down.
Net migration: down.
Small boat crossings: down.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Outstanding. More of this sort of thing.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shout out to the various archivists and restoration peeps who follow me: Read the whole thread, but the TLDR is that this is the last recording of a lovely choir in their prime, and it would be nice for them to hear that again, before time has its way. As it does with us all.
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is just bollocks. When my dad and grandma faced the most disgusting racism in the 60s and 70s (more extreme than what would ever be considered mistreat today) migration was far lower and many Brits were facing plenty ‘inwards’
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Add ‘red diesel’ to their lexicon of picturesque elements of English rurality.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can we have an AI CEO news blackout i’ve really fucking had enough. They’ll say any old shit for a headline and you lot fall for it.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's all either hints, as in this case, or blatantly misconstruing what she's doing, as with claiming previous "safe asylum routes" with increased restrictions are "new routes". She's still implementing the most hostile anti-immigration policies in a generation. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Shabana Mahmood hints she could water down controversial care worker visa plans
Home secretary under pressure over changes to indefinite leave to remain that would penalise foreign care workers
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The work is, of course, highly feminized and racialized, and is currently performed within companies by executive assistants. Tech bros are big mad they didn't get to participate in the era of the Mad Men secretary and now think they can get the bot to do it.
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Alexander Louis Sallons @sallonsax.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How does Green Party Conference work? You asked, I answered. Full video live now.
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Nick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s like if you’re middle class with a bit of a “working class” accent (whether that’s Newcastle, Dagenham or wherever) then you must be putting it on. The fact that there are distinct middle class regional accents seems to evade some people too.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s not ALL men.” 32,000 men in an Italian Facebook group devoted to drugging your wife and taking nonconsensual explicit photos of her and sharing them. It didn’t get shut down until a woman discovered and exposed it. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anger in Italy over non-consensual photos of women shared online
The My Wife Facebook group had 32,000 members before it was shut down for violating adult sexual exploitation policies.
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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
russia is systematically destroying European science and cultural heritage sites. They literally just hit this 19th century historic building in central Kyiv. It’s the headquarters of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. Deplorable.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is only happening because of the Holborn & St Pancras byelection. Burnham will announce Heathrow expansion the day after polling day.
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Heathrow third runway
Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay
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Mags Campbell @magscampbell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think I understand now why he got this position. His ability to lie with utter conviction, in the face of all the evidence to the contrary, while dealing with trans kids and their families while Health Secretary, it set him up for this level of bullshitting.
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My library is still closed.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
[Columbo voice] Just one question, sir.....'underperforming' for who?
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is your Diabetes diagnosis really helping you?
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This artwork was created over the past year by a local Birmingham artist collective who wanted to bring unty from discord by repurposing the divisive Nationalist flags into a massive Brummie Reunion Jack. Suffice it to say, the inspiration for Goldship's magnificent work has not taken it well.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 27/09/2026
I will pay good money for a local resident next to RAF Fairford to be interviewed about the fuss and say, "I can't believe it's happening here, it's such a nice quiet village", just as a Typhoon jet flies overhead.
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If he announces a national tour, they can put it down as 'national spending' in their annual totals. Regardless of how much it's targeted, online and via leaflets, at specific locations. SO MUCH reform of political campaigning is needed.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They'll be reading directly from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, soon.
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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour in opposition: "You need to lend us your vote, to make a change for the better." Labour in power: "Somehow, this empty room prevents us from changing the law to overturn that Supreme Court ruling."
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 27/09/2026
Transphobia is genuinely an elite fixation that is much less popular than most politicians and media outlets would have you believe.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"...PURSUED BY A FUCKING BEAR"
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's a mad idea: when you have a 150-seat majority why not break manifesto commitments you think are ridiculous and then let the electorate decide in three years' time whether you were right to do so?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shipman’s really gone all the way huh. “The courts are a conspiracy against the nation”?!
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 27/09/2026
Burnham, as expected, fuelling far-right narratives instead of addressing them He knows painting these as "legitimate concerns" will only embolden and legitimise them He knows they are minoritarian but he makes them "the people" He's comfortable for the rest of us can suffer the consequences
Burnham says concerns of women in Piddington about camp for asylum seekers 'understandable'

Q: What would you say to the women of Piddington concerned about having a camp for asylum seeker near their village, or women in other villages with similar concerns?

Burnham replied:

    Those concerns are understandable and they have to be addressed in whatever solution is finally agreed.

    There were also concerns expressed about the use of hotels and the reason why the nature of accommodation is changing across the country is because a commitment was given to end the use of hotels, and that was what many people were calling for a few years ago.
Burnham says he will be 'relentless' in dealing with small boats, but sidesteps offshore processing question

Q: Would you consider more radical policies, such as sending asylum seekers to a country like Albania to have their claims processed there?

Burnham avoided the question, but stressed there was some evidence that “things are going in the right direction.”

He said he would be “relentless” in addressing this issue.

And he praised what Shabama Mahmood, the home secretary, is doing on this.

    She’s got a strong grip on this issue. What we have been doing is working, but more is needed and more will be done.
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