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Paddy Magill

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CWU- Standing Orders Committee. Likes Liverpool FC, Celtic. 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 4h
An undercover investigation by ITV Exposure into Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has found multiple elected councillors and party candidates expressing racist views and using offensive language, calling Muslims “parasites” and describing black children as “animals”. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making racist and extreme comments
Party faces fresh crisis as three councillors quit after ITV undercover filming exposed violence, misogyny and racist views
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 9h
This is a nation that can potentially hand a massive majority in HofC to a Party getting 32% of the votes...and frequently has done. So bit of the old constitutional reform as well as a renewed EU debate...which strangely is what PM is actually saying (for those already obsessed Europe..again).
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 14h
Truly mad, even an attempt on any election/vote (and it sounds like this has been going on for years) should be a concern to all elected politicians because this, like foreign money, directly undermines Democracy, and if your Party or Policy benefits it directly undermines you.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 15h
UK: CWU calls for emergency summit to save Royal Mail www.cwu.org/news/cwu-cal...
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CWU CALLS FOR EMERGENCY SUMMIT TO SAVE ROYAL MAIL
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is calling for an emergency summit between the government, employers and union representatives to save Royal Mail as it stands “on the brink of collapse”. The un...
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 15h
The French riot police use the roughest tactics and tear gas, but when a nation is on it's 7th Republic, do realise that sometimes the people behind the barricades literally end up in charge.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 15h
And all too likely to be conflated with current anti-Ukraine rhetoric from White House....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 18h
John Quincy Adams was sworn in as US President in 1825 on a book of Constitutional Law.....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 19h
Yes Prem, but successive Postal Services Acts kept trying to introduce 'competition'(which OfCOM introduced) whilst simultaneously trying to maintain a Universal Service which implies the existence of cross-subsidies between Regions and products, which 'competition' undermines. @cwunews.bsky.social
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 20h
Pesky things like Regional/Urban variation in levels of support (or 'National' in case of SNP) will in the world of FPTP deliver far more seats (or less) than the share of vote indicates....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 20h
Obviously Matt would have been more outraged at the late Tony Bank's method of swearing loyalty to the Crown with his fingers crossed behind his back.... Wouldn't he?
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
What he says.
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MI5 chief Ken McCallum confirms Russia did interfere in Brexit referendum but says it had little impact – UK politics live
He argued there was no evidence to suggest the result of the Brexit vote had been swayed as a result of the effort
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Is pi =4 yet?
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
For those not in UK who didn't experience the Truss interlude, this may be slightly too fresh to make this competition fair?
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sacrificial lamb to the Gods of the midterms....?
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Has she got Security Clearance yet?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A completely fair and measured response that I think we can all get behind.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
So it's definite she's still pro-Brexit? (Old enough to remember when she was a LibDem anti-monarchist).
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Only if the income is means tested and doesn't include.....a flat screen TV (which as all UK media knows is just too generous).
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
All competent defence ministries must by now have realised the lessons of the Ukraine War (and the current state of Gulf), if MBT's and Aircraft Carriers aren't drone proof then they go the way of the Dreadnought and Heavy Cavalry. Obviously many large defence contractors won't agree.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wouldn't have passed vetting for Security Services one suspects (not just for this).
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Well we wait for the 'next war' to start but targeting the adversaries internet/AI structure will be high/top of list which means if you take the step be prepared for the retaliation especially if you use kinetic force like Ukraine. Suspect the Cyber element is 'ongoing' already.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yes strangely our good friend the Bond market keeps issuing 'warnings' over UK debt....being the Reserve currency can only save the dollar for so long.
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Luke Raikes @lukeraikes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
In August, we @thefabians.bsky.social and @jrf-uk.bsky.social published a paper recommending: 1. FWA uses its civil proceedings power to enforce status 2. Presumption of worker status before tribunal 3. Closing the 2 'substitution loopholes' that deny basic rights fabians.org.uk/publication/...
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Status critical | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
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Luke Raikes @lukeraikes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Good piece on bogus self-employment from @tombelger.bsky.social Great to see the government moving forward and in line with our recommendations: labourlist.org/2026/10/tom-...
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Tom Belger: ‘Labour must keep its pledges to the self-employed - or lose votes’  - LabourList
Have you had problems with parcels lately? More and more are getting lost, damaged or left in broad…
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
searing column by @mjtoma.bsky.social pinpoints the moral abyss that Hegseth's call for a public execution condemns us to. newrepublic.com/article/2165...
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If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation
The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanistan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hmmm… who to believe… Andy Burnham or the compulsive liar who got sacked twice for lying, lied to Parliament, lied to The Queen, cheated on two wives and ignored the Ministerial Code. Tricky one.
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magnuscanis.bsky.social @magnuscanis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I once saw a documentary about Ted Heath in which Denis Healey said that after the end of WW2 Heath had been ordered to take command of a firing squad, regarded as one of the dirtiest jobs in the Army. The experience apparently affected him very badly
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
With corresponding high levels of outraged media coverage?
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Ehijacked 📎 @ehijacked.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
As Farage bleats about a Russian hoax & calls our PM a liar - I urge you to read this from @bylinetimes.bsky.social from June 24. Let’s just say he would say that, wouldn’t he, given his cosy & lucrative relationship with Russia, who swore to undermine the EU? bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...
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The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Shades of Saruman...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So the Security Services are lying to the Prime Minister......
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Most actions of a Secret Police force or Paramilitary controlled by a regime are normally 'legal' at the time they occur, whether they're legitimate is another matter. It's not like the prospective Proscription lists aren't public, once they've disappeared it doesn't tend to stop.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Or they weren't expressing 'legitimate concerns' which exposes more about the opinions of the BBC editorial team than the public.
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RTÉ @rte.ie · 12/10/2026
Robert Pether, a construction engineer, who has been held in Iraq for five years, has returned to Ireland. He paid tribute to the Australian, Irish and Egyptian governments for their efforts in securing his return. www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/1012/1…
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Robert Pether thanks family for 'always fighting for me'
Robert Pether, a construction engineer, who has been held in Iraq for five years, is returning to Ireland this morning.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Part of it, although other obvious locations are available (and no doubt being used) which would rather limit the reach of Courts to question the testimony.....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well if the Telegraph demands it.... I'm sure Mayfair and the Home Counties will welcome the social mixing required, back to 'All in it together' and the 'Blitz spirit'.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What was the phrase from Cold War 'fellow traveller'?
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well good job he didn't make anything up on a Universal Credit application.....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Did point out slight flaw in Brexiteer 'take back control' slogan was handing said control to Westminster, which had made blaming EU (EEC) for problems a totemic belief, after all after hollowing out local Government in 80's who else was there to blame? Westminster itself, surely not?
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Which if it had been a decisive vote either way you could probably say didn't matter but 52% to 48%? Which rather puts those who treat it as 'settled' in a hard place.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well dividing East Prussia perhaps made sense when Stalin thought that the Polish Government was always going to agree with him, putting it in the Russian SSR, instead of the Lithuanian SSR even more so. Another 'accident of history' waiting to happen.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yet strangely our 'tough' enforcement/regulation didn't catch it....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also reducing our reliance on imported Gas, which like diesel isn't readily available domestically anymore.....
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well actually asking Ukraine and the rest of Europe is definitely a new approach.
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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If you want this nightmare to come to the UK, vote Reform or Conservative. Badenoch and Farage both want to set up a British ICE.
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Paddy Magill @padraigpostal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Rather missing the word 'why'?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Everybody knew Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum - the evidence was there - but people were too afraid of Farage’s mob to say it. So it’s good to see Burnham finally speaking the truth.
observer.co.uk
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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