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Conservative shadow education secretary delivers a hard hitting speech saying she will clamp down and prevent something happening that isn't actually happening in schools. Out of touch, dog whistle politics.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 1h

Living in Bristol, the difference between rugby and football fans is really obvious. Rugby fans in South Wales, on the other hand, are okay.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 1h

At least, in England. It’s different in Wales.

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Vince @vincexy798.bsky.social · 1h

James Cleverly will fight rejoining the EU. It's costing the country £18.5bn p.a in additional loan repayments, 8% in GDP 15% in investment ,4% in productivity & increased col by 3%.We are all poorer by Brexit lies,propaganda,false promises & scaremongering by foreign media, supported by tax exiles!

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 5h

Every single leader of Reform UK is an ex member of the Tory Party responsible for 14 years of austerity which killed thousands of old, poor, sick and disabled people Don't listen to their promises to make life better They are the problem "From one bin to another......" via We Demand UK

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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 6h

I just really struggle to take her seriously when she does things like this. The combination of belligerence. and not being on top of the detail just disqualifies her from the job she is seeking.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h

The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 5h

Obviously it’s the charging for plastic bags, as that’s pretty much the only bit of success for the Lib Dems.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 5h

For Fucks Sake How Do These Morons Get Elected A shadow Conservative Home Office minister has claimed there are “no-go zones” in Luton where “white people won’t go”. These fucking idiots are delusional They should be torn to fucking shreds by any journalist worth their their salt

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Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’

Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 7h

Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.

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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 6h

Badenoch on #R4Today claiming the Tories’ problems started with the Coalition when they “had to make compromises” and were perceived as “not proper Conservatives”. Cameron/Osbourne absolutely steamrollered the Lib Dems, got all they wanted, and left Clegg &c. as patsies. What is she on?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6h

Yes indeed I'm rather tiring of the coverage... a convicted perjuror who brazenly lied his way through life and continued to attend the House of Lords even as this poor woman's life fell apart.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 6h

Jeffrey Archer, liar, jailbird, Tory and ‘nearly man’ of British politics (apparently) once took a long and very much unwanted look at my wife’s chest and followed that with a “nice rack” comment. Stick that in your obituaries x

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 6h

HMRC says that even among those estates that did pay inheritance tax in 2023–24, the average effective tax rate was just 13 per cent, NOT the headline rate of 40% So what exactly is the national inheritance tax crisis that Kemi Badenoch is seeking to solve? In blunt terms, there fuckin ain't one

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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 8h

Trump loved to call COVID the 'China Virus'. I wonder why he's not calling this the 'Russia Virus' 🤔

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 7h

Wow, BBC Radio 3 refers to Jeffrey Archer simply as a ‘master storyteller’ who sold 300m books. No need to mention the master storytelling that led to a perjury conviction and prison. Whitewashing of the highest order.

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 9h

Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

Brexit has been a Tory masterclass in ideological madness. It’s widely accepted by the country as a barrelling shitshow but *still* their entitled little reps strut about insisting we can’t be allowed to vote on it again. Who TF does this person think she is? And why TF should she decide anything?

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candy @wormfood-local-510.bsky.social · 20h

I would suggest learning the bare bones of a handful of languages. Two reasons. 1) Actual interaction. Being able to say even a handful of phrases in a different language totally opens up your world, opens you up to new people, new cultures, new traditions. It's great. 2) Intellectual breadth. The

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Simon Boyne @simonb84.bsky.social · 21h

Tories: Pro congestion pro road deaths

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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He literally set off a bomb in a UK street. If this had been the IRA Pierce would calling for them to be hung, drawn and quartered. This is domestic terrorism pure and simple. A bomb set off to terrorise with the aim of getting a government to change its policy. Literally a textbook definition.

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A retired engineer who destroyed @SadiqKhan ULEZ camera jailed for 15 years. A ridiculous sentence. No wonder our orisons are overcrowded

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Kevin Rees was sentenced to 15 years for causing an explosion likely to endanger life after using a homemade bomb to destroy a ULEZ camera in a Sidcup residential street, damaging cars and property up to 100m away with shrapnel near a child's bedroom.

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Daniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Love the idea of Mountbatten trying to impress *Stalin* with his *Tsarist connections*

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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

observer.co.uk/news/politic... “Even in Makerfield, which voted Leave in 2016, the mood has changed. During the byelection, Burnham was shown private polling that suggested the constituency had flipped and would now support Remain” As would most others #Rejoin

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‘Nobody was expecting this’: Burnham U-turn on road back ...

The PM’s conference speech advocating a closer relationship with the EU was a volte-face that took officials by surprise and has divided his top team

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

...and brave politicians challenge false narratives, rather than buying into them.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We do indeed have a food crisis looming, in part because we have *too little* immigration. We've decimated (using the term correctly) our agricultural sector by prioritising the appeasement of racists over productivity and efficiency. If 70% of voters think immigration is too high, they're wrong.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The centre right is not necessarily pro austerity (at least not to the degree that Osborne implemented). They should be pro business and pro EU. I wouldn’t support them but I suspect a moderate Tory party could do well

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026

Well said 👏♥️ "Without immigration, we would be much poorer, actually, as a country as a whole, not just as a city."

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When we see the excess deaths from record-breaking temperatures we shouldn't be shy in saying those journalists who knowingly lied and obfuscated about climate change until there was nothing we could do about it have blood on their hands the same way Nazi propagandists did.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I really don't think that what people want is more expensive takeaway and more listless men hanging around with nothing to do while their asylum claims are processed:

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Are Deliveroo riders really self-employed? Labour wants to change the test

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds proposes that rules place less emphasis on whether workers can appoint a substitute

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Anyone who says they have "no regrets" shouldn't be trusted. Any reasonable person occasionally reflects on their life, people they may have hurt along the way and things they might have done better. It's how we grow as people.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Was bored with work, wanted to do something rewarding, I volunteer a few hours once a month for a charity. It's amazing. A boring Fess, but it is rewarding. Just do something good for someone, it will make you and more importantly someone else feel better. Do it, please.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“The person I wanted to put in charge of the criminal justice system, who I defended when he made truly vile comments, who I gave a shout-out to in my speech…he’s an unperson now. It’s good that he left.” Sorry, this is insane.

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Turncoat" Robert Jenrick appears (at least) six times in the Tory tapestry. Bearing in mind he's not the only defector, that's quite a hit rate...

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lou Haigh call your lawyer #CPC26

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Alt text: Kemi Badenoch holding a Conservative Party leaflet titled "the right way" with graphics of multiple arrows pointing in different directions.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It is remarkable how badly the Russians treat their troops.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes but Labour politicians could have made explicit reference to Johnson’s history of anti Semitism and other forms of racism.

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Patrick Andrews @patrickandrews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All true but why was so little made of Boris Johnson’s antisemitism?

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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As noted in the story by Tim Bale, politics professor and guru of all things Tory, the party are still polling well below what they got in 2024, a historically bad election loss: "If this is what success looks like, I’d love to know what failure is.”

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…

Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The 'Kemi Badenoch is a good leader, held back by the Conservative brand' is a take that immediately falls apart when you ask 'what was the Conservative party polling in September 2024, and what is it polling in September 2026?'

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And pushing no deal Brexit, Badenoch really is intent on pushing the great 'successes' of the last Conservative government.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I see that Kemi Badenoch will finally unveil the long lost magic money tree at Conservative conference. Well, either that or make a lot of promises that like the last government she couldn't deliver.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026

Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊

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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The "Zionism is racism" motion, to be debated at the Green Party conference tomorrow, will not advance the Palestinian cause one inch. But, if adopted, it would marginalise and discredit the party. There are powerful ways to confront the genocide. Toxic gesture politics isn't one of them.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I used to enjoy going to Gail's bakery. But someone described Gail's as 'Gregg's for Tories', and I've not been since.

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