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Ex-editorial photographer. More Animal Behaviour & training these days

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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 13h
58% would vote to rejoin EU in a vote 33% want UK to be out of the EU (down from 37% in the referendum vote) 52% now want to rejoin the EU (35% from the referendum result) But it amazes me 14% of the population still can’t get their head around the question #wato #BBCpm
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10 years on from the Brexit vote, a majority of Britons would vote to apply to rejoin the EU
58% of likely voters in a hypothetical future referendum would back rejoining the bloc, with almost half (49%) of the public supporting a new referendum after the next General Election.
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 18h
You’ll hear a lot of guff about ‘robbing’ pensioners to … erm, pay for pensioner’s care But worth remembering the Triple Lock was great politics, but lousy policy #R4today This from Res Foundation is worth a read:
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What a ratchet! • Resolution Foundation
The State Pension triple lock has delivered real gains for pensioners since its introduction in 2012. But the case for boosting pensioner incomes over and above others has now run out, while the case ...
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 18h
UK energy prices will only really fall when we scrap the marginal pricing system that fixes the entire energy generation market to the price of gas Miliband promised it (under Starmer). Burnham needs to push that through #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 19h
Nobody on this feed finds Michael Gove’s arguments for FPTP & against electoral reform remotely credible Begs the question why #R4Today thought he would be a suitable candidate to interview on the subject?
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 19h
Pretty sure Burnham was criticising Thatcherism, Mr Gove, not just Blair’s time in office! Two old Tories psychologically unable to ‘go there’ on #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Funny - I’m not on TikTok, yet I have a pretty good idea what Burnham stands for & is trying to achieve Perhaps it’s ‘being on TikTok’ that is making some of these political commentators clueless? #wato
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Surely it is time for the authorities to take this Fairford terrorism case out of the hands of the police & pass it over to Nigel Farage, Richard Tice & Isabel Oakeshott etc. These people have the expertise & skills to have this all solved & explained to the public by tonight.👍
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hope springs eternal … or until reality bites. John Crace ‘killing it’ at the Labour party conference #R4today
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Reality pays a visit to the Labour party conference, but it’s the ‘Hope Again’ that kills you
Most MPs are clinging to this year’s Beckettian slogan, but the chancellor brought his own brand of despair
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rubio claiming RAF Fairford bomb plot the work of a foreign actor But with all 5 men detained released on bail suggests there’s no evidence of terrorism or explosives It also suggests the investigation into who hired them has moved swiftly on … or hit a dead end #R4today
theguardian.com
Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nick Robinson’s conference sketch on Burnham’s leadership style typifies the discrepancy in how Left & Right politics is covered on #R4today The ‘How Will You Pay For It?’ question which dogs every proposal Burnham makes is never applied to the Right’s tax breaks or ‘benefits cuts’. It all costs!
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK Councillors, know the 5 stages.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nobody else warned about it. Literally nobody. Not parliamentary committees. Not the intelligence services at home and abroad. Nope. Nobody saw Iran as a threat. Just Nigel Farage as he hurls himself on the back of a departing bandwagon with his opinion piece here.
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Opinion: I’ve been warning about the Iran menace for years – but the establishment ignored me — The Telegraph
Now the Government must show the moral fortitude to stop appeasing the mullahs
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Gig-economy saboteurs’ - We have officially reached a new low #wato
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looking forward to my next Avanti West Coast train journey … Sometime after March next year Good riddance to an appalling, useless corporation #R4today
theguardian.com
Avanti West Coast to be renationalised in March
Rail operator linking London to Birmingham, the north-west and Glasgow had highest number of cancellations across network
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swore I just heard #R4today suppressing Wes Streeting’s microphone in favour of Nick Robinson’s interruption of his defence of government policy Streeting was raising his voice, so it could have been in defence of BBC’s ‘sensitive equipment’ … But then so was Robinson & HIS equipment unscathed
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prioritising government spending at home is long overdue EU is planning the same btw #R4today which without a new deal with Europe, puts UK in a worrying position
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration...
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 27/09/2026
As Charlotte points out, the problem with the Sky Wargames thing - largely a jolly romp through your worst nightmares - is that you wake up to a major incident at RAF Fairford and all you can picture is Penny Mordaunt insisting we nuke moscow to show strength www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...
thetimes.com
It’s the end of the world with Michael Gove — we’re all doomed
As Russian bombs fall on London in a simulated attack, a Dad’s Army of former politicians try to save us all — plus Sharon Horgan’s new hit comedy drama
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Inexplicable: Judge’s ruling cleared the Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown to go ahead for 1st time in 30 years
theguardian.com
Loyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturned
Orange Order march along Garvaghy Road scheduled to take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appeal
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Right to Buy, sorry … ‘Your First Home’ is back But it does come with strengthened powers of local leaders to take over long-term empty & derelict homes (EDMOS), reversing changes made by the Tories
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ranulph Fiennes’ stepson appeals for funds to ‘locate & safeguard’ the 82yo explorer ‘It is understood Fiennes’ second wife has installed him in a succession of care homes where he has not been allowed to receive visitors’
theguardian.com
Ranulph Fiennes’ stepson appeals for funds to ‘locate and safeguard’ the explorer
Alexander Millington-Cotes is concerned for welfare of the 82-year-old, who hasn’t been seen in public for two years
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘Nigel loved her’: the mystery woman looking after Reform’s billionaire backers observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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‘Nigel loved her’: the mystery woman looking after Reform...
Former Cameo executive Katie Lewis has flown under the radar since working with the party’s crypto donors, with online posts that mention her name being swiftly deleted
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
FT exclusive: Andy Burnham has decided to press ahead with a revived Help to Buy scheme (although it won't be called that) www.ft.com/content/e23b...
ft.com
Burnham set to revive Help to Buy scheme in bid to boost housebuilding
Concern mounts among ministers that low construction activity could hit growth forecasts
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great photo of Guardiola by Hannah McKay (Reuters) for this Guardian Man City corruption article
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good old Lisa Nandy - ‘BBC will thrive for years to come’ … thought Justin Webb was being uncharacteristically polite to a Labour MP #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh …. Good Grief! #R4today
theguardian.com
Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares
Despite guidance keeping mobile phones out of England’s schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an app
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alan Johnson calls for better paid paternity leave: ‘Society needs children’ He’s right of course … But business needs growth. & Tories never need an excuse to bash Labour with their [farcical] ‘anti-business’ rhetoric #R4today
theguardian.com
‘Society needs children’: Alan Johnson calls for better-paid UK paternity leave
Exclusive: Former Labour minister says working-class fathers are being shortchanged and budget should correct it
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Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One day everyone is going to realise that Heathrow is never, ever, going to have a third runway and at last begin a useful discussion about Britain's airports.. www.ft.com/content/0206...
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not on the #r4today agenda, but this from Frome is disgraceful Somerset council deal with Soho developers blocks a local campaign which raised cash for a regeneration plan to build its own homes, workspaces, a riverside park & lido
theguardian.com
‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
France has taken UK (& other EU neighbours) for a ride for decades We shouldn’t be paying the French to ‘help’ with people smuggling boats France should be paying UK government for every migrant they fail to document & allow to cross the channel #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Market Bonds #R4today
theguardian.com
The global causes of UK bond market blues | Letter
Letters: Most media outlets portray current economic pressures as a specifically British problem. That’s not the case, writes Neil Kinnock
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bluesky/Twitter
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Netanyahu tells the UN assembly (at least those who stayed to listen) there’s a ‘global anti-Jewish conspiracy’ & declares Israel’s war in Gaza ‘is not genocide – it’s the opposite of genocide’ Gobsmacking stuff #R4today
theguardian.com
Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
Israeli PM attacks critics and calls New York mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘antisemitic’ in inflammatory address
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yep - having to install a bin for dog turds could really damage your rewilding credentials #Thearchers
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Endure most 6:30 comedies for the upcoming #TheArchers - a few can leave me wanting to gnaw my own foot off for the sheer relief of it But Omid Djalili’s Namaste is genuinely funny.
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An ‘Ai Kill Switch’ is fantasy talk - Please let’s move this along #R4Today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Two Boats!” There was a time when politicians might have gotten away with responding “Is that all? … Now could we possibly move on to something that matters?” You also have to wonder if ‘no boats’ would ever be newsworthy? #R4today
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Captain Mainwaring: Panic!
ALT: Captain Mainwaring: Panic!
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Two boats … Is this embarrassing for you?” Yes it is Barnett! … Try moving the interview on to something else you can interrupt endlessly over #r4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2010-19 was of course dominated by austerity & Brexit, policies that have done most damage to UK economy & caused so much of this unemployment & benefits claims? Surely the focus should be on getting people into work, not finding ways to punish unemployment
theguardian.com
Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’
Proposals aim to push people into work, but charities say families are still paying price of austerity cuts and rise in cost of living
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Burnham: “UK in hock to bond markets” comment had been deliberately misinterpreted by former PM’s advisers His aim was not more borrowing & spending but a far more resilient economy #R4Today
theguardian.com
Burnham stands by claim UK is ‘in hock’ to bond markets
PM says his comments last year were deliberately misinterpreted by Keir Starmer and his advisers
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Listening to #R4today & it’s mostly briefing on small boats & Badenoch’s ‘plan’ to woo the uptight-Right on benefits cuts So surprised to see the Guardian leading with a suppressed climate change report showing the coming El Niño is a global threat to national security & defence
theguardian.com
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hope this doesn’t get flagged by Burnham’s new disinformation agency as stoking ‘despair & division’ #R4Today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Love #SlowHorses When you think we kicked off the 21C with Spooks, a slick drama about dedicated professional MI5 agents saving the country each week And we’ve settled down to a bunch of rejected overweight slackers & misfits - not on the BBC - it just fits our time somehow #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Surely just texting you’re not fit for work (when did that become acceptable?) risks the text or email not getting read? You have to call it in - if only to assess the level of your boss’ scepticism & fine tune your performance for the next poor sod who gives you a job? #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Careful Nick Robinson … That’s twice you’ve suggested, some might say ‘echoed far Right narratives’, that the government’s new anti-disinformation agency is ‘all about censorship’ #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s obviously wrong to target British jews for what’s happening in Israel - it’s nothing to do with them But surely security will only come when there is a sensible settlement for Palestinians? Shouldn’t British jews be doing everything they can to support a two-state solution? #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
GCHQ remit already includes ‘info assurance’ & the fight against hostile agency discrimination Is Burnham suggesting GCHQ not up to the job? #R4today en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCHQ
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GCHQ - Wikipedia
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Chris Mason broadcasting from the PM’s plane” Why is UK now wasting money ferrying reporters around the globe? Mason & the other Fleet Street hacks can pay for their own bloody plane home #R4today
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Forgive my naivety but I thought we already had a national agency tackling info warfare? What are we paying GCHQ for otherwise? #R4today
theguardian.com
New UK agency will tackle ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham says
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence
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