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nottspolitics.bsky.social @nottspolitics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We're excited to be recruiting a Senior Research Fellow for @neemabegum.bsky.social's Nuffield Foundation-funded project 'From Rivers of Blood to Rising Seas: Attitudes to Climate Migration' (tinyurl.com/bde9jn3b) in collab with the School of Psychology and @climateoutreach.bsky.social.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The party is polling, on aggregate, nine points lower than the day she took over, even with every right-wing media shoulder to the Badenoch wheel for several months now, and Reform in free fall, they have managed a one-point improvement since their party conference last year.

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mildly surprised how many people think "yeah Burnham's speech went down well but did you not notice how he failed to solve the (checks notes) 20 year growth and fiscal problems he inherited" is a devastating and insightful critique.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The problem I have with so many AI evangelists is they are fundamentally anti-human

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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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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Since Healey is in a Labour government that will not slash spending, this means higher taxes. The UK is not in truth a high-tax country, at least by the standards of its European peers. Labour must now dare to recognise that reality." Martin Wolf telling it like it is www.ft.com/content/aa0a....

Graph showing that the UK's overall tax burden falls in the middle of the large high-income economies.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation

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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · 22/09/2026

My latest for @lbc.co.uk: If politicians want to reduce the PIP and wider benefits bill, they should make basic investments in accessible infrastructure and services ⬇️

Screenshot of an LBC opinion article with headline “PIP would cost less if politicians invested in making life easier for people like me,” subtitle “If Government wants to spend less on disability benefits over time, it has to remove the daily barriers that create these costs, writes disability campaigner Anna Landre,” and photo of Anna, a young white woman using a wheelchair.

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Stanandthat @stanandthat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(chef's kiss)

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am a writer of the words & sentences (some funny). I’ve done most things: written gags, speeches, scripts, TV ads - if you require such an individual, then I am that person. Website (here) www.mathew-owen.co.uk any RTs (or whatever they’re called on here) gratefully received. Cheers👍👍

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Mathew Owen | Speech Writer | Manchester

Bespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

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a frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe @supermathskid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I really need a job, if anybody knows of somewhere looking to hire a good writer with connections in scientific academia and a few random folks in government please lemme know

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The government should grant the request immediately just to see them desperately trying to migrate to the UK only to be caught in the horrific asylum and immigration system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reposting because I have under one month left of an interminable three-month notice period, and any and all bits of freelance work I can get in the meantime is going to help me through a financially difficult time as I start working for myself.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15/09/2026

I remember a world where if you tried to sell the US out for Russian money you went to a Supermax jail for the rest of your life.

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Harbourmaster Productions @harbourmasterrr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I keep forgetting to post this here. Come and see my band play in South Shields' finest café (please).

Poster text:

The Sea Change Cafe Sunday Matinee:
Old Man
American Wrestling
Ami McGuinness

September 27th at 4pm

Sea Change Cafe
158 Ocean Road
South Shields

Pay what you feel

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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh, dear, Mr Ferguson. Oh, dear. ID'd through your Instagram, cross-checked against your self-published photos of you at your place of employment, and a phone call. Your head office is talking to your boss, right now. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.

Neo Nazi attempts to target RNLI volunteers

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thank fuck disability’s cool now. Here was I thinking spending 23+hrs/day in bed alone for 7yrs, missing every family/social event, missing half my kid growing up, losing my job and hobbies, burning through savings, pain, brain fog, passing out from standing up & losing all sense of self was bad.

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As a rule I think blaming the Ref is lazy but this is exactly how it looked from where I was. Jones is always terrible #nufc

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wissa is a different player man. Fit as anything. What a performance. Bodes well for the rest of the season #nufc

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Yes. It’s on your season ticket. Same as last year. The club posted something last week.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Presenter: [The argument was put that DEI advanced people not on merit] Woolley: "There are 975 Professors at Cambridge. How many do you think are black? Paddy O'Connell: "Its a fair question you're asking me. So I am going to say 30%" Woolley: "I tell you: less than half a per cent"

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I wonder if the Harborne deal stipulated a minimum time-limit he had to remain as leader?

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

At the match today I was set next to one kid with a vuvuzela and another with those fucking clackers and I swear I will torch St James’ if I ever have to go through that again #nufc

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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#NHS #SocialCare Ravi Mehta, who has a life-limiting disability, was admitted to hospital in September 2025 for a routine appointment to fix his ventilator settings He’s still in hospital www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Please sign & share the petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

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Disabled man 'rotting' on a hospital ward - despite being told he is fit to go home

Ravi Mehta says his care could be terminated if he self-discharged. His NHS care board says its decisions have not been driven by costs.

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I don’t like it but it fascinates me.

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Paid opportunity for Disabled people: Please share Are you interested in floating bus stops? Are you a Disabled person based in the UK? Why not apply to the Floating Bus Stops Disability Advisory Group? Applications close midnight Wednesday 09/09/2026 wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/floating-bus...

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Floating Bus Stops Research Disability Advisory Group - Information and Application Form

Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.

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DrMaxPolitics @drmaxpolitics.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Yeah it was the late 80s when she was deregulating/privatising anything that moved.

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It was. You’ve got Margaret Thatcher to thank for that. Same with opticians.

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The most delusional fans on the planet #nufc

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Paul Smith @paulysmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

FFS. This comparison is bullshit. The club had no choice but to sell our best players. The PL Cartel is designed to stop teams progressing. It’s not the club or Eddie’s fault #nufc

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