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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I just had to let the anger out of my head seeing the press decide the next black academic to hound is Jason Arday’s friend , Lord Woolley - it is possibly incoherent www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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This is not a "culture war" , this is a relentless war on progressiveness and inclusion | Robin Ince
Just seeing that Lord Woolley is now on the list of black academics The Spectator will attack
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 19/08/2026
“Accountability and action are what's required moving forward and we support The Good Law Project’s open letter asking the Prime Minister to hold an immediate public inquiry into the role the press played in Professor Arday’s death.” bit.ly/4c0FIRP
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Our collective statement on the death of Professor Jason Arday
Amnesty UK's Disabled People's Human Rights Network, Student Action Network, Anti-Racism Network, Feminist Network and Queer Rights Network issue a joint statement following the death of Professor Jas...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20/07/2026
How James Bond’s Jamaican paradise is out of reach for many locals As tourism has boomed in Jamaica, many local people have found themselves increasingly shut out of their own beaches | Christianah Lumsden @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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How James Bond’s Jamaican paradise is out of reach for many locals
As tourism has boomed in Jamaica, many local people have found themselves increasingly shut out of their own beaches
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I dedicated a decent amount of my life a few years ago to investigating dodgy PPE contracts. Here’s what I made of the Covid Inquiry conclusions released today 👇🏻
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The missing finding of the Covid Inquiry PPE report
🔓 Free to read...
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 21/02/2026
This sort of thing is why people are understandably not coming to the US. I would be really surprised if the expected international crowds arrive for the World Cup, at least at the US venues. Maybe some diehard fans will come. But the risk is just too great.
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Waverley Liberal Democrats @waverleylibdems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
WAVERLEY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
Highlights from the latest week... w/c 09/02/2026
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Waverley Liberal Democrats @waverleylibdems.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy Valentine's Day, sweet things 🍬 Can you give a little bit of your love to us? Here are 12 lovely actions you can take today 😉 🩵Register to vote: gov.uk/register-to-vote 💚Postal vote: gov.uk/apply-postal-vote 🧡Proxy vote: gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
12 illustrated Love Heart Sweets, each with a different message for lovely things you could do today.
1. Register to Vote
2. Postal Vote
3. Proxy Vote
4. Check Voter ID
5. Get involved
6. Donate Money
7. Help us win
8. Deliver leaflets
9. Sign our petition
10. Join us
11. Like this post
12. Share this post
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/02/2026
A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives. That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 29/01/2026
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Waverley Liberal Democrats @waverleylibdems.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Introducing our candidates for Godalming South, Milford & Witley, Paul Follows & Victoria Kiehl, in the West Surrey Unitary Authority elections on Thurs 7th May 2026. #WestSurrey #WestSurreyUnitary #LocalElections #Surrey #GodalmingSouthMilfordWitley #GodalmingSouth #Godalming #Milford #Witley
Introducing Paul Follows and Victoria Kiehl. Godalming South, Milford & Witley. West Surrey Unitary Authority. Thursday 7th May 2026.
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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Two conclusions from the amazing Trump turnaround on Greenland: 1. If you're firm, and have sufficient power, he will back down. 2. The most powerful man in the world is visibly losing his marbles. And we have up to 3 more years of this to survive…
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Waverley Liberal Democrats @waverleylibdems.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This morning, @pauldfollows.bsky.social, Leader of Waverley Borough Council, spoke to James Cannon at BBC Surrey about the persistent flooding issues affecting residents and businesses at Wey Court in Farncombe 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrM2...
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Cllr Paul Follows talking about Wey Court flooding on BBC Radio Surrey
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Waverley Liberal Democrats @waverleylibdems.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
WAVERLEY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
Highlights from the latest week... w/c 12/1/2026
[the graphic consists of five bullet points, presenting examples of work Liberal Democrat councillors have carried out in Waverley over the past seven days]
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Reform would have you believe they’re different from Tommy Robinson and the far right. They’re not. Reform is chock full of Robinson’s fascist fans and the v worst politicians are legitimising them. Anyone who genuinely cared about our country wouldn’t let their racist rhetoric take hold. (iPaper)
Ian Birrell: Opinion

Extract:

Farage - who resigned from Ukip over its embrace of Robinson and development of an "anti-Muslim fixation" - now has a policy chief demanding a ban on the burka, MPs calling Britain "a fundamentally Christian country" and has shifted position in a year to demand mass deportations.
The chairman of Reform UK said Robinson's march showed
"the silent majority". At the party's conference, members freely told me they were fans of the far-right activist. I heard a fringe speaker talk about tackling the "insurrectionary religion" of Islam. And the party links crime to migration while focusing hard on Muslim grooming gangs, echoing themes heard last century in bigoted hostility to Jewish refugees and Roman Catholic migrants.
When Enoch Powell claimed six decades ago that immigration would bring "rivers of blood", the Tory leadership of the day turned on him and was backed by Labour:
Contrast that with today when we see the Conservative Party leader try to outflank Farage over deportations of women and children while her leadership rival, Robert Jenrick, jumps on a stunt over street flags initiated by the far-right.
Meanwhile a panicked Labour
Government, flailing around to look tougher on illegal migration, says Robinson is tapping into disquiet and that the march was a "klaxon call" to redouble their efforts to tackle public concerns.
It is, however, also a klaxon call to political leaders to defend our great multicultural country and all ofits citizens - whatever their colour; gender, race or religion - from an insurgent far-right rabble, which is being aided by unshackled social media, irresponsible technology billionaires and enemy states intent on destroying democracy.
Ugly rhetoric leads to ugly events.
So silence is no longer an option for true patriots who love the modern reality of their country, in this struggle for the soul of our nation.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/09/2025
Quite apart from Tice going out to defend Farage's shady house purhcase and making things ten times worse, for the guy who says he will be the next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to end on: "I'm not a tax expert - you're asking the wrong guy," is objectively hilarious. ~AA
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🔴Shock and Orr: Meet the Farage-Supporting ‘Philosopher King’ of British Authoritarianism The Cambridge professor providing the intellectual underpinning for JD Vance and Nigel Farage, is described by one colleague as ‘more Tommy Robinson than St Thomas Aquinas’ bylinetimes.com/2025/08/26/j...
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Shock and Orr: Meet the Farage-Supporting 'Philosopher King' of British Authoritarianism
The Cambridge professor providing the intellectual underpinning for JD Vance and Nigel Farage, is described by one academic colleague as being 'more Tommy Robinson than St Thomas Aquinas'
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/08/2025
The IPC has confirmed our worst fears. We cannot sit idle while this catastrophe unfolds. Trump has the power to stop the devastation. He needs to pick up the phone to Netanyahu - today - and threaten consequences unless aid routes into Gaza are fully reopened.
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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This is the story of how I've been harassed for what I think are political reasons: michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/two-...
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Two Facebook articles (adapted) talking about harassment, legal matters and the politics of it all
Facebook post one Just to say that I have told my MP that following a post on X by the celebrated journalist Nicole Lampert, complaining th...
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/08/2025
Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing. The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/08/2025
"I dare you to walk through the West End of London after 9pm of an evening wearing jewelry." What IS this man talking about? Over seventeen million people a year pour out of West End theatres and fill the restaurants, bars, cafes, and streets every evening at 11pm. ~AA
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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 25/07/2025
"That's not true! That is false Nick, you must not say lies! You must not say falsehoods."
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Israeli Spokesperson Accuses BBC's Nick Robinson Of Lying About Gaza In Furious Row Live On Air
"That's not true! That is false Nick, you must not say lies! You must not say falsehoods."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/07/2025
Breaking News: The Israeli military ​raided a UN aid facility, part of an expanded offensive in an area of central Gaza that had remained relatively unscathed during the war with Hamas.
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Israel Expands Attacks in Central Gaza City and Raids W.H.O. Offices
Strikes in the central part of the territory targeted a city, Deir al-Balah, that had largely been spared and that had become an informal refuge for Palestinians fleeing other areas.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die
July 21, 2025

AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024.

Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years.

We refuse to watch them die.

One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.”

Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness.

Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.”

Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%.

AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The faces, names and stories of some of the children that the self-proclaimed most humane army of the world has killed. Heartbreaking. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril
Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and them
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Yesterday, a group of settlers set fires near the Byzantine Christian cemetery and at the Church of Al-Khader (St. George), dating back to the 5th century and one of the oldest and most venerated places of worship for Christians in Palestine. www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...
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West Bank: Jewish settlers attack Taibeh residents - Vatican News
The three parish priests of the Latin, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite churches denounce repeated violence against Christian residents and their property ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/07/2025
Gary Lineker says BBC should ‘hold its head in shame’ for dropping Gaza film
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Gary Lineker says BBC should ‘hold its head in shame’ for dropping Gaza film
Ex-BBC presenter criticises failure to show documentary, accusing people at ‘the very top’ of failing over the conflict Gary Lineker has said the BBC should “hold its head in shame” over its failure to show a documentary about the plight of medics in Gaza. The former Match of the Day presenter said people at “the very top of the BBC” had been failing over the conflict, following the corporation’s controversial decision to drop Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/07/2025
Gaza film’s producer accuses BBC of trying to gag him over decision to drop it
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Gaza film’s producer accuses BBC of trying to gag him over decision to drop it
Ben de Pear hits out at ‘PR person’ Tim Davie and claims the corporation attempted to use legal gagging clauses The producer of a film about medics in Gaza that was dropped by the BBC has accused the corporation of attempting to gag him and others over its decision not to show the documentary. The programme, Gaza: Doctors under Attack, finally broadcast on Channel 4 on Wednesday night, recounts how hospitals in the territory have been overwhelmed, bombed and raided. Medics also recount being detained and make claims of being tortured. It had originally been due to run on the BBC. Continue reading...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Tonight. Share everywhere. 🙏
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This should make the world stop. Bosnia all over. Why is this different? New Israeli directive expedites ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta. The military order removes the last legal barriers to the wholesale displacement of 12 Palestinian villages in the West Bank. www.972mag.com/masafer-yatt...
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New Israeli directive expedites ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta
The military order removes the last legal barriers to the wholesale demolition and displacement of 12 Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/06/2025
Happy Dan Hannan Day! Will "fireworks be streaming the night sky to celebrate independence day" this evening? Or did I miss them. ~AA #BrexitMemorial youtu.be/bR-AXnvunlo?...
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Brexit & The Predictive Powers of Dan Hannan
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Perfectly expressed.
"I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. 

Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. 

That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. 

If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after"

Sahar Delijani,
Iranian author
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Impartiality, my left foot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC pulls Gaza medics documentary due to impartiality concerns - BBC News
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was due to air in February, was made by an independent company.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: “Washington no longer fully supports the creation of an independent Palestinian state. “If a Palestinian state is formed, it might be located elsewhere in the region—not in the West Bank.” (Bloomberg)
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
UK places sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers over “monstrous” comments about destroying Gaza and using violence to gain control of West Bank settlements. Full story by Patrick Wintour www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK places sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers over ‘monstrous’ Gaza comments
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face travel bans and asset freezes as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway also impose measures
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
What do we think?🤔 Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious. Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story! So, what’s going on here? Let’s take a look!👀 🧵 1/13
Screenshot of a daily Mail Headline
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 04/06/2025
Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life
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Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, still stalks British politics | Rafael Behr
Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Andi @andie75.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/172182/...
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Upcoming Devolution Bill
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Fare evasion has been falling on London's transport network for years. A reminder that one of the times evasion actually did rise in recent years was when the last Conservative mayor spent hundreds of millions of pounds building a fleet of new buses with entirely open backs
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Will Forster MP @willforster.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
After 16 years on @surreycc.gov.uk and 14 years on #Woking Borough Council, I’ve decided to step down as a Councillor. It’s been an honour to serve my community - I now want to focus on being Woking’s Member of Parliament. Local residents will get to vote in by-elections shortly!
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We have the supplies, plan, will, and networks to deliver massive amounts of lifesaving aid to civilians in Gaza, in line with humanitarian principles, as the world is demanding. Enough. Let us work. No more time to lose.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Israelis protesting outside the foreign office in London in support of steps that the UK has taken against Israel over the Gaza war and calling for more. Chanting: “Starmer, Lammy pick a side: human rights or genocide” , “war planes, no! Sanctions, yes!”, “Israelis say: stop the genocide today”
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
NEW: After an 86-day blockade of food into Gaza, starving residents are pictured being herded like livestock & surrounded by fencing and barbed wire as they await food parcels. This photo was posted in the last hour by Gaza-based journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
An overhead photo showing 100s of people corralled by fencing and barbed wire into a tiny area. Three security people in high vis on the other side of the gates.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Farage claimed in his speech today that he would raise £65 *billion* by cutting climate policies, DEI schemes, and ‘Quangos’. He’s not running a serious operation and every political journalist in the country has a public duty to shout that from the rooftops
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