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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...

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In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On the day after the referendum I remember saying to someone "the worst thing about this is we're going to leave and then we're going to spend the next 20 years trying to get back in and by then I'll be retirement age..."

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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 28/09/2026

On 10 February 2022, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia had ‘no plans to invade Ukraine’. Five days later, he dismissed reports of an imminent invasion as ‘Western hysteria’ and claimed Russian troops were already returning to their bases. Nine days later, Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

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Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this day in 1873, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 13 Jan 1943 she was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 15 Dec 1943 to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Růžena Felixová Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Whitby's a good example of the typical protestant practice of the pre-Victorian Church of England. The entire church was focused on the pulpit rather than on an altar. Communion was only celebrated twice a year in most C of E churches, and even then most parishioners did not receive communion. 🧵

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Watching in real time how the quality journalism of @english.lemonde.fr is now gaining traction, spread, & recognition here on BlueSky. One of the strengths of 'Old Twitter' was media presence. I'm glad serious papers are increasingly here now, and being discovered.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026

Josh Babarinde MP "So many of our businesses who used to have thriving trade with European Union countries, now just struggle." "There are so many barriers in place, so many bits of paperwork that you've got to navigate, so much red tape to try and cross."

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Peter Dyke @peterdyke49.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is shocking and disappointing - I cannot think why any town, even one run by the awful AfD, would want to ban #Stolpersteine, which are always so moving and affecting to discover www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Talk TV on migrants: 'culturally, I'm an ancient Roman; culturally, these people are barbarians' 😖 Truly grim. No one should be advertising on this toxic channel. What are IKEA thinking? Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... #migrants #mediahate #ikea #stopfundinghate

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🙏 In Kyiv, four people were injured and a residential building was damaged as a result of a Russian attack. Russians also struck an Auchan store in the Lavina Mall shopping center. There were no casualties. In the Odesa region, houses and a hotel and restaurant complex were damaged.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"I never imagined that one day I would develop a chronic illness that would change my life ... I didn’t suddenly stop wanting to work, I didn’t stop contributing. My circumstances changed. There was no sudden transformation in which I became a different kind of person. I was still me."

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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can't argue that your country has serious politics if Liz Truss is still being invited to give opinions. She's a conspiracy theorist, as mad as a box of frogs. She should be nowhere near public life, and yet....

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Dave Berkeley 💙😷 @daveberkeley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This oak watches over the pathway. Just below an old railway viaduct, built by Brunel.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everyone who is not a Reform supporter *must* come out & vote, at every election. I know we were all disillusioned with Labour at the time. But locally, esp. in this constituency, the independent vote was a strong alternative. Otherwise, that's what #Reform UK will do to your community.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The South Tyneside Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the UK. All 54 members of South were up for election. Turnout: 43.8% Of those, Reform: 39.9% Which means #ReformUK gained the majority of the Council with 17.5% of the electoral votes.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

South Tyneside Council has just decided to close 10 state-owned nurseries next yr, incl some that do excellent work for SEND children. This came as a shock to parents, guardians, staff. Not once does this #BBC report mention that the Council has been under #ReformUK majority control since 2026.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The insistence of the traditional Big Two that coalition is some kind of crime against the electorate is mad at the best of times. At a moment when five parties are polling between 12% and 23%, it's downright irresponsible.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior, is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned. That until there are no longer 1st and 2nd citizens af any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes….”

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is why the media in this country needs regulating. I can guarantee there isn’t an iota of truth to anything that’s being said here. Their only intention is to keep this nonsense on top of the news agenda.

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Peter Dyke @peterdyke49.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Those tabloids and dodgy politicians who have caused people in this country to fear refugees have a lot of unnecessary misery to answer for

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

⚡ In Dnipro, the situation is horrific: a massive fire has broken out following strikes on the city, according to local media.🤬

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In theory that could be a legal-sounding argument, but then it was the House of Stuart cocreating, and the crown granting a monopoly to the premier slave trading outlet. So it is mostly just historical ignorance.

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A university that I was at in the 90’s hired a consultant to figure out how to store crucial data over time. Punch cards, magnetic tape, floppy discs, CDrom, static RAM, … They found that ink on paper was best. I think data archiving has only gotten more fragile with the cloud

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is so true.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Laura Kuenssberg's question at the weekend "Is it for people who are singers, songwriters, artists to be taking public positions on very very controversial, difficult, complicated issues" was the most insulting, patronising, appalling question I have had the misfortune to have heard in years.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/09/2026

echoes of the time I went clubbing as a teenager and the bouncer asked if I was 18 and I said "yes" (I wasn't) and then he asked "are you sure?" and I said "yes" and he let me in

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026

I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026

I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Sheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today, we need to address the horrific situation in Turkey where over 50 LGBT+ activists have been arrested. Police have raided organisations and venues, blocking their voices online. This is a direct attack on their freedom to exist. #Solidarity with the Turkish LGBTQIA+ community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

WE STAND WITH TURKISH LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
ALL OF US IN THIS WORLD DESERVE TO CREATE FAMILIES WE LONG FOR WITH DIGNITY AND SAFETY
Promoted by Eamonn Ward, 73 Eskdale Rd, S6 1SL on behalf of Sheffield Green Party

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

To put this into context, it's more than the government gets in corporation tax from all energy, gas, water, sewage and hospitality companies combined! And it does this by making a profit on most applications. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…

Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…

Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year

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Lee @leeaci.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Love it ❤️ I got their socks 😍 love them! Going to order their waterproof hoodie next for walking the dogs. (Excuse the chubby legs😂)

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank goodness for the brave and principled volunteers at the #RNLI

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The only somewhat surprising thing is that he hates migrants. Sir, your own football squad are more than 50% migrants. And yes, of course, you don’t mean those. But by far far far most migrants are legal and working.

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

How is this news? billionaire oil person says uk needs to drill more and tax less, though, of course, he‘s actually in Monaco. And he would do more in the uk if the state subsidised him more. Dear BBC, that‘s like me saying the uk‘s problem is underpaid law profs. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks

Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

... believed disinformation, it was somehow disrespectful not to give it equal billing with real information. Instead of redoubling efforts to educate, they decided it was easier to entertain. They pretend their job is to just take the pulse, because it's easier than trying to save the patient. END

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

... to spread panic by doing pieces based on the premise that "yes, most UK spiders are deadly" or "all clowns are, in fact, serial killers" or "don't call it a phobia; buttons are very frightening!" The BBC lost its reporting sea-legs with Brexit. It cracked into accepting that, if enough people...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

... mutually exclsusive? There is a name for being genuinely worried that foreign, dark-skinned people are dangerous. In fact, all phobias are genuinely felt. It's part of the challenge. But "genuine" does not equal "legitimate". And it just does not seem a great strategy for a state broadcaster...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone

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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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