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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 8h
I wrote this without noticing that Burnham had used the line about utilities on the Monopoly board that I’ve been wanging on about lately. Flattering but potentially a little awkward stylistically. I think the intro still works, though… liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/478...
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I loved Andy Burnham’s speech, but one part of it was shameful
James O’Brien: The PM was brilliant, except for when he talked about immigration
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 10h
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 18h
Was always going to get a bit tasty up against Jeremy Hunt… Excuse my error of saying millions and not BILLIONS But my point stands… Tory critics on the sidelines want us to forget the wrecking ball they took to this country We won’t.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 27/09/2026
On a packed train with my family. Couple across the aisle both alternatively playing social media videos on speakers at full volume. Managed not to say anything until the woman started playing a documentary about serial killers. I'm here with my daughter. I politely said...
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Henry Riley @henryriley1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Broadcasting from Labour Party conference from 3-6pm today on @LBC I know I look lonely but I’ll soon be joined by Aslef General Secretary Dave Calfe, Cabinet Minister Douglas Alexander & @natashaclark.bsky.social
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
God knows if it'll work. God knows how they'll find the money for it. But it's very satisfying to see a PM taking big swings after 14 years of self-harm followed by two years of petrified stasis.
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Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych @jonathanconp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The lesser known corollary of Godwin’s Law is that whoever invokes naked mole rats in an argument automatically wins
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham refreshes the parts others can’t reach on the Andy and Laura show | John Crace
The PM oozes confidence and easy-going charm as he tells Laura Kuenssberg the hill he’ll die on is fixing social care
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great piece - do have a quick read and then share. Essentially, Labour putting Rejoin in its next manifesto is the single move that gives Labour the best chance at winning (possibly with a coalition) at the next General Election. 🌹🇪🇺
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/09/2026
I ended up on the menu page of the UKMTO warnings for the first time in a while. Some people have been asking me "Just how unusual is all of the activity?" Can not really be starker than this. 2024 - Yemen Conflict 2026 - #TheHormuzCrisis
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
23/23 That is my takeaway from this. The moment private political actors begin physically interfering with SAR operations, the Coastguard / rescue services now has another threat to manage. And every additional threat consumes attention and assets and endangers more lives.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/asho... I wrote them all out here. It seems UK law applies so this will cover it.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If Scotland & Wales achieve independence and the island of Ireland is united then what nationality would Suella Braverman, who insists she is British but somehow could never be English, be?
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My latest confab with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk as we dissect Trump's speech at the UN and his first meeting with Andy Burnham. Via the LBC Official YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SALO...
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'Complete Dr Evil stuff': Simon Marks analyses Trump's UN speech
YouTube video by LBC
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
100% dingbat.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 23/09/2026
This is well worth a watch The host tries to argue but it’s hard to argue with calm, factual and pragmatic arguments
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The Laser Hundreds @laserhundreds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I heard you on LBC earlier. I was left open-mouthed by Fogarty's lack of seriousness. My grandfather and father were both skilled fishermen. I was raised with a healthy respect for the power of the sea. Thank you for stressing how dangerous Thomas and his associates are (and not just on the water).
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just because I strongly oppose any measure to tackle Russian misinformation, doesn’t mean I’m on Russia's side. In unrelated news, one of the few times I bothered turning up for work as an MEP was to vote AGAINST measures to tackle the spread of Russian misinformation...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Shameless plug time. My book The Hormuz Crisis Volume 1: The Illusion of Open Seas - February to April 2026 is available if anyone wants to gain an understanding by strategic analysis of #TheHormuzCrisis. Makes an excellent gift for that MAGA person you know that still doesn't get it...
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The Hormuz Crisis Volume 1: The Illusion of Open Seas - February to April 2026 eBook : Oro, Ash: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Senior Labour politicians have urged government to end a tax loophole under which a billionaire was liable for approximately £18mn less in stamp duty than would otherwise be payable when he bought one of Britain’s most expensive houses from Reform treasurer Nick Candy www.ft.com/content/1ca6...
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Labour MPs call for end to loophole that trimmed billionaire’s tax bill by £18mn
Quadrature Capital’s Suneil Setiya would have been liable for higher rate of stamp duty had he not bought five flats together with London mansion
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Believe Danny Thomas was working with Ryan Bridge of Raise the Colours when they got banned from France in January this year for carrying out "xenophobic incursions on French territory" Here's him getting served with it by a fairly non-plussed copper not long after
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
10. French authorities putting out a fairly direct warning that attempts to interfere with their actions in the Channel can be prosecuted. Thomas/Tommo is I believe subject to an entry ban to France, which he is thought to have violated once so far.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
8. So having departed French beaches sometime yesterday morning, with a sea temperature of around 17, they will only be brought ashore in Britain in a couple of hours. Thomas is nearly out of fuel, and is heading for Gosport, which has been closed off due to his activists. Heavy police presence.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
5. After around 30 hours at sea, the dinghy was intercepted by the RNLI and those on board transferred to two lifeboats. Two lifeboat personnel tried to secure the empty dinghy. Thomas yelled abuse and knifed the dinghy to deflate it - with a rescuer still on board.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
4. Following the public track of the Abeille Liberte, Thomas and his group headed into the shipping lanes. Two lifeboats set out from Sussex, and he immediately used a livestream to berate them. They switched their AIS tracking off, presumably in light of the extreme abuse the RNLI has faced.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
3. But around lunchtime, Daniel Thomas/Danny Tommo started livestreaming himself heading out to sea on a speedboat. This probably isn't the boat his followers bought him, which he has sunk (unless he got it salvaged and fixed). www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Danny Tommo’s boat for policing Channel accidentally sinks
Daniel Thomas, whose Patriot Platform group caused havoc in Dover and Portsmouth, had purchased the vessel to interfere with Border Force operations
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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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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Conference season means lots of trips to the fast-food chains that populate Britain. They are near universally terrible. Wendies: an outrage. Subway: drab and filthy. Pret: boring and unsatisfying.
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Me for The European: why I’m calling for fast-growing ‘frankenchickens’ to be removed from public procurement , and why 80,000 of us have pledged to boycott Pret until it delivers on its chicken welfare commitment . the-european.eu/story-66273/...
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Chris Packham Launches Campaign to Rid Britain of ‘Frankenchicken’
Chris Packham calls for Britain to end fast-growing chicken breeds in public procurement, citing animal welfare concerns and government action.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The first and last time Nigel Farage dared to face James O’Brien has gone viral again, and it’s still a glorious own
It’s easy to forget that Nigel Farage was once (technically) a colleague of James O’Brien at LBC, before he left the station in 2020 having made inflammatory remarks about Black Lives Matter protester...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Often treated as a victim of the woke mob. Even as he defended Enoch Powell
Black conservative
trainee vicar blocked
from ,joining Church of
England over anti-woke
views'
Political pundit Calvin Robinson is
known for his Right-wing views, which
include suggesting women should not
be ordained
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Imagine looking at ICE… Those unruly, violent, incel thugs, and the chaos, fear and murder they’ve brought to the streets of America, and thinking...that’s what Britain needs. Well, Nigel Farage has.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 21/09/2026
UKMTO Alert While tracking the last attack - the UKMTO has issued an alert for another attack that also occurred in the last few hours. This time an LPG carrier attempting to transit outbound in Hormuz. So two attacks on commercial shipping just today. #TheHormuzCrisis #IranUSAWar
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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is not happenstance. This is not a coincidence. This is not a fluke. #TrumPutin
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John @gemiston.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An infant beluga whale gets nutrient rich milk from its mother.
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Shoveller @shoveller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's a national disgrace that Reform is even in the polls. A nasty little party run by even nastier little men. If the BBC weren't bigging them up on a daily basis, they'd be the nonentity they really are. Just greedy racist grifters on the con.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Judging by the surge in RNLI donations I suspect attacking RNLI volunteer heroes will simply accelerate the decline of Reform UK in the polls ... meme via Andrew Miller
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Dance Music 🎧 🌍 @thisisdancemusic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Did we ever hear anything further on this? 🤷‍♂️
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Rob Judge @robjj73.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Are we still awaiting to hear about the Police arresting those assaulting the woman? Seems like there were enough camera crews present to provide the necessary evidence … Oh wait… Reform are part of the Establishment. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Police appeal to woman after Reform UK audience incident
A video circulating online has shown a protester's head being pulled during the Birmingham event.
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