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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread:

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/09/2026

🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨 The last week has seen multiple incidents of masked mobs trying to subvert the power of the state. Their actions have been illegal and unpleasant. But the treatment has been weak. The police haven't dealt with it, and neither has govt. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...

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Stop the Louts

The tools exist. The will, so far, doesn't.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/09/2026

@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...

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Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery

A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse

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Cardiff Rugby Life @cardiffrugbylife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cardiff Rugby unveil a special edition replica of the club’s first ever jersey to be worn in a double header against Ulster and Newport on Saturday 5th December - the closest games to the club’s 150th anniversary. Love these images of TS Donaldson Selby and Liam Belcher ☠️

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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A quick question for those people who insist Britain doesn't need to vastly increase defence spending. If a war were to break out in Europe tomorrow, how long do you think British forces could sustain a prolonged artillery engagement based on current stockpiles?

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Excellent by @stephenkb.bsky.social on Jason Arday On the description of him as ‘“the Black professor accused of plagiarism” .. as if the most important thing was not the plagiarism, but the temerity to be simultaneously Black.’ www.ft.com/content/5f92...

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The difficult truth about Jason Arday

From the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Good on Natalie Fleet - very brave to go “actually I’ve realised I can’t do this important job”, loads of people would just do it badly:

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Natalie Fleet leaves 'triggering' safeguarding minister role

The MP for Bolsover has spoken about how she was groomed and raped as a teenager.

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

An absolutely fantastic review.

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Brian Larkin @derrymanc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Colombia v Switzerland being referred to as Charlie v The Chocolate Factory.

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The greatest Mexico v England tweets you will ever read. 😂 As you were.

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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Tell me about it. I despair at the inaction that has become the calling card of the Prime Minister. No doubt there will be a statement about how angry he is and if the companies in question don’t do something he’ll launch a consultation. He’s become the Paddington Bear Hard Stare of PMs.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...

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The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country

In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.

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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Maxime Lucu is playing rugby from the gods at the moment. #LEIvUBB

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This is disgraceful from the govt’s trans rights guidance. How can someone who believes same-sex activity is sinful possibly have anything other than negative views of gay people?! It’s a mark of shame that we now have one of the most hateful trans rights policy in the western world.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

People who would not in a million years ever suggest someone speaking Arabic was grounds to attack them - who would rightly think anyone arguing that was horrifyingly racist - seem to have a blindspot when a Jewish man in a Jewish area is beaten up by a masked gang for speaking Hebrew

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Interesting long read from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com making the case that declining birth rates are particularly tied up with the rise of smartphones and therefore fewer people in relationships, which in turn leads to fewer kids www.ft.com/content/fba3...

Could digital media be affecting birth rates?
% change in total fertility rate relative to pre-smartphone trend, by years before/since smartphones*

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 06/05/2026

"Posts liked by Polanski include one asking “how much does Israel pay him” of Starmer, and another claiming “Labour has been bought by and happily promotes an apartheid genocidal state”.

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We need to talk about Zack Polanski

The charismatic Green leader is close to a breakthrough - yet must answer legitimate questions about his past and his social media likes

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Polanski’s cuddly Green Party latest. Choose hope, not hate. Vote Labour on Thursday 7 May.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"For the first time in his life, my son found himself denying he was Jewish last week" - powerful column here from @robertshrimsley.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/f9ee...

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The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain

It should be entirely possible to be anti-Israel without sinking to dehumanising language

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 30/04/2026

A great way to guarantee the government will fall even further short of the housing targets it was already going to miss by a mile. This might finish off building in high-demand cities entirely.

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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Oh this? Just the Met Commissioner pleading for Britain's organised, self-avowed, anti-racist movement to show any interest in the epidemic of antisemitic violence. My newsletter, out now.

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You know it's bad when...

...the Met Commissioner is pleading with the public to protest against antisemitism

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/04/2026

I know this is me still mourning a long dead world but it does feel remarkable that, not that long ago, British papers on the right would have run editorials and columns arguing that Hungary showed that only a solid, reliable centre-right party could defeat dangerous populists, but now? [crickets]

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 03/04/2026

The problem with "do the popular thing" is that people still hate the downside consequences, and don't give you any credit for it being the thing they voted for.

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Our lineout just hasn’t been good enough today. #SHAvCAR

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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Latest post assesses current state of the war. Looks at the state of American decision-making, how it was caught out by Iranian response, the difficulty reopening Strait of Hormuz, and why hardliners in Iran may make it difficult to get a ceasefire. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-split-...

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The Split-Screen War

Finding a way out of a war gone badly wrong

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Good to see that Cardiff Council are installing residential cycle hangers across the city. However one cycle space - equivalent to 1/12th of a parking space - will cost £120pa, while a parking permit costs £35pa. Hardly encouraging people to give up their cars!

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Column. On Trump, Hegseth, small dick energy, and moral decline. www.thetimes.com/article/7091...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/03/2026

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Y ddau gân olaf oedd y gorau o’r noson ond Y Gân sydd yn cymryd fy mhleidlais. #cig2026

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Lot o ganeuon go lew ond dim un bangar hyd yn hyn. #cig2026

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/02/2026

friend recently said of a mutual acquaintance that "she's not hot enough to be this cold" and I would say I've thought about it every day since hearing it, an all-time great catty comment, unimprovable

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Ian McKellen is 86! And yet he retains all the power and focus that makes this so special.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

One lesson of the last week is it's a bad idea to tell the FT politics team to fuck off.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.

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The Carney doctrine

Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Thinking of all the people who said that Reeves had lied to give herself too much headroom in the budget. Feels like that £20bn is evaporating away quite quickly!

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Rhys Jones @rhys-jones64.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I’ve never felt so angry about a political issue. How have ALL parties decided that communicating through an app that generates sexual images of a dead 15yo is fine, actually?! To quote a brilliant piece by @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com I’m tired of felling insane all the time.

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