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To be clear, I don't think the election will double as an EU membership question that a reelected Labour Govt could then use to go ahead rejoin without a proper subsequent referendum. There will have to be a referendum. Anything less will haunt our renewed membership.

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It's possible the next general election has just become another referendum on the EU.

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BREAKING: The Telegraph has just broken the news that Andy Burnham may want to rejoin the EU. On the day after Burnham's speech at 9:30am.

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I wonder how Keir Starmer is feeling today.

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This is the weirdest aspect of the RAF Fairford incident.

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Remarkable that the Telegraph is not screaming this morning about Burnham's pledge of a closer/rejoining EU relationship because Brexit has failed.

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I'm normally quite a stoic but I can be similarly roused by a brilliantly moving speech. Well, that and 70 Up. And Long Lost Family. And DIY SOS. And the end of E.T where the little guy's spaceship creates a rainbow streak across the sky....

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This is looking more ridiculous by the hour.

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah-b-but Trump says we've been tracking these guys for some time. LOL.

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Interesting and characteristically thoughtful reflections by GP on why Starmer was unsuited to the job he had.

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I'm really looking forward to Ian's longer-form take on Burnham's speech.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It was nice seeing Ed Miliband in tears. No, I mean it positively, it was genuinely nice and uplifting.

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"We have to be honest. Brexit has not given us control" - less control on economy, less control on immigration. "Brexit has done more harm than good" He praises Mahmood on boats (& net migration, which fell by 2025) and thanks those who have come to contribute (ie: will soften settlement)

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"A sort of 2 and half lock" - yes, that's what it sounded like. Hardly doom.

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Each week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth.

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An American government politician has said something about Fairford. We should totally ignore it.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know.... The bread brand 'Hovis' derives its name from the Latin phrase 'hominis vis', which translates to 'strength of man'.

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Meanwhile, the hare is up and running, in both the US & UK, that 'terrorists have been released on bail' (with a side order of 'two-tier justice, what about 'Tommo'?' nonsense) and will no doubt lodge in section of public memory (along with e.g. 'cat prevents deportation' that still does the rounds)

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The stupidest suggestion in Britain right now is that Reform supporters are also the country's best critical thinkers. No, they make their first observation their conclusion. Genuine critical thinkers make the same first observation but they then delve several layers deeper in search of truth.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 28/09/2026

Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.

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This is…very much not in line with Donald Trump's comments last night. Which could get interesting later. The investigation is still ongoing, of course. But the fact police have given bail does seriously change things.

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The five people arrested are all British nationals so it would be remarkable if they re-entered the UK by small boat crossing the Channel

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This will not end until America realises it can't win and retreats. And it may still not end there, but it might become more of a cold war; an uneasy but just-about-workable truce.

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meanwhile, over on X, Andrew Neil's cognitive decline continues apace..

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.

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Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718...

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I see from my Reels that Steven Bartlett (Dragon's Den) has been taken in by pseudo-archaeology conspiracy guy Graham Hancock.

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