Reposted by Ruth DawsonIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 2hWhen it's Jonah and the Whale. Every. Single. Week. 082
Reposted by Ruth DawsonPriyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 3hWell, it does say a lot about the nation. 0257
Reposted by Ruth DawsonJohn Self @john-self.bsky.social · 7hIs Andy Burnham the first prime minister in my lifetime who actually likes fiction and poetry? I feel quite moved to hear him talk with genuine enthusiasm about Tony Harrison’s V. 10579
Reposted by Ruth DawsonSam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 2h"The Office of Religious Affairs".... in a nation where Church and State are supposed to be separate. I think we can all see where this is going. 471
Reposted by Ruth DawsonPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 3hAI xrisk people: ok we are particularly concerned about AI autonomous weapons Normal people: in principle I agree, but seems a bit far fetched that will happen tbh USG: today we are announcing we are doing AI autonomous weapons on purpose 521042
Reposted by Ruth DawsonBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3hThis bit of London with 21,725 people squeezed into 1 sq km has the highest population density of anywhere in the UK. Yet it's less than half as dense as the densest European city: brilliantmaps.com/densest-n... credit: Alasdair Rae 185
Reposted by Ruth DawsonHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3hGood to see everyone is focused on the right things 45411
Reposted by Ruth DawsonGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 5hSky are interviewing a barrister in the most barristey barrister's office that ever barristered 3344
Reposted by Ruth DawsonNationCymru @nation.cymru · 5hA Labour Member of the Senedd has written to Meta raising concerns after she was impersonated on Instagram by a scammer offering advice on cryptocurrency to her constituents✍️ Emily Pricewp.meCrypto scammer impersonates Labour MS on InstagramEmily Price A Labour Member of the Senedd has written to Meta raising concerns after she was impersonated on Instagram by a scammer offering advice on cryptocurrency to her constituents. Caerdydd Ffy... 01210
Reposted by Ruth DawsonBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 5hMap Of The 10 Oldest Companies In The UK brilliantmaps.com/oldest-co... 171
Reposted by Ruth DawsonDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 5hI do think people really need to start believing again that good things can happen - otherwise life is just one painful retreat after another. 1222530
Reposted by Ruth DawsonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9hKemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 53845433
Reposted by Ruth DawsonDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 8hSee my writing in, erm, @bylinetimes.bsky.social on this sort of hypocrisy bylinetimes.com/2023/07/05/h...bylinetimes.comHypocrisy and Tribalism: The Dangers of Our 'So What?' Political CultureRenowned weapons expert Dan Kaszeta, who was blacklisted by the Government over his tweets, explores how 'amoral familism' has come to penetrate our public life 041
Reposted by Ruth DawsonJohn MacLeod @mrjohnmacleod.bsky.social · 14h“BREXIT WINS REVERSED”static.klipy.comVincent Vega ConfusedAlt: Vincent Vega Confused in the Backrooms 5371
Reposted by Ruth DawsonJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The pratriots of Kingstanding Raise the Colours 5232
Reposted by Ruth DawsonRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 9h'View from the Window.' (c1950) Margaret Green was a painter of narrative landscapes and figure compositions of subtle strength and quiet lives; she remained largely unknown to a wider public - a story familiar to many women artists of her generation. 06210
Reposted by Ruth DawsonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10hNot sure how the triple lock change will ultimately play politically. But trapping the Tories and Reform into defending a policy literally none of them support in private is potentially a neat move. 2150958
Reposted by Ruth DawsonLegal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 9hWhat is this absolute lunatic wittering on about? If a person has diplomatic immunity, you cannot “bail” them! 54912
Reposted by Ruth DawsonTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 9hHappy to be proved wrong (if, that is, I am proved wrong).tortoisemedia.comI know why social care isn’t being fixedFinding £17,000 a month towards the care of my parents forced me to reflect on the collective delusions and political cowardice that conspire to prevent us confronting – once and for all – this huge s... 3185
Reposted by Ruth DawsonCommand & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026From a policy and epidemiology lens: this is an optics problem and a data governance problem. The Pentagon has every incentive to suppress the human cost of war. It also operates systems far less centralized & real time than the public imagines. Both can be true. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...nytimes.comPentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War (Gift Article)Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said. 1229
Reposted by Ruth DawsonCommand & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026WAR & COUTURE No. 1 This installment begins a limited series seeking refined solutions to complexities in military statecraft; each featuring a vintage dress from my collection, discussed at the end. And no. I don’t know how the fuck we got here either. But… Welcome to NatSec Charm School. 2242
Reposted by Ruth DawsonCommand & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 10hOkay, counterpoint, but I really do have to keep doing as much normal shit as possible to keep the things that are still normal, normal. Ish. Bruh. We’re doing our goddamn best over here, okay? 2183
Reposted by Ruth DawsonIan Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 10hOf course it’s completely normal to go out in public armed with a knife, for Reform councillors that is. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...manchestereveningnews.co.ukDavyhulme Reform councillor, 67, appears in court as preliminary trial date setBilly Burke, the councillor for Davyhulme, previously denied possession of a knife 166
Reposted by Ruth DawsonJames Porter @porterjames.bsky.social · 12hI seem to recall that RefUK campaigned in favour of PR in 2024, so I wonder if they would be up for it. The Tories are now wandering about in the jungle, swatting at every policy that passes them by. They are consummate fools and deserve the fate that awaits them. 0123
Reposted by Ruth Dawsonglobelimper.bsky.social @globelimper.bsky.social · 11hA patriotic party would attend and make the case for no change and attempt to mitigate the consequences of change if Labour win a mandate. That is not @conservatives.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Ruth DawsonPhil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 13hMore importantly, they're not emotionally equipped. Badenoch et al are too X-brained to see what a bad look this is. 051
Reposted by Ruth DawsonSam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 13hIt's difficult to think of anything which the current Tory shower are intellectually equipped to do. 011
Reposted by Ruth DawsonBen Ralph @raggyralph.bsky.social · 11hHe should do because it is a no lose move. He can show he is being inclusive and trying to lift political debate out of the gutter plus it puts pressure on Badenoch/Farage for exactly the reason you said. It is a major issue and politically dangerous so Burnham must control the narrative. 131
Reposted by Ruth DawsonAlan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 12hHe probably wouldn't, but empty chairing them would be very uncomfortable for some of their supporters who are really affected by care issues 241
Reposted by Ruth DawsonBen Ralph @raggyralph.bsky.social · 12hThen Burnham can constantly point out they were invited but they preferred to stand on the sidelines shouting whilst serious party leaders tried to take the country forward. 171
Reposted by Ruth DawsonBen Ralph @raggyralph.bsky.social · 12hBadenoch and Farage need the confrontational type of politics because if it is replaced by reasoned, intellectual debate then they're screwed. Burnham should publicise the details of a meeting, publicly invite all party leaders then go through with it. If Badenoch and/or Farage don't attend 1/2 161
Reposted by Ruth DawsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13hActually pretty funny when you consider that they could benefit significantly from this. 2249766
Reposted by Ruth DawsonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"We're ending the injustice of leasehold." Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says Labour will be capping and then scrapping ground rents for leaseholders 924052
Reposted by Ruth DawsonThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 11hEveryone talking about French spreads today means that all I want is Boursin... 191
Reposted by Ruth DawsonJosh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 13h“Does he agree that the triple lock is simply not affordable?” - Tom Tugendhat, shadow foreign secretary, in the commons last year. H/T Tali Fraser on X The extent to which Burnham’s triple lock position will unsettle the Conservatives is underappreciated 1/... 43119
Reposted by Ruth DawsonUnofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 11hGiant data centre plans lodged at old Chapelcross nuclear sitebbc.co.ukGiant data centre plans lodged at old Chapelcross nuclear siteDevelopers say it could create more than 500 full-time jobs on the Chapelcross site near Annan. 112
Reposted by Ruth DawsonTreblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 11h[SENATOR ANDRE MARRINER]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with Perrie Edwards' husband? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [MARRINER]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain! [SMITH]: That is Kieran Gibbs 061
Reposted by Ruth DawsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14hThis is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity. 54791193
Reposted by Ruth DawsonSuper Nintendo Chalmers @snchalmers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We have strayed so far from God’s light 76617
Reposted by Ruth DawsonTides of History @tidesofhistory.bsky.social · 13hAs Burnham promises to repeal Thatcher's Water Bill, a look back at the original Labour fight against privatiastion It was led by a rising Labour star who warned it had no public support: "Under public ownership the industries are more accountable” 👇 yesterdaypapers.substack.com/p/tony-blair...yesterdaypapers.substack.comTony Blair and the Battle to stop Water PrivatisationIn the 1980s Tony Blair argued that “under public ownership the industries are more accountable” 14520
Reposted by Ruth DawsonAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14hBurnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media: 43345105
Reposted by Ruth DawsonPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Former Attorney General 2022245
Reposted by Ruth DawsonAlwyn Turner @alwynturner.bsky.social · 15hI agree entirely. Youth had very substantial spending power that shaped society. (And I really didn't mean it as you being "found out" - I wasn't trying to score points.) 141