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Sam raby

@samraby.bsky.social
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Liberal Democrat councillor for Roffey South and St Leonard's forest division. Cabinet member for children and young people West Sussex County council

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Noteworthy how aggressive he is about this. No sooner has the Brexit subject been reignited than there appears a potentially existential issue for Leave’s political supporters. What’s the answer? iDK. Burnham should publish as much as he can.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We're already at war with Russia, exhibit 2342:
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Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Helen Maguire MP 🔶 @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Lifting sanctions on Russian diesel only bankrolls Putin’s war and leaves Ukraine to pay the price - all for a temporary boost in the polls before the midterms. It’s a pathetic, transparent manoeuvre from Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I doubt that the small amount of oil Putin will spare will affect the markets or the price of fuel in the US much at all. That will require either regime change in Iran or Trump to back down and offer concessions to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and tell their Houthi proxies to stand down.
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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 11/10/2026
This experiment needs to be stopped, and anyone involved in potentially enabling it needs to be forever shunned from society
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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 11/10/2026
As I said the first time this study was proposed, this is unconscionable and would absolutely not fly in any wealthy nation. Medical experimentation on babies (withhold a lifesaving medical intervention just to see what happens) does not magically become okay if they happen to be poor African babies
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John Milne MP 🔸 @johnmilnehorsham.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
📰 In my West Sussex County Times column this week, I discuss Community Land Trusts.
sussexexpress.co.uk
Political opinion with John Milne MP: Local solutions to national housing problems
See the latest news from Your World at https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/your-world
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've thought the Tories would go after IHT for a while - it's an obvious political choice given the voters they're targeting. But this is about the worse way to do it as it further gums up the housing market.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/10/2026
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The Wire Omar: You Best Not Miss
ALT: The Wire Omar: You Best Not Miss
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Haha. Strong memories of the breathless discussion at school in the late 90s that we now lived in one of the top 3 most active murder miles on earth.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch labels Andy Burnham a 'Paddington Bear Prime Minister'. What is that even supposed to mean?
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very much the Russian way
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Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A deeply comforting headline
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I see Reform UK's internal inquiry has cleared their internal people.
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Security Guard Greets People
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floppy 💾 @floppycopy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Teared up 🥹 till the wheels fall off, gaffer ❤️🤍
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Queen Gooner @sofire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is wonderful youtu.be/H2lurV9cSrA?...
youtu.be
Sitting down with supporters ❤️ | Mikel Arteta's new contract roundtable
YouTube video by Arsenal
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A note from Richard Barfield sets out why Matt Goodwin's projections of population & ethnic change are entirely unreliable, using simplistic + false premises that are not valid but have the impact & intent of exaggerating the rate of change rbas.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 07/10/2026
Cheering chart of the day, from an excellent FT piece by @simonmundy.ft.com on China's battery breakthroughs www.ft.com/content/b847...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The prosecution case is that Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate used and threatened physical and sexual violence in order to maintain control and compliance." Where are the voices from the self appointed defenders of women and young girls who would usually be on this? www.reuters.com/world/uk/tat...
reuters.com
Tate brothers used 'lover boy' model to exploit women, Britain says
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate used a "lover boy" model to lure women with the ‌promise of romantic relationships before coercing them to create online pornography, British law enfor...
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Sussex @sussexuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Up to 600 expected at women's safety run #Sussex #BBCNews
bbc.co.uk
Big turnout expected for night run led by Bognor Regis group
Sophie Allmark says there will be nearly 600 people at this year's Glow-Up Walk, Run or Jog event.
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Richard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online · 06/10/2026
Why not gift 40K sets at diplomatic events? Or other UK cultural products, like computer games? Would change and modernise the national image in good ways.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Seb Berry 🇺🇦 @seb2024.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Only a hard right Tory party STILL chasing Farage supporters even further to the right would be bonkers enough to axe the Future Homes Standard. Insane.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Andrew Griffith is not doing well here, for his own audience. He's been in the policy production cellar for too long. #R4Today
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If only she were still leader.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 'Kemi Badenoch is a good leader, held back by the Conservative brand' is a take that immediately falls apart when you ask 'what was the Conservative party polling in September 2024, and what is it polling in September 2026?'
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Pete (beautifulgroan) @beautifulgroan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Right down we're constantly talking about a £900m inflation. And that's bad enough. But the reality is we've have eight years since the end point of that investigation period. Eight years of an unfilled stadium, smaller global reach than rivals and yet unprecedented spends. It's much much bigger.
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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 04/10/2026
And do we really think this was the only area they were cheating?
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Badenoch has cemented her image and now she wants to put her party back on the big stage" - Laura Kuenssberg. When Badenoch became leader, the Tories were on 27%. They are now 17%.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
elites used to impunity struggling to adjust to punity
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@ThoughtSlime

People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.
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1.76 Acres @onepointsevensixacr.es · 29/09/2026
The PL may have many flaws as an entity. Lack of courage isn’t on the list, now. The league just self-immolated, torching almost two decades of its own history. The statement the PL released today is one of the braver things I’ve ever seen from a major sports league.
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Theo Beastly @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026
Every AI CEO sounds like this.
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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Man City conspired to artificially inflate the club's revenues, and reduce costs, by more than *£900m*, and they did so in order to appear to comply with the Premier League's financial rules. This was systematic cheating on a breathtaking scale that undoubtedly provided huge sporting advantage
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.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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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Police: 'Don't speculate about Fairford' Farage: 'Here's my speculative theory...'
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"we didn't have anything like as many people claiming to have ADHD back in the days when everyone carried around a pack of inhalable stimulant drugs and took between 20 and 40 doses every day"
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 26/09/2026
Putney to Westminster is 19 minutes on the Underground.
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now.arsenal @nowarsenal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdami, who is a huge Arsenal fan, was gifted a signed Martin Ødegaard shirt by the Prime Minister of Norway. The Arsenal worldwide. 😍
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8
youtu.be
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
Musk
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Always The Arsenal @alwaysthearsenal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
20 years CL qualification and sustained success only really punctured by 2 Clubs responsible for cheating, *whilst turning a profit* & losing players directly to the cheats… the banter this man received is disgusting & his legacy needs to be reviewed.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Carney is going to be in power for the rest of his life
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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