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Sanjiv Sachdev

@sanjivsachdev.bsky.social
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Don’t look at the news! Don’t look at the news! Don’t look at the news! (Looks at the news). Oh, for fuck’s sake.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6h
It’s not been fully spotted but to pay for 50,000 extra prison places the Conservatives have said they would cut foreign aid to £1bn a year, or 0.03% of GDP, a 90% cut. This would not even cover UN and World Bank contributions. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 9h
Given how hard the ‘Right Way’ argues that incentives are key to good policy and how it claims also to respect facts of climate science it is notable how the energy policy section consists exclusively of *disincentives* to act on the facts of climate change.
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 18h
Scrolling around for gloves, I stumbled on a chimera. Meet THE GLUFF. Yours for £154.
The Gluff - a mitten/muff hybrid
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 20h
I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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cabinetstories.bsky.social @cabinetstories.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Solid idea but unfortunately paid for by combing gold pieces out of a unicorn's mane: "Badenoch said ending the current system would cost about £700mn a year, claiming that the costs could be met by reversing the increase in the number of staff working at quangos since 2016."
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Banx @banxtoons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From today’s @financialtimes.com #mancity
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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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Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thrilled to share news of a screening of a major Robert Vas documentary, My Homeland (BBC, 1976), his powerful, poetic response to the Hungarian Revolution; showing w discussion at the Liszt Institute - Hungarian Cultural Centre London, 3 November - to reserve: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hungar...
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The Hungarian Uprising 1956 - Seen Through the Eyes of an Exile
Robert Vas: My Homeland - Film screening and panel discussion
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Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think it’s great they make traffic cones just for goth students to steal
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X-Ray Eyes @xrayeyes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
44 anni fa i Bauhaus pubblicavano la loro cover di Ziggy Stardust di David Bowie. Qui la suonano al The Old Grey Whistle Test nel 1982.
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Producing The Beatles @ptbeatles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you’ve got the new Beatles’ Rubber Soul box and want more more more, this stereo vocals only version might help scratch that itch: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The Beatles - Rubber Soul isolated stereo vocals - YouTube
A set of custom mixes made to highlight the underappreciated vocal harmonies of Rubber Soul.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reupping my longread on how Gaza was destroyed (which is now free, as we have dropped the paywall on @prospectmagazine.co.uk until 5th October) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 01/10/2026
Now I know what staging to ask for at my next gig
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Ash Preston @theashpreston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Besides Childline (obvs), that clip of Esther Rantzen getting arrested for obstruction is my favourite thing of hers. The way she rather sardonically responds in that slightly posh put upon way is hilarious. Especially sticking her head out the window. Pernod, ouzo, marmalade and salt all round!
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.
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The Art Exhibitions Blog @blogexhibitions.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A huge number of exhibitions in our October preview, starting in London with Painting the French Riviera at the Royal Academy, Renoir at the National Gallery and Hokusai @dulwichgallery.bsky.social. Lots more round Britain and Europe as well: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/09/new-...
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New Exhibitions in October
A blog about current art exhibitions in Britain and Europe with reviews and guides to future shows.
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david sylvian @davidsylvian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
David Sylvian – The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing The freshly minted label Nanoq is proud to announce a new album by David Sylvian. Titled ‘The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing’ it is the first album Sylvian has released in 15 years. links in bio
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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Full respect to the person at the Communication Workers' Union for turning their stand at Labour conference into a New Order tribute
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 30/09/2026
Israeli minister calls Shabana Mahmood an Islamist, because erm, erm, erm
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To think there are still people out there talking about "targeted strikes" and "minimising civilian casualties". This is no different to what Russia has done in Eastern Ukraine.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scarfolk Tourist Information
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remigration in action:
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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026
This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dada perfection
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/09/2026
"More than 100 Jewish settlers went on the rampage in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, torching buildings and cars, stoning Israeli security forces and preventing the return of a Palestinian family displaced by previous settler attacks." www.ft.com/content/4f56...
ft.com
More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank
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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Graph of the day. Britain’s housing crisis partly reflects the tendency for new homes to be delivered in sub-optimal locations. Only 30 per cent of new completions have occurred in inner parts of large towns or cities requiring densification – where need is highest.
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/09/2026
AfD and CDU councillors in action
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German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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Lloyd Basson @lloydbasson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Isn't it amazing what AI can do....
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Becky Dale @beckydale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Summer in the UK this year was exceptional. But we wanted to give you the chance to drill into the data a bit deeper. Test a postcode or two or three. It may surprise you just how varied the weather has been across the country! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was
Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
January 2025 🤷‍♀️
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You want your heart to sink? Look at this. Auctioning your baby's name...to a gambling company. Bonnie Blue did it. Sad, desperate, tragic beyond words. Via @stevemenary.bsky.social.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'Although most of the players are not English and their presence in the England team erodes an important part of English identity, I support them' - no, you don't.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another thing the BBC forgot to mention. This is far right propaganda territory.
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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Listen to Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel on the Falling Tree podcast Available on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT3... Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0gLILCS...
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Liberal England: A podcast on Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-po...
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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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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Well, that didn’t take long. Minutes after our investigation into “Big Time Charlie” went live, the account disappeared from X.
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Joe Mulhall @joemulhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New from @hopenothate.org.uk: Tommy Robinson’s Algarve Empire: Exposing his shadowy Portuguese companies. We reveal the huge amounts of money going through a Tommy-linked company in Portugal. hopenothate.org.uk/tommy-robins...
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Tommy Robinson’s Algarve Empire: Exposing his shadowy Portuguese companies – HOPE not hate
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cabinetstories.bsky.social @cabinetstories.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
how much has Trump's war in the Middle East cost British home-owners in higher mortgage payments? "British homeowners are paying an average of £840 a year more when they refinance their mortgages, as the rising borrowing costs triggered by the Iran war start to impact" www.ft.com/content/789c...
ft.com
UK homeowners take £840-a-year mortgage hit from Iran war
Rising borrowing costs triggered by conflict in Middle East start to impact consumers’ spending power
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Wide shot of the BRITISH MUSEUM. There are suggestions of fascism around the streets - tanks, barricades, an Orwellian 'Big Brother'-style poster on a wall. A voice of a TOUR GUIDE emanates from the museum:

TOUR GUIDE:
So the Tapestry tells acrucial chapter of our nation's history...

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[Cut to interior of museum. A long Bayeaux-style TAPESTRY is on display, and the Tour Guide is speaking to a tour group]

TOUR GUIDE [smiling]:
How modern fascist Britain was created. 

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TOUR GUIDE:
The Tapestry begins here with the 2008 Crash, then austerity, then the AI Crash...

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TOUR GUIDE:
...and by the end of the room it's just full-on fash. 

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CHILD IN TOUR GROUP [gesturing to the tapestry]:
What's this middle bit?

TOUR GUIDE:
This is the 2026 Battle of Legitimate Concerns 

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TOUR GUIDE:
[show a reporter standing next to the Dover protests]
Here's the media saying the government have got to do something about the legitimate concerns...

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CHILD:
...About the failure of capitalism?

TOUR GUIDE:
No about brown people on boats

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CHILD:
[pointing at boats crossing the sea on the tapestry]
Are these boats the mega-dinghies?

TOUR GUIDE:
Not all of them

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[we see one of the boats  is a giant yacht]
TOUR GUIDE:
That one's a superyacht,
carrying money from the American fascists to the British ones.

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TOUR GUIDE:
You see really it's as much a story of convergence as it is of conflict.

[An alarm sounds in the museum]
DING DING DING DING 

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TOUR GUIDE:
Ok, tour over everyone 

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TOUR GUIDE:
It's time for the Two Minute Hate!

[They all leave the museum]

[ends]
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Treblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 19/09/2026
Just fantastic party distribution, how did the Conservatives achieve that, a real big effort to do that.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just checking how Calvin Robinson and Andrew Bridgen are getting on these days....
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Daily Telegraph, with its finger on the pulse of the nation, thinks that people taking a packed lunch to work is “pathetic” and a sign of societal collapse; and also thinks that said packed lunch includes sprouts.
Daily Telegraph: MICHAEL DEACON
This pathetic office trend is a damning symbol of Britain's decline.

Picture shows three food containers in a fridge, seemingly representing an office packed lunch. They contain roast potatoes, carrots and sprouts. They’re insane, aren’t they?
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