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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There are different interpretations of what the PM said - as well as contrasting views of the issue itself

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Restore Britain supporters are sharing Britain First's petition to deport Kemi Badenoch

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“The dangers Trump and Putin face are so great they will go to any lengths to avoid them. They have no other choice.”

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The Next Three Months

Trump and Putin are now at their most dangerous

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A much-needed - and typically brilliant - counter(blast) to the current common wisdom. I've read so much motivated reasoning from Tory-inclined commentators and out-and-out Badenoch fan-boys (and girls) over the last few days that this was a real breath of fresh air.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026

Trump started a stupid & illegal war in Iran that has driven up diesel prices. Now he wants to bankroll Putin's illegal war against Ukraine by buying diesel from him. One strategic disaster after the next. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices

The move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10/10/2026

The Rostovsky Oil Terminal. #OkayThen #Russia

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Das AfD – neugierige Bürgertum hat die Entlastungserzählung größtenteils fertiggestellt, die eine erneutebereitwillige Kooperation bei der Machtübernahme von Rechtsextremisten ermöglicht. (Hilfe kommt von einem Renegaten mit kommunistischer Vergangenheit, siehe Kolumne.)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Some people have just marinated themselves in a mad milieu, and are in for a shock when they actually come into contact with the actual public.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today’s note: tactically, strategically and morally, Kemi Badenoch’s attack on Reform is the right line to draw. Now she has to enforce it:

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Kemi Badenoch’s speech drew a moral dividing line between Tories and Reform

Opposition leader’s remarks will help distance her party from unpopular views on Englishness and court professional voters

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 08/10/2026

I actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be. Piece from me. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...

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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch

Why does she have the best press in politics?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Andy Burnham in Berlin with Chancellor Merz. The governments formally ratified the Kensington Treaty, negotiated in 2025, a bilateral friendship and cooperation treaty between the UK and Germany

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My next column may be race in politics Do others see more political gain/risk if Reform adopt lines from Kassam: Badenoch is a "Nigerian scammer" or "woke anchor baby" who should never be PM. Should Reform/Restore run on this - or see it as an illegitimate attack? [I've asked this Q on X too]

Do others see more political gain or risk if Reform adopt the lines promoted by @RaheemKassam that Badenoch is a "Nigerian scammer" or "woke anchor baby" who should never be PM. Should Reform/Restore run on this message - or see it as an illegitimate attack?

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Alexander Horne @legalmusings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Conference season is over and Labour has reintroduced some Brexit-related drama into our lives. But instead of fixating on customs unions or joining the EU, perhaps Burnham might consider the most obvious off-the-shelf option: the EEA? alexanderhorne.substack.com/p/why-isnt-a...

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Why isn’t Andy Burnham talking about the European Economic Area?

Could the EEA provide the architecture for a multi-speed Europe?

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Years ago I was a UK rep in a meeting with other EU Member States and a senior Commission official said "Our door is always open... that's our problem..." We need to understand that approach - and not read too much into it now the UK is a third country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'Come all the way' back to EU, French finance minister tells Britain

Roland Lescure tells the BBC that being in the bloc enables members to better address the challenges facing the world.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Call me old-fashioned, but I just think that if you are announcing £10bn of spending, then if the Shadow Treasury team and the leader's office are doing their jobs properly, the leader should have clearer answers to these questions:

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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

cabinet meeting. It will be interesting to see the line they take as the pro-russia element in Sofia are strong, but they may feel uncomfortable having russia use their sovereign interests against them.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Other people deemed not too antisemitic for Israel include former Polish President Andrzej Duda, who signed Poland's law preventing inquiry into Polish collaboration during the Holocaust, and who accused his opponent in 2020 of wanting to steal Polish property and give it to the Jews as reparations.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Interesting, fair and balanced view of Rejoin, and I say that despite me being a sceptic about its feasibility/saleability to British voters over the next 10 years.

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DER STANDARD @derstandard.at · 06/10/2026

Am Dienstagnachmittag soll im zuständigen Gemeindeausschuss ein Antrag über den Ankauf behandelt werden. Die FPÖ schießt bereits dagegen. www.derstandard.at/story/3000000342…

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 05/10/2026

A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "How popular is Donald Trump in Western Europe? September 2026." The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Donald Trump? Net figures shown."

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Konrad Litschko @litschko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Russlandfreunde, Ex-Pornodarsteller, Abiturfälscher, völkische Ideologen, Vetternwirtschafter, Sellner-Fangirl, Ex-Stasioffizier, rechter Kampfsportler, gerade von Ermittlern Durchsuchte. Das ist die AfD-Fraktion in Sachsen-Anhalt - die jetzt Regierungsfraktion sein will. taz.de/Sachsen-Anha...

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Sachsen-Anhalt: Übersicht zu allen Personen der AfD- und BSW-Fraktion

In Sachsen-Anhalt konstituiert sich am Dienstag der Landtag, es droht eine AfD-Regierung. Das sind die Köpfe hinter der AfD- und BSW-Fraktion.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 05/10/2026

It is deeply irresponsible for any politician, let alone a senior Conservative, to peddle the same far-right nonsense about Luton that we see from the likes of Yaxley Lennon and Reform.

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Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’

Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’

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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This isn't a particularly bad article on the subject, but it's kind of amazing how this conversation even needs to be had. Fans do not care about anything other than their team winning football matches. This clip remains the last word on morality in football

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Wayne Myers @conniptions.org · 05/10/2026

If the main thing you want to do right now is to read a long, rambling, angry response by a non-Zionist Jewish now ex-Green Party Of England And Wales member to the not-so-hilarious antics of yesterday, then have I got the post for you: wayne.conniptions.org/2026/10/05/w... (It may not be, tbf)

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Why I Am No Longer A Green

I joined the Green Party of England and Wales in 2014.

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Nic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here lies Jeffrey Archer. Too soon...?

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HIGNFY Mastermind

YouTube video by Steve White

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jacob Rees-Mogg has often expressed pride in his father's 1968 Times editorial on Rivers of Blood, titled "An Evil Speech". His recent oppositon to ethnonationalism & hia decision to be vocal about a civic British citizenship + English identity reflect this.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Surprising for Burnham's first error in public comms being on football (and by being quite a long way from the instincts of many Evertonians + most other fans) www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Andy Burnham’s Manchester City comments stir fresh tensions with Premier League

Andy Burnham’s intervention in the Manchester City debate has revived tensions between the Premier League and the prime minister

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My Oct 1st 2026 prediction of next Labour manifesto on Brexit - Brexit has done more harm than good. - We want to repair damage: closer deal - but avoid past divides. - UK should negotiate to join single market. - We would not rejoin EU without a referendum + we won't hold that in this parliament.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten: "Russia poses a rapidly increasing threat to the NATO Alliance: in the Baltic States, where Moscow has cast its long shadows for many years. In the North Sea, where the shadow fleet operates with increasing impunity.

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Christian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

61 years ago today: the great Monica Vitti on the cover of the British Vogue (1 October 1965). #MonicaVitti

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Man City’s Emirati chair was granted diplomatic immunity 6 yrs ago in a move that could complicate any legal action resulting from findings that the club artificially inflated its finances by more than £900mn - scoop by Caroline Binham @journosooz.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/d717fb9e-2...

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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’

Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’

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

Andy Burnham looks emotional, talking to the Labour party conference as Labour Prime Minister in Liverpool, and starts by saying why.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This balaclava-clad mob were reading out a weird & imtimidating message about Fabians, Zionists and others outside Bluecoat before dispersing

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In other words decide what YOU believe and then sell that to the voters. Don't become PM and say I've no real faith in anything I believe in, can I borrow what I perceive your beliefs are so maybe you'll vote for me?

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.

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The Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The magic of an Irish rainforest.

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW: More in Common's September MRP finds the electoral map has changed dramatically since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. The model estimates Labour would be the largest party in a hung parliament, but 76 short of a majority.

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