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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would
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Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social · 12h
The triple lock announcement today is essentially a shift to a long-run link to earnings. But with a minimum of inflation or 2.5% in any given year. Most importantly that removes the permanent ratchet above earnings.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12h
Me on the radio talking about Andy’s speech…:)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12h
🔴 NEW Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair By @adambienkov.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Dr Al Pinkerton MP @alpinkerton.bsky.social · 13h
The Prime Minister’s recognition that Britain needs a much closer relationship with Europe is a step in the right direction, but one that is taking far too long. Every month of inaction means more trade barriers, lost investment and higher costs. [1/2]
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 12h
EU ENERGY COMMISSIONER JORGENSEN: SEE NO IMMEDIATE RISK TO ENERGY SUPPLIES IN EUROPE AHEAD OF WINTER
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 13h
Another reflection. The savings from the reformed triple lock won't be enough to fund a national care service of the kind Burnham envisages. But he didn't shy away from that. He said everyone will need to contribute, i.e. broad based tax rises will be needed - but not just yet, only after 2030.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 13h
"I left Britain because of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods" said nobody genuinely ever. The Telegraph scours the globe for anyone of notable net worth who recently moved and asking them for a list of pet peeves out of which they pick the one that serves the Telegraph "capital flight" narrative best.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 13h
Joe Pike: "I'm here with the only person anyone wants to speak to, Sharon Graham." <Graham bellyaches at length about triple lock> Joe Pike: "So, this gives you a flavour of the debate here." NO IT DOESN'T! You literally only spoke to one person, sought out explicitly because she disagreed. 😂
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
A Prime Minister seeking to fix this country's pressing problems and the broken politics and stagnant consensus that underpins so much of it... A PM promising real improvements rather than unicorns sunlit uplands and an agenda of hate... Who knows? This could be catching.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 13h
The triple lock on the State Pension will be 'adjusted' from April 2030. What might that mean for the value of the State Pension? In this chart we show how the State Pension would have increased under various uprating measures, including the 'smoothed' triple lock announced by the PM today.
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stargirl1620.bsky.social @stargirl1620.bsky.social · 13h
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Max Greenfield (Schmidt) Dry Heaving
ALT: Max Greenfield (Schmidt) Dry Heaving
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 13h
Just come out of the conference hall after Andy's speech......
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13h
There wasn't a social care crisis when local authorities provided the service free of charge. Then Thatcher privatised it and private equity bosses started charging £8000 a month.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 14h
“Better reforms were available, but this one is a big improvement. It will not, however, be the answer to funding universal social care.” ⬇️ IFS Deputy Director Jonathan Cribb responds to the Prime Minister’s triple lock announcement at this afternoon’s Labour Conference: ifs.org.uk/articles/new...
Quote from IFS Deputy Director Jonathan Cribb: "It is great news that Andy Burnham has neutered the worst element of the triple lock. Goodbye to the unsustainable ‘ratchet’ effect. State pensions will still rise, but more sustainably. Better reforms were available, but this one is a big improvement. It will not, however, be the answer to funding universal social care."
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 13h
Good to hear @andyburnham reiterate his commitment not to make crude cuts to social security system, but tackle the reasons people need support with more affordable homes, better employment support and job opportunities... 1/3
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h
Jack Smith deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the next non-criminal president.
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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 14h
AB’s exact words on Triple Lock important (though not super clearly drafted) He’s NOT proposing to break earnings link a la Thatcher If value vis-a-vis earnings is to be maintained he’s talking about some form of smoothed earnings link (Not sure how the 2.5% fits in)
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 13h
No, Sen. Schmitt- you and the Republican party will go down in history as spineless enablers who broke their oath of office.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 14h
Today Andy Burnham showed he understands the damage Brexit has done and will lead this country back towards a future with Europe. There’s never been a more important time to join @labour4europe.bsky.social to be part of shaping what comes next. Follow them for details of how to do so.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 14h
"The old triple lock is gone. And the new triple lock still keeps pace with average earnings, but doesn't have the ratchet." 📺 @helenmiller.bsky.social interprets the Prime Minister's triple lock announcement in her response to the speech on BBC Politics Live:
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone's vote counts. And everyone's voice is heard."
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h
Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
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Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter bribe
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Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 14h
Burnham has effectively abolished the Triple Lock. From 2030, pensions would rise by the higher of inflation or 2.5%, with an earnings floor to stop them falling behind average wages.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14h
I am so happy about what I am hearing that I have lost the ability to speak
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 14h
I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14h
To be fair to PM he seems to be doing just that - talking about a National Care Service with almost nothing about how it will be financed (since triple lock review is essentially irrelevant here except as symbolism)
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14h
Andy Burnham delivers a powerful and emotional tribute to his dad, who died 10 days ago: "The son of a man who failed his 11 Plus becoming PM... This United Kingdom my dad represented is the one I believe in.... A country that stood up to fascism. A country of solidarity, not separation"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15h
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "Homes, water, energy, transport, care, broken up and sold off." "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget they are the ones. That gave it away in the first place."
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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 15h
Burnham talking about repealing Thatcher’s ban on public ownership of water. Be still my beating leftie heart 💪🏼
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 14h
@faisalislam.bsky.social: ‘PM seems to signal consideration of rejoining single market at least: “Brexit hasn’t given us control” Lost control over the economy and over immigration ….’1/
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 14h
Burnham is really calling out Brexit
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 14h
That from Burnham was the most powerful defence of the Union I’ve heard since Gordon Brown in the Scottish referendum in 2014.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h
BURNHAM: BREXIT HASN'T GIVEN US CONTROL
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BBC Sport {bot} @bbcsport.xmirror.bot · 14h
La Liga president Javier Tebas says Manchester City should face the "most severe" sanction available under Premier League rules 🗣️
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14h
The section where Burnham was essentially almost in tears as he vowed to "use this job to build the kind of Britain my dad wanted to see" was powerful by any political metric.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14h
PM Burnham: "We will contest the next election with a manifesto of commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone's vote counts and everyone's voice is heard"
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 14h
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h
UK PM BURNHAM: THE DEAL IS A STATE PENSION THAT RISES EVERY YEAR WITH NO CARE CHARGES
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15h
Well it’s been approximately two weeks since Trump signed the Lindsey Graham tariff bill, which all those Trump supporters were saying was going to allow him to hammer Russia. Any sign of the new 100% tariffs on China and India—the largest purchasers of Russian oil?
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h
UK GILT FUTURES PARE GAINS BY AROUND 10 TICKS AFTER PM BURNHAM SAYS SAVINGS FROM SCRAPPING TRIPLE LOCK WILL BE USED TO FINANCE SOCIAL CARE
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 14h
The link between electricity and gas prices has already begun to break - and the government can take some credit for that... www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-ene...
Chart showing gas bills rising by 88% and electricity bills by 68% between April and October 2022. And then gas rising by 33% and electricity by 9% between April and October 2026
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h
England’s national museums to remain free to overseas visitors
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England’s national museums to remain free to overseas visitors
DCMS decision comes in response to Margaret Hodge review that proposed charging international tourists Overseas visitors will continue to have free entry to England’s national museums after ministers decided against charging them after months of discussions between the government, museums, the tourism sector and local leaders. Ministers said in March that “charging international visitors at national museums could provide significant benefits” as they promised to explore options including examining whether making overseas tourists pay could boost the institutions’ finances. Continue reading...
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