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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tony Blair is at it again institute.global/insights/geo...

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A comfortable cat @sveg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Look at my beautiful boy ❤️

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/09/2026

Britain and France have more in common with each other than either does with a third country, says Janan Ganesh: ft.trib.al/mYioSwY

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The story of Jason Arday is the story of James Orr. Of the ideology which has found a foothold in Cambridge University, fostering the sorts of ideas that formed the undercurrents – sometimes explicit; sometimes unconscious – against Arday. I returned to my alma mater for an in-depth exploration 👇

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The Two Professors and a ‘War On Ideas’

The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces around hierarchies and structural power – and who gets to belong in our inst...

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John Townley @johntownley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

GOAL: Alysson! The Brazilian heads in at the Holte End to level the game up with 20 minutes to go. #AVFC 1-1 Nottingham Forest

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Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

James Orr: Reform’s head of policy, Cambridge theologian, architect of the new British right. Our profile for @ftweekend.com looks at his links to the Maga movement, Silicon Valley & European populists, and his life as a Cambridge lecturer with @ramshodgson.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c2d0...

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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right

Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I went last year. It was pretty grim, typified by the cheers when a journalist from Middle East Eye - asking a question on Gaza - said two colleagues had been killed the previous week

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Mark | Iron Man Records @ironmanrecords.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Brexit red tape costs UK creative industries £208 million and 2,500 jobs, new report finds. Decline in touring by UK musicians across Europe is estimated to have resulted in losses of £1.04 billion in EU member state economies www.prsformusic.com/news-and-ins... #music #musicians #Brexit

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Laurence Turner MP @larry-turner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Birmingham is the place where the future is made. Wrote this piece a few weeks ago and glad to see it now on LBC - on the success and potential of Birmingham's life sciences sector, including for the critical Longbridge to Selly Oak corridor. www.lbc.co.uk/article/birm...

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Birmingham is the place where the future is made | LBC

From life sciences to advanced manufacturing, Birmingham is the place where the future is made - it’s time for investment to match our potential, writes Laurence Turner MP

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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 03/08/2026

Rod Liddle used an anonymous profile on a Millwall forum to sling racist slurs and "jokes" about Auschwitz around. www.theguardian.com/media/2010/j...

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Rod Liddle defends quip about Auschwitz on Millwall fans' forum

Controversial columnist's offensive online messages raise questions over potential Independent editorship

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

BIG news about the Methodist Central Hall. The future wasn't looking great for this Victorian beauty. Not only was it growing more dilapidated by the day, but it was stuck in limbo because its former owner ran out of money.

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vf4es.bsky.social @vf4es.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

✋ Help us end the shameful deal #avfc signed with the Rwandan government. ✍️ Sign the petition 👉 c.org/F78BFfxZs2 #avfc #astonvilla #premierleague #ffp #football #footballfinance

VILLA FANS! Don't let our club be associated with Political Oppression, Human Rights Abuses, and funding Genocide. SIGN THE PETITION.

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Not that other guy, that's for sure @neogliberal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It is crazy to say this about the Argentinean team. They're not babies. They might be soft like babies. They might cry like babies. They might even throw little tantrums if they don't get their way. But they're full-ass adults. And their coach should talk to them, actually.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

On X, Rupert Lowe MP tweeting Jude Bellingham's name generated * challenges from left MPs about racism * contested by Restore members who insist would never deport Bellingham * contested by Restore members & supporters who insist Bellingham not English. Some want him deported as mixed race

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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If England win tonight they'll face Mexico next. The two countries in this world cup where I've had the best Mexican food.

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A comfortable cat @sveg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Instructive thread on the attitudes of middle England: fuck unions; people who don’t own their own drives; and those who can’t charge their car at their place of work.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Misidentified by LLMs - Former police officer in hiding after being falsely linked to Henry Nowak arrest www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Former police officer in hiding after being falsely linked to Henry Nowak arrest

Christi Hill and male officer misidentified in Vickrum Digwa murder case on AI platforms including Grok

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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Exhibition football from Villa this evening. If Stephen Duffy is Unai Emery and Music In Colors is the current Villa squad, then this beauty surely has to be Ollie Watkins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrkU...

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STEPHEN DUFFY - holte end hotel

YouTube video by LES DISQUES PERSEVERANCE

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John Townley @johntownley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🚨 Unai Emery has confirmed that Youri Tielemans is in contention to play for Aston Villa against West Ham on Sunday, having returned to full training at Bodymoor Heath today. #AVFC

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Youri Tielemans injury update as Aston Villa handed major boost

Youri Tielemans has returned to Aston Villa training as he nears a return from his ankle injury

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Jacob Tanswell @jacobtanswell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Youri Tielemans expected to train today as he nears a return. 28yo had been scheduled to come back after the international break but there has lately been growing optimism of recovering ahead of previous timeframe and featuring sooner.@theathleticfc.bsky.social #AVFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/713...

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Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans returns to training after two-month injury absence

The Belgium international has not played since sustaining an ankle injury away at Newcastle United in January.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thrilled to publish my latest article BAN COOKIE BANNERS: A CASE STUDY IN TECH REGULATION with the Harv. J. of Law & Tech! A cri de cœur to end this worse-than-useless regulatory compliance regime and let something that actually protects users take its place. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/

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Ban Cookie Banners: A Case Study in Tech Regulation

Few experiences on the modern internet are as universally reviled as the cookie banner. They clutter websites with pop-ups, interrupt user flow, make informatio

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This is obviously AI generated, and a good reminder why @WarMonitors is an awful account to follow for accurate information, yet somehow has 1.3 million followers, including journalists.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police interviewed Virginia Giuffre 3 times after her lawyers handed them a dossier of evidence saying that she was trafficked to UK by Epstein and Maxwell, and made her have sex with Prince Andrew But they did not launch an investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

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Police in Britain Repeatedly Declined to Investigate Epstein. Why?

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 06/03/2026

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter www.statesman.com/business/art...

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Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker

A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

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Allister Heath Headline Generator

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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Financial Times: Tehran in secret deal with Kremlin for €500mn of advanced missile kit #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 05/02/2026

EXC: Mandelson sought advice from Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government w/ @ashleyarmstrong.bsky.social & @pickardje.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/13d2...

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Peter Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up advisory firm

Emails from 2010 show former UK minister asking child sex offender how to win political and corporate clients

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government. www.ft.com/content/13d2...

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Peter Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up advisory firm

Emails from 2010 show former UK minister asking child sex offender how to win political and corporate clients

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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Financial Times: JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK over bankers’ tax, Mandelson told Epstein #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Danish troops to Greenland to defend it against American aggression. The previously unimaginable now happening every day. The UK state must do now what it failed to do between 2008 and 2022: drop other spending ambitions and rearm as quickly as possible. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

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Kilder til DR: Danmark sender militære forstærkninger til Grønland

En fortrop fra Forsvaret er ankommet til Grønland, erfarer DR.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/12/2025

I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation. UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests: lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...

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As the PM heads to the Amazon, remember that Britain is a rainforest nation

On Thursday, the Prime Minister will arrive in the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 climate talks, hosted this year by Brazil. As Keir Starmer composes his speech, he should remember that Britain, t…

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 04/11/2025

Breaking news: US stocks have dropped as jitters over highly elevated valuations for many artificial intelligence companies intensified and top Wall Street executives said markets were vulnerable to a pullback. on.ft.com/4hIMmhj

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Nature @nature.com · 03/11/2025

By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K

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Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria

Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago. So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year? Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share! 1/

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Some of the worst people are taking advantage of farmers' fears about IHT changes to sell them doomed schemes to avoid the tax. The worst of the worst is a man called Iain Clifford.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Iain Clifford sells the "sovereign citizen" conspiracy theory, and used it to defraud thousands of people out of thousands pounds each by telling them he could magically make their mortgages disappear. Didn't go well.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier” bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

One of the strangest pieces we've ever published, about a Dorset-based cult. www.the-fence.com/men-beehivin...

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

“We have had the police knocking on every door,” said a dog walker and resident of Dean, as a helicopter buzzed overhead. “They wanted the names of everybody living there and details of their social media. I know several people refused. We asked them if they were protecting us, or Vance. At least they were honest and said it is for him and that it will all be passed on to the American security people.”

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