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Centre left politics. Want to rejoin EU. Would like honest politics and a decent welfare state. Fair tax burden on ALL who can afford it. Love the NHS.

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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 21h
Great idea, should be copied urgently by the UK.
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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 07/10/2026
AI Lessons from your affectionate uncle, SCREWTAPE as.ft.com/r/22fd925a-3...
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How AI tempts the lazy mind
The real risk of generative artificial intelligence is not that we will trust it completely, but that we will stop caring enough to check
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Simply put, across the US and UK, university administrators, their management consultants and their funders no longer consider the arts and humanities worthy of being studied, taught and transmitted. Their vision of human society is anti-humanist. No wonder the kids are at the barricades.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"A vast system of swirling currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) carries warm tropical waters north, preventing Europe from freezing. But climate change is now threatening to disrupt this long-stable motor."
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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Letter printed in The Times today
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our water companies have been dumping raw sewage into the rivers and seas, and what will the Conservative party propose today? Abolishing the Environment Agency who try to enforce environmental protection measures against polluters. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/10/2026
What would Andy Burnham actually do to the pension triple lock? Not abolish it. His proposal would change how pensions rise from 2030, while using long-term savings to help fund social care. Here are seven things you need to know ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
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Seven things you need to know about Burnham’s plan for pensioners
Andy Burnham has radical plans. But he is not ‘abolishing’ the triple lock on state pensions. What are the facts?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Full marks to Bobby J for not bothering to mention that this was entirely due to being given £45 million from the Labour government and told to do it. Even a Reform council couldn't fuck that up.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dear Suella Braverman, Here are the criteria the Nazis used for people to be considered "German". You are now using similar fascist criteria to define those who can be considered "English".
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
File this under shocking but not surprising
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This included “erasing records or making them inaccessible, which reduced the ability of third-party auditors and researchers to scrutinise OpenAI’s actions.”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OpenAI’s data hacking worse than previously known and also tried to cover up the hacks ““Asymmetric Security, a digital forensics company, found OpenAI’s models pulled data from 55 websites belonging to businesses, non-profits and government agencies” & medical clinics www.ft.com/content/1150...
ft.com
OpenAI’s agents obscured hacking activity in government site breaches
New findings by Asymmetric Security provide further evidence of novel tactics AI tools use to conduct hacks
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Pol Ed Nick Watt: Looks like Andy Burnham going for something akin to the Australian system on the state pension, according to this IFS note from earlier this month. No automatic annual link with earnings but a link maintained over time.
While the triple lock has now been in place for more than 15 years, at some point a government will have to decide to move away from it towards a more predictable and less costly way of uprating the state pension over time. As discussed in the IFS Pensions Review, one attractive option would be the system used in Australia, where the level of the state pension increases in line with average earnings in the long run, but temporary protection against inflation is provided when it is in excess of average earnings growth.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Steve Cornforth @stevecornforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a huge shadow over Burnham's effort to make #Labour look reasonable. Mass arrests for wearing T Shirts and carrying placards... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sure. Brexit meant we huffed out of our agreements on managing the flow of asylum seekers. The boats symbolise “taking back control” by going it alone. But it’s only a “crisis” because politicians and media choose to blame immigrants for their own failures. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham blames Brexit for small boats crisis - but rules out early general election
Burnham lamented a ‘loss of collaboration with neighbours’ following Brexit but has ‘knocked dead’ the idea of an early election before 2029
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can anyone explain to me why this article doesn't mention anywhere that small boat crossings are down 42% from last year? That doesn't mean it's not an issue 781 people arrived in one day. But it seems like the sort of context a reputable news source might mention www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
No 'switch' to stop small boats, Lucy Powell tells BBC
Labour's deputy leader was speaking to BBC local radio ahead of the party's annual conference
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the-truth-seeker.bsky.social @the-truth-seeker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well done New York
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note that arrested far right rioters have been found to have a much greater than average number of convictions for violent offences, including domestic violence meme via We Demand UK
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026
A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why have so few British front pages?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 23/09/2026
Palantir and the Art of Tax Avoidance... Listen to or watch the latest episode of the In Solidarity podcast now. 🎧 www.opendemocracy.net/exposing-pal... #palantir #peterthiel #bigtech #taxes #economics
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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why only be concerned about hostile states when it’s often hostile non-state actors like Elon Musk who provoke the most destructive narratives? 🤫 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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New UK agency to fight ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham tells UN
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
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BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 21/09/2026
A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...
ft.com
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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the-truth-seeker.bsky.social @the-truth-seeker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Delighted to see the majority of people still have their humanity and recognise what a fabulous job the brave RNLI team do.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So, £72million from crypto billionaires to get Reform “ready for government”. Absolutely no chance. They have over 300 candidates to find and this is their track record… They attract total liabilities and Reform is too racist, corrupt and idiotic to recruit anything better.
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Worse betrayal than Nick Clegg
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?
bbc.co.uk
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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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok but you moved abroad for tax purposes six years ago so why are we listening to you again? 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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the-truth-seeker.bsky.social @the-truth-seeker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Always worth reading Bylines Times
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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the-truth-seeker.bsky.social @the-truth-seeker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is appalling. Shame on those attacking some of the bravest people in the country who do this as volunteers !
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Five hundred new officers to be recruited in a £500 million crackdown on money laundering, as part of the government's Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy." Haven't seen much coverage of this. Long overdue.
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Hundreds of new officers to hunt down dirty money networks
Five hundred new officers to be recruited in a £500 million crackdown on money laundering, as part of the government's Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy.
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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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carolynfox.bsky.social @carolynfox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In a backlash to Piddington voting to leave UK to become a self governed principality, residents in rest of Oxfordshire said they don’t want groups of undocumented, men and women of fighting age invading from Piddington.. Using the slogan #StopTheDopes as they blockade the village to keep them out
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s just such English exceptionalism to think that we got it right with Brexit while all countries in the EU, Ukraine, Canada, now Australia have got it wrong… We look such dicks with our special little sovereignty badge.
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the-truth-seeker.bsky.social @the-truth-seeker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Heartbreaking what this lady’s family, and so many others like them, are now experiencing because racism Is being whipped up again to create fear to get the far right in to power.
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