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Bristolian (Gashead) exile in the North West. A decade in practice/ two decades in academia. Centrist. Now in practice again.

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Vox @vox.com · 05/10/2026
Can Trump bribe his way out of a midterm disaster? www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...
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Trump’s plan to buy votes, briefly explained
Can Trump bribe his way out of a midterm disaster?
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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 05/10/2026
as.ft.com/r/0f9048ed-3...
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What’s really going on with AI token price deflation?
It’s bit complicated and maybe not that surprising
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Ben Rometsch @benr.win · 04/10/2026
Because if you had been to Israel you would know that there are a lot of different religions that make up the state.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's not what "Zionism says", Steve.
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StephenB @stephenmbooth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think even a pained and earnest explanation might go over this one’s head.
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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes. I keep reading pained and earnest explanations of how this targets and marginalises Jews across the board, written by people who somehow don't realise this is literally the point.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
@amandacarpenter.bsky.social on why we should care about the big, beautiful ballroom:
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
"Congress has already said no to taxpayer funding for the big, beautiful ballroom, and this should have been a stop order on the project." So if Congress already said no, how is this pet project getting taxpayer dollars?
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Given one of you named here supported this racist motion, and your leader didn't turn up, this rings somewhat hollow.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rufo pioneered the tactic of calling any discussions of race Critical Race Theory, and used it to get people fired. He pioneered the strategy of labeling teachers as "groomers" if they talked about gender identity donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-qanoni...
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 04/10/2026
I think there is such an interesting ideological block on the Cons analysing defeat in 2024 through a lens that says "Maybe people like public services".
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is like saying “we will never tolerate fire” as your house goes up in flames behind you.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Was my birthday last week. Bought myself Cricket 26 on the PlayStation. My family regret this decision.
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 04/10/2026
Donald Trump went on yet another insane rant in Texas as he struggled to pronounce the word ‘vegan’ in front of a fawning crowd - proclaiming he didn’t even know what one was.
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Trump goes on wild rant calling vegans 'a vegetable' and fails to pronounce it
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Institute of Jewish Policy Research finds ttwo-thirds of Jewish people identify as Zionist, to sone extent, while 12% identify as anti-Zionist. (This rises to a larger minotrity of 24% of those aged 18-24). That Jewish Green group survey inverts this reflects political position & reach of party
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
7/10 of 108 Jewish Green respondents id as anti-Zionist while 1/5 identify as Zionist, to some extent Goup split down middle on taking a collective view 53% thought passing motion it could increase antisemitism against Jewish members, 47% didnt Two-thirds thought it could damage party electorally
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Green party motion on Zionism shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/10/2026
Woman at center of Cornell rape allegations targeted with threats, lawyer says reut.rs/47xY3mx
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Woman at center of Cornell rape allegations targeted with threats, lawyer says
The woman who has alleged that she was drugged ‌and raped by Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer said on Sunday.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/10/2026
⚡️Russian Su-35, Su-34 fighter jets hit by drones at airfield in Adygea, SBU says. Drones operated by the SBU's Alpha special operations unit hit a Su-35 multirole fighter and a Su-34 fighter-bomber at the airfield, located around 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukrainian territory.
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Russian Su-35, Su-34 fighter jets hit by drones at airfield in Adygea, SBU says
Drones operated by the SBU's Alpha special operations unit hit a Su-35 multirole fighter and a Su-34 fighter-bomber at the airfield, located around 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukrainian territory.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/10/2026
Does Jared Kushner know what a conflict of interest is? In Israel and elsewhere, the line between his diplomacy and quest for wealth is fuzzy at best.
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Does Jared Kushner know what a conflict of interest is?
In Israel and elsewhere, the line between his diplomacy and quest for wealth is fuzzy at best.
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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A ghastly crew
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Ben Jones @bendylan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just read the comments on Sian Berry’s insta post about the motion, and you’ll never guess who they are saying put her up to it.
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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's the left wing version of MAGA really. People who go online and exist in echo chambers that demand people get more extreme and more detached from reality. Very tribal. The more extreme the opinion, the more it is praised.
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Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I mean absolutely because of 10. too!!
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah, one wonders wh… Oh.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And that's doing the motion's supporters the favour of presuming that they do not intend to discriminate against Jews In reality, let's just say that there are enough hard left activists who regard Jewish people who aren't totally opposed to Israel's existence as unpeople
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
re "Zionism is racism" - it's a cornerstone of British equality law that discrimination need not be intentional for it to be discriminatory I'm not making *legal* claims about the Green Party motion - but a policy that would render the vast majority of Jews as personae non gratae is flatly racist
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Jack Mendel @mendeljack.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Greens have gone further than Corbyn ever did, in isolating Jews
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whether you realise it or not, by adopting this motion, the vast majority of British Jews (even the many who are vocal critics of the Israeli government, even a section of those 10% or so of British Jews who consider themselves explicitly anti-Zionist) will see the Greens as an antisemitic party.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Various Jewish communal organisations wrote to Green Party leadership on Friday, making the following points, which they have made before. They have received no answer, because the Green Party has no real answer to give. www.jewishnews.co.uk/board-jlc-an...
The communal letter also raises a series of points regarding Green party policy if the motion were to pass, with the writers noting that “it raises immediate questions about how the Green Party will now relate to the British Jewish community, having explicitly branded most Jews and synagogue denominations as racist for holding commitments they regard as intrinsic to their Jewish identities.

“In practical terms, we wish to understand the implications for the welfare and security of Jews and Jewish institutions located within areas represented by Green Party elected officials. How will Green Party MPs, council leaders and councillors engage with Jewish communities, communal leaders and institutions that Green Party policy declares are ‘racist’. Can ‘racist’ Jewish individuals and institutions continue to expect equal access to their elected representatives and equal provision of services? Will Green Party officials be willing even to meet with ‘racist’ Jews, visit ‘racist’ synagogues, or hear from ‘racist’ cross-communal Jewish representative organisations? How will Green Party-led councils relate to Jewish faith schools that fall under their responsibility, that the party has branded ‘racist’?
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I understand that given the passing of this motion, leaders of local authorities run by the Greens, as well as Green MPs, will be contacted and asked these questions. I imagine most will not have the courage to answer.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You’re not going to learn anything by sitting down to lunch with Kevin Hassett or Peter Navarro, other than they have gone all in on lying & fascism. So again, you need to take a step back & make clear that there are prior assumptions & table stakes antes about who one should sit down to lunch with.
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 04/10/2026
President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to campaign daily ahead of the midterm elections on Nov.
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Trump drags Margo Martin up and makes creepy comment in front of her parents
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 04/10/2026
Kim Jong Un has gained so much weight that he is now heavy enough to compete as a sumo wrestler.
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Kim Jong Un obesity fears as diet could prove fatal, spies warn
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/10/2026
Will Brazil’s Lula halt the right-wing wave sweeping Latin America? aje.news/7rhnr5
Will Brazil’s Lula halt the right-wing wave sweeping Latin America?
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CNN @cnn.com · 04/10/2026
The film “Primetime” stylishly explores the rise and fall of the one-time NBC hit “To Catch a Predator” and its host Chris Hansen. Copycats are everywhere online, filming their own self-styled sting operations.
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‘To Catch a Predator’ spawned a generation of online pedophile hunters
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Euronews @euronews.com · 04/10/2026
The finalists were judged in seven areas, including climate change resilience, waste management and how quickly they are cutting emissions.
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Which city is Europe’s greenest? EU names eight finalists
The finalists were judged in seven areas, including climate change resilience, waste management and how quickly they are cutting emissions.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 04/10/2026
"State attorneys general are fighting back and confronting a president who is unlawfully depriving American citizens."
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Trump took your money. State leaders are fighting to get it back | Opinion
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 04/10/2026
Natalie Harp has been given an awkward new nickname by social media critics following a recent trip with President Trump.
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Natalie Harp earns awkward new nickname as Melania Trump is nowhere to be seen
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 04/10/2026
⚡️ Zelenskyy announces important agreements with Germany amid chancellor's visit
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Zelenskyy announces important agreements with Germany amid chancellor's visit
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced upcoming defence agreements with Germany amid Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Kyiv.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/10/2026
Modric 'ashamed' after England hand Croatia worst defeat in their history reut.rs/4i0saJj
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Modric 'ashamed' after England hand Croatia worst defeat in their history
Croatia's Luka Modric said he was ashamed of his side's performance after they lost 7-0 to England in ​Rijeka on Saturday, the heaviest defeat in their ‌history.
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 04/10/2026
Donald Trump has once again found himself surrounded by rumors that he wears a diaper, following a video posted by one of his aides.
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Donald Trump's loyal aide humiliates him as critics shout 'change his diaper'
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 04/10/2026
True, though Ezra Klein made a good point the other day when he said that Amodei and Altman etc talk about the frontier models they see in their labs, but the larger public thinks of AI as their free ChatGPT and thus of course we talk past each other.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
President Stubb: I want to remind everyone is that the Russian military was not capable of modern warfare when this war began, but now they are. So they are also gonna be much stronger when they regroup after the war. Our relationship with Russia will be very different.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And that reaction does not stay in France. Hostile influence networks will recycle the footage globally as proof that democracy is failing, governments are repressive and political violence is justified. Every indiscriminate crackdown gives those operations new material to exploit.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
THE TAPESTRY IS HERE #CPC26
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
12/ One further fact: he's listed as being of "no fixed abode" (he reportedly lives in a caravan). This also counts against him being given bail. His detention in custody has nothing to do with his politics, and everything to do with his behaviour and personal circumstances. /end
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
11/ Tommo really hasn't done himself any favours. Under section 64 of the Sentencing Act 2020, the court must treat committing an offence while on bail as an aggravating factor, and it must state in open court that it has done so. This usually increases the eventual sentence.
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