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Transfergraeme @transfergraeme.bsky.social · 21h

But (as the table above reminds us (and I admit I'd forgotten) they actually voted to leave the CU and SM - the reversal of which would go a long way to improving the situation.

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Nigel Stead @nigelstead.bsky.social · 1d

You can say both, no? It was bad in the first place, and the way it was executed compounded the harm.

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Old_Man_Leica @old-man-leica.bsky.social · 1d

The sheer ‘badness’ of No 10’s politicking never ceases to amaze.

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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer's Labour is ensuring Brexit while removing our rights, doubling on surveillance, & retaining austerity.

We shd be prosecuting the open bribery & corruption in political parties

Bought USA politicians are crushing democracy. It is not so different here - MPs, watchdogs, BBC, Police ...

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David Juritz @davritz.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. In fact they’re just parroting Farage’s ‘hasn’t been done properly’ line. Unless they say it was a catastrophic mistake it’s now perfectly reasonable for people to expect them to fix it. And to call them incompetent when they can’t.

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pointlessmusings.bsky.social @pointlessmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Also admit to Labour’s own failures during the whole Brexit debate. Luke warm at best with regard to remain.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 21h

Well, that's what Farage says, and it's a view Labour is giving succour to: that there was some kind of anti-grav machine that successive Tory leaders for unknown reasons chose to eschew.

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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 20h

As the SNP were the third largest party in Westminster at the time, why have they been omitted?

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John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone @itsjohnmartin.bsky.social · 1d

This is Labour’s problem. They failed to oppose Brexit. They have blood on their hands!

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AladdinNoons @aladdinnoons.bsky.social · 17h

a person cleaning a rug with a brush on the floor

ALT: a person cleaning a rug with a brush on the floor

media.tenor.com

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nickequipechasee #TuckFrump @nickequipechasee.bsky.social · 17h

There's nothing on the BBC's News Website.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics

Politics | Latest News & Updates | BBC News

Get all the latest news, live updates and content about Politics from across the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kuy Von Braun II @kuyvonbraun.bsky.social · 16h

True, but even the BBC News at 6 🤷🏻‍♀️

It gets even worse though, a lot of people get their “news” from social media now…hence conspiracy theorists suddenly dominating everything 🤪🔥

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Kuy Von Braun II @kuyvonbraun.bsky.social · 17h

I do like to stress that being on Bluesky, & perhaps more importantly, being *politically engaged* on Bluesky is quite unusual.

There’s lots of stories which have barely made a ripple with the public, this is one, Trump demolishing part of the WH is another. It’s why they get away with so much

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michael @parallelmotion.bsky.social · 17h

The only thing I've seen is Peston's puff piece interview the other night.

A Jewish man unable to see fascism when it's staring him in the face...apparently.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17h

And has @itvpeston.bsky.social plugged his f*cking brain in yet (on this subject)?

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Al Smith @firehorse1966.bsky.social · 16h

It wasn't journalism. It wasn't insightful. But most importantly, it wasn't speaking truth to power.

"Do you agree that the measures you're proposing go further than Trump in severity and Idi Amin in numbers?"

It is not a difficult question to ask.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Labour can't even do its Brexit shift competently. Say it was wrong and you can make Farage carry the can. Say it was badly executed, as Labour is doing, and you support his narrative that Leave voters were betrayed.

It would be funny - except we'll all have to carry the can for their incompetence.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17h

Has the BBC and other mainstream outlets covered the Katie Lam BS yet?

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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 16h

Mueller, She Wrote has a FOIA request in court I believe to try to get the training videos released of what these FBI Agents or the scrubbers of the files were supposed to do.

He is ABSOLUTELY not innocent. f he was he would be releasing those damn files lickety split. GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Bondi put 1000+ personnel on finding and tagging Trump’s name in the Epstein files. There were training videos showing them how. I’ve filed a FOIA for those videos and have sued the government to get them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Last candidate to chair UK grooming gangs inquiry withdraws over ‘lack of trust’

Jim Gamble cites ‘vested interests’ and ‘political opportunism’, as Keir Starmer brings in Louise Casey as adviser Keir Starmer’s grooming gangs inquiry has descended into fresh turmoil after the only remaining candidate to be its chair blamed “political opportunism” and “a lack of trust” for his withdrawal as an applicant. As a key survivor called for a face-to-face meeting with the prime minister to save the inquiry, Jim Gamble, a former deputy chief constable, said the process to appoint a committee head was “toxic” and defined by “vested interests”. Continue reading...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Smart money: family offers £180,000 a year for tutor to get one-year-old into Eton

Family seeks tutor from ‘socially appropriate background’ who can provide infant with ‘comprehensive British cultural environment’ Getting paid £180,000 a year to tutor a single child might sound like a dream job but there’s a catch: the child is only one-year-old and you need to get him into Eton. A wealthy family near London is “searching for a tutor to provide a comprehensive British cultural environment” for their infant, according to an advertisement published by Tutors International, which calls itself “the hand-crafted Bentley” of private tutoring. Continue reading...

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 17h

Possibly unpopular opinion - Farage’s ‘listen love’ moment should have been a much bigger deal, if not career ending. Especially as he’s spent all summer lecturing us about cultures which have a ‘medieval attitude towards women’.