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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 4h

Please let the Chinese spying witness statements be published in time for me to do a close reading of them for my @prospectmagazine.co.uk #WeeklyConstitutional post on Friday morning.

Please, legal blogging gods.

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 4h

Trump and his mob are dangling this guy as a target. "Don't criticise our sacred martyr or we'll be spiteful." It would be best to leave his memory alone rather than play the game

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 10h

That’s really pathetic. There are a lot of wonderful people in America who are fighting fascism but it’s time they lost their tourist industry. It’s particularly dangerous for women. Any unexpected pregnancy problems and you could die out there www.thenational.scot/news/2554410...

'Visa revoked': US cancels 6 visas over Charlie Kirk death jokes on social media

THE US has said it has revoked six visas over social media remarks regarding the death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk

www.thenational.scot

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 7h

“I know the world I would like to live in. It’s in my head, but I try my best to live it now.”

Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age of 78.

www.autostraddle.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 6h

The EHRC has just taken down their transphobic interim guidance 👀

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/uk-supreme-court-ruling-meaning-sex-equality-act-our-work

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 4h

A lot of nonsense about names in the replies. Names are established by usage and repute. You can have as many as you like as long as they are not used for fraud or criminal deception. No such thing as a "real name" - they are all virtual. All names are "made up". They are abstract

Deception Inside

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 4h

I don't follow TR. I do watch PMQs and Daisy was excellent. A most important question that needed to be asked

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 4h

Daily Express circulation in steepest decline

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 4h

Mirror, Daily Star and Daily Record all saw double-digit declines in both weekday and Saturday newspaper circulations in Sept 2025. Daily Express saw the biggest year-on-year decline - down 19% to 99,861 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

Newspaper ABCs: Express weekday circulation drops below 100,000

Latest ABC UK newspaper circulations for the biggest print titles including the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Financial Times and more.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 6h

The EHRC has written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, demanding that she rushes through their dreadful draft Code of Practice.

This is a bizarre intervention from a supposedly impartial public body.

Equalities watchdog urges UK ministers to ‘act with speed’ on trans guidance

EHRC writes to Bridget Phillipson over implementation of code on single-sex public spaces after supreme court ruling

www.theguardian.com

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SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 4h

@goodlawproject.org

This could be as serious as it looks. Can you take a look.

Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 10h

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 1d

I'm 51 years of age, and for all my adult life, the one constant in politics is 'we need to talk about immigration'. Could we try just try shutting the fuck up about it, actually?

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 4h

My telephone number is less than that 🫠

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 4h

Mobile phone tracking

"This data trove, the majority of which spans 2007 to 2014, is one of the largest disclosures to date of the inner workings of the vast surveillance industry"

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

We teamed up with more than a dozen international newsrooms on an 18-month odyssey to expose a shadowy surveillance firm whose phone-tracking tech has been used by repressive regimes, corporate spooks, and Vatican leak hunters.

It's worth the read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 8h

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Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government

Taxpayer money has gone towards funding anti-abortion groups and crisis pregnancy centres in the UK.

www.bigissue.com

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 8h

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 8h

Alex Jones is a vicious turd who, if there was justice in this world, should die penniless in the gutter

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 8h

Alex Jones is a vicious turd who, if there was justice in this world, should die penniless in the gutter

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: The Security Service should investigate claims that Elon Musk is funding Tommy Robinson’s legal costs, Keir Starmer has been told

Call for MI5 probe into Elon Musk 'funding' Tommy Robinson legal fees

www.thenational.scot

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 9h

It has indeed. It has handed control of them to a small group of far right extremists, who do not represent the people of the UK but to whom it has outsourced its policy direction nonetheless. If it wishes to take back control, it could start by paying proper attention to its treaty commitments.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

GOV. WALZ: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business — the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Trump’s the one with government interference." (From @atrupar.com )

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 9h

No-one knew who he was before he was shot. Now Trump's made a target of him all over again. There are better things to take aim at. Let the guy melt into the mists of history

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: The US has said it has revoked six visas over social media remarks regarding the death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk

The Department of State said it had 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'

'Visa revoked': US cancels 6 visas over Charlie Kirk death jokes on social media

www.thenational.scot

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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National Secular Society @natsecsoc.bsky.social · 10h

The mayor of Tower Hamlets has praised a fun run in East London for "bringing communities together", despite the fact that women and girls over the age of 12 were not permitted to participate.

Community events should promote cohesion, not misogyny.

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Mayor defends mosque fun run decision to ban women and girls over 12

The website claimed the event was ‘family friendly’ and ‘inclusive’, despite not being open to women and girls over the age of 12

www.standard.co.uk

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 14h

Honestly, I’ve been banging on about this for years. They have been desperately trying to scupper our buffer zone laws with stunt arrests and legal cases. Human rights orgs in USA have them a designated extremist hate group.

Emma Haslett @emmahaslett.bsky.social · 1d

This is a huge story but massively under the radar in the UK.

A US Christian legal org called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is working to roll back abortion rights here using the same playbook it used in the US: briefing politicians, watching, waiting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 12h

@peterjukes.bsky.social
This is extremely significant. Can you amplify it?

TACC @tacc.org.uk · 1d

Today, we and the Trans Exile Network have made a joint submission to the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK Supreme Court's judgment in the For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers case of April 2025.

tacc.org.uk/2025/10/14/p...

Press Release – Submission to the CoE Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK’s non-compliance in Goodwin v. UK - tacc.org.uk

Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK. Today, the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective ...

tacc.org.uk

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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social · 1d

I did 😎