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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 1d

I’m old enough to remember when the Tories were called the “natural party of government”. Not any more after George Osborne’s austerity, Boris Johnson’s Brexit, PartyGate and the Liz Truss debacle. Sharp analysis from @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social this week #politics👇

Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social · 1d

There's a potential path back for the Tories, but not by being a Reform tribute act
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The Conservatives must reclaim competence – and stop imit...

Years of blunders have wrecked the Tory brand. Mimicking Nigel Farage won’t rebuild it – owning their failures might

observer.co.uk

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 1d

Travel reminder - from today non-EU citizens travelling to the Schengen area – 29 countries, including 25 in the EU, plus Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein and Iceland – will enter using the new biometric border check system #EES #travel #Europe 👇
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Europe’s new biometric border checks: what do non-EU travellers need to know?

Visitors arriving in any of the Schengen area’s 29 countries will have their faces and fingerprints scanned under the new entry/exit system

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 1d

Shocking viewing from #JoeWicks 👏👏👏 How the ‘big food’ industry is harming us and our children - and it’s legal 🤔 #UltraProcessedFoods #Defra #FoodStandards #cancer #heartattack #stroke👇
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Joe Wicks: Licensed to Kill review – TV so vile you’ll never touch a protein bar again

The lockdown star pulls a Jamie Oliver and gets political, creating a ‘killer’ snack bar that’s as harmful as possible ... to show up how hellish some of those on the market are. It’s frightening vie...

www.theguardian.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 3d

#Trump and #AmericaFirst 🤔

Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 4d

"Since September, at least six unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents. That number is likely higher, but the social invisibility and isolation already faced by people experiencing homelessness make their disappearances harder to track" by @katieprout.bsky.social @mulchy.bsky.social

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 3d

A welcome and refreshing look at the issues of asylum and immigration - serious listening and strongly recommended if you want a better understanding👇 #RestIsPolitics #asylum #immigration #refugees

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 6d

Profiteering from the misery of asylum seekers 🤔 #asylum #ClearSpringsReadyHomes #HomeOfficeUK #TheIoD #britishchambers

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 6d

👉 #Renewables 😀 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 6d

#Israel 🤔

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

Into the ground #Conservatives 😂😂😂 (but it’s really not funny)

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 7d

‘We have proved we can run the economy’: Conservative MP
www.channel4.com/news/we-have...

‘We have proved we can run the economy’: Conservative MP

Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge speaks to Cathy Newman at the Conservative party conference,

www.channel4.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

Government getting it badly wrong #KeirStarmer #YvetteCooper #RightToProtest

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

Churchill would turn in his grave #ReformUK and #Conservatives 🤔

Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social · 8d

Presumably Nigel Farage wants the UK to join Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR because he admires Putin so much. I guess Kemi Badenoch wants to leave only because Farage has already promised to do it.

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

#StandWithUkraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

#StandWithUkraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🇨🇦https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/05/russian-drones-missiles-bombard-attack-ukraine-lviv?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Four killed as Russian drones and missiles bombard Ukrainian city of Lviv

City, which sits just 70km from Polish border, suffers one of its most serious attacks since the start of the war

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

Wonder if they are proud of this? #KeirStarmer #YvetteCooper #RightToProtest

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 8d

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

#Prixdel’ArcdeTriomphe 🏇

Greg Wood @gregwood.bsky.social · 7d

Just under an hour until the 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, follow all the action on Arc day on the Guardian’s live blog ….

www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2025: horse racing – live

Rolling report: Join Tony Paley for updates as Flat racing convenes at Longchamp for one of its biggest days of the racing calendar

www.theguardian.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

Hear, hear #immigration

Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 7d

The closer than the Tories get to Reform, the more it makes sense for Labour to leave them to it and head back towards the centre. Stop bashing immigrants 24/7 and concentrate on the important stuff.

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

#ReformUK👇

KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 7d

John O'Connell

Hard to find a more accurate, succinct summary of the Reform Party.

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

#Retail #Shopping #HighStreet

Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social · 9d

I completely agree with this paragraph in Giles Coren’s column about department stores. Going out is the point

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 7d

👉 Clear and present danger #Putin #Russia #NATO

The Economist @economist.com · 7d

Vladimir Putin is doing something new and dangerous in Europe. If Russia thinks it can get away with limited acts of aggression against the West, something really dangerous might one day happen

Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity

NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within

econ.st

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 8d

How to hobble our farmers 🤔
“In July, the government removed the jobs farmer and agricultural contractor from the skilled worker visa list … as the Labour government aims to bring down the number of people arriving in the UK …” #PeterKyle #agriculure #farming👇 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled workers visas

Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 8d

The government still digging that hole for themselves 🤔 #RightToProtest

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8d

Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 8d

The call to ‘Renew Britain’ after the self-sabotage of leaving Europe (but we can’t admit that, can we). Thoughtful piece by @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social this week👇
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s not enough to be up for the fight – Keir Starmer mus...

A harder challenge lies ahead for the prime minister – persuading voters and some within his party that he can deliver

observer.co.uk

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 8d

#Farage👇

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8d

🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

bylinetimes.com

Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 8d

When government gets it wrong. Surely, haven’t our police got more important things to do? #RightToProtest

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Ian Cambrook @iancambrook.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth messing with the US military again 🤔 #Trump #AmericaFirst 🇺🇸