Martin Hughes
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Martin Hughes
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Once again Elon Musk has stoked far right violence in Ireland or England.

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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There is hope

The Caerphilly by election showed that people are willing to step up & vote tactically to stop Reform
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Officials in Taiwan were quietly optimistic when Donald Trump was re-elected. Less than a year later, the island is confronting one of its deepest fears: what happens if America abandons it?
What is Taiwan’s plan B?
It is starting to hedge against the risk that America abandons it
econ.st
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Remember to vote in National Trust elections!
One vital reason to vote in the National Trust elections and for the NT endorsed candidates. We can't risk the Restore Trust candidates getting any influence on it.
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Wales generally has a left of centre political identity.

This is how Caerphilly voted.

Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them.

This is why proportional systems are so much better.
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V late to this (it’s a weekend, family stuff, etc) but..I agree with Ben. Both Katie Lam’s interview about deporting people with legal status (and the way STimes treated it) & the Christian Calgie business are disturbing egs of forgetting that ‘normal on X these days’ is very much not normal
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
Nathan Gill: a scandal with no outrage, despite having pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery. He is due to be sentenced in the Old Bailey next month, and his lawyer anticipates a custodial sentence.
Yet interest in Gill’s story is strangely minimal.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/patience-whe...
Nathan Gill: a scandal with no outrage
Russia bought themselves a senior member of the Reform party to do their bidding. He’s been found guilty – why does no one seem to care?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
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Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
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Celebrating 25 years of the Human Rights Act with the brilliant @libertyhq.bsky.social at the House of Lords hosted by Lord Alton.

The ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation.
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Keir Starmer has backed a demand for an inquiry into Prince Andrew's rent-free occupancy of a 30-room Windsor mansion.
Keir Starmer backs Prince Andrew inquiry as pressure mounts over Royal Lodge
www.mirror.co.uk
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More than a quarter of Wales’ Senedd Members have signed a letter demanding a review into whether the firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal should be eligible to bid for public contracts ✍️Martin Shipton
'Stop giving government contracts to Post Office Horizon firm'
Martin Shipton More than a quarter of Wales’ Senedd Members have signed a letter demanding a review into whether the firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal should be eligible to bid for ...
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Often these "law is an ass " stories are misleading and incomplete, but this one indeed looks ridiculous.

And urging pouring hot liquids into bins instead?
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Recommended piece here by @bsaxifrage.bsky.social.
Not the kind of analysis that should make BCers proud:
"British Columbians are aiming to shoot past even the Saudis in CO2 extraction per person."

The CO2 extractors: BC is among world's most aggressive www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/22/a...
The CO2 extractors: British Columbians are among world's most aggressive
They rocketed past the Americans decades ago. Now they are set to blow past even the Saudis with a massive new LNG industry – in charts.
www.nationalobserver.com
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Cuts to social protection for people living in poverty have created “fertile ground” for far-right movements around the world, according to a United Nations report. https://cnn.it/3JlsNyN
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There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.

There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.

There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.

There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.
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I don’t care how expensive people thought eggs were last Fall; if he had run on destroying a third of the White House he’d have lost by double digits.
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Katie Lam just blanking responsibility for previous Conservative government back in July
“The only way that you will ever stop this from happening is if everybody who comes here is detained and removed very shortly after arriving.”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges shadow Home Office Minister Katie Lam on approaches to stopping small boat crossings.

#Newsnight