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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22h

But the lobby said Badenoch's speech was a triumphant success? I don't understand?

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 22h

Our latest Westminster voting intention (12-13 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov

Reform UK: 27% (no change from 5-6 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 16% (-1)
Greens: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 14h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 22h

An imperfect peace is always preferable to war.

I hope this ceasefire holds. I’m glad that the final Israeli hostages have been freed. I hope the ceasefire provides relief to the people of Gaza. The genocide is over!

Now the world must hold both Israel and Hamas to account for their war crimes.

A "ray of light" in Gaza as aid begins arriving, OCHA says

The remaining living hostages being held in Gaza are now free as regional leaders work to implement the next phase of the ceasefire agreement. Follow for live news updates.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement.
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Lord Patten on Robert Jenrick: "Some of the things he says are pretty awful and he knows exactly who he's appealing to with these remarks." ~AA

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 1d

Two thoughts:
1. The only symbol worse than one that looks uncannily like a Germanic iron cross is one that looks like a swastika.
2. Consciously defining yourself as “left”, “centre” or “right” in your name or slogans is a failure of political communication. These terms mean little to most voters.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

UKIP's new logo looks a bit Far Righty.

Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing makes you appreciate immigration quite like being admitted into hospital.

Over my five days, I met NHS medical staff from the UK, Romania, India, Jamaica, the Philippines, the Middle East and no doubt many other parts of the world.

Our NHS couldn’t survive without immigrants!

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 1d

I’m finally back home after spending five days in hospital. I am feeling a lot better now. Thank you to all the NHS doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and other staff who looked after me. Each and every one of them are angels. I am extremely grateful to them. ☺️🏥💙

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 1d

I’m finally back home after spending five days in hospital. I am feeling a lot better now. Thank you to all the NHS doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and other staff who looked after me. Each and every one of them are angels. I am extremely grateful to them. ☺️🏥💙

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 3d

“Have you ever notice how you can drive by the same trees or signs until you stop noticing them, until one disappears?”

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thank you Gordon Brown 👏

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies

In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 4d

Aggregate Result of the 122 Council By-Elections (for 125 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:

RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)

Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...

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Chelle 🔵 @chelle78.bsky.social · 4d

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I’m just glad it went to someone standing up for democracy instead of tearing it apart!

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

Invading Norway because he didn't get the peace prize would be so on brand.

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 5d

another day in very normal times

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5d

After pointing out that she's an immigrant Joanna Lumley asks why we don't fix the problems that create asylum seekers and address climate change

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

Heseltine thinks we should throw Brexit in the bin.

I agree, do you?

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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · 6d

UK screwed

Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein in single market via EEA? Not screwed

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Existential threat’: what do EU’s 50% steel tariffs mean for UK industry?

Why UK steel sector is alarmed by prospect of punitive tariffs from its biggest customer

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6d

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6d

Genuinely outstanding news, even if this news story can apparently only report on it by cramming it full of every objection imaginable. People should be able to drink as late as they please. And by 'people' I mean me.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 6d

The Conservative Party is a dying party.

Badenoch’s speech was average at best. She did nothing to address the threats from both the Lib Dems and Reform UK.

The Tories’ complete lack of awareness of the consequences of austerity, Brexit, COVID mismanagement and Truss’ budget is astounding. #CPC25

Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 7d

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Jeyaretnam 🔸 (she/her) @liberalisms.bsky.social · 6d

Why does what Badenoch say get so much attention. Why does everyone respond? It’s just fiction. LibDems are currently level-pegging with the Tories in the polls and everyone is beating the Tories in council by-elections. Their own members didn’t even attend their conference.

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