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Dennis Patton @dennispatton.bsky.social · 1h

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www.frenchentree.com/living-in-fr....

France’s New Language Requirements: Your FAQs on Residency & Citizenship - FrenchEntrée

There has been plenty of talk recently about France increasing the levels required for its compulsory language tests, but there’s also been a lot of misinformation and confusion over when and how thes...

www.frenchentree.com

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 2h

Obviously. You often ‘sarcastic’ about genocide?

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4h

Unbeatable Times picture/caption combo on Oxford PPE student who led chants of " put the Zios in the ground” at London rally.

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 5h

What’s that Jeremy? Your private healthcare couldn’t save your life but the NHS could?

People need to think long and hard about voting for Reform, Farage openly says we need insurance based healthcare, but what about people who can’t afford it?

They die. It’s simple.

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing Jeremy Clarkson u-turns on his criticism of the NHS after receiving urgent treatment his private care couldn’t provide.

Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter, who called service ‘a creaking monster’, says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

www.independent.co.uk

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Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds reut.rs/4nYthdq

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 21h

UK will be second-fastest-growing G7 economy this year and next, IMF predicts.

Almost as if Rachel Reeves knows what she is doing.

UK forecast to be second-fastest growing economy in G7 - IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded the rate at which the UK economy will grow this year.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Aidan Skinner @aidan.skinner.me.uk · 1d

Glad to see this analysis of the SNP currency plans in @scotnational.bsky.social newsletter from last night:

"Upon independence, Scotland is expected to continue losing around 8% to 10% of its GDP [...] this means that the Scottish private sector must shrink by between 5% to 7% each year."

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

It certainly feels like the Labour government is about to transition to the next phase of the Brexit debate by publicly acknowledging the damage it's done to the economy.

Starmer is due to say it. Streeting already has.

This is not the start of reversing Brexit, but placing blame where it's due.

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

What are the chances that the 29% who chose Thatcher come from a certain older generation?

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years

Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%

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

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

No it doesn’t and no they wouldn’t be suppressed.

Do you actually understand what an Unexplained Wealth Order is & what Ira legal basis is?

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

Elon Musk's key ventures:

SpaceX
xAI
Model X
YaXley-Lennon

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 1d

If you continue to hold on to your X account..
If you continue to drive a Tesla...
If you continue using Starlink...

Remember who and what you’re supporting.
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

The National Crime Agency ought to apply for a Unexplained Wealth Order in relation to a Stephen Yexley Lennon.

Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 1d

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin. He had more than £13,000 and 1,900 euros in cash with him, told officers he was driving his silver Bentley to Benidorm for a couple of days when he was stopped. As you do!

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin, court told

Tommy Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is standing trial after being charged under the terrorism act

www.standard.co.uk

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

To call Kemi Badenoch inept would be an understatement of epic proportions.

She is totally out of her depth on every issue.

UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 1d

Labour’s Dan Jarvis wiped the floor with Badenoch. #ukpolitics

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is telling everyone in this country what he stands for.

Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 1d

If true, it's an open question which of them this reflects more badly upon.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

Always makes me giggle that naive flag shaggers up and down the land fund all this and his many holidays. Utterly gullible fools.

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve missed that.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

presented without comment

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Nigel Farage tells crypto conference ‘I am your champion’

[FREE TO READ] Reform UK leader touts plans to create a state-owned bitcoin reserve

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is funding Tommy Robinson's court battles, along with other online fans to keep him in Bentleys
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...

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www.telegraph.co.uk

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember when the US was going to end all cooperation with the UK over the Chagos deal. Now apparently they both are and aren't mad about Jonathan Powell.

Perhaps, just maybe, Badenoch and the party have no clue about this US administration whatsoever?

Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, actually wild stuff to say on today of all days when it's pretty good news all round.

The Guardian live page update from today:

Referring to the post from Steve Witkoff this morning (see 9.53am), Badenoch said:

■ I was not born yesterday. I think it is actually very sad that the government is having to beg people to send tweets to say something nice about Jonathan Powell.

The American ambassador to Israel has actually criticised the government, saying they are delusional for saying that they have anything to do with this peace deal.

I think that that is quite tragic, the way that the UK's reputation is falling under this Labour government.

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Farage - doing Putin’s job for him

Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK faces formal complaint of 'false and misleading' statements

The Ukrainian community in Caerphilly accuse Nigel Farage's party of publishing 'false and misleading' statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Reform UK faces formal complaint of 'false and misleading' statements

The Ukrainian community in Caerphilly accuse Nigel Farage's party of publishing 'false and misleading' statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK faces formal complaint of 'false and misleading' statements

The Ukrainian community in Caerphilly accuse Nigel Farage's party of publishing 'false and misleading' statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Reform UK faces formal complaint of 'false and misleading' statements

The Ukrainian community in Caerphilly accuse Nigel Farage's party of publishing 'false and misleading' statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme

www.walesonline.co.uk

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