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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 11h

We don't need/want our trains without staff.
We don't need/want to order our food only through an app!
We don't need/want supermarkets without cashiers.
No matter how convenient AI may appear, we don't want soulless lives without human connection!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13h

In 1933 Adolf Hitler banned Antifa.
In 2025 Donald Trump banned Antifa.

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 13h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Ghost' plates inquiry after thousands detected in West Midlands

A parliamentary inquiry will look at reflective

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 14h

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...

Vivienne Westwood’s granddaughter criticises company as Riyadh fashion week deal announced

Brand defends decision to show in Saudi Arabia alongside Stella McCartney as ‘a way to encourage dialogue’

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15h

Trump: “If Milei loses, we will not be generous with Argentina.”

His view: South America belongs to the US.

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 14h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel limits aid and keeps Rafah crossing closed in dispute over hostage remains

Tensions high as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of 24 hostages

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 20h

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

New allegations of sexual and domestic abuse made against Jesus Army cult

Survivors fear closed church’s £25m in assets could end up in abusers’ hands

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 20h

It shouldn’t take an economist to tell us this - but maybe some of us need that - Farage, Tice, Badenoch, are you listening ….”It’s much better to invest in the technologies of the 21st Century than those of the 19th and 20th”.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20h

Document signed at yesterday's peace summit in Egypt outlines only broad principles for Gaza's future, highlighting ongoing challenges to achieving lasting resolution to the conflict.
Trump, leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey signed the agreement. The warring parties—Israel and Hamas, did not.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 21h

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Instagram restricts what teenagers can see weeks before Australia’s under-16s social media ban begins

The restrictions come as many of the companies expected to be included in the ban announce changes or express opposition

www.theguardian.com

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Nature @nature.com · 21h

Diverse bird species recognize the same vocalization to rally neighbours against invading cuckoos

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Birds’ intruder alert hints at how sounds took on new meanings

Diverse bird species recognize the same vocalization to rally neighbours against invading cuckoos. The finding plays into a broader debate about the emergence of language.

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 21h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Entire offices erased at health agency in Friday move before Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 23h

Patients think NHS staff have a magic portal to access GP’s. We have the same 8am rush or wait for over 30 minutes to speak to reception

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits

Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government

www.theguardian.com

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 1d

Crisis pregnancy centres which have been known to “misinform” women around abortion have become increasingly “professionalised” in the UK.

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres in the UK?

www.bigissue.com

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 1d

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Piano bike musician cancels tour dates after Tamworth van theft

Chloe Marie Aston is left stranded after her van is stolen while she performs on her piano bike.

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Nature’s Labubu’: why are gen Z ‘unboxing’ conkers?

The traditional playground favourite is staging a comeback – without the threat of violence

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for the annual Chris Upton Memorial Lecture on Mon 3rd November at 5.30pm tinyurl.com/UptonBaskerv... Professor Caroline Archer-Parré will be giving her talk: Inhuming and exhuming: John Baskerville’s death, burial, and post-mortem life #LibraryofBham @typetweets.bsky.social #BaskervilleSoc

Image 1 : A book - front cover facing on. Cover is a reproduction of a painting depicting a male figure wearing the traditional eighteenth-century garb of a gentleman - wig with curled up sides and frock coat with neckerchief. Title of the book at the top of the page is John Baskerville: art and industry of the Enlightenment. Names of the editors beneath this on the left of the cover.

Image 2 – Two books resting on a table, both front covers facing on. Title is A History of Birmingham in the top left of the front cover. An illustration of a bustling square – Georgian and early Victorian architecture. A group of people carrying a jardinière in the bottom left of the picture and a horse and carriage in the right. People populating the various corners of the illustration. A bookcase behind the table on which the books are resting.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:

"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."

Shots fired. ~AA

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
I have received A LOT of questions about Nathan Gill, having sat as a Brexit Party MEP alongside him in Brussels and Strasbourg. He was also the Reform leader in Wales. For those who don’t know, he has pleaded guilty to taking pro-Russian bribes over a number of months.

Obviously, I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close. He was the head of the delegation of our MEPs, so with the whip ran the day-to-day affairs of our grouping and organised activity in Brussels/Strasbourg. He was one of just two MEPs from the previous term Farage allowed to stand again.

He seemed particularly interested in Russian/Ukrainian developments which I found peculiar. There was one event, right at the beginning of our term, which he asked me and other MEPs to attend. Due to his position in the grouping, I agreed. It had a very pro-Russian slant, with individuals who claimed to be close to Putin there. For obvious reasons, I did not attend another such event.

I thought his obsession with that part of the world was strange, but given his years in the Parliament and position in the party, I didn’t think there was more to it. Other MEPs also found it unusual, but we just got on with job.

So to journalists asking, there is my response.

It is disgraceful behaviour, treasonous behaviour.

I am ashamed to have ever sat alongside him.
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