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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 3h

If you are a member of the National Trust and also despise the Reform tendency, please vote in the AGM to keep the astroturf candidates of Restore Trust out of power.

You can find the names to avoid here, at this deliberately broken link: https:// www. restoretrust. org. uk / agm-2025

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.

Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October

Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.

Then share. Thank you.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4d

The more I think about her actual words, and how appallingly under-reported/understood they still seem to be, the more shocked & disgusted I am.

SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 4d

Given Lam's appalling comments, the UK government needs to make it free for those with permanent leave to remain to obtain British citizenship, to promote people making the change, and to make it quicker.

They need to do that to remove understandable anxiety.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7d

There may not be obvious parallels with Jan 6th, conduct-wise, but the message is identical: laws are to be abused in pursuit of Trump’s foes & ignored in relation to his allies. He is telling his base that they can commit crimes with impunity. Fascism 101.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 7d

President Trump has commuted the seven-year prison sentence of the disgraced congressman George Santos, who was jailed for fraud

Trump commutes sentence of disgraced congressman George Santos

www.thetimes.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9d

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 9d

Immigrants at two removal centres get free art, IT & English classes. complained Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp who described it as “woke nonsense.”

The Home Office pointed out the contract was awarded by the Tories. Under Chris Philp.

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 9d

Confront the racists. Always. Never take a backward step. Make it very, very clear what they are. At a bare minimum, those who vote for them should know what it is they are endorsing.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9d

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 10d

Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 12d

"Ringing the bell for the butler can feel like the only option when your nutritional needs are not being met"

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 12d

Private school can feel like the only option when the state system isn’t meeting your child’s needs, but the financial burden goes far beyond school fees ⬇️

School fees were a shock, then came VAT, uniforms, trips …

www.thetimes.com

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 12d

Like I don't mean to keep going on about this but my schools didn't have enough geography textbooks for every student, and many of the classrooms were temporary caravan-like structures on the playground. And I didn't go to particularly bad schools!

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 12d

One of the things I like the most about the current government is that the vast majority of the cabinet went to normal schools. The people making decisions grew up in the real world and not like this:

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 12d

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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George Hotchkiss @hotchkiss13.bsky.social · 12d

And for as long as a high % of the political class pay for education they have little motivation to make state education excellent.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 12d

Private Education isn't about education, it's about access to networks of privilege.
The only level playing field in education is HE and state school students outperform their privately educated peers at university.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 12d

Private school can feel like the only option when the state system isn’t meeting your child’s needs, but the financial burden goes far beyond school fees ⬇️

School fees were a shock, then came VAT, uniforms, trips …

www.thetimes.com

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Tim Schofield 🌹 @timschofield.org.uk · 12d

Patriotism is about wanting the best for your country and all of the people in it. Attaching to a lamppost a flag made in China and paid for by a New Zealand billionaire isn't patriotic. Shouting at a hotel becuase it houses desperate refugees isn't patriotic.

It's not hard people.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 12d

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 13d

Apparently, the couple are divided about where to send Prince George, Eton or Marlborough.
Those who subcontract parenting to nannies and boarding schools have zero understanding of normal family life.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 16d

Phones creating 'epidemic of disconnection' in families, says Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales has said smartphones and computer screens create "an epidemic of disconnection" within families.

news.sky.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16d

The chap on the left once defended marriage between siblings in a live interview on GB News.

By all accounts it was too much even for GB News viewers.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 16d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Roger Whitewick @rogerwhitewick.bsky.social · 16d

Methinks he doth protest too much!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16d

I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 17d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Roger Whitewick @rogerwhitewick.bsky.social · 23d

It was frustrating at times but whenever I thought of giving up, I remembered Thatcher was the Prime Minister! Badenoch doesn’t seem to think she needs to do anything.