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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 12h

What's this?

An actual media story being positive about the real achievements the Labour government are making towards delivering their manifesto.

I know many of you already know this fact, but isn't it good to see someone in the media reporting it?

Thank you @politicsjoe.bsky.social

Labour has already delivered or making progress towards two-thirds of its manifesto pledges

The Labour government has already delivered or is making progress towards around two thirds of its manifesto pledges, after just over a year in power.

www.joe.co.uk

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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 8h

Price controls could help tackle inflation.

But just like with wealth taxes, public ownership and reversing austerity, the Government is failing to act.

This is not the change voters voted for.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 10h

UK to have highest inflation in G7, IMF says

Price rises in the UK are to be the highest among the G7 club of industrialised nations, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

news.sky.com

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beeber55.bsky.social @beeber55.bsky.social · 7h

beeber55.bsky.social @beeber55.bsky.social · 8h

Netanyahu sold himself to voters as the “Trump whisperer" so he has to accept Trump’s diktats as his own. Netanyahu has spun all this as part of his plans – he is “a master at disguising retreat as advance”. But the illusion is wearing thin.

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rcam.bsky.social @rcam.bsky.social · 9h

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 22h

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

I had told you the police were wrong in this case.

I said it did NOT PROVE that the government had banned legitimate protest about Gaza, as many claimed.

It was the police over stepping. And now they have had to apologise and pay damages.

Legal protest IS allowed. Supporting banned groups is not.

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

"Reform is a party that isn't particularly interested in Wales."

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorweth tells Jackie Long Reform UK is only interested in getting Nigel Farage into Downing Street.

Read and watch:

www.channel4.com/news/plaid-c...

Plaid Cymru leader calls for ‘progressive alliance’ to tackle ‘populist right’

The leader of Plaid Cymru says the party’s ready to replace Labour in next May’s Senedd elections.

www.channel4.com

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 15h

Flood defences

The government is simplifying the rules for funding & delivering flood defences - the first update for 15 years when the rules come into effect for the next flood defence programme starting in April 2026.

Change include:

+ Embedding natural flood defences in the system

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Deprived communities to get new flood defences faster

A record £10.5 billion investment in flood defences will defend nearly 900,000 properties in England, with new rules to get defences built more quickly.

www.gov.uk

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Jocky Wulsin 🌹 @britainscot.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you're right, the evidence that farage is a Putin stooge is overwhelming, here's another bit of evidence, what a coincidence!

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Donna Halper @devorahleah.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure everyone in Massachusetts feels safer now that ICE detained a 13 year old Brazilian immigrant on his way to school & shipped him 500 miles from his mom. (She's authorized to work & has an upcoming asylum hearing.) How does detaining her son (who broke no laws) make us a better country?🤦‍♀️

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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beeber55.bsky.social @beeber55.bsky.social · 15h

Oh dear. The woman is the foundation stone of most of tge ills of modern Britain.

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💙🦋🌊 Political Americans 🌊🦋💙 @politicalamericans.bsky.social · 1d

It's infuriating.

Republicans are NEVER held accountable for their flip-flopping hypocrisy.

But the U.S. media has a bloodlust for destroying Democrats whenever they even consider evolving their stance on an issue.

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beeber55.bsky.social @beeber55.bsky.social · 15h

Perhaps they meant rainwater gathered from the top of everest in an organically produced pitcher plant?

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 23h

Trump never would’ve had the same class as Biden did here

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein Files remains the only hostage not released.

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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!