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Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you, Mike

Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 20h

@andrewrawnsley.bsky.social correctly highlighting why Tories repelled by Reform probably won’t vote for a tribute act. If they vote tactically, who they choose will decide the result of the next General Election.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The Conservatives must reclaim competence – and stop imit...

Years of blunders have wrecked the Tory brand. Mimicking Nigel Farage won’t rebuild it – owning their failures might

observer.co.uk

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 20h

@andrewrawnsley.bsky.social correctly highlighting why Tories repelled by Reform probably won’t vote for a tribute act. If they vote tactically, who they choose will decide the result of the next General Election.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The Conservatives must reclaim competence – and stop imit...

Years of blunders have wrecked the Tory brand. Mimicking Nigel Farage won’t rebuild it – owning their failures might

observer.co.uk

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Cathie Wood @cathiew.bsky.social · 1d

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Tice - "Please welcome to the stage... Nathan Gill"

So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-2)
LAB: 22% (+1)
CON: 18% (+2)
LDM: 11% (-1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (+1)

Via @opiniumresearch.bsky.social, 8-10 Oct.
Changes w/ 1-3 Oct.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t stand international breaks…

Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting how historians are close to the top of this list. I’m doing research on LLMs and historical research. ALL the LLMs I question acknowledge that they cannot be trusted to provide quotes from sources and say students should check actual sources. news.sky.com/story/money-...

Money blog: The 40 jobs 'most at risk' of AI - and 40 it can't touch

Today in Money: Several big companies - Klarna, Microsoft and Amazon - have replaced human roles with AI, but what could this technology mean for the future of your job? We speak to workers, researche...

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

"People like Neville represent a cultural and political threat, because the right wants them to think what they think - and very often they don’t."

Why Gary Neville's views on British flags made him a target for Farage

‘Gary Neville is a political threat to Nigel Farage because he doesn’t think the same' | The News Agents

Gary Neville has accused “angry, middle aged white men” of stoking division in the UK following the Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur. His comments have angered right-wing voices, but is this…

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, anti-Reform voters, and that includes some Conservatives, need to up their game here.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

The next election will be decided by tactical voting.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Could also be evidence of tactical voting.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 2d

A fascinating interview with America’s leading Christian nationalists a self described ‘theocratic libertarian’, which seems to amount to a radically free market combined with moral terrorism. Freedom for the billionaires but oppression for virtually everybody else. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform Defunding Schools

Reform UK’s Flagship Kent Council is planning to take £2 million from schools’ already-squeezed budgets to pay for vital services it can no longer afford.

Linden Kemkaran, Reform’s Kent Leader is failing.

schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-run-k...

Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid

Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies from 'DOGE' unit

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

It isn’t.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

“Compared with the kids who run foreign policy in this country, I've more respect for Putin than our lot.”

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

I think polling organisations which give Reform such high numbers and Labour such low numbers are outliers.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

At least you get to wear a stunning shirt.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Depends what you mean by well and badly.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Compared with most other polling organisations, Find Out Now consistently have Reform polling very well and Labour badly. My point is they are usually outliers, and this poll is no different.

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

What has that got to do with my point?

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Mike Towers @britpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Chronic outliers.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Claire Savage (UK not USA) @csav55.bsky.social · 4d

Proving once and for all the Labour Government is not Tory lite, nobody will ever agree with every Government policy but ditch Labour and this is what we'll get. The left and centre left majority in the Hoc need to fight against this together.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch says she will give a tax cut for private school fees and take away all the new workers rights brought in by Labour

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 4d

NEW | On the latest story about students (and sex):

THE KINK IN THE TIMES’ POSITION ON UNIVERSITIES AND FREE SPEECH

Why is a national newspaper obsessing about student societies and quoting extreme pressure groups? I think we all know the answer...

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-kink-i...

The kink in the Times' position on universities and free speech...

Why is a national newspaper obsessing about student societies and quoting extreme pressure groups? I think we all know the answer...

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 4d

One Small Step: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch, a leader unconstrained by reality.

One small step… | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“I thought you’d like that one!” Kemi Badenoch shouted as the Conservative Party rose to its feet to cheer. She chuckled happily. There’s nothing Tories like more than a tax cut, and she’d just…

thecritic.co.uk

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