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DrRoyBailey
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Former senior police officer, lecturer and business consultant. Bracknell Constituency Labour Party Chair and councillor. Doctorate in criminal justice. Commentator on policing and criminal justice. Carer, anti racist and Oxford United fan. #FRSA
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Low life reform
December 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I was privileged to watch the Christmas show performed by the older pupils at Kennel Lane Special School in Bracknell this morning. The enjoyment of the occasion was etched on the faces of all those children taking part. Thank you to all the pupils and the staff for making this such a pleasure.
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Keir Starmer has authorised an "urgent" review into the extent of foreign interference in British politics as he prepares to change the law to tighten donation rules.

That’s good news but a full public inquiry into Russian interference in UK politics and democracy is still needed
🚨A Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY has hit the threshold for a debate, but a debate isn’t automatic. MPs need to show support.

Email your MP NOW & ask them to publicly support the call for a Commons debate
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Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK DEMOCRACY hits threshold
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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This week our Reform correspondent takes a look at the racism allegations surrounding Nigel Farage and talks to the journalist and author Michael Crick who first confronted the party leader about schoolboy anti-semitism over a decade ago
#TheNerve
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
‘He was a bully at school, he's a bully now’: the long history of racism allegations against Nigel Farage
John Sweeney talks to the journalist and author Michael Crick, who confronted the Reform leader with allegations of schoolboy antisemitism over a decade ago. How does he feel about the party’s positio...
www.thenerve.news
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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BBC says it will defend itself against Trump’s $10bn lawsuit

www.channel4.com/news/bbc-say...
BBC says it will defend itself against Trump’s $10bn lawsuit
The BBC says it will defend itself against the $10 billion lawsuit filed against it by US President Donald Trump.
www.channel4.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Neil Kinnock on the horror of social media re politics today
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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How the US is going after opponents using 'domestic extremist' laws and tax investigations.

Similar tactics were used during the civil rights protests in the 1960s.

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How the US is going after opponents using tax investigations - news you might have missed
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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December 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos have amassed more than a billion views this year, as opportunists attempt to use AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The police commander leading the press conference about the terrorism on Bond Beach is giving an object lesson in calm, authoritative and clear communication.
December 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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So, Farage who’d previously failed 7 times to be an MP, decided that in Clacton he’d rely on his old Brexit friends - cheating (and racism) - to get him his win.
With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates
Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspending
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
What a brilliant, articulate and lovely young woman speaking now on #Newsnight about the misogyny and bullying of Joey Barton.
December 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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We talked a lot about how to deal with the UK’s NEET problem, which became incredibly topical less than a few hours later 🎧👇
🆕 SUNDAY SCHOOL: Algorithm & Blues

🙉 How social media feeds us right-wing propaganda
🪖 National service in France, Germany... and UK?
🧺 Good news on the laundry front

With @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4knY...

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Sunday School: Algorithm & Blues
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 07/12/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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This Is The Reality In Chump's
America.......
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Source: BBC
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What a stark contrast there is between the liberal, evidence based views of Matthew Wright and the shock jock populism of Nick Ferrari. Both are LBC presenters and they are a million miles apart in their attitudes and values. Wright gives me hope and Ferrari brings despair #LBC
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM