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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 1d

There are five birds with the word "rainbow" in their names.

Let's meet them.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 44m

I think Reeves could get more acceptance of tax rises if she stopped being so coy and evasive about them. Instead of the garbled word salad, full of coded messages to soften the ground with bond markets, just explain to voters what's going to happen and why.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 3h

Interesting analysis of press coverage of random violence a generation ago compared with now.

Michael Shaw @mrmichaelshaw.bsky.social · 1d

It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.

I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 18h

Very much from the "you can do a logo in MS Word" school of graphic design.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19h

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

New York Post headline:

Nearly a million New
Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor
- possibly igniting largest exododus in history: poll

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 21h

There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis.

Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.

Cancer of the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum usually causes symptoms that are similar to common non-cancerous conditions. This can make it difficult to diagnose early.
If you have any of these symptoms or get these symptoms regularly, your GP should offer you cancer tests:
• a long-lasting bloated or swollen tummy
• feeling full quickly when you eat
• loss of appetite
• pain in the lower tummy area or back
• peeing (passing urine) more often than usual
• needing to pee urgently (feeling like you cannot hold on).
Other symptoms may include:
• a change in your normal bowel function (diarrhoea or constipation)
• weight loss for no obvious reason
• unexplained or extreme tiredness (fatigue)
• vaginal bleeding after the menopause.
If you are aged 50 or older and develop symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for the first time, you should also have tests. IBS can cause bloating and changes in bowel function. But it does not usually start after the age of 50.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha in the UK we turned our clocks back last weekend but the Americans only just got around to it! And they pronounce "tomato" as "elevator" and their word for "trousers" is "sidewalk"! It's like we're two totally different countries. And their president is a fascist.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Let's make this happen. Together.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/pol...

Poll predicts Keir Starmer will LOSE his seat to the Green Party at next election

Though there's still a few years left until our next General Election, the Green Party renaissance will give Sir Keir some food for thought.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't a Halloween thing, though, is it? She does this most days.

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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone on a LNER train today from Scotland to Newcastle - my mum took the wrong suitcase off the train. Her case is somewhere heading southbound. #Newcastle #LNER

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

Don't force voters to guess how best to vote tactically, when it's impossible to do so. Have the conversations, do the deals, persuade your activists - put principle, and people, ahead of party. Save the country from its descent into darkness.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

I'm begging you, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @zarahsultana.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social to not send Farage to Downing Street by splitting the progressive vote. So many will suffer if you let that happen.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

With the Tories and now Labour seeking to compete with Reform for the xenophobic anti-immigration vote, there is an opportunity - for a united progressive movement to out-manoeuvre a divided far-right. But there has to be cooperation to make it happen. And so this is my plea.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

Out of 649 MPs (Speaker excluded), just 4 won their seats with over 50% of the vote. On just over a third of the popular vote nationally, Labour got nearly two-thirds of the seats in the Commons. A fragmented anti-far-right vote risks allowing Reform to do the same next time around.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

And even though we have seen for decades how this plays out even in just a 3 or (ex-England) 4 party system - a progressive majority dividing its support and so handing victory to a united right-wing minority - parties remain too proud, stubborn and, frankly, stupid to cooperate for the greater good

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

... mis-placed confidence by pollsters will muddy the waters further, forcing everyone to guess and then second-guess what other voters might be thinking. And local party activists are proud and stubborn - they would sooner split the anti-far-right vote than help another anti-far-right candidate win

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

Never has tactical voting been more necessary but, at the same time, more difficult. Past performance, even from as recently as 2024, is no guide to who might do well in an individual constituency. Pollster prediction models all rely on past data so will be unreliable, but...

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's great to see Labour being punished for its drift to the far right, and also great to see parties challenging the toxic rhetoric on immigration and asylum prospering as a result.

But this (graph) and first-past-the-post are a recipe for disaster.

Bar graph from pollster FindOutNow, showing voting intention if a general election was called tomorrow.

Reform UK 32%
Greens 17%
Conservatives 16%
Labour 16%
Liberal Democrats 12%
Other 3%
SNP 2%
Plaid Cymru 1%

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew's 'downfall' appears to involve living for free in considerable comfort, expected to do nothing at all other than stay out of sight. Not exactly a hardship.

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

Where might Andrew live on the Sandringham estate?

The sprawling Norfolk estate is home to several properties - here is a look at where Andrew might be moving in.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Spooks Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 3d

Fun fact, Andrew is almost certainly still in line to the throne despite “losing the title”

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 4d

I'm guessing NYC is in the bottom 5 for zombie invasion readiness because it's already happened there, several times, and no one even notices.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 4d

"Only the Lib Dems can win here."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

We're just getting started.

Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.

If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 4d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.

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Daniel Owen @danieljowen.bsky.social · 4d

"I tried throwing him some coins, but he got angry with me. No pleasing some people."

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