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gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 37m

It's the kind of vortex one gets pulled into when afraid of making a principled, evidence based case for relatively high levels of immigration.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 2h

Or, up until very recently, any willingness to talk about the costs of Brexit. Having waited so long to acknowledge the obvious they now have no credibility on it either.

gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 3h

They need new leadership and a new project.

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gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 3h

Nobody reads the manifesto. Fundamentally their election message was meaningful change plus no tax rises and they are realising that's impossible economically and politically. They're also chasing pathetically after right wing cultural anxiety and setting fire to their own coalition. This is why 15%

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gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 3h

I get the strategy now. Wait and see. Keep calm and carry on. Gotcha.

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gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 3h

Been a few months sir. 15% now. Just wondering how you think the Blue Labour geniuses are doing?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Manholes silence implies consent speak out, sign in front of picture of Trump

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Bob Meier @bmeier79.bsky.social · 2d

Guess who Pope Leo is referring to? 😏

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

British.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll showing labour and greens neck and neck.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Pope Leo

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gerryguk7.bsky.social @gerryguk7.bsky.social · 6d

Where was this written?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7d

The new pope is quoting Hannah Arendt. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 7d

The President using the military as his personal police force to intimidate American citizens is deeply un-American. This is the behavior of an autocrat. Full stop.