Anne Newton
@grannanne07.bsky.social
Mancunian - retired education admin. Interests include arts, politics, gardening. #FBPE
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Over 1,400 Glasgow schoolchildren claim Gaelic as their first language. They too are included in “English not a first language” statistics. Curiously, they were not the target of Farage’s outrage. They are white. His attack is not about language, it is about race.
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How Farage Weaponised a TRUE Statistic
Why it's not just disinformation that's dangerous - it's missing context too.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Over 1,400 Glasgow schoolchildren claim Gaelic as their first language. They too are included in “English not a first language” statistics. Curiously, they were not the target of Farage’s outrage. They are white. His attack is not about language, it is about race.
open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...?
open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...?
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It seems people are so busy slagging off the idea of apprenticeships that they’ve failed to read this important detail:
As part of the package, the government will also cover the full cost of apprenticeships for eligible young people under 25 at small and medium-sized businesses
As part of the package, the government will also cover the full cost of apprenticeships for eligible young people under 25 at small and medium-sized businesses
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It seems people are so busy slagging off the idea of apprenticeships that they’ve failed to read this important detail:
As part of the package, the government will also cover the full cost of apprenticeships for eligible young people under 25 at small and medium-sized businesses
As part of the package, the government will also cover the full cost of apprenticeships for eligible young people under 25 at small and medium-sized businesses
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Good to see another Labour minister on Bsky.
Corruption threatens our national security, undermines legitimate business and steals money from working people’s pockets.
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Good to see another Labour minister on Bsky.
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If you didn't know, this is big and what many of you have been calling for - look at the details...
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you didn't know, this is big and what many of you have been calling for - look at the details...
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
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Whenever anyone comes up with a solution for rail congestion around Manchester (with all the knock-on impacts to the wider region), the government says "That's fine, but come back and tell us what you can do for 25 quid and some colourful pebbles." share.google/NySDPOo3aCmB...
Bridge proposed to address Piccadilly’s platform 13 and 14 quandary - Place North West
Overcrowding on the Manchester station’s only two through-platforms continues to cause a headache for Network Rail, which is exploring a possible solution.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Whenever anyone comes up with a solution for rail congestion around Manchester (with all the knock-on impacts to the wider region), the government says "That's fine, but come back and tell us what you can do for 25 quid and some colourful pebbles." share.google/NySDPOo3aCmB...
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The establishment moved swiftly to silence David Lammy but he speaks for so many when he says Britain will only get poorer if we continue trade isolation politics open.substack.com/pub/denismac... @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @tombaldwin66.bsky.social
David Lammy Breaks Labour Omerta on Europe
In pointing out that there would be advantages to Britain’s economy in being back in a Custom Union with Europe, the Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, is rather like the earlier advocates of the ref...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The establishment moved swiftly to silence David Lammy but he speaks for so many when he says Britain will only get poorer if we continue trade isolation politics open.substack.com/pub/denismac... @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @tombaldwin66.bsky.social
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A positive take on a dark day
This is the best analysis I’ve read about Trump’s alignment with Putin, and the future for Ukraine and Europe
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
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December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A positive take on a dark day
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The Deputy PM convenes first ever meeting of legal and business leaders to spearhead plan to future-proof UK legal sector!
The sector is worth £42.6bn to the UK and The English Law Promotion Panel has been formed as part of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy to drive economic growth.
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The sector is worth £42.6bn to the UK and The English Law Promotion Panel has been formed as part of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy to drive economic growth.
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Deputy Prime Minister convenes legal and business leaders to spearhead plan to future-proof UK legal sector
A new expert panel chaired by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy will meet for the first time today (Monday 8 December), to make sure the UK remains a leading global centre for legal services.
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Deputy PM convenes first ever meeting of legal and business leaders to spearhead plan to future-proof UK legal sector!
The sector is worth £42.6bn to the UK and The English Law Promotion Panel has been formed as part of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy to drive economic growth.
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The sector is worth £42.6bn to the UK and The English Law Promotion Panel has been formed as part of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy to drive economic growth.
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Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash
Whether using frozen Russian assets, ramping up defence production or deepening the relationship with the EU, it’s up to us to secure Ukraine’s future, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash
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Farage was 17. This boy was 9
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away.”
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away.”
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Farage was 17. This boy was 9
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away.”
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away.”
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Note to BBC: There is absolutely no need to treat Michael Gove with any respect and deference just because he now happens to be ‘Lord Gove’.
He’s still a deeply dishonest, slimy individual with a shocking record of destruction when in office, that the UK will take a generation to recover from. Ok?
He’s still a deeply dishonest, slimy individual with a shocking record of destruction when in office, that the UK will take a generation to recover from. Ok?
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Note to BBC: There is absolutely no need to treat Michael Gove with any respect and deference just because he now happens to be ‘Lord Gove’.
He’s still a deeply dishonest, slimy individual with a shocking record of destruction when in office, that the UK will take a generation to recover from. Ok?
He’s still a deeply dishonest, slimy individual with a shocking record of destruction when in office, that the UK will take a generation to recover from. Ok?
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Just what is Labour doing to support families?
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Just what is Labour doing to support families?
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
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Best Start Family Hubs
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
Access to early SEND support through Best Start Family Hubs
Best Start Family Hubs to act as one-stop-shop for parents with SEND professional and services to support speech and language development confirmed.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Best Start Family Hubs
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
You may have missed that the Labour government is setting up these new hubs - a rebranded & modernised version of Sure Start!
The latest announcement is that from April they will act as a one-stop-shop for SEND support, & speech & language services!
Great stuff from Labour!
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Boris Johnson was paid £2,291 an hour by the offshore Farageist owners of the Telegraph. He delivered the Brexit they craved. Who had he been working for, them or the British people? Big money payments to parties and politicians must be made illegal. Politics must not be a billionaires' plaything.
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Boris Johnson was paid £2,291 an hour by the offshore Farageist owners of the Telegraph. He delivered the Brexit they craved. Who had he been working for, them or the British people? Big money payments to parties and politicians must be made illegal. Politics must not be a billionaires' plaything.
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The UK & Germany have announced plans to work even more closely together to unlock the vast potential of quantum technology.
The £14m for quantum tech is part of a suite of joint science and tech announcements to mark the final day of the German State Visit to the UK.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The £14m for quantum tech is part of a suite of joint science and tech announcements to mark the final day of the German State Visit to the UK.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK and Germany deepen science and tech ties with £14 million to unlock quantum’s vast potential
The UK and Germany have announced plans to work even more closely together to unlock the vast potential of quantum technology.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The UK & Germany have announced plans to work even more closely together to unlock the vast potential of quantum technology.
The £14m for quantum tech is part of a suite of joint science and tech announcements to mark the final day of the German State Visit to the UK.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The £14m for quantum tech is part of a suite of joint science and tech announcements to mark the final day of the German State Visit to the UK.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Holocaust survivors: “Those who hope to lead our country should never divide people by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about moral responsibility.”
https://bit.ly/4pPHU2W
https://bit.ly/4pPHU2W
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Holocaust survivors: “Those who hope to lead our country should never divide people by race or religion. Antisemitic hatred must never be normalised. This moment is about moral responsibility.”
https://bit.ly/4pPHU2W
https://bit.ly/4pPHU2W
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Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
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Rather than lauding him as some kind of masterful orator, maybe BBC News should be doing some actual journalism and investigating things like this?
It's all happening right before our eyes but the BBC's eyes are firmly shut when it comes to Farage.
It's all happening right before our eyes but the BBC's eyes are firmly shut when it comes to Farage.
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Rather than lauding him as some kind of masterful orator, maybe BBC News should be doing some actual journalism and investigating things like this?
It's all happening right before our eyes but the BBC's eyes are firmly shut when it comes to Farage.
It's all happening right before our eyes but the BBC's eyes are firmly shut when it comes to Farage.
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& there are signs now of govt recognising that. Will it last? Is it too late? Will they cock it up? possibly, but I wanted to write this week about recognising a good thing when you see it rather than immediately jumping to all the reasons it’s not good enough www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want | Gaby Hinsliff
From tackling child poverty to being honest about Brexit, the party seems to have recognised the growing electoral threat to its left, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
& there are signs now of govt recognising that. Will it last? Is it too late? Will they cock it up? possibly, but I wanted to write this week about recognising a good thing when you see it rather than immediately jumping to all the reasons it’s not good enough www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Alf Garnett the character was but the point of the show was to show what an idiot he was not an acceptable role model.
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alf Garnett the character was but the point of the show was to show what an idiot he was not an acceptable role model.
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Fair play www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fair play www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour has also recruited 2,500 new GPs & announced 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres to make it even easier to see a doctor when you need to
#Labour
#Labour
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Labour has also recruited 2,500 new GPs & announced 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres to make it even easier to see a doctor when you need to
#Labour
#Labour
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Works in progress: inside Hebden Bridge Open Studios
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
Works in progress: inside Hebden Bridge Open Studios
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Works in progress: inside Hebden Bridge Open Studios
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
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The government's plans to train more teachers are working.
The numbers training this year, 32k, is the highest since the pandemic.
It is 11% higher than last year.
For the first time ever the target for trainees in STEM subjects has been exceeded, with over 6700 in training, a 21% increase.
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The numbers training this year, 32k, is the highest since the pandemic.
It is 11% higher than last year.
For the first time ever the target for trainees in STEM subjects has been exceeded, with over 6700 in training, a 21% increase.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The government's plans to train more teachers are working.
The numbers training this year, 32k, is the highest since the pandemic.
It is 11% higher than last year.
For the first time ever the target for trainees in STEM subjects has been exceeded, with over 6700 in training, a 21% increase.
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The numbers training this year, 32k, is the highest since the pandemic.
It is 11% higher than last year.
For the first time ever the target for trainees in STEM subjects has been exceeded, with over 6700 in training, a 21% increase.
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