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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1h

Or frogs.

Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 1h

That makes sense.

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 2h

Neil has always been enlightened.

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 2h

Good for Gary.

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

'The majority of immigrants contribute more than they take.'
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'

Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.

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The Economist @economist.com · 6h

Gaza is awash with guns and desperate people, and Hamas has no interest in relinquishing its weapons. More repression and chaos may await the devastated strip

Fighting flares in Gaza as Donald Trump says “The war is over”

Clashes between Hamas and armed gangs threaten his peace plan

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 3h

This is a reasonable request from @coe.int Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty. Piecemeal changes to protest laws risk authoritarian creep, but any review must also look at protests that cross the line into intimidation and hate, or move from nonviolent direct action to terrorism.

Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests

Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood

www.theguardian.com

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 4h

Solar energy is now the world’s cheapest source of electricity.

In the world's sunniest climes, it costs just €0.02 to generate a kilowatt-hour of electrical energy.

#renewables 🧪

Solar Energy in 2025: Global Deployment, Cost Trends, and the Role of Energy Storage in Enabling a Resilient Smart Energy Infrastructure

The global energy landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation since 2021, with solar photovoltaic (PV) technology emerging as the cornerstone of decarbonisation efforts. This paper provides an u...

www.authorea.com

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 5h

Climate mañana - politicians and the public overestimate the time left for climate action.

The scientific consensus says 1.5 degrees warming requires peak emissions no later than this year. Less than 15% of MPs knew the correct answer, and over 30% said 2040 or later. Voters answered similarly.

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Client Challenge

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 5h

Neil Mackay addresses the English problem. And what a problem it is too.

"Sharing a house with someone having a full-blown identity crisis isn’t wise."

My solution is Scottish and Welsh statehood, and the dissolution of England into Heptarchy 2.0.

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 5h

The English problem renders the Union toxic for the other home nations. Sharing a house with someone having a full-blown identity crisis isn’t wise. The best medicine for what ails England - and the rest of us - may indeed be an English departure from the Union
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

How Empire and the Union ruined England, by Neil Mackay

A case could be made that the best medicine for what ails England would be an English departure from the Union, argues Writer at Large Neil Mackay

www.heraldscotland.com

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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 6h

The article below is a classic example of left-wing excusing, and minimising, of state homophobia in the name of anti-imperialism

www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2025/10/10/h...

#LGBT #LGBTQ

How pinkwashing is used to slander anti-colonial revolutions from Palestine to Burkina Faso

Oct. 15 marks the 38th anniversary of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a Pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary, who seized state power in a 1983 popular coup. Sankara was president of Burkin…

www.struggle-la-lucha.org

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 20h

Oxford university student chant...

"Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground"

It is a near universal rule that observant Jews are zionists. That includes me, so pardon me for telling this young chap to go fuck himself.

#antisemitism

Union of Jewish Students urges action after Oxford pupil calls for death of 'Zios' - Jewish News

Police investigating after video filmed at the weekend's pro-Palestinian march in London saw the student recite a chant he said people had been 'workshopping' in Oxford

www.jewishnews.co.uk

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Peter Cook: Brexorcist in Chief: Reboot Britain @brexitrage.bsky.social · 7h

I was shouted down at Parliament by Reform ppl who chant "Paedo" at anyone who talks to them. They were with the convicted paedophile priest. After the shouting stopped, I explained. More shouting and threats. I asked a woman to Google the priest. She fell silent.

brexitrage.com/the-disenfra...

The Disenfranchised - Reboot Britain : Rejoin EU

An online conversation with a disenfranchised voter who refuses to access information but who feels informed.

brexitrage.com

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 7h

Liz Truss got one thing right.

(Every single trade deal we have signed on our own has a sting in the tail.)

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 7h

North Sea oil rig workers rescue owl blown out to sea during Storm Amy.

North Sea oil rig workers rescue owl blown out to sea during Storm Amy

The short-haired owl was found exhausted after battling 'danger to life' winds during the storm.

news.stv.tv

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Mary Breen @mb26.bsky.social · 17h

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 17h

Keffiyah-chic is a thing, and hate marches a fun-filled day out for the family.

#antisemitism

OPINION: Torrent of antisemitic hate that's followed the ceasefire is beyond belief - Jewish News

Our beautiful capital city is still being defiled by thousands of people chanting nauseating messages of hate and destruction

www.jewishnews.co.uk

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 22h

lol they're doing the thing again

Serving in the U.S. Navy was one of the greatest honors of my life.
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States Navy.

INS Godavari (F20)+INS Brahmaputra (F31)+INS Beas (F39).jpg

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 17h

Whether or not England made *any* contribution to the Gaza peace deal is immaterial. This spat casts Bridget Phillipson in a bad light, and may aid her rival in the Labour deputy leadership contest.

Dispute over UK’s ‘key’ role in Gaza deal highlights limits of British influence

US ambassador to Israel calls Bridget Phillipson ‘delusional’ for saying UK played key role, though others point to important input from British figures

www.theguardian.com

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 20h

Oxford university student chant...

"Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground"

It is a near universal rule that observant Jews are zionists. That includes me, so pardon me for telling this young chap to go fuck himself.

#antisemitism

Union of Jewish Students urges action after Oxford pupil calls for death of 'Zios' - Jewish News

Police investigating after video filmed at the weekend's pro-Palestinian march in London saw the student recite a chant he said people had been 'workshopping' in Oxford

www.jewishnews.co.uk

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 21h

Hamas agreed to hand over all 48 remaining hostages, alive and dead, within 72 hours of signing the deal. So far only four bodies have been released. Another breach.

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

If in need of an emetic...

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

This weekend the former Canadian PM and the 40-year-old pop star and astropassenger went ‘yacht official’

Why the Trudeau-Perry yacht clinch is just what we all need

This weekend the former Canadian PM and the 40-year-old pop star and astropassenger went ‘yacht official’

www.thetimes.com

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

Other agencies have reported same.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1d

Children map by wonders. They know each tree a Wood Sprite lives in, know every chimney that's home to a Soot Sprite. Field to forest, hight street to industrial estate, they hold an inner chart of strangeness. To remember those maps is to be re-enchanted. – Joanna Vickers, 1982 #VOH

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Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 1d

Nimrod Cohen with his brother, who can smile again 💜

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

Hamas is already in breach of the agreement. How will Israel react?

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Hamas deployed fighters in Gaza as a release of hostages seized in the October 7 attacks was under way, Reuters footage showed, in an apparent show of strength by the militant group which President Donald Trump says must disarm reut.rs/3WziqdD

Hamas deploys fighters as hostages released, in show of strength

Hamas deployed fighters in Gaza on Monday as a release of hostages seized in the October 7 attacks was under way, Reuters footage showed, in an apparent show of strength by the militant group which President Donald Trump says must disarm.

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

That would be an ecumenical matter. And Lutfur Rahman says that criticism is forbidden. So that's that.

RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 1d

Why are friends and colleagues on the liberal left not up in arms about the medieval sexism and misogyny of the East London mosque in banning women and girls from taking part in a charity "fun run"? Why is it only the right wing press carrying this story? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Mosque in London bans females over 12 from competing in charity run

Women and girls over the age of 12 have been banned by a mosque from taking part in Muslim Charity Run, in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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