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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 3h

Remember that this is not just a US story but a British one too, because Rachel Reeve wanted to look tough during a press cycle and was too chicken to rise taxes. Which she is now doing anyway

zatapatique @zatapatique.bsky.social · 5h

Even in this place, I feel the sheer scale of foreign aid being demolished isn't fully appreciated. As it stands, it is perhaps *the* most catastrophic change to preventable deaths in our lifetimes, and the salience - even in presumably friendly spaces - is basically zero

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 2h

This is, by far, the most important message in British politics today.

Fair play to you!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

British.

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 3h

It's been with me since I was a baby. A friend of my parents christened me with that for the amount of wriggling and disruption I was creating.

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 3h

Brave of the Grauniad to be calling out typos...😬

Though I have to admit had to delete & repost this thanks to a typo.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 6h

I also reckon you could boost the popularity of ~ any policy with the UK public by adding the prefix “Australian style”.

Australian style national ID cards. Australian style pensions. Australian style healthcare system.

It’s sunnier and they’re better at sport so their policies must be better too.

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't he spend time in a seminary or religious order when he was a training as a monk?

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 2d

Israelis and Palestinians have suffered unimaginable trauma. Much of it will never be healed.

But today they can at least begin to hope that their children will go free of this appalling cycle of violence.

@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

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children of the corncob @bisk.sureis.sexy · 2d

fuck off with this shit you racist cunts.

i forgot the word "tumbledryer" the other day so i called it a tumbley bumbley and english is my only fucking language.

abolish the home office.

Changes to the English language requirement were first reported in May when the government published their early plans in the immigration white paper. The new standard requires people to express themselves “fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expression” and to be able to communicate flexibly in social, academic and work situations.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 2d

By autumn 1322, Robert the Bruce held the upper hand. Edward II’s failed invasion of Scotland had ended in famine and retreat, giving Bruce the chance to strike south. In October, his army swept into Yorkshire, where Edward was staying at Rievaulx Abbey. OTD 14 October, the

Memorial commemorating the Battle of Old Byland

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 3d

Tony Benn on Margaret Thatcher & Thatcherism (b 13th Oct 1925) in the end, it was rejected. But ideas always come back and the modern Tory party is influenced by her ideas.
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Margaret Thatcher b. 13th Oct 1925. Tony Benn’s view

Margaret Thatcher was a very powerful, rightwing force in society. She followed her beliefs and had clear objectives. Her policy was to reverse the trends in modern politics that were made possible…

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 3d

I've said this before but future generations will recognise Sue Townsend as the greatest literary chronicler of the evolution of British society 1980<2010

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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MᴀᴛᴛA @shropshirematt.bsky.social · 3d

You can travel to Wales from Shropshire in each compass direction.

A map of Shropshire showing that you can to to Wales from each compass direction ⬇️⬆️⬅️➡️

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

I really don’t know how a British-Palestinian like @laylamoran.bsky.social, someone so close to and personally affected by everything that happened, finds those reserves of empathy, while people with much less skin in the game take it upon themselves to strike the most strident pose.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

As so often, @laylamoran.bsky.social finds gracious, unifying words.

"I choose to believe that peace is possible. Everyone who went on a protest, wrote to their MP, cares about it, shouted at their TV - from whatever point of view - what were those deaths for, if not for a sustainable peace?" ~AA

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Johannes Grenzfurthner @grenzfurthner.bsky.social · 3d

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 3d

Hahaha

Post by johndpoconnell

"My old friend Nathan Gill, who I've
never met, accidentally tripped over a briefcase containing £50,000 and
then coincidentally the next day
spouted pro Russian propaganda in
the EU, as did I. And as far as I'm
concerned that's the end of the
matter."

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3d

If you still have an account on X now is a great time to close it down. Tomorrow would be as good.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counter terrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel Tunnel on 28 July 2024, a court heard. Continue reading...

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 3d

My Thatcher100 anecdote.

Summer 1998. I am a keen shot and have narrowly squeezed into the GB under-25s rifle shooting and am shortly off to Canada for its annual open competition and the match vs the Canadians.

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 3d

That is a phenomenal stair balustrade in the mirror.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 3d

The DLR just got better.

54 brand new, state-of-the-art trains are rolling out over the next year - with more space, air con, phone charging points and improved accessibility.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5d

Today Leeds followed our forebears who kicked Oswald Moseley and his Facists out of the city at the Battle of Holbeck Moor and stood up to racism, the far right and said loud and clear”Refugees are welcome here”. This is Leeds

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 4d

I find it weird how people can acknowledge that UK politics is volatile to an unprecedented degree and yet talk very confidently about the shape of an election in 2029. Reform is depicted as a permanent and unstoppable force and Labour as utterly doomed. Doesn't add up to me

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 4d

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 5d

The reader, from my Nighthawks series.
#Streetphotography

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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 16d

The hatemonger Rupert Lowe MP wrote a whiny letter to @thebarcouncil.bsky.social complaining about the Black Interns scheme.

Well done Bar Council and Bar Chair for this robust response.

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 5d

His Tory politics are not mine but I often agree with him and his achievements outside of politics are notable. Imagine pretty much anyone in the current crop across parties building up a major publishing house or having the imagination, & inquiring vision & passion to plant an arboretum.

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Hugh Jackson @hugeaction.bsky.social · 6d

Missed the first hour so going back in for more punishment #totp