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Nick @nick.4glengate.net · 1d

All she's got to respond to the Greens' "false hope" (and this in the context of her trying to win votes from grassroots Labour members) is "shouting about the government's successes"? If they're that successful, why would the Greens need to be offering any kind of hope at all, false or otherwise?

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Griffin @gryffgroff.bsky.social · 22h

The Green Party is now the credible party people hoped Labour would be…

Reform is for the racists, bigots and hard of thinking.

And Labour has crucified itself chasing the Reform vote that will never vote for them.

Oops.

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Simon Youel @youellog.bsky.social · 22h

False hope about what? That things could possibly get better? Labour telling on themselves here

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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 1d

Accusing the Greens of ‘peddling false hope’ is common sense analysis?

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chappell roan atkinson @turpywurpy.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love to know what values Labour thinks it's sticking to that somehow encompass neither reform nor the greens

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 1d

Bridget Phillipson proving she isn't on our side or their side but her own side.

Labour and Phillipson are very much a "clear and present danger" to trans people and trans kids, disabled, immigrants, the poor etc. There's no difference between Labour and Reform on this.

Vote Green, get Green.

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elizabeth is spooky @thatelizabeth.bsky.social · 1d

Given what labour has become i will welcome the greens replacing them.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 1d

I know the good things Labour has done. They just don't come close to mitigating the awful things they've done.

A milquetoast workers' rights bill and some rental protections don't make up for rampant racism, harming disabled people, or depriving children of evidence based healthcare.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

UK energy firms call for overhaul of regulator Ofgem.

Energy cartel wants an even more compliant regulator.

Need a regulator that curbs profiteering, decouples gas from the price of electricity.

Regulator must be accountable to the people. Consumers must elect the board and vote on exec pay.

UK energy firms call for overhaul of regulator Ofgem

Energy UK claims Ofgem has overseen ‘dramatic rise in red tape’ that has pushed up bills and slowed economic growth

www.theguardian.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22h

Also because the people inside it are too cowardly to either spend the money or demolish/stop using the building to not spend it, so their staff have to work in a deathtrap instead.

We are encouraged not to see this as a metaphor for how Britain is run.

John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 22h

The Palace of Westminster is literally going to either burn down, kill someone, or both because spending money to save it is perceived as so politically toxic.

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JuneSim63 💚 @junesim63.bsky.social · 13h

Very good from @bearlypolitics.co.uk on Tory MP Katie Lam's immigration bill. It removes human rights from those legally in the UK & can deport them for not earning enough. The right is sending up this ballloon to normalise taking YOUR rights away. Be afraid.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/they-will-...

"They Will Also Need to Go Home"

A sitting Conservative MP has introduced a bill that would make lawful residents deportable for earning under £38,700 - and Britain’s political class is barely blinking.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely fascinating that the only supermarkets paying all their staff above the London Living Wage are the German discounters.

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

Pay tables in The Grocer.

www.thegrocer.co.uk/analysis-and...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

Lawyers, accountants warn Reeves against tax raid on partnerships.

Turkeys opposing Christmas.

Partners derive almost all of their income from one source, but not considered to be employees.

Receive share of profit, instead of salary. Firms don't pay employer national insurance, Govt loses £bns.

Lawyers and accountants warn Reeves against tax raid on partnerships

Chancellor’s move would damage cornerstone of UK economy, partners argue

www.ft.com

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 13h

Krakow to Warsaw for €2.10 has got to be some sort of record, surely?
Lo-cost operator Regiojet is expanding into Poland, they've run 1 train per day since September, increasing to 8 trains a day from December.
They'll also run trains from Warsaw to Poznan, Gdansk & Gdynia.

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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 12h

In Europe they prosecuted & convicted racist ministers. We have laws & codes of conduct. We need to start applying them to our politicians.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13h

The UK is not the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe. It is behind Germany & France and is 17th, or 5th at a stretch, of 28
www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13h

I would have thought LibDem, SNP/Plaid or Green MPs writing to permanent secretary of Home Office or National Statistician might see Home Secretary asked to withdraw the inaccurate claim and replace it with an accurate claim to propose these or other policies.

Ipso might say it is comment not fact

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13h

Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...

Migrants come to Britain because they think we're Europe's most generous country

TODAY’S small boat numbers are shameful, and the British people deserve better. They contain a lesson: we must go further and faster to secure our borders. Under the last Conservative Government, t…

www.thesun.co.uk

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

🔴 UK Government’s ‘Failure to Investigate Foreign Interference’ Challenged in Europe’s Highest Court

A group of former MPs is warning that UK elections are “still at risk” over the Government’s failure to investigate “credible evidence” of Russian interference
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

UK Government's 'Failure to Investigate Foreign Interference' Challenged in Europe's Highest Court

The group of former MPs warn that UK elections are “still at risk” over the Government’s failure to investigate "credible evidence" of Russian interference

bylinetimes.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

What Labour should be saying (and all parties, days ago)...

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 1d

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk has written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

One thing that has skewed the immigration debate for decades has been asymmetric mobilisation - immigration is more salient for migration sceptics, who are also more politically mobilised.

I wonder if one consequence of the recent Tory/Reform Idi Amin Mass Deportation plans will be to change this

Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 1d

Not only do my earnings not meet the threshold (though I have quite enough to live with comfortably, thank you), I made the mistake of claiming jobseeker allowance for two or three months about 15 years ago, so that's me done... And that's before I even think of "stealing" my state pension!

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR

This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"

NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt

No govt since Idi Amin has done this

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 16h

How come they couldn't step forward & say say yes/no to the allegations. They were within 6 ft of him, day and night!

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David 508 @dijay508.bsky.social · 1d

More importantly I would like the truth.

Very rich and powerful men have used their position to abuse vulnerable young girls. As a result one has taken her own life.

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