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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badeoch's spokesman tying himself in knots trying to explain why the substantive evidence the Conservative Government gave to the CPS on the China spy trial wasn't good enough to secure a conviction, but the additional evidence Starmer's Government later supplied somehow should have been

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 9h

Reminder that a significant component of all of UK HE’s response to AI boils down to “You must change your teaching so that students can use AI; you must also change all your assessment so that students can’t use AI.”

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Herre Mörker @herrem.bsky.social · 9h

Words by Benjamin Zephaniah.
Visuals by the wonderful city of Brum.
Vision & hope... by @greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

We see you Zack Polanski 👀

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 4h

He’s doing what Labour voters hoped Labour would do : stick it to Farage and the Tories, protect the weakest and bring change. Instead we have largely had more of the same or worse from McSweeneyism : attacks on the old, disabled and poor and grovelling to racists. Mirroring the far right, not on.

johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 4h

The Fosters ID Card Scheme? The Castlemain Disability Cuts? The Bondi Winter Fuel Allowance Removal Plan?

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 10h

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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Jeff Livingstone @defjeff.bsky.social · 9h

This is what I knocked on doors for Labour for, for years. Zack gets it. I’m with Zack.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 14h

Two Tories, no Green. Plus ça change...

#bbcqt

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 15h

Well done BBC Question Time.
They have actually got a Lib Dem MP, Lisa Smart , one of their 72 MPs on the panel and actually managed to not platform Reform U.K., who have just 5 MPs.
👏👏👏👏
#BBCQT
#LibDems
🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 9h

Actually had a little cry at this.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. AG Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade!

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 5h

Good luck with the World Cup next year..Empty stadiums?

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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · 5h

"White writing is about the predicament of the white person in Africa – people who have been dropped down, willingly or unwillingly, in an alien environment, and who try to make an accommodation with it."
fivebooks.com/best-books/j...

Being White in Africa

The award-winning novelist Justin Cartwright picks five books on what it means – and meant – to be a white man in Africa.

fivebooks.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

Reject the politics of hate.

And let's make hope normal again.

With huge thanks to Benjamins wife, Qian, for permission to use the poem.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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johnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks for this. What an antidote to the poison of the last 15 years. Well done 👏 young man. This is the real Britain.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 8h

Bloody brilliant 👇

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 7h

This is why the Greens are rising in the polls, and why Labour have fallen so far. Labour’s ’natural supporters’ aren’t anti-immigrant. They’re not xenophobic. Labour’s leadership are alienating them, and now they have somewhere to go.

Well said.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

British.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 13h

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 20h

“Far from perfect” is a gross understatement from the point of view of the claimant, but it IS worth realising that spending just isn’t spiralling.

Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 1d

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 17h

The EHRC removed the "interim guidance" that has been devastating the lives of trans people for months from it's website.

We wonder why...👀

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Chris Power @chrispower.bsky.social · 18h

Letter signed, ‘Please accept. Sincerely, Samuel Beckett.’

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 14h

Update: The Information Commissioner's Office has accepted are complaint over the EHRCs blanket refusal of our FOI request.

TACC @tacc.org.uk · Sep 15

Update: the EHRC has completed its internal review and upheld its blanket refusal of our FOI requests under Section 14(1). They admit some requests were “well focussed, purposeful and of public interest,” but still refused them all. 1/

Response letter related to Freedom of Information Act requests. The letter addresses request refusals, resource constraints, and compliance issues. Tone is formal and explanatory.

Text: "Response
I have reviewed our refusal of the requests set out in Annex A of our refusal
notice to determine whether the refusal was appropriate and compliant with
the provisions of the FoIA.
The Commission has disclosed the relevant decision-making document used
to determine our refusal of the requests under a separate FOI request,
reference 12231728, and I have considered the rationale contained within this
document alongside the points raised in your review request as part of my
review.
While I continue to respect your right to request information under the FoIA
and acknowledge that some of your previous requests have been well
focussed, purposeful and attract value on matters of public interest, the
volume, frequency and nature of the requests set out in Annex A of our refusal
notice would place a significant sustained demand on the Commission’s
resources if it were to comply.
We aim to be transparent and helpful in our responses and have endeavoured
to meet our obligations under the FoIA, as evidenced by our continued
compliance with targeted and proportionate requests submitted since our
refusal notice was issued, including the request referenced above (12231728)
and a request concerning workforce diversity and the protected characteristic
of gender reassignment (12045024).
As such, your review request is not upheld, and the Commission maintains its
refusal to comply with the requests set out in Annex A of our refusal notice
under Section 14(1) of the FoIA."

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11h

NEW - UPDATE POST

Did the CPS make a fundamental mistake with the charging decision in the Chinese spying case?

How the CPS may have asked the wrong legal question and so made a wrong charging decision

By me

emptycity.substack.com/p/did-the-cp...

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