Martin Hughes
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Martin Hughes
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Nathan Gill: a scandal with no outrage, despite having pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery. He is due to be sentenced in the Old Bailey next month, and his lawyer anticipates a custodial sentence.
Yet interest in Gill’s story is strangely minimal.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/patience-whe...
Nathan Gill: a scandal with no outrage
Russia bought themselves a senior member of the Reform party to do their bidding. He’s been found guilty – why does no one seem to care?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
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Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
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Celebrating 25 years of the Human Rights Act with the brilliant @libertyhq.bsky.social at the House of Lords hosted by Lord Alton.

The ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation.
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Keir Starmer has backed a demand for an inquiry into Prince Andrew's rent-free occupancy of a 30-room Windsor mansion.
Keir Starmer backs Prince Andrew inquiry as pressure mounts over Royal Lodge
www.mirror.co.uk
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More than a quarter of Wales’ Senedd Members have signed a letter demanding a review into whether the firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal should be eligible to bid for public contracts ✍️Martin Shipton
'Stop giving government contracts to Post Office Horizon firm'
Martin Shipton More than a quarter of Wales’ Senedd Members have signed a letter demanding a review into whether the firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal should be eligible to bid for ...
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Often these "law is an ass " stories are misleading and incomplete, but this one indeed looks ridiculous.

And urging pouring hot liquids into bins instead?
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Recommended piece here by @bsaxifrage.bsky.social.
Not the kind of analysis that should make BCers proud:
"British Columbians are aiming to shoot past even the Saudis in CO2 extraction per person."

The CO2 extractors: BC is among world's most aggressive www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/22/a...
The CO2 extractors: British Columbians are among world's most aggressive
They rocketed past the Americans decades ago. Now they are set to blow past even the Saudis with a massive new LNG industry – in charts.
www.nationalobserver.com
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Cuts to social protection for people living in poverty have created “fertile ground” for far-right movements around the world, according to a United Nations report. https://cnn.it/3JlsNyN
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There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.

There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.

There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.

There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.
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I don’t care how expensive people thought eggs were last Fall; if he had run on destroying a third of the White House he’d have lost by double digits.
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Katie Lam just blanking responsibility for previous Conservative government back in July
“The only way that you will ever stop this from happening is if everybody who comes here is detained and removed very shortly after arriving.”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges shadow Home Office Minister Katie Lam on approaches to stopping small boat crossings.

#Newsnight
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That’s more like it. Taken too long to get here but now Labour have found the bright line to draw they need to stick to it.
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:

“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.

“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
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ICJ: Israel, as an occupying Power, must comply with international humanitarian law. Obligations include: ensuring the OPT population has essential supplies, including food, water, clothing, bedding, shelter, fuel, and medical supplies; respecting and protecting all relief and medical personnel;
Elon Musk doesn’t say “thank you enough” for all the government support his companies have received. Important that billionaires, once they make the money, also admit all the public investments that they benefited - says top economist Marianna Mazzucato
zeteo.com/p/top-econom...
Top Economist: Elon Musk Doesn’t Say ‘Thank You Enough’ for All the Government Support He Has Had
Author and academic Mariana Mazzucato also talks to Mehdi about Donald Trump’s 'destructive' industrial strategy and Keir Starmer’s failure to tackle 'barbaric' UK inequality.
zeteo.com
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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The @libdems.org.uk and I have written to the Conservative leader urging her to condemn the comments by one of her MPs who said large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
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“There are even moments when it sounds as though Thiel might be indulging in something akin to the disordered thinking associated with serious mental illness…”

Disordered thinking can also be associated with hallucinogen abuse, which, as I’ve said before, I think is a factor with Thiel (and Musk).
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Left: Labour's Rosie Wrighting, "I voted to remain, I respect the decision of the vote.. Shouldn't reverse Brexit as its a decision made by the public"

Right: The public have recognised Brexit was a mistake, so why is Labour living in the past?
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The American fascist movement is almost uniquely omnicidal in its goals.
Tens of millions of people are set to lose food stamps in weeks and conservatives are celebrating it right in the open on social media. They’re gleeful about starving children, literally saying “fuck them kids.” Yet another reason that “pro-life” is a misnomer. They’re loudly pro-death