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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe JFK Junior's really battling his own feelings of inferiority. Fighting his demons?

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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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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 22h

Arrogance.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 1d

They are cringingly embarrassing. Don't either of them do their homework.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's action in awarding the medal is disgraceful.
The killing of Kirk was wrong but a posthumous medal only gives the green light to every other racist in the US.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 1d

In a word - no. They gave largely avoided it and gone for easier subjects, in the process letting us all down.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 1d

Impressive.
I missed a day, agaon
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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 2d

Instead of "court hears", "lawyer claims" or "lawyer argues" would have reflected the story more.
How the standard of BBC journalism has dropped.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 2d

And certainly not Jenrick.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 2d

How poorly the leader of the Opposition responded to the PM's statement on Middle East events. Many Tory MPs took a constructive approach, unlike their leader who, glad to say, does not representi the UK on the world stage. Somewhere there surely must be a Tory potential leader of greater stature?

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 3d

You are doing well.
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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 3d

HMRC will claw back from pensioners' who have incomee over £35,000 the £300 fuel allowance from DWP. Why can't HMRC similarly claw back rule-breaking ministers' severance money? If it can be done with pensioners, why not ministers?

Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 3d

HMRC will claw back from pensioners' who have incomee over £35,000 the £300 fuel allowance from DWP. Why can't HMRC similarly claw back rule-breaking ministers' severance money? If it can be done with pensioners, why not ministers?

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 3d

We appealed on the 1st assessment of my husband's entitlement to CHC. Five years and multiple letters later, 4 years after he died we won and were repaid. But not everyone has the resilience, or finances, to continue. It cost a one-off £2000 fee to determined specialist lawyers Compass.Well worth it

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

RedR has provided expert volunteers and training for countries after earthquakes, famine, civil wars and every disaster humans can face. They are the quiet heroes and heroines helping countries rebuild.

Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

When Putin & Netanyahu have stopped their bombing hell, what are Ukraine & Gaza going to need? Civil and all engineers.
RedR International have the expertise to rebuild, training locals and NGOs. RedR UK set up in 1980 by P Guthrie, was followed by RedR Australia. It is now a Federation of nations.

Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

RedR has provided expert volunteers and training for countries after earthquakes, famine, civil wars and every disaster humans can face. They are the quiet heroes and heroines helping countries rebuild.

Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

When Putin & Netanyahu have stopped their bombing hell, what are Ukraine & Gaza going to need? Civil and all engineers.
RedR International have the expertise to rebuild, training locals and NGOs. RedR UK set up in 1980 by P Guthrie, was followed by RedR Australia. It is now a Federation of nations.

Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

When Putin & Netanyahu have stopped their bombing hell, what are Ukraine & Gaza going to need? Civil and all engineers.
RedR International have the expertise to rebuild, training locals and NGOs. RedR UK set up in 1980 by P Guthrie, was followed by RedR Australia. It is now a Federation of nations.

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 5d

Zohran Mamdani didn’t hold back. His speech today on Letitia James’s indictment was 🔥 calling it exactly what it is: a political hit job meant to punish those who hold Trump accountable. “If justice can be weaponized against the just, then no one is safe.”

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

What's more, this president has sacrificed nothing but ensured that he or his family or friends have done well financially out of his "deals". Hardly the spirit of Nobel. Trump is no humanitarian.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA - Making America Grosse Again.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 4d

What does it say about America that it is able to recruit so many men as ICE agents who are brutal and seem happy to go along with their own lawlessness and cruelty? The ugly underbelly of the US is now out in the open for all the world to see.

MAGA - Make America Grosse Again!

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 5d

It suggest sthat other parties should already be opening people's eyes to Reform's myths and lies.

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Pat Blair @patblair.bsky.social · 5d

No penalty? Johnson won't care then. Those who breach the rules and get way with it just continue to do so. Prisons are full of those types.

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