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Phil Wilkinson @philmorandi.bsky.social · 3h

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The political entertainment industry

📝 A guest essay...

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 6h

Farage had the opportunity to do the right thing, the kind of thing responsible leaders might do….but instead he insisted it was all fine. Ugly language he said - too true that. With an ugly sentiment behind it. Racism. You know what makes me mad Nige, all them white faces in Reform pics..:)

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Phil Wilkinson @philmorandi.bsky.social · 5h

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The History Podcast - The Magnificent O'Connors - Trailer - BBC Sounds

Ragnar O'Connor introduces his parents, Jimmy and Nemone, and their battle for justice.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 6h

Second class England

No free bus passes for under 22s in England

Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.

Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.

No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.

No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment

The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 15h

Nobody’s fault but his own, but Vance is discovering what it’s like to have led a cosmopolitan middle class adulthood in California, then join a the senior ranks of a movement of religious fundamentalist white supremacists whilst having an Indian American family.

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JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity

US vice-president announces to 10,000 attenders of Turning Point USA that he prefers wife, who is Hindu, to be Christian

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to say that an updated and expanded version of my series on one of the most extraordinary acts in aviation history will be running on The Up Front over the coming weeks.

And even better: it's now completely free to read.

The Up Front @theupfront.media · 1d

In December 1941, Pan Am flight 18602 was trapped the wrong side of the Pacific by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.

In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.

The Long Way Round: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 1

In 1941, the Japanese attacked Hawaii, leaving Pan Am flight 18602 trapped the wrong side of Pearl Harbour, To get home, its civilian crew would have to do something incredible: circumnavigate the wor...

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Zane Bruce @iarnulfr.bsky.social · 1d

Bask in the unfeasible glory that is Aotearoa New Zealand's only locally designed and built Tank.

A turreted corrugated armour nightmare box festooned with machine guns, precariously balanced upon the chassis of an unmodified 1940s farm bulldozer.

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Jenny Grant @silenceinpolish.bsky.social · 20h

An unknown woman leaves flowers at the grave of F/Lt Stefan Kryński at Newark.

The IWGC committed to honour the Allied war dead as it did those of Britain and the Commonwealth, and designed the wooden crosses in consultation with the Polish Services.

#AllSouls

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 16h

Horrible news from the ECML tonight. My thoughts are with everybody involved.

'Multiple people' stabbed on train in Huntington

British Transport Police is currently responding to the incident on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

Nick Fuentes, Neo Nazis and Groypers Have Taken Over the GOP

Nick Fuentes has emerged as one of the most influential young conservative voices in America, & his white nationalist politics are the present and future of the GOP.

With @jysexton.bsky.social

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Phil Wilkinson @philmorandi.bsky.social · 13h

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As Barack Obama stumps for other Democrats, the party gets to see what it lost

The wit and wisdom of the superstar ex-US president make him the best candidate – too bad he can’t run

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 15h

Horrified by the reports coming out of Huntingdon tonight. My thoughts are with those hurt and everyone who witnessed it.

Thank you to the emergency services on the scene.

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 15h

Had a lovely crowd at the Glee in Birmingham tonight - thanks to everyone there. I’m struggling with some post-viral laryngitis so the show was a lot croakier than usual but it was still a lot of fun. Back in my hotel room with my steamer and Manuka honey trying to get my voice better for tomorrow!

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18h

Democracy will be under threat if politicians like Nigel Farage avoid proper scrutiny by presenting their own TV shows, according to Sky News presenter @sophyridge.bsky.social 👏

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Sophy Ridge: Why politicians like Nigel Farage shouldn't be TV presenters

Sky News's morning host says politicians should get off GB News and face proper grilling

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 21h

"The most common response among men aged 18-25, as with their female peers, is to state that they would never consider voting for Reform."

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-men-reject-the-far-right/

Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe

Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely to turn to the party, the evidence does not support this.

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Mark Watson, in November @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 18h

Might put the clock back again tonight. Take the extra hour in bed again. Make it a regular thing. See what happens.

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 1d

Wayland's Smithy in its autumnal coat.

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Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 14h

Erm…has he read any of Wole Soyinka’s work. ;)

Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 15h

First, Trump canceled Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka's US visa, and now he's threatening to invade the whole country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump threatens to go into Nigeria ‘guns-a-blazing’ over attacks on Christians

US president says he ordered Pentagon to begin planning for action, without mentioning Muslim persecution

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Phil Wilkinson @philmorandi.bsky.social · 13h

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RHLSTP Book Club 158 - Andrew Michael Hurley

Podcast Episode · RHLSTP with Richard Herring · 31/10/2025 · 45m

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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 18h

I wonder. If Trump goes for a third term, does that mean Obama could stand against him?
Whilst I don’t give the Obama Presidency a free pass, the sight of him beating Trump would be enough to allow me to.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating! This was pre-multiplex, so those old cinemas would have struggled to have as wide a selection as your local video rental shop. My home town closed its cinema completely during the 80s. I saw Raiders for the first time at a local theatre, on a pull-up projector screen.

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

If you’d asked me to guess the nadir of UK cinema going I would never ever have chosen the mid-80s, which I think of as the peak of blockbuster crowd-pleasers that everybody has seen

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

Labour costs are your costs. Supplier costs are your costs. A business plan takes this into account.

Otherwise you’re just speculating that your suppliers and workers will be better, tougher, more financially resilient businesspeople than you are.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

Living wage, please.

This is WAY wider than the BL.

If the only way to keep things open, or on sale, or running, is to make your workers take the heat, yet again, you should close down.

And let’s see how long the leak of money upwards continues when we lose all our services and things we rely on.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

Apologies to anyone expecting us to be at the Tales Of The Weird event at the British Library this weekend, but in support of the PCS industrial action, we’ve decided not to cross the picket line. Will and I are both former librarians, and want to show support to the striking staff.

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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 18h

AAAAAAaaaaaGGHH !

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