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Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 2h

Always charge it - as you say otherwise it's a bit pointless.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12h

Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025

the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data

www.ft.com/content/5392...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

I bet the mainstream media will be all over this outrageous and dangerous comment, right?

Ha — just kidding!! 🤣 The media will IGNORE it, just like they ignore ALL the batshit crazy comments from Trump and his minions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

The UK government is providing record funding to protect Jewish communities with a £10m emergency fund to scale up security at synagogues and school.

It follows the rcent terrorist attack at a synagogue.

The government is also look at how best to further support & protect Muslim communities.

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Record funding to protect Jewish communities

Security around synagogues and Jewish schools will be ramped up thanks to record levels of funding to protect communities and help targeted groups feel safe, the Prime Minister has announced today.

www.gov.uk

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 7h

You’ll get what you vote for with reform!!!!

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

Children's hopices

They are set to receive over £80m in funding from the government over the next 3 years.

This is a multi-year funding settlement, which hasn'thappened before, giving these important organisations the confidence they have funding in place for the years ahead.

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£80 million support for children’s hospices over three years

Settlement provides £26 million annually offering crucial financial certainty for services supporting seriously ill children and families.

www.gov.uk

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 6h

ICE forcibly remove woman in wheelchair—pick up & blind man and throw him down on the concrete.

"Agents picked me up and threw me to the ground," he wrote. "They did the same thing to another person in a wheelchair."

The incident occurred outside the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. #DemsUnited

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 8h

So basically a waste of space!

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10h

Given FindOutNow polls keep making news it's worth saying a bit more about their methodology.

Unlike other online pollsters it doesn't use a panel of people who've signed up to do polls. Instead they ask a small number of Qs to people playing the Pick my Postcode lottery. (Thread)

Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 8h

I bet this is news to the Italians.....

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 11h

Trump’s State Department claims Christopher Columbus was “an American hero”

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 11h

🚨🚨Major irony alert: Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system.

The idea was that #brexit would give the UK back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system.

But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.🧵
www.politico.eu/article/labo...

Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.

www.politico.eu

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Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 8h

Many happy returns!

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12h

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

Reporters walked out of the Pentagon on Wednesday after news outlets refused to sign new press rules laid out by Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense. The new rules raise the prospect of punishment for simply requesting information on matters of public interest. Read more: nyti.ms/48sfl6q

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

Facts…
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.

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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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 12h

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk If it was discovered that a founder member of @GBNEWS had posted seriously racist comments on social media it would surely mean, in a civilised society, the end of it as a media platform. (it’s not a civilised society)
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/143582...

Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right

The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s mo...

app.thenewworld.co.uk

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Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 13h

It keeps the UK on track to meet International Monetary Fund forecasts on Tuesday that it will be the second-fastest growing economy in the G7 group this year.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK economy expands as GDP rises by 0.1% in August ahead of crucial budget

Manufacturing and health sectors boost growth but ONS revises down figures for July

www.theguardian.com

Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 13h

Typo - but then...

Redsamo @redsamo.bsky.social · 13h

Nigel Farage caused Brexit and should be held to acocunt.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

@pimlicat.bsky.social: “Rachel Reeves is completely correct to highlight the long-term damage of Brexit."

"Our polling shows a majority of voters view Brexit as a failure for the country, and expect ministers to work with the EU to find a way to fix the damage."

https://bit.ly/4oh7WLH

Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

www.theguardian.com

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North Clwyd Animal Rescue (NCAR) @ncaranimalrescue.bsky.social · 14h

The trend for buying designer cats is baffling. All cats are innately aristocratic. Just check out our feed. #adoptdontshop #rescuecatsofbluesky #rescuedismyfavouritebreed

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 14h

The Labour govt increased LA funding by more than 4% in real terms this year, & has promised an increase more than 1% above inflation each year for next 3 years. However, the IFG says the damage from years of cuts is so severe that many will not notice any difference in local services.

Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 14h

The Tory-LibDem coalition government gave local government one hell of a beating. Spending power of local authorities fell by nearly a quarter in real terms. But due to population growth, spending power per person fell by an even greater 29%.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...