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Kevin O’Connell @hibou2.bsky.social · 4h

Brilliant speech by Bridget Phillipson at CST conference today .

A new and better direction from schools with the first seriously engaged Minister since the 1960s.

Don’t expect to hear about it on BBC or any other media.

Better with Labour. 👍

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 29m

Can someone remind new Tory Matthew Syed just who destroyed our manufacturing base back in the 1980s?
#bbcqt

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Letitia James: "The indictment is baseless. It's nothing more than retribution. Retribution for basically doing my job ... I will defend these charges. And I want everyone to know that it is completely baseless and I am totally innocent."

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage urged to explain anti-abortion links to meeting with Trump officials

Lib Dems accuse Reform leader of wanting to water down women’s rights after reports of help from advocacy group

www.theguardian.com

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 3h

The government have a nice little video for this good news story!

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Chris Fredda 🩷💜💙 @seeyouinnj.bsky.social · 6h

There already was an “I Hate America” rally. It was on January 6th, 2021. The President spoke at it.

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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 11h

Reading is pupils' passport to the rest of their lives, unlocking all that school has to offer.

Our Schools White Paper will ensure children leave school ready for work and ready for life. There's no better place to start than with reading.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Focus on reading in secondary years to drive up standards

Education Secretary confirms all pupils will sit a mandatory reading test at age 13 to drive up reading standards.

www.gov.uk

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 58m

@alexwickham.bsky.social: “Farage’s remarks appear to be an attempt to counter a potentially damaging electoral narrative that he poses a risk to national security.”

Farage Says ‘Gotta Shoot’ Down Russian Jets in Harder Putin Line

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticized Vladimir Putin as irrational and backed shooting down Russian jets that enter NATO airspace, following criticism that his views on Moscow could threaten his bi...

www.bloomberg.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

Offensive and patronizing, indeed. Describes much of the GOP nowadays, come to think of it.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @BlueATLG
, Blue Georgia, posted 9 hours ago, stating, "Mike Johnson is asked about the delay in swearing in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva: 'Bless her heart. She's a representative elect. She doesn't know how it works around here.' Grijalva: 'How offensive and how patronizing. Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in.'" The post includes a video still from various news networks (Fox News, CNN) showing a split-screen of multiple news anchors discussing the topic, with headlines such as "DEM REP-ELECT RESPONDS TO HOUSE SPEAKER'S 'BLESS HER HEART' DIG" and "DEMOCRATS STORM SPEAKER JOHNSON'S OFFICE," along with a Blue Georgia alert icon.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1h

In an interview with Bloomberg, Farage has said that Nathan Gill was "one bad apple" - unintentionally being accurate because he forgot the rest of the proverb.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1h

Yet another lie about immigration from the Telegraph.

Yet another correction.

I explained why the Centre for Policy Studies numbers were nonsense 6 months ago, and the CPS has admitted I was right. Didn't stop the Telegraph from printing the lie.

docs.google.com/document/d/e...

An article “Farage pledges to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants” /”We will stop this scam on the British people” (Sept, 21) stated the cost of 800,000 “Boriswave” migrants gaining ILR will be at least £234 billion during their lifetimes. This figure was from a third party organisation which has confirmed it is disputed and will be updated. We are happy to correct the record.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5h

Tommy Robinson "I wish the UK had a leader like Benjamin Netanyahu."

Even out of all the disgusting things he has said, this is the most disgusting.

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing says “Reform are a stable, professional political party” like 3 out of a total of 5 MPs changing in just 15 months since the election in July 2024

That’s a 60% turnover of headcount in less than 2 years..😱

Oddly Labour, LibDems, even the Tories haven’t come anywhere close to such upheaval❗️

Original line up for Reform with Lowe and McMurdock

Second line for Reform minus Lowe but with Porchin

Current line up minus McMurdock replaced by Kruger or whatever his name is … some drippy Tory defector

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 6h

So much for Reform's "professionalisation" drive.

They welcomed a conference sponsor whose CEO has called Farage's rhetoric "very far-right".

Meanwhile, they banned accredited journalists from attending...

📝 @desmog.com story with @joeygrostern.bsky.social 👇

Reform Conference Sponsor Called Farage’s Rhetoric ‘Very Far-Right’

The sponsor of a flagship event at Reform UK’s annual conference has accused party leader Nigel Farage of adopting “very far-right, very anti-immigrant” rhetoric, DeSmog can reveal. The event was host...

www.desmog.com

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Paulette Witchy Woman 🧙🏽‍♀️🎃💀 @paulette7.bsky.social · 5h

As the facts change, MPs merely change their conspiracy theories …another conspiracy theory was at hand.

In this exciting new version, it was Starmer’s lack of involvement, his failure to nobble Collins that was compelling proof the PM was a Chinese stooge. Doing nothing was simply unforgivable.

Why MPs prefer conspiracy theory over cock-up in China spy case row | John Crace

The facts had changed so MPs simply amended their conspiracy theories to fit the new evidence

www.theguardian.com

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 6h

Green Party Leader Zack Polanski wants the UK to leave NATO.

This is a completely irresponsible position to take & would only strengthen Putin's hand in his illegal war against Ukraine.

#GreenParty

"I DEFINITELY
DO NOT SUPPORT NATO"
-ZACK POLANSKI
LEADER OF THE GREEN

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Shane @shane11.bsky.social · 6h

Yesterday Polanski supported Scottish and Welsh independence, how he squares that and winning I don’t know and that in itself will be enough to cost him any real chance of getting close.

A party unable to win taking the votes from the only sane party that can win…

Fantastic 🤦‍♂️

The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 6h

Earlier this week, Zack Polanski predicted that the Green Party would 'replace Labour'. He might be on to something...

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Claire Savage (UK not USA) @csav55.bsky.social · 7h

The proposed digital ID is just an app, consolidating all Government held info about us into one place. It's only required to provide proof of the right to work in the UK. It can be uninstalled or removed from your homepage when it's not needed. Nothing sinister, just ID.

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 5h

Tim Davie BBC Reform & previously Tory Chief Propaganda Officer AKA Director General wanting ppl prosecuted if they don’t pay the licence fee is no surprise as he wants £’s to promote Farage & Reform

What really got my goat is him saying its journalists act “without fear or favour” Utter bollox❗️😡

BBC boss Tim Davie backs prosecution of people who evade licence fee

The director-general made his comments as he answered questions from his own staff on the BBC Breakfast sofa.

news.stv.tv

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 7h

That China distraction has run for a pretty long time. Must have been a big story it was hiding. Will we ever know? The public has just been conned again by the media and certain politicians. I’m so sick of it.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 8h

Reform pledged to cut costs and taxes in local government with a 'Doge'-style approach, but instead their council taxes are rising

➡️ Read more: trib.al/4eTKWIn

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7h

More Reform UK cuts: County Durham

All this whilst planning to raise Council Tax by 5%

www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDJ...

#ReformCuts

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Graham Lanktree @glanktree.bsky.social · 7h

Funny because the UK HAS an Australian-style points-based system.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11h

All very amusing, but especially this:

"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."

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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The Independent @the-independent.com · 7h

Judge orders Chicago deportation agents to wear body cameras after seeing ‘startling’ images of arrests

Judge orders Chicago deportation agents to wear body cameras

www.independent.co.uk

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