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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 8h

The houses in question, which the Telegraph is having a fannywobble about this time? Worth tens-of-millions of pounds.

It’s absurd this keening about the problems of billionaires - many of whom only have the properties as investments and contribute sweet blue fuck all to the local economy anyway.

'Nobody wants to live here: London's enclaves of the super-rich are emptying
out
Labour's war on wealth has blown a cold wind through the capital's most exclusive neighbourhoods

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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 2d

Latest @theguardian.com cartoon

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18d

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 3d

Latest @theguardian.com cartoon

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 3d

The only thing today's Conservative leaders have in common with Margaret Thatcher is the party's name.

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Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 4d

Or maybe “idiolect-based”…

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Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 4d

As I’ve been saying for years, call them ‘puns’ and the dialect-based homophone argument disappears.

The latterday term “aural wordplay” is just a long-winded way of saying “pun”.

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Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a shame the @theguardian.com didn’t notice that the photo is reversed…

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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 5d

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Poor Snoopy!

A cartoon of Snoopy sitting at a laptop, looking worried. On the screen is a CAPTCHA-style question that says, “Before proceeding you must identify the image below:” with options “House,” “Bed,” and “Plane.” The image shows Snoopy’s iconic red doghouse. A thought bubble above his head reads, “FUCK!”

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 6d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Donald Trump is ordering extrajudicial killings of suspected drug smugglers.

He's vilifying his political opponents and threatening to jail them.

His ICE agents are terrorizing immigrants and firing chemical agents at peaceful protestors.

And some people think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.

It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.

While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 7d

They lionised a woman for calling for hotels full of asylum seekers to be set on fire. Now they're lionising a man who set fire to a Quran in public.

The far-right, whether it's Reform UK or Conservatives, are championing the cause of those who will violently tear our society apart.

Reprehensible.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 7d

Farage is adopting every dimension of the orange's culture wars in the US. That's an alarming prospect since Starmer then lurches further right in time.

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Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7d

The rules apply to any non-EU citizens not covered by free movement law, not just British citizens. All these possible penalties for overstay already exist.

Brexity folks are allowed to worship British border controls; but the EU is not supposed to enforce theirs against Brits.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 9d

People breaking immigration law can be deported. EVEN IF THEY'RE BRITISH.

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 7d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 7d

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 7d

The Velvet Underground, Filmmakers' Cinematheque, New York City, February 8, 1966 by Fred W. McDarrah #LouReed #JohnCale

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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 8d

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 8d

Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk

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Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 8d

I did click. My point was that while Joplin popularised it, the sentiment she expressed was written by Kristofferson.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 8d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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