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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 15h

He is worth hundreds of millions, do you really think he has taken this column for the money?

I think he is seeking to influence the Conservative party. Hopefully in pursuit of bringing it back towards the centre post Kemi.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe not steering but perhaps placing inflatable barriers along the route.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 16h

I'm beginning to wonder whether Rubio is subtly steering the ship and trying to limit the number of icebergs the SS Trump careers into.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 20h

Many of this Governments problems stem from using pre-existing public opinion as an excuse for presenting views that they don't really agree.

This is why they struggle to back many of their polices when questioned. Look to Ed Miliband for an example of a politician who believes in his brief.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 22h

He was only there to water the plinth under Churchill.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 22h

Well, its not as if the EU is in an extremely strong position is it? Sensible direction from the commission on national leaders can overcome any intransigence in the EU machine.

Not long ago many commentators were talking about the EU relaxing its views towards doing deals with the UK post Trump.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 23h

Looking at it, the image in the second photo was taken a second or two later than the one posted to twitter as a few of the people are in slightly different positions.

Amazing hacker being able to find a second photo on Mike's phone taken straight after the first.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?

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[email protected] @cityhobo61.bsky.social · 1d

Weak as water, I don’t see any difference between News & Current Affairs when the latter is often just a deeper dive on something reported in the former. @ofcom.bsky.social failing to adapt to the broadcast landscape.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, because that sort of idea won't be pounced upon by Putin to undermine EU integration.

"Hey Moldova, don't bother joining the EU, they will treat you like a second class country"

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2d

So, another week when we'll continue to ignore the increasingly obvious issue of political radicalisation via social media? And indeed the tied issue of the large tech companies who promote this, and the tech bros who see this as some sort of move to a utopian paradise governed by them?

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, hence my caveat re those considering doing it.

There will be many who can afford that but just haven't done so because they didn't feel it necessary. Now's the time to do it, get a vote and help us all stop the racist and anti immigrant policies.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 2d

I would love to see polling on how many people on ILR or SS just hadn't gotten round to it or didn't feel it necessary previously.

There's about 7-8 million of them combined. That is a huge number of people living here without a say on how the country is run. I'd like to see that change.

Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 2d

I get all of that.

I'm just stating that launching this policy so early gives a significant number of people, who can afford it, who don't have dual citizenship concerns, and had previously thought ILR etc was enough, the nudge required to get citizenship and enable them to vote for better.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 2d

The idiocy of this policy being announced 4 years from an election is it gives all those people on ILR, or with Settled Status, that were considering it the nudge they might have needed to apply for citizenship and giving them the right to vote.

Good opportunity for pro immigration parties...

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 2d

The idiocy of this policy being announced 4 years from an election is it gives all those people on ILR, or with Settled Status, that were considering it the nudge they might have needed to apply for citizenship and giving them the right to vote.

Good opportunity for pro immigration parties...

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 3d

With the US government now joining bluesky, does the UK government have any excuses not to?

And also, why isn't BBC news on here properly?

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 3d

And now there are very few sensible people left to remind them of the boundaries of civil discourse.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

🚨BREAKING🚨

What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy — and how Reform UK’s former Welsh Leader Nathan Gill fits in. 🧵 1/12

Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4d

The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 6d

So it appears that after accusing the Prime Minister of interfering with a criminal investigation, Kemi Badenoch is now furious that he did no such thing and thinks he should have done?

Make it make sense.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 6d

So it appears that after accusing the Prime Minister of interfering with a criminal investigation, Kemi Badenoch is now furious that he did no such thing and thinks he should have done?

Make it make sense.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 11d

Agree. Shows how awful the budget might actually be doesn't it?

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 11d

Farage said it was the best deal possible and stood his party down from campaigning in the 2019 election. That's pretty clear in my book.

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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 11d

This exemplifies the problem with Starmer's government and McSweeney.

I bet they focus grouped the idea, got mildly positive responses and decided that was all they needed.

They have to start leading people where they want them to go. Highlight problem, explain how IDs fix it, launch policy.