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Vaughan Roberts
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Writer and speaker; priest and canon emeritus, spouse, father and grandfather. Interested in sport, culture, religion and how organisations function.

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Vaughan Edward Roberts is a Church of England clergyman. Since 1998, he has been the rector of St Ebbe's, Oxford. In 2009, he became Director of the Proclamation Trust.

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Ben Chu @benchu.bsky.social Β· 23h
Nigel Farage has been making the incorrect claim that "one million people living in this country don't speak any English at all"

Facts here πŸ‘‡

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social Β· 1d
Wow!

Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.

This is a *big* legal win.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com

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Representative Deborah Ross @ross.house.gov Β· 1d
Pam Bondi admitted she has no clue who transferred Ghislaine Maxwell to a cushy prison with perks. Not only is this troubling but it raises the question... who did?

We need a full investigation into how and why this administration has allowed Maxwell to receive special treatment.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com Β· 1d
Pam Bondi reminds Epstein's victims why they should thank Trump

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social n for Raw Story

#PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Trump #USPolitics #EpsteinFiles

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Β· 1d
Also I don't see an acknowledgment that he got the basic facts on which he based his racist comments wrong
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Β· 1d
Jim Ratcliffe has issued a bland and generic statement about economic policy which does not engage at all with what he got wrong, or why saying the UK has been colonised has been legitimately criticised. Nor does he seem to retract his language of colonisation in gesturing towards a semi-apology

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Nikki McCann RamΓ­rez @nikkimcr.bsky.social Β· 2d
Pam Bondi starts ranting about the DOW and S&P in the middle of questions about the Epstein files.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Β· 4d
This is pretty menacing.

Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."

When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Reform UK threatens to cut funding for Welsh university after debating society bans party from campus want to go to Bangor University' said nobody ever. Especially if Bangor University is stripped of government funding and student loan facilities by @reformparty_uk Is that "in line with your values,' poppets?

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov Β· 4d
President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
β€œI Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org

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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social Β· 7d
"Reading is no panacea. . . But, if no panacea, reading is still a medicine."

History suggests that the line between the Bible-reading and mass literacy is not simple or obvious, writes Nick Spencer

#Bible #Theos #GetBritainReading #Literacy
Analysis: Bible-reading = mass literacy?
History suggests that the line between the the two is not simple or obvious, writes Nick Spencer
www.churchtimes.co.uk

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CNN @cnn.com Β· 7d
The head of the coordinating committee for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is facing calls to step down after emails released by the Justice Department last week show he exchanged racy messages with Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago. https://cnn.it/4a3FKba

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NationCymru @nation.cymru Β· 7d
The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a Β£1m house near Bath, we can reveal ✍️Martin Shipton
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a Β£1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
wp.me

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social Β· 7d
Don't have children? Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin says you should be taxed

He made the proposal in a recently rediscovered blog post πŸ‘‡
Don't have children? This Reform UK candidate says you should be taxed
www.thenational.scot

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Β· 7d
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net Β· 9d
i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will β€˜surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference.Β β€œIf you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com

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Vaughan Roberts @vaughanroberts.bsky.social Β· 9d
Agreed and I've known several MPs from different parties⬇️
gsoh31.bsky.social Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Β· 9d
Most MPs are honest, hard-working and clean as anything. Dragging Parliament through the dirt hurts everyone, especially the weakest in our society. Next time you wonder why governing has got harder, this type of a debacle is one reason.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Β· 9d
He's laughing at everyone, and getting richer and richer doing it. No-one can touch him. The worse thing? Many voters who hate this sort of thing will plump for Reform out of desperation.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Β· 9d
Most MPs are honest, hard-working and clean as anything. Dragging Parliament through the dirt hurts everyone, especially the weakest in our society. Next time you wonder why governing has got harder, this type of a debacle is one reason.

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Jacob Γ–berg @profjacob.bsky.social Β· 10d
🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧡
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.
www.politico.eu

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Β· 13d
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband

these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly

www.ft.com/content/608a...

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Vaughan Roberts @vaughanroberts.bsky.social Β· 14d
Fascinating analysis of 'America'⬇️
lrb.co.uk London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Β· 15d
β€˜The warnings of King and Adams could hardly seem more prophetic. American democracy has been progressively hollowed out by forever wars, deindustrialisation, the tyranny of wealth and the creation of an archipelago of maximum security prisons.’

@adamshatz.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz Β· Another Country: Visions of America
America is a β€˜battlefield’, Simone de Beauvoir wrote, β€˜and you can only become passionate about the battle it is...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Luca Migo βŒπŸ‘‘ @victinibcn.bsky.social Β· 14d
Happening now: breathtaking aerial view of today’s immense protest in Minneapolis Minnesota! Just wow 🀩

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Β· 14d
NEW: It's not just Minnesota, judges across the country are calling out ICE for violating court orders with regularity.

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Β· 14d
It is quite striking that Konstantin Kisin simply denied (falsely) on BBC1 that he had said what he said, word for word, on his podcast.
eddieburfi.bsky.social Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social Β· 15d
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt

Douglas Alexander: β€œWhen Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said β€œhe’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”

Kisin: β€œNo, that’s not what I said...”

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Β· 15d
β€˜The warnings of King and Adams could hardly seem more prophetic. American democracy has been progressively hollowed out by forever wars, deindustrialisation, the tyranny of wealth and the creation of an archipelago of maximum security prisons.’

@adamshatz.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz Β· Another Country: Visions of America
America is a β€˜battlefield’, Simone de Beauvoir wrote, β€˜and you can only become passionate about the battle it is...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Faiz Siddiqui @faizsays.bsky.social Β· 16d
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%

the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
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Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
wapo.st

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Β· 16d
In Minneapolis, people who have never protested before are standing up to Trump's armed immigration thugs.

CEOs of some of the most powerful corporations on earth, meanwhile, are busy getting private screenings of Melania's documentary at the White House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0vKzRmPos
Where Are America's Leaders?
On January 6th, 2021, when Trump incited an insurrection, America's corporate leaders rushed to distance themselves from
www.youtube.com

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net Β· 16d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Β· 17d
β€œI watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag dollβ€” only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they β€˜got’, like he was a deer.”

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social Β· 18d
From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector.
Still looking.