Connor
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Yeah I definitely need some time away from social media, the world feels fucking grim atm and I can’t take any of it in without feeling completely overwhelmed, I’m far too dysregulated to take it in.
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🎉 HUGE WIN: the Government has dropped plans for mandatory digital ID.
We've maintained from the start that any digital ID system should be voluntary and focus on helping people access vital services, rather than digitally excluding them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We've maintained from the start that any digital ID system should be voluntary and focus on helping people access vital services, rather than digitally excluding them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK
There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
🎉 HUGE WIN: the Government has dropped plans for mandatory digital ID.
We've maintained from the start that any digital ID system should be voluntary and focus on helping people access vital services, rather than digitally excluding them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We've maintained from the start that any digital ID system should be voluntary and focus on helping people access vital services, rather than digitally excluding them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The government is considering watering down the mandatory element of digital ID, @matildamartin.bsky.social reports exclusively
A Labour MP told PolHome: "Making it non-mandatory would take a lot of the heat out of the debate and allow everyone to focus on the benefits... which are significant"
A Labour MP told PolHome: "Making it non-mandatory would take a lot of the heat out of the debate and allow everyone to focus on the benefits... which are significant"
Government Considers Watering Down Mandatory Element Of Digital ID
Exclusive: There are discussions within government about introducing a key part of the digital ID scheme as optional, rather than as mandatory, Pol...
www.politicshome.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The government is considering watering down the mandatory element of digital ID, @matildamartin.bsky.social reports exclusively
A Labour MP told PolHome: "Making it non-mandatory would take a lot of the heat out of the debate and allow everyone to focus on the benefits... which are significant"
A Labour MP told PolHome: "Making it non-mandatory would take a lot of the heat out of the debate and allow everyone to focus on the benefits... which are significant"
Yeah I definitely need some time away from social media, the world feels fucking grim atm and I can’t take any of it in without feeling completely overwhelmed, I’m far too dysregulated to take it in.
January 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Yeah I definitely need some time away from social media, the world feels fucking grim atm and I can’t take any of it in without feeling completely overwhelmed, I’m far too dysregulated to take it in.
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If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
If there is an argument then this is the argument. But lol I can’t find where this obviously false stat is coming from. And if the government does believe more than half the families in the UK are using it as their primary news source then woah maybe time to up the scrutiny of it!
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
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The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
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Happy New Year you lovely people.
A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)
A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)
Why you should leave X
A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Happy New Year you lovely people.
A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)
A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)
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December 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Sheffield FC and Hallam FC met in the world's oldest club football fixture on this day 1860, played under 'Sheffield rules' that became basis of the modern game. Sheffield won 2-0 at Sandygate Road, Crosspool. (pic Sheffield FC 1876)
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Sheffield FC and Hallam FC met in the world's oldest club football fixture on this day 1860, played under 'Sheffield rules' that became basis of the modern game. Sheffield won 2-0 at Sandygate Road, Crosspool. (pic Sheffield FC 1876)
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🎄 Herring soup and piss ups: this is Christmas in Georgian Manchester. We look at how Mancunians in the 18th century made merry.
manchestermill.co.uk/herring-soup...
manchestermill.co.uk/herring-soup...
Herring soup and piss ups: this is Christmas in Georgian Manchester
We look at how Mancunians in the 18th century made merry
manchestermill.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🎄 Herring soup and piss ups: this is Christmas in Georgian Manchester. We look at how Mancunians in the 18th century made merry.
manchestermill.co.uk/herring-soup...
manchestermill.co.uk/herring-soup...
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Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
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Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
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Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
Colombian marching powder
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Colombian marching powder
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Go on TikTok and search 'Manchester'. What comes up? Fights on Market Street, a local creator who confronts police officers, creepy videos of women on nights out and a comedian pretending to be scared of Moss Side
This piece is about why that's a problem
manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
This piece is about why that's a problem
manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
‘You’ll just see the shouting’: How Manchester looks through the lens of TikTok
Young people are getting their news from an app whose algorithm favours videos about violence, outrage and confrontation
manchestermill.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Go on TikTok and search 'Manchester'. What comes up? Fights on Market Street, a local creator who confronts police officers, creepy videos of women on nights out and a comedian pretending to be scared of Moss Side
This piece is about why that's a problem
manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
This piece is about why that's a problem
manchestermill.co.uk/youll-just-s...
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Join up now and spread the word 🙏
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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Join up now and spread the word 🙏
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November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Viral social media videos have claimed travellers leaving the country for any reason will soon be charged £500, even for holidays.
Holidaymakers can rest easy - these claims are completely false.
Holidaymakers can rest easy - these claims are completely false.
No, the government isn’t introducing a £500 ‘exit fee’ to leave the UK – Full Fact
Viral social media videos claiming that the government will introduce a £500 ‘exit fee’ to leave the UK from November are false.
fullfact.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Viral social media videos have claimed travellers leaving the country for any reason will soon be charged £500, even for holidays.
Holidaymakers can rest easy - these claims are completely false.
Holidaymakers can rest easy - these claims are completely false.
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Labour suggestions that 13 year old children should have to have a digital ID card is simply wrong.
Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.
Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Labour suggestions that 13 year old children should have to have a digital ID card is simply wrong.
Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.
Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.
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📰 "... The consultation on offering digital ID to 13-year-olds showed they had been right to warn about "mission creep".
"It's frankly sinister, unnecessary, and a clear step towards state overreach," said the party's science and technology spokesperson Victoria Collins"
tinyurl.com/bp5yk2r8
"It's frankly sinister, unnecessary, and a clear step towards state overreach," said the party's science and technology spokesperson Victoria Collins"
tinyurl.com/bp5yk2r8
Government to consult on digital IDs for 13-year-olds
There has been a backlash to the announcement a UK-wide digital ID scheme will be introduced by 2029.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
📰 "... The consultation on offering digital ID to 13-year-olds showed they had been right to warn about "mission creep".
"It's frankly sinister, unnecessary, and a clear step towards state overreach," said the party's science and technology spokesperson Victoria Collins"
tinyurl.com/bp5yk2r8
"It's frankly sinister, unnecessary, and a clear step towards state overreach," said the party's science and technology spokesperson Victoria Collins"
tinyurl.com/bp5yk2r8
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Well said, Gary Neville! 👏
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well said, Gary Neville! 👏