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Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

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Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.
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Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
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by Andrew Scott — Reposted by Julian R. Betts, Lesley A. Hall

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Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
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Brutally on target from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
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Whether Jenrick Himmler believes the poison he's spreading or not, the more important point IMO is that he knows that there's a ready market for it, politically and financially. Seems to me he's liying in wait for as and when Reform implode and he can offer an oven-ready racist Tory party he leads.
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by Tanja Bueltmann — Reposted by Julian R. Betts, Steve Peers, Peter Campbell , and 1 more

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I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.
Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.
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by Julian R. Betts

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£106 to book a standard train return from London to Preston for my eldest to go visit the in-laws. For less money I could book her a flight to at least 40 European destinations on the same dates. It’s a ludicrous world we live in. The solutions are easy but greed trumps common sense every time

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Tory-yawnathon update:
Jenrick’s lot plots to oust Badenoch. Badenoch plans to scrap Climate Change Act and leave the ECHR. And it feels unbelievably tedious to even comment. This Tory party is over. Their brand is fucked. They reek of too much failure to be taken seriously. Plot away.
No one cares.
iweekend Revealed: Tory plot to replace Badenoch with Jenrick » His allies are collecting no-confidence letters from Conservative MPs, The i Paper learns
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by Julian R. Betts

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Football owners who lurch from one style/philosophy to another without any thought for the actual strengths and weaknesses of their playing squad are in my humble opinion not going to be very successful. I put Tottenham and West Ham very firmly in that particular boat.
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by Julian R. Betts

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Ange and Nuno on completely different ends of the spectrum when it comes to footballing styles and philosophy. Forest have brought in a huge amount of players whose strengths are geared towards a counter-attacking game plan. Football chairmen are mostly sporting morons. As are fans.
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by Julian R. Betts

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Worry that Labour are making the same mistakes with Farage as Democrats did with Trump. Reform voters don’t care about morality, integrity or decency. They care about their own earnings and having someone to scapegoat for their problems. Demonizing Farage and Reform won’t work as a main message.

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Hannah Arendt should be compulsory reading for everyone right now.
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‘Official crypto partner.’ Three of the worst words in football.
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Well said
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Cambridge is beautiful - the stress of the move will be worth it. Try and catch a Cambridge Utd game if you can - seriously old school ground!
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People banging on as if Arsenal invented substitutes yesterday 😂
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Yes, yes you are. Stop cosplaying "legitimate concerns". When you join a far right rally, organised by well known far right leader Tommy Robinson, with a host of speakers who outright say they are far right, you are a racist. No ifs, buts or maybes. There are no excuses for being there.
Headline from the Telegraph saying: We marched through London against mass migration. We’re no racists People at Saturday’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally say the majority of attendees were peaceful protesters worried about the state of the country
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by Julian R. Betts

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If you can believe this one……my family dog (who came way before me and neither of my parents had any real interest in football) was called Hotspur. Luckily a London team as geography never came into it!
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Reform is a magnet for racists without a home, a bin for failed Tory MPs without a future, a crèche for brainwashed children with no clue about anything, and a stage for morons who want to dress up in glittery flags, shouting.

It is anything but a serious government in waiting.
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The first edition of The Football Fan for the new season is out now.
What’s the big idea?
A new season and new attempts to ruin a simply beautiful game. Welcome back!
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Any excuses left for Arteta and Arsenal if they go yet another season without major silverware?
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Need a Maddison replacement - Eze was never that
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Need a Maddison replacement - Eze was never that

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Need a Maddison replacement - Eze was never that

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Literally repeating my point 😂👏

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Spurs are massively up the food chain so should be no problems finding players desperate to play for Spurs. But we’re also not top of the food chain so Eze situations will occur from time to time

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Not fussed about Eze despite him being a player I’ve long admired. Bottom line - my main pre-requisite for new signings is that they are desperate to play for Spurs. If they’re not bothered then neither am I #thfc
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As always, @spursblogger says pretty much what I am thinking far better. #COYS

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Go Well Ange
Read sadness into what follows. Every word, comma and inflection. I take no pleasure in Ange’s dismissal. But there is reason. In all honesty, since Bilbao I’ve been this way and that about his fut…
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Oliver Holt gets it. Not a sentence I ever thought I’d write.
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by Julian R. Betts

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Yesterday I was angry, now I’m just sad. What a man. And we actually chose to let him go #thfc

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