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Long retired Social Worker. Dementia campaigner. Owned by Isla, the latest in a line of westies.
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James OāBrien
about 13 hours ago
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but itās also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted toā¦
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasnāt moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a Ā£1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
https://nation.cymru/news/the-new-leader-of-reform-uk-wales-lives-in-bath-not-wales/
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Sarah Murphy
3 days ago
Thereās a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reformās treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit. Donāt cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
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Otto English
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Far right extremist Tommy Robinson endorses Matt Goodwin. A vote for Reform is a vote for division, hate, and all that goes with it.
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Steve Griffin
12 days ago
This has been on the horizon for some time. It's the culmination of Wakefield and weaponisation of mRNA vaccines by RFK Jr, Malhotra, Malone etc etc...
@independentsage.bsky.social
put this out last year. We hope it helps. Please, vaccinate your kids š
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You would think thst with all the money Farage earns he could actually pay for something hinself.š±
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farageās trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/23/nigel-farages-trip-to-davos-hosted-and-paid-for-by-family-trust-of-billionaire?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Stella Creasy MP
about 1 month ago
The debate on immigration has become so toxic that we are in danger of not being able to talk about it at all - we need to change that because otherwise we could make the situation worse for all concerned. However hard it is, I wonāt stop trying to change the conversation. If you agree please share.
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Bylines Network
about 1 month ago
The story of Europeās economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere. But it is wrong. It is a myth. Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US. Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/economics/decline-what-decline-the-myth-of-dying-europe/
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Alaa Abd el-Fattahās tweets were wrong, but he is no āanti-white Islamistā. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
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Alaa Abd el-Fattahās tweets were wrong, but he is no āanti-white Islamistā. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and contributing writer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/31/alaa-abd-el-fattah-tweets-british-right-citizenship?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767163300
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Tom Cox
about 2 months ago
THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...
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Steve Rosenberg
about 2 months ago
Ciaran Jenkins and I have recorded another Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration for Christmas. This year we play The Coventry Carol. To all who are celebrating, wishing you a happy, peaceful Christmas.
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For Christmas, a BBC/Channel 4 collaboration: The Coventry Carol
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
https://youtu.be/j7tspeLj7F8
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UK in a Changing Europe
about 2 months ago
Today, Keir Starmer has called for members of European Convention on Human Rights to allow tougher action to protect borders š§µHere are some useful resources on the ECHR, what the UK's membership in it means, whether it's possible to leave or reform it š
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A thought provoking blog. Palliative care is more than hospices. Social care is palliative care too and we need to acknowledge, recognise and value that.
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Scottish Care
2 months ago
āCare homes are not hospitals. Residentsā rights come first.ā Our latest media statement calls for proportionate, rights-based measures this winter. Read our full statement:
scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
#CareAboutCare
#ShineALight
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Scottish Care Media Statement on Flu and Winter Restrictions
Scottish Care Media Statement on Flu and Winter Restrictions
https://scottishcare.org/scottish-care-media-statement-on-flu-and-winter-restrictions/
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Ben Chu
2 months ago
Did Rachel Reeves and the Government āmisleadā people about the state of the public finances and the need for tax rises before the Budget? I think this is a rather complex question & the answer is not black and white. A threadā¦š§µ1/12
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Torsten Bell
2 months ago
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
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Mike Galsworthy
2 months ago
The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust (RBET) has launched an international fundraising campaign to save the historic farm where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne and more than a quarter of his entire body of work. š„
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Campaign launches to save the home of āAuld Lang Syneā
Press release: Ambitious £12mn appeal seeks to rescue Robert Burns' Ellisland Farm and restore the birthplace of Auld Lang Syne
https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/campaign-launches-to-save-the-home-of-auld-lang-syne/
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Mike Galsworthy
2 months ago
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age. About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
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Council tax shock for thousands of Durhamās poorest ā thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/council-tax-shock-for-thousands-of-durhams-poorest-thanks-to-reform-uk/
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Mike Galsworthy
2 months ago
š„ Highly recommended that you all sign and share. Link to the petitionā>
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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John Springford
3 months ago
Britain is in a hole. Real wages have barely risen in 17 years, and the public realm is fraying. Our politics is increasingly fractious as a result. The underlying reason? The biggest productivity slowdown in the G7.
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Samira Ahmed
3 months ago
Written before the BBC resignations but this by
@arusbridger.bsky.social
is really worth reading.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBCās entire governance structureārather than individual storiesāthat should cause most concern
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71517/the-bbc-has-bigger-impartiality-problems-than-its-coverage-of-trump
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Ed Davey
3 months ago
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trumpās America becoming Farage's Britain.
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Torsten Bell
3 months ago
Totally untrue garbage from
@thetimes.com
&
@dailymail.co.uk
today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts: - There is no āĀ£900 deskā - my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs - we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/treasury-minister-900-desk-budget-5ppnzlsd9
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dag
4 months ago
NEW The gaming of the American constitution How a codified āwrittenā constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith By me, at
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Parallel Histories
4 months ago
How do you go about studying a disputed history? We say: don't study history - study histories. Our resources empower young people to think critically, analyse & debate contested histories, cutting through the rising tide of populism. Find out more here:
parallelhistories.org.uk
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Matt Steinglass
4 months ago
I have half an hour before my next interview so I'm going to sketch out what I find an important problem with the fashionable division of immigrants into "net contributors" and "net recipients" of government spending. 1/10
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Stella Creasy MP
4 months ago
Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers. Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
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Alex Andreou
5 months ago
Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty,
@thesun.co.uk
? How about you,
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
? Surely, you're outraged about this,
@dailymail.co.uk
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Russ Jones
5 months ago
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.
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Steve š³ļøāšš¬š§
5 months ago
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
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dag
5 months ago
Apparently āleadingā lawyers and āexpertsā say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR. Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.
davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...
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Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement
1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media supā¦
https://davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-the-united-kingdom-government-cannot-leave-the-echr-without-either-breaching-or-re-negotiating-the-good-friday-agreement/
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Scottish Care
6 months ago
āPeople die while waiting for a social care package, but because theyāre not in a hospital queue, nobody notices.ā Our CEO
@drdmacaskill.bsky.social
in The Herald on Scotlandās hidden social care crisis.š
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Alzheimer Scotland
8 months ago
Scotland is sleepwalking into a dementia care crisis ā and we must act now. Vital community services that support tens of thousands of people with dementia, their families and carers are being cut across the country. [š§µ 1/5]
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Dan Neidle
8 months ago
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below:
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George Takei
8 months ago
Take note.
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@heraldscotland.bsky.social
I think your weather forecast/ Outlook in today's paper seems a bit offš¤ Hottest day of the year but the Highlands are to expect blizzards for the summer solstice!š±
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Joshua Rozenberg
8 months ago
The United Kingdomās most senior judge has rejected claims that judges āinterfere unwarrantably in the democratic processā and that their decisions are based on applying āvalues which are not shared by parliament or the general publicā.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...
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Trust in the courts
Top judge explains how judiciary should act in an age of populism
https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-the-courts
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Hetan Shah
8 months ago
Powerful in depth piece from Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r1xl5wgnko
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Otto English
8 months ago
Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
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UK Constitutional Law Association
9 months ago
Robert Mullins: For Women Scotland: Fastening the āBiologicalā Straitjacket
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/22/r...
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Robert Mullins: For Women Scotland: Fastening the āBiologicalā Straitjacket
In her excellent and informed critique of the Supreme Courtās judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 (āFWSā), Crash Wigley notes that in its judgment the Court negleā¦
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/05/22/robert-mullins-for-women-scotland-fastening-the-biological-straitjacket/
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Damian Low
9 months ago
If Reform are so outraged over the fishing deal, can they answer these three questions. Why did Farage only attend 1 out of 42 EU fisheries meetings as MEP? Why did no Reform MPs go to the 2024 UK fisheries debate? Why did they back Brexitās 2020 deal with EU access to 2026?
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Peter Foster
9 months ago
Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
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10 months ago
#GVerse
LMAO!!! šØ THE HEARD AND MCDONALD PENGUINS HAVE RESPONDED! šš¤£
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Festival of Europe Scotland
10 months ago
#FestivalofEuropeScotland
takes place May 3-11, 2025. Check out our website & book your place, many events are free or as low a cost as possible. This is the festival's 2nd year & events in
#Scotland
will take place in
#Edinburgh
#Glasgow
#Fife
#Stirling
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www.festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on/
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David Henig
10 months ago
While I see all your conspiracy theories I regret to inform you that the horrible truth is that an old man with a tariff obsession has been given almost unlimited power in the world's richest country.
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ade in cambodia
10 months ago
cambodia gas an annual gdp of $34 billion & 17 million people the US gdp of $27 trillion and 340 million people of course there's a fucking trade inbalance you stupid orange turd the us illegally bombed the fuck out of cambodia, stopped usaid here and now imposed 49% tariffs - make it make sense
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Ian Johnson š
10 months ago
The Heard Island delegation is today rushing to Washington to protest new 10% US tariffs
#tariffs
#heardisland
#mcdonaldisland
#trumptariff
#heardandmcdonaldislands
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Otto English
10 months ago
Even when it's just the two of them, in an otherwise empty Oval office, Trump and Musk still aren't the smartest guys in the room.
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