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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · 2d

More staff, more thorough training and support and a review of their practices? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

England and Wales prison checks to be enhanced after inmate released in error

Justice secretary David Lammy to announce series of measures after Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14d

Nearly every media outlet is announcing they will refuse to sign the Pentagon’s new rule stating they cannot report information if it’s not government “authorized.”

Even Newsmax is refusing to sign.

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · 21d

Kemi Badenoch still forgets that a lot of the problems being faced were caused by her party and her proposals would cut services again and allow the rich to become even richer. Money before people - I despair

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · 27d

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social Whose side are you on? I thought you were supposed to be on the side of the worker www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say

Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 24

Ed Davey challenging Reform, the Tories and Labour by providing moral clarity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Sir Ed Davey’s speech: a party that promises contrast and protest | Editorial

Editorial: The Liberal Democrat leader drew a moral line on Gaza, challenged rightwing populism and targeted Labour. It’s not reinvention but an ethical intent

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 24

#LibDems🔶🔶

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Resisting Faragism offers the Lib Dems a rare clarity of purpose | Rafael Behr

Ed Davey’s rallying cry in defence of moderate, liberal Britain might give some coherence to a party with a reputation for opportunism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · Sep 23

Thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia since Putin’s invasion.

I stood with President Zelenskyy today at the UN to focus the world's attention on these horrific war crimes — and to strengthen our international efforts to bring these children home.

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 23

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No more Mr Nice Guy: Ed Davey rebrands Lib Dems as the real opposition to Reform

Leader’s conference speech at Bournemouth shows a bullish party ready to be key player in any centre-left coalition

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 23

Ed Davey made a confident speech: there is a great deal of strategic logic in a liberal challenge to Nigel Farage is offering Britain the chaos and cruelty of Donald Trump's America, and in taking a strong stand that Elon Musk should not be above the rule of law

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Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain

Leader's Speech to Autumn Conference 2025

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 23

Hina Bokhari, "What President Trump is doing is spouting our racist conspiracy theories which aren't even true"

"London is a diverse inclusive city that promotes equality, and that's what London is all about"

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 22

We agree with Ed Davey. And we are working with lawyers on possible action against Elon Musk and/or X for terrorism act offences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ed Davey urges regulator to go after Elon Musk over X 'crimes'

The Lib Dem leader urges Ofcom to launch an investigation into the tech mogul and his social platform.

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 21

My daughter is getting her life together and has made amazing progress but is still trying to get the right support. No one believed me when she was growing up www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘She never got help’: mother says daughter who died on motorway was failed by care system

Tamzin Hall, 17, was struck by a vehicle after leaving a police car on the M5 motorway in Somerset after being arrested at a children’s home

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 21

Tim Farron - well said! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK and St George’s flags should never be used to ‘intimidate and terrify’, says senior Lib Dem

‘How dare the nationalists steal our flags?’ asks Tim Farron at party conference in Bournemouth

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Sep 20

“When we left the EU, we left the Dublin Protocol, which is the main deterrent to irregular migration"

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Keir Starmer dismisses Neil Kinnock’s calls to ‘rejoin EU’ to prevent small boats and boot out Farage

"When we left the EU, we left the Dublin Protocol, which is the main deterrent to irregular migration"

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 19

Another deeply disturbing incident www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Girl, nine, shot with airgun in ‘racially aggravated assault’ in Bristol

Police seeking a white male suspect and treating incident as a hate crime after ‘traumatised’ victim hit three times

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Sep 17

What’s in a flag?

EU flags lit up the Proms as far-right riots marred Westminster – two visions of Britain, one of unity, the other of hate

By Sue Wilson MBE

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

What’s in a flag?

EU flags lit up the Proms as far-right riots marred Westminster – two visions of Britain, one of unity, the other of hate

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Loretta from Canada🇨🇦 @myview66.bsky.social · Sep 17

Perfect summation...

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Here are the five stages that may lead to racism

There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races”

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 15

Can we still challenge the local authority if it’s inadequate?

Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal

Exclusive: Ministers have vowed to fix benefit after Guardian revealed thousands had been plunged into debt for accidentally breaking rules

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Utah’s Republican governor makes case for unity – in stark contrast with Trump

Measured yet impassioned, Spencer Cox spoke the words Americans needed to hear – and urged a rejection of hate

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Alison H 🔶 @alisonh6.bsky.social · Sep 12

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social Are you going to condemn this? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Alleged rape of Sikh woman in West Midlands being treated as hate crime

Police hunting for two male suspects who are alleged to have racially abused the victim during the assault

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil

Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Sep 12

Investigation: the Ministry of Defence had to warn councils of their SEND legal duties amid 'frequent' cases of service children waiting for EHCPs and being stuck out of school

One MP said SEND issues had led to 'serious operational problems for the armed forces'

Now the armed forces flag SEND system failures

MP says council delay in issuing an EHCP for a service child is causing 'serious operational problems'

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