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The Rancid Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 3h

Why has this become socially acceptable?

A view along a footway with a verge left with large trees and front gardens left. There is a black car sticking out over the footway and a grey car beyond even more.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 21m

Whenever I hear about the decline in standards from the old days of Decent Conservatism this is the first image that comes to mind. The man who drew this was given an OBE.

The infamous "loony left is right behind you neil" cartoon from the Daily Express, showing Neil Kinnock shocked by his "troops" of offensively caricatured black, Irish, gay and "communist local council" people.

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Chris Gravell @chrisg43.bsky.social · 13h

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.

Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October

Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.

Then share. Thank you.

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Dermot Hanney @hanneydp.bsky.social · 1d

Something not right in how we review things that such a consultation has zero references to the A10 but yet on crash map it has approximately +500 crashes one could reference as evidence a main road is a severance safety issue

Zero reference to A10 in whole word search of Hackney Transport Strategy consultation report

201 crashes identified around A10 and surrounding area near Dalston

122 crashes identified around A10 and surrounding area near Haggerston

158 crashes identified around A10 and surrounding area near Hoxton

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 1d

Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.

The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵

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Cllr Benali Hamdache @greenbenali.bsky.social · 2d

Caerphilly shows we can beat Reform; but increasingly not with Labour

An array of Green & Gold parties will be responsible for shutting out Reform next election. Plaid, SNP, Green & Lib Dem

Labour can’t beat Reform by deforming into them

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Decahedron 🏳️‍🌈 @decahedronx.bsky.social · 2d

Holy fucking shit, you weren't even exaggerating.

What the fuck is wrong with these people.

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-derail...

Peers derail government plans to hand some DWP staff powers to use force against benefit claimants

Government plans under controversial new legislation to give some Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff “morally dubious” powers to use force against benefit claimants have been derailed by …

www.disabilitynewsservice.com

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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 2d

Let's not forget the Tories, whose attempt to out-Reform Reform led to a vote of 2%.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 2d

Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly by-election overnight, with Reform pushing Labour into a distant third.

Plaid got 47% of the vote on a record turnout, suggesting to me that there was some tactical voting to keep Reform out, which won 36%.

A factor that could be underpriced in a general election.

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Chris Gravell @chrisg43.bsky.social · 2d

Horrible. Read the peers’ comment. But the powers to enter homes, search and seize belongings remain.

Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 2d

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-derail...

Peers derail government plans to hand some DWP staff powers to use force against benefit claimants

Government plans under controversial new legislation to give some Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff “morally dubious” powers to use force against benefit claimants have been derailed by …

www.disabilitynewsservice.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that the Conservative/Lam narrative on ILR is built on the debunked/withdrawn Centre for Policy Studies paper from February, as I highlighted then.

@rcolvile.bsky.social complained then about my labelling his article as "dog-whistle racism". Might be time for him to clarify his position..

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Feb 9

"Hence the urgency of implementing now the second part of the Conservatives policy - the encouragement of re-emigration."

Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).

It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.

www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

It’s mad to give migrants leave to remain when we’ve no idea if they contribute

Britain cannot afford to give a route to long-term residency and citizenship to thousands or eventually millions of new arrivals who will cost the country

www.thetimes.com

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 2d

Russia or orange-tinted billionaires and Musk, UK politics are obviously at risk of serious distortion. Starmer seems asleep at the wheel.

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 2d

Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaitin...

Two other MEPs joined Nathan Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests – and 6 weeks later repeated his talking points in Parliament

observer.co.uk

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 3d

This would be a regressive step. Shows a poverty of thinking inside No10

Why? 🧵🧵

1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.

2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down

Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost

www.theguardian.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

Josh MacAlister: "Weetabix, Sainsburys, Morrisons & Magic Breakfast.. British businesses stepping in"

Weetabix is owned by a US company, the largest shareholder in Sainsburys is Qatars sovereign wealth fund, Morrisons is owned by US private equity & Magic Breakfast is a charity

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Night of the Living Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 3d

Hallowe'en is just around the corner and it is one of the most dangerous days for children. Here are some safety tips:

1) Avoid hitting children with your pickup truck, SUV or other motor vehicle. It is technically against the law to harm or kill a child with your vehicle and you could be charged.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 3d

So water companies polluting rivers and seas is fine, but chucking leftover coffee down the drain is where the council draws the line?

This is madness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo

Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond

Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is "disproportionate" while Richmond Council say it is in line with its policies.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chris Gravell @chrisg43.bsky.social · 3d

What about all the microplastic pollution from motor vehicle tires?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

Useful story on the Reform + Conservative plans

- How many nurses have ILR? How many earn < £38.7k or meet ANY of the other conditions?
- How many nurses are they removing who arrived 2021-25? (There were 25,497 in the 12 months to March 2023, for example)

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 4d

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

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sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 4d

LBC sacked Sangita Myska for challenging Israeli lies

But they’re OK with this vile tweet from Iain Dale

LBC has a racism problem

The Centrist frauds O'Brien and Fogarty are absolutely complciit

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Chris Gravell @chrisg43.bsky.social · 4d

And far fewer council houses, which were a huge social asset.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 5d

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 4d

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Hmmmm. "The Home Secretary has said it is unacceptable for a European human rights watchdog to “question the validity” of the Supreme Court ruling".

Except the Commissioner didn't question the "validity" of the Supreme Court ruling, he questioned its fairness.

Mahmood hits back at European watchdog over trans and protest rights concerns

The Supreme Court ruled in April that the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

www.independent.co.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

Until Margaret Thatcher decided we needed to Privatise it the UK had the cheapest Water in Europe, among the cheapest Electricity and cheap rail/mail.

Now we have ripoff Water, the world's most expensive electricity and the most expensive rail/mail in Europe.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

Starmer on Sunday, Home Secretary on Monday, no 10 on Tuesday saying different things about what happens to people here legally. "It would tear our country apart" (Sunday) + prove your right to stay (Monday) + maybe apply some new rules but not others (Tuesday)

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