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Shane Phillips 🏳️‍⚧️ @shanephotos.bsky.social · 1d

Plus, it's worth noting that the supreme court magically reversed course to prevent people who were ripped off by banks mis-selling loans claiming their money back after Reeves threatened to change the law. They're all part of the same circle jerk despite the feigned independence.

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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 1d

All the supreme court did was clarify a badly written law. It would have been simple for Starmer to amend that law - he has a huge majority - but he double-down on it. I feel that the court is taking the flack for what is a Labour policy

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 21h

Farage never entered No.10 but his politics did.

From Cameron to Starmer, every leader since 2015 has copied his playbook.

Britain didn’t take back control.
It handed it to corporate power.

How Farage Won Without Ever Becoming Prime Minister
youtu.be/xywxTSeUk6g

How Farage Won Without Ever Becoming Prime Minister

YouTube video by Liz Webster #SaveBritishFarming

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer should be pushing this at every opportunity, not leaving it to a Tory grandee.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer: „Brexit is to blame!“

Voters: „ok, how‘re you going to fix Brexit?“

Starmer: -glitches-

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Madeleine @bustyboudica.bsky.social · 3d

And Starmer thinks the entire populations data will be safe on their servers..

I think not

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says - BBC News

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

share.google

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 2d

This is pretty damning. Is there anything that Starmer is actually good at on the domestic stage? substack.com/@geoffmulgan...

Eric Morecambe and the challenge of good government

Some of the right people, not necessarily in the right roles

substack.com

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Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · 3d

A young girl died because of the British government’s assault on trans people. They murdered her. Streeting, Starmer, Cass and the rest, they murdered this girl. Her blood is on their hands.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM is reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control • UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has been accused of pushing some of his last remaining progressive allies out of government, as he embarks on another shake-up of his Downing Street operation designed to empower his chief secretary, Darren Jones. The prime minister is overseeing a reorganisation of several key parts of his government, including the delivery and policy units, to refocus the policy work and give Jones more direct control of the machinery of government. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22h

These national heroes have now waited more than a year for a meeting with Keir Starmer to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition. They are now in their eighties and are dying waiting for justice. This is no way to treat veterans Prime Minister

youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...

Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Will they make the same big deal out of that Far Right White guy who threaten to kill Keir Starmer?

No I'm sure if they mention it, it will just be Free Speech.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

Be afraid, be very afraid, Mr Starmer

Your days are numbered

youtu.be/oPtLEevhgbE

WATCH: Jeremy Corbyn's STUNNING speech at Your Party launch

YouTube video by PoliticsJOE

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 2d

Labour are heading for a spanking in May.

Net leader approval:

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Polanski +2
Davey +1
Farage -20
Badenoch -37
Reeves -37
Starmer -39

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Polanski +6
Davey -4
Farage -19
Badenoch -29
Reeves -44
Starmer-49

(Opinium/The Observer; 1-3 October)

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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 9h

His car insurance company won't be impressed.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 4d

My ex- neighbour had a sticker that said “Sadiq Khan is not my mayor “. And he was right because we lived in Kent.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag! | Aditya Chakrabortty

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 2d

The continuing clearance of anyone who isn't a Labour right loyalist from the Starmer operation leaves only one possible scenario next year:

Any Labour catastrophe in the devolved and local elections will be entirely the fault of the Labour right.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

www.theguardian.com

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sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 1d

Keir Starmer has wasted his supermajority and his entire political capital to defend this....his Isreali handlers!!!!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 10h

Positive. But pointless.

The hate speech & incitement of MPs, Councillors & activists are ignored by Police, Councils, & Govt.

Where are the civil court cases, sacking from jobs, where are the arrests & prosecutions?

Police facilitated & protected the unlawful upside down flags in West Midlands!

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invisibldiscarded.bsky.social @invisibldiscarded.bsky.social · 10h

Depressing that the lies of racist politicians (Labour, Tories & Reform) have become so embedded, that folk are driven to shine a light on the every day, basic decency of the vilified.

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philip-goddard.bsky.social @philip-goddard.bsky.social · 2d

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KP McDonnell @wildecard.bsky.social · 1d

Because Starmer and co agreed with them.
Bought and paid for.

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