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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 10h

stop thinking right now

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 9h

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 22h

Makes sense....but Labour better be ready with a rejoin argument (they won't).

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 23h

Love it.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 23h

Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister - four days after he quit

French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister.

news.sky.com

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Is this good?

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Dunno guys, I reckon it might just be incompetence.

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

www.theguardian.com

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure the Beeb will recover from this.

The Sun @thesun.co.uk · 1d

Gregg Wallace sues BBC for £10k over alleged ‘distress and harassment’

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 1d

They never miss

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

OH MY GOD

the national party - putting the n back in cuts

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Good on her.

Also someone's going to be posting through this is 3, 2....

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 2d

Er

Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 2d

This is, frankly, hilarious. The Resolution Foundation is “unapologetically Marxist”.
This is commentary from the Jupiter Merlin team’s Merlin Weekly Macro newsletter.

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, what?!

Full Fact @fullfact.org · 3d

Viral social media posts claim Sir Keir Starmer has legalised marriage between brothers and sisters or parents and children.

False. Marriage between close relatives is illegal in the UK. There are, however, calls for a ban on marriage between first cousins. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

No, the government hasn’t legalised marriage between brothers and sisters and parents and children – Full Fact

False claims about changes in the law have been linked to a parliamentary exchange about marriages between first cousins.

fullfact.org

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 3d

Beth Mooney appreciation post. #CWC25

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 3d

Bit of a weird obsession with authoritarian states, and Sharia Law, but yeah ok.

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

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 3d

No.

‘The ground is shifting’: what’s driving One Nation’s surge and could it replace the ‘floundering Liberals’?

As its support doubles, One Nation is targeting conservative voters disillusioned with the Liberals and Nationals on immigration and net zero

www.theguardian.com

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 4d

I want this more than anything.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

Should there be national service for Boomers?

A German think tank has called for 1yr of "mandatory social service" for all new retires - a move Britons would oppose for the UK

Support: 14%
Oppose: 73%

18-24yr olds: -43 net support
25-49: -58
50-64: -70
65+: -53

yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 4d

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Mel Stride slaps down Robert Jenrick’s ‘no white faces’ remarks

The shadow chancellor’s rebuke breaks ranks with Kemi Badenoch’s response to the controversial comments.

www.politico.eu

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 4d

There's still racism, clearly. But the big cities (and hopefully the sticks one of these days) are fine, aside from the odd dickhead.

But having grown up before and in the massive racist bit, it isn't that. But more to do...

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 4d

Totally, especially in Bendigo. But having lived there throughout the 90s, and seen and heard, it's a very, very different world now in the cities.

Suburbs? Also better, but not great. But it's changing.

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 4d

Going to put myself here on this one (as an inner city Aussie), yeah...depends on where you live. But if you're talking about inner City Adelaide, Melbs or Syd, not sure this is right having lived and mingled in all three. 1/..

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 4d

Yes the cost blew out a bit (private sector etc) but amazing what happens when you just....commit to something.

Melbourne’s ‘spectacular’ Metro Tunnel stations are finally finished. Here’s what they look like and what’s next

Town Hall and State Library train stations join Anzac, Arden and Parkville as city waits for launch date of long-awaited rail line

www.theguardian.com

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 5d

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 5d

EXC from @annaisaac.bsky.social

The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

Every post from the Tory conference just makes me sad. Like watching a destitute clown begging for pennies.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 5d

In place of a speech by Victoria Atkins, the shadow Defra secretary, she is holding a “rally for the countryside” in the main exhibition hall. Her Union Jack jacket is back from the dry cleaners again.

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James Fitzgerald @jamesfitzjourno.bsky.social · 5d

So that's where the canopy went....

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 5d

A pub in London Fields is trying to put up a timber canopy over its outside seating.

The planning process so far has taken FIVE YEARS. That’s longer than it took to build the entire Hoover Dam. capx.co/nimby-watch-...