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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 5h

I was born in the UK but I’m not culturally aligned with the likes of Katie.

Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 9h

Same! Getting blue was random tapping and then purple just happened. Might have been a 3/5 difficulty if you’re from the US but some of the answers for blue and purple weren’t familiar to me

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AWoodall @mrspungoe.bsky.social · 10h

BBC News - Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Let's call this what it is. Economic blackmail.

"Don't tax us or people will lose jobs."

Meanwhile this parasitic industry leeches £billions each year in profits.

Tax them more.

Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax

The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.

www.bbc.com

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 10h

This is not news to anyone who’s been paying attention.

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 1d

This line needs to be pushed hard, particularly the closer we get to a general election. However, it will need to be done skilfully, or we’ll run the risk of it being dismissed as another Brexit-style ‘Project Fear’. We all know that Project Fear became Project Reality but that won’t cut through.

Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 2d

I’d describe the colour of Fiona’s jacket as ‘powder blue’ whereas Reform Ltd have turquoise as their colour (which upsets me, as it’s one of my favourite colours)

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 2d

Can someone remind new Tory Matthew Syed just who destroyed our manufacturing base back in the 1980s?
#bbcqt

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t forget Marxist!

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 3d

So Mr Reform from Lincolnshire wants to save the county by not investing in renewables? It’s a very flat county. Maybe he should think about saving it from the flooding damage that uncontrolled climate change will cause?
#politicslive

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a lot of bot accounts on FB for sure

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 3d

He also the reason Farage backs an insurance-based health system for the UK. As always, follow the money.

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 5d

‘hear’, not ‘jest’ 🙄

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 5d

I mean , I don’t disagree with any of what he says but why couldn’t he see all this before? It’s not like it wasn’t obvious 🤷‍♀️

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 5d

It was refreshing to jest him calling for a bit of calm around Trump’s wild claims. His reality check should be repeated on all BBC output.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 6d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 8d

Commiserations to the Donald for losing out to a woman from Venezuela.

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 8d

I’d like to see a lot more scrutiny of Banks.

Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 9d

Trump and his acolytes might well think he can “move mountains by sheer force of his will”, but that can’t get him a Nobel prize! Go, Norway!

Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 10d

Tice and Farage should be treated like the traitors they are.

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Steve Moss 💙💚 Ⓥ☘️#Ireland. @stephen-moss.bsky.social · 10d

Having backed and assisted the Israel war on Palestinians & the #gazagenocide itself, Donald Trump comes up with a #PeacePlan to end it & wants the #NobelPeacePrize for doing so.
You couldn't make this up.
He should face arrest for complicity in #CrimesAgainstHumanity.
#bbcqt
#foxnews

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 10d

You don’t get to bankroll a genocide…

Embolden and cheer on the perpetrators

…and then call yourself a hero for pulling the plug.

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 11d

🚨A Message from our editor-in-chief Matt Kelly

Read full story: buff.ly/dY1tJVa

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 10d

Am I alone in thinking it’s far too early to be heralding this ‘deal’ as proof of the ending of conflict in the Middle East? Far too early for the congratulatory messages? Personally, I don’t trust Netenyahu to keep any bargain and I fear the Palestinians are being shafted. Again.

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 10d

Does it come with pins or do I need to supply my own?

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Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 10d

If anyone in Labour had a modicum of political nous, they’d be pushing the Churchill angle at every mention of the ECHR.