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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 8h

Having argued that Angela Rayner had to go when it became clear that she had not sought proper advice over her housing arrangements, I can't help thinking that entrusting the renting of your house in a specific area to people who routinely rent out houses in the specific area is pretty blameless.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 9h

In the all-conquering media/politics ecosystem that brought you Brexit, Boris Johnson, austerity, Liz Truss & the recent revival of weapons grade racism, she really is the Newcomer of the Year. Hands down. And the Spectator is now owned by a man who basked in the ugliest depths of far right Twitter.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 9h

Lam took a bunch of X posts from far-right racists and so-called "thinktanks" and turned them into a policy that collapsed as soon as anyone actually read it/understood it.

Would have been an absolute travesty if she hadn't won!

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 9h

Congratulations! Well deserved 👏

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 18h

The Celebrity Traitors this evening was amazing.

From the challenge to the roundtable.

Cannot believe there is only two episodes left!

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 1d

IF Labour do raise taxes it will be treated like a bag of sick in the media but we ALL know we need to raise income as the Tories effectively ruined the economy and Labour's plans so far have fallen short.

I guarantee, like many, will not be massively impacted but we will be told we will be...

Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d

From April.

Six months is an eternity in politics.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves Insists She Will Not Put Up Income Tax, VAT Or National Insurance

Chancellor tells HuffPost UK: "We will stick with those manifesto commitments."

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 2d

A little bit of good news.

Hope we get more information soon.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 2d

BBC: "Doctor Who will be back on our screens at Christmas 2026 with a special episode written by Russell T Davies."

Disney+ have confirmed they will not partner on the next season, but BBC says they remain fully committed and will announce plans in due course.

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 2d

If people like @itvpeston.bsky.social are unsure whether Sarah Pochin's statement was racist, they should try saying exactly the same thing to their employer and see how it goes.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 2d

Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

There is always money for war, never for the poor.

Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.

We are not going to take it anymore.

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 2d

Your Party member wants the UK to stop helping Ukraine who are fighting on behalf of all of Europe because Putin is dictator trying to bring back an old dead empire.

Imagine being so far left you go towards far right politics. My theory that the old political line is now a circle is holding up.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

There is always money for war, never for the poor.

Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.

We are not going to take it anymore.

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Joshua Murray-Nevill @joshuamurraynevill.bsky.social · 2d

I liked it when Left-wing parties were antifascist.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

There is always money for war, never for the poor.

Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.

We are not going to take it anymore.

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 2d

Big news as a Celtic fan this morning, Rodgers quit and the temporary manager is... Martin O'Neil.

Whilst Martin is a legend at Parkhead and got us to Porto in 2003 I suspect we won't reach that level this season, mainly cause he built a squad over a number of years.

Interesting times.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

Straight to ‘let’s have a debate about whether racism is racism’ for *almost* all of the UK media. Nothing learned from the lessons of Brexit, Trump & Johnson. But on we go.

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4d

Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

Waking up, again, to the sound of two white men on the radio arguing about whether it is ok to be made "mad" by the very sight of black and Asian people on TV. 😒

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 2d

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 2d

it's real, it's really real, debating overt racism, a complete disgrace

Peston @itvpeston.bsky.social · 2d

Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?

Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺

#Peston

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It's all going very well.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.

And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.

But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

Interesting cover from NY Post

Weird fetish art ran by the NYPost of Zohran

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Ah, yes. Reform UK. "A movement built by real people." All smiling and clasping their hands in EXACTLY the same way.

I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.

<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 2d

All parties have their problems but what is happening under the Reform UK banner at KCC is absolutely shocking.

Reform UK are not fit to run a bath never mind a country. Remember all these former Tories joining Reform to give them credentials isn't working either.

Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 2d

Three more Kent Reform councillors have been expelled from the party.

Cllrs Brian Black, Oliver Bradshaw, and Paul Thomas have all been kicked out for showing "a lack of integrity" and "a pattern of dishonest and deceptive behaviour."

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Naushabah Khan MP @naushabahkhanmp.bsky.social · 2d

The conversation about immigration has taken a sinister turn. It’s no longer just about policy; it’s about race.

I won’t stand for it. We can’t let hate and division decide who belongs in Britain. This country is stronger, kinder, and better than that 🇬🇧 #immigration #race #sarahpochin #british

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Stephen McCormack @mccormack91.bsky.social · 3d

So Trump has revealed the last time he went to hospital he had an MRI.

Not only that, he told reporters he told them about it already (along with his usual "it was perfect") except he did not disclose this previously AT ALL.

Why did he have the MRI?

I am sure Jake Tapper will be all over this.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3d

For ‘adverts’, see also: ‘hospitals’, ‘the Cabinet’, ‘kindergartens’, ‘the England football team’ and, of course, ‘the country’. The only way you can miss this is deliberately. And just watch them try.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3d

A Labour MP on Sarah Pochin's racist comments tells Politico Playbook: “We have to stop this sh*t before it takes hold in public life”

On that front - would have helped to have called out Tory plans to deport millions of legal migrants far earlier. And Katie Lam's "cultural coherence" comments etc.

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 4d

"Unfortunately it's not in our strategic interests to say the racist part out loud" is quite the advice.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4d

Montie gives Pochin the benefit of his wisdom.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4d

You can’t even complain about the number of black people in your town or on TV these days without being called a racist.

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