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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 2h

I have a relative who ticks those boxes...

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 3h

Hi @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social this is a good idea for all #Labour MPs...

Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 2d

Really interesting- and, I think, welcome- to see MPs sharing this kind of data about casework.

Casework is largely invisible (other than to the constituents it helps!) compared to what MPs do in the Commons chamber but is a huge part of MPs’ workload, and it’s really hard to get robust data on it

Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social · 2d

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 2d

Really interesting- and, I think, welcome- to see MPs sharing this kind of data about casework.

Casework is largely invisible (other than to the constituents it helps!) compared to what MPs do in the Commons chamber but is a huge part of MPs’ workload, and it’s really hard to get robust data on it

Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social · 2d

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TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social · 1d

Switzerland is “rich in something vanishingly rare in the rest of the world: common sense. This is most apparent in the way the Swiss get around…a model of sensible, sustainable — and yes, even enjoyable — transit. It’s simply the best transportation system in the world.” Via @taras-grescoe.com

Anatomy of the Swiss Revolution

How Switzerland Engineered Itself into Becoming the World's Greatest Transit Nation

www.highspeed.blog

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 8h

Hi @natsecsoc.bsky.social

RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 8h

Why are friends and colleagues on the liberal left not up in arms about the medieval sexism and misogyny of the East London mosque in banning women and girls from taking part in a charity "fun run"? Why is it only the right wing press carrying this story? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Mosque in London bans females over 12 from competing in charity run

Women and girls over the age of 12 have been banned by a mosque from taking part in Muslim Charity Run, in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 8h

Why are friends and colleagues on the liberal left not up in arms about the medieval sexism and misogyny of the East London mosque in banning women and girls from taking part in a charity "fun run"? Why is it only the right wing press carrying this story? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Mosque in London bans females over 12 from competing in charity run

Women and girls over the age of 12 have been banned by a mosque from taking part in Muslim Charity Run, in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 10h

More pix from Switzerland. The Bernese Alps from Bern (of course)

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15h

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

open.substack.com

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven't been to #Bern I thoroughly recommend it. These pix are from last month

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 1d

NB blaming Farage and #Brexit is a sign that Starmer is being entirely accurate and honest

John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to blame Farage and Brexit for tax rises is a sign of Starmer’s desperation. My weekend article for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...

Trying to blame Farage and Brexit for tax rises is a sign of Starmer’s desperation

The prime minister and his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, are expected to argue that Brexit – backed by the Reform leader’s ‘easy sloganeering’ – is responsible for Budget tax hikes this autumn. But, says...

www.independent.co.uk

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

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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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry, but if you're saying those implausible and shallow Kemi Badenoch announcements constitute a good speech then you're part of the UK's political problem.

Same half-baked "tax cut good / international commitments bad" bearing no resemblance to well formed policy.

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

You *really* should be by now but you don’t *actually* have to call them liars or racists, if it offends your commitment to now almost entirely redundant BBC principles of ‘objectivity’ & ‘ balance’. You just have to ask them again & again & again to justify their words & explain their exact meaning

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

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 3d

1. This does not target the UK

2. This is clear evidence of being inside a customs union rather than floating alone

3. It was inevitable that Trump's actions at the head of such a large economy would result in dumping elsewhere.. Europe has to be able to take action to counter that.

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 3d

I do hope someone in government, or the wider Labour Party looks at the Government’s safe communications strategy. www.communications.gov.uk/publications.... It's difficult to see how continuing to use X for government communications is remotely consistent with those principles.

SAFE Framework: the 4 principles for HMG Brand Safety - GCS

The SAFE Framework introduces new standards for digital brand safety in HM Government advertising.

www.communications.gov.uk

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RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote this piece about Stamp Duty over 15 years ago. I still think it's broadly true. #KemiBadenoch is, unsurprisingly, wrong. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...