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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4h

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Why do they hate the president so much?

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Give Portland Frog the Nobel Peace Prize

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic trolling from the Nobel committee. Expect tantrums.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

“A lot of women are leaving Downing Street right now. And if you look at who is being brought in to replace them, it is quite a lot of centrist men.” 😬

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

When in doubt, tack to the Right. When is Labour going to get these deeply grim people out of No10, before Farage replaces them?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

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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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 1d

He’s furious that Marxist teachers are not encouraging exactly this sort of thing in Britain’s classrooms

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 1d

And water is a natural monopoly, we can't have competition, so we need public ownership - normal in 9/10 countries around the world

Here's why we can afford it, starting with Thames Water dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 2d

Is Historic England asleep on the job? This is like the destruction of wind and water mills – a loss that one regards with horror now

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 2d

Hastings backed leave in the Brexit vote by 55% – they were lied to by Farage. Right wing lies continue without responsibility in exactly these locations.

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 2d

Insanity – we are losing our industrial heritage because we have no cultural imagination

Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 2d

More cooling towers set to vanish after Nottinghamshire listing bid fails

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 2d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 2d

Just as the Tories drop support for the Climate Change Act, but whatever

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, a powerful report by the UK’s defence chiefs is due to warn. However, the report, which was supposed to launch tomorrow at a landmark event in London, has been delayed, and concerns have been expressed to the Guardian that it may not now be published. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Cameron 2012: "We're determined to cut through the bureaucracy that holds us back. That starts with getting the planners off our backs."

Treasury 2025: “This government is reforming the outdated planning system that’s been holding this country back.”

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Looks that way

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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 3d

Michael Heseltine suggests axing Climate Change Act would be 'act of unforgiveable irresponsibility' by Tories - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Jenrick’s racist language is the sort of thing I heard from National Front thugs in the 1980s. It has no place in national politics. He should be sacked

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 4d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s my piece in the Architects’ Journal on the challenges facing us building a genuine new generation of New Towns:

Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 5d

New towns will fail without a plan to deliver quality at a local level

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Meanwhile…:

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK

www.theguardian.com

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 15d

If you voted for him, you've done this.

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 4d

Terrifying – always naively assumed that MPs would be having terrifying briefings on the state of things and were just trying to work out how to make the politics work for them.