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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 16h

No one quite deserves to be made to look such a fool as Matt Goodwin. This is truly heartening.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 1d

My goodness Matt Goodwin comes across as an obnoxious hateful one-trick pony. Glad much of the #bbcqt audience saw through his schtick and agree.

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Michael Martin @tfmick1892.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 Boxing Day Fixture 🚨

The Man Utd v NUFC game has been chosen to be shown on TV on Boxing Day on Sky Sports.

26/12/25 - 8pm kick off 😡

The longest trip of that gameweek selected for the most unsociable slot with no public transport available !

#stopexploitingloyalty

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

Ironically, Katie Lam was named "Parliamentary Newcomer of the Year" last night by the Spectator.

It's an example of the "Boris Johnson" problem in British politics: that being loud, self-promoting and outrageous brings prizes and name-recognition.

Learning your stuff & being thoughtful does not.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

Further updates on the ignominious end to Lam's ignominious policy. Good to hear Badenoch say "But we have a principle. We don’t believe in making things retrospective." Let's hope all Britain's parties follow that principle. And for a less punitive & vindictive approach to immigration more broadly

Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies

Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader

www.theguardian.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Most people in Britain are positive about universities (63%). Just 6% think they have a negative impact. A third of people are neutral. Universities may be struggling more with political elites than with general public, but could broaden their public reach too
www.moreincommon.org.uk/our-work/res...

Shared Institutions: public opinion on the university sector

At a time when trust in many British institutions is strained, our new research with UCL Policy Lab, Shared Institutions, finds that universities remain a source of national pride. Most Britons say un...

www.moreincommon.org.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19h

Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.

Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

bylinetimes.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21h

The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22h

Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.

The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 18h

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...

78% are murdered by a partner/ex

Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this

Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety

In fact, they voted against them...

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

Oakeshott used to live in this street in Charlbury in the Cotswolds.

You couldn't get a more genteel place – a very long way from immigration or deprivation or anything else she'd object to.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Though the report contains the facts, this headline and standfirst misreport what happened. The junior whip Katie Lam correctly stated the policy: revoking ILR retrospectively was Tory policy from May 5th to yesterday. The leader has ditched that policy.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Shadow minister spoke ‘imprecisely’ about Tory settled status plans – Badenoch

Katie Lam appeared to indicate that some people already granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain could have their residency taken away.

www.independent.co.uk

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

This is good news, though I am once again left perplexed as to why Kemi Badenoch isn't more embarrassed that she visibly wasn't across her own immigration policy for *half a year*!

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

Further updates on the ignominious end to Lam's ignominious policy. Good to hear Badenoch say "But we have a principle. We don’t believe in making things retrospective." Let's hope all Britain's parties follow that principle. And for a less punitive & vindictive approach to immigration more broadly

Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies

Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader

www.theguardian.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...

The value of public R&D

www.gov.uk

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Not even bothering to hide it any more

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch is calling on Rachel Reeves to resign after the dealer who serviced Reeves' car failed to stamp the booklet in the glove compartment.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

Poor Kemi.

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

New - Harvey & Wheeler, the estate agents used by Rachel Reeves to rent out her property have apologised for an "oversight" after they did not apply for a licence on her behalf, having offered to do so.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

She’s right. She *deliberately* hacked into Harriet Harman’s website, whereas Rachel Reeves is accused of obtaining a license late by accident. I assume that’s what she means, given Badenoch is widely known for her thoughtfulness and her self-awareness.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law

Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.

news.sky.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.

At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

This is farcical. Katie Lam didn't speak "imprecisely". She accurately stated the Conservative party's existing policy, which they tried to pass as a Bill in Parliament earlier this year, and which Badenoch's spokesman defended himself just last week.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 2d

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2d

Well done everyone who has pressed the Tories constantly on this - proof that if people just point out that an unpopular and insane policy is unpopular and insane repeatedly and consistently then you can get it changed. A relief to many in sure - now same pressure needed with Reform

Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 2d

Tories confirm Chris Philp's bill proposing mass deportation of people with indefinite leave to remain no longer party policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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

Reform MP Sarah Pochin not in the chamber today for #PMQs it must be because seeing our faces makes her mad…

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

What a hideous man he is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage

Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

I reckon the collapse of Northern Rock was worse for consumer confidence. Wonder who the Chair was?

David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 3d

An expert writes.

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

Elon Musk continues to try to socialise civil war, political & inter-ethnic violence in Britain. He combines an argument that violence is inevitable with his call at the Tommy Robinson rally for pre-emptive violence, on grounds of an existential threat & the inevitability of violence

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3d

The final two paragraphs of the article (in the link)

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