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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 1h

At the insistence of the UK government British citizens will now be fingerprinted and photographed like criminals for the crime of being British and wanting to leave the country for a short time.

Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 5h

Martina Weitsch, of York. I don’t know you and we live nowhere near each other, but as far as I am concerned, you are a welcome neighbour.

Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s known as the ‘target market’ or ‘target audience’

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick.

At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division.

The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 4d

The Conservative Party once believed in the rule of law and our shared British values - no longer.

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 4d

This is the kind of thing Kemi Badenoch apparently wants to emulate in the UK...

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

Thread that went a bit insane now has a link to my publish story at the end of it (and here: www.economist.com/united-state...)

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 5d

An expert in the Tory party speaks...

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 5d

Why any party leader would want to turn what was once a broad church into an even narrower sect than it's already become, who knows? I've almost given up trying to understand her, tbh - except as a performance artist, maybe.

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 5d

That makes autumn very short so winter must be coming too soon. Shivering already 😀

Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 6d

Just as a matter of interest (actually very little interest) can any Conservative MP explain why anyone should vote Conservative rather than Reform? I really can’t no longer tell the difference.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7d

Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 7d

Oh my god.

Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!

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Alan Rew @alanrew.bsky.social · 7d

BBC: "we have taken the episode off BBC iPlayer while we edit the relevant section out. We apologise for this unintentional editorial oversight."

Cholmondley Warner 🇪🇺🔶 @chumleyprelude.bsky.social · 7d

And corrected now.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

BBC Apologises For Airing Fake Claim About Digital ID Scheme

The BBC has apologised for airing a false claim about Tony Blair's son's company being awarded a government contract to produce the new mandatory d...

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 8d

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#anglican #churchohfengland | Adrian Lyons FRSA FEBEA

I am delighted that the Church of England will have a woman international leader. I wish Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally every blessing. By way of encouragement to the Anglican Communion I would say ...

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 9d

I remember my Politics professor- the late, great Anthony King, going around the room asking what class we work. He then ridiculed anyone claiming to be working class on the grounds that we were part of an elite 7% of the population privileged enough to attend university.

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 9d

And perhaps MPs expelled from the chamber if using them in the House of Commons. For clarity I am against pupils having phoned in school, argued unsuccessfully against them being allowed in the school I worked in 2000, but there is such a thing as fairness and indeed modelling.

Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 10d

Not so much a claim as a statement of the obvious

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 11d

Money. We all need it. Many struggle to get it right – especially when young. And the financial choices you make early, can shape a lifetime. So if you're a teen or 20something or a parent or grandparent of someone who is, don't miss my young person's special tonight 8pm itv

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 11d

Financial literacy is key to wellbeing and independence.

Our new financial literacy strategy will equip citizens with the skills required to budget better, save more and invest in their future.

#InvestInYOU

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 11d

Doing Putin’s bidding? That is Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.

We need a new inquiry by the Intelligence and Security Committee into Reform and Farage's links to Russia.

BBC News headline reads "Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges"

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t like it but that is reality. It also needs building upon in secondary schools with a similar need for accountability.

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for an excellent article. ‘That means defining what children should learn, how it should be taught and where it fits in the curriculum.’ Agreed, but experience and evidence suggests that it needs to be done well and sadly this will only happen if it is included in accountability measures.

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 12d

Not so much news as stating the obvious

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14d

“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏

Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians

The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Adrian Lyons @adrianlyons.bsky.social · 14d

In the words of the old hymn Alex, ‘come home’ - although the UK’s anti immigrant obsession might make life difficult for your family.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 15d

Long term colleague of Nigel Farage and Former Leader of Reform UK in Wales

Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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