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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 3h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen for a while. Congrats @deutschebahn.com !

And yes Germans do a sense of humour as well. I guess things need to go to shit before you discover it. 😉

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 3h

Fascinating: Germans love to complain about their trains never being on time. Deutsche Bahn plays for humor and sympathy by commissioning a YouTube sitcom (an Office on wheels).
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Boah, Bahn! - YouTube

BOAH, BAHN! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke Engelke.

www.youtube.com

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 5h

Well done to the Nobel Peace Prize panel for resisting pressure and giving this year’s award to the courageous Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado. She is such a deserving winner

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 16h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 17h

BBC & HMG deciding Gaza’s (for how long?) peace is all due to the unique style of Trump

Really?

Any US President could surely have pressed this on a war-weary Israel. Potentially earlier

In 1956 Eisenhower said a firm “stop” & Israel stopped www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...

Message to Prime Minister Ben-Gurion Urging Withdrawal of Israeli Forces in Egypt. | The American Presidency Project

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 6h

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 6h

'Der' deutsche Blick, obv. 😆

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 6h

Die deutsche Blick auf Grossbritannien ist von jeher durch Mythen, Kitsch und Sentimentalitäten verstellt. Auch deshalb weil die Engländer sich gerne selbst so sehen.
Die Realität sieht ein wenig anders aus.
Ein sehr kluges Stück von Eva Ladipo. @faznet.bsky.social

Großbritanniens Demokratie: Auch in England gewinnen die Extremen an Zulauf

Die britische Demokratie ist uralt. Sie gilt als sagenhaft stabil und immun gegen irrationale Emotionen. Damit ist es nun vorbei.

www.faz.net

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 1d

Byline Times journalists are now blacklisted by Putin and the Tories. A double badge of honour that shows that it is not afraid to expose the hypocrisy of authoritarian bullies

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 18h

First they came for Brexit..

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5d

The British Conservative Party plans to create a new force to detain and deport people who entered the UK through irregular channels, modeling the agency on the US’s immigration enforcement team ICE.

UK Conservatives plan US-style deportation force

The “Removals Force” would work closely with British police to conduct regular immigration checks.

www.politico.eu

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 21h

All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 21h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20h

They lionised a woman for calling for hotels full of asylum seekers to be set on fire. Now they're lionising a man who set fire to a Quran in public.

The far-right, whether it's Reform UK or Conservatives, are championing the cause of those who will violently tear our society apart.

Reprehensible.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.

Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK?

Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity

www.ft.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

"In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.

Historian @adam_tooze & economist @ClaraEMattei
trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control. "
youtu.be/0iIEgp1LPpA

Rebuilding Gaza — For Profit | Adam Tooze

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation

youtu.be

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant, intelligent and rightly furious rant.
@sathnam.bsky.social

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 3d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 3d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Me on some days, just hiding from bad news. 😅

Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 2d

Bilder des Tages – beeindruckende Fotos aus Deutschland und aller Welt www.der-postillon.com/p/bilder-des...

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

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

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

While I agree that it wd have been a sign of empathy and respect towards the Jewish communities in Britain to pause the protest on this very day, I also do find these attempts to declare who is British and who isn't increasingly worrying.
Who is Starmer to define that ?

Keir Starmer calls student protests on 7 October anniversary ‘un-British’

Prime minister urges students not to protest on the second anniversary of Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel

www.theguardian.com

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 3d

An important piece. 👇

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

How the Far Right Project 2025 is going to be brought to the UK through the Reform Trojan horse.

Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)

A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.

open.substack.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

Not a serious person. Zero mention of what this would mean for the over a million British citizens whose own access to welfare in the EU is protected by the withdrawal agreement.

EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star

Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.

www.politico.eu

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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