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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 16h

Robinson is not the arbitrator of who is and is not British. Like many of the brown and black people he appears to despise, he is also here because an ancestor made a journey.

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

There turned out to be 20 messages to me using the p-word over the last month. I have logged those and send them to the police. He is spending a lot of time racially harassing one other user with the p-word.

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'A councillor who was heard to describe some children in care as "downright evil" is being investigated for an alleged breach of the members' code of conduct.'
Reform keeps on giving. Yesterday an election in Corby as Reform councillor had to resign after racially abusing his neighbours.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Councillor to be investigated over 'evil' remark

Cambridgeshire councillor to be investigated over 'evil' remark - BBC News

Reform UK councillor Andy Osborn is heard describing some children in care as "downright evil".

www.bbc.com

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'Badenoch is merely the latest Conservative leader who can’t see what is hiding in plain sight for the party – and also the country. Thatcher is not the solution. In many ways, she is still the problem.'

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'However 99%of journalists agree it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow & everyone resigned & everything was chaos & Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it because Brexit was fun...'
Who the beep are these people?

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'Biometric access requires staff to scan their fingerprints or eye to gain access through security gates in the lobby instead of swiping their ID badges.'
The EHCR is more important than ever.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

JP Morgan staff told they must share biometric data to access headquarters

Investment bank had previously planned for such information from New York workers to be voluntary JP Morgan Chase has told staff moving into its new headquarters in New York that they must share their biometric data to access the multibillion-dollar building. The investment bank had previously planned for the registering of biometric data by employees at its new Manhattan skyscraper to be voluntary. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, what really happens in UK schools.....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe he should spend time here actually talking & listening to British children. Learning from the widely reported case of Child Q would be a school day for him. In truth, he's not interested in serving All members of his community. His interests lie on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

I am loathed to say what the uber rich say when asked to contribute fairly by paying tax, but I would leave the UK if Farage was voted in.

Johanna Saunders @johannasaunders.bsky.social · 1d

I see once again that Farage is in the US, telling right wing fanboys how dreadful the UK is, and talking his usual bollocks about everything.
If this man ever becomes PM, our children will never, ever forgive us for giving him free reign to destroy the country.
He’s repellent, truly.

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇

BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 1d

What part of fascism makes you think you're not next?

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, the BBC have caught up with the rest of us - the Green Party is a thing!

Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

Dynamite 🧨
Bloody Brilliant.
Zack gives me real hope 🙏🏼

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Kιƚƚყ ₜₕₑ ᵥₑgₐₙ ₛₒcᵢₐₗᵢₛₜ 📎Ⓥ🌱💚🦇🌍🐠🇬🇧🇪🇺 @sparklykitten.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay lovely phone family. There's no shame in admitting you're not doing great or you need support. There's always someone who will listen, so reach out if you need to and check in on loved ones. Be kind to yourself and each other. Have a peaceful day 🥰
#HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️

Two fluffy pandas sat together. One has an arm around the other and there are love hearts across them both.
Text reads: When someone is going a rough time, just sit with them, no preaching, no judgement, just be there for them.
Credit - Mental Health Believe UK

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1d

Never mind…Brexit benefits and all that. 🙄

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

“The EU is by far and away the UK steel industry's most important export market. It was the destination for 78 per cent of all UK steel exports, totalling 1.9 million tonnes of steel in 2024.”

'Perhaps the biggest crisis the UK steel industry has ever faced'

The EU accounts for 78 per cent of UK steel exports and the UK steel industry has reacted with worry to proposed EU tariff, or tax, changes

www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'According to the BBC’s Matt Chorley, the members were offered platters of shop-bought sandwiches, while the famously sandwich-hating leader “had something hot brought in” for herself.'
Typical! A metaphor for Tory approach to society - a small group of haves & a large group of have nots.

Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 1d

"The sandwich-hater is out to lunch. Before long, she will just be out".
www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-angles...

Even Tory voters think delusional Kemi is wrong about Brexit

Leaving the ECHR would revive damaging wars with Brussels that Badenoch’s supporters don’t want

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for the EU to set up its own defence group. One not tied to America and one not tied down by the snail pace the EU generally moves at.

EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 1d

Trump suggests Spain should be 'thrown out' of NATO over defence expenditure disagreements

Trump suggests Spain should be 'thrown out' of NATO

The US president’s clash with Spain began in June ahead of the NATO summit, where just days before leaders convened in The Hague, Spain announced that it would not comply with Trump’s demands of raising defence spending to 5% of GDP.

www.euronews.com

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

Same old, same old.

Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 1d

By the way he’s still an MP

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

I have to agree silence is complicity.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 1d

'Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.'

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says * Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with winning the peace prize? With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 2d

If any other Party said this the media and the Tories would scream more unfunded promises. Where's the money going to come from? But the myth that they are the party of fiscal responsibility has led to them not being held accountable for more Truss style economics.

David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3d

Scrapping stamp duty will cost £11.6bn a year. But it won't house a single one of Britain's 240,000 homeless.

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 2d

Well said @christopherpittard.bsky.social

Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social · 3d

"Why do so many young people want to go to university?" wails the mediocre leader of a party which spent 14 years in government telling young people that unless they got graduate jobs in finance they were less than human.

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 2d

Why is Kemi Badenoch repeating the lie that people with ADHD qualify for a Motability car? I have moderate cerebral palsy. I haven’t qualified for a Motability car since 2018. I also have ADHD. Only those on the higher rate of the Mobility Component of PIP qualify for a Motability car. #CPC25

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thursday @implausibleblog.bsky.social. I'm guessing that your Dahlias are flourishing still as are mine.

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 2d

He seems exactly like what a Reform UK councillor is expected to be.

Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK councillor Andy Osborn, already subject to a code of conduct investigation after he described some children in care as "downright evil," is due to appear in the dock at Westminster magistrate's court today, accused of publishing false statements about an electoral opponent.

He seems nice*

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Beds_Babe @bedsbabe.bsky.social · 2d

This is Brexit all over again isn't it? Turkeys voting for Christmas.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s also remember that the ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government.

We must protect the ECHR, not leave it

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5d

When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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