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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 4d

I completely agree but I suspect those who support leaving don't care about such details.

Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 7d

Every time a Tory does or says something awful, Andy Street expresses his shock. Fair enough up to a point but maybe it shouldn't be a surprise any more. #Birmingham

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 8d

“I’ll put it bluntly, Robert is wrong… it’s actually a very integrated place... Not the definition of a slum.”

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands 2017-24, responds to Robert Jenrick's comments on Handsworth.

#Newsnight

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 8d

Ironic indeed that the most consistent opponents of FPTP are now its biggest beneficiaries.

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 10d

And still absolutely zero acknowledgement of the far greater number of seats they've lost to the Lib Dems. It makes no sense at all.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10d

Johnson’s cull of MPs prepared to tell the truth about Brexit consigned the Tories to the absurdity & irrelevance they currently enjoy. The media’s pitiful complicity in & failure to explain this lets Farage move in to the vacated space despite embodying the stupidity & bigotry that did for them.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 11d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 11d

Please! Make me a victim! #flagshaggers

www.thepoke.com/2025/10/03/a...

A ‘freedom fighting’ student said they were going to make their room so British they’d get expelled and of all the A++ comebacks this one said it best

If this summer will be remembered for anything it was for the nation’s new found enthusiasm – well, one particular part of the nation – for flags. And it’s still going strong in some parts of the coun...

www.thepoke.com

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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 12d

Never mind the desperate people on Small Boats….this fucker has cost the UK way more £’s! 🔽

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 14d

Excellent news.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 14d

The 50% target under Blair was often misunderstood, it was HE in some form not necessarily university degrees. So this sounds like a major upgrade to the target - not necessarily a bad thing as long as the opportunities are there.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18d

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

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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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 24d

Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit.

These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 24d

The Merchants in Rugby is a cracking pub. #beersky

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 25d

Someone should tell the Standard....

www.standard.co.uk/business/jav...

Milei has transformed the Argentinian economy — if only Labour would take note

A long-term economic basket case, the country has been revived by the radical policies of its controversial president. So what can we learn from them?

www.standard.co.uk

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27d

Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · 27d

Oof, that's pretty overwhelming.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · Sep 15

Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.

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Dave A @davea79.bsky.social · Sep 2

I mean, it was one of the main stories on ITV News last night, so they obviously put it out. If other outlets didn't run it, could more be done? Perhaps but some obviously aren't interested in positive news.

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