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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 9h

Sorry, his speech about ' island of strangers ' , anti migrant rhetoric has been to appeal to Reform voters. His early stance on Gaza too was diabolical. I disagree the Labour leadership has been just as bad. We still have a hard Brexit, a cost of greed crisis too ,he hasn't tackled.

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 11h

Bang on.

Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 11h

Pulling the drawer bridge up. He doesn't care about immigration.

He doesn't care about anyone, or anything apart from maintaining his privelge.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 12h

couldn't agree more. this clip from last night is quite something.

GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13h

okay, brace yourselves for this folks.

An english politician speaking honestly and (in my view) accurately, without a hint of spin, racism or rhetoric. And the audience clapped!

This is not AI. this actually happened on BBC last night. 👇

(the new leader of the UK Greens Party: Zack Polanski)

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 16h

It's looks lovely.

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Despite her not standing up for her own identity as a black woman and others ? And letting racist Jenrick off the hook.

Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 18h

This podcast shares the consensus that Badenoch delivered a pretty good speech this week

pca.st/episode/95ca...

Is it too late for Kemi Badenoch?

pca.st

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 17h

You can’t deny Zack Polanski is an excellent communicator

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 1d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 17h

The Govt needs to step in and support our Universities otherwise they will no longer be world leaders❌
Students won’t be able to get world leading Uni Education here❌
Research by Uni’s that saves and improves lives will suffer❌
The UK will no longer get much needed revenue from overseas students❌

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 17h

The audience liked that one! 👏

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Rob Massam 🔸 @rmassam.bsky.social · 17h

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... the water scandal exposed

Water privatisation has failed: now it is time to move on

Millions of households in England are about to see their water bills rise again. According to a report in The Guardian, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided that five major water co...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h

Can't rebuild economy without increasing worker share of GDP.

Some suggestions:
Join a union
Strengthen collective bargaining
Need real Living Wage.
Worker-elected directors on company boards
Worker vote on exec pay
Exec bonus schemes must apply to workers
Limit corporate tax relief on exec pay

The government must ensure fair distribution of income

'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'

leftfootforward.org

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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 17h

👏👏 to the headline writer

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Agree as an ex Labour supporter too.

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Beautiful.

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Hope.....😊🤞

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 17h

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the award, cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Update from Jonathan Wolfe

www.nytimes.com

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 17h

In these photos of Farage, Nathan Gill and Cottrell, it's interesting that Gill has got a friendly hand on Cottrell's shoulder.

Cottrell is a convicted fraudster who is an expert in criminal money-laundering. Why was the Russian asset so friendly with the money-launderer?

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Truly deserved.👏👏👏👏

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 17h

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s effort to deploy national guard in Chicago

Much-anticipated judgment centers on efforts by Trump administration to use troops to aid immigration crackdown

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

He is huge hypercrite too.

Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 17h

I gather Reform tea boy Yusuf got a hammering on QT last night despite Fiona Bruce

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 17h

"I once claimed that the leadership of Reform UK had never met Nathan Gill and knew nothing about Russian bribes."
#bbcqt #ZiaYusuf

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

It was never going to happen.

Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 17h

Donald Trump snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize despite Gaza deal
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Donald Trump snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize despite Gaza deal

The US President has openly campaigned to be given the prize - something which may have worked against him with the Norwegian Nobel Committee

www.mirror.co.uk

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Again blatant hypocrisy.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17h

Sir Keir Starmer declined to say whether the party whip would be removed from the former ambassador to the US

Keir Starmer silent on Peter Mandelson’s future as a Labour peer

Sir Keir Starmer declined to say whether the party whip would be removed from the former ambassador to the US

www.thetimes.com

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Hope so.🤞🤞🤞

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 17h

Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air, because he is exposing far right populism and all the lies. And everyone is listening because they've had enough. Labour , Tories and Reform are all the same now and that's why he stands out exposing all their hypocrisy.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 18h

Far more UK politicians need to speak up in support of migrants the way Zack Polanski did last night on #bbcqt

You don't fight fascism by (even partially) endorsing it's talking points, you fight fascism by rejecting them and offering a more positive vision.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski,
"How do you expect people to integrate when you've taken away their services?"

"We need to make sure that all politicians are speaking about migration in a positive sense"

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