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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16h

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

6 people dead this time.

Not a single arrest made.

Not an ounce recovered.

Not a shred of evidence provided.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

youtu.be

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 18h

✅ Liberal Democrat HOLD

Glastonbury (Somerset) council by-election result:

LDEM: 36.4% (-0.7)
REF: 21.6% (+21.6)
CON: 20.9% (-9.7)
GRN: 19.8% (-7.5)
LAB: 1.4% (+1.4)

No Ind (-5.2) as prev.

+/- 2022

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.bsky.social · 23h

Tactical voting in action? The polls had Plaid and Reform neck and neck, looks like Labour voters went for Plaid. I always vote Lib Dem because a Labour vote in my constituency is a waster vote, we got rid of Alex Chalk last year by voting tactically. It's the People's PR.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23h

It was a blow for Reform which had led in the polls. There was a big Stop Farage campaign which suggests this could be effective in future elections.

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David Preedy @dkpreedy.bsky.social · 22h

So LD gains from Labour, Con & Independent today

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Dunster (Somerset) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 49.6% (+8.5)
➡️ RFM: 28.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 19.0% (-22.9)
🌹 LAB: 1.9% (-4.2)

No GRN (-10.3) as previous.

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2022.

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David Preedy @dkpreedy.bsky.social · 22h

A rare event these days

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Moseley (Birmingham) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 34.7% (-11.9)
🌹 LAB: 24.4% (-14.1)
🙋 Ind: 19.6% (New)
🌍 GRN: 10.1% (+1.5)
➡️ RFM: 7.3% (New)
🌳 CON: 2.4% (-4.1)
🙋 Ind: 1.7% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.

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David Preedy @dkpreedy.bsky.social · 22h

Thank goodness

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

Candidate for Reform (formerly Brexit Party, formerly UKIP…) loses case and intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights!

You couldn’t make it up!

Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 4d

More on the private party of good governance.

A Reform council candidate tied with the Greens, lost an electoral toss-up, petitioned the High Court, lost again and incurred a £19k legal bill, and now wants to appeal yet again - this time to the ECHR, that bogeyman of the right 😆

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 2d

The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.

Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 3d

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3d

Via Press Gazette: "The Daily Star’s livestream of the Liz Truss lettuce has been acquired by the British Film Institute’s National Archive for a collection of significant pieces of online video. The BFI’s curator said it was “a seminal moment in British political history”"

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

Suggest you jump in on this poll.

—> xd.wayin.com/display/cont...?

And share…

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly lads it’s not hard. This is a 97% position Ed Davey is agreeing with here. This should be easy mode politics.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 5d

“The UK has a system in which a TV channel can pay a political leader almost half a million pounds a year and give him an hour an evening to react to his rivals without breaking a single rule.”

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 9d

You might think controlling GB News gives you huge influence over UK politics – especially on the right. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as we reveal in this week's issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

Full story: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...

A network/ownership diagram showing a range of organisations controlled by Paul Marshall or his associates, or which receive donations from them

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David Preedy @dkpreedy.bsky.social · 4d

The Ukrainian family that we hosted first fled Donbas in 2014, then came to UK from Dnipro in 2022. They spoke Russian (primarily) but that didn't make them Russian. Moreover they were fully welcomed by non-Russian speaking Ukrainians

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 4d

Then fix it.

Screenshot from BBC: Rachel Reeves blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy.

Rachel Reeves made the comment about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.

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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 4d

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Reform in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election

Nigel Farage's party took more Cornwall Council seats than anyone, but after a shocking week for the party, can it regroup and become a serious political force or will it fall apart?

www.cornwalllive.com

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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 4d

Reform council group falling apart in Cornwall, another mired in in-fighing in Kent.

Are any Reform councills delivering on their promises? (I would doubt it. Their promises to cut taxes, fix potholes and "fix" local government were never remotely realisitic).

Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 4d

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Reform in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election

Nigel Farage's party took more Cornwall Council seats than anyone, but after a shocking week for the party, can it regroup and become a serious political force or will it fall apart?

www.cornwalllive.com

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British Hedgehog Preservation Society @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social · 5d

Help protect #hedgehogs this #bonfire night!
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Share this post & our posters on your socials & online, or print them off & hand out at local shops & bonfire events!

Share to make aware & #rememberhedgehogs

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