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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 5d

V late to this (it’s a weekend, family stuff, etc) but..I agree with Ben. Both Katie Lam’s interview about deporting people with legal status (and the way STimes treated it) & the Christian Calgie business are disturbing egs of forgetting that ‘normal on X these days’ is very much not normal

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 5d

Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 6h

Sunder, one of the good guys, being singled out for hate attacks…😩😡🤬🤬

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

A very worrying escalation of online harassment.

Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"

x.com/EuropaIneffa...

Europa Ineffable on X: "In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match: "it's a game of two halves" 🥴 https://t.co/b5YNKyaQtu" / X

In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match

x.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

Grok - which belongs to the platform - has now told users that the fake defamatory clip appears to be authentic, thereby amplifying the dangerous fake material being used for harassment, intimidation and threat.

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 6h

Nigel Farage has gone "on strike" from PMQs, saying he won't return until he next gets a question

There's just one problem: Reform UK knows the rota for qus for the rest of the year.

His next question is on Nov 12

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Nigel Farage stages ‘strike’ despite date for next PMQs q...

Reform party leader has moved to the public gallery after claiming he is excluded from process in the chamber

observer.co.uk

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 7h

Latest Guardian column looking at the result im Caerphilly is availble here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reform swaggered into Caerphilly, ready for a coronation. An unpleasant surprise lay in store | Will Hayward

Predictions of a Reform win were wide of the mark. But Labour’s crushing byelection defeat offers important lessons too, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

www.theguardian.com

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 7h

From the extracts in this thread, this was a very good speech by Mamdani.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8h

STARTING SOON: Zohran Mamdani gives remarks about Islamophobia outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx

LIVE | Zohran Mamdani gives remarks on Islamophobia outside a mosque in the Bronx, NYC

YouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY

www.youtube.com

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Gareth Evans @ghevs.bsky.social · 7h

Absolute hero 💪💯

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8h

Mamdani: "But there is one thing that I will change: I will no longer look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light."

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8h

Mamdani: "There are 12 days remaining until Election Day. I will be a Muslim man in NYC each of those 12 days and every day that follows after that. I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I am proud to call my own."

Screenshot of live video feed from the end of Mamdani's press conference. Mamdani stands before microphone in dark suit and tie, lips pursed, with heartfelt expression.

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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 7h

This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 8h

X is not only completely out of control, it is also increasingly dangerous.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

A very worrying escalation of online harassment.

Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"

x.com/EuropaIneffa...

Europa Ineffable on X: "In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match: "it's a game of two halves" 🥴 https://t.co/b5YNKyaQtu" / X

In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match

x.com

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Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social · 9h

It happened again last night.

Right wing media before polls closed: Reform will win 7/7 byelections!

Right wing media after LibDems won 4/7 by-elections & Reform won 1: 🤐

bsky.app/profile/edda...

Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12h

womp womp

Screenshot of GB News - photo of Nigel Farage - "Reform UK looks to snatch seats in seven crucial by-elections across the UK - Voters will be hitting the polls in seven key by-elections on Thursday"

Lib Dems winning - Liberal Democrats have won 4 of 7 local by-elections held this week.

Barchart showing the winning parties from the local government by-elections held on 23 October 2025 - LD 4, Con 1, Lab 1, Ref 1.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 9h

I would hope that one of the many MPs who benefits from Sunder's tireless work would take up this case - the defamatory video needs removing urgently, and the person responsible needs to be found and held accountable

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

A very worrying escalation of online harassment.

Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"

x.com/EuropaIneffa...

Europa Ineffable on X: "In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match: "it's a game of two halves" 🥴 https://t.co/b5YNKyaQtu" / X

In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match

x.com

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 1d

Oh look.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing

yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10h

this is utterly hilarious, turns out that it was the Tories who took the word "enemy" out of the crucial witness statement in the collapsed China spy case

over to you, Kemi Badenoch?

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Adviser removed ‘enemy’ from China spy case witness statement

Matthew Collins says he deleted the word from the final draft in 2023 because it did not reflect the Conservative government’s view

www.thetimes.com

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Gareth Evans @ghevs.bsky.social · 9h

Llongyfarchiadau

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11h

Fascinating that both of these people were considered on the "soft" centre-right of the Tory Party not so long ago.

Tom Tugendhat
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How am I out of pocket when I feed my kids? Isn't feeding my children the basic purpose of a parent?

Sure, some need help, but for most of us, feeding our kids is our responsibility.
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Parents shouldn’t be out of pocket by setting their children up for school.

That’s why we are rolling out free breakfast clubs and from next September, schools will be required to limit branded items of uniform.

Saving families £500 and giving kids the best start in life.
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Try telling Marcus Rashford that 🤷‍♂️
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Gareth Evans @ghevs.bsky.social · 12h

Sounds more like a Radnorshire accent, definitely not a valleys accent.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 13h

From this graph, looks like the combined r-wing vote in 2025 is almost exactly the same as in 2016 (purple blob UKIP). Two pole British politics has been with us for a while.

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19h

Neat #Caerphilly graphic from the @financialtimes.com (Source: www.ft.com/content/d997...)

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15h

For those keeping track, it's now three days since I asked the Conservatives for (fairly basic) details of their policy on revoking indefinite leave to remain, eg whether it would include separating families and if it would work as per Chris Philp's draft bill. Despite several reminders: nothing.

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 13h

There's roubles at t'mill

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Gareth Evans @ghevs.bsky.social · 13h

But mention taxing the rich and it's and their all off to Dubai apparently

Gareth Evans @ghevs.bsky.social · 13h

I don't disagree. I just don't see why it's always the little people that have to be taxed more when we've already been punished the most by austerity.
It seems to be fine to tax the little people until the pips squeak is all hunky dory, take your medicine peasant.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14h

Nigel Farage, four weeks ago: "We intend to win this by-election. We will throw everything at it."

Tap-dance all you like now.

Screengrab fromn BBC News website:

'We'll throw everything' at by-election, says Farage
Nigel Farage and Llŷr Powell standing behind a red railing in front of Reform's office in Caerphilly. Both men are wearing blue suits.
Image caption,
Nigel Farage called Llŷr Powell a "good, hard working, loyal, solid, decent bloke"

ByAdrian Browne
Wales political reporter
Published
12 September 2025
Reform UK's leader has unveiled the party's candidate for next month's Senedd by-election in Caerphilly as the man recently handling its communications in Wales.

Announcing that Llŷr Powell will run to be the first Senedd member elected as Reform, Nigel Farage pledged to "throw everything" at the campaign.

"We intend to win this by-election," Farage said, at a slick launch event at Caerphilly Social Club. Powell pledged to "stand up" for Caerphilly communities and offer a "chance at genuine change".

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 14h

The toxic Blue Labour cult that have convinced themselves from a distance that they understand the distant working classes are hammering their own party (and are oddly closely related to the 1980s Bennite faction that thought similar, and had a similar effect)

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 14h

I wrote for @theipaper.com about the Caerphilly by election and why Reform is no longer Starmer's only problem

inews.co.uk/opinion/refo...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15h

Chris Mason has misunderstood the Caerphilly by-election with the idea that Reform lost "none of the above" voters who could have voted Reform to Plaid, or that Plaid took the potential Reform vote.

Hope BES academics can point out why this reading of Wales/Scotland v England misses the drivers

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